LittleRedSonja Normalized Craft Times

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”.

LittleRedSonja hope you like this mod, and let her know if you find issues or have suggestions! She 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 her know and she will see if she 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?: She is always open to suggestions or requests 🥰.

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The forum topic of the mod is here.

Credits: LittleRedSonja