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German Stahlhelm Collection

Historically-inspired WW2 German helmets for Barotrauma — focused on authenticity, clean balancing, and lore-rich flavor texts.
Every helmet is a proper Wearable item with unique textures, factory codes, and lot numbers taken from real examples.

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• Currently Included:
  - M42 Heer (WH) — Normandy camo (ckl64 lot 2979)
  - M42 Heer — single decal ET64 (lot 3119)
  - M42 Luftschutz — beaded EF66 (lot 1047)
  - M42 Luftschutz — beaded hkp64 (lot 1554)
  - M42 Heer — (ckl64 lot 3698)
  - M38 Luftschutz Gladiator — 1-piece
  - M38 Luftschutz Gladiator — 2-piece
  - M38 Luftschutz Gladiator — 3-piece
  
• Balanced protection (steel lids, not sci-fi):
  - Reduces cuts, shots, and blunt force.
  - Still allows concussive force through.
  
• Economy integration:
  - Craft at workbench with steel + organic fiber.
  - Deconstruct returns steel.
  - Natural spawn routing in armories, wrecks, and outposts.
  
• Lore-first localization:
  - Each helmet has its own story (factory, lot, field memory).
  
• Consistent naming:
  - Identifier = sprite name = texture filename (e.g. oh_42_wh_c1.png).

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• More M42 variants
  
• M40
  
• M35
  
• More M38 variants
  
• M34
  
• M16
  
• M17
  
• M18 + M18 Earcut
  
• M44/45

All helmets are based on real-life examples; ~99% are original, not restored.
Some pieces are from my own collection.

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Branch rarity multipliers (baseline Heer = 1.0):

• SA: 2.3x
  
• SS: 2.0x
  
• KM: 1.6x
  
• WH: 1.0x
  
• LW: 0.9x
  
• Luftschutz: 0.8x

Appearance bonuses:

• Camo ×1.6
  
• Chickenwire ×2.2
  
• Net/loops ×1.5
  
• Single decal ×1.2
  
• Double decal ×1.4
  
• Beaded shell ×1.4

Final price = BaseWH × Branch × Appearance
(Default BaseWH: 500)

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• Fabrication (workbench): steel ×2 + organicfiber ×1
  
• Deconstruction: returns steel ×1

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Structured IDs:


Examples:
- oh_42_wh_c1 → M42 Heer, camo #1
- oh_42_wh_sd1 → M42 Heer, single decal #1
- oh_42_ls_bd2 → M42 Luftschutz, beaded #2

Textures match identifiers (e.g. oh_42_wh_c1.png).

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Q: Will you create a pack for X country?
A: Probably not, but feel free to ask.

Q: Will you censor it?
A: No. If you are not comfortable with historically accurate symbols, you should probably avoid the WW2 hobby and genre.

Q: Can you add X helmet?
A: Maybe. Ask and I’ll see what I can do.

Q: Is this compatible with X?
A: Probably. No known incompatibilities.

Q: Will you add other headwear?
A: Maybe, but it could become its own pack.

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Looking for an experienced Lua writer/modder to help implement
left/right-specific wearable sprites (orientation-aware helmets).

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- Research & textures: authentic helmets, factory codes (ckl, ET, EF, hkp), lot numbers.
- Balance & XML structure: built to match Barotrauma’s vanilla conventions.
- Thanks to the Barotrauma modding community for docs and examples.

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Package Name: German Stahlhelm Collection
Package Version: 0.1.1