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[jocan2003]

That pamplet... i hope there is a copy in the collector edition...

[Kaitol]

What would people think about an optional mod for worlds that made books instant read?

I mean, you can only read every single skillbook in the game so many times before it gets mind numbingly, game endingly boring, and then you just end up making throwaway joke characters that actually do interesting shit before/while dying on day three.

It's not like finding a safe place to hold up and read for sixty days straight is difficult. The hardest part is getting the damn books in the first place.

[Adragis]

Make a project of something. Build a supervehicle. A giant spiky plank with wheels which I 'drifted' everywhere on was my greatest triumph in mechanics. Bloody fun too.

[Orange Wizard]

What would people think about an optional mod for worlds that made books instant read?

Fantastic. Reading books is a pain.

[Adragis]

What would people think about an optional mod for worlds that made books instant read?

Fantastic. Reading books is a pain.

But it'd feel like cheating... maybe make skill gain a little faster, and make recipes much much faster?
It'd emulate your guy/girl just picking it up for the purpose of learning recipes and still feel less like a powerup.

Ideally, I'd prefer a lower cap for skills from books, but that'd be even more complicated.

[Orange Wizard]

Hm. Instant read might be a bit much. Honestly, what I find most annoying is having to read the same thing a bajillion times over.

[BigD145]

Hm. Instant read might be a bit much. Honestly, what I find most annoying is having to read the same thing a bajillion times over.

Read book, skip entire day, would feel a bit more balanced. Just drink and eat until full and then rinse and repeat, because as it is it's not that difficult to hole up and read read read. It's just boring and I'd love a time jump. It would certainly be less to do in the game but I've moved characters to new worlds just so I could get new buildings and not have to grind book reading.

[Kaitol]

You'd still have to find the books. Instant read just cuts out the pointless waiting. It's not like food or water are a problem unless you're a newbie/horribly crippled.

Maybe a compromise could be a 6 cost trait called eidetic memory, that maxes read speed at like one minute a chapter, let's you just flip through a book memorizing each page. (yes yes, I know the science behind this is non-existent, but this is a game about alien goo zombies with bionic super-soldiers) That way if you want to just skip books you can give yourself 6 more starting skill points to buy it, or alternatively pay a reasonably high price at character creation.

[kilakan]

What would be cool for that is a bionic that 'scans' a book, stores it and then diffuses the knowledge into your brain as you sleep.  It's an 'instant' read that's on a daily cool down, with a power requirement.

[BigD145]

I'd be okay with a bionic. It would likely be a common thing in labs. As useful as panties or cigarettes to a scientist. Both of those are fairly common. Lab keys are easy enough to find with some walking around everywhere. Or you can tear the entrance down.

Speed reading should shave half to three quarter time off reading times.

[Tawa]

Personally, I think that the best workaround for recipes that take forever and a day to learn would be that if you had the requisite skill and the book in your inventory, you could craft the item. After all, what would you rather do: memorize how to build a death ray, or build a death ray step-by-step from instructions?

[Sheb]

Why not have CBM that allow you to download the contents of some special chips directly to your brain? You could either find a chip containing a book of interest, or use a special machine present in labs to put the content of a book on a chip.

[Sindain]

Personally, I think that the best workaround for recipes that take forever and a day to learn would be that if you had the requisite skill and the book in your inventory, you could craft the item. After all, what would you rather do: memorize how to build a death ray, or build a death ray step-by-step from instructions?

You've been able to do that for, like, 700 versions now.

[Tawa]

Really? Shoot. Haven't updated in a while.

[Aseaheru]

 I think that went in back around the buildup to .B, so...