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Bandits Extra Options

• NEW: Integrate modded weapons lists for NPCs using configurable weapons loadout options
  
• Prevent bandits from knowing your location without ever seeing you by disabling Raider AI type for all waves with a single option
  
• Rebalance bandit melee attacks by preventing them from cancelling their attack animations
  
• Global bandit spawn chance modifiers
  
• Random group sizes
  
• Random health, ammo, and loot amounts
  
• Prevent bandits from spawning near your base
  
• Adjust timer before bandits may occupy buildings you've visited
  
• Toggle gore/visible injuries on NPCs
  
• You can disable generators and vehicle sound effects for a years-later vibe
  
• Prevent duplication of weapons on dead NPCs
  
• Day 1: Randomise equipment of NPC groups, adjust starting companions,disable nuke
  
• Week 1: Randomise equipment of NPC groups, adjust time before you are attacked for trespassing, toggle air strikes

For use with BANDITS, DAY ONE, WEEK ONE (B42) and WEEK ONE (B41) by Slayer

As Bandits is still being developed by Slayer, compatibility issues may arise following updates to the main mod.

• Brita's Weaponpack
  
• Firearms
  
• Firearms Revamped
  
• Vanilla Firearms Expansion
  
• CJ Firearms
  
• Rain's Firearms
  
• Real Firearms
  
• Guns of 93
  
• Guns of 93 (B42)
  
• Post Soviet Armory

If you encounter any issues please report them here.


Full credit to Slayer for his amazing creation, BANDITS! All functions of this mod are derived fromthe butchery ofhis code.
Buy him a coffee![ko-fi.com]

Thanks to Choko, Бен, VVentos and fleshka812 for translations!
Thanks to DrStalker, Albion and Spongie for coding advice!

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If playing with Day One/Week One or weapon mods, you should ensure that all Extra Options mods are loaded afterwards in mod load order (bottom right of mods screen in B42)

Most options are accessed from Sandbox settings. To customise, you'll need to start a new game, use Debug mode, or an appropriate mod

Detailed options for the mod are found on the Bandits Extra Options sandbox page and are added to each Wave screen.


In the BANDITS release of 9/2/25 default Raider behaviour was turned off for most spawns. This setting still prevents Raider-type attacks in Day/Week One as well as random AI settings.
When a bandit engages the player from the zero distance, they perform a shove which knocks the player away or down, and start their next attack immediately, before the shove animation has played. This setting should prevent them from cancelling attack animations like this, making melee combat more intuitive.
Percentage multiplier for NPC spawning chance, modifies base spawn chance for all waves, defender and camp spawn chances.
Chance for bandits to spawn in areas they avoid.
By default wave progression resets when you create a new character in the same world; this ties progression to world age instead.
Choose a minimum and maximum size for each bandit wave; invalidates the existing "Group Size" setting.
Choose a minimum and maximum health for each bandit wave.
Choose a minimum ammo count for each bandit wave. Mag count will be random between listed amount and minimum.
A multiplier that affects the chance for bandits to carry additional loot items.
Define a radius around player bases within which bandits cannot spawn.
Choose the number of days before defenders may occupy a building you have visited. For a building to count as "visited" you should remain inside for 10 game minutes.
How often generators will spawn at bandit safehouses. Generator type will be randomly chosen.
Sandbag roadblocks are a new option which can replace or complement the existing vehicle roadblocks.
Large groups of bandits spawn with car or helicopter sound effects by default, which some players may prefer to disable.
Display injuries NPCs that take damage.
Spawn marker icons will no longer show if NPCs are friendly or hostile. Who is there? You'll have to find out...
You can assign a weapons loadout of your choice for each bandit wave. You can also define the probability a bandit will spawn with a "special weapon" for that loadout type.

• Civilian: Handguns and single shot rifles.
  
• Police: Semi-automatic rifles and SMGs. Special weapons are automatic and sniper rifles.
  
• Military: US-type automatic rifles. Special weapons are sniper rifles and LMGs.
  
• Exotic: Weapons of rare and/or non-US origin. Special weapons include SMGs and sniper rifles.
  
• Looted: Lower quality weapons loadout for desperate bandits. Special weapons include automatics.

Start with some equipment to match your profession.
Start with a random family of NPCs, a group of co-workers, or nobody.
NPC groups spawning during Day One will no longer carry identical weapons.
Day One need not end with a bang.


Choose how long it will take for inhabitants of buildings to attack, if you trespass.
NPC groups spawning during Week One will no longer carry identical weapons.
Toggle fire-bombing.
Toggle gas bombing.
Toggle machine gun air attacks.