Rato’s Gameplay Balance and Overhaul 3

Big thanks to playtesters for giving valuable feedback:

• mousetrapreplica[TSC] – who has been playtesting this mod since almost the beginning
• Starbuck
• Caladan
• Player One
• infiniteMotion
• redparadize
• KreNich
• and many others

Also Toni and MantisClaw, gun experts from Discord

If you want to buy me a coffee you can do so here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rato_modder

This mod aims to provide a balanced but very challenging experience, improving depth of gameplay, increasing lethality and incorporating some realistic mechanics. Auto fire modes have full bullet damage, and single shots have more chance of critical hit. Guns are balanced by their score and are unique; explosives are not perfectly accurate; and fights realistically lead to incapacitation prior to death by new wounding and bleeding mechanics.

Please use a fresh savegame with this mod, so that the components will have their proper effects and to avoid bugs.

It is also recommended to not use an Ironman mode save

Compatibility patches:
with mariOlof’s Tactical Enemy. Use this to have the components and new weapons/calibers drop by enemies.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3028233953

With ToG. Add Tons of Guns
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3101203757

If you have ToG and ToC loaded, this mod will use some custom visuals for the added scopes. Recommended

Compatible with Smart Overwatch – really recommended
Compatible with Descriptive CTH

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Penalties can be customized in mod options

• Aiming Rework: Mercs with low Hand-Eye Coordination (Dex + Marks) will get less benefits from aim bonus.
• Shooting Stance: you need to spend AP to shoulder your weapon to aim. This will create an angle where you can shoot more accurately. If you aim outsde the angle, you must spend AP to rotate. Unaimed shots now have Hipfire penalty. 1 aim level shots have Snapshot penalty. OW action can be used to prepare weapon when you dont have enough AP to shoot. Component weight or barrel length can reduce shooting angle. Inspired by Wax’s mod.
• Weapons have rotation angles based on real life weight and barrel length.
• New mechanics and components permit you to make your weapon into a hybrid: rip the stock off your rifle to make it deadly and fast at close range – like a SMG -, or mount a sniper scope and heavy barrel to have precise single headshots at a distance.
• New calibers introduced: 5.45x39mm, 7.92x57mm and the 7.62x54Rmm
• Correct magazine and expanded magazine sizes.
• Weapon calibers are realistic, so two weapons with the same caliber will have very similar damage. There is room for variations depending on the class of the weapon or other aspects.
• Penetration depends on the caliber.
• There have been changes to make each weapon unique. Even direct upgrades have differences that can make them worse for specific builds.
• Weapons classes were changed to dominate a specific range and have a specific function.

• 5.45 rounds now have tumbling effect, which increase critical chance
• 5.56 rounds have fragmentation effect, which increase critical damage
• AP rounds now have decreased critical damage and increased recoil
• Match rounds have increased aim, range, and Critical Scaling
• Tracer rounds apply Marked, Revealed and are easier to compensate recoil
• HP rounds now have increased critical damage (instead of chance)

Check the discussion posts for details of gameplay changes like:

New multishot systems

Full damage in all forms of Automatic Fire

• New recoil system :

  CTH is decreased shot by shot.

  Scales with Strength and Marksmanship, diferent scaling for calibers. All calibers have a Recoil Breakpoint in Str: if you are below this str level the penalties will be even higher per point. It also represents a flat component of the recoil, so the higher the breakpoint, the higher will be the overral penalty to hit

• Autofire: shoots 10 bullets, has fixed AP cost, can be aimed once.
• MG burst rework : Shoots 6 bullets. Strength has more impact on determining accuracy of the MG.
• Run and Gun reworked: lethal at close range, has big recoil accuracy penalty at distance. The move range depends on agility and bulk of the weapon

  Other changes:

• Dual Fire rework: Max aim = 1, AP cost reduced. Dexterity reduces penalty. Higher penalty at distance.
• Low Cover effect is increased.
• Sight Radius is increased.
• Shot Crit bonus: firearms have critical bonus chance that scales with Dexterity+Marksmanship. The effect is based on aim level. Single shot have significant more scaling.
• Targeted shot bonus reworked: Applies when fully aimed. Scales with Composure (compost of Marksmanship and Wisdom). Snipers have better scaling. Single shot has better scaling.
• Melee range shooting penalty: long barrels make it harder to hit at melee range, while short ones make it easier.

  Weapon class:

  • 9mm pistols: Low range, low damage, good aiming. Recover half free move AP after firing
  • Snipers: have very high critical damage scaling. High aim and range, medium damage. Good at targeting body parts. Bolt action snipers are exceptional at targeting body parts.
  • SMGs: have extra 10% damage against flanked targets. Medium-low range, medium aim, medium damage Recover half free move AP after firing
  • ARs: have good damage with new burst fire changes. Bullpup rifles have less recoil.
  • MGs: have been rebalanced, have good damage and overwatch, low aim and medium range.
  • Shotguns: have extreme damage, low range, medium aim. The cone is less wide and the range has been improved. Flechette and saltshot ammo reworked.
  • Revolvers: have medium range, medium damage, good critical scaling and good aim.
  Scope and component overhaul

  What really makes a sniper weapon? A precision scope.

  Scopes now give a high range bonus. They come in 5 magnification scales, check the discussion posts for information about scopes and components.

  The higher magnification scopes now give a penalty when shooting at close range. The penalty is proportional to the bonus range, and get progressively higher the closer you are to the target.

  Beware, choosing a scope now is making a commitment, and the penalties can be very severe at close range with the higher magnification ones.

  Want to make a semi auto for close range? Or an assault rifle to one tap at distance? Now you can.

  Stealth overhaul:

  Suppressors no longer completely silence your gun, they cut the noise radius by half. To effectively sneak, you need to use Subsonic ammo now, a type of bullet designed to travel slowly and be less loud.

  It’s harder to do a stealth kill on aware opponents.

  Enemy detection range is increased.

  Optional Addons (Recommended):

  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3028029624 Wounding Overhaul

  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3028222297 Explosives overhaul

  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3087514348 Cash economy customizer

  Collection of recommended mods by other creators:

  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3024439779