BetterEXP

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BetterEXP is a Lethal Company mod looking to spice up the current experience system in the game. Right now the XP system feels a bit clunky and not a good (enough) measure of a player's true experience working for The Company, so I've created BetterEXP to hopefully make the XP system feel much more satisfying and rewarding/punishing, depending on your actions.

If you would like to help, give ideas, report bugs, or just play Lethal Company with me, you can contact me on Discord @swaggies. Shoot me a message anytime and I'll get back as soon as I can!

End-game Notes

This mod also includes custom player notes! I've changed the way notes are distributed to make sure up to 3 notes can be shown consistently, and also display the corresponding stat for each note (eg. how much scrap the most profitable employee collected). This (hopefully) also fixes some bugs where the Most profitable and Most paranoid stats weren't getting reset after the day ended (somewhat important for this mod).

Note that this may conflict with mods that also tamper with player notes, I haven't tested compatibilities, report to me on Discord with findings!!

Here's the list of notes including old and new:

• "The laziest employee" -> The Laziest: took the fewest amount of steps.
• "The most paranoid employee" -> Most Paranoid: had the most camera turns.
• "Sustained the most injuries" -> Most Injured: took the most damage.
• "Most profitable" -> Most Profitable: collected the most scrap value.
• Most Active: took the most amount of steps.
• Least Working: collected the least amount of scrap value.

If any two (or more) players tie on any of these stats, they will all get the note!

BetterXP System

• You will now gain "BetterXP" (BXP) based on a fixed amount of scrap you get, rather than the percentage of total you can get. This makes going to harder moons net more BXP.
  • Collecting between 0 to 100 scrap awards 0 to 5 BXP
  • Collecting 100 to 400 awards 5 to 35 BXP
  • Collecting 400 to 700 awards 35 to 55 BXP
  • Collecting 700 to 1000 awards 55 to 70 BXP
  • Collecting 1000 to 1500 awards 70 to 80 BXP
  • Collecting any more than 1500 will cap at 80 BXP
  • The BXP scales with each credit earned; for example, getting 850 creds (halfway between 700 and 1000) gives 62 BXP (halfway between 55 and 70 BXP).
• Being the most profitable employee or playing solo grants a 25% bonus to your scrap collected, unless everyone died.
• Dying will lose you 15 BXP by default, but you'll lose more and more the higher rank you are.
• If everyone dies, the BXP Penalty for dying is amplified by 50%.
• The BXP Penalty for dying is capped at -99 BXP. Likewise, the BXP from collecting scrap is capped at +99 BXP.
• Killing enemies will earn you BXP, regardless of how it dies or who kills it. Using landmines, lightning, or even another enemy to kill an enemy will grant BXP. You will also be notified at the bottom of your screen when an enemy dies (configurable).
• Depending on the weather of the moon, you may receive a bonus to your BXP earned from collecting scrap. Be warned though, as dying will also bear a larger penalty.

New Rank Table

Enemy Bonuses

Weather Bonuses

Things to note

Does BetterEXP replace the old system?

Nope, the BetterEXP system will run alongside the vanilla exp system. After a game, the XP bar will show your BetterXP Rank and XP amount, but your vanilla xp will still secretly be accounted for in the background. At any time, you may type bxp/vanilla in the in-game chat to view your current vanilla xp. You may also type bxp/level or open the pause menu to view your current BetterXP level.

Can I turn off enemy notifications?

Yeah! You can tweak a few options in the config file. Access it through your mod manager, or BepInEx/config.

Headstart

When you first load in with the BetterEXP mod, you'll start with 0 BXP at Intern rank. However, if you've played Lethal Company quite a bit, you'll start at a higher BetterXP level than just Intern. You'll receive a notification in-game about what your starting rank is. This will only display once, even if you reinstall the mod. You will be able to safely uninstall and reinstall the mod without affecting your vanilla XP, however, you can not progress your BetterXP level without having the mod active (duh).

Incompatibilities

None that I'm aware of. Please check GitHub for updates on this, or to report an incompatibility.

betterexp version 1.2.2

lethal company version 49

Check GitHub for updates on compatibility with newer Lethal Company versions.