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[Lycaeon]

A small update on development progress.

[Indigo_Surprise]

What's the purpose of lacing the bullets with 'guai blood?

[Lycaeon]

That's an artifact of the interaction...the bullets get stained with blood at the same time they hit.

Development itself is taking longer than I expected. I may have to divide it into two parts.

[Replica]

What kind of update are we expecting?

[Khenal]

Oohhh, I like the sounds of this update

[Indigo_Surprise]

Hm, alright (I've never gotten far enough to where I need to start thinking of ranged squads until just recently). So what will make the minigun different from the other weapons?

[Khenal]

Well, if I had to guess (and I do, as I'm not the guy doing the modding), I'd say high rate of fire; making it a very expensive gun to give to your ponies, but very powerful.

[Lycaeon]

Update: Raiders of Equestria

Part 1 of the Ministry of Wartime Technology

Few in the wasteland understand how a pony's mind could become so twisted as to abandon all shreds of kindness. Desecrated towns with pony heads impaled on pikes...whole caravans ambushed and slaughtered, merchant and animal alike torn open, their blood and guts strewn over the dirt to become so much fodder for the vultures. These are the marauders, raiders so eager for the smell of blood and death that when they aren't pillaging the wasteland, they turn their own blades on themselves, and when many groups of them band together for a rampage across the landscape, nothing in Equestria is safe.

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•   New, crazed, raider ponies who are much more aggressive than ordinary raiders and will send early sieges.
 
•   Battle Saddles
     o   Battle saddles are crafted from leather at the workbench.
     o   Battle saddles may be combined with heavy weapons/ammunition to produce an upgrade potion.
     o   Once drunk by a thirsty pony, the potion will upgrade the pony with a battle saddle.

         

         

     o   Be sure to keep your stockpiles for these valuable drinks separate from your main drink stockpile!
     o   A battle saddle upgrade is permanent, but only per pony one can be worn, and it is not dropped upon death.
     o   Ponies will use their battle saddles to attack dangerous enemies in combination with carried weapons at range.

         

     o   Battle Saddle compatible weapons

          •   Minigun
               •   Requires 2x medium caliber ammo boxes
               •   Rapid fire, high armor penetration.
               •   Poor accuracy, low stopping power against unarmored opponents.
               •   Can be fired through fortifications.
               •   Medium caliber ammo magazines are loaded at the supply depot

          •   Flamethrower
               •   Requires 2x Flamer fuel canisters.
               •   Powerful short range flame attack that will burn any unshielded enemies alive.
               •   Highly volatile – make sure users are equipped with riot shields to avoid catching on fire as well.
               •   Ironshod Firearms cannot be held responsible for any !!FUN!! resulting from the use of flamethrowers in flammable areas.
               •   Burning corpses can still set ponies standing near them or attempting to retrieve them on fire as well.
               •   Extreme caution is required in cleaning up the aftermath of a flamethrower battle.

     o   Ponies will only use their battle saddles against dangerous enemies like ghouls, using normal weapons for other situations.

•   Crates and boxes are now opened at the supply depot to make room for future workbench reactions.
•   Items made of salvage wood are now stockpiled correctly.
•   Unity shields can now be penetrated by steel medium caliber bullets.
•   Lowered glowing ghoul population ratios.
•   Ammunition boxes now provide more bullets, but are harder to find.
•   New cremation reaction for invader leather barding.
•   Numerous minor bugfixes.

Credits for the raider image go to Brisineo!

[Lycaeon]

Apologies for the smaller update everyone. Robots and automated turrets are proving to be very time-intensive to develop, so I decided to release what I did manage to finish for now. Fortunately, modding battle saddles has opened a whole vista of possibilities for both robots and ponies...and I'm happy to say that energy weapons as well as many other cool effects are now a possibility.

As always, I greatly appreciate feedback on any issues encountered as well as suggestions for improvements. I hope everyone enjoys the new update!

[Indigo_Surprise]

Fire rate can't be modified. That's what's keeping me from working on my Gears of War mod.

[Lycaeon]

Yes...fire rate of ordinary weapons can't be modified...but a material_emission interaction that shoots bullets is another thing entirely.

[Khenal]

Now I have to decide whether to abandon my current stable or play the new version.  The prospect of battle saddles wins the day, heh.  I'll just have to look around for another nice embark like this one

[Indigo_Surprise]

You can put them into your current game. Just copy the raws into their usual place in addition to your save raws.

[Lycaeon]

I would advise against that...there are new entities, reactions, and buildings in this version that require a new worldgen to take effect.

[Replica]

Battlesaddles, for ponies, with flamethrowers?

I assume you did this by turning the pony that gets the saddle into a different creature/caste through some type of transformation?
How does that work with cutiemark classes?
What happens if I give, say, a herbalist a battlesaddle? Does the herbalist lose it's herbalist bonus?