The Specialists hits TTT with a grand total of 5 new custom weapons to The Ice Cave TTT server.
I've started messing with lua yesterday and decided that a few new weapons couldn't hurt, I'm not very advanced atm so I'm sticking to modified sweps or simple weapons for the moment. I'd like to read up on some more advanced LUA to make bigger changes to TTT. For now enjoy the five new weapons:
The Raging Bull AKA handcannon:
The raging bull is a secondary weapon which runs on rifle ammo, it does slightly less damage then the scout but with a lot more recoil and slightly less accuracy. Great back up weapon when you want to truly hurt your opponent.
Katana:
This weapon needs little introduction, the Katana is the ultimate weapon in close quarter combat. It kills in one hit if slashed in the head and takes 3 hits in the chest. The best aspect about the Katana is the panic factor when facing an opponent with a Katana in a confined space. The biggest downside of the Katana is its weight, because of this the Katana is a primary weapon and the welder can only carry a side arm for longer distances.
Secondary ability lowers the weapon to a none fighting position, useful when you don't want to threat your fellow survivors.
MP5:
Due to increased counter terrorists activities against fellow terrorist, the detectives have been armed with the mp5. The mp5 has better accuracy over the mac10 as well as more dmg and less recoil.
The mp5 is an equipment weapon and requires 1 credit to be bought.
Ak47:
"Of all the weapons in the vast soviet arsenal, nothing was more profitable than Avtomat Kalashnikova model of 1947. More commonly known as the AK-47, or Kalashnikov. It's the world's most popular assault rifle. A weapon all fighters love. An elegantly simple 9 pound amalgamation of forged steel and plywood. It doesn't break, jam, or overheat. It'll shoot whether it's covered in mud or filled with sand. It's so easy, even a child can use it; and they do. The Soviets put the gun on a coin. Mozambique put it on their flag. Since the end of the Cold War, the Kalashnikov has become the Russian people's greatest export. After that comes vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists. One thing is for sure, no one was lining up to buy their cars. "
Has great accuracy if shot in single shot, has a lot of recoil and is therefore advisable to use in burst or single. Furthermore it has a bigger clip size then the m16 and runs on smg ammo.
Pump shotgun:
Greatly resembles the default shotgun, it however has smaller cone (spread) and does slightly less damage. Due to its smaller spread your shells will be more likely to aim where you want them to go.
As of now, the maps do not by default support the weapons. I have however added some random weapon spawns to some existing maps which means there is a small chance a new weapon might spawn on that location. Ultimately I prefer this as it allows me to add new weapons without backtracking over maps to add them in by default and keeps weapons more spread out.
As far as I'm aware there are no issues with the weapons with the exception of the Katana which shows bodies as shot rather then stabbed, minor issue and will fix when I did some reading on LUA to change the weapon damage behaviour of it.
Weapon balance probably needs some tweaking, I've been changing them back and forth a few times but testing with bots isn't the best way to test weapons. You can also see this thread as a suggestion thread for weapon balance changes for the current new weapons.
