LittleRedSonja Normalized Craft Times (V1)

[LittleRedSonja]

Hi!

This small mod normalizes and balances the crafting times for weapons and armor, both vanilla and modded, and makes the Armor perks and advanced engineering more relevant for crafting times. 



This mod is Server - Side friendly. 

You will probably enjoy this mod if:

- You do not understand how a full set of heavy armor is crafted in less than 10 seconds. 
- You do not understand why, in comparison, a T3 pistol takes almost 30 minutes.
- You do not understand why T2 melee weapons take longer time to craft than T3 weapons.
- You do not understand why Armor skill Perks and Advanced Engineering so not affect crating times for armors. 
- You want a crafting system with more reasonable and balanced times, trying to make it fun and not overpowered or boring.

You probably will not enjoy this mod if:

- You enjoy immediate crafting or think that crafting armor in 2 seconds is perfectly fine.

EXAMPLES (version 1.0.0 of the mod, version 1.1 of 7dtd), time in minutes:seconds

DESERT VULTURE (T3 pistol)

Vanilla:
    - No perks: 25:51
    - With Gunslinger level 5: 25:51
    - With Gunslinger level 5 AND Advanced Engineering level 2: 20:40

Normalized Craft Times:
    - No Perks: 10:00
    - With Gunslinger level 5: 5:00
    - With Gunslinger level 5 AND Advanced Engineering level 2: 3:00

COMMANDO OUTFIT:

Vanilla:
    - No Perks: 00:02
    - With Medium Armor level 4: 00:02
    - With Medium Armor level 4 AND Advanced Engineering level 2: 00:02

Normalized Craft Times:
    - No Perks: 6:20
    - With Medium Armor level 4: 3:29
    - With Medium Armor level 4 AND Advanced Engineering level 2: 2:13

VERSION 1.0.0

- Fixes crafting times for armor and weapons, making them more reasonable and balanced. Increases crafting times for armors, decreases crafting times for weapons. 
- Crafting time for armors now depends on armor weight (light, medium, heavy), Advanced Engineering skill and the corresponding Armor Skill (Medium or Heavy).
- Balance crafting times for weapons so lower tiers do not take longer time than higher tiers. 
- Guns take longer time to craft than melee weapons. 
- Compatible with vanilla armors and weapons, and probably with most armor or weapons mods if they keep vanilla naming conventions. Tested and added full compatibility with "Izayo weapons" and "T2 into T3 weapons". 

I hope you like this mod, and let me know if you find issues or have suggestions! I will for sure be expanding it in the future and your feedback and ideas are really appreciated .

Frequently asked questions: 

1- Is your mod compatible with X, Y or Z mod? : Yes, this mod should be  compatible with the majority of other mods. It should be compatible with most weapons/armor mods if they follow vanilla naming conventions. If you find a mod that is not compatible let me know and I will see if I can add support in a future update. For compatibility reasons this mod works best when loaded late in the load order (that is why the mod folder is named like that).

2- Can the mod be used server side only?: Yes, this mod is Server-Side-Friendly. For multiplayer game the mod only needs install in server. For solo play install the mod like any other mod. 

3- Will you add X, Y or Z to the mod?: I am always open to suggestions or requests .

Take a look at my other mods, you might find something you like :

LittleRedSonja's Profile | Nexus Mods

(V1) LittleRedSonja Mods - Mods - 7 Days to Die

Download:

Nexus Mods: LittleRedSonja Normalized Craft Times at 7 Days to Die Nexus - Mods and community

Mirror (SimFileShare): http://www.simfileshare.net/download/5138599/

 

[FramFramson]

Oh my goodness, what a godsend.

Amazing that this is the first time anyone's fixed this, because the disparities are REDONKULOUS.

 

[LittleRedSonja]

Oh my goodness, what a godsend.

Amazing that this is the first time anyone's fixed this, because the disparities are REDONKULOUS.

Thank you!

I will also make a very small super easy tutorial, no xpath knowledge required, for people to edit the times to their liking, since I am sure some people would like the times to be a little longer, others perhaps a little shorter . So that everybody can enjoy the mod however they want. I will put that together and add it in the next few days .

 

[BFT2020]

I noticed that with the armors in my playthroughs.  Annoying enough that I made a note to visit those in a future mod, too lazy to do it yet.  Now I can be completely lazy and not do it at all, just download your mod.  Thanks for the all the hard work.

 

[LittleRedSonja]

I noticed that with the armors in my playthroughs.  Annoying enough that I made a note to visit those in a future mod, too lazy to do it yet.  Now I can be completely lazy and not do it at all, just download your mod.  Thanks for the all the hard work.

Oh thank you! I hope you find it useful, and let me know if you find issues or have suggestions

 

[LittleRedSonja]

Hi!
A small update for this mod, intended to fix a warning with Izayo weapons after an item rename, and hopefully improve future compatibility.

UPDATE 1.0.1

- Fixes a warning because an item in Izy melee weapons mod changed name, and hopefully improves compatibility in case of future name changes or different naming conventions.
- Adds new weapons included in latest versions of Izy weapon mod.
- Optimized file size.

You have the links in the first post, both for Nexus and an alternative mirror in SimFileShare. 

I hope you like it and let me know if you have suggestions or find any issues