Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

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Adds a playable variant of the UAV-45 Malebolge Weapon UAV as a standalone aircraft.

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This mod adds a playable variant of Megalith's UAV-45 Malebolge special weapon into Ace Combat 7's roster.

It has a low HP and armor, thus is vulnerable to even machine guns. But in return it has considerable agility and acceleration rate that makes it difficult for enemies to hit the drone.

Also, its tiny size means the thing will be out of frame in certain cutscenes or replay cameras.

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Armaments:

  • Main gun : Standard machine gun, 3250 rounds.
  • Main Weapon: Standard IEWS, 15 times uses.
  • Special W1 : PLSL, 2000 shots. Stats unchanged, but you can keep the "Guns Only Bonus" in mission results.
  • Special W2 : TLS, 30 times uses. Its laser hits targets more rapidly.
  • Special W3 : AP System. 15 times uses. Generates an electromagnetic barrier that protects the drone and damages targets running into it for 15 seconds. Has 30 seconds cooldown.

Note: The APS shield can block your weapons and disable your IEWS effects, as well as your allies' IEWS if it came into contact with them. Also, the shield can only affect enemies that's currently exists, so it won't damage those that spawned after you activating it. As such, be mindful with when and where you'll be using the shield.

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Skin Variants:

  • Slot 1: Air superiority gray.
  • Slot 2: Three-tone sea camouflage.
  • Slot 3: Zone of Endless red body.
  • Slot 4: Mage Squadron tribute livery.
  • Slot 5: Spare Squadron tribute livery.
  • Slot 6: Strider Squadron tribute livery.
  • Slot 7: Pale maroon body used by Pasternak's Malebolge units.
  • Slot 8: Skin replica of the Butterfly Master's QFA-44 Carmilla.

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Included with this mod are localization patches that adds this drone's names & descriptions for CalamitousSkies Restored mod. 

Also available within is a readjustment for using this drone with M4rkoz's Land Everywhere Mod. You will need it since the drone's small size means it'll be very close to the ground and slight elevations can crash it.

All patches for Addon Compatibility mod that were previously provided alongside this mod are now outdated. Please remove them and use the latest version of the mod.

Let me if you find any bugs or issues with the mod, and please provide a clear detail on how the issue occurs.

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Credits:

  • Megalith for the original UAV-45 weapon mod and feedback.
  • RythusOmega for the UAV-45's model and texturing Skin 1, 2, 7, and 8's liveries.

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Installation:
  • Access your Ace Combat 7 installation folder.
  • Make a "~mods" folder in .../Game/Content/Paks/ if you have yet.
  • Put the mod's .pak file into that folder.
  • Optionally, also copy your choice of compatibility patches' .pak files into the folder as well.
  • Launch the game.