Scavenging Scone
A character and framework about opening crates.
| Last updated | 5 days ago |
| Total downloads | 3880 |
| Total rating | 2 |
| Categories | Characters Mods |
| Dependency string | Wilnath-Scavenging_Scone-0.3.0 |
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This mod requires the following mods to function
Packer-Packers_MapGenerator
An advanced map generator with Supply Raid(SR) & H3MP support
Preferred version: 1.1.1README
Scavenging Scone
Scavenging Scone is a SupplyRaid and Safehouse Progression focused character around finding what you need in the world itself, making do with what you have to progress.
Features
Scavenge, Loot, Plunder
You cannot use any SupplyRaid facilities to acquire gear. Instead, different containers of items will spawn in MapGenerator generated maps. These contain weapons, ammunition, tools, magazines, gear, medicine and a whole host of other commodities of varying usefulness.
Fight the guards, Up the risk, Reap the rewards
The main place for loot containers to reside is in buildings, and the glizzies have taken note of that. Within these buildings are guards safekeeping the supplies.
Fighting against the Glizzy Guards, your SupplyRaid Capture Points consist of a wave of stronger enemies. In defeating them, the loot around the map will shift, old containers will despawn and new ones will come in. These containers now contain more valuable and useful weapons.
There are many tiers of loot, each tier changes the value of the containers, which also increases the amount and strength of the guards in the buildings.
Adjustable loot tables
Building on top of a custom format for storing loot tables, weight and drops can be hand-tailored to fit the gameplay. Low-tier ammunition and weapons will stop dropping once you progress far enough.
Some mods if detected will be dynamically loaded into Scones loot tables, where they are seen fit.
Curious how it works? Peek scavenging.lttbl!
Provided profiles
A SupplyRaid profile and two MapGenerator profiles are provided.
Supply Raid
- Suggested Scone - The suggested settings for playing as Scavenging Scone.
MapGenerator
- Loot Village - A forest-dense, spaced out village. Buildings are more valuable. The ability to snipe provided you find a sight-line and scope is possible.
- Loot City - A city sprawling with glizzies. Expect CQB and keep an eye on the windows. Buildings are less valuable, but with the amount of them you'll still be able to rack up some useful stuff.
Notes
Recommendations
Quickbelt
I highly recommend using the PackRat quickbelt layout, as it features most slots to store items in.
SupplyRaid
You can change SupplyRaid settings to make the character easier or harder depending on your liking. Some settings of note are:
- Starting Level - Setting this to above 0 does affect the tier of loot and guards spawning around the buildings. I thoroughly recommend keeping this to zero however, as the Supply Points are a jump in difficulty incentivising risky behaviour
- Max Defender Enemies - Can reduce if you're scraping for performance.
- Game Length - As of currently there is no reason to have this to anything but Marathon.
MapGenerator Settings
If you are using a theme outside of Snow Fields, which this pack builds around, make sure it has interior props to actually spawn containers with. Then, use the "Lootations" theme ontop of the theme you want.
I suggest playing with the Time Progresses setting on, as it adds a level of immersion. Sosig Vision is impacted by time of day and can therefore be beneficial to you should you get your hands on some thermal scopes (whenever that gets added to stable)
You can yourself change map generator settings around to see what best fits you and your PC. Interior props are used to sprinkle the map with loot spawns. If this setting is too low, you may have less loot than intended. If it's too high without any external limitations there might be too much loot and enemies, ruining both gameplay and performance. srLootSpawn is a hidden variable saved in MapGenerator Profile files. If this is set to a number other than zero, it is used to limit the amount of loot the map spawns. Both profiles provided in this mod have this variable set to fit each profile. If you think maps are still too dense with loot you can set a custom maximum in the config, or edit the srLootSpawn value of MapGenerator profiles yourself.
Exterior props is best kept relative to the map size, as this is used to sprinkle padlock-locked boxes around the outsides. This does not up the danger of the rest of the map, which could make the character unnecessarily easy...
Safehouse Progression
With limited ammunition and a few different calibres to ping-pong around with, it's best to play this mod with Safehouse Progression so you can keep a warehouse of supplies to use.
A few recommended ways to extract:
One option is turning on the One of a Kind and Hub settings in MapGenerator and homebrewing a rule to only extract in the gray rectangle building that spawns in the middle of the map.
Another is to use the Extraction Zone setting, that puts you out of the map if you remain close to the edge of it for 10 seconds.
Provided profiles include both, if you turn any of them off make sure to create a new profile to load your preferred settings with.
Compatibilities
These are mods that have integration into Scone.
H3MP
You can try to play Scone in H3MP and loot with your friends, but it's a bit of a ritual to get going. Here's some things to think about when trying to set up Scone to be playable with people.
- Host enters Packers-MapGenerator first as a precaution
- Everyone must now select supply raid, and then the host generates the map when everyone has selected it.
- Do not start the Supply Raid gamemode before everyone has generated the map.
Following these steps, everyone should be synced and able to play.
Incompatibilities
- Most mod items - Item tables are hand-tailored to fit with scone. the H3VR tag system is unused and therefore modded items despite being tagged will not show up when looting as Scone.
Known Bugs
If any container opens with absolutely nothing inside, check your console, most errors are reported in there.
Credits
TRaK - Metal panel - Used for they keycard scanning object.
rubberduck - Metal texture - Used for the metal crate.
Luke.RUSTLTD - Crate texture - Used for a couple of crates.
Special Thanks
Packer - Creator of SupplyRaid, MapGenerator. Helped with H3MP development
Brillcrafter - Testing and suggestions