Dawnrazor

My thanks, for both your suggestions and your praise. I'm going to assume that you're speaking of HE grenades, as they're the only ones with excessively increased blast damage. I may look into changing the blast radii and damages of HE weapons around, so that their damage is focused primarily against structures and not so.. overbearing.. versus regular units, but I make no promises. I doubt, however, that I'll outright double their initial blast areas, though I may increase said radius for each. Increasing the radius values by even a few points has a dramatic effect, so I've found through grisly experience. In one of my initial tests some weeks ago, I doubled the frag range for a handful of grenades; thrown even their max distance by a skilled grenadier, they tended to reduce characters several dozen yards away to a crimson mist. Also: I've made two more tweaks, mainly to the use and nature of melee weapons, increasing their chances to hit and inflict critical, as well as somewhat reducing AP cost per swing. I'm worried enough about this release as it is, what with not being able to edit a majority of the weapons due to that bothersome russian text bug. Due to such, I find myself reluctant to make too many changes.. for now.

With the (planned) increased volume of fire from the automatic weapons, their range would effectively be increased solely due to the amount of firepower they'd be sending the target's way. MGs, as they are, already have a decent range due to the aforementioned 'cloud of bullets' effect, and such would increase once I'm able to lower their AP cost per single shot. I'd rather not increase the range of pistols or SMGs, both because their rate/ease of fire is going to be raised as it is, as well as the fact that they weren't designed to be used at anything more than short to medium range. If I raised their effective ranges, they'd put machineguns out of business. I may look into increasing the per-shot AP for rifles, but I seriously doubt I'll double the range for every weapon.

Might you have another suggestion, or suggestions, as to what other ways they can be changed? The 'purpose' of modifying weapons in such a fashion is to over-emphasize their uses (even faster automatic weapons, more destructive explosives, and farther-reaching long-range weapons), and doubling their range was the first idea to come to mind. Any suggestions are welcome. MGs--the weapons themselves--are unedited at this stage; I've only changed their ammunition's damage values (which are used in other weapons) and the bonus for laying prone. I just tested in-game by summoning every MG and firing in each mode, and had no problems; I also compared the database's original RPGWeapons table to the one in my mod, and saw no changes whatsoever between the default and my mod's. Might you state the other mods you run, as well as your version's language? For reference, I only run the Axis reskins and my own mod, and mine is the English version. Given the amount of changes I've made, ones that edit similar facets of the game are bound to have a conflict. I would suggest unloading other mods one-by-one, to see if the problem resolves itself. If this fixes things, do report back to me on which it was--I may add an incompatability list to the readme. In other news, I've already made a slight tweak to my local copy--SMGs are now able to tear down doors again, albeit with more difficulty than by default. In the uploaded version, they simply cannot. I'm waiting for more changes to come about before uploading a new version, though.

I posted a thread a week or so ago, in which I showed a handful of features in a mod I was working on, and checked for general interest, to see if I should bother releasing it or not. The response was good enough that I've decided to get to a halting point (in anticipation of the bug-fixing patch) and release what I've done so far. As I stated beforehand, the mod focuses on increasing the amounts of violence and general carnage already present in the game. I made it without seeking to make the gameplay more 'in-depth', but rather more frenetic. For the lazy (including myself), a quick paste of features listed in the readme; it's grown rather long since my last posting. - A preceding 'x' denotes a feature that is on hold until the change can be made, presumably due to a bug or something akin that's out of my hands. 1. Modified PKs to reduce their overbearing strength. - Small arms still stand no true chance of damaging Panzerkleins, but heavier weapons do. The larger machineguns and sniper rifles should be able to pop them for a fair amount of damage. - Drastically reduced moving cost in a PK. - Slightly raised sensor range of all PKs. - Removed chance for bullets to ricochet. - Increased PKs' maximum VPs by 50%. x More to come as I romp through the database. 2. Made weapons, in general, more vicious. - Straight, base 2x damage across the board for all weapons. - Increased throwing range of grenades. - Doubled blast power of HE grenades (total effect: 4x damage) and raised their damage versus structures to a whopping 400% (rough total: 16x). - Increased the range of frag grenades' shrapnel. - Doubled range of rocket launchers. x Doubled range for rifles. x Halved AP cost per shot of pistols, SMGs and MGs. x Dramatically reduced reload AP for MGs. x Removed targeting cost for all pistols, halved targeting cost for SMGs. x Each MG now has 1 extra round per short burst. - Increased bonuses for MGs while prone, launchers when crouched and rifles when crouching. - Swapped stance bonuses for SMGs and pistols; they now gain a greater bonus when crouching, as opposed to laying prone. - Removed 'prepare cost' for pistols. - Increased the spawn rate of grenades. - Increased rocket launchers' blast radii. - Changed the explosions for the various mine types. Antipersonnel mines now use fragmentation explosions, while anti-tanks use HE. - Changed the Prototype 8M1 to a "Railgun." Lowered its clip size from 50 to 5, raised its ShotAP to 30, and removed burst-fire mode. 3. Retooled the tools, so to speak. - Standarized and quadrupled the uses for all tools & lockpicks; they now all progress evenly as quality goes up. - Increased spawn rates of both tools and lockpicks. - Raised healing values of all medical supplies by 50%. 4. Structure resistance has been increased, to stop conventional firearms from breaking them apart as often/easily. 5. Fixed odd instances where some ammunitions had higher minimum than maximum damage. 6. Edited some perks/abilities. - Raised the point advantage for all specializations from 10 to 15. - Raised the "Increase Ranged Damage" bonus from +5 to +10. - "Longer short burst" now adds two bullets. - "Better careful shot"`s bonus increased to 10%. - "Inspiration"`s bonuses for To Hit percentage and Evasion increased from 5 to 10. - "Resist critical" raised from 10 to 15%. - "Increased Area Effect Damage" raised from +20 to +25%. - "Increased Melee Damage" bonus raised from +10 to +15. - "Hide in the Dark"`s bonus increased from 25 to 50%. - "Solo"`s accuracy bonus raised to 25%. - "Disarm Traps" and "Burglar" both raised to 25. x More to come, in time. 7. Fixed some typos and instances of "staggered English" as I've found them. - Stuning & Stunnig to "Stunning". - Meduim to "Medium". - Black Jack Club to "Blackjack". - SSA Dagger to "SS Dagger". (I could make a point, here, about censorship being wrong, but this is just a mod, and I have no political agenda.) - Katana Sword to "Katana". - Machete Knife to "Machete". - Luftwaffe Machete Knife to "Luftwaffe Machete". - Flack 38 20mm to "Flak 38 20mm". - Nytroglycerin Charge to "Nitroglycerin Charge". - Lee-Enfiled 10-round Rifle Clip to "Lee-Enfield 10-round Rifle Clip". - Enemy Turn to "Enemy's Turn" - Allies Turn to "Allies' Turn" The mod's website is located here. I've never been one for fancy sites; I also don't believe there's much need for one, with the current scope of this project. Direct links: The readme. The mod's archive. A mirror for the archive. The mirror exists as a 'just in case' method if the first, and original, site becomes unreachable for whatever reasons. I do urge all interested to examine the readme, as it tells more than just changes I've made. I shall consider this thread as the 'official' thread for things relevant to this mod; suggestions, bug reports and other ideas for changes are welcome. To Biggles, site admin: I thank you for the offer for hosting, but such may be too cumbersome to keep up with; updates may be sporadic, and go from rapid to slow, and it ultimately might become more trouble than it's worth to keep up with what might amount to a new version every few days (depending on the frequency of bug reports and general interest). If you wish to provide a mirror on this site, you're more than welcome to, however.

Via editing the SQL database; there's a post in this same forum about editing Silent Storm's constants. For throwing range of grenades, I halved their weight values in the dbo_RPGToHits table. Blast power: dbo_RPGGrenades, all the 'wavedamage' and 'waveradius' columns. Spawn rates: dbo_StoreItems, increased their 'quantity.' Structure resistance was changed by raising their 'threshold' values in dbo_RPGMaterials. The change, there, is actually moot, what with the increased damages for everything else--I need to go into the game for an hour or two, here in a bit, and fiddle with all the values. Regardless, some shots of changes made: Cranked grenade spawn rates. The picks/probes are somewhat like that. The reason there's so many is that I got a 'late' mission early on and my 'tech' went up by 3 or 4 levels--I returned to base and found an entirely new arsenal awaiting me. Boom. The joys of changing values for which you aren't clearly sure of their internal formulas. Needless to say, after I finished laughing, I re-tweaked the panzerfaust's blast radius and brought it within acceptable ranges. More to come.

I've always been a fan of wanton violence and general havoc, and it's showed over the years with modifications to the various games I've played. Naturally, when I picked up (and proceeded to fall in love with) Silent Storm, what choice did I have but to change the game to suit my tastes? Normally, I don't release my 'work' beyond my group of friends, but I've felt rather extroverted these past few months, so I'm considering doing such--if there's interest. To spare my, and the reader's, time, I'm just going to copy and paste its features from the mod's readme; if interest enough is shown, I'll proffer a download link. An 'x' denotes a feature that is on hold until the change can be made. 1. Made PKs somewhat more vulnerable to damage. 2. Made weapons, in general, more vicious. - Straight, base 2x damage across the board for all weapons. - Increased throwing range of grenades. - Doubled blast power of HE grenades (total effect: 4x damage) and raised their damage versus structures to a whopping 400% (rough total: 16x). - Increased the range of frag grenades' shrapnel. x Doubled range for rifles and rocket launchers. x Halved AP cost per shot of pistols, SMGs and MGs. x Removed targeting cost for all pistols, halved targeting cost for SMGs. x Each MG now has 1 extra round per short burst. - Increased bonuses for MGs while prone, launchers when crouched and rifles when crouching. - Swapped stance bonuses for SMGs and pistols; they now gain a greater bonus when crouching, as opposed to laying prone. - Removed 'prepare cost' for pistols. - Increased the spawn rate of grenades. - Increased rocket launchers' blast radii. - Changed the explosions for the various mine types. Antipersonnel mines now use fragmentation explosions, while anti-tanks use HE. 3. Retooled the tools, so to speak. - Standarized and doubled the uses for all tools & lockpicks, they now all progress evenly as quality goes up. - Increased spawn rates of both tools and lockpicks. 4. Structure resistance has been doubled, to stop conventional firearms from breaking them apart as often/easily. 5. Fixed odd instances where some ammunitions had higher minimum than maximum damage. It's neither polished nor elegant, nor have I crafted it with a purpose of making the gameplay more 'in-depth.' Maybe it says something about me and my friends, when I "like it this way", as opposed to other options. Convictions and standpoints aside, there you go. If anyone's interested, simply state such, and a download link will be provided. The mod is majorly beta at the moment, and I've no doubt something huge and gory will crop up and smash apart all my efforts like a papier-mache wall caught in a meteor storm. More is planned, of course, but this is all that's been done thus far. On a final note, if you wish to privately contact me and offer any sort of suggestions or report bugs (thus serving as a tester), do feel free.