Idea: Omni-Weapon

[CloakDagger]

The new weapon modding system opens up a lot of possibilities, but I think there's a way to greatly simplify things.

 

Replace all vanilla weapons in the game with a single weapon.

 

Now, hear me out here.

 

The main issue with mods is that weapons are stuck with a 'chassis'. That is to say, even if you get ridiculous with the every mod every weapon thing, putting all the railroad rifle parts on a 10mm pistol will not get you a railroad rifle, it will probably just get you a crippled pistol, if the gun works at all.

 

What I am proposing is this:

 

A single chassis of a gun, from which you can put new parts on (copies of vanilla parts) to make any vanilla weapon, with identical to vanilla stats.

 

But if it's vanilla at all, why bother?

 

Simple! This part is a tool, rather than just adding more stuff to the game.

 

For example, once you have one gun to replace every gun, you can have a base weapon to avoid interfering with other mods. Then you can mod this gun to your liking. Want more damage in game? Download a version of this mod that gives it more damage. Want realistic damage? Download a mod for this gun that gives the 9mm parts realistic 9mm damage in comparison to the 5.56mm parts. Ect...

 

Having just one weapon to work on would greatly ease comparability with mods, and allow you to adjust things more to your liking.

 

You could also have other modders adding stuff. Rather than needing to add a whole weapon to the game, they can add, just, say, a new barrel, or a new grip!

 

Thoughts?

[Userper]

You know this would probably be pretty easy to implement.

In fact I happen to know a certain modder who is doing something very similar, only using custom parts, instead of vanilla.

You may see your omni-gun very soon :laugh:

[CloakDagger]

You know this would probably be pretty easy to implement.

In fact I happen to know a certain modder who is doing something very similar, only using custom parts, instead of vanilla.

You may see your omni-gun very soon :laugh:

 

If it's not vanilla, it's missing the point.

 

I'm specifically NOT asking for a fancy gun, I'm asking for a resource to replace every gun in the game and that can have more added to it later, and be easily rebalanced.