Tools changes in Project Zomboid

Fixed the crafting queue not stopping if required tools break

Tool usage has been rebalanced.

Several tiles no longer need a tool before you can pick them up.

Screwdrivers no longer wear down when you use them in electrical recipes.

Tree-chopping tools lose less durability when you chop trees with them, so they last longer.

Private symbols no longer flicker between opaque and semi-opaque while using the Sharing tool.

Taking Engine Parts no longer causes an error when your Wrench is in a bag you are not holding.

Fixed error that occurred when taking Engine Parts while a Wrench was in an unequipped bag

Fixed Ratchet Wrench causing error when taking Engine Parts.

The Building Low No Tool action now plays a different animation.

Fixed not being able to sharpen tools when condition wasn't full

The Mechanics window now counts tools in bags you are wearing or holding, so you do not have to take them out first.

Tools in equipped/worn containers are now considered valid for use in the Mechanics window.

The map's Edit Note tool is now called Edit Marking and also works on texture annotations, so you can change their color.

The "Edit Note" tool is now named "Edit Marking" and works on texture annotations, allowing the color to be changed.

Heading tools can now be smelted down.

Heading tools can be smelted.

Using Hammers for crafting and in the build menu has been fixed, including how much the hammer wears down.

Fixed issues with craftRecipe and buildMenu interactions using Hammers and tool degradation

The Improvised Screwdriver, Firewood, the Firewood Bundle and Firewood with Nails are now in the game.

Added the following items: Improvised Screwdriver; Firewood; Firewood Bundle;Firewood with Nails.

The Wooden Spade has weaker stats, so it sits further below a standard spade to match how easy it is to craft.

Nerfed Wooden Spade stats, it is supposed to be an improvised, primitive tool and stats were still too close to a standard spade for how easy it can be crafted.

Bandits, survivalists and later game zombies may now have an Improvised Screwdriver attached to them or stuck in them.

Added the Improvised Screwdriver items to some attached weapon definitions.

• Added the Improvised Screwdriver items to some attached weapon definitions. Bandits, Survivalist, and later game zombies may have them attached to or impaled within them.

The Flint Saw and Scraper works as a crude saw for simple crafting but not for fine work, and it also works as a fleshing tool.

This functions as a "crude saw" for some, but not all, craftRecipes (it can so simple/crude work but not fine work), as well as a fleshing tool.

The Bone Fleshing Tool is a new tool that you can carve yourself.

Added a Bone Fleshing Tool and a recipe for carving one.

The Skeleton Psycho story now leaves a Fleshing Tool in the same room as the skeletons, so you have one more place to find one.

The Skeleton Psycho randomized story will drop a Fleshing Tool in the same room as the skeletons.

Fleshing Tools can now show up with the other tools in GigaMart, though not every GigaMart will have one.

Fleshing Tools now have a chance of spawning with other tools in GigaMart; however, as with any other loot spawning, they will not always spawn in GigaMart.

The Fleshing Tool can now be found in more places.

Added the Fleshing Tool to several loot distros/contexts.

Seafood delivery vans can now sometimes carry a Fleshing Tool in their cargo area.

Seafood delivery vans can sometimes spawn a Fleshing Tool in their cargo compartment.

Breaking large stones now needs a Club Hammer, Sledge or Stone Maul, so an ordinary hammer no longer works for it.

Break large stones craftRecipe no longer allows any hammer to be used; it requires a Club Hammer, Sledge, or Stone Maul to perform.

The Ratchet Wrench and Tire Iron are less durable now, so they wear out sooner.

Some adjustment nerfs to the Ratchet Wrench and Tire Iron durability values.

Crafting Metalworking Pliers now also needs a Heading Tool, so you have to get one of those first.

Added the Heading Tool as a requirement to craft the Metalworking Pliers.

Added Fleshing tool to Giga Mart and other butchering store locations.

Fixed Refill tool not updating the container visually.

Fixed being unable to dismantle Electronics with a favorited Screwdriver.

Fixed Item Remove tool not removing items from containers on a server.

The safezone tool window now closes if a player has no access level or has lost privileges.