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Hacking Skill

It's a new age! Or at least almost. WarGames came out 10 years ago and I've heard whispers of some cool movies coming in the next 6 years.

This mod adds a new skill, Hacking, and three traits.
Amateur Hacker | 2 Points | +1 Hacking level
Master Hacker | 6 Points | +3 Hacking level
Tin Foil Hat | -3 Points | Hacking level cap becomes 2

Project Zomboid doesn't provide a whole lot of opportunities for hacking, which makes sense since we're in 1993. That doesn't mean there aren't any though! Currently this mod allows you to check houses and vehicles for an active alarm system. If you find an active alarm system, you can then attempt to disarm it. Be careful disarming though! You might just set the alarm off.

The Hacking skill was ultimately built for another upcoming mod I'm finishing up, but I figured some folks would like to have the skill without the main mod, so I decoupled it and thought up alarm system hacking.

The following base game traits affect hacking in one way or another:
Dextrous | -10% chance to trigger an alarm
Lucky | -15% chance to trigger an alarm
All Thumbs | +10% chance to trigger an alarm
Unlucky | +15% chance to trigger an alarm

Under "Hacking Skill Settings" there are two toggles which allow you to disable XP gains for hacking building and vehicle alarms, in the off chance you don't consider those to be hacking.
Warning: As of now, this is the only way to gain experience in the hacking skill.

Currently has automatic support for the following mods:

• Skill Book Courier
  
• Simple Skill Books

Hopefully there are no issues, but I'm sure there are some. I purposefully touched as little base game code as possible and prefixed everything in an attempt not to clash.

Build 41 is a secondary thought for me. I ensured the mod works in singleplayer, but I cannot confirm at the moment if it works properly in multiplayer. It may need some additional server syncing. I will get to it eventually, but it's not at the front of the line. Sorry to my Build 41ers.

Take a peek at the internals if you would like! Modder resources related to this mod can be found here. Translation information can be found here.
Hacking Skill GitHub[github.com]

Hacking Skill comes with an API. If you're a modder and have something that could be considered "hackable" you can easily give XP via API for anyone using the skill. Check out GitHub for more information.

Please check the GitHub for accurate translation progress.


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Mod ID: JusHackingSkill