Botanist Logging Sound Replacer

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Dast (https://www.xivmodarchive.com/user/384467) for export help & advice

Split your logs, not your ears!
This one goes out to all my fellow sound-sensitive Gatherers out there.

This mod replaces the horrendously loud vanilla sound of the Standard Gathering action for Botanists.
(Will currently not change the sound of the Island Sanctuary-action, just the normal Gathering.)
There are five sounds to choose from:
Sound 1-4 are taken from real life tree-felling and woodcutting.
Sound 5 is the tree-hitting sound from Stardew Valley.

Preview:
https://youtu.be/5BWL-TnrVj0

----------VERY IMPORTANT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS, PLEASE READ----------

For this Mod to work, it needs to be active in whichever one of your Penumbra Collections you have specified under Collections > Simple Assignments-tab > Base.
By default, this assigned Collection is, well, Default.

This means, for example, if under Simple Assignments it says "Base - Default", the mod NEEDS to be loaded and enabled in your Default Collection!
Conversely, if you have changed it to "Base - [Another Collection]", it needs to be loaded into that specific Collection.

IF THE MOD IS LOADED ONTO A COLLECTION THAT IS NOT DESIGNATED AS "BASE" UNDER "SIMPLE ASSIGNMENTS", IT SIMPLY WILL NOT WORK.

This also means that, after importing, you will have to navigate to the correct Collection to properly pick your sound.
You can not, for instance, enable the mod both in your Default and your Character Collection and then control it through the Character Collection.
You will have to navigate back to your Default Collection and enable the Mod/change the sound from there.

"help it doesnt work im baby waahhh !!"
Don't worry kitten. Here's a step-by-step guide:
https://imgur.com/a/OnnyU09

----------THANK YOU FOR READING----------

Explanation for nerds as to why it needs to be installed this way:
It would seem, to me at least, that the Gathering sound is shared between both the controlled player character, and other characters. Thus, the tree-hitting sound doesn't actually originate from "You," in a sense, but from the Game World.
Since this is the case, changing the sound also changes it for other players Gathering nearby too.
It also doesn't sync over Mare, so other players will not hear your modded Gathering sound if you are using it.
Thanks again to Dast at the Students of Baldesion Discord for helping make sense of this.


Enjoy a slightly less grating Gathering experience!
Safety First!