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Backpack Distribution + Backpack Crafting Enhanced

Gives a lot of NPC chance to spawn with different backpacks. Around 65% of NPC should wear a backpack.
Keep backpack logical for factions. So ninja use Thieves variants. Farmers use baskets. Military use Small backpack, because it's have less combat penalty.

Total 100+ NPC changed!

Rules for backpack spawn:
- Leaders always have a backpack
- Civilians carry Small Backpack or rarelly Medium Backpack
- Farmers carry Scavanger Basket, Wooden Backpack or rarelly Small Backpack
- Military, Mercenary and Guards carry Small Backpack or rarelly Medium Backpacks
- Bandits can carry any backpack. Common backpacks more often and almost never Thieves Backpacks.
- Bowmans carry quivers for their bows

Known bugs:
- Sometimes(0.1% to 6% chance) NPC can spawn with additional backpack in inventory. It's Kenshi engine limitation, because backpack spawn chance is calculated per each item. So I think it's better to sometimes have duplicates, but with variety for same characters.

Backpack Distribution by BLKCandy - gives Small Backpack to every mercenary, drifter, caravan and tech hunters. Can be loaded after this mod, so this NPC would always have a backpack.
Backpack Distribution + Backpack Crafting Enhanced - change 100+ NPC to spawn with different backpacks
IWK+ Backpack Distribution + Backpack Crafting - add IWK+ quivers as possible spawn

[7]----------[Armor & Weapons]----------.mod
[7.5]--------------------(Items and Tools).mod
2PN8BackpackCraftingPlus.mod
[8.2]--------------------(Overhaul).mod
[8.2.3]--------------------(Changes to a lot of NPC).mod
Backpack Crafting Enhanced+Backpack Distribution.mod

If you don't know what is mod order - read Proper Load Order & You and Kenshi Load Order Organizer and Kenshi Mod Manager[github.com]. Kenshi Mod Manager can even detect conflicts with mods.

- Yes. NPC get their backpack on spawn. So you need to import, if you want to see backpacks on NPC in discovered towns.

- Yes.