Melee Impact Enhancement

Mod Features

This mod enhances the impact feedback of melee weapons by replacing the death animation of Common Infected with a shotgun-style animation when they are killed by melee attacks.

In-Game Chat Commands:

!mie_add - When holding a melee weapon, adds the currently held weapon to the active list. The mod will then take effect for this weapon.

!mie_remove - When holding a melee weapon, removes the currently held weapon from the active list. The mod will no longer affect this weapon.

These commands can also be used for custom melee weapons added by custom/modded maps. It is recommended to first try the new weapon and check if it has any unique effects (e.g., some map-specific melee weapons can launch enemies into the air). If no such effects are present, you can then add the weapon to the active list.

!mie_default - Restores the default settings (the mod is active for all vanilla melee weapons by default).

Related Optional Add-ons:

1. To correct the direction of the force applied by vanilla melee weapons so it matches the attack animation and to adjust the force magnitude to a more suitable level, you may need the add-on: "Vanilla Melee Force Direction Fix" .
2. Male Common Infected may lose their death animation when killed by an attack to their left arm, which is easily triggered by sharp/bladed melee weapons. To make enemies trigger animations more consistently, you may need the add-on: "Common Infected Wounds Bug Fix" .

Compatibility:

This mod uses the AllowTakeDamage function, which can only have one active instance at any given time. Using VSLib is required to improve compatibility. It should be compatible with other mods that also use both VSLib and the AllowTakeDamage function, you can try it yourself.

Work on local servers.