Finally getting around to my first playthrough of FO4 (late to the party, I know) and I was surprised to find no one had altered the giant recon scope meshes yet.  Surely I can't be the only one, right?  Some of those scopes take up like a quarter of the screen.  It got to be so annoying that I just fixed it myself and thought I'd share the result.


Smaller Recon Scopes is a modular mesh replacer which reduces the size of the recon scopes.  Choose from at least 3 options for each mesh - 80%, 66%, and 50% of vanilla scale - with additional options available for two scopes.  Some of the 50% scale scopes look fairly small mounted in their original forward positions, so I included an option to mount them closer to the back of the weapon (for now this just includes the ReconScopeRifle.nif).  There's also an option to replace the clunky 'L-shaped' thermal recon scope on the assault rifle with the smaller recon scope found on pistols and pipe guns.

• Pistol_scope_44Mag.nif (used on .44 pistol)
• Pistol_scope_laser.nif (used on laser pistols and rifles)
• Recon_Pistol_scope.nif (used on 10mm and pipe guns - rifles, bolt-actions, revolvers, and syringers - and, optionally, on the assault rifle)
• ReconScopeRifle.nif (forward and back positions - used on hunting/sniper rifles, combat rifles, and combat shotguns)
• Rifle_Scope_Institute.nif (used on Institute pistols and rifles)
• MGSopeThermal.nif and MGScopeThermal_1.nif (used on Assault Rifles/Machine Guns)
  

Not Included:

• Pistol_Scope_Gauss.nif
• Pistol_scope_Plasma.nif
• Pistol_scope_Railway.nif
  

(I excluded these files because I felt the scopes were already appropriately-sized for their weapons.  I will consider adding them if they are requested.)


FOMOD and BAIN wizard installers are included. To install manually, simply choose which meshes you want from each category and paste them to Fallout4\Data\Meshes\Weapons\ReconScope and/or Fallout4\Data\Meshes\Weapons\MachineGun, overwriting when asked. 


To Uninstall, delete the above meshes from Fallout 4\Data\Meshes\Weapons\ReconScope and/or Fallout4\Data\Meshes\Weapons\MachineGun.


This file is compatible with any mod that doesn't alter the recon scope meshes.  This includes all texture replacers such as Better Recon Scope Retexture, Better ReconScope, and High quality black rifle recon scope

See-Through Combat Scopes ADD the scopes option is fully compatible; REPLACE the scopes option is partially incompatible, though a patch is forthcoming.  UPDATE: Beta patch for .44 Magnum is up.  Please try it out and see if it works for you and please report any bugs in the comment section.

Recon Scope to Long Scope Mesh is incompatible due to the fact that it modifies the same files.


12/13/2017: v1.0
12/14/2017: Fixed FOMOD
12/20/2017: Added BETA patch for .44 Magnum See-Through Combat Scopes Compatibility

• Release BETA versions of See-Through Combat Scopes Compatibility patches incrementally as I finish each scope, all of which require editing two meshes, altering camera placement and fov/zoom, and tweaking for precise aiming.  Each scope will have it's own .esp at this stage in order to preserve modularity and for ease of updating.  Feel free to merge your chosen .esps as they are released via Merge Plugins
  

• When all scopes have been finished, release a non-BETA all-in-one installer with optional replacer versions for 3dscopes-replacer.esp including a recommended version.
  

• Write a patcher to combine data from each scope .esp into a single replacer .esp.
  

Special Thanks to:

• Wenderer for FOMOD Creation Tool
• The Wrye Bash team for Wrye Bash
• alt3rn1ty for his post here covering the basics of BAIN wizard creation and his wizard from Alt Navetsea UNP Seamless which I used as a template
• henkspamadres for See-Through Combat Scopes - 4x Magnification, specifically for allowing the use of his assets to create compatibility patches.
• unoctium and DogtoothCG for NCR Ranger Veteran Armor used in screenshots
• vasstek for pip-boy textures from Nanosuit 6.2 used in screenshots
• Aldebaran90 and Stndmunki for Wearable Backpacks and Pouches items used in screenshots
• The good people at NifTools for NifSkope
• Bethesda, ofc, for making games worth modding