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[Sergius]

Ok, I need to ask this to anyone who's a bit experienced with GECK modding.

Would it be possible to create a suit of armor that changes characteristics dynamically? Like, the base armor having no bonuses to any stat, but using scripts and variables (tied to some sort of "armor mods" system) can have the same DR, radiation resistance as Power Armour, or Merchant clothes, for example?

EDIT: if everything in armor is a "status effect", probably instead of just putting it in the armor itself, it could be added to the player as an "enchantment" whenever he puts on the armor, in a script? I think DR is one of the standard stats but hopefully... it an be added as an effect as well

Yes, it would be possible (if I understand what you mean correctly), but it might have to be done by changing the item into another.

Unfortunately that is exactly something I want to avoid. I need to make a few armors that look different, but with stats that can be changed at will (using a machine prop or whatever) to mimic existing armors. I've seen SKSE has an function to change the DR and DT of armor. I'm not sure if it works on an instance or the whole template of one object, but that's not important since these armors are probably going to be unique for the player. Still haven't found a way to change the Spell Effect. I'm going to try downloading a few mods with armor that levels up and/or check Equip scripts on things like the medical armor to see if anything there can help me.

I had to leave the game installing last night, so later tonight I'm probably going to do some GECK experimentation.

In Oblivion: Shivering Isles there was a sword that changed from dealing frost to fire damage and vice versa depending on night or day. They did that by removing it and adding the alternative automatically at the right times. You might have to do something like that.

Thanks, that seems useful, would be nice if I could check that out without reinstalling Oblivion. Might have to do that anyway.

[GiglameshDespair]

Dawnfang and duskfang, that was it.

[ejseto]

I think DR is one of the standard stats but hopefully... it an be added as an effect as well

I'm almost certain this is the case, though it's been a long time since I've played NV. All of those things are actor values that can be modified through the console, scripting, or custom buffs/debuffs. I don't think those are anything different as far as the engine is concerned.

[GiglameshDespair]

So I'm looking for to mod New Vegas a bit... any particular mods I should pick up?

[KingofstarrySkies]

UUUUH
WELL, DO YOU WANT TO BE HERE FOR THE NEXT DECADE?

[Bohandas]

So I'm looking for to mod New Vegas a bit... any particular mods I should pick up?

Well My Mods, of course

AND also...
Invisible Wall Remover
5x Faster Waiting
Reduced Load-Screen Map-Markers
[ur=http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/42860/?]Camp McCarran Map Markers[/url]
Fast Travel Anywhere
...are practically necessities

Armor Repair Kits
Chef-Boy EDE
More Perks
Gtab's Improved Ammo Crafting
New Strip Map Markers
Improved Transportalponder
Warzones
Populated Wasteland

Are pretty nice as well, but not as essential

[Sergius]

Well, I just started a whole new Vanilla run. Hopefully this time I'll finish Old Blues whatsitsname.

I find this game is actually pretty fun without mods, but if I install something it'll probably be armor reskins or the underground abode thing that's so cool.

[Bohandas]

Has anyone noticed that the real theme of Lonesome Road seems to be "underwhelming explosives"?

Aside from the fact that the Red Glare rocket launcher does practically no damage, there's also the fact that the so-called "nuclear warheads" have a smaller blast radius than what one might expect even from a similarly sized chunk of regular explosives.

[Darkmere]

The Red Glare rockets are bugged and do zero explosive damage sometimes. You can test it by firing near something that hasn't noticed you and they won't take damage at all.

More than one type of explosives have that issue and it's the single biggest problem with Explosives as a primary weapon skill.

Shame that like everything else with those games it was ignored due to absolutely shitty/nonexistent patch support.

[hops]

Sounds like something that would have a mod for.

[Darkmere]

It's possible but I never found a fix for it, and I looked pretty hard at the time.

[Astral]

I used them to decent effect much later in the game, when I had enough skill points to max whatever I felt like using at the time. Things like the Unofficial [Insert Main Game/DLC Here] Patch usually has the majority of fixes that Bethesda themselves will never touch.

While I do like that the community pulled together on these sorts of things, I feel that it encourages devs to be lazy and only fix the major issues. Why spend money and time on fixing something when there's a hundred people out there that'll eventually do it for free? Though they still have to do some sort of patch support, if only because not everyone plays it on the superior, moddable PC versions.

I promised myself after playing Fallout 3 on the XBox that I'd never purchase another Bethesda game on a console.

[scriver]

On the other hand, it also encourages them to release constriction kits in the first place :v

[Darkmere]

I just remember VATS getting more and more broken with each patch of FO3 and not a single effort made on their part to fix the problem they kept making worse.

Core game features should work out of the box, there's no excuse for that depth of negligence.

[Flying Dice]

Wait, there are people who didn't use a bullettime replacer mod for VATS?