Description:

This is a patch for Desert Eagle .50 AE - Standalone Handgun http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/10011/? by Stabcops so of course that is required.


I loved running around hip-firing on my many play-throughs of Fallout testing various setups. Gun of choice quite often is the Deliverer, or one of the many standalone weapons - M9, Glock 20, HK USP .45 etc.
But ultimately all the standalone weapons feel the same, and hit the same barrier... just not enough oomph at higher levels.

My standard recourse with pistol builds has been to go laser. A maxed out laser pistol packs the same punch as a laser rifle, with longer range. Slap on a couple of legendaries and it can take on anything.

But it hasn't got the feel of a ballistic handgun, blocks a lot more vision, and I don't enjoy hip-firing it anywhere near as much.

I tried various .44 revolvers with the excellent .44 silencer mod from 24Cell ( http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/7638/) and that gave me the oomph I needed, but the action whilst semi-realistic, wasn't what I was looking for.
The guns performed significantly worse in hip-fire compared to V.A.T.S.

In the hardcore survival config I am currently testing I often face mobs from 3 competing factions at the same time, and many of them are bullet sponges even though I am only up to lv65 (It is my 8th playthrough that is lv60+).

Then Stabcops uploads his excellent Desert Eagle ( http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/10011/? )

I could immediately see it as the foundation of a "Deliverer mk2" experience for higher levels (65+) that I had been searching for with a few caveats.

It needed a silencer for both the Sandman perk and my ear drums.
I was "honed in" on the feel/range of a Deliverer and similar pistols so some tweaks were needed.
The flashlight barrel is fine situationally, but most of the time I prefer the pip-boy

Whilst I haven't needed it yet, I am used to 19+ shot magazines so a boost would be useful.

I am a fan of See-Through Combat Scopes ( http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/9476/? ), and henkspamadres created scopes for the Desert Eagle, but my preference for handguns is the original zoomed in Reflex sight from version 0.9 rather than a real scope added in later versions. So I needed to make x2.5 and 4.0 Combat Sights.

This quick plugin fixes those needs


Version 1.0

To Do:

.44 and .45 Caliber Conversion mod

There is currently a big gap between "Deliverer damage" and the Desert Eagle that could use filling with a .45 Caliber version, and .44 ammo as an option with no significant performance difference would be a good option for those that don't want to use an ammo crafting mod.
Stabcops has created an alternate .44 pistol variant, but that isn't intended to have both in game at once.

For now I would highly recommend using something like Craftable Ammunition http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1018/? but woud suggest using only batches or it can make you level faster than you might wish.

Getting the mods in game:

All available as standard mods at the weapons workbench

Installation:

NMM :) or however you install other ESPs.


Compatiblity:

If a real silencer is added at a later date rather than my modified barrel, using both at the same time might be a little funky.


Permissions:

Use at own risk. Do not upload this mod to other webpages unless I give you the permission to do so.


Known Issues:

- Yeah it is a silencer built into the barrel, live with it.
- Titanium being lighter might affect how you feel any recoil, but I have decided that the way game mechanics work, better lighter materials = better performance in general, and iron sights needed tweaking or it would end up as another "V.A.T.S gun"
- I never really see a magazine when playing, so I didn't see much point in creating a larger magazine just for screenshots
- The sound isn't prefect - it is effectively Silenced .50 Hunting Rifle, though the sound for NPCs just seems wrong (on the original hunting rifle too)


Thanks, credits and tools used:

- Desert Eagle .50 AE - Standalone Handgun by Stabcops
- FO4Edit