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Less Useless Guns v1.3.0

Increase the gun damage

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Description

I was very dissapointed by the damage guns do in this game. It's so bad you're better off using almost anything else than them, there's no reason to use a shotgun over a fireaxe, for example (beyond energy cost), as it takes 2 swings to kill most mutants, and 4+ shots to kill them with a slug...

Thereby this mod. I've boosted the damage multiplier for shotgun\pistol by x2.5, Revolver by x3.5 and rifle by x2 (it didn't need as much of a boost). You can also change these values in the settings if you want.

Shotgun:
Changed the default spread cone angle of the shotgun to 5 (vanilla is 20!) which makes the spread sligthly tigther than in real-life (somewhere between 6-7 is probably closer to reality).

With 5, at about 15 meters you'll (generally) be able to down a deer with a proper aimed shot (assuming it's standing sideways so you got a bigger target, otherwise, it'll take 3-4 shots to down it), at 10 meters it's pretty consistent to take it down (even if it's staring at you).

To compensate for the (massive) increase in accuracy of the buckshot (i.e; much lower spread), the buckshot deals less damage (configurable between 0.01 to 1, where 1 means all 8 pellets will deal the same damage as 1 slug).

Versions and changelog

All 4 versions
  1. v1.3.0 Latest Added an option to trigger first-look with a key-press (default to K) and Added option to increase damage of guns when solafited · 18.1K downloads
  2. v1.2.1 Made the buckshot have reduced damage, and the default spread-angle to be 5 (If updating, I suggest reverting the settings). Buckshot is now balanced with it's damage, rather than cone angle. · 547 downloads
  3. v1.1.0 Made buckshot spread-angle configurable (So that you can actually hit something). · 104 downloads
  1. v1.3.0

    Latest

    Added an option to trigger first-look with a key-press (default to K) and Added option to increase damage of guns when solafited

  2. v1.2.1

    Made the buckshot have reduced damage, and the default spread-angle to be 5 (If updating, I suggest reverting the settings). Buckshot is now balanced with it's damage, rather than cone angle.

  3. v1.1.0

    Made buckshot spread-angle configurable (So that you can actually hit something).

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  1. Install RedLoader

    RedLoader is the mod loader for Sons of the Forest. You only need to install it once.

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  2. Download Less Useless Guns v1.3.0

    Download v1.3.0
  3. Extract the ZIP into the Mods folder

    On your PC, extract it into the game’s Mods folder:

    Steam/steamapps/common/Sons Of The Forest/Mods

    Keep the folder structure of the ZIP. Don’t put the ZIP itself in the folder.

  4. Launch the game

    RedLoader loads the mod on start. Press F1 in the main menu to see the list of mods.

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