EssentialsMod

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Author: Punaise

Last revision: 16 Dec, 2025 at 21:00 UTC (1)

File size: 141.39 KB

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Description:
Small improvements to the base game.

– Smarter guards
– Improved education
– Better contraband detection
– Prisoners will use sinks, sofas, bookshelves, drink machines, etc.
– Prisoners can use a bed during the day when the sleep regime is active (24-hour prison)
– You can send prisoners to Death Row or grant clemency
– Laundry improvements for larger prisons (dirty laundry will be collected in nearby baskets)
– Prisoners will buy snacks from snack machines (also generates some income)
– Water coolers now work (provides hydration and increases bladder need)
– Coffee tables now work (reduces sleep need, increases bladder need)

Staff only Pressure Plates:

– Pressure plates that only react to staff.

Smarter Guards:

– Guards are slightly stronger
– Increased visual range
– Walk speed slightly improved
– Dogs inflict more damage when biting
– Improved tasers

Improved education:

– Prisoners learn a little faster.
– Certain courses require less time and session

Better contraband detection:

– Needles are from metal.
– Lighters contains metal.
– Booze is smelly now.
– MobilePhone contain metal.

Reset Pill for stuck prisoners

The base game has an annoying bug that sometimes causes prisoners to get stuck.
This is a workaround:
Use the reset pill and please it near the stuck prisoner.
This pill will reset your prisoner.

Integration of other mods incl. updates and changes:
# clearer icons [updated this file]: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=208679449&searchtext=icon
# Death Row Letter [changes and added some stuff]: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1131880894&searchtext=death
[DeathRow/Granting clemency Letter, Realistic Contraband, Prisoners use objects]


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