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Disinfect or Die
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Mods: Build 41, Balance, Hardmode, Multiplayer, Realistic
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Feb 11, 2022 @ 10:16am
Feb 16, 2022 @ 4:30pm
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Disinfect or Die

Description
Make the first aid system more realistic in a simple way:
  • Wearing dirty bandages on bleeding wounds increases chance of infection
  • Infected wounds are more dangerous
  • Wearing dirty bandages on infected wounds is sometimes a death sentence, often causing more health loss than wearing no bandage at all
  • Sterilizing bandages has a purpose!
  • No penalty for wearing a dirty bandage if you're not bleeding

Ordinarily, washing bandages and keeping disinfectant is almost entirely pointless. With the extra danger it's very helpful. If you pay attention (injured moodle, heart icon shaking, etc) you'll be fine, probably. The well-fed buff is useful if you need extra healing. And there's nothing stopping you from replacing a bandage before it gets dirty if you catch a break.

Sandbox setting available under the Character tab - "Disinfection Urgency". It's basically a damage multiplier. I recommend "Normal" or "High" for most situations.

Workshop ID: 2750239763
Mod ID: DisinfectOrDie
87 Comments
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Morgan Mar 28 @ 4:49pm 
May I add this to my modpack?
sussyslurp Nov 1, 2023 @ 10:45am 
most realistic mod! 10/10! Remember when Theodore scraped his arm on that broken car door in the walking dead?
Azog-ToT Jul 30, 2023 @ 11:11am 
Мод слишком не сбалансирован, умереть от рваной раны хотя ты мгновенно перевязался и все делал сделал верно - легко. Задумка неплохая, реализация так себе.
Mang Jul 20, 2023 @ 4:03pm 
W mod using this on a super modded coop playthru with realism in mind and it works
KiwIgs~ Jul 10, 2023 @ 4:29pm 
Oh just saw now that it has a sandbox setting avaliable, sorry I didn't see that
KiwIgs~ Jul 10, 2023 @ 4:23pm 
I do like this mod a lot, but I don't know how I'd survive using this with the only cure, all times I tried to save myself from a bite, I died really quick, but I don't dare to write on the lua to change it my self, i'm to noob for that ;-;
Bliss ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Jul 4, 2023 @ 8:57am 
CREDITOS to @Jarinex

For those who are finding this mod to be too much, but still want wound infections to do something, you can edit the mod manually. Heres how:

Go into the mod and find the dod_PlayerUpdate.lua. Find the following set of code:

if infectionLevel > 0 then
infectionLevel = math.max( 0.08 , infectionLevel * DisinfectOrDie.difficulty * 0.06)

for i = 0, parts:size() - 1 do
damage:AddDamage(i, infectionLevel)
end
end
end

See the number that is in bold? That is the damage you will take, which is multiplied by the difficulty level. Change that to a lower value, and the damage every minute becomes lower.

I like the idea of the mod, but it does need some balance.
Bliss ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Jul 4, 2023 @ 8:49am 
Could someone please elaborate more on how disinfecton urgency works? Does it nerf the damage or just how fast you gotta disinfect, or how aggressive the penalty ramps up?
aBronyPlays Jul 1, 2023 @ 5:28pm 
way too difficult. one scratch and if you don't have disinfectant on you or bourbon you're dead.
Bliss ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Jun 22, 2023 @ 5:19pm 
There could be a deeper level infection before it starts to cause you damage, with a chance of you healing before it goes to this 2nd level.