Hi there,

Since leveling lockpicking is painfully slow, I made skill books for the new skill so you can get that XP faster. Hopefully this can help someone.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ycd799eg89qdvi6/BetterLockpicking_books.7z?dl=0


Uploading on dropbox because I own Zomboid in GOG, so I can't create items here in the Workshop.


Install the mod by extracting the "BetterLockpicking_books" folder in:
C:\Users\[yourusernamehere]\Zomboid\mods

Icons for the books are from:
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2071347174

So all credit goes to "Oh God Spiders No". They look like magazines but trust me they are books.
The code for this mod adapted and inspired by
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2209099061
and
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2324586266

So credit to them for indirectly teaching me how to do this.

Lastly, this mod includes some standardized names for books from the following mods so they follow the standard set in OGSN's "An Exhilaratingly Organized Literature Mod"

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2572385719

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1911229825

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2324586266

If you don't play with these mods and have problems with this submod, simply go to
Zomboid\mods\BetterLockpicking_books\media\lua\shared\Translate\EN
and delete the file named ItemName_EN.txt

If anyone wants to use any of the things from this submod in their own mods, feel free to do so. Thanks for the Better Lockpicking mod!

Screens:
https://imgur.com/a/PZcPssG