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Here's my CTHConstants.
Works well with BASE_SIGHT_RANGE at 20-24. Faux bigmaps.

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COVER_SYSTEM_STEALTH_TRAIT_VALUE = 50
COVER_SYSTEM_STEALTH_EFFECTIVENESS = 95
COVER_SYSTEM_CAMOUFLAGE_EFFECTIVENESS = 95
COVER_SYSTEM_STANCE_EFFECTIVENESS = 80
COVER_SYSTEM_LBE_EFFECTIVENESS = 20
COVER_SYSTEM_MOVEMENT_EFFECTIVENESS = 50
COVER_SYSTEM_TREE_EFFECTIVENESS = 75
COVER_SYSTEM_UPDATE_DELAY = 500
COVER_SYSTEM_ADDITIONAL_TILE_PROPERTIES = TRUE
COVER_SYSTEM_STATIC_SHADOWS_DECREASE_BRIGHTNESS = TRUE
COVER_SYSTEM_ALTERNATE_MULTI_TERRAIN_CAMO_CALCULATION = TRUE
COVER_TOOLTIP_DISPLAY_DETAILED_TILE_PROPERTIES = TRUE

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Really like the sounds :thumbsup:

Will try (if I ever get to playing again )

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Here's the 1.0 version of the Improved Weapon sounds pack for 1.13

Improved Weapon Sounds v1.0

Based mostly on Chatner's soundpack which can be found here
Single shot sounds from Sarge's soundpack
A few additional sounds from Bidius soundpack

-most of the single shot sounds were replaced
-added few autofire sounds - M60, Pecheneg and some others
-slightly reduced bass for most weapons except high-caliber guns

Installation:
Unpack to your Data-1.13/Sounds dir, so that folder names should look like:
Data-1.13/Sounds/Weapons/

[Updated on: Mon, 27 October 2014 21:12] by Moderator

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Interesting review of a new Italian-Russian pistol
Strike One: Italian craftsmanship and Russian pragmatism

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Mini-improvement for autofire cursor


IMPROVED_AUTOFIRE_CURSOR = TRUE

Changes how right-click adds bullets.

Stock 1.13: 1->2->3->...->max

New: 2->3->4->reserved->max

Where reserved means reserving 20 APs to take cover after firing.

Also, Alt+mousewheel now allows selecting exact number of bullets. With default system, it tries to maximize bullets fired for the same AP cost.

Also, Alt+left-click in autofire mode allows firing reserved number of bullets without the need for right-clicking or alt+mouse-wheeling.

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[Updated on: Thu, 04 December 2014 23:34] by Moderator

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OCTH improvements


New option: IMPROVED_CTH = TRUE

1. Advanced directional movement penalty

In stock 1.13, CTH penalty from target movement is calculated using formula: MovementPenalty = TilesMoved * 1,5 with a maximum penalty of 30 (default values). So your target needs to walk 20 tiles (or run 10 tiles) to get maximum CTH penalty, regardless of the movement direction.

With the new system, not only the amount of tiles moved is taken into account, but the movement direction is used as a ratio.
So, when your target is moving perpendicularly to the line of shooting, you get maximum penalty, and when the target is moving directly to you or from you, you get no penalty when shooting.
You still get small penalty if the target moved at least 1 tile, no matter in what direction.
This system is similar to the one implemented in NCTH, and the code was partially taken from NCTH code.

Another change is that the shooter can compensate target movement penalty, if he is skilled enough.

The formula for the shooter's tracking ability: PercentTracking = (2*Dexterity + Marksmanship + Level*10) / 4
Then the starting tile number for tracking is calculated:
PercentTracking = 100% - start tracking from 4 tile
PercentTracking = 0% - start tracking from 10 tile
Then with every next tile the amount of applied penalty is reduced, so at StartTrackingTile*2 the penalty is halved.

The penalty from directional movement is not fixed for every tile, but instead it's bigger in the beginning and it's reduced very quickly when the target continues it's movement, so first 3-5 tiles are the most important.

Guns with a high power scope receive additional penalty from directional movement, the penalty is rather high (10% for pso-1 and 20% for pso-3), but it is reduced very quickly because it's divided by sqr(TilesMoved).

For the balance reasons, maximum penalty from movement is applied at certain distance from shooter - 200m by default, so at 100m you get half penalty, and at point blank range you get zero penalty from target movement.
This works for iron sights and reflex sights, but if you try to shoot at moving target at very close range with a high power scope, the penalty will be increased instead.

Maximum penalty from movement is rather high (60%), so it will be hard to hit in some situations.

So, what you can expect in the game when playing with this improvement?
- If you are shooting at stationary target, there's no difference with a stock system, you can hit with high CTH.
- If you are shooting at moving target, you better use iron sight or reflex sight or low-power scope (1,5x - 2x), or it will be hard to hit enemy
- You need a shooter with high dexterity, marksmanship and level to effectively track a moving enemy
- No penalty at close range, if you are not using scopes
- If the enemy is moving actively, it's better to suppress him first with autofire
- You can try to avoid accurate enemy fire by moving each turn at 3-5 tiles in a perpendicular direction to the enemy's line of shooting
- Sniper rifles with high power scopes are best for shooting at stationary targets at medium-long distance, and mostly useless at point blank range if the enemy is moving (but you can always hip-fire)

2. Additional directional penalty for shooting at prone target

In stock 1.13, the maximum cth penalty for shooting at prone target is limited to 40%, and each tile of distance gives 3% penalty

With the new system, this limit can be increased to 60%, if the following conditions are met:
- the target is prone and facing the shooter, so the shooting direction and target's facing direction are opposite
- the target is on the ground, so no additional penalty on roofs
- the target is not on the flat tile (floor, paved road or dirt road)
- the shooter is on the ground, so no additional penalty when shooting from roof

With this change, it's usually harder to hit prone enemy, so you will have to suppress enemy first and try to flank him to get better CTH

3. Effective marksmanship is used instead of direct penalty from shooter's shock

In stock 1.13, the shocked shooter received direct penalty for his CTH from the shock level.

With new system, effective marksmanship is reduced instead, the penalty for marksmanship is 5% for each shock point to the maximum of 50% penalty, and the marksmanship cannot be less than 20% after applying penalty.
This system is more realistic, and works better in my tests than default system.

4. There's new option ADVANCED_OCTH_INFO = TRUE, that will show small colored numbers on your CTH cursor when activated:
- orange is the new movement penalty for target
- yellow is the current effective marksmanship of the shooter
- green is the current penalty for prone target

[Updated on: Tue, 25 August 2015 18:37]

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[Updated on: Sun, 07 December 2014 14:46] by Moderator

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Improved suppression


New option IMPROVED_SUPPRESSION = TRUE

1. Shock and cowering mechanics

Cowering shock level changed from SuppressionTolerance to MaxSuppressionShock/2
This prevents silly and unrealistic situation when merc (that has previous real combat experience) becomes cowering from a single bullet.
Another balance problem with original stock system is that CTH penalty depends on shock level, so the cowering person should (realistically) have a relatively high CTH penalty, that means high shock for cowering.
Note: the real shock value for cowering is modified in game depending on traits and backgrounds.

At the start of the new turn the shock level is checked for cowering level, and the cowering animation is stopped if necessary.

At the start of every turn, the shock level is reduced.
In stock 1.13: NewShock = Shock/2
In new system:
-if the soldier was under attack last turn, NewShock = 3*Shock/4
-if the soldier does not have any suppression points from last turn, then the same as in stock version NewShock = Shock/2
-dauntless soldier always uses default formula: NewShock = Shock/2
-if the soldier has cowering shock level, and he was under suppression during last turn, the shock level is not reduced

Also, drunk people receive less shock from suppression.

2. AP loss

If the soldier has cowering shock level at the start of a new turn, his AP is limited to 20 AP (AP_MINIMUM / 2), this allows him to take cover, or maybe use smoke grenade or try to crawl away, but he cannot fight effectively.

With the option IMPROVED_SUPPRESSION_RESERVE_AP = TRUE, the soldier cannot have less than AP_MINIMUM / 2 at the start of the new turn because of negative APs from previous turn.
This means that, if you suppress soldier to -100AP and his starting action points are, for example, 40 AP, he will have 20 AP. If he has less than 20 AP, for example 16 AP, because of wounds or smth, he will have 16 AP at the start of a new turn. This will allow suppressed soldier to take cover or even shoot one shot with a pistol, so the main difference with stock system is that you cannot completely immobilize enemy with only suppression.

3. Suppression Tolerance

In stock 1.13, the suppression tolerance is calculated as ExpLevel * 2 + modifiers, the result is that enemy usually has maximum (18) suppression tolerance from the start, while merc have only like 3-4 tolerance because of low level and default modifiers, so the whole suppression system is imbalanced and usually works against player.

In new system, the base suppression tolerance is calculated as 5+ExpLevel, also modifier factors are reduced, so the suppression system becomes better balanced.
I also usually disable NEARBY_FRIENDLIES_AFFECT_TOLERANCE = FALSE option, because the enemy is nearly always outnumbers mercs and they get too much bonus to suppression tolerance, at least on small maps.

4. AI morale and other changes

In my tests it seemed that suppression did not effectively decrease AI morale, so now shock level is used as a limiter for AI morale:
-if shock level percent is > 30%, limit AI morale to MORALE_NORMAL
-if shock level percent is > 60%, limit AI morale to MORALE_WORRIED

This prevents AI from aggressive behavior when under suppression, so he will more likely try to cover or flank instead of rushing.

Shocked AI soldier will more often use swatting movement mode - it looks more realistic and also allows to slow down AI movement by using suppression fire.
Also, the AI MovementMode table was slightly changed - use running mode more often for flanking, use swatting mode more often in high urgency state.

Recommended settings

ja2_options.ini
SUPPRESSION_EFFECTIVENESS = 200 - it allows to deliver enough suppression to standing soldier, remember that crouching soldier has 1/4 chance to avoid suppression point from bullet, and prone soldier has another 1/4 chance to avoid suppression point
NEARBY_FRIENDLIES_AFFECT_TOLERANCE = FALSE
SUPPRESSION_TOLERANCE_MIN = 3 - this changes max/min ratio for tolerance from 18:1 to 6:1
MAX_CTH_PENALTY_FOR_TARGET_SHOCK = 20 - I usually reduce CTH penalty from cowering target's shock, but it depends on you preference
SHOCK_REDUCES_SIGHTRANGE = 2 - with Tunnel Vision from shock enabled, the enemy sometimes starts stupidly turning from one side to another, spending all his APs
AI_SUPPRESS_MIN_MAG_SIZE = 20
AI_SUPPRESS_MIN_AMMO_REMAINING = 10 - for the enemy to use suppression fire more often

skills_settings.ini
SL_FEAR_RESISTANCE = 20 - default is 50, which completely prevents deputy from cowering

APBPConstants.ini
AP_MIN_LIMIT = -40 - it's enough to take a half of enemy APs at the start of the new turn, still it allows to change position or try to shoot back to suppress enemy, so this value is more balanced than default -100, but it's the matter of personal preference

So, what you can expect in the game?

-you can slow down enemy soldiers or stop AI rush with suppression more effectively
-shock/tolerance system is balanced better now, it usually takes several turns to make merc/enemy 'cowering'
-even soldier under heavy fire will have small amount of APs at the start of new turn, this allows to take cover or maybe move one tile crawling, or at least blow up a (smoke) grenade
-AI soldiers will use swatting movement mode more often, especially when under suppression fire
-the shock is reduced slowly when under fire, so if your merc is under suppression you need to quickly change position or suppress your enemy, or in the next turns you merc will become cowering and helpless, still you usually have 1-2 turns and some APs to take cover or change position
-if you want a good CQC merc, it's good idea to make him dauntless and give him sqleader/deputy trait, this will help to prevent him from cowering

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