Ghostwise

Looks fairly close to what I'm looking for. And heh, no UNPB ! Potentially silly question since I'm out of practice with Skyrim modding. Would it make sense to present it a "layer" that comes on top of a S.T.E.P. installation ? That would also mean you don't have to maintain your guide for what is already covered by S.T.E.P., once the new version is out.

Two mods have updated in recent days without keeping the old version up : - Leanwolf's better-shaped weapons. - Undiscovered means unknown. Hope that helps.

I have a bit of hankering to play FO3 again, but probably won't have time before 6-ish months... :-( Random question - have we seen some new resources appearing for Fallout 4 that are useable as part of this FO3 project ? There's precedent as the guide uses FONV resources, and my vague impression is that the engine hasn't progressed that much with FO4.

(Google google) Ah yes, page 50 of this thread, got it. Thanks !

Hey folks, I just wanted to say that currently LOOT doesn't push DynDOLOD.esp far back enough. For instance the PerMA_USLEEP master patch.esp , PerMA-Hunterborn.esp, the Pre PaMa WAFR CCR CCOR Patch.esp and the T3ndOs SkyRe Standing Stones and Races.esp end up after DynDOLOD.esp if I let LOOT manage my load order. At least one of these presumably contains textures that get magicked into LODness by DynDOLOD. The issue vanishes as soon as I manually push DynDOLOD.esp to the very end of my load order.

Look pretty, trying it out. Thx.

I see it more from the point of view of the relatively uninformed newcomer, especially one who has an image of Fallout 3 (and NV, and Elder Scrolls games) as being unchallenging. If the difficulty is what an informed gamer would find challenging, there are good odds the newbies to a FWE/MMM game will be caught cold and overwhelmed. Which means in turn a non-trivial chance of declaring that this way of playing Fallout is the WORST THING EVER, giving up and feeling bitter since modding the game took so long. And I suspect that scaling back the difficulty would not affect spawns on cells that have already been populated with higher MMM settings, such as the raiders in the open, back section of the Springvale school. Thus giving the impression that the difficulty cannot really be turned down - and this all takes place at the point where the player character is at their weakest and most vulnerable. Whereas starting at a (slightly) lower difficulty level lets good players decide that they are totally awesome, and crank up the difficulty a bit as they get the hang of it. Much less chance of people cursing you in the forums that way. :-p But then it's just a matter of explanations and pedagogy, not a either/or thing. EDIT - text republished on my user page - https://wiki.step-project.com/User:Ghostwise

The patch for the Millenia weapons was quickly added on the Nexus - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/20945/?

Available on the Nexus -- https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/20105/ My ENB of choice for Fallout 3, it's fairly recent (early 2014, still maintained) and walks hand-in-hand with the URWLENB FO3 weather mod. The landscapes are still green-ish and dreary, so it keeps the Fallout 3 look. My FO3 photo album uses this ENB. I found the installation instructions particularly good, it even comes with a packaged Nvidia Inspector profile and .ini files modifications.

Waiting for 1.2 myself, 1.1 seems to need more polishing.

As a guy who can't hit the broad side of a barn with RH_ironsights (I really need a HUD reticle), I appreciate that.

Proposed additional section in the guide for folks who are new to FWE and MMM : ---------------------------------------- FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH FALLOUT WANDERER EDITION AND MART'S MUTANT MOD If you are unsure of how to set up the two key mods in this guide (Fallout Wanderer Edition and Martigen's Mutant Mod), here are some suggestions. The combination of these two mods makes the game richer and considerably more challenging. However, you can adjust the difficulty by changing their settings, and even backpedal to near-vanilla gameplay. Both these mods, and several others, can have their options set right in your PIPBoy. The control modules are part of your Items menus ; most of them are at the top of your Apparel PIPBoy screen. Mart's Mutant Mod (MMM)We suggest that you keep everything at default, except for these three bits :- Increased Spawn Settings - select Slightly Increased Spawns (1-2)- Other Spawns - turn off the new behemoth chance- Ghoul Options - set the rise chance to 25 You can access the MMM mod settings even during the Vault 101 origin sequence. In fact it's safest to do your settings while you're still in Vault 101, before any outdoors cell gets populated. Fallout Wanderer Edition (FWE)Keep everything at default, except for these bits :- Damage and combat - set both radioactivity and falling damage to 2 (Moderate)- Loot - set vendor caps to 0% (most caps)- Feature settings - have bobbleheads provide a +1 to S.P.E.C.I.A.L., and equipped armour have a 50% carry weight bonus- Primary Needs - in the Hunger menu set food to heal, and in the thirst menu set drinks to heal- Ability Hotkeys - set Sprint to Mouse Button #3, Bullet Time to Mouse Button #4 (if your mouse has those) You can access the FWE mod settings as soon as you're in the Wasteland, but not during the Vault 101 origin sequence. These settings are meant to conserve a FWE+MMM experience that is quite close to the default, but less overwhelming and inconvenient as you discover the modified gameplay and determine your preferences. And it keeps the bobbleheads at the +1 level since raising your S.P.E.C.I.A.L.s is a Fallout tradition.

I invited the Nexus modder with the weapons stat rationalisation mod to this here community. For ZealotLee's Dragunov my understanding (from the Nexus mod description) is that only one .esp must be activated (in the guide, you have the extraneous one switched to optional via Mod Organizer). And since we postulate a CALIBR installation I went with that .esp. IMO requesting reuse should wait a bit - my list of potential patches earlier in the thread was based on conflict that occur pre-bashed patch, but for all I know these are best treated via bashed flags or something else I don't have a good understanding of. So better groups for patching will likely emerge. FWIW I just noticed that the few EVE weapon rewrites I offered in my "Great Old Ones" mod were apparently overwritten back by the bashed patch. But the Weapons Mod Patch ALPHA mod might be a better platform to handle that anyway. EDIT : a propos of nothing, you have full authorisations to use my proto-mods. In case I have to drop out of this project due to workload or something.

So I've expanded Kelmych's ACRforFWE plugin to replace the old mods by The Third Type and adapt ZealotLee's MP5s, SVD Dragunovs and Adaptive Combat Rifle to a fuller, better-scaled FWE environment. For testing : Link - https://8f9784a776.test-url.ws/tmp/ClearAndPresentAdjustment_Beauty_Weapons_2.esp Comments : - Rescaled ZealotLee's MP5 submachinegun stats. It is a robust 9mm weapon, more accurate than the 10mm SMG but slightly less powerful. The kurtz variant (MP5K) is a bit faster in VATS and not as good at longer ranges, and the silenced version is handled as it if had received a WMK silencer for coherence's sake.- All these MP5s can be repaired like any 9mm SMG, and be used for parts to repair to repair similar weapons. They also are set up for Iron Sight.- Raiders will now carry far fewer such MP5s - not only are these weapons on too many levelled lists, FWE tweaked the lists by release 6.0 so raiders would have lower-tech weapons. The Talon Company remains fond of these MP5s, though.- ZealotLee's SVD Dragunov is SLIGHTLY less powerful and accurate than the basic .308 sniper rifle, to partially compensate for its 10-round magazine. No offence meant to the venerable 7.62x54mm round. The same relationship exists between the People's Dragunov and the Reservist's Rifle.- Both Dragunovs can be repaired like any sniper rifle, and be used for parts to repair .308 sniper rifles- The Adaptive Combat Rifle (ACR) in 14.5" performs much like the basic assault rifle. The short-barrelled version is a bit better at close range (higher ROF, easier to handle in VATS) but poorer at longer ranges, and the 18" barrel is a bit less powerful than a 5.56mm sniper rifle (the DKS 501). The LH configuration is as damaging as the basic FN-FAL, but heavy and slow in VATS. The ACR is also a bit less robust than a basic assault rifle. It's not a super-weapon ; what makes it good is that it can be reconfigured in the field.- All ACR configurations can be repaired like any 5.56mm assault rifle, and be used for parts to repair 5.56mm assault rifle. They also are set up for Iron Sight.- Fixed a typo that made a few ACR variants overpowered by an order of magnitude

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/15326/? A CRAFT extension that allows for breaking down clutter into components, and build clutter and some items using these components. For instance turn clothing into raw cloth, then craft a top hat out of the raw cloth. Or make soap to turn grimy clothing into clean clothing. Very handy for crafting characters, and gives a reason to scavenge everything.

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/2666/? Fallout scoped weapons have an exaggerated jump when pulling the trigger, which makes sniper shots difficult at long ranges. This is especially true for inexperienced Fallout gamers who cannot tell whether it's a weapon problem, a weapon condition problem, a skill problem, etc. This small mods makes sniping more viable over long range for high-skill characters with low-spread scoped weapons in excellent condition. It saved me a lot of frustrations, deaths and ammo.

As mentioned in the main thread I had the exact same experience with this mod.

- I've removed two unnecessary masters from the Great Old Ones proto-patch - The second weapons proto-patch is progressing - During research to set reasonable values for ZealotLee's weapons in FWE, I've noted that the base VAT hit chances in FWE's .esm are all over the place. For instance three very comparable submachineguns have base VATS hit chance of, respectively, 8, 20 and 45. I wonder if that should be fixed, or if there's a reason why the numbers aren't coherent. Do we have a way to learn more ? - ZealotLee's MP5 is distributed on numerous levelled lists - say raider1gun, raider2gun and raider3gun. Would simply removing one of these help with the omnipresence of the MP5 in the world ? I would assume that STEP has people who know a lot about levelled lists.

The FOMOD for the main Dimonised Type 3 mod also flashed an alert about a lack of Archive Invalidation.

D'oh. Link fixed. About the load order, I do not know how to do that yet - since searches about load order are positively drowned with content intended for mod users, not mod makers. But then my general assumption with these tweaking mods is that I'm doing the grunt work of determining and writing workable numbers, and that an actually knowledgeable person will eventually take over and make sure the .esp are correctly packaged. I'm reasonably knowledgeable about gameplay, game balance, weapons and armour but I'm a rank beginner with GECK and Wrye tools.

I'm also quite interested in STEP assessments of these mods.

I used it for a reinstall of Type3 (out of the whole shebang I just use the normal map) and it went fine, but IIRC I still had the alternate FOMOD installer preferred. *** Incidentally, there was a goof in my second C&PD proto-patch - the AKS wasn't properly overwritten. Now fixed, here's a new file with a more logical naming and a version number, plus modified notes. I tweaked the gun's stats a little bit more to draw more inspiration from real-world AKS-74Us. https://8f9784a776.test-url.ws/tmp/ClearAndPresentAdjustment_Beauty_Weapons_1_1-1.esp What it does : - Restores all FWE stats but keeps Milenia's models- Restores the UPDATED Unofficial Patch fixes overwritten by Milenia's mods for Charon's shotgun- The .32 pistols retain their longer reload/jamming time to fit the model change- In close quarter battle the AKS-74U is somewhat superior to its larger relative the Chinese Assault Rifle (higher ROF, easier to handle in VATs) but at long range it is clearly inferior (less accurate, less range)

Another small clarity improvement suggestion - on the DDSopt guide page at https://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:BSA_Extraction_and_Optimization#tab=Setup_BSAopt , the sentence " Instructions for installation and initial setup of BSAopt are available here" links back to the same page and tab. I found it quite confusing until coffee finally kicked in and I noticed the tabs - the link probably should be to https://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:BSA_Extraction_and_Optimization#tab=Setup_and_Use_of_BSAopt instead. EDIT - the rest of the procedure went swimmingly, thanks for the guides and .bat. Between that and those arcane settings for StutterRemover, the game is fluid even with 2K textures and some downsampling.

Well, as long as I'm sick I get to work on this stuff, heh. About your previous comments/questions : The instructions for 20th Century weapons Reborn for FWE say to move the 3 plugins with ALIVE in the name to Optional ESPs. If this is done these 3 files aren't masters. When I made these three ALIVE .esp optionals, ModOrg gave me a missing masters alert so I grudgingly put them back.