SteelMod v4.1 Introduction
With the recent release of SteelMod v4.0, we were able to gather a lot of feedback from our server community and the modders as well, and realize some of the things we could improve upon. That being said, v4.1 aims to be a much more solid foundation than 4.0, keeping all of our great new features, while ensuring the progression and loot balance was just right.
Read on below for the complete list of all changes made for v4.1
Items
Added the following new items to the game:
- Scrap Fireaxe
- Scrap Pickaxe
- Scrap Shovel
- Scrap Gardening Hoe
- Scrap Tools Schematic
- Worms
- Bird Seeds
- Battery Pack
- Marinated Chicken
- Yummy Chicken
- Flaming Crossbow Bolt
- Added Cough Medicine icon
- Reduced Blood Draw Kit damage
- Increased Blood Bag health amount restored
- Added Red Tea to Merchant class
- Increased Boiled Meat fullness gain
- Returned all tools stamina use to 8
- Changed all weapon parts crafting categories to proper groups
- Added any missing icons from 4.0 to 4.1
Blocks
These new blocks are used as machines. Each block below has a short description as to their function. For a complete guide on these machines, head (here).
Basic Magnetic Sorting Machine - Used to separate metal from stone. Create a Stone Pack with 25 small stones, then place the stone pack in the machine with a battery, wait, and collect your metals. Make those stones around you more valuable than ever!
Basic Solar Panel - Used to charge empty batteries into working batteries. Create a Battery Pack using 10 empty batteries and other small components, place the Battery Pack inside the Solar Panel, wait, and collect your working Batteries.
Basic Farmers Bird Nest - Used to reproduce feathers and eggs. Place Bird Seed in the nest, followed by worms, wait, and collect your materials.
All 3 of these blocks automatically break after closing, but do not destroy the actual block. You can stack these blocks to create factories or mega-farms to produce in mass quantity, and it is very simple to use.
Steam Powered Forge Module - A forge that can only melt Tungsten. Must be crafted to smelt Scrap Tungsten into Forged Tungsten. More recipes coming soon to this station.
Secure Cash Register - Sell your goods with safety! Made a lockable cash register made by Merchants so you can secure your Casino Coins.
- Added all working lights. If they do not light upon placement, disassemble them, and re-place it. A few times should turn the light on.
Loot
- Decreased Junk loot spawn in all containers
- Slightly increased Casino Coin count in all containers it's spawned in
- Decreased Marijuana spawn rate
- Decreased 44 Magnums spawn chance
- Slightly increased spawn chance of all common gun parts & gun part count in safes
- Slightly decreased rare medicine spawn chance
- Decreased spawn rate of Electronic Scrap, Wire, and Bolt
- Decreased Junk spawn amount/chance in backpacks
- Added Ammunition Nation book to loot
- Added Scrap Tools Schematic to loot
- Added chance to harvest Bolt & Electronic Scrap to small TV's and Air Conditioners
- Added very small chance to harvest Pyrite from boulders
Progression
Progression for the mod has been reworked in a sense that it is much slower than vanilla, but also consistent in leveling and skills. No longer will you level your Construction to 62 by sunrise, or be level 90 in an in-game week. We aimed for our progression to be a slow, and rewarding challenge. By doing this, you not only increase longevity for servers and their player counts, but also add much more replayability to the game. The skill max level is 125, and player level is 250. To sum it up in an example, with this progression.xml, expect no blue/purple gear until at least level 30.
Seeing as the list for this category would be tremendously long, we advise you check the contents of Progression.xml for yourself, and judge it from there.
Recipes
Added the following new recipes:
- Scrap Fireaxe
- Scrap Pickaxe
- Scrap Shovel
- Scrap Gardening Hoe
- Flaming Crossbow Bolt
- Marinated Chicken
- Yummy Chicken
- Flaming Crossbow Bolt
- Basic Magnetic Sorting Machine
- Basic Solar Panel
- Basic Farmers Birds Nest
Installation
(Please note this mod is intended for MP servers, and does not have a single player version yet.)
If you are a server owner:
- Go to C:/Steamapps/common/7daystodiededicatedserver
- Open SteelMod v4 final, and drag the Mods folder into your directory (not the data folder)
- Open data>config in the 7 Days To Die directory, and drag all the xmls and XUi folder into the config. Say "Yes" if it asks to replace your files.
If you are playing the mod on a server hosting it:
- Go to C:/Steamapps/common/7daystodie
- Open SteelMod v4 final, and drag the Mods folder into your directory (not the data folder)
- Open data>config in the 7 Days To Die directory, and drag only the xui.xml and XUi folder into the config. Say "Yes" if it asks to replace your files.
Conclusion
With this version being focused all on balance, I think it is safe to say we nailed it this time! Now we have more time to focus on adding content, and making machines and stations more complex. Stay tuned for another exciting addition to SteelMod!
how do i tell if its working on the server?
Hit the ` key and scroll up to check if there are any Red errors. If no "NullReference" errors appear, you are set! There are a lot of extra leftover icons in the Mods folder, so you will see a long list of notices that mention to resize them, but this is fine, it does not affect your game in any negative way.