**Updated for 1.5b3_upd4, Fix #8**
Changes Flea Market traders to now include bad and damaged ammo in their assortment for the majority of gun calibers, at a low price.
Update 4 doesn't alter the trade configs for Flea Market, so it should be working with the update.
Let me know if there are issues and I'll try to push out a fix ASAP.
A small addon that slightly changes the purpose of Flea Market traders, in a positive way, in my opinion.
Now, both day and night traders will sell "old" and "damaged" ammo for majority of calibers that can be found in the Zone. Both traders sell ammo in bulk and at a cheap price.
Day time trader will sell a lot of "damaged" ammunition for common calibers (9mm, 5.45/5.56, 7.62x39), in medium amounts (120-240), slightly less so with "old" ammunition.
Night time trader will sell roughly equal amounts of "old" and "damaged" ammunition for common calibers (mention above), as well as some rarer types of ammo (7.62 NATO, 9x39, 5.7mm, UGL grenades), both at a slightly cheaper price (~5-10%) compared to day trader.
The purpose of this addon is mainly to give at least some purpose to old ammunition. I feel that, as it currently stands, stalkers/stashes don't drop enough bad ammo to use it for "spray and pray" tactics. Meanwhile, collecting bad ammo with the intent to craft it into clean ammo is just not worth it, as the crafting returns are atrociously low.
Aside from that, I hope that the addon can also partially alter the situations where it becomes impossible to maintain the gun of choice with a steady supply of ammunition. This way, the player is free to decide whether they want to buy damaged ammo in order to craft it into clean ammunition, or chamber it into the gun, but incur increased penalties on damage and gun wear.
Installation: simply unzip the "gamedata" stored within the zip and drop into your game directory
Note: this addon may be incompatible with any other addon that changes the assortment of Flea Market traders
This should the first and final version of the addon, as there isn't much code involved.
But, if you have any ideas on improving/altering it - I'm happy to hear your suggestions.
P.S: I don't mod often, so I might be slow on reacting to issues that people might encounter when using the addon, so please be patient and understand that we have IRL work too. Thank you!
Great idea. I'm very surprised more, if not any, of the traders don't sell old/damaged ammo. You'd think that they would be abundant in the zone and a great way to make RU. I'll give this a go, thanks :)
I was thinking of making bandit and Renegade traders sell a similar assortment, since it sort of makes sense that they would not have access to big suppliers outside the Zone, and would thus have to rely on old ammo.
Logical. But unless you hold ammo under water for 6 months. Most won't go bad for a really long time in humid climate. But still makes sense for Stalker. By the way. Does this work with update 3?
Yes, it does. Upd 3 doesn't apply any changes to Flea Market traders, so it should be good
Why is this under files? Shouldn't it be in addons? I thought files were for Searge's official releases.
Thanks for the heads up! Apparently, some file tags force it to appear in Files section. Should be good now!
Thanks for the mod! I've installed it, everything alright. I'm using version 1.5, with hotfix 8 and the 1.4 update, with Generic Mod Enabler, version 2.6.0.157.