[align=center][b][size=xx-large][font=Verdana][i]STAY SAFE. STAY OUT. STAY DOWN.[/i][/font][/size][/b][/align]
I've always been a bit unhappy with how the GenSec units looked in this game. They lacked any personality that made them distinctly GenSec, almost as if they were changed last minute before release. This mod redesigns the basic GenSec responders in an attempt to give them a more corporate design that's distinct from their FBI counterparts. The units changed include:
[img=480x270]https://modworkshop.net/mydownloads/previews/59581_1588441069_2c337ef53a2d204c9bca9980efbb64d5.png[/img]
The riflemen. They now wear blue jumpsuits that match those worn by Captain Winter's phalanx guards, and have bright red goggles with gray helmets. Their armor now has an urban camo pattern, being very subtle on the light units' weaker armor and extremely obvious on the heavies' armor. The heavy units have been given gas masks and a bright hexagonal pattern on their jumpsuits, and the submachine gunners have a lighter helmet setup. The light units have had their shoulder pads from before the Enemy Visual Update restored, which comes with the positive side effect of not having multiple rigging and weighting errors in the models from that update.
[img=480x270]https://modworkshop.net/mydownloads/previews/59581_1588441113_2e11ff0993f2152d7593480011f46a40.png[/img]
The shotgunners. They now wear dark red jumpsuits that make them very easy to distinguish in a crowd, along with night vision goggles with red lenses. The heavy shotgunner now has a shell rack on his shoulder pad to further distinguish him. On top of that, the r870-wielding light unit who only spawns on Mayhem now uses the GenSec light shotgunner's appearance instead of the rifleman's, so you will still see this design in vanilla gameplay.
[img=480x270]https://modworkshop.net/mydownloads/previews/59581_1588441369_785f515a793410044fe8b2caf659a513.png[/img]
The GenSec shield unit now has his own riot shield, along with now sharing his appearance with the submachine gunner instead of the rifleman.
(the new shield does not appear in the non-Beardlib version)
[img=480x270]https://modworkshop.net/mydownloads/previews/59581_1588441114_c101a310b0267078f67531dc0d412585.png[/img]
The Skulldozer has received a minor redesign. His armor and other details that lack the digital camo are now a blue similar to the jumpsuit of his regular counterparts, and the colors of his digital camo have been desaturated to make the armor pop more and to make it match the regular units better. He also received a bright red visor to match their goggles and lenses. Although not as major as the other redesigns, it still has a little extra spice compared to the original.
[img=480x270]https://modworkshop.net/mydownloads/previews/59581_1588441136_f985b6cbd7f6a4983e5b7c83deaaaaf6.png[/img]
As a bonus, this mod also includes a redesign of the classic Minigun Dozer, who only appears on Death Wish. He has also received the new red visor. Alongside that, he now wears the old Zeal light mask when you break his visor, to indicate his increased body health. If you do not want this redesign, simply open the mod's folder, open [i]Units[/i], and delete the [i]pd2_dlc_drm[/i] folder.
(the mask does not appear in the non-Beardlib version)
[b]Special thanks to Jarey and Rino for allowing me to use their [url=https://modworkshop.net/mydownloads.php?action=view_down&did=25655]classic gas mask[/url] asset, along with the Restoration Mod team for giving me huge inspiration via their OMNIA faction. [/b]
[size=medium]To install: Simply drop the "Prettier GenSec Units" folder in mod_overrides. Note that [url=https://modworkshop.net/mydownloads.php?action=view_down&did=14924]BeardLib[/url] is required for this mod to function. [/size]
A BeardLib-less version is available, but it is not without its limitations. Specifically, things such as the GenSec riot shield design, proper helmet popping, and rifle/shotgun color variations are absent (all light units are blue and all heavy units are red).
Prettier GenSec Units.7z
The main, feature complete version of the mod. Requires BeardLib.
05-08-2020, 04:09 AM By badatnames
Prettier GenSec Units (Beardlib-less).7z
A stripped version compatible without any other mods. This version lacks some features, such as the GenSec riot shield, proper helmet popping, and rifle/shotgun color variations.
05-08-2020, 04:08 AM By badatnames
5/7/20: fixed some models that got fucked if you were using an AMD card
5/2/20: Yeah, 4 months since the last update. Unfortunately, update 199.3 forced my hand, so these changes are relatively small, but I assure that the quality should be much better.
1. Normal maps are now fixed! Instead of just converting them, I took the time to remake a lot of them, so awkward lighting caused by normal map compression damage (along with the obvious error caused by u199.3) should be gone.
2. removed excess files, including a custom normal map for the light units, two helmet popping assets, and certain unnecessary unit files to fix the helmet drops. As a result, the helmets dropped by these units may be less accurate, as they'll be using the default darkly-colored airframe helmet instead of the custom light gray one used by these responders, but it reduces asset bloat and it will likely be hard to notice the change. Along with this, the two shotgunners' textures are now reorganized and renamed for consistency.
3. Heavy units have had their textures revamped. The hexagonal design has been removed, as I didn't think it added anything to the design. Their lower leg armor is now city camo instead of black. Their GenSec Elite Response patch on their back, and the smaller patch on their pouch, have been remade; thanks to a mix between an updated specular and an updated normal map, they should look much less flat.
4. The Minigun Dozer's particle effects when shot have been modified. Instead of bleeding when shot anywhere but the helmet, visor, and breakable armor plates, dust will fly off of him when shot in the body and sparks will fly off when shot in the mask.
5. Thanks to Fuglore, both the Minigunner and Skulldozer's visors have been improved, and the cracked lines of a damaged visor are now a nice visible white instead of blending into the visor's red.
1/10/20: First update of the year! Instead of a lot of small changes like in the last big update, I instead have two major changes:
1. A new texture atlas has replaced the two old ones used for heads and helmets. This allows me to cut down on filesize enough for me to not compress the new texture atlas, meaning helmets and especially the black balaclava should be higher quality.
2. A new BeardLib independent version is now available! This was previously impossible without sacrificing the gas masks and the submachine gunner's goggles and helmets due to the use of .object shenanigans to make them appear. Now, with the magic of the model tool's FBX capabilities (thank you Znix!) allowing me to add them to their head objects directly, I no longer need to use that file, so a BeardLib-less version was possible! Of course, it still has its limitations, which I've listed in the main description.
That's really it, more changes are still to come, such as a redesign for the shield; he will either receive a new body design, a new riot shield design, or both.
12/14/19: fixed two texture errors on both shotgun units, specifically the heavy shotgunner's shoe bottoms being purely white (one of the promo images showcases this) and parts of the light shotgunner's arm still being blue.
12/11/19 part 2: fixed a typo on the riot shield
12/11/19: A whole bunch of changes:
1. Various changes to all units: exposed skin on the common units' fingers should be a bit more of a human color and not vampire-level pale. Many of the GenSec badges have received ELITE RESPONSE text on them as well, and all of the common units will have their normal maps disabled at long ranges.
2. Various changes to the light units; they have received a very subtle camo pattern on their armor, a jumpsuit-colored strap on shoulder pads, and a completely redesigned GENSEC badge to add the new ELITE RESPONSE text, along with the reds and blues now properly filling the space of the badge. The shotgunner's red jumpsuit has gone from an orangeish red to a very slightly purplish red, and their armor's tan tint has been reduced drastically. All of the light units now use a new normal map, which is double the size of the standard swat body normal map.
3. The heavy units now have a bright hexagonal pattern on their jumpsuits to make them easier to distinguish and give them a little more flair. The original "GENSEC ELITE RESPONSE" badges on their pouches has been replaced with a knitted GENSEC badge.
4. The Skulldozer has received some anti-aliasing in some particularly poor areas of his texture, specifically in the blue area covering his elbow.
5. The GenSec Shield unit will no longer lose his goggles and headphones when his helmet is popped off.
6. The contour issue with the heavy units' gas masks was... fixed? maybe? I have no clue, it just stopped happening for me, sorry.
7. The add.xml has been cleaned up significantly. This doesn't really affect the mod in a way that common users would care about, but it's worth mentioning.
[spoiler]11/11/19: the goggles of the light units and the lenses of the heavy units have been altered to make their colors a bit cleaner. the heavy shotgunner's shell rack has been moved to a position similar to the one on the light shotgunner's. the light shotgunner has received the same night vision goggles worn by the light FBI shotgunner.
11/4/19: the minigun dozer and skulldozer have received bright red visors. in addition, the skulldozer has received a new redesign to make him fit better with the others. the pictures, cover, and description were also a bit more refined.
11/1/19: release[/spoiler]
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