Combat Extended 6.3.0 “Ack Ack Edition”

Features

• Implemented new ‘CIWS’ system, allowing some turrets to intercept incoming projectiles and/or skyfallers (such as drop pods).
  • The KPV can now engage incoming drop pods.
• Added flecks for arrows, javelins, and similar projectiles that will appear on the ground where projectiles impact.
• Reusable projectiles like arrows and javelins will now collect by region, reducing map clutter caused by battles.
• Can now add ‘generic’ labels and descriptions to items when in Generic Ammo mode.
• Added mod extension for customizing the projectile origin point, supporting turrets with multiple or offsets barrels.
  • Added support for non-humanoids being able to parry in melee.

Fixes

• Pawns equipped with bows, and other weapons without magazines, will now collect a reasonable amount of extra ammo when not assigned a loadout.
• IEDs and similar traps can now be hit by bullets.
• Fixed a typo in the Small Bolter ammo that made the ammo cost 77 steel, instead of 7.
• .38 S&W and 7.62x38mmR ammo now uses the revolver texture.
• 8x22mm Nambu ammo now uses the pistol instead of rifle texture.
• Made various Core patches conditional to avoid duplicates or failed patch errors.
• Corrected a LoadFolders typo affecting Halo UNSC Weapon Pack.
• When grabbing ammo to satisfy loadouts, the unreserved stack count is now checked instead of the current stack count.
• Fixed an uncommon null error that could occur when an enemy was killed with a riposte.
• Scars inflicted by venomous attacks will no longer endlessly envenomate the pawn.
• Replaced some non-ASCII characters in the localization files.
• Disabled ammo types will no longer appear on the research screen.
• Added missing nouns of stuff category defs.
• Hyperlinks to non-generic ammo will no longer appear in descriptions when using Generic Ammo mode.
• Reduced how frequently the faction tracker ticks and improved record cleanup.
• Equipping from inventory now uses CanEquip and should more readily obey restrictions.
• Corrected the ammoClass of the generic APCR cannon shell.
• Added additional null checks.
• Fixed a null reference associated with checking if animals were wearing night vision goggles.
• If a pawn is generated with a two-handed weapon and a shield, the shield will be destroyed.
• Fix Cleave damageworker not correctly factoring in armor.
• Fixed a rare bug where projectiles would roll twice to impact with a plant if it started the tick on the plant.
• Will no longer spawn sustainers for non-map projectiles.
• Fixed a rendering issue with laser projectiles that caused them not to appear if they originated from off-screen.
• Fixed a bug associated with using dev mode to initially load underbarrel weapons.
• Fixed a formatting error in the ‘cannot pick up’ translation string.
• Fixed a null error that happen a pawn is forced to fire a weapon without ammo.
• Fixed duplicate float menu options on caravan maps.

Compatibility

• Add integrated patches for the following mods:
  • [AV] Mechtech
  • Alpha Books
  • Alpha Vehicles – Age of Sail
  • Biomes! Polluted Lands
  • Crossbows
  • Dark Ages – Beasts and Monsters
  • Det’s Xenotypes – Keshig
  • Det’s Xenotypes – Venators
  • Fantasy Metals Reforged Forked
  • Grimworld
    • Heresy Addon
    • Scattered Sons
  • Huscarl – Power Armor
  • Integrated Implants
  • Medieval Bowyer
  • Medieval Overhaul Arcane Archaeologists
  • More Armory! Midworld Arms Pack
  • RPG Adventure Flavor Pack
  • Ratkin Xenotype
  • Reinforced Mechanoid 2 (Continued)
  • Rim-Hivers! - Biotech
  • Rimsenal Xenotype Pack
    • Askbarn
    • Harana
  • Roo Faun
  • Roo Satyr and Fan Xenotype Expanded
  • Roo Satyr
  • Supernatural Weapons
  • Tools O’Plenty
  • VFE Insectoids Equipment
  • Vanilla Factions Expanded – Medieval 2
  • Vanilla Prestige Specialist Armours Reworked
  • Vanilla Quests Expanded - Cryptoforge
  • Victorian Era Apparels!
• Updated integrated patches for the following mods:
  • [FSF] Advanced Bionics Expansion
  • [K4G] Empires of Old – Engineers’ Institute
  • ↁ Elves
  • ↁ House Sanguin
  • Big and Small Genes
  • Big and Small Races
  • Colonial Shuttle
  • Cursed Guns
  • Cybernetic Organism and Neural Network
  • Dark Ages – Medieval Tools
  • Divine Order
  • Evolved Organs Redux
  • Expanded Materials – Metals
  • Grimworld
    • Angels of Death
    • Core Imperalis
    • Hammer of the Imperium
  • Talons of the Emperor
  • Kit’s VFE Weapons
  • Medieval Overhaul
  • Medieval Overhaul – House Roxmont
  • Multiplayer
  • Nukes
  • Outer Rim – Galactic Empire
  • Outland
    • Core
    • Eastborn Empire
    • Motz Coalition
    • Redburn Pact
  • Polarisbloc Core Lab
  • Polasricblock Security Force
  • Rah's Bionics and Surgery Expansion
  • RH2 Faction – Gruppa Krovi
  • RH2 Rimmu-Nation 2
  • RimFantasy – House Doyle
  • RimFantasy – Medieval Overhaul Edition
  • Rimsenal - Core
  • Rimsenal – Spacer Faction Pack
  • Royal Arsenal
  • Save Our Ship 2
  • Seren from Stardust
  • T’s Samuari Faction
  • The GiantRace
  • Vanilla Factions Expanded
    • Classical
    • Deserters
    • Mechanoids
    • Settlers
  • Vanilla Furniture Expanded – Security
  • Vanilla Genetics Expanded
  • Vanilla Weapons Expanded
    • Bioferrite
    • Heavy Weapons
    • Non-Lethal
  • Yet another prosthetic expansion mod - Core

Balance

• Reduced the amount of steel reclaimed from mech charge ammo from 20 to 10, to obey the law of conservation of mass.
• The powered exoframe now provides a small bonus to weapon handling.
• Reduced the Needle Gun recoil from 1.80 to 1.62.
• Raised the minimum and maximum weapon money of various Core pawns.
• Anomaly
  • Decreased the warmup and cooldown times of the Incinerator.
• Biotech
  • Adjusted bulk and market value of the generic mech ammo.

Misc.

• When toggling Generic Ammo mode on or off, you will now be prompted to restart your game.
• Removed the ability to ‘overheal’ natural armor.
• Overhauled the system for toggling webbing and backpack visibility.
• Removed the fixed market values for most ammo and weapons.
• Added generic artillery ammo.
• Removed dedicated pirate machine gunner pawnkinds, and instead diversified weapon selection for existing pawnkinds.
• Added fuelTicks, allowing guided/propelled projectiles to have finite fuel.
• Streamlined various units in the code to avoid the need for unnecessary conversions
• New ammosets and calibers:
  • 23x115mm
  • 27x145mm Mauser
  • 30x170mm
  • 35x228mm NATO
  • ‘Slug only’ ammosets for most shotguns.
• Added (currently unused) xml tags to fragments for new ballistics model to be implemented in a future update.
• Added industrial tech level to minified and incomplete turrets.
• Consistency pass of core ammo types to bring everything in line with the spreadsheet.
• Adjusted mini cannon ball drawsize from 1.0 to 0.6.
• Added some additional mechanoid charged ammo types to the recycling and reclaiming recipes.
• Revised statDef labels for night vision stats.
• Update to the Simplified Chinese translation.
• New and updated ammo and projectile textures:
  • Black powder cannon ammo
  • Bioferrite and standard flares
  • Iron arrows and crossbow bolts
  • Arrows
• Updated texture for the binoculars.
• Biotech
  • Added a bioferrite flare for the flare gun.

Notes:

• With the release of VFE – Medieval 2, removed patches for VFE – Medieval and VFE – Vikings.
• Integrated Moyo 2 patch has been removed at the author’s request; compatibility is now manged on their side.