A lightweight mod which adds in a working Survival style Hunger, Thirst, and Fatigue system. You will need to eat, drink, and sleep, or suffer penalties, and possibly even die. Don't worry, it's not all bad, you get bonuses for being well fed as well!
Requirements
This mod does not have any known dependencies other than the base game.
IMPORTANT: Updating from 1.1a to 1.2a will require a safe uninstall before you install the update. Please follow the safe uninstall steps below before proceeding.
This is a very lightweight mod which adds in a working Survival style Hunger, Thirst, and Fatigue system. You will need to eat, drink, and sleep, or suffer penalties, and possibly even die. Don't worry, it's not all bad, you get bonuses for being well fed as well!
The system is modular, and will work well with any mods which add in new food items to the game, or even food overhaul mods because my mod simply overwrites the food bonus from restoring health, to restoring hunger. Drink items from other mods will need a patch because all drink items use a new H2O effect. Sleep is handled quick and easy, you gain fatigue by sprinting or participating in combat, and passively from being awake. Sleeping removes your fatigue. Simple right!
All Conditions show up in your Pipboy's Perk section at the top of the list. You won't have to go hunt them down. Messages to show hunger levels are planned in the future. So why did I make this with Survival mode coming out? Not everyone may want to play with full Survival mode changes. I know I need to be able to Quicksave (my game isn't that stable to use their save system). Also, they are taking their SWEET TIME with it.
Getting Started:
To get started, make sure that you follow all of the steps. The only difficult part of the mod is getting the "perk mags" to work properly.
Go to a Cooking Station under the new UTILITY section, and start by creating the "Start Hunger System" item. This acts as a perk magazine, which starts the hunger system.
The Thirst system will be unlocked after you exit the Cooking station and go back in. The same with the Fatigue system.
If you don't want to use the Fatigue system, simply don't craft that item.
You do not use these items, they work like perk magazines. So once you craft them, hit ENTER to proceed.
This had to be done because of a very strange CTD when crafting multiple perk magazines. Do not ask me why it happens. I will work on a better method soon.
The Systems:
Eat food to keep hunger levels from getting too high. When Hunger gets too high, you will start to lose health. Being Well Fed gives you a bonus to your maximum health and Health regen.
Keep yourself hydrated with water from items or water sources. Being sated increase action point regen. Thirst will cause AP to regenerate slower, or to not regenerate at all. Alcohol does not sate your thirst.
Get good sleep, or start to gain fatigue over time. Sprinting and combat both greatly increase the amount of fatigue you earn. Get a good 8 hours of sleep a night, and you'll be right as rain. Get too tired, and you'll move sluggishly on your feet.
Advantages Of The System:
This system does NOT use a "food" addiction effect to make you eat, and therefore Addictols don't remove it, and companions don't complain about it.
The system creates 3 new stats (Hunger, Thirst, and Fatigue) which are tracked on your player and change in the same way as Health, AP, or SPECIALS.
Food from other mods will be able to work with the Hunger system without the need for patches. Drinks from other mods will need patches however.
Cannibalism, ponds and rivers, and sleeping outside of your owned bed all work.
Planned Features:
A better way to track your conditions, as well as messages when your condition changes.
Nuka Colas and Mojave Imports coffee to give a caffeine bonus of some kind to fatigue.
May require balancing of food and drink stats.
Integrate Alcohol more fully into the system, may be an optional download.
Safe Uninstall: To safely uninstall the mod without changing any character stats, follow the steps below:
Sleep in a bed for 24-48 hours. You will want to sleep long enough to diminish Hunger and Thirst.
Drink several Purified Water items until you are either without a Thirst condition, or have the Quenched condition.
Do NOT use Nuka Colas to bring your Thirst up, as it will leave the Wired Up effect active. Spawn Purified Waters if need be (player.additem 000366c0 5).
Be sure you do not have any Thirst Penalties, Hunger Bonuses, or Fatigue conditions (except Well Rested) when you uninstall.
Disable the mod from Nexus Mod manager, including any addons.
