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Yep, I think traits should keep the same denominator or stay even (+2, +4, +6, +8, +10, +12), the +5/-5 and +3/-3 traits sometimes make it hard to counter-balance since there's no +1/-1 trait : I often end up with -1 in the end, so I take a +2 negative trait and end up with 1 useless point, which is a tad annoying but not really important I guess.
Also, Illiterate characters shouldn't be able to write & read player notes.

I think resilient works for all desease : infection from zombies, infection from dirty wounds, catching cold, food poisoning.
This needs to be explained / more clear in the trait description 

It is supposed to increase your chance of getting infected when you get scratched right ? 
If not, I agree with you, "weak stomach" points should be higher or "prone to illness" points lower 

I think resilient works for all desease : infection from zombies, infection from dirty wounds, catching cold, food poisoning.
This needs to be explained / more clear in the trait description 

Nope it just increases how fast you zombify but your screwed anyway so who cares

It is supposed to increase your chance of getting infected when you get scratched right ? 
If not, I agree with you, "weak stomach" points should be higher or "prone to illness" points lower 

Prone to illness, Just go inside when it rains, You get a good amount for just standing inside and at the moment you can't get any other types of illness apart from colds.  also weak stomach for being sensible and not eating bad or raw food.

Traits :
 
Cat's eyes - A bit useless since the night is quite clear even without flashlight 
Eagle eyes - Quite expensive for a higher visibility arc comparing it to the rest (does it affect aiming ?)
Keen Earing - Same thing, a bit expensive, 2 point difference with handy and a lot less usefull
Hearty appetite - should'nt it be a +6 like high thirst ?
 
 
About all the slow / fast - reading / learning I have a suggestion :
 
It could maybe be a good idea to add the option allow the time management and sleeping on servers the excatly same way it works in local multiplayer ?
 
Here is my point :

When I played split screen zomboid with a friend, we had a great time, the time management is perfect, if everybody wants to x3 speed the time is accelerated, when everybody sleep, the time is accelerated, there is a way to wake up friends, etc... But when we played it with 4 players on my server, it was a bit more boring to take away this part of the gameplay, and more painfull to read books at real speed time. I understand this functionality won't be a good one for servers with multiple groups but excellent when you play with a single group of player.

ah. I thought you meant like the FN SCAR (the battle rifle). But that kind of scar works too

I think you're missing the point. I don't think he means what they show more that just scars in general, especially face scars make people look more intimidating.....Someone with a massive scar all the way down their face leaving trails throught their beard is gonna look more scary than a some guy who doesn't look like hes been in a fight his whole life, regardless if it shows how good he is at combat or not it still looks badass
 
*Insert images of Solid snake and John Marston here*

It might come with the "clothing update", I think I have read something about it a few month ago.
 
Adding defensive properties to cloth :  a sweat will reduce the chance to get scratched on your arms in comparaison to a t-shirt.
 
I think it's a planned feature and will obviously come with new kind of cloth, but remember that wearing a anti-riot suit during a sunny summer day will get very hot (so exaustion & thirst will increase really fast).

Now wait just a minute.  How about.... we just get goldfish in the vanilla game.  People can mod in their own exotic types of fish.  Yeah.  Mods where people can dig moats around their house-fort and fill them with piranhas.  Yeah!  Dragon-shark mods.  YEAH!  But it would all start with goldfish.  

Let me keep a pet fish in a tank, I would also like the option to swap it out for a pet lobster / rat / still living zombie head.

I promise I'll feed it and clean my tank.

Doesnt hammering also cause noise? Im pretty sure the amount of noise with an electric screw driver is actually less than banging on it with a hammer. But, yea it could cause the same amount of noise to be fair.

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More seriously, I think screwing a baricade should be faster than with nails if you use a electric screwdriver but painfully long / impossible otherwise.
 
I mean, have you ever tryed to pierce a wooden plank with a screw using a common screwdriver ? Now try to picture you trying to pierce the plank and the wall behind to baricade a window with the PZ screwdriver...
 
As a counter part, using an electric screwdriver should make a lot of noise and use battery.
 
But I'm only talking about baricading here, I think screws are more apropriate in furnitures crafts like bookshelves, etc.

So, a mod that turns you into Jesus?

It would make a great negative trait to choose when starting a new game.

It's die or stay in an perfected superfortress until you get bored and stop playing.
that's the issue.
if you get to late game, you never have to come out.
thus nothing is there to kill you but yourself.

Okay, so this has been a gripe of mine for a long time. Why does smoking make you unhappy? It shouldn't, that makes absolutely *no* sense what so ever. lol
 
Instead, here's what I'm suggesting. We making a 'smoker' trait and when you don't have a cigarette it makes you angry (however it negates the sadness portion of the cigarette) in other words removes it entirely. 
 
The longer you go without cigarettes the more agitated you become now to avoid this you can optionally not take the smoker trait (however) then cigarettes would make you unhappy and even nauseous. 
 
This has been bothering me for some time and essentially makes smoking totally pointless. But I love my cigarettes so when it's fixed I'll have something else to stock pile!
 
Oh and the smoker trait should obviously be a negative not a positive. Since it's only partially severe on how it effects gameplay I suggest a negative 2 or 3 maybe 4 but no higher than that.

Love the idea

"There was no hope of survival. This is how you died..."

It's a good suggestion, disable 1/4 for the food that have less 5 hunger for example...
 
But remember that you can leave 3 weeks without eating irl

4000+ Downloads ! Thanks for supporting the Dowels !
 
 
This mod is an answer to my own suggestion here :

http://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php/topic/1043-les-chevilles-de-bois-carpentry-suggestion/

Handmade Wooden Dowels are pieces of wood that experimented roofmakers and cabinetmakers are using to build some "full wooden furnitures / structures" for cottage furnishing and strong roof structures.

If you want to know how does it works or why is it so hard to use and why it's really something reallistic :

I invite you to read my suggestion, I have added a lot of pictures and drawings to answer all that questions.
 
 
 
 
 
MOD UPDATED for BUILD 36
 
 
 
 

 
 
Mod Informations :
 
 

 
 
 
Download :
 
 
 
Download on PZ-MOD :
 
 
http://pz-mods.net/weapons-items/WoodenDowels/
 
Download on Git-Hub :
 
https://github.com/JulienLaclaverie/PZ_WoodenDowels
 
 
 
Download on Steam workshop :
 
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=498634342
 
Installation (if not from Steamworkshop) :
 
 
 
Extract in the folder : "C:\Users\USERNAME\Zomboid\mods"
 
 
 
Changelog :

Version 1.5 (release)
- Carpentry level scaled angain to fit all crafts (new values & new crafts)
- Compatible with Build 36 
- Compatible with the new wall system
- Compatible with the new dismantle system 
- Sawing dowels now makes the saw noise
- New recipe ! You can now manage to craft one dowel from a treebrach
- In order to make the mod more realistic, you can now use alternatives to the screwdriver to carve your dowels (Kitchen or Hunting knife)

Version 1.4
- Carpentry level scaled to fit all crafts
- Build 31 compatible

Version 1.3
- New crafts added (Shelves, Bed, etc...)
- Carpentry level +1 for all crafts (anticipating the Build 31 update)
- Build 30 compatible

Version 1.2
- Craft with nails bug is now solved you can now build with nails or dowels without bug
- Destroying a furniture or wall crafted with dowels now drop dowels (and nails furniture drop nails)

Version 1.1
- Now with a mod description
- You can now craft drawers with dowels

Version 1.0
- Updated for Build 26
- Updated for the last recipes

Version 0.7
- fully balanced "Build with Dowels" recipes
- level 5 is now required for strategical furnitures
- more planks are needed

Version 0.6
- balancing the "Build with Dowels" recipes
- you need more dowels than nais to build something

Version 0.5
- removed inapropriated crafts from the "Build with Dowels"

Version 0.4
- Bugfix for the vanilla "build" menu
- New build menu renamed "Build with Dowels"

Version 0.3
- New "build" menu
- Removed ability to find wodden dowels in crates
- Added crafting recipe for wooden dowels

Version 0.0.2
- Icon fully fonctional (thanks to Eggplanticus tutorial)
- One icon selected and resized

Version 0.1
- Added the dowel item
- Designed 5 icons
 
 
 

Mod Updated 1.4 is OUT for BUILD 31 !

 

Changelog :

 



- Carpentry level scaled to fit all crafts
- Build 31 compatible
 

Mod Updated 1.4 is OUT for BUILD 31 !

 

Changelog :

 



- Carpentry level scaled to fit all crafts
- Build 31 compatible