thats fair, you have to get back into the groove of things. and this mod is one of my top 2 i think of whenever i play this game. it allowed for my "supernatural monster hunting monsters" playstyle as i call it. It makes me happy to use and also changes the game for me to play in a way i enjoy so much, nearly every character since my first comments have used this at some point.

I play 3 styles- zero to hero, peak performance human, and monster. and this is a cornerstone of the monster mindset, sucking up soul energy. "the knox event released the horde. but it also released me" kind of a thing. i heavily enjoy each and every mod that lets me dip into such ability.

@(Seeking)Eye

Thank you mate, I really appreciate your words :)

I'm gonna try the new zomboid build soonish since I can use geforce now, but no modding any time soon, so thank you for understanding.

It's also awesome to read that my work brings you that kind of joy, thank you for giving this mod an opportunity.

..you went through quite a horrific scenario. it's more than understood an update to this won't happen anytime soon.

Im sorry you went through such a horrible situation and for the losses you took. I'm glad at least some of the family got out of that okay. Hopefully things turn out better for you in the future. this mod is one of my major favorites, so im here playing it in B41 until the wheels come off.

(2/2) Regarding to this mod: All the files I had from the body gems project were lost, also the potential update I had plans for. I'm so, so fucking sorry for not finishing this before loosing all the files. I was really burnout from zomboid, to the point that I just stopped playing it all together and started to mod Cyberpunk 2077 (look up for Raito Labs on Nexus mods). Working on cyberpunk taught me a lot and I was interested on exploring cyberware for zomboid when I could mod it again (as I need to refresh all my knowledge on folder structure, etc).

I will return to fix/update this someday, but if someone wanna do a port for B42, I won't oppose, but PLEASE link this or give me credits for the OG mod. In fact, I would really appreciate if someone could link my paypal too, as I'm still on a very precarious situation regarding money, and honestly everything helps...

paypal.me/vanaukas

(1/2) Hey guys, I can't mod right now because a few months ago (October) I lost my pc, I was already starting to recover from the zomboid burnout and finishing a cyberpunk 2077 project, but a fire destroyed my house and I lost everything inside, including our cat. I was able to save my wife and daughter, our dogs, but I couldn't reach our cat in time before the fire was too risky for me (I still ended up with a few burns, nothing serious).

There was a campaign on the cyberpunk modding server to get me back on my feet, receiving donations on a paypal account I was able to set up, I was able to move to the city to my parents house and to get a job, as I was self employed and I lost all my equipment. I'm currently working, but I haven't been able to save for a pc and I don't think it'll happen any time soon tbh.

tried to port it myself messed up a few things apparently not as easy as i thought it would be

Hopefully this does get a B42 port someday for those moving on to it. this is one of my favorite mods for a more supernatural/mystic experience.

still works with b42?

easily one of my favourite mods

Congrats on your child. Looking forward to any updates you come up with.

oh! congrats on your daughter! spirit shotgun? OOHO. that sounds like fun, and im cool with the item swap around. Ive never stopped using this mod, So I can't wait to see what comes up.

Very cool, im excited for those updates

@Kriv

I want to add a few more odd items for protection and something like a shotgun. I'll probable change Spadeblade to behave like an axe and move Nikana to long blade, plus some small fixes to what already exist. That's more concrete, but I also want to add more power tiers but IDK if I can pull it off.

Are you gonna add anything more to the mod?

@Kirv
I'll consider this idea for the future last update. Now that I think about it it may be a good idea to diversfy the weapon arsenal, since it may be redundant with the Axeblade.

cant you keep the axeblade as an axe but the nikana as a long sharp

A quick update on this mod:

My daugther has already born 3 weeks ago (thank you all for your kind words and wishes) and I may be able to reutrn to work on this. Due hardware errors I've lost all the progress I had for the last update (wasn't that much but It'll be annoying to get the visual part done again), but I'll eventually update this. Keep in mind that I'm still noob on LUA side, so keep your expectations low, the update will be very similar to what's already done.

Thank you everyone for the support, I've never expected more than 4k players with this mod and brings me a lot of joy (:

I hope everyone reading this has a nice day and a long survival!

@Kriv
Axeblade and Nikana needed to use Axe skill to have access to "Cut down tree" context menu option, without that skill the game send errors and the option doesn't work at all. At first I wanted to have them as long blade but I valued more the Axe utility.

The biggest issue I have is that the kitana is not a long sharp weapon, but an axe, my ninja character is broken

Take your time and take care. Few things in life are more important than one's family, and the modding community should already feel lucky to have anything you were willing to share with us so far, so we can wait. Cheers.

@serge_yas @ShadetheSilent

Thank you both of you for the ncie words and good wishes, my gf and I are quite nervous because it's our first time, so there is a lot to learn...

I promise that when I get the time and IRL money things are more resolved I'll keep working on the roadmap at least, for the meantime everything is on standby.

Thanks again for the kind words!

Congratulations on your new fatherhoodshipness, Vanaukas! ...Just wanted to give you massive thanks for this mod. It's a lot of fun. It confused me a bit at first, but turns out it's fairly easy to get into thanks to your fairly extensive and detailed mod description, so many thanks for that. Been using it for a playthrough about a character who 'reincarnates' each time she dies into a progressively stronger being/undead, and this mod is basically the first superzombie power she gets after her first death, lol.

Anyway. It's positively awesome and I love it. On that note... take care and godspeed. Also happy holidays.

thank you for your wishes. I congratulate you on this wonderful news. I wish you success and all the best. Many thanks for your mod and for your courtesy . at the present time, this is a value

@serge_yes

I appreciate the invitation, but I really don't have time anymore to make mods since I'm gonna be a dad and I'm trying to make more income RN :/. I also don't use discord on regular basis, but I can answer your questions here or in my profile when I get the time for it, it takes significantly less time than helping to develop a mod. Take care mate, I hope you cna gather a team for it (and check out the Meditation mod in the workshop!, it may help you with the animations)

My nickname is VeliM in the discord, if you are interested in this idea and you want to take part in it as much as possible, write to me. Or in steam in a personal account, I will find you in the discord myself

Therefore, I want to invite you there, since your mod is actually one of the ideological inspirers who showed that my idea of cultivation is generally possible to implement and implement in the game!. Therefore, I ask you to participate.

I have created a server in discord where I will describe the mod in detail, and I also invite developers there who are in tune with the idea of my mod. So that if they are interested in the idea and concept, they can choose and choose a task for themselves in the context of a single system, as well as in the context of their skills and abilities in already implemented mods. Everyone can discuss the implementation and identify the fragment that is going to be implemented.

I understand. I will try to attract and interest other mod authors who somehow work in creating mods of the same subject. Let's see what happens. I also want to note that you can start small, for example, expanding the concept of meditation and working with qi, only in the crafting concept and method of improvements. The second step is adding basic spells. The third is the concept of the dao of cultivation... I'll ask the modders, maybe someone will be interested. Or he will agree to join the development team of this mod... I will be glad of your participation, as your achievements will be very useful!

@serge_yes

That's a great idea, but unfortunately too advanced for my basic knowledge of LUA, I would have to partner with someone to make something like that.

Either way I loved the suggestion, sucha shame I'm too noob for it :/. sorry. I don't think I'll be able to make more than the current roadmap I'm already working on because IRL stuff requires my complete attention. But if anyone wants to make a mod with your idea, I wouldn't mind, since sounds awesome!

Thank you for your great suggestion. I'll add it later to the suggestions thread so it's not buried under the comments in the future.

Sorry for so much at once! And this is a Google translator, so there may be inaccuracies or semantic confusion. I am ready to explain everything in detail if you are interested

your Chi concept is also perfectly written and connected with my idea and will be as an alternative way of development. But it may also be able to encourage you to develop your idea further and more according to your vision. Since I can't create a mod yet. Even if you just transfer my whole idea to Asura mod 2. I'm all for it! and I will be glad. Since I really liked your mod!

But alas, I didn't get into the code and I don't know how. And so I would have already started to do. A new type of game in this game) If you're interested, I'm ready to describe everything in detail and classify and rank it so that you don't have to worry about it if you take on this mission and decide to implement this idea. at the same time,

creation of controlled skeletons, etc. And dark magicians use dark meditation on corpses either at night or on specially created bone totems and bone altars. There are a lot of variations of both light orientation and dark path, taut and artifactorics and magic of talismans and tattoos and a lot of things. If I knew how to implement it myself and write it in the game, I would have done it long ago.

As a result, with the help of such puppets , you can build a whole autonomous production complex. There are a lot of possibilities. The concept is also very variable, which will allow you to create many different variations. Before dark magic and zombie-controlled servants, or turning them into mutants by forcing them to devour corpses, or creating homunculi or fiends by casting a grenade that connects a crowd of zombies into an uber zombie boss.

At a high level, puppets can be an almost sentient character with all the abilities of a character. BUT the mods will be blocks of insight, for example, a mod for loading, a mod for using tools, a mod for using melee weapons, a mod for small arms, a mod for construction and a mod for resource extraction,.

There can also be marianets porters, with the mechanics of noticing following and standing, marianets warriors with the mechanics of following and protecting when entering the circle of a puppet in 1 cell or a character's circle in 5-10 cells, they go and fight until they are broken. Zombies attack them only after that, as well as a person. But the marianette can be archived with the cost of qi, reduced and put in a bag, or razorhivat with the cost of qi and used as an ally, alert and defender or loader.

At the same time, you can create a cloud for flight, throw it out as a cart or skate and use it as transport at the initial level and at the advanced level as a helicopter. Similarly, with a flying sword, it is faster, you can ram it and not fall out yourself but the sword is less maneuverable and has a smaller container bag, but rides under 150 and fast acceleration at a high level of improvement.

Creating a fire by touching or creating a fire at the sight point. Rain call, lightning strike. lightning shot. all this can be promoted to the maximum in the concept of the game in an authentic manner of play and in the interpretation of magic. By the way, talismans for repairing things, tools and clothes can also be made, as well as a spell for repairing mechanisms in a car or tools in exchange for qi!

From large to small. So it is. Explosive, smoke, propelling, repulsive, disorienting and even destroying like a grenade. Everything can be divided into categories and gradations of the level of type and strength of defeat. The same talismans of support - to satisfy hunger, without calories, to double the colorfulness of the food taken within 30 minutes, to remove boredom, to remove longing, to remove stress, to remove drowsiness, to fill thirst, etc. At the same time, there can be spells at the highest level to create water from the air.

Also, in addition to spells, you can make Amulets and Talismans, amulets are enchanted things that can carry buffs like special clothing slots. And talismans are created as one-time spells - from specially obtained and modified sheets + a special brush + zombie blood and condensed blood, crystallized blood and even from zombie skin or strips of skin. There can also be a LVL system and its own crooks. Spells can be both paper energy-type restorations, and healing ones like paper health restoration or wound restoration or its fragmentary healing or changes to its smaller counterpart.

But the disease translates into the beginning of the disease. And on the 10th lap
it already treats all diseases and ailments, but it costs a lot and requires a high level of cultivator. Spell circles are tied to Orb Qi level 1-16, only 1-3 spell circles are available. On the Pearl of the foundation 3-6 circle. There are 6-9 circles on the Golden Core and all 10 circles on the Primordial Spirit.

But it can weaken the disease and delay death an unlimited number of times, provided you have a qi resource. But such a weakening of the virus will be a debuff for meditation and a breakthrough to a new level + you will need to monitor the time and repeat the treatment otherwise death during meditation. BUT for example, on the 5th circle, Higher Healing heals all diseases and omissions at once, it costs a lot of qi or a lot of condensed qi.

A protective field spell that will withstand 1-10 bites, and Healing spells will heal a scratch\wound\ deep wound, immediately or transform the wound will reduce its complexity to complete healing. Healing Spells will cure or reduce nausea, illness, colds, pain, exhaustion, but will partially reduce, with multiple uses can completely heal except for a lethal bite.

The skin will increase the armor indicators and everything else is weak, but + a repulsion bonus 1 time within 1 minute. Special items made of transformed materials double the indicators of the material + bonuses to meditation and breakthrough to a new level of chance +. By spells
Spells can be divided into 3 to begin with and then up to 10 circles. 1st circle qi shot, explosive shot, shock-throwing shot, with multi qi charges.

But the armor can also be just an enchanted item of any clothing with 5 lvl of enchantment improvement, or it can be created from a special qi-treated material, things made of improved fabric will improve endurance and its recovery + accelerate the action, but the abuse will increase slightly. Jeans will increase energy recovery, swearing is weak and mobility is weak.

Water confusion and disorientation, with loss of purpose. The tree shoots stakes or strong sticks like arrows, and the condensation of qi hits like a spear with the penetration of 2-3 targets on the same line at once. According to crafting items, these are dao clothes with buffs for restoring endurance and fatigue, as well as for speed of action and protection.

But if you charge condensed qi, then the shot will be like a shotgun, but the spell tool will break in 2-10 shots from condensed qi, but it will be enough for 100 - 500 shots of qi, and for 1000-5000 shots of endurance or fatigue. And there can be many such spells, they can betray the properties of fire - from the qi of fire, with the effect of arson. earth - from the qi of the earth with the effect of 2x damage and overturning, metal obtained from molten metal and with the help of metal qi to have an x5 - x10 gain, as well as its area or multi-impact effect.

A rag glove without fingers - 3 shots, a full rag glove - 5 shots. The leather analogue doubles everything. And the altered qi tissue increases everything tenfold. But at the same time, the damage from the spell shot is calculated by the level of cultivation suspension + the level of item improvement + the type of projectile - 5% of the character's endurance or 5% fatigue, projectiles of received qi, projectiles of condensed qi. That is, if you shoot with transformed stamina, the character will get tired and the shots will be weak and you will need a lot of them to kill zombies as from piercing with a spoon.

The cultivation menu itself will be based on Mindfulness Meditation - for Worldview and Tao, Enlightenment Meditation - for the development of abilities, skills, spells and recipes of special crafting. Spells will become elements of crafting, for example, a Qi shot will require you to create a Shot Bandage with 1 Shot.

At the same time, the % of failure is calculated by the demotivators of the state during the breakthrough, the surrounding conditions and buffs of special things and pills. About them later. Through mindfulness meditation, you can improve the meditation skill that will allow you to get the Dao meditation perk 1st lvl, + 10% to the meditation product 2nd to 25%, 3rd to 50%, etc.