[A12] RimEffect (22-08-2015 v25) A12 Update

[Latta]

Description
Adds Mass Effect 3 based stuffs into your colony.



Changelog

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25
See GitHub's release detail.

24 (24-04-2015)
Updated to Alpha 10f.
Moved Tech Shield's covering area to torso from right hand.

23 (28-03-2015)
Added Katana shotgun.
Graphic adjustments of Revenant, Phalanx and Claymore.
Various balance adjustments. Check my reply to this topic for a full list of the changes.

22 (06-03-2015)
Added Widow sniper rifle.
Revamped Avenger graphic.
Various adjustments.

21b (28-02-2015)
Added new tier of tech shield.
Updated shield definition and assembly.

21 (26-02-2015)
Added two new guns: Shuriken and Revenant.
Added custom sound for Tech Shield.
Rebalanced all guns using "calculated balance table".
Retouched sounds volume to be smaller .
Added information about experience gain bonus/penalty on each gun's description. (If there is any)
Added new humanoid faction, which have more money for their weapons. (Not balanced)

20 (20-02-2015)
Recreated whole textures for A9's new weapon graphics.
Recreated interaction sounds to better match original Mass Effect game.
Rebalanced guns according to new stats in A9.
Removed Tempest, Locust, Scimitar and Valiant. Instead, added Claymore and Hurricane.
All guns will now use custom Verb for firing.
Added new type of personal shield: Tech shield.


There is a video I made as a quick showcase of interaction sounds, v20.
http://youtu.be/D_d1CXcd-zU

Features
Varied gun types
Predator and Phalanx pistols give shooter the most experience(50% more), fire fast and accurate overall. Use these as training weapons.

Shuriken SMG gives shooter more experience(25% more), fires extremely fast but weak. It has moderate range and accuracy and as shooter does not suffer from long cooldown, it is a great hit-and-run weapon.
Hurricane SMG also provides additional experience. In addition, it fires two pellets per shot, rendering it deadly at close and short range. But it's inaccurate, short ranged.

Katana and Claymore shotgun gives shooter normal experience, fires eight 'pellets' rather than vanilla's pseudo-pellets, and are the most powerful close combat weapons. Also, both are modded with built-in Omni-blade, meaning these can be used as a melee weapon. Check the video's last part for details. If you hit all pellets of Claymore, it's even stronger than Widow sniper rifle. Equipping both will slow down your pawn a bit.

Avenger and Harrier assault rifles give shooter less experience(10% less), but long ranged and accurate.
Revenant LMG also lowers experience and even slows him, but has high damage with many bursts, so you will find it useful.

Mantis/Widow sniper rifles give shooters the least experience(20% less), and slow down them even more than Claymore. But they has the most longest range and more accurate than vanilla sniper rifle when firing to long range.

Personal shield for ranged combat
The tech shield. It's almost expensive as two personal shields, recharges slower. What's the point? You can actually shoot enemies within your comfort shield. Also, it resets much faster(Added in 23).



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Credit
NoImageAvailable and his mod, Combat Realism for multiple pellet firing code.

Legal notes:
All sounds used in this mod belong to BioWare. Dot image of weapons are made by me, but the concepts belong to BioWare.

[Epyk]

I'm a sucker for more weapons.

[Romi]

Me too i love weapons and all the mods that add them!

[Dragoon]

Hurray more alien weapons!

[BajtMe]

Oooooh! Yes please!!

[Evul]

I LOVE MASS EFFECT O.O
Any plans on Aliens or other Mass Effect creatures?

[Latta]

Version up to 11 from 10. Added 3 more guns, some fixes and changes.

I LOVE MASS EFFECT O.O
Any plans on Aliens or other Mass Effect creatures?

No, my graphic skill isn't good enough for creatures...

[Coenmcj]

Version up to 11 from 10. Added 3 more guns, some fixes and changes.

I LOVE MASS EFFECT O.O
Any plans on Aliens or other Mass Effect creatures?

No, my graphic skill isn't good enough for creatures...

If you can code it, I'm sure someone would be willing to to do the graphics side of it, We've got some pretty cool artists around the forums.

[Enjoyment]

As i guess, main problem with me-races is not the graphics of races, but how do the clothes will fit them. But is this not a problem, i could try some...
UPD: And they must be... you know... nude?.. Don't think that seeing nude krogan is a good idea. And nude asari is too adult...

[Latta]

Updated to 12. One more gun, a few graphic changes, new sounds, and a lot of balance changes! Check that out in the mod directory's text file.
Might be an issue: Hard to tell which is Tempest and which is Locust. Locust's graphic may change.

As i guess, main problem with me-races is not the graphics of races, but how do the clothes will fit them. But is this not a problem, i could try some...
UPD: And they must be... you know... nude?.. Don't think that seeing nude krogan is a good idea. And nude asari is too adult...

Um...nude quarian...no... not the face.
Maybe something that doesn't need any clothing; like Cerberus or Geth? I may try Cerberus when I finish some of their guns.

[Epyk]

I have so many guns in my current modded Rimworld. It's great. 

[Dragoon]

these seem too expensive (like the m-8 avenger costs 1000 but from the trader it only costs like 300).

[temporaryname]

Great sprite!
Can't wait to see widow and claymore ig
Thx for the mod! :3

[Killaim]

need to make a special rifle or something to honor this most important character of the game

[Latta]

these seem too expensive (like the m-8 avenger costs 1000 but from the trader it only costs like 300).

Noted. Are they still too weak compared to their price? Except Avenger, I'm aware of Avenger now; will have to increase damage to 14 to match R4 Charge Rifle while being more long ranged and accurate.

need to make a special rifle or something to honor this most important character of the game

Lol, poor Shields