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. This is a client-sided mod, meaning nobody else needs it for it to work! BetterEXP functions perfectly in completely vanilla lobbies.

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 includes some 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), which can be disabled in the config. This also fixes some bugs where the Most profitable and Most paranoid stats weren't getting reset after the day ended (somewhat relevant 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!! BetterEXP is 100% compatible with Coroner.

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.
• Most Lethal: killed the most entities in a day.
• The Pacifist: was the only employee to not kill an entity.

These notes are disabled by default, you can enable them in the config!

• Most Jumpy: jumped the most in a day.
• Most Grounded: jumped the least in a day.
• The Bravest: spent the most time inside the facility.
• Most Outdoors: spent the most time outside.
• The Ship Guy: spent the most time in the ship.

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) primarily based on scrap collected, and your ability to fully clear the facility of scrap. See the below table for values (where Total Scrap Value is the amount of scrap value needed for a full clear, and Max BXP Possible is the amount of BXP awarded for a full clear):

• Depending on how much you contributed for your team, you may receive bonus BXP as a reward.
  • When playing solo, you are always granted a 25% bonus to your scrap collected.
• Dying will lose you a bit of BXP, but you'll lose more and more the higher rank you are.
• If everyone dies, the BXP Penalty for dying is amplified by 25%.
• The BXP Penalty for dying is capped at -100 BXP.
• Killing enemies will earn you BXP, as long as you're the person to finish them off. Using landmines, lightning, or even another enemy to kill an enemy will not grant BXP unless you damaged it beforehand. You will also be notified at the bottom of your screen when an enemy dies (configurable).
  • The more enemies you kill, the less BXP you will get for each kill.
• 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.

Enemy Bonuses

Weather Bonuses

New Rank Table

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.

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

• (minor) LCUltrawide: Pause menu BXP display goes off-screen.

betterexp version 2.1.0

lethal company version 50

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