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No idea. Not familiar with that mod sorry

does this conflict with pawntargetfix?

I would say for what the mod does, it is optimized very well. The checks for the right aiming and shooting mode are only run when a pawn starts the shooting process. Once a matching rule for the weapon is found and a matching range config is found, the mod doesn't check the remaining rules. I couldn't imagine a more optimized approach without sacrificing functionality.

That being said: Of course there will be some performance impact with many pawns.

What's the performance impact when lots pawns are in combat?

Thanks. Yes that was the inspiration. Will cross post!

You might want to post your mod over here, I think it does a very similar thing?

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2590848610