This mod is no longer compatible with the latest versions of "Assorted Fixes and Content Restoration" and "Yet Another Weapon - Addon and Fixes". Please use only the vanilla-only version of this mod, or attempt to manually adjust for compatibility.


Description
This mod reduces the PPC-X's damage output but compensates with lower heat generation, reduced projectile spread, and increased range. The updated PPC-X can now be regarded as the rapid-fire cluster shot variant of the PPC.
Compared to the regular PPC, it features the same range and projectile speed, a halved cooldown, a new spread of 7/350, an overall 1.45 times increase in DPS, and 0.66 times Heat per second.


Balance Guidelines

• Decrease the PPC-X's spread. Such a costly weapon being suitable only for close-range combat is a flawed design. Shrinking its spread to boost effective damage output is more practical than increasing its raw power at the cost of heat and reduced range.
• The PPC-X's damage output should be on par with its peers, namely the PPC, in the same manner as the LBX-Cluster/LBX-Slug and Laser/Laser-ShortBurst.
• Maintain or decrease the PPC-X's original heat consumption rate (Heat/s) to avoid breaking the heat balance of mechs equipped with the PPC-X.
• PPC-X's projectiles should generate much smaller disrupting fields. Not only is this more energy-efficient, but it also avoids the impracticality of equipping a sensor disruptor that could affect the user of a shotgun-style weapon.
  

Developer's Notes

• Recreate a new PPC-X based on the PPC by maintaining its cooldown and range, while introducing the spread mechanism of the LBX-AC10-Cluster. Its damage is increased similarly to how the LBX-AC10-Cluster compares to its Slug version.
• Decrease the cooldown of the previously created PPC-X using the mechanism applied to the Large-Laser-ShortBurst versus the regular Large-Laser, with minor stat adjustments to achieve a cooldown exactly half that of the PPC.
• As a result, the new PPC-X will have the same range and speed as the PPC, a spread of 7/350, a halved cooldown, an overall 1.45 times DPS, and 0.66 times Heat/s.
• PPC-X projectiles will generate smaller disruption fields, reduced from 90m to 10m each.
  

Magic Numbers Breakdown
+---------------------------------------------+---------------------+----------------+-----------------+
| Modification Phase                          | Cooldown Multiplier | DPS Multiplier | Heat Multiplier |
+---------------------------------------------+---------------------+----------------+-----------------+
| From Regular PPC to PPC-Cluster             | 1                   | 1.3            | 0.8667          |
+---------------------------------------------+---------------------+----------------+-----------------+
| From PPC-Cluster to PPC-Cluster-Shortburst  | 0.5                 | 1.1343         | 0.7678          |
+---------------------------------------------+---------------------+----------------+-----------------+
| Previous Two Phases Combined                | 0.5                 | 1.45           | 0.66            |
+---------------------------------------------+---------------------+----------------+-----------------+

Notes: The Large-Laser-ShortBurst versus the regular Large-Laser has the following multipliers,
+------------------------------+----------------+-----------------+
| Cooldown+Duration Multiplier | DPS Multiplier | Heat Multiplier |
+------------------------------+----------------+-----------------+
| 0.6466                       | 1.0826         | 0.8454          |
+------------------------------+----------------+-----------------+


Dependencies
1. Yet Another Weapon (YAW)
2. Yet Another Weapon - Addon and Fixes
The Balanced PPC-X incorporates several PPC-X variants from this addon mod. It is recommended to use YAW and its addon for maximum compatibility.
They are required; otherwise, those variants will not appear in the game.

3. Assorted Fixes and Content Restoration
The Balanced PPC-X modifies the stats of the vanilla PPC-X, which has its bugs fixed in this mod. Therefore, the Balanced PPC-X is based on this mod's files. It is recommended to use this mod for maximum compatibility, as it serves as the community patch for DLC6.
Thus, it is required; otherwise, the vanilla PPC-X will no longer be available in the game.

ps: YAML is not mandatory, although the Balanced PPC-X is designed for YAML gameplay. It is unclear if it will work in the vanilla game. Verified by blessst --- thank you for your kindness.

OR

A vanilla-only version of the Balanced PPC-X is available for download in the optional files. It has no dependencies on other mods and only modifies the stats of the regular PPC-X.


Compatibility
1. Yet Another Revamped Weapon (YARW)
No, since YARW already balances the PPC-X within the entire weapon tree. You do not need another balance mod based on vanilla stats.

2. Adjusted PPC-X
No. The creation of the Balanced PPC-X was inspired by this mod, created by the well-known MW5 modder xDeadRaiserx. Special thanks to him! In the Balanced PPC-X, I followed his approach but introduced different weapon stats.

3. The PPC Visuals
Partially yes. It will overwrite the Balanced PPC-X's modification of the disruption field size, but other weapon stats remain unaffected. Using this mod is highly recommended, as it resolves the massive FPS drops caused by PPC-X point-blank shots on outdated video cards.


Load Order (From high to low, the higher ones overwrite the lower ones)
     (optinal)PPC Visuals - YAWC Patch
     (optinal)PPC Visuals - YAW Patch
     (optinal)PPC Visuals
balanced_ppc_x
     (optinal)Scary Tanks
     (optinal)Assorted Fixes - YAML VTOL and Tank Patch
Assorted Fixes and Content Restoration
     (optinal)Yet Another Mechlab
Yet Another Weapon - Addon and Fixes
     (optinal)Yet Another Weapon Clan - Addon and Fixes
Yet Another Weapon
     (optinal)Yet Another Weapon Clan

Conflicts Explained
1. Overwrites Assorted Fixes and Content Restoration's files
PPC_Shotgun.uasset  (\Game\Objects\Weapons\PPC)
PPC_Shotgun_Lvl0.uasset  (\Game\Objects\Weapons\PPC)
PPC_Shotgun_Lvl2.uasset  (\Game\Objects\Weapons\PPC)
PPC_Shotgun_Lvl3.uasset  (\Game\Objects\Weapons\PPC)
PPC_Shotgun_Lvl4.uasset  (\Game\Objects\Weapons\PPC)
PPC_Shotgun_Lvl5.uasset  (\Game\Objects\Weapons\PPC)

It's safe, since these files are actually copied from that mod.

2. Files overwritten by PPC Visuals
ElectricalInterference_PPC_Shotgun.uasset  (\Game\Objects\Environments\Props\_common)

This will overwrite the PPC-X disruption field size changes (from 90m to 10m). This is not a significant issue. No patches are available, as the source code for that mod was not found.

3. [Mod Version Related, Edited on  2025-01-21] Potential file conflicts with Yet Another Weapon - Addon and Fixes (which will not shown on mod management tools)
Balanced PPC-X v1.0 introduced several PPC-X from the YAW's addon mod v2.3f, which was updated on 2024-11-19.
In the future, if YAW's addon mod updates those weapons and Balanced PPC-X does not update accordingly, Balanced PPC-X may overwrite those changes, causing issues.


Weapon Stats Chart
Notes: Weapons without the _Shotgun suffix haven not been modified. They are listed for comparsion only. Columns with the _mod suffix indicate modified values from Balanced PPC-X.

1. Vanilla PPC-X stats compared to the PPC, both at level 1.
part 1
+------------------+---------------------+--------+------------+---------------+-------------------+
| Name             | NumberOfProjectiles | Damage | Damage_mod | HeatGenerated | HeatGenerated_mod |
+------------------+---------------------+--------+------------+---------------+-------------------+
| PPC              | 1                   | 10.00  |            | 8.00          |                   |
| PPC_Shotgun      | 8                   | 3.00   | 0.91       | 5.00          | 2.64              |
+------------------+---------------------+--------+------------+---------------+-------------------+
part 2
+------------------+----------+--------------+------+---------+------+---------+
| Name             | Cooldown | Cooldown_mod | DPS  | DPS_mod | HPS  | HPS_mod |
+------------------+----------+--------------+------+---------+------+---------+
| PPC              | 5.00     |              | 2.00 |         | 1.60 |         |
| PPC_Shotgun      | 2.50     | 2.50         | 9.60 | 2.90    | 2.00 | 1.06    |
+------------------+----------+--------------+------+---------+------+---------+
part 3
+------------------+--------------+------------------+----------------+--------------------+
| Name             | SpreadRadius | SpreadRadius_mod | SpreadDistance | SpreadDistance_mod |
+------------------+--------------+------------------+----------------+--------------------+
| PPC              | 0            |                  | 0              |                    |
| PPC_Shotgun      | 700          | 700              | 12000          | 35000              |
+------------------+--------------+------------------+----------------+--------------------+
part 4
+------------------+--------+-----------+--------------+------------------+----------+--------------+
| Name             | Speed  | Speed_mod | OptimalRange | OptimalRange_mod | MaxRange | MaxRange_mod |
+------------------+--------+-----------+--------------+------------------+----------+--------------+
| PPC              | 104000 |           | 46000        |                  | 92000    |              |
| PPC_Shotgun      | 104000 | 104000    | 30000        | 46000            | 60000    | 92000        |
+------------------+--------+-----------+--------------+------------------+----------+--------------+

2.The stats of the PPC-X variants in the YAW addon.
part 1
+----------------------+---------------------+--------+------------+---------------+-------------------+
| Name                 | NumberOfProjectiles | Damage | Damage_mod | HeatGenerated | HeatGenerated_mod |
+----------------------+---------------------+--------+------------+---------------+-------------------+
| ERPPC                | 1                   | 10.00  |            | 12.00         |                   |
| ERPPC_Shotgun        | 8                   | 3.00   | 0.91       | 7.50          | 3.96              |
| ERPPC79_CE           | 1                   | 15.00  |            | 16.00         |                   |
| ERPPC79_CE_Shotgun   | 8                   | 4.50   | 1.36       | 10.00         | 5.28              |
| HPPC79               | 1                   | 15.00  |            | 12.00         |                   |
| HPPC79_Shotgun       | 8                   | 4.50   | 1.36       | 7.50          | 3.96              |
| HPPC79_CE            | 1                   | 20.00  |            | 16.00         |                   |
| HPPC79_CE_Shotgun    | 8                   | 6.00   | 1.81       | 10.00         | 5.28              |
| LPPC79               | 1                   | 5.00   |            | 4.00          |                   |
| LPPC79_Shotgun       | 8                   | 1.50   | 0.45       | 2.50          | 1.32              |
| LPPC79_CE            | 1                   | 10.00  |            | 8.00          |                   |
| LPPC79_CE_Shotgun    | 8                   | 3.00   | 0.91       | 5.00          | 2.64              |
| PPC_CE79             | 1                   | 15.00  |            | 12.00         |                   |
| PPC_CE79_Shotgun     | 8                   | 4.50   | 1.36       | 7.50          | 3.96              |
| SNPPC79              | 1                   | 11.00  |            | 8.00          |                   |
| SNPPC79_Shotgun      | 8                   | 3.30   | 1.00       | 8.00          | 2.64              |
| SNPPC79_CE           | 1                   | 16.00  |            | 12.00         |                   |
| SNPPC79_CE_Shotgun   | 8                   | 4.80   | 1.45       | 7.50          | 3.96              |
+----------------------+---------------------+--------+------------+---------------+-------------------+
part 2
+----------------------+----------+--------------+------+---------+------+---------+
| Name                 | Cooldown | Cooldown_mod | DPS  | DPS_mod | HPS  | HPS_mod |
+----------------------+----------+--------------+------+---------+------+---------+
| ERPPC                | 5.00     |              | 2.00 |         | 2.40 |         |
| ERPPC_Shotgun        | 2.50     | 2.50         | 9.60 | 2.90    | 3.00 | 1.58    |
| ERPPC79_CE           | 5.00     |              | 3.00 |         | 3.20 |         |
| ERPPC79_CE_Shotgun   | 2.50     | 2.50         | 14.40| 4.35    | 4.00 | 2.11    |
| HPPC79               | 5.00     |              | 3.00 |         | 2.40 |         |
| HPPC79_Shotgun       | 2.50     | 2.50         | 14.40| 4.35    | 3.00 | 1.58    |
| HPPC79_CE            | 5.00     |              | 4.00 |         | 3.20 |         |
| HPPC79_CE_Shotgun    | 2.50     | 2.50         | 19.20| 5.80    | 4.00 | 2.11    |
| LPPC79               | 4.00     |              | 1.25 |         | 1.00 |         |
| LPPC79_Shotgun       | 2.00     | 2.00         | 6.00 | 1.81    | 1.25 | 0.66    |
| LPPC79_CE            | 4.00     |              | 2.50 |         | 2.00 |         |
| LPPC79_CE_Shotgun    | 2.00     | 2.00         | 12.00| 3.63    | 2.50 | 1.32    |
| PPC_CE79             | 5.00     |              | 3.00 |         | 2.40 |         |
| PPC_CE79_Shotgun     | 2.50     | 2.50         | 14.40| 4.35    | 3.00 | 1.58    |
| SNPPC79              | 4.00     |              | 2.75 |         | 2.00 |         |
| SNPPC79_Shotgun      | 2.00     | 2.00         | 13.20| 3.99    | 4.00 | 1.32    |
| SNPPC79_CE           | 4.00     |              | 4.00 |         | 3.00 |         |
| SNPPC79_CE_Shotgun   | 2.00     | 2.00         | 19.20| 5.80    | 3.75 | 1.98    |
+----------------------+----------+--------------+------+---------+------+---------+
part 3
+----------------------+--------------+------------------+----------------+--------------------+
| Name                 | SpreadRadius | SpreadRadius_mod | SpreadDistance | SpreadDistance_mod |
+----------------------+--------------+------------------+----------------+--------------------+
| ERPPC                | 0            |                  | 0              |                    |
| ERPPC_Shotgun        | 700          | 700              | 12000          | 35000              |
| ERPPC79_CE           | 0            |                  | 0              |                    |
| ERPPC79_CE_Shotgun   | 700          | 700              | 12000          | 35000              |
| HPPC79               | 0            |                  | 0              |                    |
| HPPC79_Shotgun       | 700          | 700              | 12000          | 35000              |
| HPPC79_CE            | 0            |                  | 0              |                    |
| HPPC79_CE_Shotgun    | 700          | 700              | 12000          | 35000              |
| LPPC79               | 0            |                  | 0              |                    |
| LPPC79_Shotgun       | 700          | 700              | 12000          | 35000              |
| LPPC79_CE            | 0            |                  | 0              |                    |
| LPPC79_CE_Shotgun    | 700          | 700              | 12000          | 35000              |
| PPC_CE79             | 0            |                  | 0              |                    |
| PPC_CE79_Shotgun     | 700          | 700              | 12000          | 35000              |
| SNPPC79              | 0            |                  | 0              |                    |
| SNPPC79_Shotgun      | 700          | 700              | 12000          | 35000              |
| SNPPC79_CE           | 0            |                  | 0              |                    |
| SNPPC79_CE_Shotgun   | 700          | 700              | 12000          | 35000              |
+----------------------+--------------+------------------+----------------+--------------------+
part 4
+----------------------+--------+-----------+--------------+------------------+----------+--------------+
| Name                 | Speed  | Speed_mod | OptimalRange | OptimalRange_mod | MaxRange | MaxRange_mod |
+----------------------+--------+-----------+--------------+------------------+----------+--------------+
| ERPPC                | 164556 |           | 75000        |                  | 150000   |              |
| ERPPC_Shotgun        | 164556 | 164556    | 49000        | 75000            | 98000    | 150000       |
| ERPPC79_CE           | 164556 |           | 75000        |                  | 150000   |              |
| ERPPC79_CE_Shotgun   | 164556 | 164556    | 49000        | 75000            | 98000    | 150000       |
| HPPC79               | 104000 |           | 46000        |                  | 92000    |              |
| HPPC79_Shotgun       | 104000 | 104000    | 30000        | 46000            | 60000    | 92000        |
| HPPC79_CE            | 104000 |           | 46000        |                  | 92000    |              |
| HPPC79_CE_Shotgun    | 104000 | 104000    | 30000        | 46000            | 60000    | 92000        |
| LPPC79               | 104000 |           | 46000        |                  | 92000    |              |
| LPPC79_Shotgun       | 104000 | 104000    | 30000        | 46000            | 60000    | 92000        |
| LPPC79_CE            | 104000 |           | 46000        |                  | 92000    |              |
| LPPC79_CE_Shotgun    | 104000 | 104000    | 30000        | 46000            | 60000    | 92000        |
| PPC_CE79             | 104000 |           | 46000        |                  | 92000    |              |
| PPC_CE79_Shotgun     | 104000 | 104000    | 30000        | 46000            | 60000    | 92000        |
| SNPPC79              | 135000 |           | 27000        |                  | 54000    |              |
| SNPPC79_Shotgun      | 135000 | 135000    | 17600        | 27000            | 35200    | 54000        |
| SNPPC79_CE           | 135000 |           | 27000        |                  | 54000    |              |
| SNPPC79_CE_Shotgun   | 135000 | 135000    | 17600        | 27000            | 35200    | 54000        |
+----------------------+--------+-----------+--------------+------------------+----------+--------------+


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My Favorite Mods and Their Loading Orders
Notes: Edited on 2025-01-23; from high to low, higher ones overwrite lower ones; shows mod directory names; for newbies like myself, it takes quite some time to figure it out. Adjusted based on phforNZ's suggestion --- thank you for your collaborative efforts.

ModOptions
YetAnotherRevampedQuirksEquipment
UltraVisualAndWeatherV3WeaponModelExpansionPack
JumpJetVisuals
LaserVisuals_YAWC_Patch
LaserVisuals_YAW_Patch
LaserVisuals
PPCVisuals_YAWC_Patch
PPCVisuals_YAW_Patch
PPCVisuals
GaussVisuals_YAWC_Patch
GaussVisuals_YAW_Patch
GaussVisuals
BallisticVisuals_YAWC_Patch
BallisticVisuals_YAW_Patch
BallisticVisuals
NSR_Sounds
UnderTonnageBonus2
TTRulez_LanceMateOrderz
TTRulez_AIMod2
TheKnownUniverse
Coyotesmission
Exotic IS Mechs
YetAnotherLegendaryMech
YetAnotherISMech
SpecialVariants
Lore-based Mech Variants - YAML Edition
HeatSinkKits(Yet Another Heatsink Restriction)
harjel(Yet Another Equipment Collection)
balanced_ppc_x(Hey, I'm here.)
ScaryTanks
AssortedFixes_YAMLVTOLPatch
DLC6WeaponFixes(Assorted Fixes and Content Restoration)
YetAnotherMechlab
YetAnotherMechlabMechs (from Yet Another Mechlab Mechs (YAMM) - Maintenance Fork)
YAW_AddonAndFixes
YAWC_AddonAndFixes
YetAnotherWeapon
YetAnotherWeaponClan
YetAnotherClanMech
CantinaJobsRevamped
BetterSpawns2Classic
BattleGridOrders
SimpleZoom(Advanced Zoom)
ArmorGreen
CompassHeadings
MechShaderV2(I chose the shiny one)
XenoPax_Optimize
MW5Compatibility