Dead Air Tweaks Rebalanced addon

INSTALLATION:

Simply put the "gamedata" folder into your game directory. Dead Air Tweaks mod itself is included.

CHANGELOG:

Version 0.5:

misc changes:

-changed the icons of green and orange eco suits, now their headset look like seva's

traders:

-fixed the bug with bandit trader on garbage selling weapons and armor from the start of the game

items:

-replaced "oxygen tank" with the "rebreather"
-changed item's icon
-increased price from 14000 to 16000
-now boosts carrier's weight by 14.3

Optional patch 02.09.18 for version 0.4

global gameplay changes:

bandits are now hostile to the mercenaries.

notes:

i was planning to add this to the 0.4 version, but changed my mind, because i was unsure how it would work out with dead air's a-life system and also have considered other solutions of the problem stated below

this patch makes mercenaries hostile to bandits. the reason for this is that the dead air has a script, which turns npcs, that were neutral to actor, hostile to him, if there is an npc that is hostile to the player, but neutral to them.

for example, if a player encounters a group of ecologists, that are neutral to him, accompanied by a mercenary, who is hostile to him, the ecologists will become hostile to the actor.

the problem with that script is that it completely ruined the purpose of changes, made in patches 0.4 and 0.3

by bringing various changes to traders and reputation system, i intended to force player to choose sides at the start of a game. since all traders only sell weapons and armor after player reaches 200 reputation with their faction, the player needs to get reputation with factions asap. this can be done by either completing lots of quests with a very limited access to traders' assortment if a player chooses to be neutral with all factions, or by either befriending with bandits by completing various quests of theirs, or wiping them out of car station and becoming enemies with them.

the problem with the first option were the mercs, who were always hanging out near the bandits' camps on garbage and in the dark valley, making bandits hostile to the player, which made it impossible to play on bandits' side

i was thinking about either changing that script or changing smart terrains so mercs wouldn't spawn near bandit camps anymore, but i don't have much free time now, so i decided to go with this temporary solution.

if you don't find this particular patch fitting, just don't install it. it's free for you to choose if you want to play with it or without it.

if this results in any problems with a-life system, please, report the issues in the comments below.

Version 0.4:

global gameplay changes:

weapons:

-removed all changes made to weapons' recoil and sway
-restored malfunctions system
the reason i did all of this was because the changes made to weapons completely killed the game's balance. as i noticed after playing the mod for a couple of hours, the weapon's condition almost doesn't affect your weapon at all. the rate of jamming, fire spread and everything else fully depend on this malfunction system. so basically, ANY weapon you found was as good as new
notice, that this is only a temporary solution. the weapons in vanilla dead air are much less broken than in dead air tweaks mod of course, but are still broken as fuck, and i'm thinking of what to do with it.

perks and loadouts:

loadouts:

added new "hunter's pack" perk, contains a hunter's kit, and a tourist's knife, costs 20

changed "assault weapon set": removed ammo and replaced ak-74 with an ak-74u , now provides ak-74u and two grenades, cost reduced from 50 to 40 (completely forgot about this one)

"artifact hunter's kit": replaced bear detector with the default one, same cost (it had to be changed. better this than increasing the cost making this perk completely useless.(even more than it already is)

traders:

global:

-added tourist's backpack to military,freedom and mercs' traders.
yeah, my bad. i wanted this backpack to be more rare by removing it from barkeep's stash, but ended up accidently removing it from the game. this should fix the problem.

nimble:

-after player achieves 400 reputation with loners, starts selling sunset outfit and oxygen ballons

barkeep:

-no longer sells sunset outfit, oxygen ballons and gas mask

petrenko:

-now sells eo-10 pfb and m40 gas masks and an oxygen ballons, after player achieves 200 reputation with duty faction

olivius:

-now also sells eo-19 pfb and m40 and oxygen ballons after player achieves 200 reputation with bandits

Version 0.3:

global gameplay changes:

-duty, military and ecologists' no longer share reputation (credits to diehard2222)

traders:

ALL traders (exceptions: ecologists' (always sell ecologist suits), owl (always sell weapons and armor, since there are no other traders on zaton), and hawaiian (requires 400 loners' reputation) ) won't sell any weapons, ammo or armor suits unless actor's reputation with their faction is 200 or more (or unless actor either gives faction's leader any documents from labs, or meet other conditions, like disabling brain scorcher for hawaiian.)

sidorovich:

-no longer sells repair kits
-no longer sells eo-19 pfb gas mask
-now buys weapons and armor of any condition

nimble:

-now only buys items with condition of 50% and higher
-now sells following items after actor achieves 200 reputation with loners:
-repair and tool kits (instead of sidorovich)
-eo-19 pfb and m40 gas masks
-various melee weapons
-some ranged weapons and ammo for them

spore:

-assortment reduced a bit
-doesn't change assortment after you give clear sky's leader 2 or more documents anymore

Version 0.2:

Items:

-cigarettes and other tobacco-based items are now much less effective against radiation. averall, they all restore half from the previous amount. (i changed this because they were way too strong, sometimes even more effective than alcohol. since cigarettes are pretty cheap and common in the game, this completely removed the challenge of radiation damage from the mid and late game)

Perks and loadouts:

loadouts:

-"clear sky survivor" pack: cost increased from 40 to 50

perks:

-"mindfullness" perk cost reduced from 30 to 20

traders:

nimble:

-removed a mosin rifle from stash, addead a TT-33 instead ( mosin was too expensive for player to buy in the beginning of a game, so i replaced it with tt-33. it costs around 6-7 thousands roubles, so after you complete some basic quests, you can cross the bridge and get yourself a decent weapon for the start of the game)

Version 0.1:

Perks and loadouts:

loadouts:

-replaced "silent assassin" pack with the "mercenary weapon pack":
old - PB gun, silencer, some ammo and a knife, costs 20
new - PB gun, card deck and a cigarettes, same cost

-replaced "sniper pack" with "grandpa's rifle":
old - mosin rifle, PU scope, ammo rounds, costs 40
new - mosin rifle and a cleaning kit, costs 30

-changed "Military surplus":
old - specops outfit, costs 50
new - specops outfit, old boots, broken flashlight and a survival guide, same cost.

-changed "Experienced stalker kit" cost from 50 to 60, removed gas mask

Added two new loadouts:

- "Clear Sky survivor": "Light Clear Sky armor suit, "The Beak" beverage, a bottle of Beard's tea and a pair of boots in a no-use condition.", costs 40

- "Bandit pack": "Trench coat, two bottles of bear, cigarettes and a gas lighter.", costs 30
Returned the mercenary vest pack : now contains mercenary suit, gas lighter, cigarettes, coffeine pills and a 9mm silencer, costs 50.

perks:

-changed "Inventor" cost from 20 to 30

Traders:

sidorovich:

-no longer sells weapons
-no longer sells ammo of any kind
-no longer sells armor, except for the leather jacket.
-no longer sells melee weapons (except the homemade knife)
-now buys weapons and armor with a condition of 30% and higher, instead of 50%

nimble:

-added a mosin rifle to nimble's inventory, can be traded.

spore:

-weapon assortment has been significantly reduced
-no longer sells high end gear like heavy armor and rare weapon mods

bandits' trader:

-no longer sells military armor and heavy armor suit.
-no longer sells SEVA suit
-weapon assortment has been significantly reduced (now mostly sells old weapons)
-now buys weapons and armor with a condition of 15% and higher instead of 50%

petrenko:

-reduced weapon assortment a bit, now sells less high-end weapons
-no longer sells an exo suit after 2 docs were given

barman:

-no longer sells weapons
-no longer sells ammo of any kind
-no longer sells tourist's backpack and hunting kit
-armor assortment has been reduced
-now buys weapons and armor with a condition of 75% and more instead of 50%

military:

-no major changes, removed exo suit and some high-end weapons like rg-6, rpg-7 and vsk rifle.

sakharov:

-no longer sells green ecologists' suit

hawaiian:

-rg-6,saiga,rpg-7 and vsk are now only avaiable after deactivating the brain scorcher
-slightly reduced weapons and armor assortment

ashot:

-no major changes

forester:

-added some cigarettes and alcohol to stash

dushman:

-now sells rg-6,rpg-7, vsk, ak-12 and saiga after 2 docs were given to mercs.

owl:

-no longer sells saiga,rpg-7, ak-12, SEVA and exosuit