Shotgun rebalance

by Theis

Rebalancing the shotguns by making them available earlier.

Tweaks
a month ago
1.1 - 2.1
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Combat Cheats

Changelog

Version: 2.1.2
Date: 2026-06-25
  Changes:
    - Upgrade to factorio version 2.1
    - Removed range overrides which no longer works
    - Removed slow down override of the shotgun as that is now vanilla
    - Modified the code to play nicer with other mods
    - Set dependency to base 2.1 as this mod no longer works in 2.0
    - Set optional dependencies to above their current version, as they are not yet upgraded to 2.1
Version: 2.1.1
Date: 2026-06-23
  Changes:
    - Added optional dependency on tungsten-shells by DrMoo.
    - Aligned the bonus of tungsten shells to be similar to uranium shells.
    - Made tungsten shells the endgame shotgun shell when both tungsten and uranium shells are available.
  Balancing:
    - Tungsten shells cost 2 piercing shells instead of 1.
    - Tungsten shells have 14 magazine size from 10.
    - Tungsten shells stack size is reduced from 200 to 100.
    - Tungsten shells max range increased from 20 to 21.
    - Tungsten shells pellet damage increased from 12 to 18.
Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2026-06-23
  Changes:
    - Changed piercing shell damage per pellet from 10 to 12, default is 8.
    - Changed optional dependency from the outdated uranium shotgun shells by Rhaane to the new UraniumShotgunShell by NOiZE.
  Balancing:
    - Changed UraniumShotgunShell stack size to 100 instead of 200.
    - Changed UraniumShotgunShell weight to 40 kg instead of default, allowing 25 shells per rocket launch.
    - Changed UraniumShotgunShell pellet deviation to 0.4 instead of 0.3 spreading the damage on a slightly larger area.
    - Added UraniumShotgunShell piercing damage of 150, allowing the pellets go through low health targets.
Version: 2.0.0
Date: 2024-11-24
  Changes:
    - Updated to Factorio version 2.0
    - Rebalanced piercing shotgun shells to better match Wubes rebalance of shotgun shells
  Balancing:
    - Reduced the shotgun shell magazine size from 8 to 6, vanilla is 10
    - Reduced normal shotgun movement penalty duration to 30 ticks instead of the normal 60 ticks. So now the duration is equal between combat shotgun and normal shotgun
    - Removed the reduction to normal shotgun movement penalty, making it the vanilla value of 0.6, it was 0.5
    - Increased the combat shotgun movement penalty factor to 0.4, it was 0.3. Vanilla has it at 0.5
    - Increased the damage of shotgun piercing pellets from 8 to 10. Since normal shotgun pellets now deal 8 damage in vanilla
    - Increased the range of shotgun piercing pellets to 17 tiles, vanilla is 15 tiles
    - Added piercing power to shotgun piercing pellets, making them actual piercing rounds 
    - Increased the shotgun damage bonus optained from researching military 4 from 0.1 to 0.2
    - Increased the shotgun shooting speed bonus optained from researching military 4 from 0.1 to 0.2
Version: 0.1.1
Date: 2024-08-09
  Changes:
    - Updated mod description
Version: 0.1.0
Date: 2024-08-09
  Changes:
    - Mod beginning
    - Changed shotgun movement_slow_down_factor from 0.6 to 0.5
    - Changed combat shotgun movement_slow_down_factor from 0.5 to 0.3
    - Moved shotgun from military 1 to enabled by default
    - Changed shotgun shell magazine size from 10 to 8
    - Moved piercing shotgun shells from military 4 to military 2
    - Added shotgun shooting speed +10% to military 4
    - Added shotgun shooting damage +10% to military 4
    - Added optional mod Uranium Shotgun Shell
    - Tweaked Uranium Shotgun Shell +1 piercing-shotgun-shell to recipe, +4 magazine_size, +6 damage per pellet.