add points?

[cocoayoc]

i briefly mentioned this in another post but is there a way to, over time, get more traits points tto spend? 8 is so darn limited

[WillieSea]

Currently you can only choose traits at character creation. With mods you can give yourself more starting points.

But it is possible to create a mod that adds or removes traits from your character during play.

The game already does some of that. Such as gaining or loosing weight traits.

[Brother Frederick]

Originally posted by WillieSea:

Currently you can only choose traits at character creation. With mods you can give yourself more starting points.

But it is possible to create a mod that adds or removes traits from your character during play.

The game already does some of that. Such as gaining or loosing weight traits.

Similar goes for strenght and fitness traits.

[Heavy Red]

you can also do it yourself by following this path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua\client\OptionScreens\CharacterCreationProfession.lua" (the drive name may be different and the path may be different depended upon where you have installed your library) once there open the "CharacterCreationProfession.lua" using Notepad or some other text reader such as Notepad++ and then look for "function CharacterCreationProfession:create()" the fourth line down should look like this "self.pointToSpend = 0;" you can then edit it to any number you want and you'll get those points when you start off the next game. I believe this only affects sandbox mode though... (Here's an example of how you would edit it (what it should look like) self.pointToSpend = 0; (what you can do to it) self.pointToSpend = 168; this should give you 168 points to spend by default the next time you start sandbox mode or any other number you want.)

Notes: you can hit F3 in Notepad and I believe Notepad++ and just type in what you're looking for or copy and paste it. Also there's a mod called "Professional Mod" which should add a new occupation which gives you all of the bonuses from all of the occupations.

[cocoayoc]

thamks!! i used the points change but will get the mod you mentioned later

[Heavy Red]

I forgot to mention a few things. First is you need to save that document before you leave it (you probably already did this though) and the second thing is when the game gets updated these points are usually reset so to make things easier on yourself You can right-click and create a shortcut for the "CharacterCreationProfession" and it should show up on your desktop and then you can just double-click on it and edit it any time you want.(Even though this is pretty obvious I'm going to say it anyways. You should make a backup of the file before editing it. But if you do manage to break something in there you can always just verify the integrity of your game through steam and that should fix anything that was broken. But I believe this has one caveat verifying the integrity of the game may reset any mods that you have installed and you may need to reinstall them (I think this happens automatically) so fair warning.) And last but not least you are welcome.

[aaronwhitchurch819]

Another somewhat related question I have is how do you change the value of a profession? What I was thinking of for a small mod was to up the starting points to 10, and have every profession cost either 5 or 10 points, depending on the bonuses it gives you. That way, everyone can have a full time job, but having other bonuses on top of that will still cost you.

[Heavy Red]

Unfortunately I don't think I can help you with this. (At least not without spending an inordinate amount of time trying to figure it out). Hopefully someone else can help you with this. But if you have an understanding of basic programming rules then I'd surmise that you should be able to just go through the files and figured out yourself. Victory is inevitable There is no such thing as hard only time consuming!

[cocoayoc]

Originally posted by Heavy Red:

There is no such thing as hard only time consuming!

well put!

[Heavy Red]

TY