I just started playing the game and love the experience so far. But I quickly realized that the fights are no challenge at all as long as you keep moving and don't let the soldiers surround you. The AI is incredibly good considering the game's age, but the projectile speed is just so slow, that it's really easy to evade any incoming shots. Just out of curiosity I went to Talanzaar before accomplishing anything in Shamazaar and I could easily take out all the patrols on the streets without even getting hit once.
So, I took a look at the outcast.ini and found several entries that tweak the weapon attributes (bullet speed, demage, etc). Specifically, I would like to increase the enemies projectile speed. But this is difficult, because I don't know the names of the weapons the enemies use. Actually I'm not even sure if they are listed in the outcast.ini . Can the player also use Talan weapons?
Anyone know about this? I'm sure back in the day many people tried modding the .ini. But I couldn't find anything using the googles.
Janus

Whoa, I figured it out and fights are now much more intense and fast paced! I highly recommend trying it yourself!
It was actually very easy: All weapons in the game (I assume) are configured in the outcast.ini. For each weapon there is a parameter called Speed_of_bullet, which determines the projetile speed. The player's weapons can be easily recognized as they have an additional parameter called AmmoBox. I simply doubled the speed values for all weapons (including the player's weapons). And so far it's a blast (pun very intended)! But I will have to finish the game first, before I know if it might have become too difficult now. I will also try to make the animals stronger, as they should be even less of a challenge now with the increased projectile speed...

Thanks a lot for this! I only just bought the game and after playing it for an hour or two, it's really cool but the guns are just way too slow.
Tweaking the .ini now. Will get back to you with some results.

Some values would be great. ;)

Hi, sorry for responding so late!
I have simply doubled all speed values. And I think this improves fighting in the game dramatically. I havent been able to play a whole lot in the past weeks, so I can't really comment on the effect on balancing those changes might have later in the game. But I have played a few fights with and without the changes, and while they were a lot more challenging with increased bullet speed, it's still possible to engage even large groups of enemies head on. So based on my limited experience so far, I can whole heartedly recommend doubling all bullet speed values.
Just search the outcast.ini for parameters that have speed_of_bullet in the name and double their value. Or try some more extreme values if you feel like experimenting...