Enhanced Compound V — Changelog (Update 4: combat, suits & the supe virus)

Everything new or reworked since the "since 2 & 3" update.

Brutal melee — punches & the "Invincible / Conquest" feel

• Hand-fight animations — fighting supes drop into a boxing guard and throw alternating jabs (synced), so they visibly punch.
• Super-punches (SupeBrutalCombatHandler) — supe/powered-player melee launches the victim flying, scaled by attacker (Homelander, V1 Homelander, Soldier Boy hit hardest), respects knockback resistance.
• Escalating combos — consecutive hits ramp knockback/damage/FX.
• Crash through walls — launched bodies punch holes through walls (mobGriefing-gated, can't break bedrock/obsidian).

Soldier Boy's Shield

• Right-click to raise like a real shield → blocks normal hits and negates ALL supe attacks (laser eyes, fire, chest blasts, super-punches), with a golden deflect that knocks the attacker back + Resistance/aura while blocking.
• Also a weapon (heavy bash damage).
• Only Soldier Boy / chest-blast wielders can hold it — others get chest-blasted and it ejects.
• Drops as a flat 3D shield on the ground — right-click to reclaim (Soldier Boy only), can't be mined.
• The Soldier Boy NPC carries it in his off-hand.

Supe-Virus Rounds (Timeless & Classics Zero)

• Consumable anti-supe ammo — each TACZ bullet that hits a supe spends a round: +50% damage, applies the virus, strips powers, Weakness + Slowness. Detected via tacz:bullet damage (every gun, no hard dependency). Craft 16 at a time.

V1 survives the virus + the V1 Homelander

• Soldier Boy, V1 Homelander, and anyone with V1 (the serum or permanent powers) are immune — the virus is denied to them.
• Everyone else loses ALL powers (not a portion), via Compound V's own Anti-V strip.
• V1 Homelander — new spawn-egg supe: tougher Homelander, flies, laser explosions, virus-immune.

The chest blast actually de-powers supes (like Anti-V)

• A chest blast now strips a supe's powers on hit like Anti-V, and — crucially — de-powering now disables the non-effect abilities: a stripped Homelander can't fly (drops), a stripped A-Train loses super-speed. Fires the instant powers are removed, by any source.

More of the Seven — Black Noir, The Deep & Translucent

• Their real theboys suits (worn armor + icons); Translucent added as a new invisible supe. Fixed old placeholder textures overriding the suits.

Armor you can actually see

• Supe armor now renders over the skin (was hidden beneath), with a crash-safe fallback.

Crafting recipes for everything

• All supe armor/weapons + gadgets & blocks (Time Stopper, Virus Spreader, Compound V Sample, the Shield, charms, Presidential Chair, Elevator Pad) are now craftable.

Fixes & polish

• De-power now sticks (grounded, normal speed); fixed a recurring render crash (stale enum switch-map class); a trial player Chest Blast ability was added then removed (Compound V already has one).