dustinguished bolt cutters

Simple mod that adds realistic functionality to bolt cutters.

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Features

• Sandbox options for enabling each functionality: cutting locks from garage doors, cutting locks from fence gates, cutting locks from security shutters, and destroying fence sections.
• Thematically, the locks are destroyed when cutting them, so no padlock items will drop. Additionally, the security shutters are "rolled up" after the cutting the lock, destroying them.
• How long it takes to perform each action is based on your Strength level. The base duration is controlled by a sandbox option, and represents how long it will take a Strength 0 character to accomplish it. There is no random chance involved, just time.
• Three tiers of Strength sandbox settings, to reflect how some things may be more difficult to cut that others. Note: existing saves using previous versions will use the 'minimum strength' setting as the medium difficulty, and then -/+ 2 for easy and hard difficulty.
• How much muscle strain is added also accounts for your Strength level. The base muscle strain also represents how much will be added for a Strength 0 character. (muscle strain values are multiplied by 2.5 on the Indie Stone side of things)
• Sandbox option for giving fence sections a chance to drop resources when destroyed. The resource dropped is based on the type of fence.
• Performing an action generates a small amount of Strength XP, and also Maintenance XP if the bolt cutters get damaged.
• Cutting a lock generates a small amount of noise to attract nearby zombies.
• Safe to add to, and remove from, existing saves.

Tested Game Versions

• 42.20 SP/MP
• 42.19 SP/MP
• 42.18 SP/MP
• 42.17 SP/MP
• 42.16 SP/MP
• 42.15 SP/MP

Most Recent Changes 08-Sep-26

• Fixed an MP-only syncing issue where resources spawned from cutting a fence section would not disappear from the ground after being picked up.

Mod Compatibility

Shouldn't have any compatibility issues with other mods, it doesn't modify anything from the vanilla game.

Translations

CN and CH provided by Flame ES translation provided by MoBu UA translation provided by SilentSalo Google translations for CS, DA, DE, FI, FR, HU, ID, IT, JP, KO, PH, PL, PT, PTBR, RO, RU, TH, and TR. Hopefully they aren't too terrible, but drop a comment if you can suggest a better translation.

Known Issues

• None at the moment, post in the comments or Bug Reports discussion if you run into anything!

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