Firearms changes in Project Zomboid

Firearm magazines now get heavier when loaded with ammunition, so a full magazine adds more encumbrance.

Fixed firearm magazines not increasing their encumbrance value when loaded with ammunition

Firearms now get heavier when a loaded magazine is inserted.

Fixed firearms not appropriately increasing in encumbrance when a loaded magazine is inserted

Several firearms have been adjusted.

The Double Barrel Shotgun, L94 Rifle and MSR7 Tactical Rifle can now take more attachments.

The Sawed-Off Shotgun's encumbrance is adjusted to match its smaller size.

The Recoil Pad can no longer be attached to the Sawn-off Shotgun or the M16.

Shoves made while holding a firearm no longer hit targets that are out of reach.

Fixed Bluetooth-shoves while holding firearms

New firearms join the game with their own magazines and repair recipes, and they spawn in places and amounts that fit how rare and suitable each gun is.

The JS-14 is a new rifle that uses 5.56x45mm ammo.

The JS-3T Tactical Shotgun is a new 12 gauge shotgun.

The L94 is a new rifle that uses .30-30 ammo.

The MSR7T Tactical Rifle is a new rifle that uses 7.62x51mm ammo.

Holding ALT no longer boosts gun damage, so guns deal their normal damage again.

Fixed holding ALT drastically increasing gun damage

Stendo's gun store now has an early prototype loot story.

New gun store loot story prototype at Stendo's.

Military lockers in gun stores can now hold gun store ammo, metal fabrication rooms get their own loot, and metal shops and shipping areas can have crates of metal bars and pipes.

Added GunStoreAmmunition to military lockers in gun stores.

• Added GunStoreAmmunition to military lockers in gun stores.
• Added 'metalfabrication' and 'metalfabricationstorage' roomdefs.
• Added CrateMetalBars and CrateMetalPipes to 'metalshop' and 'metalshipping'

The new firearms now appear in loot, and gun storage containers now spawn the right magazines and ammo with each gun.

Integrated new firearms into the loot lists.

• Integrated new firearms into the loot lists.
• Added 'gunStorage' modifier to containers to ensure approropriate magazines and ammo spawn with the correct guns.
• Removed unused modifiers from Distributions.

The double barrel shotgun no longer uses up two rounds in a single shot in multiplayer, so your shells last longer.

Fixed double barrel shotgun consuming 2 rounds in one shot.

In multiplayer, guns now rack properly when you insert a magazine.

Fixed firearm not racking on insert magazine

Fixed gun magazines disappear after reloading

The Shotgun and JS2000 now hold one less shell, so you have to reload a little more often.

Guns have been added to display counters, so they can now show up on them.

Added guns to display counters.

Aiming a firearm now targets the head first, then the spine, pelvis and other limbs, so your shots favour the head.

Improved target selection when aiming firearms.

• Improved target selection when aiming firearms. The system now prioritizes body parts, making the head the primary target, followed by the spine, pelvis, and then other limbs.

New characters no longer start with a pistol, magazines and ammunition.

Players will no longer spawn with a pistol, magazines and ammunition.

Cap Guns no longer score hits or make bullet impact sounds, which they sometimes did before.

Fixed Cap Guns registering hits and producing bullet impact sounds in some circumstances

Fixed issues with Gun Light battery removal / insertion.

Firearms now aim at the head first, then the spine, then the pelvis, then other body parts, which makes headshots much easier to land with every gun.

Added priority logic for ballistic targets body part colliders: Head > Spine > Pelvis > Others, and updated camera target selection to prioritize body parts.

• Added priority logic for ballistic targets body part colliders: Head > Spine > Pelvis > Others, and updated camera target selection to prioritize body parts. This significantly improves headshot targeting across all firearms.

Shotguns now count every pellet when you aim at a specific body part, so the extra pellets no longer vanish and all of them can hit zombies.

Fixed Shotgun Targeting Bug.

• Fixed Shotgun Targeting Bug. Zombies were dodging your pellets. When aiming a shotgun at a specific body part, the other pellets were mysteriously disappearing. Now all shotgun pellets properly calculate their hits, every zombie will get what's coming.

Fixed reloading of double barrel shotgun not closing the barrel

Fixed Pistol aiming animation playing when it shouldn't.

Ammo types are now sorted into low, mid and high caliber groups for ragdoll knockback, and shotgun shells sit in the high group.

Low caliber: 9mm, .38, .45; Mid-caliber: .44, .223; High caliber: .556, shotgun shells, 308.

Guns that spawn as clutter now have a random amount of ammo and a random magazine state.

Firearms that spawn as clutter will have their ammunition/magazine status randomized.

Fixed multiple shotgun bullet impact sounds not playing as one sound event

Fixed Character does repeated shoves when shoving after shooting empty gun

Fixed Shotgun not auto-racking in the tutorial if the rack action was previously interrupted.

Guns can now support a safety as a fire mode, though none of the base game guns use it yet.

Gun stores and police storage now hold more guns, so they are more rewarding to loot.

Increased gun spawns in gun stores and police storage to make them feel more rewarding to loot.

Firearm hits now use a new, experimental chance-to-damage method that is on by default, and you can still switch back to the old method in sandbox settings.

Added Firearm Chance To Damage sandbox option, an experimental new method to calculate firearm hits, now based on the chance to damage.

• Added Firearm Chance To Damage sandbox option, an experimental new method to calculate firearm hits, now based on the chance to damage. It is defaulted to be on, but the previous method remains available in Sandbox. Feedback is welcome on both for future balance.

Shotguns now give Aiming XP once per shot that hits instead of once per pellet, so you level Aiming more slowly with a shotgun.

Firearm damage no longer changes with the distance to the target.

Fixed firearm damage being affected by the distance to the target.

The standing Pistol Whip animation now takes as long as a shove.

Adjusted duration of the stationary Pistol Whip animation, it's now the same length as the shove animation.

Fixed sawing off a Double Barrel Shotgun not changing its weight.

The Sawed-off Shotgun recipes now take only a hacksaw, and a garden saw no longer works.

Changed the Sawed-off Shotgun recipes to only use the hacksaw, and not the garden saw; a wood saw would be unable to cut through the metal barrel of a shotgun.

Pistol and revolver cases now hold fewer items.

Adjusted the capacities of pistol and revolver cases from 7 down to 4.

Using one firearm to repair another now puts the first gun's ammo, magazine and attachments in your inventory instead of deleting them.

Fixed using a firearm to repair another firearm evaporating the ammo, magazine, and attachments of the first weapon.

• Fixed using a firearm to repair another firearm evaporating the ammo, magazine, and attachments of the first weapon. The items will now be placed in the player's inventory.

Fixed incorrect effect of distance on critical-hit chance with firearms.

Firearms now have a radial menu for reloading.

New radial menu for reloading firearms.