[TaCZ] Weapon Research & Blueprints

[TaCZ] Weapon Research & Blueprints adds a configurable progression system to Timeless and Classics Zero, letting players unlock weapon recipes through exploration, blueprints, and research rather than making every recipe available from the start. Players can find blueprints, Scrap, Research Data, and weapon fragments as loot; learning a blueprint permanently unlocks its matching recipe, while Scrap can be spent on research or traded with other players. A searchable Tech Tree displays weapon artwork, branches, prerequisites, and costs, with tools to track a target, inspect a full purchase path, and filter for research the player can afford. Research Benches provide three research tiers, while three crafting Workbench levels open TaCZ’s crafting screen; servers can configure their research and crafting requirements separately, or choose options such as a single station or portable research through the Journal. At a Blueprint Analyzer, players can process supported weapons to recover blueprints or fragments, with outcomes affected by weapon and Analyzer tiers; Research Notes, Reports, and Dossiers offer another route to targeted blueprint research. Archived fragments can be assembled into blueprints, and completed ordinary fragment sets can instead be configured to discount research, reconstruct a blueprint, or return currency for a weapon already learned. The Blueprint Journal records discoveries, learned recipes, recent unlocks, and completion, and includes guidance about progression and ways to earn research currency. Players can establish Gunsmith and Ballistics Researcher villagers: Gunsmiths sell selected guns, ammunition, and attachments, while Ballistics Researchers sell Research Data and targeted analysis fragments for use at the Analyzer. The mod includes an in-game Research Designer for creating custom Tech Trees, connecting weapon prerequisites, adjusting costs, testing simulated progress, and exporting installable datapacks or editable projects. Pack authors and server operators can configure loot, starting blueprints, research and crafting requirements, Tech Tree branches, Analyzer rewards, fragment and Research Data pools, and villager trades; compatible TaCZ catalogs can also be used to build the tree automatically. An optional TaCZ Magazines integration can add magazine crafting and configurable unlock or Workbench-level requirements for magazines.