Stay & Combat Fixes

What's new in 2.1.0


Version	2.1.0
Author	Pretz
GUID	`pretz.staycombatfix`

What this mod does

Combat and abilities

Stay aura — Stops units from sliding and leaning forward under Stay (Banner Bearer and similar). Keeps weapons from drifting and improves ranged aim without breaking charge abilities.
Lay down — Improves lay-down combat: range checks, attack targeting, and firing while prone. MG-42 and M2 Browning keep vanilla unit combat moves (lay-down stays on the weapon only).
Mirror shield — Improved projectile reflection and block behavior. Toggle with Mirror.Shield.Improved in the config file.
Possession free aim — Crosshair targeting, zoom, and related QoL while possessing units, Adds Mag Based UI, Auto Fire for Fast Ranged Weapons (toggle), Melee Dash Toggle for melee units.

Environment and projectiles

Water physics — Replaces vanilla mud-like water slowdown with separate tuning for still ponds and rivers. Fixes dynasty-style river forks pulling units toward the junction.
Barrel death explosion — Units with the barrel ability reliably explode on death, not just the Barrel Roller blueprint.
Gas grenade — Fixes the gas grenade falling through the floor on ground hits.

Faction creator

Drag reorder — Drag units in the custom faction list to change order. Order is saved with the faction.
Custom unit cost on hover — Shows cost when you hover custom units in the faction editor (faction list and unit browser). Vanilla faction units are unchanged.
Units on startup — Fixes custom factions showing 0 units until you add units to a dummy faction (Hopefully).

Unit editor

Custom stats — Target Priority, Animation Speed, and Step Frequency multiplier rows on the STATS tab.
Config toggle — Set UnitEditor > CustomStatsAndScroll to false for vanilla unit editor stats behavior.

Win conditions

Kill All Selected Units — Victory condition in the map editor: pick multiple enemy units (click each one on the battlefield), then Apply. You win when every selected unit has been killed.
Kill Enemy Count — Win after killing a configured number of enemy units.

Team line (square)

Square team boundary in placement (third type after Line and Circle).
True square red/blue map tint uses shader Hidden/StayCombatFix/TeamEdgeSquare, loaded from teamedge_square.assetbundle (circle fallback if the bundle is missing).

Configuration

After the first run, edit BepInEx/config/pretz.staycombatfix.cfg:

Water.Still / Water.River — Pond and river movement tuning
Mirror.Shield.Improved — true for improved mirror shield, false for vanilla behavior
Possession.FirstPerson > FreeAim — true enables possession crosshair aim, zoom, Etc; false restores vanilla possession behavior
UnitEditor > CustomStatsAndScroll — true enables custom STATS rows and scroll; false for vanilla unit editor stats

Requirements

BepInEx Pack for TABS 5.4.16+
SLMA Core 1.1.3+

Verify installation

In BepInEx/LogOutput.log after launching the game:

[Info   : Stay & Combat Fixes] Loaded v2.1.0 by Pretz — Harmony 125/125
[Info   : Stay & Combat Fixes] Square team line: loaded TeamEdgeSquare shader from asset bundle (material)

If the patch count is lower, check the log for warnings about skipped patches (usually a game update changed types).

Reporting errors

If something is not working, include:

What happened and what you expected
The map or unit involved (if relevant)
Your BepInEx/LogOutput.log from after the problem occurred

Send reports on the mod's Thunderstore page or wherever you downloaded the mod from.

Credits

Pretz