peak-shotgun

Turns PEAK's leftover blowgun into a shotgun.

A blast throws eight pellets in a short cone, about every 0.85 seconds. Scouts who are hit take a heavy Injury and get flipped. Zombies ignore Injury. The first hit flips them and adds Drowsy. The second hit knocks them out, and they stay down until PEAK kills them. See the zombie page.

Requirements

• BepInExPack for PEAK
• PEAKLib Core
• PEAKLib Items

PEAK does not include a shotgun model. The mod builds the gun from the blowgun already in the game, names it Shotgun, and makes it fire on its own. Installing the mod is the whole setup.

Where it spawns

• On spawn (optional): set GiveShotgunOnSpawn = true and the host puts one shotgun in each scout's hand when they enter the climb or join mid-run (Shore and later — not at the Airport; once per player per run).
• Roots: every run, at least two random luggage anywhere on the Roots map are forced to contain a shotgun. No mod config turns it off, but a custom run that disables the shotgun in its item settings gets none.
• Other biomes: by default every [Shootables] target is on, so luggage outside Roots can roll a shotgun (RidiculouslyRare). Luggage stays Roots-only only when Zombies is the sole enabled shootable (or set CanSpawnOnAnyBiome = true to force every biome). Roots still forces two suitcases either way.
• Cap: at most 4 luggage per biome can contain a shotgun in a single run (including Roots).
• Campfire ammo: by default the host places ammo piles at each segment campfire ([AmmoPile] SpawnAtCampfire). Hold a shotgun with fewer than Shots left, interact (REFILL), and the magazine fills up to Shots (never above). The pile stays. Ammo piles never appear in luggage. Set SpawnAtCampfire = false to disable.

It looks like the blowgun, because that is the model PEAK ships. It does not replace the blowgun.

Configuration

After one launch, edit BepInEx/config/PeakShotgun.cfg:

Section	Key	Default	Meaning
[Shotgun]	CanSpawnOnAnyBiome	false	Force rare rolls in every biome. When false, Roots-only only if Zombies is the sole [Shootables] target
[Shotgun]	GiveShotgunOnSpawn	false	Host only: one shotgun in hand per scout when they spawn into the climb / join mid-run (not Airport)
[Shotgun]	Shots	5	Shots per shotgun (host's value in multiplayer)
[Shotgun]	EnableRecoil	true	Push the shooter back on each shot
[Shotgun]	Recoil	5	Recoil strength in m/s (0–10)
[AmmoPile]	SpawnAtCampfire	true	Host only: place ammo piles at segment campfires
[AmmoPile]	PilesPerCampfire	1	How many piles per campfire (1–8) when spawning is on
[Shootables]	Scouts	true	Injure / ragdoll other scouts
[Shootables]	Zombies	true	Hit / knock down zombies
[Shootables]	Mandrake	true	Destroy mandrakes
[Shootables]	Beetles	true	Kill beetles
[Shootables]	Spiders	true	Stun spiders
[Shootables]	Spores	true	Break spore bombs (spore, explosive, poison) / clear spore clouds
[Shootables]	Scorpions	true	Kill scorpions
[Shootables]	Dynamite	true	Explode dynamite on hit
[Shootables]	Scoutmaster	true	Drive off Scoutmaster Myres after enough hits
[HitsToDefeat]	Zombies	2	Shots to knock down a zombie
[HitsToDefeat]	Mandrake	1	Shots to destroy a mandrake
[HitsToDefeat]	Beetles	1	Shots to kill a beetle
[HitsToDefeat]	Spiders	1	Shots to stun a spider
[HitsToDefeat]	Spores	1	Shots to break a spore bomb / clear a spore cloud
[HitsToDefeat]	Scorpions	1	Shots to kill a scorpion
[HitsToDefeat]	Dynamite	1	Shots to explode dynamite
[HitsToDefeat]	Scoutmaster	4	Shots to drive off the Scoutmaster
[Debug]	EnableDebugMode	false	Host spawns test zombies, a shotgun, and luggage at the Airport / Shore

Fellow scouts are not under [HitsToDefeat]: each hit still applies Injury and knockback when [Shootables] Scouts is on.

In multiplayer, Shots, every [Shootables] toggle, and every [HitsToDefeat] value come from the host, so the whole lobby plays by the same rules. Recoil and the hold pose stay per player.

The host keeps track of which suitcases gave a shotgun in each run, in BepInEx/config/PeakShotgun.loot.json, so the per-biome cap and the Roots picks survive loading a quicksave or the host leaving mid-run.

Install

1. Install the package with r2modman / Gale.
2. Launch PEAK from r2modman. Starting the game from Steam skips BepInEx.

How to test

1. Set EnableDebugMode = true under [Debug] in the PeakShotgun config file (it appears after one launch). Host a run. On the Shore, three zombies appear near you, and a Shotgun is on the ground in front of you. With debug mode off (the default) nothing is force-spawned there; open Roots luggage to find the two guaranteed shotguns.
2. Press primary fire. It shoots a spread of pellets about every 0.85 seconds, plays the shotgun fire sound and pushes you back a little. Each shotgun has 5 shots. Tune Shots, EnableRecoil, and Recoil under [Shotgun] as needed.
3. Shoot another scout. They take a heavy Injury and get flipped. You cannot hit yourself.
4. Reach the Roots (Peak ascent or higher for natural zombies). Open luggage until you find a shotgun, then shoot a zombie. The first blast flips it, and it can get back up. The second blast knocks it out, and it stays down. Or use debug Shore zombies from step 1.

Credits

• Original author: Arman Ossi Loko
• This mod belongs to Fake Game Developers
• Based on Peak_AKGun by TheCodinPro

Contributors

• bekto

Work based on this mod must credit Arman Ossi Loko and Fake Game Developers. See LICENSE.