Pretty Pistols Pack addon

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DESCRIPTION
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Pretty Pistols Pack.
The goal is not as simple as just fixing and prettifying every gun, there will also be balance changes where required.
The main idea though is indeed to make all guns have the best texture and the best models available.
Said balance changes also means that, for example, the smaller P229 should be using a lower magazine size with 9mm caliber instead of the default .45 ACP.
Some guns, unique or common, might have tritium sight. Almost every tritium sight is different.

IMPORTANT. The mod has been reported to cause crashes, but the fixes are easy and can be done on your side.
If you don't want to do that, it's your responsibility, but don't blame any of us modders about it.
First of all, find any stashes of pistols you have made, then disassemble all of them.
Second of all, set "trader restock cycle" from Options>Gameplay>Progression to 12 and sleep at least 13 hours.
After all this is done, you shouldn't have any "old" pistols that might crash the game.
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INSTALLATION
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The mod was made with FOMOD in mind, it's recommended you use Mod Organizer 2 (MO2). If not, manual:
Simply extract the "gamedata" to your main Anomaly folder.
Look for addons in "addons", extract gamedata from it to your main Anomaly folder.
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PATCHES/ADDONS INFORMATION
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- [OPTIONAL] Kennedith's Enhanced Shaders Metallic Boost. This changes some pistols' .thm (material) files so they use PhongMetal or a stronger BlinPhong. Basically, it gives select weapons a proper metallic shade:
1911s, Desert Eagle, Beretta 92FS INOX, P229 LEGION, Stetchkin APS, PB, Tokarev, Makarov PM, CZ52
(It requires "Enhanced Shaders" Moddb.com. It can be used without, but the effect won't be the same.)

- EFT Reposition Patch. Patch for "EFT Reposition", which changes how guns are positioned.
- Blindside Patch. Patch for "Blindside's Anims" for the Grach. INSTALL THIS OR THE OTHER AND LAST.
- Blindside & EFT Reposition Patch. Patch for "Blindside's Anims" and "EFT Reposition" for the Grach. INSTALL THIS OR THE OTHER AND LAST.
- Mags Redux Patch. Adds support for "Mags Redux" mod.

- Beretta M9 Inox. Changes the texture of the M9 so it uses Stainless Steel Slide & Frame, includes its own specular (shine) map.
- Beretta M9A1/A2 Lookalike. Changes the texture of the M9 so it closely resembles an M9A1/M9A2, with tan slide & frame.
- Beretta M9A3 Lookalike. Changes the texture of the M9 so it closely resembles an M9A3, with khaki frame, tan slide and tan grip.
- Beretta Px4 INOX. Gives the Px4 an INOX appearance, with a very bright steel slide and dark barrel.
- CZ 75 AUTO Magless. Removes the Magazine used as a Handle on the CZ 75 AUTO.
- Desert Eagle Cleaner Finish. Changes the way the gun shines so it looks much cleaner and reflective.
- Desert Eagle Tritium Sights. Gives all the Desert Eagles (except the unique one) tritium sights, green black dots on the rear and a bright orange to the front.
- FN57 Black Grip. Changes the FN57's grip/frame to be black.
- FN57 Tan Grip. Changes the FN57's grip/frame to be tan.
- FN57 Tritium. Adds faint orange glowing sights to the FN57.
- FN509 Black. Changes the slide and grip to a darker black.
- Fort-12 Dark Tone. Gives the Fort-12 a darker tone (keeping the metallic shade though) to be in tune with the rest of the already rather dark Forts.
- Fort-12 Dual Tone. Makes the slide have a lighter shade than the frame, giving it a more classic STALKER Trilogy appearance.
- Glock 17 Stainless Steel Slide. Changes the Glock 17's slide to be a bright Stainless Steel.
- Glock 17 Tan Grip. Changes the Glock 17's grip/frame to be tan.
- Glock 17 Tan Grip & Stainless Steel Slide. Changes the Glock 17's grip/frame to be tan as well as the Slide to be Stainless Steel.
- Glock 19 Black Grip. Changes the Glock 19's grip/frame to be black.
- HS2000 Stainless Steel Slide. Changes the HS2000's slide to Stainless Steel.
- M45 Black Color. Darkens every metallic part of the M45 except the Barrel, Trigger and Magazine.
- M45A1 Black Color. Changes the M45A1 to have a black receiver and silver barrel.
- M45A1 Darken. Changes the M45A1 to have a darker dual-tone tan-red colour for slide and tan for receiver, as well as a silver barrel.
- M1911 Classic Texture. Changes the 1911 to have a classic Clear Sky type of texture, with darkened grip and lighter, slightly blued metal.
- M1911A1 Classic Texture. Changes the 1911A1 to have a classic Shadow of Chernobyl type of texture, with blackened grip and a slightly darker brushed steel metal.
- MK23 No Laser. Removes the gimmick laser from the MK23.
- P229 Clean Finish. Changes the way the gun shines so it looks much cleaner and reflective.
- P320 Black Color. Completely removes the tan from the grip and slider to be a dark black instead.
- USP Compact Tritium. Adds faint green tritium sights to the USP Compact.
- USP Compact Two-Tone. Changes the slide to be stainless steel and the grip to be a lighter gray with a blueish tint to it. This is meant to resemble the "UDP Compact" from Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat.
- Walther P99 Laser Attachment. Adds a gimmick laser attachment to the Walther P99.

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THIRD-PARTY MODS
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These are third-party mods not included in the pack itself, Pretty Pistols Pack by itself is required still.

- Pretty Reanimated Pistols. A reanimation of various pistols from PPP, including OTS-33, Fort pistols family, Beretta pistols family and Walther P99. Made by FIREBREATH1001.
- M1911 Gunslinger + PRETTY PISTOLS PACK. A reanimation of PPP's 1911s by using Gunslinger animations. Made by tint08771.
- Pretty Pistols Pack Glock Reanimation. A reanimation of PPP's Glock17, Glock19 and HS2000. Made by CLUm_sie.
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DETAILS
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--- 1911 ---
[OVERHAULED]
Every 1911 is now a variant of it, not just the same 1911A1 with a pitiful retexture and normal map.
* Main variant itself is a classic "1911". It is no longer able to use a suppressor. It has been balanced to be very accurate, especially after upgrades. Thanks to "Hung Do" for the model & textures.
* Variant 2 "Alt" is now a Smith & Wesson 659 that can be turned into a Smith & Wesson 645 through the .45 ACP caliber change. It is pretty much a "compact" 1911 that uses .45 ACP or 9mm, so has less weight and better handling for slightly less accuracy and recoil. All credits go to "tigg".
* Variant 3 "Camo" is now instead a Coonan, which is a 1911-lookalike pistol that uses .357 Magnum, comes with proper balance changes; it is pretty much a much faster-firing Desert Eagle but with lower accuracy and much higher recoil, especially on consecutive shots. Since it's only available for high-ranking Monolith & Sin members, it's very rare. Credits go to "eNse7en".
* Variant 4 "Custom" is now a "Strayer Voigt Infinity", this pistol has a unique trademark clip that holds 15-rounds and has zone-made fast-firing 3-round burst and blue tritium, but its recoil on fast-fire is strong and reliability is rather low in comparison to the classic 1911.
* Variant 5 "Duty" is now just a copy of the 1911, but it has a unique upgrade that makes it use the 7.62×25mm Tokarev caliber instead of .45 ACP. When changing to said caliber, it will have less recoil, more penetration but less damage.
* Variant 6 "Merc" is now an M45A1, with tan paint and yellow tritium sights. Credits go to "New World Interactive", creators of Insurgency Sandstorm!
* Variant 7 "Modern" is now an M45, with stainless steel finish. Credits go to "New World Interactive", creators of Insurgency!
* Variant 8 "New" is now an 1911A1, with a deep blued finish that would make it more closer to the civilian version of the "Colt Government". Instead of being a direct improvement, it's now a "choice", either because of better ironsight or just the looks, although it does have some mechanical improvements such as for firerate. All credits go to "Antimatter Games".

--- Beretta 92FS ---
The Beretta is now composed of two Italian 92FS types, M9 and Px4 Storm.
Variant 1 now uses another model and texture. Thanks to and all credits go to "FadingSignal"! It is a proper Italian Beretta 92FS, having markings made in Italy and the frame being a smooth slant instead of a straight block that M9 would have.
Variant 2 is exactly the same as Variant 1, but uses INOX and has red painted sights. Also made it have the same gameplay balance as Variant 1.
Variant 3 "Camouflaged" is now instead a Beretta Px4. Thanks to "Tim Bergholz"!
- Said gun had balance changes to make it have better recoil, RPM and weight but worse accuracy. Also, it can be upgraded to use .45 ACP caliber instead with further balance changes.
Variant 4 "Modern" is now instead a Beretta M9. Thanks to the company "New World Interactive", authors of Insurgency Sandstorm!
- Said gun has balance changes, but minor, simply making it a bit better than the first two variants except for reliability, unable to change to 9x18 and inherent ability to use a silencer.

For general balance changes, Berettas have bad continuous recoil but good first-shot recoil, good accuracy, good reliability and good handling, making them good enough for close and even long range combat.

--- Browning HP ---
[OVERHAULED]
- Default variant is now a proper Belgian-made Browning P-35, with some blueing. This includes a new texture and normal map.
* Naming has been changed to "Browning P-35" to keep in tune with the lore.
- Variant 2 is now a "Browning HP Mark III", made in the same style as the Browning HP in "Clear Sky/Call of Pripyat". All credits go to "Alex Stuart" for providing the materials!
* To make it a bit more balanced, it has much more firerate, much better reliability and slightly lower recoil but much worse handling compared to the P-35.

--- MP-412 REX ---
[OVERHAULED]
- New model which is a lot smoother and better.
- New textures which gives it a much better blued look and some worn to it.
* Rebalanced to be a slow-firing and low handling revolver, but with good accuracy. Further upgrades specialize the gun for faster short-range combat or slower long-range combat.

--- CZ-52 ---
- Fixed smoothing errors.
- Improved the texture by giving it better details.
- Fixed the normal map, it was using a broken one. Also, improved it by adding some proper Czech markings to it.
- Improved the specular a bit, it should be a bit more shiny but not too much due to Wear&Tear.
* Rebalanced the gun, it's no longer a ridiculously accurate pistol, instead it's a mix of PM and TT-33, compared to the TT-33 it has less accuracy but much more handling and firerate.

--- CZ-75 ---
- Now uses a much better texture & normal map. Includes some nice plain ironsights, trigger & barrel are bright stainless steel, has visible red dots on the firemode indicators, etc.
* Resized the model so it doesn't look as small as the PM, also fixed smoothing errors.

--- CZ-75 AUTOMATIC ---
- Completely redid the model, this was done by using the CZ-75 itself as base.
- Now uses the much better default CZ-75 animations instead of CZ-75 Auto.
- Completely rebalanced it; now has much worse accuracy and less handling than the default CZ-75, but it has slightly better vertical recoil while worse horizontal and has a magazine of 20 rounds.

--- Desert Eagle ---
* Balance changes have been made to make it the slowest pistol to fire with the highest recoil possible and the worst handling, but has the best accuracy (especially after upgrading fully) and damage.
- Said changes go for all pistols except Nimble's, to make them not different from eachother, so it's a matter of taste instead.
- Nimble's Variant is now the current modern variant of the Desert Eagle Mark XIX, Dual-Tone with Silver Slider and Black Frame, also has its own recoil compensator and picatinny rails. It was created by "ELIZION", so all credits go to him.
- Also, it is able to use Barska, C-More and ACOG scopes.
- The guns are now separated by color; Silver, Black & Gold.
- All gun models have fixed smoothing.
- Specular has been remade to be a proper sexy shine.

--- FN57 ---
Now uses another, much better model from the game "Ready or Not". Thanks to the company "VOID Interactive"!
- Also, balance changes were made to make it act like in real life; accurate, ergonomic, lowest recoil possible. To compensate, the fire-rate and range is lower.

--- FNP-45 ---
- Some minor fixes on the mesh, this includes some smoothing errors and bad UVs.
- Completely new textures, the main version is now a Stainless Steel slide with dark black frame.
- In turn, the "Custom" variant uses FDE texture and has orange tritium sights.

--- FNX-45 Tactical ---
* Completely new model by "samindeed" with much better textures.
* Sights now have no lens dirt.
- First variant is stainless steel slide with black frame and has no sights other than iron, Second variant is FDE with a small red dot scope.
- The dot is separated and made smaller, making it as compatible as possible with other scope/sight mods.
Variant 3 "Custom" is now instead a FN 509. Thanks to "Lokeig"!
- Balance changes include changing the caliber to 9x19, which also means it has a magazine capacity of 17. It's pretty much a slow-firing but very accurate and recoiless 9x19 pistol.

--- Fort-17 ---
Now uses "Fort-12" just like in the original trilogy. Credits to SAM61 for the model.
* Includes some balance changes, Fort-12 is a direct upgrade of the Makarov but with lower reliability, handling and fire-rate.
* The 9x19 upgrade now makes proper changes, such as more damage, more recoil, better bullet distance and speed and the like.

Variant 2 is the "Fort-17" itself, with improved model smoothing and a slightly better texture. Credits go to "Vostok Games".
- In terms of balance, it is lighter, faster firing more reliable than the Fort-12, but also has slightly worse accuracy and recoil.
- You can find this weapon commonly, if anyone has a Fort-12, he might have had a Fort-17 instead.

Variant 3 is the "Fort-21.01", in other words, a copy of the Jericho 941. Thanks to "ajuhorov"!
- For balance, this one only uses the 9x19 and it can upgrade to .45 ACP. It is the fastest firing 9x19 (and possibly .45 ACP) pistol one can get, as well as having fantastic stats similar to the CZ-75. It also has a peculiarly made tritium.
- Rare gun, only obtainable from Nimble or Meek.

--- Glock 19 ---
Now uses "Glock 17" for the first variant, taken from Insurgency Sandstorm's Alpha. Thanks to the company "New World Interactive"!
- Also, said variant has two changes for the upgrades:
Instead of 3-burst, it changes to full-auto. This unofficially turns it into a Glock 18.
Instead of 9x18, it changes to .45 ACP. This pretty much turns it into a Glock 21.

Variant 2 remains the same, Glock 19, but had its diffuse, normal and specular maps heavily improved, also fixed smoothing errors.
- Also made balance changes; it's a bit lighter, has 15 clip instead of 17, better handling, slightly better accuracy and worse recoil. Also has very subtle night sights.

Variant 3 is now a HS2000. Thanks to the company "Croteam"!
- For balance changes, it is the heaviest (still lower than others non-)Glock-type pistol you can get, has 16 rounds, lowest recoil of all "Glocks" and best accuracy (except when rapid-firing). Also has subtle reddish tritium optics. Its only negative is worse reliability.

For general balance changes, Glocks have low accuracy and terrible reliability, but great continuous recoil, firerate and handling, making them perfect for close-quarters combat.

--- GSh-18 ---
- Smoothing errors fixed.
- Normal Map fixed, also remade Specular Map to make the metal (slider) look like metal and the plastic look a bit worn.
- Remade the texture for both pistols so they're completely unique:
* First variant is a "clean" finish with white sights.
* Second variant is a slate-red finish with high-contrast sights and a subtle red tritium.
- Rebalanced, it is now a more accurate, higher capacity (18 vs 16) and faster-firing Walther, but also has less handling, slightly worse recoil (especially horizontal), is slightly more expensive and has less reliability.
- Second variant now has the same stats as the default, so it's a matter of choice of looks and if the sights have tritium or not.

--- MP-443 Grach ---
[OVERHAULED]
- Model has been switched with a much better one.
- Textures redone to fit STALKER better. Using Specular that should give the pistol a metallic look (except on the grip itself, which is plastic).
- Now has Tritium Sights by default, the backsights with a subtle yellow while the front a complete green.

--- OTs-33 Pernach ---
- Now uses a much better lighter texture & normal map. Includes some nice matte ironsight paint and has visible color on the firemode indicators.
- Intricate tritium sights added, a bright red front and a very subtle dark green on the rear.
- Now uses much better animations from PM instead of the very basic, robotic vanilla ones.
- Rebalanced it so it's almost a direct upgrade of the APS, the only negative is much worse reliability.

--- PB (Or 6P9) ---
- Models have been optimized, it was at 20k tris, now it's at 10k tris with favourable quality.

- "Custom" variant has a new texture and normal map, to make it look like actually new but still a bit worn. (Do note the reddish tint on the silencer is intentional)
- To add a bit more appeal to the gun, the "Custom" variant now has functional Tritium.
* Some minor balance changes were made for the "Custom" variant, including having way more accuracy, faster firing and no longer having the 3-burst upgraded by default.

--- PM ---
Upgrade Scheme has had balance changes:
* RPM increase for both upgrades is now 15% instead of 10%.
* 3-burst now has much faster fire when using said firemode, instead of a surprisingly slow one.
* 9x19 upgrade now has proper balance changes, such as...Increased damage, lower magazine size, higher recoil, extremely high reliability decrease, etc. (HINT: It is better to upgrade the PMM with this than the PM)
- Texture for the default Makarov has been heavily improved; Better metal shade, better grip shade, "red parts" are metal and now shine as such, bullets have proper shine to it, better sharper details and much better color overall.
- PMM has a much better, brand new look, but still with some wear and tear.
* Balance changes include the gun actually having more bullet distance and speed as it says on the description. It's overall a direct upgrade to the PM, except for the weight and fire-rate.
* Makarov PM model has been fixed; safety lever is down, trigger is a bit further. Third-person model had its smoothing fixed and further optimized.

Variant 2 "Custom" is now a Walther PPK instead, chambered in 9x18 Makarov. The idea is that it's a "Western Makarov" type better fit for "Sharpshooters" due to its high accuracy but low handling and magazine size.

--- Sig Sauer P220 ---
[OVERHAULED]
The Sig Sauer is now three types of different pistols; The original P220, the compact P229 and the "futuristic" (for Anomaly standards) P320.
- P220 uses the same model, which is SAM61's, with much better Diffuse, Normal and Specular Maps textures. It's based on the "German" version with aluminium alloy frame and blued stainless steel slide, also has high-contrast sights.
- P229 is the second variant, a model made by NanouJunem, so all credits to him. This is a more compact and metallic variant of the P220, also has subtle tritium sights.
- Since this pistol can only be chambered in 9x19 Parabellum, it uses said ammunition, this includes balance changes to it such as lower damage, more accuracy and less recoil.
- P320 is the unique variant only obtainable from Nimble, model made by "Michael Egorov", so all credits to him. A modern pistol in Anomaly standards, has tritium sights.
- Also, this unique variant is chambered in 9x19 Parabellum by default, but can be changed to .45 ACP. Said change also changes the magazine, damage and recoil.

--- Stechkin APS ---
- Improved the texture by adding better detail, such as...Blueing of the metal, addition of Copper parts such as the Hammer and Firemode Selector, firemode selection dots, bullets use steel case.
- Fixed the normal map, it was using a broken one.
- Heavily improved the specular, the metal now shines like proper worn metal and the grip has a subtle polymer shade.
- Fixed the barrel cover not moving with the slide.

For balance changes, it has the same recoil pattern as the CZ-75 AUTO but a bit lower.

--- Takarov TT-33 ---
Variant 1 is now a proper Soviet-era Takarov TT-33, made Post-1941. This basically means it uses dark plastic grip, has dark metal and markings fit for 1942 manufacture. All credits go to "Paul Yakushev".
- Now shares animations with the 1911, it makes more sense than it sharing with the Fort-12.
Also TT-33 has been rebalanced, it's now accurate with controllable recoil but has very low handling.

Variant 2 is the "Zastava M57", Yugoslavian variant of the TT-33 that is a semi-direct upgrade of the TT-33, having 9 rounds instead of 8 and some other improvements.
- One major change is the fact it can have the caliber changed to 9x19, which comes with balance changes.

--- USP ---
[OVERHAULED]
- USP just got a new, much better model by "voronin-37", credits to him.
- Variant 2 of the USP is now a "USP Compact". A true classic from the STALKER series games, it is an alternative to the USP that shoots faster and has less weight, but slightly worse recoil and accuracy. Credits go to "alankailei" .
- Variant 3 is a Tactical USP, with dual-tone black plastic frame and blued slide, pretty much a direct upgrade of the USP except for the weight, handling and fire-rate. Also has orange-tinted tritium and can have silencer installed without an upgrade. All credits go to "VOID Interactive", creators of "Ready or Not".
- Variant 4 (Nimble) is a Mark 23, made by "Axel Kraefft", so all credits to him. This one combines the best of all the USPs, but has worst handling, firerate and weight.

--- Walther P99 ---
[OVERHAULED]
- Uses a much better model & textures, made by "zooki", all credits go to him.
* Default variant is equipped with a titanium-coated slide and black frame. It has more signs of Wear & Tear on the Grip than on the Slide.
* Second variant is black slide with Olive Drab Green frame, German Markings and a "deluxe" tritium. It is slightly cleaner and less worn than the default variant, at least on the Grip, the Slide is a bit unkempt.
- Both pistols have been rebalanced:
* Now has some actual recoil, also has the best handling of any other pistol to compensate for the low accuracy.
* Both pistols are also exactly the same now, with the "custom" variant only having slightly better reliability. This makes it an option based on what you think is prettier.
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KNOWN ISSUES
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* Your "old" weapon might still use the old magazine, which might be more or less. It's okay, the next time you need to reload it will actualize to the current one.
(An example would be the "USP Custom" which is now the "USP Compact".)
* Kimber Colt will have the icon missing, this is because it has been removed in 1.5.2, please update to 1.5.2
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COMPATIBILITY
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* There is a slight incompatibility with "Boomsticks & Sharpsticks", namely the Five-SeveN. If you want the PPP FN57, you need to load PPP last, if not, load B&S last.
Be mindful that if you're already using BaS in a save, it's recommended you don't use PPP's FN57.

Not fully compatible with mods that change the pistols.
There will be a file called "upgrade_presets.tlx" that might conflict with other weapons, it's okay, the file is shared across all.
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FEEDBACK/CONTACT
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Please make a comment in the Moddb page itself for feedback.
If it's important, like you want to use it on another mod or you want to edit it, send a PM in Moddb.

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COPYRIGHT/LICENSE
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All work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial, in short; you must credit our work and NOT use it for Commercial purposes.
New World Interactive's EULA: Store.steampowered.com
You can use it wherever you want, including your modpack, just don't claim it as your own and make sure to EXPLICITLY state the author, Blackgrowl and the rest.
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CREDITS
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Credits to Cr3pis for making the icons and fomod, also big thanks to him as well for materials provided and help given.
Credits to HarukaSai for "Parts Injector", thanks to KronQ for creation of a script related to it.
Big thanks to "Firebreath" with help in fixing the mesh of the Beretta 92FS' magazine.
Big thanks to "Jurkonov" for providing materials, he's the hero that gave us the classic STALKER pistol the "USP Compact". (Model by "alankailei", of course)
A lot of thanks goes to "Dux Fortis" for kindly providing with the materials.
Big thanks to "Servalion" for materials provided.
Thanks to "Arti" for Trader and NPC Autoinjector mods.
Credits go to all the great people that made these resources and gave it free license, this includes; Hung Do, SAM61, Alexandr KIT, Hans Millenia, yon4z, NanouJunem, Tim Bergholz, Michael Egorov, eNse7en, tigg
Credits to "Tim Bergholz" for his Beretta Px4, a great modeller and texturer.
Credits to "FadingSignal" for allowing me to use his Beretta 92FS.
Credits to "Alex Stuart" for his Browning HP Mark III, the very best in the market.
Credits to "New World Interactive" for the Beretta M9, M45, M45A1.
Credits to "Void Interactive" for the FN57, USP Tactical.
Credits to "Vostok Games" for the Fort-17.
Thanks to Momo and Dhatri for the DLTX conversion of the patches.
Thanks to KronQ for the "Mags Redux" patch.
Thanks to Ishtar for materials provided.
Thanks to Rubrakul for materials provided.
Thanks to SD for information given.
Thanks to Aoldri for making a patch.
Thanks to demonized for providing patches for Blindside's Animations.
Thanks to Apathy Knight for providing patches for EFT Reposition.
Thanks to Lord_Zhaben for making Russian translation.

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SCREENSHOTS
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NOTE: All screenshots were taken at 1080p, vanilla shaders, gloss_factor set to 5.0, vanilla weather clear1 at 10:15 in-game time in Limansk.
Moddb's screenshots are terrible, I have uploaded them to IMGBOX instead:
Imgbox.com