Coordinated Fire

Coordinated Fire adds a new tactical option for infantry squads in MENACE.

Normally, the squad's primary weapon and the squad leader's special weapon are fired as separate actions. This mod adds a coordinated attack that allows both to fire at the same target as part of a single action.

The action costs the higher AP cost of the two attacks, rather than adding both costs together.

For example:

Squad Rifle: 40 AP

Leader Weapon: 50 AP

Coordinated Fire: 50 AP

Both weapons still consume their own ammunition normally.

• []Squad and squad leader fire at the same target. [/]

  []AP cost is the higher of the two attack costs. [/]

  []Both weapons consume ammunition normally. [/]

  []Uses the game's native attacks instead of simulating damage. [/]

  []Respects:

  [] ammunition [/]

  []range [/]

  []valid targets [/]

  []line of fire [/]

  []weapon setup [/]

  []deployment requirements [/]

  []unit state [/]

  []native skill usability [/]

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[]Works with weapons that require setup or deployment. [/]

[]The interface shows when the leader weapon still needs to be SET UP or DEPLOYED. [/]

[]AI units can also use Coordinated Fire when both attacks are valid against the target they selected. [/]

[]If the unit still has usable AP after firing, its turn continues normally. [/]

[]If the unit has no usable actions left, MENACE handles the end of the unit's turn normally. [/]

AI behavior

AI support is intentionally simple.

When the AI decides to attack a target, the mod checks whether both the squad weapon and the leader weapon can legally attack that same target.

If both can fire, the AI uses Coordinated Fire.

If not, the original AI attack is left unchanged.

The mod does not replace MENACE's target selection or general tactical AI.

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Requirements

Required:

• []MENACE [/]

  []MelonLoader [/]

  []MENACE Modpack Loader [/]

The current release was developed and tested with MENACE 0. 7. 14 and the current MENACE Modpack Loader / Mod Manager ecosystem.

Installation

Menace Mod Manager

Drag the downloaded archive into the MENACE Mod Manager and install it normally.

Manual installation

Extract the archive into:

MENACE/Mods/

The final structure should look like:

└── CoordinatedFire/

├── modpack.json

└── CoordinatedFire.dll

Do not place

CoordinatedFire.dlldirectly in the root

Modsfolder.

Updating from an older development version

If you previously tested an old standalone version of Coordinated Fire, remove:

MENACE/Mods/CoordinatedFire.dll

before installing the Modpack Loader version.

Only the new

Mods/CoordinatedFire/version should remain.

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Uninstallation

MENACE/Mods/CoordinatedFire/

The mod does not intentionally modify save-game data.

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Credits

Development and testing

Coordinated Fire was developed with substantial AI assistance using OpenAI / ChatGPT, including research, code generation, reverse-engineering assistance, debugging, test design and documentation.

The resulting mod was repeatedly tested in MENACE and adjusted based on real in-game behavior and logs.

Community inspiration

Special thanks to JackAttackMenace and the Nexus mod Alpha Strike.

Alpha Strike demonstrated a similar combined-fire concept for multiple weapon systems, including the idea of using the more expensive attack as the combined AP cost. Coordinated Fire was implemented independently for infantry squad + squad leader attacks; no Alpha Strike code or assets are included in this mod.

Existing MENACE mods and modding work published on Nexus were also valuable references for understanding what was possible within the game's combat and action systems.

Tools and modding ecosystem

Thanks to the developers and contributors of:

• []MENACE Modkit / Modpack Loader [/]

  []MENACE Mod Manager [/]

  []MelonLoader [/]

  []Harmony [/]

Their work made this mod possible.