This is a mod I originally created to fix a few "issues" myself, my wife and some friends felt the game had. Turns out I really enjoy modding so I've expanded on it quite a bit. The intent is to drag out the early game, so it will take you longer than usual to get to Iron and Steel. I've also tried to inject a little realism by locking away quite a few recipes behind perks, since most normal folks wouldn't know how to do/make those things.
Also, I started playing in Alpha 8, so I wanted to try and bring back a few things from that era. Hub city, sharp rocks and sticks are pretty good examples, and I want to try and incorporate more features from that era of gameplay. I will also be trying to add in new zombies/enemies to make the "end game" more difficult.
Features.
- 8 Classes to choose from, with 6 quests each!
- 96 slot backpack! 12 slot crafting queue!
- Custom UI! Food/Water bars next to the hotbar.
- Increased zombie spawn/respawn rate!
- Night time is now dangerous. The ferals come out to play...
- Zombie Behemoth (male and female) added!
- Scrap Iron Tools added. Iron requires level 15.
- Titanium added! Can be found as trophies, underground and above ground. Used to make tools, weapons and blocks.
- Forge Ahead & Leather Tanning books are back! (can also be purchased as perks)
- Wrench is now a perk and a schematic, but crafted and repaired with Iron.
- All common books added as perks, so you have the choice of finding the book or spending points.
- Action skills are back!
- Skill books added for all 100 level skills.
- Generic skill point book added so you have ways to get skill points.
- Skill notes! Find a recipe you already have? Scrap it into a skill note and craft that into something more useful.
- Extra crops! Grow apple, orange banana and coconut trees, plus wheat, carrots and tomatoes!
- More food! Way too much to list, but bread is now an option. So are Sunday roast dinners. YUM!
- Animal Coops and Snares from Valmod added.
- Clay bowls are back, and used for more than just pretty plants!
- Craftable Small Engines and Lead Batteries!
- Several new guns! Like the P225 Pistol, AR-15 Automatic Rifle, Winchester Rifle and Combat Shotgun.
- Gun crafting! Gun parts are back and require the rare, find-only Lathe to be crafted.
- Arrows can now use cloth fragments instead of feathers. Sticks and Sharp Stones have also made a return!
- Tree sap is now a thing! Try left-clicking on non-dead trees with jars or bowls...
- Sterile Bandage! New healing item to fill the void between normal Bandages and First Aid Bandages.
- Working sinks and ovens! Both types craftable, so pick whichever matches your kitchen.
- 5 new workstations. The Advanced Forge (required to smelt steel, but no fuel needed!), the Mortar and Pestle and two workbenches! There is also the rare, loot-only, Lathe!
- Stone hammer added. Counts as a construction tool. Used only for repairing and upgrading.
- Lockpicks added! Now you can lockpick all safes and most doors.
- Steel crossbow added that takes steel, exploding and titanium bolts. Both crossbows can be scoped.
- Combat axe added. There's also a titanium version.
- Trader's are no longer protected! Take care of your local business!
- Guards added to the trader, with a Guard Captain NPC! Talk to them to buy quest starters, which can earn you skill notes! (Single player only due to server bugs)
- Larger player-crafted storage (kitchen cabinets, lockable!).
- Time REMOVED from under the compass and on the map. Added to the trader window (under restock time).
- Junction box added for invisible wires. Unlocked via electricity perk.
- Bomber zombies added! These @%$*#!s are designed to tear your base to bits. You have been warned!
- 7 Day hordes re-done (less game stages so difficulty should ramp up faster and ferals appear sooner).
- Writing Desk, Ink and Quill available! Used together, these halve the cost of creating skill books and class papers.
- Grass spawns reduced for better performance/easier to see things.
- Traders now have more basic materials for building.
- Localization HEAVILY edited to show where items are crafted, including if they can be made in multiple workstations (one will have a reduced resource cost) and what tools may be needed.
- Compo pack added!
- Hornet from A15 and earlier is back, with it's original sounds and model! Keep an eye out for them in forest biomes.
- Trader Caitlin has arrived! She has her own POI, her own voice, lives in the wasteland and carries the most powerful items.