Project Zomboid

Project Zomboid

Drop That Cigarette v1.2
iLusioN  [developer] 20 Oct, 2022 @ 5:34pm
Plans for the future
Hello there. I hope everyone who downloaded my mod is having a good time trying to quit smoke.
I have some plans for the future of this mod and I want the opinion of those who played with it.

Foremost, I want to change the way that Abstinence works. Switching from the actual system to a moodle system that will indicate the status of abstinence.
Also, I pretend to nerf some abstinence effects while making it last longer.

Following the Moodle system, I'd like to implement another moodle that indicates the progress of quit smoking. Something like "Addicted" moodle that will drop as the character use patches and keep the cigarettes away.
So, the start of the Smoker trait character would be something like: "High Nicotine Addicted" that will drop to "Low Nicotine Addicted" which would be the last stage before the character loses the trait. (Not changing how the system works, only adding this moodle to indicate how the process is going.)

And here's the big idea. I'm thinking about change the name and purpose of the mod. Switching from Drop That Cigarette to Health System Plus, that would keep the quit smoking system but also adding new features.

Features to Implement:

Headache (Moodle) and Chronic Migraine (Drawback Trait +6 Points)

Headache : Would be a moodle that will debuff the character according to severity.
Would go from Low Headache (Slight lost of strength and healing) to Severe Headache (Severe lost of strength and healing, slow health drop, vomit, slight vision lost and pass out chance)

Characters with Chronic Migraine Trait, will have periodically Headache that will be treatable with painkillers or a new medicine which will prevent headache crises if taking at least once a day.
But the trait will not be curable, so keep that medicine near.

The Headache crises will have a chance to start if you keep your character way too long without food or water and staying wet or cold. The effects will be the same as the Chronic Migraine Trait and will be treatable the same way, with painkillers or Migraine medicine. The difference is that you won't have to keep taking medicines to prevent, just keep your character away from severe hunger, thirsty, wet or cold.

Another Drawback Trait I have in mind it's the Diabetic. Which will give +10 points to spend.
This trait would have an Insulin Level Moodle which goes from (Normal Insulin Level) which indicates your character's body is working normally, to (Insulin Deficiency) that indicates that you have to take an insulin shot.

If you keep the character Insulin in normal levels, no troubles will happen. Candies and trash food will make the insulin level drops faster, so beware.

When the Insulin Level drops to deficiency, things will start to change. But would still take a while before you see the effects. The Insulin Deficiency will have three stages and will take a few days to advance in them.

First Stage : Slight decreases of healing speed and slight increases of thirsty and hunger speed.

Second Stage : Healing speed considerably affected, thirsty speed very increased, hunger, headaches, strength lost and slight vision effects.

Third Stage : At this point you'll not be able to reverse the disease effects, your character healing will be fully compromised, you'll have thirsty all the time, extreme weakness, blindness and eventually death.

Insulin Shots will have a slight low chance of spawning in medical loots, and will give your character the enough amount of insulin for almost a week. The stages will take several days to evolve, and the symptoms will start slowly, but again, once reaching stage 3, you're dead.

And there are more features that I would like to bring to you, like:
Alcoholic Addiction trait, which would work the same as the smoker trait but with alcohol, and will be treatable as well.

Pneumonia, that will be a severe disease which all characters may evolve if staying in severe cold or not taking care of a normal flu. Also, characters with Smoker or Alcoholic will have more chance to catch.
The disease will lead to death if not treatable with Antibiotics.

Health Books that will increase the exp gain for passive skills. Like Fitness

And the most important of all, sandbox customization for all the features.

Any suggestion? I'd like to hear. Thanks!
Last edited by iLusioN; 20 Oct, 2022 @ 8:01pm