Mines Overhaul [TSL] 1.0.0

Makes a number of tweaks, fixes, and improvements to mines. Adds 2 new mine types. Have enemy NPCs use mines in combat.

SUMMARY:

This is a general overhaul of mines with the goal to improve their usefulness and importance, fix various issues and bugs, and make using and encountering them overall more interesting.

Summary of changes made by this mod:
    •    Mines are more deadly. All mines have had their base damage increased by 50%
    •    More “realistic” blast radius. Range of effect has been increased overall but damage now falls off with distance from the mine
    •    Increases the difficulty of detecting mines with Awareness. This makes Awareness more important and mines more of a threat
    •    Mines are now completely invisible until detected. If your character can’t see them, neither should you
    •    Though you still can’t set them off, you can now be damaged by your own mines if within range of a blast, with a reduced DC
    •    Despite their description, in vanilla all tiers of Flash Mines are identical in all but name and cost. This mod fixes this and restores the intended DC difference
    •    Fixes several description errors and inconsistencies
    •    Fixes a bug which would cause incorrect damage to be applied when there are multiple targets of a mine
    •    Integrates the mod No Mines on Malachor by Thor110, which removes the mine models from the gas vents on Malachor
    •    Includes an option to give enemy NPCs the ability to set mines in combat
    •    Includes an option to populate the Dxun jungle with mines, leftover from the Mandalorian Wars
    •    Adds 2 new craftable mines: Shock Mines and CryoBan Mines

DETAILS:

Damage & Radius
All mines have had their base damage increased by 50%. Their credit value has also been increased by 25%.

The blast radius has been modified in a few ways. First, the range of effect has been increased for all mines, making it more likely to catch multiple enemies. Second, the damage inflicted by mines will decrease the further you are from the blast, instead of being a flat value at all distances within range. For Flash mines and for the DEX effect from Sonic mines, the DC will fall off in a similar way. The radius also increases slightly with mine tier, as one would expect for stronger explosives.

While mines can deal more damage to enemies, you can now also be damaged your own mines as long as an enemy sets it off nearby. However the difficulty class is reduced so it is easier to resist the effects. This will make it a little more challenging to use them for cheesing melee fights, and you’ll want to be strategic to make sure you’re out of the way before they go off.

Detection
In vanilla, detecting mines is very easy, making them a trivial threat. I personally can’t remember the last time I ran into an undetected mine. On normal difficulty, you don’t actually need any points in Awareness to detect Minor, Average, and Strong mines, giving Awareness very little use. This mod increases the difficulty class for detecting mines by 10, meaning that now only Minor mines can be detected without Awareness, while Average mines require a minimum of 5 points, Strong mines require 10 points, and so on. This is modified by +5 on Hard and -5 on Easy.

To compliment the increased detection difficulty, mines will now be completely invisible until your character detects them. This means you will not see the model of the mine on the floor at all before making a successful Awareness check. It doesn’t make sense for you to see them when your character doesn’t, since you could just walk around to avoid them. If you haven’t memorized the location of every mine in the game, you’ll want to invest some points into Awareness to avoid surprises. 

This mod also includes an option to add mines throughout the Dxun jungle. I think it makes sense for a former battleground of the Mandalorian Wars to have unexploded mines left over, yet there are no mines in the vanilla Dxun jungle outside of the Mandalorian caches. Currently the mines are added via script.

Fixes & Inconsistencies
In vanilla, all tiers of Flash Mines have the exact same effects, despite being named differently and costing different amounts. According to their descriptions they’re supposed to have different difficulty classes that make them harder to resist, when in reality they all have the lowest DC of the Minor Flash mine. This mod restores the intended DC differences. The base DC of Flash Mines has been increased by 5 across the board to balance the radial drop off in DC.

Vanilla descriptions contained a number of errors and inconsistencies. All descriptions have been updated to reflect the mines’ actual effects.

Fixes a bug in vanilla where a successful save by one target would also halve the damage of all following targets, compounding if another save was made.

The Reflex save against the DEX decrease effect of Sonic mines has been changed to a Will save, to be consistent with the Sonic grenade.

Integrates No Mines on Malachor, Only Gas by Thor110, which removes the mine models from the natural gas vents on Malachor.

New Mine Types
New mines have been added to the game which are craftable at the Lab Station and can be found in some locations.

CryoBan Mine: 
Based on the CryoBan grenade, deals cold damage and can freeze enemies. Some can be found on Peragus.

Shock Mine: 
Deals electrical damage calculated as a base damage + Nd6 roll. It doesn’t fall off with distance and can’t be saved against like other mines. Some can be found on Goto’s Yacht.

NPCs Use Mines
This mod includes an option to give enemy NPCs the ability to set mines in combat. This includes some Sith Troopers (Grenadiers, Elites, and Commandos), Peragus Mining Droids which can place Sonic Mines, and Fire Suppression Droids which can place CryoBan Mines. They will place mines when appropriate, taking into account their surroundings and location of enemies.

INSTALLATION:

Note: while it’s likely OK to install mid-game, a new game is recommended for the best experience.

To install, run HoloPatcher.exe and select the Main Installation option.

(Optional) After installing the main mod, install any off the optional add-ons: “NPCs Use Mines” gives enemy NPCs the ability to use mines, “Mines on Dxun” places mines in the Dxun jungle.

Unaltered copies of any modified files will be placed inside a "backup" folder in the location of HoloPatcher.exe. A separate backup folder will be made for each installation.

UNINSTALLATION:

This mod contains multiple installation parts with separate backup folders. Uninstall in reverse order.

1. Remove the following files from override:

2. Remove 351NAR.mod, 901MAL.mod, 902MAL.mod from the Modules folder. If uninstalling NPCs Use Mines, remove 102PER.mod, 103PER.mod, 105PER.mod, 410DXN.mod, 411DXN.mod, 851NIH.mod, 852NIH.mod from the Modules folder. If uninstalling Mines on Dxun, remove 402DXN.mod.

3. Move any .mod files from backup/Modules to the Modules folder.

4. Move dialog.tlk from the backup folder to the main game folder (outside override).

5. Move any files from backup/Override to the override folder.

Alternatively, you can run the uninstall script via HoloPatcher (Tools > Uninstall Mod).

COMPATIBILITY:

Not compatible with mods that edit k_trap_generic.ncs. Otherwise, should be compatible with most mods.

PERMISSIONS:

For the most part, you are free to incorporate this mod’s edits into your own mod as long as credit is provided. This does not include files from No Mines on Malachor which have been included in this mod by Thor110’s permission. Redistribution of the files, assets, or edits of the included mod are subject to the terms of the original author.

CREDITS:

offthegridmorty
Thor110 - No Mines on Malachor, Only Gas

Thank you to the folks on Discord for scripting help.

KOTOR Tool - Fred Tetra
TSLPatcher, TLKed - stoffe, Fair Strides
HoloPatcher - Cortisol, th3w1zard1
K-GFF - tk102
Holocron Toolset - Cortisol

Screenshots use Fire and Ice HD by Cinder Skye and Hi-Res Beam Effects by InSidious