Mod:DUST Survival Simulator/Hardcore Mode

Hardcore Mode is a game mode in Fallout: Dust.

Settings
DUST introduces changes to the Hardcore Mode, increasing the challenge of keeping the Survivor in good shape compared to Fallout: New Vegas.

Food and drink
Times given in the following table are real-time.

Note: If you find these changes too steep, the DUST - Reasonable Needs mod available on the Nexus can be used to decrease the rates.

Sleep
Increasing the benefit from sleeping is one of the rare occasions, where DUST actually introduces a change in favor of the Survivor.

Times given in the following table are game-time.

Note: DUST removes all beds the player could potentially own, and thus removes replenishing hit points, healing limb damage and gaining the temporary Well Rested perk through sleeping.

Timescale
Timescale defines the relation between real-time and game-time. Multiplying real-time by Timescale yields the corresponding game-time. The default Timescale of Fallout:New Vegas is set to 30, DUST changes the Timescale to 15.

1 second real-time thus represents 15 seconds game-time, 1 minute real-time corresponds to 15 minutes game-time, and so forth. Sleeping for one game-time hour in DUST translates into four minutes real-time passed as far as the game engine is concerned, which will increase dehydration by 48 and starvation by 40. The Survivors sleep deprivation will be decreased by 150 points, but the penalty for the real-time passed during sleeping (24) will be added after waking up.