Charles B

Make BattleTech mechs fall down when they miss because that's funny.

BattleTech Mod (using BTML and ModTek) that adds instability/knockdown when a melee attack misses.

Features

when melee'ing and miss, add some instability
when melee'ing and legged and miss, add a different amount of instability
when DFA'ing, add some additional instability on a miss
when DFA'ing and attacker is legged (WHHHHHY would you choose this), even more instability
get knocked down if you enough instability, even if not unsteady before the attack
piloting skill can mitigate these additional instability points
DFA leg damage and instability damage can be mitigated by piloting level

Download

Downloads can be found on Github.

Install

Install BTML and Modtek.
Make sure the CharlesB.dll and mod.json files into \BATTLETECH\Mods\CharlesB folder.
Start the game.

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
`attackMissInstability`	`bool`	`true`	enable/disable instability to the attacker when a melee strike misses
`attackMissInstabilityPercent`	`int`	`30`	the percentage of your stability bar that is filled when a mech misses a melee attack
`attackMissInstabilityLeggedPercent`	`int`	`70`	the percentage of your stability bar that is filled when the attacking mech is legged and misses a melee attack
`dfaMissInstability`	`bool`	`true`	enable/disable (additional) instability to the attacker when a dfa misses
`dfaMissInstabilityPercent`	`int`	`30`	the percentage of your stability bar that is filled when a mech misses a dfa
`dfaMissInstabilityLeggedPercent`	`int`	`70`	the percentage of your stability bar that is filled when the dfa'ing mech is legged and misses the dfa
`pilotingSkillInstabilityMitigation`	`bool`	`true`	allows the piloting skill to mitigate up to piloting skill * 10% of the additional instability caused by missed melee/dfa attacks
`allowSteadyToKnockdownForMelee`	`bool`	`true`	allow a mech to go from steady to knockdown as part of melee attack miss
`pilotingSkillDFASelfDamageMitigation`	`bool`	`true`	allows the piloting skill to mitigate up to piloting skill * 10% of the additional leg damage caused by melee/dfa attacks
`pilotingSkillFallingDamageMitigation`	`bool`	`true`	allows the piloting skill to mitigate up to piloting skill * 10% of falling damage if falling damage is enabled
`fallingDamage`	`bool`	`true`	enable mechs to take falling damage when they fall down for any reason
`fallingAmountDamagePerTon`	`float`	`0.5`	the amount of damage a mech takes per ton to a random location when it falls down if falling damage is enabled
`debug`	`bool`	`false`	enable debugging logs, probably not useful unless you are changing the code or looking at it as you run the mod

Special Thanks

HBS, @Mpstark, @Morphyum

License

MIT

janxious / CharlesB