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[B42] Quality of Life and Miscellaneous Tweaks

Optional files, including: Bandage cleaning taking less time and water, taking and adding cigarettes to a pack taking less time, worst of the items reweighed (looking at you, nails), and vehicle trunk capacity made independent of trunk condition.

Build 42.12 note:
Compatible with the newest update. Please report if anything doesn't seem to work, however.

-Changes to bandage cleaning/disinfecting and cigarette pack actions. Now takes 200ml of boiling water per bandage and rag instead of 600ml. Disinfecting is now 2.5x as fast.

-Taking from/adding cigarettes to pack is way quicker. Other functions will be added as I continue to discover things that are annoying.

-Picking thread with needle (from e.g. rags, it's a recipe) is possible at level 0 tailoring (vanilla level 1), allowing you to begin gathering thread to level tailoring as in B42 ripping clothes does not give thread at zero tailoring skill. Only way to reliably level tailoring in vanilla to level 1 is cutting jeans and skirts into shorter versions.

-Magazine and duct tape armor no longer needing knowledge of recipe or skill to craft.

-Cooking vessels hold more liquid: Cooking pots 3.0L, kettles 3.0L, saucepans 1.5L, roasting pan 1.5L. Note, already generated items will be updated if used in something, e.g. use your cooking pot for soup and it will give you the correct 3.0L maximum volume when returned.

Reweighs the worst offenders in B42. A spiritual continuation to my Sensible Balance: Item Weights mod from B41.
Also changes the number of uses for some items: reverts the B42 changes to lighters (they were made to have 5 uses, reverts to 32). Household - makes soap last longer (x5), makes jug of vinegar have 40 uses (twice the vanilla, now equivalent to 4 bottles of vinegar). Farming - makes fertilizer have 20 uses instead of 8, and compost 8 uses instead of 4. Full list of changed items available in the changelog.

Vehicle trunk capacity no longer relies on condition - is always maximum. May only work on new games (or newly generated vehicles as already generated ones will not be affected). I found it to be compatible with the modded vehicles I've been using, but possibly incompatible with modded vehicles that do not inherit the vanilla 'trunk properties'.

Reduces the junk loot chance for vehicles (to half). Good if you play with high vehicle spawns, or use e.g. the Way More Cars mod (renamed to More Car Features + Spawn Zones Expansion) and don't want to collect tons of trash, or don't want to make the useful-ish items more common (as a lot of batteries, alcohol wipes, etc. tend to spawn in cars). Does not affect loot added by my Realistic Distributions mod (e.g. does not decrease cigarettes).

Allows you to select my sandbox preset for frustration-free, more balanced gameplay based on my 'B42 Unstable Plus' mod list.
Requires manual copy-paste of one file from:
(IF DEFAULT WINDOWS INSTALLATION FOR STEAM)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\108600
Go to the folder '3552615247'
...108600\3552615247\mods\QoLMiscSandboxSettings\42\Zomboid\Sandbox Presets

PASTE 'QoL_Misc_B42_Unstable.cfg' TO:
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Zomboid\Sandbox Presets
Enabling in the 'Mods' in-game tab does not do anything! Play the preset in 'New Game' as any other custom preset.

Note: I also suggest allocating more RAM to the game if you haven't already!

Wherever possible I have used a lua implementation as to not conflict with existing base items and recipes, or overwriting mod changes. The trunk capacity submod is the only one overwriting a vanilla script file, but it should be fine, I have not seen any car mods directly edit it - but some mods do choose to not inherit its defined properties - biggest one I've seen is KI5 vehicles but most other car packs are ok.

Please do not modpack or reupload.
If this mod is deleted, you are welcome to reupload to Steam Workshop only.
Thanks and enjoy!

Realistic Distributions: Alcohol, Cigarettes, Clutter
Clothing Protection: Rebalanced
Temperature Affects Food Spoilage Rate
Rebalanced Yields: Butchering
Immersive Preservation: Canning and Jarring of evolved recipes

Workshop ID: 3552615247
Mod ID: QoLMiscItemWeights
Mod ID: QoLMiscLessCarJunkLoot
Mod ID: QoLMiscQoL
Mod ID: QoLMiscQoLSandboxSettings
Mod ID: QoLMiscTrunkCapacity