Weapons and ammo

Starting gear

<property name="DSDNpcWeapon" value="gunHandgunT1Pistol,gunRifleT1HuntingRifle,meleeWpnClubT1BaseballBat"/>
<property name="DSDNpcAmmo" value="45"/>

One item is picked at random when the NPC spawns. Guns get DSDNpcAmmo rounds of their first ammo type. Hired NPCs keep what their owner gave them instead.

What works

• Every melee weapon and gun, including other mods' weapons.
• Not used: launchers and throwables.
• Guns use the game's own shooting: damage, range, spread, muzzle flash and sound come from the item.

How they shoot

Spacing	Shotgun (name contains "shotgun") ~7 m, pistol ~10 m, rifle ~16 m. Backs off inside 4 m.
Rate	The gun's own rounds per minute. Automatics (faster than 5 shots a second) fire bursts of 3-6.
Magazine	The gun's magazine size, then a reload of about 2.5 s (faster with reload-speed bonuses).
Aim	DSDNpcAim meters of error at 20 m, more while moving, less with kills.
Ammo	One round of the NPC's ammo per shot. Out of ammo: fists.

Animation sets

The held item picks the animation set by its item name:

Set	Item name contains
Pistol	pistol, handgun, magnum, revolver, deagle, desertvulture, 44
Rifle	any other gun
Two-handed melee	sledge, spear, pickaxe, fireaxe, shovel
One-handed melee	any other melee weapon
Unarmed	nothing / fists

Guns sit in the hand the way the player holds them in third person: NPC Utilities moves the hand bone exactly as the player animations do and the game applies its own per-weapon offsets.