Drop Your Weapon - Realistic AI Morale Tweaks For 1.0

This mod implements a series of AI configuration tweaks, primarily focused on altering suspect morale, their reaction to morale changes, and general behavior patterns. Key features include:

• []An increased likelihood of suspects surrendering, though this behavior varies by level.

  []Certain levels, as dictated by the storyline, will maintain their difficulty. In these levels, suspects are portrayed as highly trained and less likely to surrender, ensuring a consistent challenge for the SWAT team.

  []Accuracy has been adjusted across the board, with suspects starting less proficient in early levels, but getting more accurate and capable in firefights as the campaign advances.

  []The modification is not final and will be updated based on player feedback to fine-tune AI behavior and morale effects.

  The goal is to provide a more dynamic AI that responds differently across various levels, keeping in line with the game's storyline and difficulty settings. In particular, I aim to provide some sort of coherent difficulty curve - meaning earlier levels will have more willingly compliant suspects - and juxtaposition for later levels in which suspects become more professional and willing to engage in firefights; if every level has you go up against bloodthirsty maniacs with no regard for their lives, then this sense of escalation is entirely lost.

  What This Mod Does

  • [] Suspect morale has a wider range of state, allowing morale to drop lower, but also potentially rise higher.

    [] Breaching tools and throwables have a larger impact on morale on almost all maps, especially closer to the source. Kicking a door in someone's face will no longer instantly make them open fire on you on most earlier maps, but beware of trained professionals later in the campaign.

    [] Certain actions will increase suspect morale on some maps, as applicable to the map's scenario and the suspects' personalities and goals.

    [] Suspect stress thresholds have been adjusted on some maps. Certain maps will start suspects at a higher or lower stress level. Some maps have higher or lower stress thresholds for suspects to get violent.

    What This Mod Doesn't Do

    • [] Suspect perception is unchanged - they see and hear exactly as well as they do in the base game.

      [] This mod does not reduce the number of suspects on any maps, nor does it change the likelihood of them being armed.

      [] This mod makes no changes to SWAT AI behaviors whatsoever.

      []This mod does explicitly NOT make the game easier across the board - it will start off easier, but you will still have to deal with levels that are quite difficult. Yes, this does include Brisa Cove - but it shouldn't be quite as brutal anymore. Still pretty hard, though.

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