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[Metalax]

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

One potential way to do it would be via a set of 'fake' perks and use scripting to grant and remove them as necessary. The stealth suit from old world blues would probably be worth looking at for how it handles being upgraded.

[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

One potential way to do it would be via a set of 'fake' perks and use scripting to grant and remove them as necessary. The stealth suit from old world blues would probably be worth looking at for how it handles being upgraded.

I was thinking of that one, definitely going to open and check it with GECK. Hopefully it isn't just multiple copies of the suit with different stats. There's also a mod I got about armor that upgrades with XP or something that I'm going to check.

My basic idea is to have several suits of "social armor" that can take the properties of other armors that people commonly use (including all disadvantages, weight, etc), such as Power Armor. Probably requiring the disassembly of one such suit beforehand to unlock it. The armor candidates will have to be hand coded, of course. Having a system that analyzes dynamically any armor would probably be too much work if even possible.

[Metalax]

So you are essentially wanting to dynamically override the model data for existing armours with a different model, while keeping the stats? That, I'm not certain if it is possible without building a separate item for each one.

[Sergius]

I'm going to use the existing models to make new armor items ("Remnant Armor EX" or whatever), that have a scripted behaviour to change their stats. I'm adding these armor items manually to an ESP. That's the idea, at least.

[Bohandas]

Has anyone else encountered a glitch where the bedroll kit from Lonesome Road stops working?

[Sergius]

Aha! I found out how effects work.

First, armor can simply be given an Object Effect. This effect can have many enhancements (like Speech +2 or whatever). The thing is, each effect can have a condition, like whether a certain quest objective is completed. Enhacements also include Damage Threshold, so I suppose an armor with DT 0 can be created and changed via effects, but I'm not sure if the description of the item will reflect that, more likely the player gets the DT, probably invisible (or "enchantment" show in the pipboy), and the armor shows 0 anyway. But I would need more testing.

I haven't found a condition based on a variable, but I've seen "fake" quests being used as flags for them, so I could just turn objectives on and off in a hidden quest somehow.

With luck there will be very little scripting required, merely to set the conditions on or off.

[BFEL]

Are there any mods that replace/remove the GODDAMN HACKING "MINIGAME"?

I'm at the point in my frustration with it that I just use the console on any computer within my science abilities, which is slow and makes me feel very slightly bad. VERY VERY SLIGHTLY.

[GiglameshDespair]

I think so? Search the nv mod nexus.

[Darkmere]

You can hit the power button before your last guess locks the console down and reset the puzzle. Between those and the built-in cheats I didn't have THAT much trouble on anything lower than 100 skill terminals.


However, I know there is a mod somewhere that just gives you the answer if you have high enough skill. Odds are good it was one of the options in FOOKNV if you want to start looking there.

[Flying Dice]

Sounds like it's more of an issue with the stupid time-wasting interface. Because seriously, that thing takes longer to start up than my real computer.

[Bohandas]

Does anyone know if there's a way to fix the volume on Radio New Vegas?

[BFEL]

Sounds like it's more of an issue with the stupid time-wasting interface. Because seriously, that thing takes longer to start up than my real computer.

Its not just the startup time, its the whole minigame.

Lockpicking takes ten seconds and you can retry until it works, hacking takes ten MINUTES. and you might not get the answer and be locked out.

Its a case of simple game balance.

[Bohandas]

Does anyone know if there's a way to fix the volume on Radio New Vegas?

Found an answer online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpQShdafsFA

Long story short, download MP3 Gain and use it to normalize the files in Fallout New Vegas/Data/Sound/Songs/radionv to a higher volume (say, 89 decibels)

[Neonivek]

Are there any mods that replace/remove the GODDAMN HACKING "MINIGAME"?

I'm at the point in my frustration with it that I just use the console on any computer within my science abilities, which is slow and makes me feel very slightly bad. VERY VERY SLIGHTLY.

The hacking minigame is INCREDIBLY easy though if you know what you are doing.

You locate the mistake reset AND the "eliminate a wrong choice" and you are already halfway there.

[Sergius]

The hacking minigame is easy but it's a waste of time.

Anyway there's this: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/34829/?

For both computers and locks. 100% force lock chance, and only one password. You still need the proper skill level so it's not unbalanced.