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yuva put this great little guide together for making version 2.0 work with Customizable Targeting HUD.  Thanks, yuva!

"Great mod! I've been using it for a while now, with Ruddy88's patch and Customizable Trageting HUD. Since v2 comes with it's own toggle functionality, the patch is no longer necessary. Unfortunately, it did not work with CTH. But the fix is quite easy, so I thought I'd share it here:

1. Make sure CTH comes after WTTO in your load order
2. Open both .esps in FO4Edit
3. In WTTO under "Spell" right click on "WestTek_abTargetingHud"
4. Select "Copy as override into" and copy into CTH (or copy into new esp and set both WTTO and CTH as masters)
5. Find the new entry in CTH
6. Right click in the "Effects" row (3rd column) and choose "add"
7. Scroll down to the new entry, in "EFID - Base Effect" type XX000803 (XX depends on load order, it's what's written in square brackets before the CTH.esp), the new entry should say "CTH_PA_TargetingHUD_Cloak "Targeting HUD Cloak (Friendlies)" [MGEF:XX000803]"
8. Set "Magnitude" to 1000, "Area" to 0, "Duration" to 1
9. Right click in "Conditions" row and choose "add" 2 times
10. Copy the 2nd and 3rd conditions of the first effect exactly (that's the "WornHasKeyword" conditions), don't forget the OR in Equal to / Or (to my knowledge, you cannot copy/paste the whole thing, but will have to copy manually)

This works for me. The settlers in Sanctuary glow green and the bloat flies on the way to Abernathy farm glow red until dead (and then blue because I'm also using Loot Detector - Scrapper Corpse Highlighting)."

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  1. FlufNanachi
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    I'm a novice when it comes to using fo4Edit. These instructions are incredibly unclear and I can't glean much help from the comments. Kind of late, but if anyone would like to lend me a hand I would definitely appreciate it
    1. Smaulfrey
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      Here's my (hopefully) dumbed down instructions (with pictures):
       
      1) Install both West Tek Tactical Optics (WTTO) and Customizable Targeting HUD (CTH)

      2) Make sure that CTH is loaded AFTER (BELOW) WTTO
       

      3) Open FO4Edit and make sure both mods are loaded (checked). By default, FO4Edit will have ALL plugins checked. You can either
      load ALL plugins (default) or right click the list and Select None and filter for the plugins to select those two specifically. Filter for West and CTH should show you the plugins; check their boxes.
       
      4) Expand “WestTekTacticalOptics.esp” and go down to the “Spell” group (expand again). Right click on "WestTek_abTargetingHud" and choose the "Copy as override into..." option and either add to the existing CTH ESP or into a new ESP of your choosing.
       

      4a) NOTE: You’ll get prompted to Add Masters, choose YES option.
      4b) NOTE: If you added this into a new ESP, you will need to add the CTH ESP as a master manually. Right click the new ESP name and choose
      the Add Masters… option, then select the new ESP (checkbox then hit OK).
       
      5) Now go to the plugin you added this override into and expand it. The new entry should be in bold indicating a change before save.
       

      6) Select the new bolded entry “WestTek_abTargetingHud” and on the RIGHT side, scroll down till you see Effects (should be at the bottom).
       
      7) Right click 1st line of Effects on the FAR RIGHT column (mod you overrode into). and choose Add. Result should be below:
       

      8) We now need to copy entries. “EFID – Base Effect” will be XX000803 (XX depends on load order). You will need to look up this
      entry within the CTH ESP file. This is located within the “Magic Effect” category. Click on the XX000803 entry and on the right, look for “FormID” under Record Header (very top). Double click this and copy the entire entry.
       

      9) Copy this entry into the “EFID – Base Effect” field that currently shows as “NULL”.
      9a) Change entries Magnitude: 1000, Area: 0, Duration:1 in both.
      9b) End Result:
       

      10) Adding Conditions. Right click the empty Conditions box and click on Add TWICE (making two entries).
       

      11) Copy entries from Condition #1 and Condition#2 just above in GREEN. Ignore Condition #0 in green. End result:
       

      12) SAVE (CTRL-S), you are DONE. If you added this to CTH ESP file, you’re completely done. If you added to your own file, make sure your file is loaded AFTER (BELOW) both these mods.
    2. Ormmwar
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      I literally have nothing specified in point 8. WTF is this, why is this not integrated default?
  2. WafflyNimb
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    Can somebody provide screenshots or a tutorial video? This is really hard for somebody who isn't a cutting-edge expert in using FO4Edit. 
     
    EDIT: I figured it out and got it to work. Now WTTO works with Enemies and Friendlies in different colors, Weapons drawn and the WTTO Switch. 
    I'll add this screenshot so hopefully knuckleheads like me find it helpful while doing all this FO4Edit Witchcraft...
     
    EDIT2: am not allowed to add pics... well then you'll have to trust this shady link that doesn't lead to a russian ransomware-site for sure (just kidding, it's the google photos dingy I found. Hopefully it works)...
    https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOJlQpwHz5-TdoEeWIhfBV_XfXJIz7f3VJdt39_
    1. Dweez001
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      Do you still have the photo from the link? Link gives me a 404 error and im stuck on the last step.
    2. Kronix420
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      I can walk you through it if necessary. Let me know if you need help.
    3. NaPoLieoN
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      I would REALLY love to get this to work, but something seems to be preventing it... Any chance you could upload the picture again? Perhaps to Imgur or something, if u can't do upload it directly :3
    4. NaPoLieoN
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      Never mind. I figured it out. I copied it as "new record into..." instead of override.
      I'm going to try to post a picture of how my patch looks.
      https://imgur.com/a/7cNVTQ4
    5. SmokeSmokeSmokeTrees
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      Now for the 64 thousand dollar question, how do I open both esp's in fo4edit?
      EDIT: found the elusive OK button at the bottom of the window.
  3. GenericQuinn
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    This is so hard to follow with FO4Edit 4.0.2, there is no 'add' button on the right click menu.. and when I find the new entry in CTH (I think it's the new entry, the WestTek Ab targeting one under spells) it's EFID Base effect says PA_TargetingHUD_Cloak "Targeting HUD" [MGEF:00084285].
     
    Not sure how to follow the steps.. This guide is outdated af to anyone who doesn't know how to use XEdit like myself. Someone should just make a patch or make a video please. Wasted almost an hour of my day off doing this 'easy patch'. 
    1. SmokeSmokeSmokeTrees
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      Real simple for people who know how to use xedit, confusing AF for those who don't. Extreme shortsightedness on the part of whoever posted this guide, assuming everyone knows xedit like the back of their hand. Don't hold your breath waiting for a vid or a patch. A patch would be easy to upload since it's already been made by the process mentioned above, but it sure doesn't look like anyone's eager to post it,
  4. Ominus
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    Just one mistake at 8."Area" should be set to 1000 not 0, before i changed it to 1000, friendlies weren't highlighted at all. Otherwise this guide still works, using both mods with out issue so far.
  5. AndrewWaltfeld
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    Does anyone still have a picture guide of this? The google photos link is dead. And I haven't used FO4 edit before. The instructions are a bit unclear without photos. Any help is appreciated. I wanted to make a merged esp patch so I don't mess with either mod directly if possible.
  6. SkiesOfJadedLight
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    I assume that Targeting HUD and Berry Mentats Enhanced (https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/8671) will need this patch too?
  7. PLIsley
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    Thanks a lot for the instructions, this is most awesome!
    Works for me with the Synthful West Tek Visor, https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/32554
  8. Dweez001
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    Really like this mod. Having trouble with step 10 though. Not sure which column to enter into. I think it's number 3 but when i try to enter the "Equal to / or" second column says "Not Equal to" and the 3 column just inputs all zeros. A pic of what the end result should look like would be very helpful. Would appreciate any help with this. Thanks.
    1. Kronix420
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      Still need help?
    2. Dweez001
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      I never could get it to work. I just use night vision when i need to see and thermal to kill targets and find bodies to loot. This works fine for me so i'm not gonna mess with it for now. Thanks for the reply.
  9. fotolit
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    Thank you! It is working now as expected!

    I have installed the west tek mod, the CTH, and the Loot detector. Awesome!
  10. siin60
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    Followed the above steps exactly. Everything works EXCEPT the green overlay on friendlies. Any idea why? I cannot for the life of me figure it out.