Novalite C1, v2

[mrscratch]

About the PR

This adds the SW LLC's "Novalite C1" semi-auto rifle to the game. The concept was originally tossed around as a more legal means for Mercenaries/Miners/etc to have a better Mid-Tier weapon to protect themselves with.

After the recent community/staff decision to firmly uphold the automatic weapons ban after the recent... space law headaches... I was inspired to actually setup this fork and attempt to make the rifle myself with a new "theme" in mind.

The gun:

(updated openbolt sprite EDIT: updated again, used outdate sprite forgot sharkfin)

FINAL UPDATE (hopefully): improved on back and in hand sprites:

It is essentially what you would get if you applied some of the strictest gun law loophole aftermarket modifications to a Lecter. It's auto sear has been replaced with a semi-automatic sear, removing it's ability to be fired in full auto. It has a "Featureless Grip" or "Shark Fin" which is used to skirt around pistol grip laws. It has an internally locked magazine that is reloaded by using a Break-Action Receiver which allows you to quickly access the locked magazine. It comes with a SW LLC patented "High Capacity Assault Clip" which can attach or detach from the locked magazine to quickly load ammunition.

Why / Balance

Originally I just left it with the same stats as the Lecter except it is now Semi-Auto and has a 15 round "magazine". However to save future headaches I have lowered the rate of fire from 5 to 4. All Semi-Auto Pistols in the game currently have a firerate of 4-5 so for semi-automatic that seems to be the baseline.

How to test

Search Novalite in the entity spawner.

Media

novalite_x264.mp4

• I have added screenshots/videos to this PR showcasing its changes ingame.

Breaking changes

Changelog

[github-actions]

RSI Diff Bot; head commit 0dfc32d merging into b3ccc2f
This PR makes changes to 1 or more RSIs. Here is a summary of all changes:

Resources/Textures/_NF/Objects/Weapons/Guns/Ammunition/Magazine/Rifle/novalite_clip.rsi

State	Old	New	Status
base			Added
mag-1			Added
mag-10			Added
mag-11			Added
mag-12			Added
mag-13			Added
mag-14			Added
mag-15			Added
mag-2			Added
mag-3			Added
mag-4			Added
mag-5			Added
mag-6			Added
mag-7			Added
mag-8			Added
mag-9			Added

Resources/Textures/_NF/Objects/Weapons/Guns/Rifles/novalitec1.rsi

State	Old	New	Status
base			Added
bolt-open			Added
equipped-BACKPACK			Added
icon			Added
inhand-left			Added
inhand-right			Added
mag-0			Added

Edit: diff updated after 0dfc32d

[mrscratch]

Same as previous PR I closed, except this one should only interact with the _NF tags.yml instead. Everything else should be it's own yml. Oh and I updated the open bolt sprite so it more accurately reflects it's closed bolt state. Everything else is exactly the same.

EDIT: used older sprite when creating new branch, remade "featureless grip" aka "shark fin" pistol grip on the sprites. Looks much better.

[dvir001]

None of the guns or proto are under any _NF folders

[mrscratch]

I have no idea why _NF didn't click for me as New Frontier. It makes so much more sense now why the YML Warriors were telling me to put the tags in _NF/tags.yml

I've removed all the yml/sprites from the base ss14 section and relocated them into New Frontier's resource folder.

[mrscratch]

Updated players "on back" and in hand sprites after seeing Quigley's clean burst rifle "on back" sprites. It should be much more apparent at first glance what a player is wielding when equipping this weapon.

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[Cheackraze]

looks good to me, and gives regular civillians a class of this weapon that is more legal

[mrscratch]

It actually is a clip that attaches to the locked internal magazine. You can see the stripper clip in the video.

EDIT: Just found out from VividPups that it's actually called an "En bloc". I didn't know the meme concept was actually a real invention. Apparently they've been around since the late 1890's

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[dvir001]

Please update this PR with master and make sure its using the require 2 hands to use with new sprite.
Thanks

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[ErhardSteinhauer]

This rifle was introduced before wielding weapons become so common and as such now missing this feature and sprites.

Also if you need help with making this rifle obtainable in game from expeditions for example, I can assist you with that.