BattleTech

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Adds Fluid Guns spraying Inferno, Oil, Paint, Acid or Glue. These flamer-like weapons do little damage but inflict harmful status effects lasting for 2 turns.

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works with the 1.9 patch

Adds several types of Fluid Gun to the game, short ranged weapons that spray various liquids at the target, inflicting a 2 turn debuff. 

Fluid guns are support weapons that have limited internal ammo, like a flamer and use flamer graphics. They do 5 damage in addition to their debuff effect. The effect do not stack.

New Weapons
Fluid Gun (INF)
Filled with Inferno fuel, which clings to the target and ignites.
Deals 5 heat on initial hit, then 20 heat at the end of each turn for the enemy's next 2 activations.

Fluid Gun (OIL)
Filled with lubricating oil which gets under the target's feet
Target takes 200% stability damage from all sources for the next 2 activations.

Fluid Gun (PNT)
Filled with magnetized paint that blocks vision and disrupts sensors.
Target has spotting distance reduced to just 50m for the next 2 activations. Also impairs sensors like a PPC.

Fluid Gun (ACD)
Filled with acid which corrodes armour.
Target takes 20% more damage from all weapon types for the next 2 activations.

Fluid Gun (GLU)
Filled with adhesive foam that clogs up actuators and joints.
Target has their speed reduced by 50% for the next 2 activations.

Where to buy them

Fluid guns can be purchased in Chemicals and Research stores.

Requirements
None. Works with the default mod loader.
(should also work with ModTek, though I haven't tested it)

Conflicts
None. Hopefully.
These are appended to existing itemCollections without overwriting anything, so you should be able to mix and match with any other mods you like.

How To Install
1) unzip and place the folder "Handy Fluid Guns" into your mods directory*
2) tick to enable on the in-game mods menu.

*Depending on your OS, the mods folder can be found here:
Win: C:\Users\user_name\MyDocuments\MyGames\BattleTech\mods
Linux: /home/user_name/MyGames/BattleTech/mods
Mac: /Users/user_name/MyGames/BattleTech/mods