Conquest Stone Age Expansion

<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Conquest Stone Age Expansion seeks to completely reimagine early game content by altering recipes, mechanics, and other gameplay features in order to provide a more realistic and challenging survival experience.</span></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Estimated time to reach copper age (the definition of copper age meaning the creation of a copper pickaxe and hammer) based on my playtests of the mod vs vanilla (assuming previous gameplay experience and no changes to game speed or day length):</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vanilla: 2.5h or 3.12 in-game days.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">With Stone Age Expansion: 12h or 15 in-game days.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Disclaimer</span>: If this is your first time playing Vintage Story, you may want to familiarize yourself with the base game before using this mod as it significantly increases the learning curve and is likely too difficult for new survivalists.</span></p> <p><strong>Note: The gameplay features currently in this mod are more a proof of concept rather than fully fleshed out mechanics. I would like to expand on them further but lack the coding knowledge required to do so. If anyone wants to help me refine my ideas feel free to reach out.</strong></p> <h5>To get an idea of my ultimate goal and vision for this/other yet to be devoloped mods, feel free to check out my <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/16rxPrqIfXj57p-D5mGsByxm9OMHYJcDxGuKV66JzauI/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brainstorming document</a>.</h5> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(I am still working on the mod description and as such, some features and changes have yet to be added to the section below.)</span></p> <div class="spoiler"> <div class="spoiler-toggle">Tool Crafting Overhaul</div> <div class="spoiler-text"> <p>The days of crafting tools with sticks is over. Most tools now require a proper handle, some form of binding material, and pitch in order to create them. Stone tools (with the exception of stone blades which act as a temporary substitute for vanilla knives) require grass cordage while copper and bronze tools require sinew. Iron and steel tools only need to be fitted with a handle before they can be used. Bows and arrows have similarly been overhauled requiring more refined materials in their creation.</p> <p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/LBxGYsM.png" alt="" width="337" height="300" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img src="https://i.imgur.com/ooep784.png" alt="" width="331" height="300" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img src="https://i.imgur.com/ZuCk4yc.png" alt="" width="327" height="300" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img src="https://i.imgur.com/IVhQySJ.png" alt="" width="343" height="300" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img src="https://i.imgur.com/wmfezAI.png" alt="" width="326" height="300" /></p> </div> </div> <div class="spoiler"> <div class="spoiler-toggle">Fire pits</div> <div class="spoiler-text"> <p>Fire pits will be your only source of light until you collect and process the resources required to craft a torch. They can be built with wood shavings or dry grass and fueled with fallen branches. Firewood can still be used instead of fallen branches but will require an axe which may take a number of days to craft.</p> <p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/QY4zM9G.png" alt="" width="348" height="300" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img src="https://i.imgur.com/KMlYfF0.png" alt="" width="318" height="300" /></p> <p>With pitch being a new and valuable resource as well as charcoal powder being a requirement for its creation, fire pits now drop a small amount of charcoal powder when broken in their lit or extinguished states (note that cold fire pits will not drop charcoal powder).</p> </div> </div> <div class="spoiler"> <div class="spoiler-toggle">Creating Pitch</div> <div class="spoiler-text"> <p>Just like how the modern world runs on WD-40 and duct tape, the primitive world runs on pitch. Knowing how to refine it and do so efficiently may be the difference between life and death in the early stages of the game.</p> <p>Your first step will require clay. However, you will not be able to dig it with your hands. Craft a wood or bone digging stick in order to do so. Once you have the required materials, make a pitch bowl using the pottery interface.</p> <p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/YYaOY5R.png" alt="" width="395" height="300" /></p> <p>Unlike regular pottery, the pitch bowl can be fired in a regular fire pit instead of a pit kiln. After firing your bowl, combine resin and charcoal powder then heat it in a fire pit to make pitch. Do note that pitch will harden after a short period of time so make sure to use it quickly! If the pitch does harden, simply re-heat it in a fire pit.</p> <p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/EnwSVAX.png" alt="" width="334" height="300" /></p> </div> </div>