TRUE DAMAGE - Weapon Damage Normalized By Ammo Caliber

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The Low-Down

• []True Damage is a lightweight mod that instantly balances every ballistic firearm in your game according to weapon type and caliber.

  []Designed to be used alongside SCOURGE to standardize enemy health values, eliminating scaling from the game entirely.

  []Patches are only required for mods that add new ammo types, for which there is a Patch Repository.

  []Built in support for ammo overhauls: New Calibers, Armament, CALIBER - COMPLEX and Munitions.

  []No performance cost and almost no scripts, except a simple one to update some game settings.

  []All files are ESL flagged and can be installed/uninstalled at any time.

  Mod Features

  How It Works

  • []A perk is distributed to all firearm wielding actors that reduces the damage of their weapon by 90%.

    []New damage values are applied through the ammo itself.

    []That's it; two small changes that have a huge impact.

    []As 10% of the original weapon damage still gets applied, weapons of the same caliber will have small and realistic variations between them.

    []For example, . 38 weapons will now typically do around 19 to 25 damage.

    Independent Weapon Type and Damage Type Customizability

    • []You can fully custimize the range, accuracy, damage and armor penetration of each weapon type individually from the MCM.

      []Independent sliders for: Pistols, Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Heavy Weapons, Suppressed Weapons, 1H Melee, 2H Melee and Gun Bash Attacks.

      []Additionally, you can change the damage and armor penetration balance by damage type: ballistic, laser, gamma, plasma and explosive.

      []The default settings add some interesting buffs:

      []Rifles get a +100% range and +20% accuracy buff over pistols.

      []Sniper rifles get a +300% range, +50% accuracy and +100% damage buff to keep bolt actions viable.

      []Shotguns receive a 30% accuracy buff, to make their spread a little more realistic.

      []Suppressors give minor penalties to all stats.

      []Simplified settings are also provided for NPCs to keep them balanced with the player.

      Energy Weapons

      • []Energy weapons are completely excluded from the ammo damage system for two reasons:

        []It is not possible to normalise energy damage in the same unintrusive manner as ballistic damage.

        []It makes sense for different energy weapons to have vastly different damage levels, as they do not work like ballistic firearms.

        []Energy weapons can optionally be affected by the Weapon Type settings above.

        Global Damage Multip