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Weapon Smithing Overhaul ABANDONED

continuing this would cause too many incompatibilities with other mods (more than there already is lol). feel free to take it and make it your own.








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mod is super work-in-progress and changes could happen at any time. don't be afraid to share any ideas of something you would want to see in the mod.
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So the idea is to make weapon manufacturers and weapon research make a little more sense.
how it works in vanilla is hot ♥♥♥♥. manufacturers are little more than a level up from another with no distinct differences aside from the odd "slightly better than homemade"

what this mod does:
>adds a bunch of weapon models for the different manufacturers so they now have quality (damage) ranges that overlap and conflict.
>adds a weapon manufacturer specific to the holy nation.
>adds weapon models specifically for homemade.
>fundamentally changes how weapon smithing research is done. weapon specific research is untouched.
how it worked in vanilla: spend books to magically learn how to make better weapons
how it works now: you need to travel to the weapon smiths of the world and buy their secrets. i decided against being able to find them in ruins on a coin flip. they will only let you craft the simplest of their kind so you will still need to do extra research to craft something better.
>the best weapons in the game are now truly THE BEST. nothing will ever come close and nobody will ever be able to match them.
>changed most of the holy nation troops and vendors.
ONLY giving them their new weapons. no buffs.
>shek now have a weapon manufacturer. units have been changed accordingly.
>hives now have their own weapon manufacturers.

small changes:
-removed-
a name change.

like it? hate it? tell me in the comments.

Bugs:
>weapons without icons for certain grade levels defaulting to looking like rusted junk
rusted icon bug is fixed. should work flawlessly now.
>weapon smith randomly crafting catun no. 1 at low levels
weird as hell. fixed by adding a ♥♥♥♥ ton more homemade models to fill any missing levels. maybe this should have been done sooner... whatever...
>homemade mk 4 showed wrong icon
god i hate this bug. fixed anyways, hope there aren't more

Planned things:
give more factions their own manufacturers???