#Lifestyle: Hobbies - Art update

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light valve
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||soon, busy with b42 patch||

worldly narwhal
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from teasers channel:

One aspect I've always felt the mod was lacking is a way to convey more detailed information to players. Many mechanics, such as how discomfort can be alleviated by sitting in a car seat or on the ground for a while, how hygiene improves gradually when cleaning in any body of water, or the functions of perfumes, music notebooks, and other items, remain unclear. Players often have to figure these things out on their own through trial and error or by seeking help online, which isn't ideal.

To address this, I’m implementing a "notes system" as a first step towards some better guidance. These notes will trigger based on specific actions, such as using certain items or interacting with particular mechanics. They’re designed to provide short and helpful tips, but can be expanded with additional information when necessary (by clicking "?", which opens a larger panel with more detailed information).

To keep the notes unobtrusive, they appear briefly at the top of the screen and fade away after a few seconds. Most notes can also be permanently disabled to prevent it from appearing again. Hopefully this will help bridge some of the knowledge gap and make the mod more intuitive and accessible to everyone.

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light valve
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e.g.: Lord Death - focused on two-handed melee users, it rewards players for relentless aggression with increasingly potent benefits as long as you can keep a non-stop killing spree

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they also make for cute discord icons:

signal oxide
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nice system, hope it will also have a unique menu depending on your profession, like example if im a doctor if i treat other 1000x my treating speed will increase, fireman if i cut down tress 1000x my cutting speed increase.

light valve
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worldly narwhal
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Is it just kind of randomized or are you able to tell based on volume?

light valve
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fierce nacelle
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That's actually crazy

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slender flare
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fallen torrent
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This mod with multiplayer will be insane

light valve
fallen torrent
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it's so good to see you with new showcases

light valve
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party with disco floors

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fallen torrent
worldly narwhal
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Looking good

light valve
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With the introduction of the new beauty system (read more here: #1269299690478768214 message), players will need a quick and intuitive way to assess how each tile contributes to a room’s overall beauty score. Taking inspiration from RimWorld’s beauty info UI, this system allows players to simply hover their mouse over the beauty moodle to display a score above each surrounding tile.

Each number represents the total beauty value of that tile, combining all contributing elements. For example, a wooden floor might add +1 to beauty. If that same tile has blood on it (which has a beauty value of -20), the displayed score would drop to -19. Cleaning the blood restores the score to +1, and placing a sculpture worth +50 beauty on the same tile would increase the total to +51.

The beauty scores update only when the player initially hovers over the moodle or when the character moves. The system is fully client-side and designed for compatibility with mods that highlight floors. Since no actual values are written to the tiles, there's no need for syncing with the server in multiplayer games. The displayed scores are also influenced by your character’s traits, for instance: a tile with trash may score differently depending on whether your character is a neat freak or sloppy.

worldly narwhal
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That's amazing

fierce nacelle
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crazy work

light valve
light valve
worldly narwhal
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Nice, love the extra flavor

light valve
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Lifestyle: Hobbies – pre-0.4 (Art Update) Patch – EXPERIMENTAL p.0.7.2

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3009257662

  • ADDED: 5 new ambitions -

Kentucky Explorer: The Kentucky Explorer has ventured far and wide, uncovering unique points of interest all across Kentucky, from forgotten cabins to questionable gas stations and mysterious roadside attractions.

Axes to Grind: You've got beef with the forest, and your axe is your therapist. Every swing settles a score with nature - and by now, you know exactly how to make any tree fall right.

Trailblazer: All that walking has turned you into a lean, mean, terrain-crossing machine. You've walked farther than most will ever dare. Roads, ruins and wilderness - none of it slows you down anymore. Your feet are calloused, your stride unshaken.

Louisville Slugger: Some folks talk things out, but why waste words when a well-placed swing makes your point loud and clear? You settle arguments with blunt force diplomacy..

Plushies Collector: You used to think plushies were just cute. Harmless. But they talk to you now, whisper secrets, plot things. With your beady-eyed critter friends, you'll never be alone again.

  • ADDED: New animations for guitars.

  • ADDED: Plushie interactions unlocked upon completing the Plushies Collector ambition.

  • ADDED: Corpses now reduce the beauty value of a room.

  • BALANCE: slight Increase to the chance of favorable outcomes from the fortune teller robot. It can now be used once every 8 hours (previously 12).

  • BALANCE: El Dorado ambition bonus improved - zombies now drop money more frequently.

  • CHANGED: Optimized instrument system code for better performance.

  • FIXED: Exiting the game while interacting with the fortune teller robot will no longer change a negative outcome.

  • FIXED: Bloodstained grass and floors now correctly reduce room beauty instead of increasing it.

  • FIXED: Music effects from jukeboxes no longer apply when the player is outside audible range.

  • FIXED: Corrected a typo in LSSheetBookAction.lua that previously prevented harmonica songs from being learned.

Steam Workshop::Lifestyle: Hobbies - Experimental Version
light valve
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Lifestyle: Hobbies - pre-0.4 (Art Update) Patch - EXPERIMENTAL q.0.9.0

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3009257662

  • ADDED: Introduced the Yoga activity and corresponding (hidden) skill. Practicing Yoga offers new ways to improve fitness, weight loss, and the recovery of muscle strain.

  • ADDED: Added a new sculpture type for wooden scultpures (decorated counters).

  • CHANGED: Refined the tooltips for the Sculpture Station to present its functionality and usage more clearly and intuitively.

  • BALANCE: Adjusted wood log requirements for crafting Wooden Sculptures (6 -> 4).

  • FIXED: Resolved an issue where adding materials to Hedge Sculptures returned only one empty sack regardless of the amount of dirt used.

  • FIXED: Addressed an error that could occur when a character died while the Was Taught Meditation moodle was active.

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Steam Workshop::Lifestyle: Hobbies - Experimental Version
dense steeple
dense steeple
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So it seems that after the revert, my server is now only getting the file mismatch issue we were discussing in that previous thread

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It may still be an issue on my end, currently redownloading now to check, but at the very least I'm pretty sure it's properly updated on my server now

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😩 Still not working, guess I'm just going to have to wait for another hotfix to come out from the Devs that doesn't break every MP server.

dense steeple
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dense steeple
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It downloaded lifestyle, but it's still saying file mismatch when trying to join

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Both my friend and I unsubbed, resubbed, and tried joining back but idk

steep forge
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Amazing Mod!!!!! Could you make one of Ambitions title using entitle like [Blade Master] (nickname) ? like faction titles?

knotty nebula
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Hi, i've been trying to place a disco floor but it wouldn't let me. Tried to place it on wooden floor as instructed but it's still highlighted red

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Wondering if this is a bug or am I missing something like a hidden requirement?

ivory edge
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dense steeple
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@light valve I was able to get the Lifestyle mod working again on my server after the steam api update this morning!

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Going to finally enjoy these new features

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omg Yoga is SOO GOOD

light valve
dense steeple
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That was me at 2am when I saw the steam api update LMFAO

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I did have question regarding the ambitions, is it possible to view what you've unlocked in game?

light valve
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all ambitions you've unlocked should appear at the right side of the menu

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the ones still locked/hidden will appear greyed out

dense steeple
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CHecking it out rn

light valve
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@knotty nebula @ivory edge using brushtools for disco floors might lead to unexpected issues as it did during very early testing, but it could also be attributted to the very early state the feature was in at the time. This is how you add disco floors normally:

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dense steeple
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These ambitions are so sick, I don't even have them all unlocked yet but I can't wait to find more

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Just like in the Sims I'm struggling to pick ONE

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And the Spiffo icons are 👌

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This one is FOUL

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dense steeple
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Does Yoga in b41 reduce exercise fatigue? It still says muscle strain in the description so I wasn't 100% sure

knotty nebula
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stuck ravine
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how do i add this mod i placed the the work shop id and the mod id in the ini file but i am still getting a failed id in my logs

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where does tile def:5260

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go

dense steeple
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dense steeple
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NO WAY

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GRAFFITI??

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Omfg that looks sick, love the inventions idea

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Definitely looking forward to the next update too. I think personally there's already several cooking mods out there that supplement PZ's boring cooking, so the games and electronics theme seems more appealing

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Really hoping with the inventions we might get a vacuum or something else that could help with cleaning, maybe an all in one cleaning tool?

steep forge
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Hello! I`m running server in South Korea. recently I love your "ambition" sysytem so I wanted to make melee weapons ambitions like blade master. Can I make other Ambitions?

light valve
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I'm here should you have more questions

steep forge
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Last time I posted I was talking about inventions and how some of them would be able to be improved trough research. Happy to report that the improvement system is completely in and working as a modular framework, which should cut the time I take to make new gadgets by a lot. When you create a gadget it will have all the improvements you had researched for it at the time it was created. To make accessing this information easy and simple, you can keep track of all improvements, modifiers and effects on any given machine trough a convenient tooltip. Here's a short demonstration with the "Hygienator" as an example:

dense steeple
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Oh wow this has a lot more depth than I initially expected after reading that previous Patreon Post

light valve
steep forge
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steep forge
light valve
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no, it's going to be its own thing, but the mod had to be entirely restructured for compatibility with b42 MP and that took a few months worth of work

floral oasis
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You're FODA DEMAIS, Patrão!

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