Danger Zone (Dual Wield)
This mod utilizes melee weapons in the "Secondary" hand slot to enhance player character combat. If a player has a melee weapon (or tool that can be used as a weapon) in the off-hand then they will utilize combination attacks. If the player character pursues the target and stays close enough, they will press the attack and continue the combo. Be advised, this may feel pretty powerful in 1v1 but it will not let you take on large groups or hordes like players could in older versions of the game. This mod was designed to keep from negating the advantages of longer 2-hand weapons and, even at it’s best, will not save you from getting surrounded, grabbed, or dragged down.
– Player characters with a 1-hand melee weapon in the secondary hand slot (off-hand) will execute combo attacks when close enough to their target.
– Depending on how close the player character is to their target, a combo attack will either swing the character’s weapon or shove the target away, or execute a ground attack on a target that has fallen down.
– If a player character is fighting multiple targets in close range they will attempt to execute an attack on the nearby target.
– This does not work with 2-hand weapons unless they are held in the primary slot with 1 hand.
– This mod does not execute combination attacks against other players for various reasons. It will, however, execute near-target attacks against zombies if in close-range combat against another player while also engaged with nearby zombies.
– Players that get a good feel for this mod’s combat mechanics can keep an ideal range to their targets in order to unleash multiple combination attacks. Be advised that the base game mechanics are still in effect so fighting too hard for too long will tire out your character and slow down their combat performance just like it normally would.
– Arm wounds will still slow a player character’s attacks, which in turn will slow down or hamper the player character’s ability to execute combination attacks well. Players can force a faster attack by spam-clicking but this will cause pain and fatigue to build faster.
– This mod checks weapons by item type. If the item held in the secondary hand slot is any kind of 1-hand weapon or tool/weapon then it will be recognized by the mod. Therefore, this mod should play well with other mods that have custom weapons.
– NOTE: This mod works with pistol and knife but the way the character animations work with off-hand items while aiming a pistol can sometimes be odd and possibly immersion breaking (This is especially bad for pistol and axe). Also, I haven’t been able to trigger sounds during the loops used in the dual wield function so firing a shot during combination attacks does not produce the gunshot sound. Still working on this.
– NOTE: Because of how close a player character needs to be in order to trigger followup attacks, when wielding a knife in the primary hand it increases the likelihood of attempting a one-hit-kill jaw stab. It does not make it as OP as back in older versions of the game but it does make the player character better at close-range 1v1 fights. This can sometimes be a good thing and it can sometimes be a bad thing, like when trying to fight 3, 4, or 5+ zombies in close proximity. The animation time it takes to complete a jaw stab can get you scratched or bit. So be aware. Also, be advised that low-skilled knife wielders can still get their knife stuck in the enemy zombie when they execute a jaw stab.
***v1.2 UPDATE:
*** – The off-hand swing animation has been updated.
***v1.1 UPDATE:
*** – Dual Wield combo attack has been rewritten as a "timed action"
*** – A placeholder animation has been added to the timed action swing
*** – Combo attacks no longer trigger from already dead targets
*** – Timed action is interruptable on run/jog to help players break combo in emergency
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Tags:Gameplay,Balance,B40,B41,Hardmode,Multiplayer,Realistic
Workshop ID: 2706426546
Mod ID: DangerZoneDualWield
