[Mod] Combat Improved - FastTurrets/FastRounds/AccurateMissiles

[the_dewar]

Hey everyone,

So I wanted to create a combat mod that would improve upon the base game, while modifying as little as was necessary.

I haven't increased/reduced damage of anything in my mods, you will get (hopefully) an overall improved combat experience and nothing more.

For modularity, I have separated all components into their own extension within the pack, so that one can simply choose which parts they wish to turn on or not.

In the pack thus far you will find:


Fast Turrets:

Turrets now swivel on a dime.


Fast Rounds:

This simple script makes bullets fly 2-4 times faster and about twice as far.
This has the surprising effect of slightly improved performance in large battles (tested).


Accurate Missiles:

Improves accuracy of Missiles.
Dramatically decreases lock time on guided missiles.
Reduces the ridiculous lifetimes of a few larger missiles/torpedoes (over two minutes? really?).
Does not increase the speed of missiles (through testing I found this to decrease accuracy).

Less Crystals:

Reduces the number of Crystals found in the game.
Feel free not to install this, as I realize most people like them as plentiful as they are.


Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0wxrbt1ihrfoa ... d.rar?dl=1



I am all ears for feedback, do let me know what you think of the improvements, and let me know if there are any further requests.

[zerogodlike]

Hey all,

So I was annoyed with the weapons in X4 and decided to make them more interesting.

This simple script makes bullets fly 2-4 times faster.

Big ships can now hit things, small ships can now hit things... basically the game seems to work how it should.

This doesn't do anything about your turrets, set them to attack instead of defense.
Will be looking at turret turret speed next.

This won't really hurt performance unlike the X4-tracer-mod (which is beautiful but makes my 2080ti crawl to 10fps).


Download:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jqf02b2gnfmn2 ... s.rar?dl=0

Let me know what you think!

Well the Devs said the turrets are fixed in 1.30 so it might be useless i havent had a chance to play it yet though but if they dont work ill be back for this mod.

[Taliessyn]

Just want to say I really like the faster/ further bullets.

[the_dewar]

Glad to hear!
Let me know if there's any weirdness.

[xtra]

Is the mod saverelevant? You did not mark as save=0.

[the_dewar]

It's not, and didn't know that existed. Will do now! Can you send me an example.

[the_dewar]

Is the mod saverelevant? You did not mark as save=0.

Another question, is there any documentation i can reference that has been released?

Edit: I found the reference you mentioned will add it to my next release!

[metalvenom]

Great mod! improves the combat nicley. would also benifit from hull x2 or x3 mod so battles last alittle longer

[the_dewar]

Happy you like it!

UPDATE: I will soon be adding improved missile accuracy to the mix.

Unless otherwise requested I'm going to make a single release for both weapons and missiles simply named: Combat improved.

[Requiemfang]

Just a bit of a question here. I use this mod viewtopic.php?f=181&t=405068

if I used this mod next to that what should I not use? I atm don't use the fast rounds part of this mod since that mod makes similar changes but what about the turrets?

Edit:
about combining the mods. If you would be so kind I'd like the missiles to have a separate file due to what I posted earlier in this post.

[yakri]

I haven't tried this mod yet, but I can confirm that turrets are borderline useless in 1.30 so the changes seem pretty necessary.

[the_dewar]

Just a bit of a question here. I use this mod viewtopic.php?f=181&t=405068

if I used this mod next to that what should I not use? I atm don't use the fast rounds part of this mod since that mod makes similar changes but what about the turrets?

Edit:
about combining the mods. If you would be so kind I'd like the missiles to have a separate file due to what I posted earlier in this post.

I'm not sure about combining the two mods, it seems as though the author of that link has played with most files so I can't guarantee functionality.

As for your comment about the missiles being separate, I've done that.

I will also continue to make my mod as modular as I can.

Cheers

[GageDragon]

Just a bit of a question here. I use this mod viewtopic.php?f=181&t=405068

if I used this mod next to that what should I not use? I atm don't use the fast rounds part of this mod since that mod makes similar changes but what about the turrets?

Edit:
about combining the mods. If you would be so kind I'd like the missiles to have a separate file due to what I posted earlier in this post.

That mod has a shield only version.

Just now download your mod will try it out. Been using the tracer mod. Always on the look out for better combat lol. I just do not know about the farther range, all the mods are doing this but still nothing ever seems to hit beyond 4k or so unless its a large target.

[the_dewar]

Just a bit of a question here. I use this mod viewtopic.php?f=181&t=405068

if I used this mod next to that what should I not use? I atm don't use the fast rounds part of this mod since that mod makes similar changes but what about the turrets?

Edit:
about combining the mods. If you would be so kind I'd like the missiles to have a separate file due to what I posted earlier in this post.

That mod has a shield only version.

Just now download your mod will try it out. Been using the tracer mod. Always on the look out for better combat lol. I just do not know about the farther range, all the mods are doing this but still nothing ever seems to hit beyond 4k or so unless its a large target.

The bullet speed increase improves the chance of hitting a distant target, but the reason you miss has more to do with the increased chance that your target has changed trajectory after the shot is placed.
Try using more missiles at these ranges for a greater chance oh hitting your target.

[brevi]

I'm using the AccurateMissiles folder but I don't see any missile improvement.

Does it go in the game extension folder or the docs extension folder? I've tried editing the values from another mod but nothing changes no matter what I do so I'm starting to wonder if I have it installed in the wrong folder.

[Requiemfang]

I'm using the AccurateMissiles folder but I don't see any missile improvement.

Does it go in the game extension folder or the docs extension folder? I've tried editing the values from another mod but nothing changes no matter what I do so I'm starting to wonder if I have it installed in the wrong folder.

Should go into this file path

D:\Steam\steamapps\common\X4 Foundations\extensions

or whereever you have your steam directory installed.

[the_dewar]

As is true for all mods thus far:

Simply extract the folders into *:\Documents\Egosoft\X4\<Some Number>\extensions

If "extensions" doesn't exist you need to create that folder.

Good luck

[iforgotmysocks]

As is true for all mods thus far:

Simply extract the folders into *:\Documents\Egosoft\X4\<Some Number>\extensions

If "extensions" doesn't exist you need to create that folder.

Good luck

Not quite sure who came up with this, but using this location for mods will keep any mod from working that adds new content to the game.

[davidself1001]

File does not exist when i click on the download link.

[the_dewar]

File does not exist when i click on the download link.

This link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0wxrbt1ihrfoa ... d.rar?dl=1
Works perfectly for me.
Check that you clicked this link and not an older link referenced later in others' posts.
If it still doesn't work do let me know, I'll see about hosting on git or through the mod nexus.