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OBO: SMG, Silenced - MAC-11 Upgrade script

OBO, pronounced "oboe" (yes, like the instrument), stands for "Overall Balance Overhaul."

This is a script that upgrades the Silenced SMG with inspiration from the real-world MAC-11. Before I get into specifics for this weapon, the concept of Tier 1 weapons must be addressed. In vanilla, the starting missions only had Tier 1 weapons, but the difficulty remained roughly the same throughout. As any L4D veteren would attest, running into a Tank sucks on harder difficulties when your team doesn't have Tier 2 firepower. Thus, I made a series of mods to rebalance and upgrade the weak weapons in the game to be able to at least contend with their Tier 2 counterparts, thus increasing the viable weapon options. This is one such script. You can find the others on the workshop in the collections above.

While my OBO Uzi SMG got a fire rate nerf, this one got a fire rate increase that turns it into a bullet hose, with the real-world fire rate of 20RPS (vanilla was 16RPS). This is now a low-damage, high-DPS, skill-based weapon. Controlling your bursts depending on the target will be important. Tanks can take a full spray, but note that Commons that have been shot enough to die can still body-block bullets, necessitating switching targets if the situation demands.

This, along with all the other smaller edits I've made, gives this weapon a distinct identity rather than being a clone of the Uzi SMG. I hope you enjoy.


Changelog (X means unchanged):

VerticalPunch - 1 to 0.875
SpreadPerShot - 0.4 to 0.8
MaxSpread - 30 to 22
SpreadDecay - 5 to 10
MinDuckingSpread - 0.85 to 0.5
MinStandingSpread - 1.2 to 0.7
MinInAirSpread - 1.7 to X
MaxMovementSpread - 3 to 1.75
DeployDuration - N/A to 0.35 (added this line)
PenetrationNumLayers - 2 to X
PenetrationPower - 30 to 61
Damage - 25 to 28
CycleTime - 0.0625 to 0.05
clip_size - 50 to 60
primary_ammo - AMMO_TYPE_SMG to X

Disclaimer about the preview screenshot(s):
I got them randomly off the internet. I claim nothing. If need be, I'll replace them with something generic from Wikipedia or something.