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OBOW: Chrome Shotgun - 12g Slug script

OBOW: Pronounced "oboe" (yes, like the instrument), it stands for "Overseer's Balance Overhaul for Weapons".

This is a script that changes the Chrome Shotgun, loading it with slugs instead of buckshot, without breaking game balance. I know, I know, the damage seems way to high to be considered "balanced", but it actually is, because it actually has less damage than the combined damage of my standard buckshot Chrome Shotgun rebalance mod [ http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1134224693 ]. It'll basically work like a very accurate shotgun that fires only a single large slug instead of a bunch of pellets. The slugs mean improved penetration to compensate for less area-killing-power, and can also kill a Charger in one shot on any difficulty. But it has its downsides, too. It's trickier to use now, due to Aiming being more precise, which means you'll need to be finicky and careful where you put your shots, since each miss will be a costly mistake. Still, if you can perfect your strategy, this script can be very powerful and will leave you feeling like a boss. Lastly, I decided that, similarly to my standard Chrome Shotgun script, I felt that I needed to buff the magazine size. Why? Because I found that I was constantly reloading, and I wanted to make using this weapon a bit more fluid and less tiresome. To my horror, I discovered that all shotgun reloads are hard-locked and unchangeable. Thus, the only option left to me was a magazine increase. And I know it's not real-world accurate, but judging from the vast majority of other inaccurate magazine sizes in Left 4 Dead 2, I really feel that this change is both justified and necessary.

Here's the list of stat changes:

VerticalPunch - 4 to 5
SpreadPerShot - 1 to 6
MaxSpread - 5 to UNCHANGED
SpreadDecay - 5 to 10
MinDuckingSpread - 0 to UNCHANGED
MinStandingSpread - 0.8 to 0
MinInAirSpread - 2.5 to 0
MaxMovementSpread - 1.5 to 0.15
PelletScatterPitch - 3.0 to 0.4
PelletScatterYaw - 5 to 1.5
ReloadDuration - 0.473 to UNCHANGED (Changing this does nothing, not sure why)
DeployDuration - ? to 0.3 (Vanilla value unknown, since I had to add this line)
PenetrationNumLayers - 2 to 4
PenetrationPower - 30 to 70
PenetrationMaxDistance - 500 to UNCHANGED
Damage - 31 to 503
Range - 3000 to UNCHANGED
RangeModifier - 0.7 to UNCHANGED
Bullets - 8 to 1
CycleTime - 0.5 to UNCHANGED (Changing this does nothing, not sure why)
clip_size - 8 to 11
primary_ammo - AMMO_TYPE_SHOTGUN to AMMO_TYPE_AUTOSHOTGUN

About the preview screenshot(s):
Disclaimer: I got them randomly off the internet. I am not the author, and I don't claim to own them. If need be, I'll replace them with something generic from Wikipedia or something.