Fatigue Removal

[I.P. freely]

Hey so I have played this game for quite some time now and I really enjoy it. The problem is that my character keeps getting fatigued and I find that to really be annoying. I know you will say that I just need to switch characters but I don't want to do that. Is there a way I can make it so that I will never be fatigued? What I am looking for is a mod or some suggestions on what I can do with the files that will make my character never be fatigued. Thanks!

[cruinne]

Just keep a stack of energy drinks and/or trucker pills and every time their stamina drops, gulp one down?

It's not the solution you were asking for, but maybe it will get you through in the mean time.

[Kismette]

To mod, you would need the SoD extraction and xml to bmd tools, which you can get from here:
http://www.nexusmods.com/stateofdecay/mods/151/?

You would then need to find the correct file, which is the actorconstants.xml and edit the values of the appropriate lines of codes. You'd have to it 3 different times from different folders if you want the change for all 3 game modes (class3 for Story Mode, class3.1 for Breakdown and class3.2 for Lifeline). Make sure they are in the proper folders/subfolders and convert the edited .xml file to .bmd

I haven't personally edited health and stamina values so there could be others you need to change as well, I just happen to come across this because I've changed the falling damage for Breakdown and it's on the same file.

cruinne's advise is sound otherwise.

[I.P. freely]

Cool but where is actorconstants.xml?

[Kismette]

Originally posted by I.P. freely:

Cool but where is actorconstants.xml?

You need the extraction tool to 'see' it. The instruction on how to use it are on that site as it is quite lengthy.

[I.P. freely]

It seems like I am unable to access the guide. I found the stamina section but because I'm not much of a computer geek I don't know what to do with it.

[Kismette]

Looks like site is not being mentained anymore. The instruction to use it would still come with the download though as you need to extract specific .pak files in the State of Decay folder/s.

gamedata.pak for State of Decay (Story Mode) in folder Steam/steamapps/common/State of Decay/Game

BreakdownC.pak for Breakdown, located in Steam/steamapps/common/State of Decay/Game/sandbox

BeltwayC.pak (almost positive it's that one, otherwise it's BeltwayU.pak) for Lifeline, located in Steam/steamapps/common/State of Decay/Game/beltway

actorconstants.xml would show up to where you designated a temporary location of the extracted files in game/libs/class3 (or class3.1 or class3.2)/ Edit the file via Notepad or Notepad++. Convert it to .bmd using the xml2bmd tool (the file will not convert if there are conflicts or if you messed up the edit). Create the similar directories/subfolders in Steam/steamapps/common/State of Decay/Game/libs/ so you would have class3, or class3.1 and/or class3.2 folder/s in there. Place the .bmd file in the appropriate folder.

[I.P. freely]

Okay but I don't know what to edit in the notepad. There are so many sections that have to do with stamina.

[Kismette]

Like I've mentioned before, I haven't done any health or stamina modifications, I simply remembered seeing stamina values in there.... whether it's even the correct file to change fatigue values or removing it completely, I really don't know. You'll have to find them otherwise.

[I.P. freely]

How do I change it to a BMD file? Or do I have to change it to a BMD file because I just finished messing with the actorconstants.xml file. Do I have to put into the official SOD files as a BMD file or can I just do it as a XML file?

[Kismette]

I've done some digging earlier and looks like the file that you'd want to edit is actually characters.xml

it's the first few lines of code of:
<FatigueDef>
<FatigueLevelCollection>
<FatigueLevel RecoveryLevel="0" Size="1800" Trait="Trait.Fatigue.None" />
<FatigueLevel RecoveryLevel="8000" Size="3000" Trait="Trait.Fatigue.Winded" />
<FatigueLevel RecoveryLevel="6000" Size="2400" Trait="Trait.Fatigue.Tired" />
<FatigueLevel RecoveryLevel="3000" Size="1200" Trait="Trait.Fatigue.VeryTired" />
<FatigueLevel RecoveryLevel="800" Size="100" Trait="Trait.Fatigue.Exhausted" />
</FatigueLevelCollection>
</FatigueDef>

Changing the values of Level= and Size= to 0 on these might just remove the fatigue penalty entirely... or perhaps changing all the values similar to that of the "Trait.Fatigue.None". Testing the changes would be the next step of modding. ;)

And again, depeding on what game mode type you want to edit, characters.xml is found in the temporary designated folder when you extract the .pak file in either:

libs/class3/rts/ or
libs/class3.1/rts/ or
libs/class3.2/rts/

The SoD Extraction Tool comes with an xml2bmd function. You could open/edit files directly from there but I've only mentioned editing them via Notepad or Notepad++ because I'm used to trying to keep the original file untouched (I'm not sure if there was a 'save as' function in the SoD Tool and while re-extracting would give me the original back just in case, I'd rather avoid having to re-do that step again) and I save the new file as (in this case) charactersMODDED.xml.

Once you convert it, you should see a (if you renamed the file like above) charactersMODDED.win.bmd pop up in the same folder. just rename it back so that it's characters.win.bmd and move it in the proper Steam/steamapps/common/State of Decay/Game/libs/class3 (or class3.1 or class3.2)/rts/ folder. Start a new game on a different profile to test and see if the mod worked.

Good luck and welcome to modding.

[Graves]

Just take the character and go where there are no Zeds and run them in a circle for 15 min. They will reach there max stamina with 20 min of grinding it out.

[Goof]

... or you could just bring snacks

[WillieSea]

This does not help your character from getting the 'tired' status, but I prefer to make all the actions that cause fatigue to decrease.

So, rather than running 20 feet and being 'hold your sides exhausted', I can run for 200 yards before that happens.

As for the tired status, leaving the game for 2 hours usually fixes that, and I can continue playing that character. Or, get the radio options to rejuvinate your exhaustion levels. Coffee and drugs are short lasting and come back to hit you hard, later.

[D. Pede]

Kismette thanks for this basic modding guide, got me interested in this subject and thanks to you it got much more accessible to me :)