HMG-Overdrive

• Added an optional in-game HMG Field Manual using Guide-API.

• Added guides covering weapons, parts, attachments, ammo, explosives, and weapon handling.

• Added gun pack development and server configuration documentation.

• Added troubleshooting and compatibility information.

• Added localization support for handbook content.

• Added config option to enable or disable handbook registration.

• Added safe fallback behavior when Guide-API is not installed.

HMG-Overdrive Update Rendering & Performance

• Added VBO model rendering for OBJ-based HMG assets.
• Significantly reduces rendering overhead by moving model geometry to GPU-side buffers.
• Added automatic fallback to the legacy renderer when VBO rendering is unavailable or disabled.
• Added client-side VBO caching system to prevent unnecessary model recompilation.
• Improved rendering performance for guns, attachments, and other OBJ-based assets.
• Added automatic cleanup of cached model buffers during resource reloads.
• Preserved compatibility with existing animations, attachments, first-person rendering, MQO models, and Techne models.
• Added configuration option to enable or disable VBO rendering.

Memory, Stability & Rendering Improvements

Performance & Memory Optimizations

• Added improved model caching for OBJ and MQO assets.
• Reduced memory usage when loading large numbers of models.
• Improved cleanup of model data after rendering resources are generated.
• Reduced garbage collection pressure and improved long-session stability.
• Streamlined background model loading and reduced unnecessary thread overhead.

Model Loading Improvements

• Reworked OBJ loading for improved reliability and consistency.
• Improved handling of HMG and HMV model assets.
• Fixed several edge cases related to model loading and renderer compatibility.
• Improved stability when loading large numbers of custom models.

Rendering & Compatibility

• Improved compatibility with Angelica and other modern rendering setups.
• Reworked framebuffer handling for greater stability.
• Replaced legacy depth/stencil handling with a safer combined depth-stencil approach.
• Reticle rendering now automatically adapts when stencil buffers are unavailable.
• Fixed several rendering issues related to advanced framebuffer implementations.
• Improved overall rendering stability across heavily modded environments.

Memory & Rendering Improvements

Performance

• Reduced memory usage when loading large numbers of OBJ and MQO models.
• Added model caching to prevent duplicate model loading.
• Improved memory cleanup after models are compiled for rendering.
• Reduced garbage collection pressure and improved long-session stability.
• Streamlined background model loading.

Rendering

• Improved compatibility with Angelica and other modern rendering setups.
• Reworked framebuffer handling for greater stability.
• Fixed several depth/stencil rendering issues.
• Improved reticle rendering compatibility across different graphics configurations.

This update focuses on lower memory usage, improved stability, and better compatibility with modern rendering mods.

HMG Overdrive - Performance & Interaction Update

Performance

• Improved overall mod startup and content loading performance.
• Reduced redundant asset loading and initialization work.
• Optimized internal parsing and registration systems.
• Improved pack loading efficiency and reliability.
• Added load-time diagnostics for easier troubleshooting and profiling.

Manual Gun Pickup

• Added an optional manual pickup system for dropped HMG guns.
• Guns can now be configured to require a dedicated pickup key instead of being picked up automatically.
• Added a new configurable pickup keybind.
• Added configurable pickup range and line-of-sight requirements.
• Added options to restrict the system to HMG guns only.

Ground Gun Rendering

• Added an optional ground rendering mode for dropped guns.
• Dropped weapons can now be displayed in a more natural resting position.
• Fully client-side and configurable.
• Compatible with dedicated servers.

Legacy Weapon Renderer Compatibility

• Fixed legacy weapons incorrectly falling back to the old rendering system.

• Older guns such as shotguns, launchers, and other legacy models now use the modern weapon renderer.

• Fixed missing attachments on certain older weapons.

• Fixed animation issues affecting legacy weapon models.

• Improved compatibility with older gun definitions and content packs.

• Legacy weapons now display more consistently in first-person, third-person, and inventory views.

HMG-Overdrive Update

Explosion System Rework

• Reworked explosive damage calculations.
• Explosion radius and explosion damage are now configured independently.
• Added support for separate blast lethality values using weapon BulletPower.
• Damage now remains at full strength inside the configured explosion radius.
• Added smooth linear damage falloff beyond the blast radius.
• Removed duplicate direct-hit damage from explosive projectiles.
• Unified explosive damage handling across rockets and explosive ammunition.

Configuration Improvements

• Added support for ExplosionRadius and explosionradius configuration aliases.
• Updated weapon tooltips to display Explosion Radius separately from damage values.

Blast Cover Improvements

• Reworked explosion exposure calculations.
• Grass, flowers, vines, snow layers, and other non-solid vegetation no longer provide unrealistic blast protection.
• Explosion damage now interacts more consistently with solid cover and terrain.
• Improved reliability of explosive weapons in open environments and light vegetation.

General

• Various internal cleanup and refactoring of explosive projectile code.
• Improved consistency between different explosive weapon types.

HMG-Overdrive Update — Flan's Mod Armor Compatibility

• Added compatibility support for Flan’s Mod / FMU+ armor systems.
• Improved armor rendering and animation syncing with HMG weapon handling.
• Fixed several visual issues when aiming or using ADS with compatible armor sets.