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Weapon Tech A17

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I've always found it odd that your colonists instantly know how to design and construct firearms, just by building a machining table. Guns are a specialised kind of engineering, and require specific knowledge in that field. SO! This mod adds aims to add weapon research, tweak some vanilla weapon characteristics, and add a variety of bonus weapons, without taking away from the vanilla Rimworld feel.

In order, they are:

Gunpowder - Arquebus, Cast Grenades - Smithy/Machining Table
Breech-Loading - Breech-loader - Smithy/Machining Table
Repeating Actions - Revolver, Pump Shotgun, Lever-Action, Bolt-Action Rifle - Smithy/Machining Table
Optics - Sniper Rifle - Smithy/Machining Table
Self-loading Actions - Pistol, Submachine Gun, Automatic Shotgun, Assault Rifle, Battle Rifle, Light Machine Gun - Machining Table Only
Multibarrel Weapons - Minigun - Machining Table Only

Advanced Grenades - Frag Grenade, Molotov Cocktail, EMP grenade - Machining Table Only
Grenade Launchers - Grenade Launcher, Incendiary Launcher - Machining Table Only

Thanks to bonesbro for making a research tab for Weapon Tech!


Tired of seeing hundreds of pawns from a multitude of diverse backgrounds with the EXACT same 4 weapons as the last group? Well, you're in luck! These weapons are only available via trade or by scavenging from fallen enemies. Not all of these weapons are necessarily better than your current arsenal, but hey! Not all settlements are so well aversed in firearms design!

In no particular order, they are:

The Improvised Rifle, Cheap Submachine Gun, Converted Bolt-Action Rifle, Machine Pistol, Modular Assault Rifle, Bullpup Rifle, Light Support Weapon, Prototype Rifle, Light Combat Rifle, Heavy Combat Rifle, Marksman's Rifle, Recon Rifle, and the Anti-Materiel Rifle.


Both the Sniper Rifle and LMG have been retextured, if only for my own personal satisfaction; the Heavy SMG has been renamed, retextured, and added to the bonus list; the Chain Shotgun has been renamed. All of the original weapons have had their stats altered, but nothing too jarring. Just tweaked to accomodate the new weapons.

Update 1 - Added the Semi-Auto Shotgun to Self-Loading Actions
Implemented the beginnings of the explosives tree
Changed Self-Loading Actions' tech class to spacer

Update 2 - Updated to A16
Added Breech-Loading research topic and added the Breech-Loader
Rebalanced crafting costs and market values

Update 3 - Updated to A17
Weapon damage is now dependant on the calibre of bullet, rather than some arbitrary number.
Added most of the compatible content from the WIP Combat Realism version that may never see release.
Replaced the Semi-Auto Shotgun with the Automatic Shotgun.
Rebalanced every weapon to better fit the newer bonus weapons.
Fixed the huge error that occured from booting Rimworld with dev mode on.
A couple other updates that i'm probably forgetting.

Update 3a - Employed bonesbro's research tab to help with the cluttered research screen.

In any case, please enjoy this minor modification to the Rimworld experience!