Sheepy Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) The title should say it all. Among the Xenonauts 2 ideas is replacing rockets with grenade launcher. Thanks to the modding community (cough), you can already try out that idea in the original Xenonauts! For new games: Sheepy's Grenade Launcher.0.9.zip For mid-campaign: Sheepy's Grenade Launcher Unlocked.0.9.zip This mod give you a pump action grenade launcher with 3 round magazine, like the China Lake grenade launcher prototyped for Navy SEALs in 1968. It is intended to be good at destroying cover, but can also be used to blast damned aliens. In order to reuse AK47 sprite, it looks a bit like that rifle, but I think it is a better match and more recognisable than recreating a semi-auto launcher. This mod is functionally complete and is being playtested. It comes in two versions: normal, and unlocked. New campaign should use the normal mod. Mid-campaign switch should use the unlocked version which comes with all ammo unlocked, because you cannot go back and re-research the unlocking techs. I intend to tweak and add a pump to the gun art before calling it final. Stats: Weight 5kg, Range 20, Reload 25%, Recoil 60, Reaction 0.5, Suppression 40 in 2.5 radius Snap 40% TU Acc 95 Normal 60% TU Acc 125 Damage is around 2/3 that of rocket and hand grenade. Takes 2+ hits to destroy most covers. May have to raise it and rocket launcher together? Note that because of direct fire, the hit rate is affected by cover, unlike thrown grenade but like the intended X-2 grenade launcher. The files and arts including historical versions can be found on GitHub. You may use them freely provided that a credit is noted. History: 2017-02-21 v0.8 Function prototype that use rockets as ammo. 2017-02-28 v0.9 Added explosive, incendiary, smoke, and stun gas grenades. Breaks vanilla compatibility and becomes X:CE only. Edited March 3, 2017 by Sheepy Update to v0.9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepy Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) Version 0.9 This version should fix the predator spirit, and comes with a good selection of 40mm grenades. Due to system limitation, the grenade launcher will be armed with rocket by default, and can be armed with rockets in base. Fortunately, the soldiers are smart enough to replace any wrong loadouts with normal 40mm grenades, so it won't break the game. And after missing the pump from a pump action gun (I didn't know what pump action mean! Now I know.), the next mistake seems to be that the 40mm grenades are all grenade and no cartridge. In the past few days I have been wondering why 40x53mm looks so long and slim, unlike the name. I guess I won't redraw them now, just use some imagination. The original plan of 40mm flare and flashbang has to be bagged, again because of system limitation. For flashbang, suppression seems to be weapon dependent, not ammo. For flare, it simply doesn't work and I'll try to file an issue. During some light test, I find that the 3x3 area is a bit low and cannot reliably destroy cover at mid range. So I slightly increased the radius and accuracy. Reload cost is also slightly decreased since I didn't take into account the belt / backpack cost. Switching ammo is still a pain, and I don't think I want to reduce the reload cost to zero, so it does not turn out to be as versatile as I hoped. But it is still a fun weapon. Let's see how imba (or useless) the instant grenade turns out to be. Edit: Unfortunately, somewhere along the changes, the mod now consistently crashes v1.65 on startup, so it is now X:CE only. Edited March 3, 2017 by Sheepy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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