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Ringo gives you just an ordinary deck of cards. A new game mod.
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Three versions, choose only one.
Version 1: Common Caravan Deck
I always thought it was weird that Ringo just happens to have a complete Tops Casino deck to give away for free. Vendors normally only have a few cards for sale at any time, and they charge quite a bit for each one. The total value of the complete Tops deck is 108 caps. And he just gives it to you for free? Preposterous!
This mod changes the deck he gives you into an ordinary, non-casino deck, like the kind you could expect to find in a gas station. If you want casino cards, you have to find them or buy them.
I mean, seriously, it's almost a bug that you can only buy the common deck cards but you can't pick them up when you find them laying around everywhere. This mod justifies why you can't pick up the cards you find in the wasteland: you already have a complete commons deck, so they can't help you. No need to pick them up. Bug fixed! :)
Version 2: Common Caravan Deck NC4S (No Commons For Sale)
Common Caravan Deck as above and it removes the common deck cards from the vendor lists, so only the casino cards are available. It only makes sense: the common cards are everywhere, just sitting out in the open. Heck, caravaneers are known to just give decks of them away for free! Obviously they aren't worth selling.
Okay, I did it because it's pointless to buy a card you already have. I made it optional because in the strictest sense this is cheating: this increases the odds that the cards available for you to buy are not redundant, thus making your caravan deck better faster. But I didn't tag this as a cheat mod because the effect is small, and the caravan game is only a tiny part of the New Vegas experience.
Honestly, I did it because I am a collector by nature. I'm not looking to build a better caravan deck; I want to collect all of the cards, just to have the complete set of 270 cards. This way, I might actually do so before the end of the game.
Version 3: Common Caravan Deck Sierra Madre (requires Dead Money)
Common Caravan Deck as above and it replaces the common deck cards in the vendor lists with the Sierra Madre cards. The complete set of 54 Sierra Madre cards are in the Dead Money files, but only a few are available in game, and none from vendors. This makes them all available for purchase. I made it optional because in the strictest sense this is cheating, for the same reason as NC4S.
Does not interfere with the Dead Man's Hand challenge. Buying the cards will not complete the challenge. Also, having the dead man's hand cards already in your deck will not prevent the challenge from triggering when you pick them up in Dead Money.
I did think about only adding the cards that you don't get in Dead Money, but that seemed a little too player-specific. Also, this lets you potentially complete the whole set of 324 cards without entering Sierra Madre, should you choose.
Un/Installation Notes:
The deck changing part of this mod only effects the spare deck that Ringo has to give you at the start of his quest. Once the caravan deck is already in your inventory, it will not be changed.
Likewise, uninstalling this mod will not alter your current caravan deck.
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Essential Vanilla Enhancements Merged incudes version 1.
Version 1: Common Caravan Deck
I always thought it was weird that Ringo just happens to have a complete Tops Casino deck to give away for free. Vendors normally only have a few cards for sale at any time, and they charge quite a bit for each one. The total value of the complete Tops deck is 108 caps. And he just gives it to you for free? Preposterous!
This mod changes the deck he gives you into an ordinary, non-casino deck, like the kind you could expect to find in a gas station. If you want casino cards, you have to find them or buy them.
I mean, seriously, it's almost a bug that you can only buy the common deck cards but you can't pick them up when you find them laying around everywhere. This mod justifies why you can't pick up the cards you find in the wasteland: you already have a complete commons deck, so they can't help you. No need to pick them up. Bug fixed! :)
Version 2: Common Caravan Deck NC4S (No Commons For Sale)
Common Caravan Deck as above and it removes the common deck cards from the vendor lists, so only the casino cards are available. It only makes sense: the common cards are everywhere, just sitting out in the open. Heck, caravaneers are known to just give decks of them away for free! Obviously they aren't worth selling.
Okay, I did it because it's pointless to buy a card you already have. I made it optional because in the strictest sense this is cheating: this increases the odds that the cards available for you to buy are not redundant, thus making your caravan deck better faster. But I didn't tag this as a cheat mod because the effect is small, and the caravan game is only a tiny part of the New Vegas experience.
Honestly, I did it because I am a collector by nature. I'm not looking to build a better caravan deck; I want to collect all of the cards, just to have the complete set of 270 cards. This way, I might actually do so before the end of the game.
Version 3: Common Caravan Deck Sierra Madre (requires Dead Money)
Common Caravan Deck as above and it replaces the common deck cards in the vendor lists with the Sierra Madre cards. The complete set of 54 Sierra Madre cards are in the Dead Money files, but only a few are available in game, and none from vendors. This makes them all available for purchase. I made it optional because in the strictest sense this is cheating, for the same reason as NC4S.
Does not interfere with the Dead Man's Hand challenge. Buying the cards will not complete the challenge. Also, having the dead man's hand cards already in your deck will not prevent the challenge from triggering when you pick them up in Dead Money.
I did think about only adding the cards that you don't get in Dead Money, but that seemed a little too player-specific. Also, this lets you potentially complete the whole set of 324 cards without entering Sierra Madre, should you choose.
Un/Installation Notes:
The deck changing part of this mod only effects the spare deck that Ringo has to give you at the start of his quest. Once the caravan deck is already in your inventory, it will not be changed.
Likewise, uninstalling this mod will not alter your current caravan deck.
Included in
Essential Vanilla Enhancements Merged incudes version 1.