Leuchtpistole 42
German flare gun designed in 1943
About this mod Author’s original text
A German flare gun firing the Panzerwurfkörper 42 grenade
The Leuchtpistole 42, simply "Light Pistol" in English, is the predecessor of the vanilla Sturmpistole grenade launcher. It was produced by the HASAG company, heavily implicated in being manufactured with forced labour.
Fourth weapon mod, a real flare gun that operates (almost) similarly to the Sturmpistole! Stumbling across this model inspired me to make it, especially for when other round types are made for the Sturmpistole - and they do exist!
Features
- The Leuchtpistole 42 is found in the Grenade Laucher section of the item spawner, has a single tube with which to load the grenade, and is chambered in the Sturm Grenade.
- Designed for the Sturmpistole ordnance, spawnable from the new item spawner. Old item spawner users will need to use the ammo panel.
- The tube must be unlatched to be able to load from the front. This fuctionality is kept if and when the 26.6mm Flare Cartridge is ever created in H3.
- A completely gold variant as its own item spawner entry
Planned
- Introduction of the three other cartridges that can fire from this gun (Multi-Star Signal Cartridge, Wufgranate Patrone 326, Wurfkorper 361)
- Bundled with this mod, a rename of the Sturmgrenade's name to "Panzerwurfkörper 42" to reflect its real world name
- The ability to load a dummy round in the rear of the barrel to fire a Sturmgrenade from the front - like an SMLE grenade launcher
- The ability to load flares in the back of the tube and grenades in the front, without crossing over.
Changelog
1.0.1
- Description fix, that's literally it
1.0.0
- Initial release
Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin
- The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
- Recommended: use a community mod manager (such as r2modman) — pick this game, import the mod, and the manager sets up BepInEx and its dependencies for you.
- Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
- Launch the game — the BepInEx console logs every plugin it loads; seeing this mod in the log means it is installed.
Mods with listed dependencies need those installed too, or they will not load. Options are usually changed in-game or in the plugin's config file.