More veteran abilities

[Coronia]

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Description

Weapon range adjustment on promotion

• Now you can add RANGE to VeteranAbilities and EliteAbilities to adjust the weapon range of this TechnoType.
  • ProjectileRange of the weapon's projectile will also be affected if Projectile.ApplyModifiers set to true.

- Abilities from `VeteranAbilities` keep working at elite level, and `EliteAbilities` are added on top, matching how vanilla abilities accumulate.
- `VeteranRange` will be applied to the range calculation. Values greater than `1.0` lengthen the range, values smaller than `1.0` shorten it, and `1.0` (the default) leaves it unchanged.

In rulesmd.ini:

[General]
VeteranRange=1.0        ; floating point value, multiplier

[SOMETECHNO]            ; TechnoType, with VeteranAbilities and/or EliteAbilities containing RANGE.
VeteranRange=           ; floating point value, multiplier, default to [General] -> VeteranRange

• You can also add CRITIMMUNE to the TechnoTypes' VeteranAbilities and EliteAbilities to grant them immunity when promoting.
• You can add CRITCHANCE to VeteranAbilities and EliteAbilities to adjust the critical hit chance of this TechnoType.

- Abilities from `VeteranAbilities` keep working at elite level, and `EliteAbilities` are added on top, matching how vanilla abilities accumulate.
- `VeteranCritChance` will be applied to the range calculation. Values greater than `1.0` increase the chance, values smaller than `1.0` decrease it, and `1.0` (the default) leaves it unchanged.

In rulesmd.ini:

[General]
VeteranCritChance=1.0                      ; floating point value

[SOMETECHNO]                               ; TechnoType, with VeteranAbilities and/or EliteAbilities containing CRITCHANCE.
VeteranCritChance=                         ; floating point value, multiplier, default to [General] -> VeteranCritChance

[Coronia]

if there're more vanilla or Phobos stuffs that you think should be added to Veteran/EliteAbilities please comment here

[Metadorius]

Sectorz in Discord wanted gap and psychic beacon range increase badly as a veteran ability.

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