Readme and changelogs for 0.9.3

docs/ecco_changelog.txt

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 -=== CHANGELOG ===-
 
+v0.9.3
+> Stealing & looting:
+- Steal rolls calculation changed to make stealing harder but encourage investing into the skill
+- if Steal roll fails but Catch roll also fails - fails steal without getting caught instead of just succeeding, as in vanilla
+- Stealing now correctly uses number of items stolen when calculating difficulty
+- Stealing money and other weightless items now adds to difficulty based on cost
+- added karma reduction based on total value of goods being stolen
+- buffed various doors and lockers throughout the game to have higher requirements for lockpicking, prying and disarming
+- changed some doors to be destroyed based on total damage dealt instead of number of explosions (allows to burst-open some doors with powerful guns)
+- certain "watcher" NPC's line of sight will now use the same logic as line-of-fire checks and will "see through" other NPC's to detect PC doing nefarious actions
+- Redding: rewritten DrJohn thief-watching behavior to be more robust and interrupt his dialog with RatRay properly
+- Redding: added thief catching logic to Sheriff Marion and some miners
+- Redding: locked some doors and containers
+- New Reno: more robust watching logic and buffed stats for certain doors at Bishop's casino
+- NCR: increased difficulty of stealing from lockers in Guard Captian building
+
+> Crafting & drugs:
+- all drug crafting (except basic First Aid) now requires Doctor Skill
+- added Doctor Skill book to the game (using one of Abbey's books)
+- added more crafting components to some stores and to maps
+- reduced prices for learning certain crafting recipes
+- tweaked many crafting recipes for better reward/investment ratio
+- non-craftable food effects reduced back to vanilla levels
+- craftable food now heals comparable amount to Healing Powder but most of it is only applied after 30 minutes to avoid competing with Stimpaks
+- craftable food now also increases EN/PE and reduces small amount of radiation/poison
+
+> Balance:
+- buffed some underused perks: Demolition Expert, Pyromaniac, Survivalist, MrFixit, Medic, Ghost, Ranger, Harmless, Salesman
+- added ambient radiation to certain maps to have more use for radiation mechanic and Rad-Away
+- tweaked some random encounter NPC's weapons for better tier balance and variety
+- lowered some town-based price multipliers
+- reduced NPC's AG-based free move points to match that of PC
+- Abbey: replaced certain OP critter with a more appropriate one
+- Abbey: reduced some XP rewards for trivial tasks
+- replaced some weapons that are too powerful from early game locations
+- made 40mm ammo more available in earlier areas
+- replaced random-based destruction of 50% of NPC weapons with deterministic formula
+- nerfed Grease Gun rate of fire to not overshadow other SMGs too much
+- nerfed Shotguns AC mod and damage of Buck/Slug ammo to not overshadow Incendiary ammo and other weapons
+- nerfed Sulik's melee damage to not completely trivialize certain combat encounters
+- nerfed Vic's Repair skill to give some incentive for player to invest into that skill at mid game
+- nerfed thrust attacks
+
+> Traps:
+- traps can now be assembled and armed during combat for 4 AP
+- Bear Traps: prevent knockback for caught critters and "free" them if knocked down
+- fixed "waiting" party members triggering traps
+- fixed party members getting angry at dude if caught in trap explosion triggered by other NPC
+- disabled "magical" revealing of player if NPC triggers the trap
+- buffed some pre-placed mines (Redding, Raiders)
+
+> Other:
+- tweaked NPC best weapon selection logic to have a better understanding of actual weapon effectiveness
+- disabled NPC's dropping weapons on the ground on death to avoid some frustrating situations
+- fixed unspent AP carrying over to the next combat
+- fixed car charging amount not taking reduced Cell capacities into account
+- fixed infinite reward for Stark's NCR recon quest (Lujo's)
+- fixed turning in Happy Harry to Stark (Lujo's)
+- improved compatibility with THAT mod and fixed "generic" replies when THAT is not installed
+- merged several fixes from RPU v27
+
+
 v0.9.2
 > Traps:
 - new Bear Trap with mechanic for holding critter down for several turns

docs/ecco_changelog_ru.txt

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 -=== СПИСОК ИЗМЕНЕНИЙ ===-
 
+v0.9.3
+> Воровство и лут:
+- изменён расчёт исхода воровства для его усложнения и мотивации инвестировать в навык
+- если оба броска на успех воровства и на успех цели вас поймать неуспешны - ничего не делать (раньше засчитывался успех)
+- учитывается количество предметов в "охапке" при расчёте штрафа
+- воровство денег имеет штраф в зависимости от суммы
+- добавлено снижение кармы в зависимости от общей суммы наворованного
+- усилены разные двери и контейнеры в игре: повышены требования для взлома, использования монтировки и разминирования
+- для некоторых дверей логика уничтожения теперь учитывает суммарный урон вместо количества взрывов (можно разнести такие двери очередью из мощного оружия)
+- для некоторых NPC проверки видимости будут использовать линию огня и не учитывать других NPC между ними и игроком
+- Реддинг: улучшена логика защиты от воровства Доктора Джона и добавлено прерывание диалога с помощником
+- Реддинг: добавлена защита от воровства Шерифу и некоторым шахтёрам
+- Реддинг: замкнуты некоторые двери и ящики
+- Нью Рино: более надёжная охрана дверей на втором этаже казино Бишопа
+- НКР: усложнено воровство из контейнеров в здании Капитана Стражи
+
+> Ремесло и наркотики:
+- создание почти всех веществ требует навык Доктора
+- добавлена книга навыка Доктор в игру
+- добавлено больше единиц компонентов ремесла в игру
+- снижены цены обучения некоторым рецептам
+- поправлено множество рецептов для лучшего соотношения выгоды
+- эффекты обычной еды возвращены к уровням оригинала
+- приготовляемая еда восстанавливает ОЗ сравнимые с Порошком, но большая часть из этого только через полчаса
+- приготовляемая еда также повышает ВН/ВН и немного снижает радиацию/отравление
+
+> Баланс:
+- усилены некоторые перки: Подрывник, Пироман, Мастер выживания, Мастер на все руки, Медик, Призрак, Странник, Безобидный, Торговец.
+- добавлена фоновая радиация в некоторые
+- поправлено оружие некоторых NPC в случайных встречах для лучшего разнообразия и баланса
+- снижены множители спроса
+- убрано преимущество NPC перед ГГ по количеству очков ходьбы
+- Аббатство: заменено существо в  на более соответствующее уровню локации
+- Аббатство: снижен опыт за тривиальные квесты
+- заменено некоторое слишком мощное оружие в ранних локациях
+- 40мм гранаты сделаны более доступными
+- заменена формула удаления оружия у 50% NPC при смерти на детерминированную
+- снижена скорострельность Гриз Ган чтобы не затмевать остальные ПП
+- снижен модификатор КБ дробовиков и урон обычных патронов чтобы не затмевать особые патроны и другое оружие
+- Сулик: снижен бонус к урону от холодного оружия чтобы некоторые бои не были совершенно тривиальны
+- Вик: снижен навык Ремонта чтобы дать повод игроку немного вложиться в навык
+- снижена бронебойность колющих ударов
+
+> Ловушки:
+- ловушки теперь можно зарядить во время боя за 4 ОД
+- капканы: убран отталкивание если персонаж в капкане, добавлено освобождение из капкана при успешном нокауте
+- исправлено срабатывание ловушек на "ждущих" сопартийцах
+- исправлена агрессия сопартийцев при попадании в радиус взрыва ловушки, сработавшей на другого NPC
+- убрано "магическое" обнаружение игрока NPC при попадании в ловушку
+- усилены некоторые предустановленные мины
+
+> Прочее:
+- поправлена логика выбора оружия NPC для лучшего понимания эффективности оружия
+- выключено выпадение оружия у NPC при смерти во избежания неприятных ситуаций
+- исправлен перенос ОД в следующий бой
+- исправлен слишком эффективный заряд авто батареями
+- исправлено бесконечная награда Старка за квест разведки (Lujo)
+- исправлена сдача Гарри Старку (Lujo)
+- улучшена совместимость с модом говорящих голов
+- добавлены некоторые исправления из RPU v27
+
+
 v0.9.2
 > Ловушки:
 - новый тип ловушки - капкан, способный удерживать противника в течении нескольких ходов

docs/ecco_readme.txt

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 -====================-
 -===   EcCo mod   ===-
--=== v0.9.2 BETA  ===-
+-=== v0.9.3 BETA  ===-
 -====================-
 						by phobos2077
 
 
 > CRAFTING:
-- New crafting system based on Mr.Fixit by Team-X and Fix-Boy by Lexx.
+- New crafting system based on Mr.Fixit by Team-X and Fix-Boy by Lexx with many improvements.
 - Custom crafting schematics designed to serve game's balance and add variety, including new game items.
 - All "schematics" are divided into several categories, you need to find teacher for each category.
 - Knowing schematics is not enough: to start crafting you may also need skills, components and tools.
-- Some craftable food.
+- Craftable food that heals a little, reduces negative effects and increases some stats.
 - Crafting menu is accessible by clicking a new button on main panel or with a hotkey: Ctrl+C.
+- New book for Doctor skill (required to craft drugs).
 
 
 > TRAPS:
 - To use traps you need to craft a Trap Kit first (need explosive schematics for mines and electronics for sensor mine).
-- To place the trap on the ground, put it in your active hand slot and use it ON your character (or just press Ctrl+4 hotkey).
+- To place the trap on the ground, Use it from the inventory screen or from your active hand slot. You can also use hotkey Ctrl+4 if you have a trap kit in active hand.
 - To actually arm the trap, use Traps skill on it.
 - For mines: you can use any explosive from inventory on the floor trap tile; if you just use "Traps" skill on them, the game will first try to arm it with last used explosive type, and then with any explosive found in your inventory.
 - You need to pass traps skill check to successfully arm the trap, if you are bad enough, you may end up blowing yourself. But if you're good, you'll have a chance of critical hit with your trap.
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 - Selling prices are affected by skill. (at lower levels prices may drop as low as 25% from their normal margin). This way, if you want to get rich by selling weapons, upgrade your Barter, or you'll need to sell many times more than before.
 - Buying prices are comparable to base game, but have a steeper curve (slightly higher on low skill, lower on high skill) - see barter.ini or barter SSL code for detailed formula.
 - Some misc items prices were adjusted, so you can still make profit selling them, especially in early game (gecko pelts and scorpion tails in Klamath, etc.).
+- Some items have their prices differ between towns to reflect demand.
 - New book for Barter skill added.
 
 
-> LOOT REDUCTION:
+> STEALING:
+- Steal rolls calculation changed to make stealing harder but encourage investing into the skill.
+- if Steal roll fails but Catch roll also fails - fails steal without getting caught instead of just succeeding, as in vanilla.
+- Stealing now correctly uses number of items stolen when calculating difficulty.
+- Stealing money and other weightless items now adds to difficulty based on cost.
+- Karma penalty based on total value of goods being stolen.
+
+
+> LOOTING:
 - There is a chance a weapon will get destroyed when critter dies (except unique and rare weapons).
 - Corpses are stripped from some percent of ammo and stimpaks, thus reducing abundance and incentivizing shopping.
-- Loot slightly reduced in various containers across the game.
-- EPA: loot rearranged/reduced somewhat; room with most powerful stuff at security level will be harder to get in.
-- It is harder to steal from Redding doctor now.
-- Closed rooms in Bishop club are harder to get in.
+- Loot slightly reduced/rearranged in various containers across the game, especially in certain underground installations.
+- NPCs will be more likely to detect if you're stealing from their property.
+- EPA: room with most powerful stuff at security level will be harder to get in.
+- Measures to prevent trivial stealing from some places in Redding, New Reno and NCR.
 
 
 > NEW QUEST CONTENT:
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 > COMBAT:
-- A couple of unspent AP points carry over to the next round.
+- A couple of unspent AP points carry over to the next round. This should make low-AG builds more viable and make difference between weapon AP cost less dramatic.
 - Opening inventory has no cost, but every action requires 2 AP (except reload, see below).
-- All characters now get a bonus move points (not AP!) for every AG point above 5. Double for NPCs. This should allow melee characters to close on their gun-wielding foes and make combat more dynamic.
+- All characters now get a bonus move points (not AP!) for every AG point above 5. This should allow melee characters to close on their gun-wielding foes and make combat more dynamic.
 
 
 > AMMO:
 - Parameters of all ammo types were carefully edited to fix vanilla issues and add choices.
 - AP/FMJ generally do less damage then JHP against unarmored, but is effective against armored targets (thanks to new damage script).
 - Reduced pack sizes of certain ammo calibers to further balance the total amount of that ammo in game.
 - Weight and cost was rebalanced as well.
-- To further reduce "ammo swimming", all dying critters are stripped from some amount of ammo (optional), see MISC section.
+- To further reduce "ammo swimming", all dying critters are stripped from some amount of ammo.
 - Ammo now occupies space, so you cannot store unlimited ammo in car trunk (increased trunk capacity by 20% to balance that).
 - New "calibers" and ammo types: .50 BMG (for AMR) and 40mm Grenade.
 - New ammo types for existing calibers: 12ga Slugs, "special" 12ga ammo, .223AP, 7.62mm AP, 14mm JHP.
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 - Two new 40mm Grenade weapons added to make Big Guns skill more useful in early-to-mid game.
 - Bozar changed to be a single-shot anti-materiel rifle, uses new .50 BMG ammo, need 7 STR and has very high damage. For machinegunning use LSW or M60 instead.
 - M60 is a true machine gun: more powerful with 100 rounds ammo capacity.
-- ST now adds to base skill
+- ST now adds to base skill.
 
 
 > ENERGY WEAPONS:
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 - Lidya in VC rewards 500 for shipment of alcohol (was 300).
 - Better reward for VC plow quest.
 - Algernon need rest after work.
-- Trappers in random encounters now sell pelts through standard barter dialog only, but with high discount.
 - Small changes which better integrate some content restored by RP. A few hooks for some content, a new scouting quest in Vault City, and adjustments to the Vault Village quest. (by Lujo)
 
 
 > MERCHANTS:
-- More crafting components (mainly junk) sold at general stores.
+- More crafting components sold at general stores.
 - Cash tender in Redding now offers cash from 1000 to 7000 depending on player's current level.
 - Changed some merchants stock to offer some new items and more ammo for purchase.
 
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 > MISC:
 - Small adjustments to base value formulas of some skills for better balance
+- Buffed some underused perks: Demolition Expert, Pyromaniac, Survivalist, MrFixit, Medic, Ghost, Ranger, Harmless, Salesman.
 - Some mine traps in the game became more dangerous.
 - Nerfed slot jinxer perk: slots break for month instead of 1 day, high rollers give 2/5 of initial money and there is a luck-based chance to fail. You can still become insanely rich by gambling.
 - Nerfed gambling dice: you can win maximum about 1000-5000 caps per table, per week (that's still a LOT of money).
-- People drop their weapon to the ground in front of them when they die.
 - Bonus Rate of Fire perk was removed (all pistols were completely OP if you take it, especially with the appropriate Trait).
 - Hakunin dreams delayed, so they happen at more appropriate pace (RP has more content...).