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Literacy Skill

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~~~Better Literacy~~~

Literacy Skill is a small overhaul of the Literature in project zomboid. It does this by introducing a passive skill called Literacy, reworked traits to interact with said skill, reworked the non-skill book literature, introduce skill books for all the skills, and a new profession.

This is a refresh to my old mod: Better Literacy

~~~A Passive: Literacy~~~

The Literacy skill has the following characteristics
  • You get roughly 8 exp per page read in a book.
  • Designed so one can easily get from 5 to 10 by making sure to get the Literacy skill multiplier from it's skill book and reading every book (from vanilla and this mod) once
  • Higher than average Literacy increases your read speed, Lower decreases it
  • Higher than average Literacy increases the skill multiplier by up to 50% from understanding the material better
  • Lower than average Literacy decreases the skill multiplier by up to 50% from not really understanding the material
  • At level 9 and 10, you can walk and read


~~~A Book Rework~~~
  • All Literature now has a page count
  • Page Count is based off the the amount of recipes a literature teaches you, or based off the stats healed
  • All skills now how a skill book, and is intergrated into the loot lists.
  • Renamed all skill books to allow for better organization
  • Nerfed newspapers, as in the new system they were the most efficiant
  • Sitting now reduces read time by 10%, ontop of the reading skill bonus
  • Seemless mod intergration. Works with recipe books from all mods!


~~~A Trait Rework~~~
  • Illterate now sets your literacy to 0. You can now read with Illterate, but have fun leveling from 0.
  • Illterate ignores the exp multiplier penality from having lower than average reading when reading the Literacy skill books.
  • Slow reader is now -2 Literacy, since -2 Literacy is the same speed as slow reader without this mod.
  • Fast reader is now +2 Literacy, since +2 Literacy is the same speed as fast reader without this mod.
  • Illterate, Slow Reader, and Fast Reader all act like the "level up" traits from Strength and Fitness. I.E. you gain/loose them based on your Literacy level like Fit, Stout, Weak, and Strong.
  • Slow learner now has -1 literacy in addition to it's regular effect
  • Fast learner now has +1 literacy in addition to it's regular effect


~~~A New Profession~~~
  • New Profession: The Librarian
  • Has custom spawns for vanilla spawn locations. Note: Some spawns are near buildings and not in them to make sure zombies spawn in the building
  • Can walk and read from the start, no matter the literacy level
  • Stats are: -1 Fitness, +1 Literacy, +1 Strength, and +1 Maintenance.


~~~Options~~~
  • Sandbox option: to change exp rate that you gain per page of reading.
  • Sandbox option: to change what categories of books this mod adds.
  • Mod option: change the value of the exp multiplier. Requires mod options to change.


~~~Known Issues~~~
  • None atm

~~~Special Thanks~~~
  • Soul Finch for his extra skills framework and helping a lot in the discord channel
  • Mr_Anon from the discord channel for helping with the intergration of other mods into this
  • Chuck
  • yooks
  • rimean
  • VunderFiz for us basically talking in the discord and leading to this


Workshop ID: 3149853052
Mod ID: moonSlimeReadingSkill_refresh

Workshop ID: 3149853052
Mod ID: moonSlimeReadingSkill_refresh
Popular Discussions View All (2)
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24 May, 2024 @ 5:53am
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31 Jan, 2024 @ 5:25am
BUG REPORTS
RagingLoony
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TheKoris68 27 Dec, 2024 @ 2:57pm 
b42?
gNecrOz 7 Nov, 2024 @ 4:15pm 
Also, for some reason this mod and Gyde's Trait Magazines seem to be incompatible, as per Gyde? they are looking into it themselves, but I am also dropping it here too just in case there is something that could be done on this end or communication to help them play nice together. Love the Mod though very fun and interesting to use when I am playing with a good bit of other Dynamic Trait mods.
Hans-Landa 24 Oct, 2024 @ 5:41pm 
For some reason this mod breaks the Exp Recovery mod even if i load his last after yours, basically the exp is never recovered as long as i have literacy enabled, the moment i disabled your mod and re-read the original book i gained the missing exp.
Could you check what might be causing incompatibility because i like both mods and i really don't want to pick one over the other.
Mustang 25 Aug, 2024 @ 9:36am 
IF so , can you please add an option to tweaks some settings in server settings (like the speed and what the system offers in general)
Mustang 25 Aug, 2024 @ 9:15am 
For some reason my character now reads the books much slower even with Level 7 + Fast Reader (i also use plenty of book mods like : More Skill Books / Trait Litterature and More / Extra Books Plus and Cat Reading books. (before installing this mod i was reading the books much faster
tomato_bob 10 Aug, 2024 @ 11:31am 
does this mod work on existing saves? downloaded the mod and enabled it in the in-game mod section, but when I booted my existing save nothing was different
Brekkik 31 Jul, 2024 @ 3:36am 
Hi! I really like the idea of this mod and am using it in my current game. I'm using another mod that adds the various other skill books that aren't included in the base game, so in the sandbox options, I clicked the checkboxes next to all the skill book options except Literacy Books, but but the other skill books are still showing up in my game. I'm using a mod that lets you select sandbox options midgame, so I was able to grab a screenshot to show you. I'll also add that your mod was added to a new game, not mid-playthrough if that helps any. Click here for the screenshot. [imgur.com]
ihavefuzzylogic 27 Jun, 2024 @ 7:00am 
I added the mod mid game and started at level 7. When I read an 8 page magazine it took between 30 mins to an hour in game. Is that normal or do I have some kind of conflict? I mean a 220 page book will take days to read.
My Life Glorped Up 24 May, 2024 @ 6:00am 
Does sitting on a chair with True Actions provide the same reading bonus as sitting on the floor?
Wolf401 14 May, 2024 @ 3:52am 
the mod is really good, it works with just about everything, even dynamic traits, though a small issue i have, and this is not a huge thing, i'd prefer the literacy skill being bunched up with the crafting skills but thats just me. (i understand putting it in passive since base is lvl 5)
i haven't had any problems with the mod so its a shame not too many people know its been updated and everything, it doesn't mix with every playthrough and every playstyle obviously but it really is good, thank you moon!