v4.5

Combat Extended 4.5 “Hit 'Em Where It Hurts!”

Features

• Added Generic Ammo Mode: Replaces specific calibers with generic ammo types, for players who want a more straightforward ammo management experience.
• Added a utility that automatic patches unpatched pawns (races and animals), making them functional with generated stats.
• Added Bipods, used by various light machine guns and sniper rifles. Firing without them deployed imposes various penalties to range, recoil, and accuracy.
• Added the ability to save and load loadouts between saves, and import/export loadouts between players.
• Added the ability for skilled Melee fighters to target specific body parts in combat, similar to ranged Called Shots, for pawns with 8 Melee skill or higher.
• Armor can now provide different levels of protection to different covered body parts.
• Added a Medium Gun Turret that fires 7.62mm NATO, unlocked by researching Gun Turrets and Precision Rifling.

Fixes

• Stats for muzzle flash and reload time no longer appear for weapons that don’t use them.
• Fixed an issue where melee attacks weren’t damaging internal organs when they should.
• Fixed incorrect quantity label in 155mm shell recipes.
• Removed inaccurate display radii from various turrets.
• Fixed an issue with grenade melee tools.
• Fixed incorrect work amount for 40 S&W AP ammo recipe.
• Removed a patch that was causing issues with the Character Editor apparel screen.

Compatibility

• Add integrated patches for the following mods:
  o [FSF] More Psycast Powers
  o [LITE] Expanded Materials – Metals
  o [RH2] Faction: Task Force 141
  o [RH2] Faction: The Rangers
  o ADE Advanced Turrets
  o ADE Advanced Turrets +
  o Alpha Memes
  o Anima Bionics
  o Archotech Expanded
  o Archotech+ (Continued)
  o Birds Beyond: Temperate Forest
  o Cossacks of the Rim
  o Crowns and Regalia
  o Cursed Guns
  o DOOM - Factions (Continued)
  o Dubs Rimatomics
  o Farming Expansion
  o Feles – Felines of the Rim [1.3]
  o Heyra the Horned
  o Infused 2 Expansion
  o Infusion 2
  o Mechanoid Bench 2
  o Medieval Quest Rewards
  o More Psycasts
  o Paniel the Automata
  o RimTraits – Medieval Talents
  o Seventh Seraph
  o The Tuffalo
  o Useless Clothes
  o Vanilla Factions Expanded - Pirates
  o Vanilla Ideology Expanded – Dryads
  o Windows
• Updated integrated patches for the following mods:
  o [CP] Rimmu-Nation Collection
  o [JDS] EFT Apparel
  o [JDS] The Forge
  o [LF] Command And Conquer NOD Combat Armor
  o [O21] Outer Rim Galaxies
  o [RH] Faction Collection
  o [RH2] Rimmu-Nation² - Clothing
  o [RH2] Rimmu-Nation² - Weapons
  o Alpha Animals
  o Ancient Fallot Armory
  o Android tiers - TX Series
  o Anty the War Ant
  o Apex – Rimworld Legends
  o Apparello
  o Arasaka Corporation [1.3]
  o CP DOOM & DOOM Kit Classic
  o Dishonored Assassin Mask
  o Doom Factions - Expanded
  o Dragonian Race
  o Eisenhans Power Armor
  o Expanded Materials – Metals
  o Expanded Materials – Plastics
  o Gimmicks
  o Half Dragons
  o HALO: Rimworld Auxiliary Combat Armory
  o Kemomimihouse
  o Kit's Gunpowder Weapons
  o Magical Menagerie
  o Medieval Overhaul
  o Midworld Expanded Flak Armor
  o More Vanilla Turrets
  o Moyo from the Depth
  o Nanosuit
  o Nearmare Race
  o Orassans
  o Psi Tech
  o Pulsefire Turrets
  o Rah’s Vanilla Turrets Expansion
  o Ratkin Apparel+
  o Ratnik-3 Prototype Armor
  o ReGrowth: Extinct Animals Pack
  o ReGrowth: Mutated Animals Pack
  o Rim Contractors Arsenal
  o Rim of Madness – Bones
  o Rimefeller
  o Rim-Effect Collection
  o Rim-Skeletons
  o Rimsenal Collection
  o RimWorld - Witcher Monster Hunt
  o Save Our Ship 2
  o SCP
  o Spartan Foundry
  o Star Wars – Factions
  o Thog’s Guns – More Brulla Pack
  o T's Samurai Faction
  o Ultratech – Altered Carbon Remastered
  o Vanilla Animals Expanded — Caves
  o Vanilla Apparel Expanded
  o Vanilla Apparel Expanded — Accessories
  o Vanilla Armour Expanded
  o Vanilla Factions Expanded – Ancients
  o Vanilla Factions Expanded – Mechanoids
  o Vanilla Factions Expanded – Medieval
  o Vanilla Factions Expanded – Settlers
  o Vanilla Factions Expanded – Vikings
  o Vanilla Furniture Expanded – Security
  o Vanilla Ideology Expanded – Hats and Rags
  o Vanilla Weapons Expanded - Frontier
  o Vanilla Weapons Expanded - Heavy Weapons
  o Vanilla Weapons Expanded – Non-Lethal
  o Warhammer – Dryad
  o Xenohumans - Anthromorphs

Balance

• Added a threshold for penalties for weight and bulk from a pawn’s apparel and inventory.
  o Pawns with worn/carried bulk less than 35% of their capacity will not suffer workspeed penalties.
  o Starting at 50% of their total bulk capacity, pawns will begin to suffer penalties to melee dodge chance.
  o Pawn carrying less than 25% of their total mass capacity will not suffer move speed penalties. Above 25% of their total mass, they’ll begin to suffer a penalty to their melee dodge chance.
• Raised the required weapon handling required for Called Shots from 2.2 (Shooting 8) to 2.5 (Shooting 10).
• Stranger in Black now carries more ammo and can spawn with a backpack.
• Changed the autocannon turret caliber from 20mm Hispano to 20mm NATO and adjusted stats accordingly.
• For many high caliber ammo sets, swapped FMJ for AP rounds, making them more effective against heavily armored targets and less overkill against non-armored ones.
• Reduced .44 Magnum base sharp penetration from 8 to 6.
• Increased .454 Casul base sharp penetration from 6 to 8.
• Increased 9x18mm Makarov damage slightly, reduced base sharp penetration from 4 to 3.
• Increased .303 British base sharp penetration from 6 to 7.
• Increased 5.56mm NATO base sharp penetration from 5 to 6.
• Increased 7.97 Mauser base sharp penetration from 6 to 7.
• Increased 105mm HE shell damage from 350 to 370 and added a 105mm HEAT shell.
• Added a small radius of Thermobaric damage to the blast of some larger Incendiary artillery shells (105mm, 155mm).
• Added a Colt .45 Long/.410 Shotgun ammo set for shorter barreled, lower velocity weapons.
• Reduced the mass of the composite vest from 12 to 10.
• Reduced the mass of the binoculars from 3 to 2.25.
• Reduced the mass of the flak jacket from 13 to 11.
• Reduced the mass of the flak pants to 2.5.
• Reduced the worn bulk of the flak vest and flak pants.
• Reduced the amount of ammo carried by tribal chiefs and gave them backpacks.
• Increased the FSX cost for the HE IED, and set damage to 270.
• Reduced the radius of the Incendiary IED from 7 to 5.
• Restored vanilla heat armor value for Steel.
• Increased the speed of horses from 5 to 6.
• Heavy auto turrets and the KPV now require Precision Rifling.
• Ideology: Increased the armor of the Barkskin dryad.
• Royalty: Restored move speed and dodge chance penalties to the Toughskin, Armorskin, and Stoneskin Glands.
• Royalty: Slightly decreased the amount of ammo carried by various Empire pawnkinds and adjusted their loadouts.

Misc.

• Various manned turrets are now built as structures from the security tab, rather than at the machining table. Added new UI icons for each turret for this purpose.
• Added the M72 LAW as the Disposable Rocket Launcher to give all players access to a suitable anti-tank weapon for killing centipedes and other armored targets.
• Added HEDP ammo for grenade launchers with new art.
• Added AP ammo for high caliber weapons with new art.
• Updated art for various ammo types.
• Restored the Minigun as a craftable and purchasable weapon.
• Restored vanilla research projects for the Autocannon and Uranium Slug turrets.
• Autocannon shells from the High Caliber now have Armor Piercing instead of Full Metal Jacket rounds.
• Removed the MiddleHead layer added by Combat Extended.
• Revised various tool tips and ReadMe file.
• Adjusted the position of some research projects on the research tab.
• Updated some media files.
• Renamed 12x65mm Charged to 12x72mm Charged.
• Added 40x311mmR (bofors) ammo, with new art.
• Added new research prerequisites to most grenade launcher ammo.
• Added new black powder ammunition types; cannon ball and mortar grenade.
• Added an additional ammo set to the 105mm Howitzer for direct-fire versions of turrets.
• Restored some vanilla values for raid points and strategies.
• Added a “NoSwitch” weaponTag that can be added to prevent CE’s automatic stowing behavior for weapons when a shooter runs out of ammo.
• Added a new texture for flamethrower projectiles.
• Commented out some content related to Attachments for the time being.
• Royalty: Adjusted the cover height of mechanoid auto mortars.