Weird, one of my server's member reported that:

- His character cannot read his own crafted journals.
- But CAN read other players journals.

Additional details he provided:

- Up until the point he noticed the issue, he said that he have crafted/owned 3 journals.
- And all 3 of them has been transcripted from different point in time.
- He doesn't sure if all 3 are readable.

He sent me a video (start from 8:00): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4yRvXAFRGs

So what is the issue here?

No

Does updating the journal sandbox setting break the journal function for players?

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ive just learnt why i havent been able to transcribe my strength and fitness. if u start with lvl 1 of fitness and strength from negartive skills u cant transribe until u ar eat lvl 5

Transcribe XP earned from TV/VHS is no working

Still usable.. and a livesaver literally.. but make us dissapear visually when finishing Transcribing skills. error is 100% replicable as of current B42. if i quit game and relog back in, i reappear and can continue.

This mod is the only reason we still play PZ.. pray to god everyday it stay updated or taking care of. Thank you

Is it normal to not see some stats before reading? Im not sure if its the only one but i cant see fitness even tho I'm at 1k exp by training.

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@WangZord - Not sure, it worked when I wrote it.

Thank you.

@Chucklebrry Finn

Me neither, hope I didn't ruffle any feathers. If someone cares enough to change it manually then the option is there. I understand your reasoning, artists choice after all. Good mod

Why does the journal kept recording my EXP that was gained from VHS whether i enable/disable 'Transcribe XP earned from TV/VHS' in Sandbox Option? So basically, the option doesn't work at all for my server.

Damn I didn't know they let users use markdown tags in comments now.

steamapps/workshop/content/2503622437/mods/Skill Recovery Journal/media/lua/client

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Two Changes using Notepad+:

in Skill Recovery Journal Reading.lua

Line 111
delayedStop = false

Line 112
---sayText = getText("IGUI_PlayerText_DoesntFeelRightToRead")

in Skill Recovery Journal Reading.lua

Line 63
if journalID["steamID"] and (journalID["steamID"] ~= pSteamID) then mismatchID = false end

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Quick and dirty edit to remove player check on journal use. Enjoy

thx i also saw that if i train the strength skill via exercise its saved so its already better but ill check for the other movment skills

There are mods that let you modify sandbox options in ongoing games.

hey im sorry if this is not an appropriate question for you, but if you can help me out, i added your mod to an existing saved game, but how can i configure the mod options for existing games? Will it just give me the preset options for the mod, general skill recovery = 100 etc.

Check sandbox options.

can i also save strength and fitness etc have a zero to hero char and starting with zero in these skills is the most painful part

Additionally, some mods add flat XP that run into issues as this mod attempts to calculate flat XP.

Yuseistar, it could be because the other 3 levels you had, were from watching vhs, which do not recover unless you do some config before starting a save as long as i remember, hope it helps

I tried reading as much as I could initially to figure out my issue but I've come up empty. So, my first character died at Carpentry level 8 and I was half-way to level 9 (I transcribed prior to death). The journal said that I had almost 20,000 exp of Carpentry but, when my second character read the journal, he only got to Carpentry level 5. Both my first and second character had the same traits too. Anyone know why I lost like 3 levels?

when you're in a car and you transcribe or read the journal you cant get out of the car till you're finished

ah kk no problem it was more just checking it was not something i was doing but i get you with the updates coming out - i would guess most modders are waiting till the stable build is out b4 sorting out the mods completely

The new learned recipe system moved some stuff around, I haven't had time/motivation to look into it + updates are/were coming out pretty frequently.

hi sorry if this has been answered before but the skill books and magazines are not being written into the journal is this how the mod works or am i doing something wrong as in do i have to activate the journal to do so, as it stands i have to learn all the magazines and skill books when i die - i die a lot lol

Is it possible to make the journal recover traits as well? Because it would work better with the Traits Purchase System mod.

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nah they arent from traiits, ive got traits that make it zero. so when i gain xp for strength and fitness, so ive got mine set to 0 ive trained my strength to 4 and when i transcribe it doesnt do it., yet my friend can

Recipe didn't show for me. Playing in multiplayer. Has the mod enabled even the optional ones

The XP being recorded is flattened to that of a traitless/unemployed person. The end result is you can't abuse those traits or starting level boosts.

There is more info in the FAQ. 👍

Does the exp gained by having the "Fast Learner" trait also get written down in the journal?

nvm i see the instructions. doyy

is there a place where i can post an error that i get every time i do a specific action?

no no I ment like we are on a server im hosting from my personal computer, just the two of us but we each can make a journal incase (who am I kidding, we will die alot) we die mainly because of his very limited play time. trying to prevent just alot of wasted hours grinding skills. since hes brand new and I havnt played zomboid in like 3 years atleast so its a whole other game compared to what it was back then.

I've chosen to limit being able to share journals with each-other -- the only case where this may work is local co-op where the two players are technically on the same machine.

Sweet, by chance if I host a server for me and my buddy to play on does it work for co-op multiplayer? if we both have the mod? thank you for the quick reply

Yes, you read from the journal -- but the journal being an item can be anywhere you leave it. You also have to update your journal from time to time-- think of it as a checkpoint system.

still trying to figure out how this mod works, if I put skills into the journal and my character dies, do I go to where I died at on the new character get the journal and re-get my skills once I read the journal?

Nvm i found the problem.

Uh, it's been updated to B42 since December 23rd.

Please make this mod finally on 42, im so phucked without it 😭

No worries, and no rush.
Like I said, I have a simple work-around.
Your mods are fantastic, and I truly appreciate the time and effort you put in.
Would donate, but Ko-fi doesn't like my address for some reason.
"Y u no like my address, Ko-fi?"

I haven't sat down to look at how research recipes are being handled. It has been some time since B42 was beta'd, but I haven't had a big chunk of time to check out the new update in-depth.

As for magazine recipes, those *should* still be fine. I would need to know which recipes, I've noticed some mods have had issues in the past.

I don't think Aiming or Reloading are physical skills as per their category. Unless they changed it, in which case it should be working going forward.

I, too, noticed that magazine recipes don't seem to transfer, despite them being enabled and recorded in the journal. So far, I've had to hold onto every skill/recipe magazine at my base so after reading the journal, I can learn the recipes that didn't transfer.

Also, the research recipes don't transfer at all. So many times I've had to research a tree branch, or cookware, despite allegedly recovering skills. Very strange, too, that some physical skills like aiming and reloading seem to be transferring, despite having all physical skills set to non-transferable in the sandbox settings.

Sometimes, usually no.

soo.. 42.7.0 just dropped.. im new to modding so if i play the game rn would the mod/mods crash or reset cuz u know they need to update too n stuff ?

Sure!