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OBO: Sniper, Scout Rebalance script

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

This is a script that rebalances the Scout sniper rifle. Both this and its big sister were both incredibly underpowered in vanilla, possibly because they weren't actually in the base game until only recently. In vanilla, this weapon did 90 damage per shot, which was the same as the Hunting Rifle. But this weapon had a fire rate delay of 0.9, and the Hunting Rifle was 0.25 (lower = faster). And both guns had the same magazine size, so the Scout was far, far worse in virtually every way, and had the lowest damage per second of any weapon in the entire game. It desperately needed an upgrade to make it worth grabbing.

I've turned the Scout into a faster, lighter version of my OBO Arctic Warfare (see the above collections for links). It does less damage and has less piercing, but it has a larger magazine size, is more accurate on the move and shoots faster. Ideal for someone who wants the powerful Special screening of a bolt-action without completely sacrificing fire rate and firing sustainability like the more pureblooded Arctic Warfare does. This is like a nice hybrid, capable of clearing an area of ambient Commons, but still necessitating other members of the party carry specific, crowd-control weapons for hordes.


WARNING:
Weapon replacers for the CS weapons often come with a script file like this one, specifically to fix an issue that makes the gun left handed. The short version is that the script that mods come with will conflict with scripts like mine. When scripts conflict, one takes priority and overwrites the other. If the script that comes with another mod overwrites this one, your weapon will have vanilla stats. There's a pretty simple solution to this that takes minimal effort.

THE QUICK SOLUTION:
Simply subscribe to this mod first and then subscribe to the weapon replacer you want to use. There will still be a conflict, but mods that are subscribed to first are higher in the addon list, and take priority. If you don't mind red (conflicting) addons in your addon list, then this is all you need to do, and you can safely move on to the changelog below.

THE LONG SOLUTION:
If your OCD is like mine and you hate having red (conflicting) addons, then you will need to manually remove the included script in the weapon replacer you want to use, so that this mod's one is the only installed script. To do so, you will need to use the GCFScape tool to open the weapon replacer's .vpk file in your addons folder, extract the mod, delete the script it comes with, then turn it back into a .vpk again (by using the "vpk.exe" in the "bin" folder in your Left 4 Dead 2's install directory), and overwrite the old mod in your addons folder with the new one you created. You may need to install the L4D2 Authoring tools in the Tools tab in Steam for the vpk.exe file to appear. If you need more guidance, the internet is your friend. That's how I learned to do it.


Changelog (X means unchanged):

VerticalPunch - 1.5 to 3.0
SpreadPerShot - 1 to 3
MaxSpread - 15 to X
SpreadDecay - 8 to 12.5
MinDuckingSpread - 0 to X
MinStandingSpread - 0.1 to X
MinInAirSpread - 1.5 to 0
MaxMovementSpread - 3 to 1.7
ReloadDuration - ? to 2.65 (added this line)
DeployDuration - ? to 0.3 (added this line)
BuiltRightHanded - 0 to 1 (fixes the infamous left-handed CS weapon problem)
PenetrationNumLayers - 2 to 5
PenetrationPower - 50 to 95
CharacterPenetrationMaxDistance 8192 to 500 (Shooting through targets doesn't count against penetration up to this range)
Damage - 90 to 590
CycleTime - 0.9 to 0.935
clip_size - 15 to 20
primary_ammo - AMMO_TYPE_SNIPERRIFLE to AMMO_TYPE_HUNTINGRIFLE

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.