Name: Ashara's FFXIII Lightning Gunsword and Armour
Version: 4.4
Date: 26-10-2009
Category: Weapons and Armour
Requirements: Fallout 3 Patch 1.1.0.35
Author(s): Ashara
Source:
* Fallout3 Nexus
* Planet Fallout
* Spanish version: Ashara FFXIII Pistola-espada y armadura de Lightning
* Russian version 4.4 (translated by Resident92): Ashara's FFXIII Lightning Gunsword and Armour
* French version 4.4 (translated by Sylom): Armure et pistolame de Lightning (FFXIII)

* Version 1.0 for Morrowind (converted by Kalian): Ashara's Lightning sword

* Version 1.0 for Oblivion (converted by InsanitySorrow): Ashara's FF XIII Lightning Sword

Description
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This mod adds FFXIII Lightning's Gunsword and Armour to Fallout 3.

The Gunsword comes in two versions: a normal version and a Shock effect version. When you have the Gunsword equipped, you can switch between the sword and the gun using a special item that is added to your inventory.

There are a garage bin and a special workbench in two interior places: the Rivet City marketplace and Dominic and Machete's House at Canterbury Commons. The garage bins contain the schematics for creating both Gunsowrds and some ammunition.The contents of the garage bins respawn, so you can get new Gunsword schematics and improve the condition of the weapons created using the workbenches (the condition will only improve with the first 3 schematics you get, like in vanilla Fallout 3. After that getting more schematics will not affect the condition of the Gunswords you create). You can only create the Gunswords at those special workbenches.

Both weapons can be repaired using any of the version of the sword and the gun, using whet stones, hammers or the items used to build them.

There is also included a second version of the armour (top, skirt, bracelet, boots, jacket and gloves). You can buy it from Bannon at the Rivet City Marketplace, Moira Brown at Megaton or Anthony Ling at Tennpeny Tower. They sell the following items:
* Bracelet (uses bodyaddon1 slot)
* Boots (use bodyaddon2 slot)
* Clothes (use upperbody slot)
* Jacket (uses bodyaddon3 slot)
* Left Glove (uses left hand slot)
* Right Glove (uses right hand slot)
* Full Armour, that comprises the Bracelet, Boots, Clothes, Gloves and Jacket and uses the upperbody slot.
* Also, 2,000 caps have been added to these merchants.

There are three versions of each part of the armour: Normal colour (like the ones Lightning wears), Black and Green.

All pieces of equipment can be repaired using leather belts, the Mercenary Charmer outfit, the Leather armour or any of the parts of the armour itself.

The armour is made for Dimon's Type 3 Berry body and Exnem's boody.


CRAFT Compatible version:
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There is available a CRAFT compatible version that will allow you to create the weapons on any vanilla workbench. For it to work you need to install the CRAFT mod.


Switching between weapons
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When you add the sword or the gun to your inventory a new item is added to your "help" tab: "Switch Weapons" for normal Gunsword and "Switch Shock Weapons" for the Shock Gunsword. Assign these items to your hotkeys and whenever you want to switch from sword to gun or vice versa use the item by pressing the corresponding hotkey.

If you already have one of the weapons in your inventory and the switch items are not added automatically, just drop the weapon to the ground and pick it up again and the corresponding switch item will be added to your inventory.


Items required to create the Gunswords
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Lightning's Gunsword
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10mm Pistol
Combat Knife
Tin Can


Shock Gunsword
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10mm Pistol
Combat Knife
Tin Can
Conductor


Weapons statistics
==================

These statistics are the ones set in GECK for the weapons. In game you may see different values displayed in your Pipboy because those values are calculated by the game and depend on the weapon current condition, your skills and maybe other factors.

Lightning's Sword:
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Skill = Melee weapons
Resistance = None
Weight = 3
Value = 1,500
Health = 900
Damage = 37
Reach = 1.3
Limb damage multiplier = 2
Base VATS To-Hit Chance = 30%
Critical Multiplier = 3%
Critical Damage = 27
Action Points = 20

Lightning's Shock Sword:
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Skill = Melee weapons
Resistance = Electric Resistance
Weight = 2
Value = 2,000
Health = 1,000
Damage = 40
Reach = 1.3
Limb damage multiplier = 2
Base VATS To-Hit Chance = 30%
Critical Multiplier = 5%
Critical Damage = 30
Action Points = 20
Effects:
.- Permanent shock effect on sword
.- Electric shock effect on target
.- Alien Disintegration on death (it only appears when you get critical damage on target).

Lightning's Gun:
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Skill = Small guns
Ammunition = 10mm
Clip Rounds = 100
Type = Automatic
Resistance = None
Weight = 3
Value = 1,500
Health = 900
Damage = 17
Reach = 1.3
Limb damage multiplier = 2
Base VATS To-Hit Chance = 30%
Critical Multiplier = 3%
Critical Damage = 27
Action Points = 20

Lightning's Shock Gun:
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Skill = Energy weapons
Ammunition = 10mm
Clip Rounds = 100
Type = Automatic
Resistance = Electric Resistance
Weight = 3
Value = 2,000
Health = 1,000
Damage = 19
Reach = 1.3
Limb damage multiplier = 2
Base VATS To-Hit Chance = 30%
Critical Multiplier = 5%
Critical Damage = 30
Action Points = 20
Effects:
.- Alien blaster projectile
.- Electric shock effect on target
.- Alien Disintegration on death (it only appears when you get critical damage on target).


Armour statistics
=================

Lightning's Clothes:
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Slot = Upperbody
Weight = 6
AR = 12
Value = 50
Effects: Charisma + 2, Melee Weapons + 5, Small Guns + 5.

Lightning's Bracelet:
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Slot = Bodyaddon 1
Weight = 0.5
AR = 2
Value = 20
Effects: None

Lightning's Boots:
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Slot = Bodyaddon 2
Weight = 4
AR = 8
Value = 40
Effects: None

Lightning's Jacket:
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Slot = Bodyaddon 3
Weight = 3
AR = 16
Value = 75
Effects: Charisma + 5, Increase Carry Weight + 20, Radiation resistance + 5

Lightning's Right Glove:
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Slot = Right hand
Weight = 0.5
AR = 3
Value = 30
Effects: None

Lightning's Left Glove:
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Slot = Left hand
Weight = 0.5
AR = 3
Value = 30
Effects: None

Lightning's Full Armour:
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Slot = Upperbody
Weight = 14.5
AR = 44
Value = 245
Effects: Charisma + 7, Melee Weapons + 5, Small Guns + 5, Increase Carry Weight + 20, Radiation resistance + 5


Future plans
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* Add shock effect to the jacket
* Make the bag around the leg
* Add the scabbard / holster


Required mods
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Default version:
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The armour is made for Dimon's Type 3 body so you will require one of this mods:
* Dimon's DIMONIZED TYPE3 female body WIP
* Luchaire's Type V Female Body and Armor Replacer

Exnem's body patch
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* Exnem Nude Female Body Replacer for Fallout 3


CRAFT compatible version
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* Highsight's CRAFT mod


Recommended mods
===================
* Quarn's ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated!: If you have any problem with textures not loading correctly, use this utility from Quarn and everything will work fine.

* Dimon's DIMONIZED Expiremental female small hands


Install
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Manual Install
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1. Extract the files of this mod to a temporary location (you can use 7zip: http://www.7-zip.org, to unzip them) and chek the folder structure.


2. Copy to (install folder)Fallout 3Data:
.- the AsharasLightningItems.esp
.- the meshes folder
.- the textures folder
If asked if you want to overwrite existing files say "Yes to all".

3. Start Fallout 3 Launcher, click 'Data Files' and place a checkmark beside the .esp file.


Manual Install: CRAFT compatible version
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0. Install first CRAFT: http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4447 and Ashara's Lightning Gunsword v2.1.

1. Extract the files of this mod to a temporary location (you can use 7zip:

http://www.7-zip.org, to unzip them) and chek the folder structure.

2. Copy to (install folder)Fallout 3Data:
.- the AsharasLightningItems.esp
If asked if you want to overwrite existing files say "Yes to all".

3. Start Fallout 3 Launcher, click 'Data Files' and place a checkmark beside the .esp file.


Upgrade to version 4.4
=========================
0. Delete all files in the following folders:
.- the folder meshesAshara and its contents
.- the folder texturesAshara and its contents

1. Extract the files of this mod to a temporary location (you can use 7zip: http://www.7-zip.org, to unzip them) and chek the folder structure.


2. Copy to (install folder)Fallout 3Data:
.- the AsharasLightningItems.esp
.- the meshes folder
.- the textures folder
If asked if you want to overwrite existing files say "Yes to all".

3. Start Fallout 3 Launcher, click 'Data Files' and place a checkmark beside the .esp file.



Uninstall
=========

Manual Uninstall
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1. Start Fallout 3 Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck the .esp file(s).
2. Delete:
.- the AsharasLightningItems.esp file, associated with the mod.
.- the folder meshesAsharaLightning and its contents
.- the folder texturesAsharaLightning and its contents



Incompatibility
===============
None that I am aware of. If you find any, please tell me.


Known Issues or Bugs
====================
Sometimes (it seems a random issue), when you witch from sword to gun and shoot, the gun shots come from strange places (the ground ot the middle of the gun). It seems that in those cases the game is not able to get all the gun data correctly. I am trying to find an automatic way of solving it, but meanwhile to fix it change your point of view (from 1st person to 3rd or vice versa) and then the gun will fire correctly from then on. Thanks to Wolf00Z for reporting this.

If you are using the pip-boy readius or any other mod that messes up with the pipboy in anyway and have problems with the LEFT GLOVE not equipping; the solution is simply to type in " player.removeitem 25b83 ". This initially isn't a problem when you start a new game as I believe readius automatically unequips/removes the pipboy glove for you, but at certain points in the story it re-equips the item on you and therefore causes Lightning's left glove to be un-equippable until the HIDDEN one is removed.

If you find anything else, please tell me.


History
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4.4, 14-11-2009 - added the CRAFT compatible patch for version 4.4
4.4, 30-10-2009 - added a patch for Exnem body version 1.1 for version 4.4 of the main mod.
4.4, 26-10-2009 - fixed a bug that caused CTDs when trying to sell the weapons. Now you can sell them safely.
4.3, 11-09-2009 - added a patch for Exnem body version 1.1 that adpats all clothes in version 4.3 of the mod.
4.3, 05-09-2009 - fixed black and green jacket textues
4.2, 30-08-2009 - added CRAFT compatible patch for version 4.2
4.2, 29-08-2009 - added two recolours of the armour: Black and Green. Added Pipboy icons and Ground meshes for the armour.
4.1, 27-08-2009 - added CRAFT compatible patch for version 4.1
4.1, 27-08-2009 - translated names for Craterside Suply and TenpennyTower into English
4.0, 26-08-2009 - added more pieces of the armour: the Jacket and the Gloves. Changed Crow as vendor by Moira and Anthony Ling. Change the slots the Full armour uses, now it only uses the upperbody slot.
3.0, 21-08-2009 - added a patch that adapts the first version of the armour to Exnem's body
3.0, 28-05-2009 - added the first version of the armour
2.2, 17-05-2009 - moved the garge bin and the special workbench to interior cells (Rivet City Marketplace and Dominci and Machete's House at Canterbury Commons) to prevent problems when using the 1.5 official patch. Weapons can be repaired useing the items required to built them.
2.1, 04-04-2009 - added a CRAFT compatible versino that allows you to create the weapons on any vanilla workbench.
2.1, 29-03-2009 - added a script and Switch items that allow you to switch between sword and gun at will. The gunswords are not free anymore, you have to create them using their schematics on the special workbench added outside Vault 101. Increased the value of the items because they are not free anymore. Added a shock effect on targets when hit by the Shock Gunsword (Sword or Gun). Changed some characteristics of the Shock Gun to make it an energy weapon. Changed the shell cases colour to silver and made them smaller.
2.0, 12-03-2009 - added Lightning's Gun in two versions: normal and shock effect version. You can use whet stones and hammers to repair the weapons. Improved normal maps of swords and guns.
1.2, 22-02-2009 - added a Shock version of the sword.
1.1, 21-02-2009 - added a pipboy icon for the sword and slightly improved the meshes.
1.0, 18-02-2009 - Initial release.


Contact
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You can contact me leaving a comment at the mod's thread, sending me a PM or leaving a comment at the mod's thread at the official forum: http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=958249.

You can find me on TESNexus as SydneyB:
http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=259193.
You can find me on Fallout3Nexus as SydneyB:
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=259193.
You can find me on the official Elder Scrolls forums as Ashara:
http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showuser=364891.
You can find me on Planet Elder Scrolls as Ashara:
http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=User.Profile&id=253036.
You can find me on Planet Fallout as AsharaStark: http://planetfallout.gamespy.com/users/169136008/AsharaStark
You can find me on Clan Dlan as Ashara:
http://www.clandlan.net/foros/index.php?showuser=6932.


Any ideas on how to improve this mod are wellcome.


Credits
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Thanks to Bethesda for creating Fallout 3.
Thanks to Dimon for the Type 3 body.
Thanks to Luchaire for the Type V body.
Thanks to Exnem for his female body.
Thanks to Highsight and ElminsterEU for the great CRAFT mod resource.
Thanks to LHammonds for the Readme Generator this file was based on:
http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp.
Thanks to Fallout3Nexus.com for the a one-stop-shop resource for authors and players.
Thanks to all the modding community for all their tutorials, tools and help. Especially, thanks to the Clan Dlan and TesEyeCandy communities.
Thanks to all of you that are using this mod and are helping me to improve it with your suggestions, special mentions for their ideas to Xeku, CyberGhost and SpektralReckon on TesEyeCandy, outfall, mightygazelle, SoybeanHysteria, Stewb on Fallout3Nexus and Greeny, Lázaro, Namedas, Darien and Jahnuman on Clan Dlan.
Thanks to Tftrashcan for making such an awesome video!


Tools Used
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Blender - http://www.blender.org
GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/
NIFSkope - http://www.niftools.org/
G.E.C.K.- http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloads/geck.html
7zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
Readme Generator -
http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp


Licensing/Legal
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You can do whatever you want with this mod but all I ask in return is that you give me credit if you distribute any part of this mod.