- Changed the item icon again.

The new icon is a 2D stylization of the 3D model I made, so it's more accurate to the model seen in-game, and just looks way better. I'm much happier with this icon, so I don't think I'll have to update the mod after this point!

- Redid the model for the nutri-rations.

The new model is lower-poly, and has a lower-res texture as well. I feel like this fits much better into Kenshi, as the higher resolution texture and model felt too out of place in the world. The older model was also quite wasteful in terms of poly-count, being about 5x denser than this new model, with unnecessary detail for such a small item. This new model is much closer to the regular ration pack's poly-count, so there shouldn't be any performance issues for people on lower-spec machines!

The new texture is actually more detailed as well, since I was able to work better with Substance Painter after getting some practice.

Overall, I'm much happier with the model and texture. Hopefully this is the actual final version of the mod!

Modeling was done in Blender, Texturing was done in Substance Painter, and Photoshop was used for exporting textures and other adjustments.

- Re-did the nutri-rations icon.

- Added a custom model for the nutri-rations.

The model was done in Blender, Substance Painter was used for texturing, and Photoshop was used for the icon and lots of texture adjustments.

Post-script notes:

This is the first time I've done any 3D modeling for Kenshi, and it was a hard process to finally get everything working. Without all the tutorials online, I wouldn't have been able to figure out how to do any of this.

I'm happy with how the model and texture turned out, along with the new icon. This is only the second time I've used substance painter, so it was a long process to make the textures look the way I wanted.

Probably the last change I'll do to this mod!

- Updated the item icon. It's now a completely new icon, instead of being a simple retexturing of the ancient nutri-rations. I made a 3D model of the rations in Blender, textured and rendered them in Substance Painter, then used Photoshop for minor adjustments and scaling. Looks much better!

- Tech Level 5 is now required, decreased from level 6.

- Time to craft increased to 6hrs.

- Made the Nutri-Rations able to be stored in "Food Store" containers.