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[B41/B42] Simple Overhaul: Traits and Occupations (SOTO)
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Build 41, Build 42, Balance, Multiplayer, QoL, Realistic, Skills, Traits
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[B41/B42] Simple Overhaul: Traits and Occupations (SOTO)

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Heafoxy's mods collection [41.78+] SP & MP
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Description
Simple Overhaul: Traits and Occupations or just SOTO

Please, rate mod for promotion. It will motivate me to make more content! Thank you <3

Features:
- Rebalanced vanilla occupations, making all of them worth to pick.
- Rebalanced vanilla traits, some of them was completely reworked.
- Adds more than 40 new balanced and necessary traits.
- Adds 26 new vanilla-friendly occupations: Tailor, Deliveryman, Loader, Truck Driver, Soldier, Botanist, Grave Digger, Dancer, Priest, Weightlifting Instructor, Detective, School Teacher, Cleaner, Stuntman, Gas Station Operator, Camp Counselor, Drag Racer, Junkyard Worker, Lifeguard, Demolition Worker, Butcher, Paparazzi, Miner, Store Employee, Criminal, Animal Control Officer.
- New unique traits for vanilla and SOTO occupations.
- You can earn or lose traits while playing the game. For example, you can become Baseball Player, Brave or quit Smoking.
- Visual style that matches the original game.
- Sandbox Options.

This all-in-one mod is standalone, which means you don't need anything else to make it work.
This core mod changes traits and occupations from vanilla game, also adds more new features.
Balance and flexibility are two fundamentals.
Fair traits costs and no cheating.
Meanwhile trying to still be close to Vanilla-style gameplay

Works in [B41/B42]
Mod should work completely fine in singleplayer and multiplayer.
Only for fresh game. Unknown bugs can appear with adding it in current savegame.

Summary:
* Most overpowered traits nerfed.
* Most underpowered and unpopular traits buffed.
* Occupations balanced around same way. Occupation start with maximum +2 skill level (except Farmer, Chef and Doctor).
* If you want to understand mod ideology you should check Questions and Answers.

You can find more info about all this stuff here (Google Sheets):
>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FlcV3lKgHqfWixly7OwRVYnJHQJ7XhaH5XEHRwEF2DY/edit?usp=sharing <<<
You should copy-paste this link in browser because Steam not allowing to open Google Sheets directly.
First tab for Traits, second tab for Occupations.

Traits and occupations are balanced from time to time to achieve the ideal state.
Don't be surprised if your favorite trait or occupation buffed/nerfed.

You can discuss this mod in comments or in my discord: https://discord.gg/sSBnUxADDK

Recommended mods:
- More Description for Traits

Compatible with:
- (mostly everything but incompatible mods)
- Smoker
- Better Lockpicking (traits)
- Snake's Mod Pack (weight traits)
- Green Fire (alcoholic mutually exclusives)
- Scavenger Skill and Driving Skill (skills for some occupations)
- Excrementum (Sensitive Digestion trait)
- Skill Recovery Journal
- Evolving Traits World: should works fine but with bunch of +1 traits.

SOTO may work bad or be incompatible with next mods:
- any mods which changes vanilla traits and occupations
- any traits which changes Smoker trait and adding Alcoholic trait (required testing)
- Quit Smoking: SOTO already allow you to quit smoking.
- Become Desensitized/Brave: SOTO already allow you to earn Brave/Desensitized traits.
- Extra Traits Effects: both mods affecting same traits, incompatible traits balance. (but you can load ETE after SOTO to make it work.)

Incompatible (and will not be):
- More Simple Traits: SOTO is expanded MST. You may face duplicated traits and unknown errors. Use SOTO or MST.
- More Traits: some traits will not work or work incorrectly, incompatible traits balance. Use at own risk.
- Dynamic Traits: both mods affecting occupations and traits, while doing pretty the same thing in different ways, incompatible occupations and traits balance.
- Occupations Expertises & Balance: both mods changing occupations and I don't want to see traits from both mods at same time, incompatible occupations and traits balance.
- 10 Years Later Professions and Occupations: both mods affecting occupations, incompatible occupations and traits balance.

You always can ask your fave mod developer to add compatibility with SOTO.

I will not make separated occupations mod, do not ask me for.

Translation:
English, Russian, Chinese (traditional and simplified), Turkish, Korean.
German, by Xantos
Portuguese Brazilian, by Cinissh
Spanish (ES, AR), by Seccio
Italian, by Lore11
French, by Unknouet
Thai, by Riko Prushka
Polish, by Enzoo | Nulled, Glazs
Ukrainian, by SWolf

Every feedback or bug report helping a lot!

Big thanks to authors of "Dynamic Traits" and "More Traits" mods for their support in the development of this mod.

You can support me on Boosty[boosty.to]!



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This mod can only be modified with the express permission from the original creator. When obtaining permission, you must credit the original creator in the files and in the description. If no permission is received you may not alter the mod, and it must be treated as a mod that is 'On Lockdown'. You can add this mod to your mod pack without the permission of the original author in its original form, provided that the mod is properly updated when new versions are released. © Hea 2022-2025

Workshop ID: 2840805724
Mod ID: SimpleOverhaulTraitsAndOccupations
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hea  [author] 14 hours ago 
@e g o r
Just don't pick trait if you can't manage it. Pretty easy. 2 points tho.
Or... learn how to manage it!
I managed to play with it every playtrough, just eat with 1/4 and never get positive food buff.
To gain weight you need callories, not lot of hunger.
Protection works only for Sensitive Digestion's nausea. If you overeat, just find chill place wihout dead zombies or so and wait until buff will gone. Still it's not that extreme, you won't die even from one HUGE portion. Tested a lot and can sight under those words.

Glad you like the mod. I hope you will have much much good time with it! <3
e g o r 15 hours ago 
@hea I'm sure I don't have any mods that modify moodles. Today my friend's character died the same way. In fact, we both ate a lot of food to gain weight to compensate other traits.

Also, I have a theory that what you call "protection" doesn't account for other factors that lead to sickness (e.g. dead bodies, food/water sickness, some traits)
Anyway, thanks for the answer. I just wanted to point out this mechanic and see for myself if it's intended or not.
Great vanilla-friendly mod, it's a pleasure to play with!
hea  [author] 17 hours ago 
@luiz.dagort build? Any other information?
luiz.dagort 17 hours ago 
My character always wakes up with night panic even with the desensitization, is this a bug?
hea  [author] 19 hours ago 
@e g o r well, in b41 it's slightly more extreme than in b42 but you can't kill yourself with random overeating. Yea, you will get nauseous but not deadly. There is some protection which reduces amount of nausea if it's above 80%
So... To you have to eat REALLY a lot. Or you just have mods which expand Moodles duration.
e g o r 23 hours ago 
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hea  [author] 14 Sep @ 12:40pm 
@e g o r build?
e g o r 14 Sep @ 12:09pm 
I died from overeating, which led to a fever, because I had a sensitive digestive trait. Is that intended? Seems stupid to me
lukekido 14 Sep @ 5:32am 
That dude, with just 700 hours of game, said more bs all my friends combined when they started playing.
Dude is not even wrong, he is completly missing every point. I would like him to have +8 aiming and +6 reloading but starting with -26 points :steammocking:
hea  [author] 14 Sep @ 5:01am 
@edi799 i found the problem, fix released. thanks