RSS Compatibility with ACE

Realistic Stamina System (RSS) simulates energy expenditure using the Pandolf metabolic formula. ACE Medical adds bleeding, pain, health damage, and pharmaceutical intervention. Running them together without a bridge means ACE injuries have zero impact on your stamina — you can bleed out while sprinting at full speed. This addon connects the two. How it works: INJURY → STAMINA COST • Bleeding: +0–40% stamina drain rate (scales with blood loss — reduced oxygen delivery forces higher cardiac workload) • Pain: +0–20% stamina drain rate (only while moving — pain inhibits motor unit recruitment) • Low health: +0–30% stamina drain rate (systemic stress response elevates metabolic rate) • Endogenous epinephrine: the body's natural stress response partially offsets these costs (~95% compensation for light injuries, ~40% for severe) TREATMENT → STAMINA RECOVERY • Bleeding stops → stamina drain drops → recovery accelerates • Health rises → stamina pool recovers faster PHARMACEUTICALS • ACE Epinephrine injection: 60s stamina boost + speed bonus, followed by 30s metabolic penalty • ACE Morphine: pain suppression is handled by ACE natively — the compat layer reads the suppressed value automatically Design: • Pure compatibility layer — modifies neither RSS nor ACE source code • ACE's effects are expressed as multipliers on RSS's base drain rate, not flat stamina deductions. Stand still (RSS drain ≈ 0) → ACE adds ≈ 0. Sprint hard → ACE cost scales proportionally • ACE not loaded? All casts return null, compat layer goes silent. RSS runs unmodified • Affects all characters — players and AI alike • Does not conflict with RSS's combat stim (caffeine-sodium benzoate) Dependencies: • Realistic Stamina System (RSS) — github.com/ViVi141/Realistic-Stamina-System — AGPL-3.0 • ACE (ACE-Anvil) — github.com/acemod/ACE-Anvil — GPL-2.0 License: AGPL-3.0 Author: ViVi141