PLASMA SWORD
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by TrickyVein
8/15/2016


INSTALLATION
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The main file is required. Extract its contents to Fallout 4's data folder or employ whichever favorite
mod manager.

The optional PlasmaSword_LL.esp places Plasma Sword weapons in lists and gives them to Synths. It should
be included lower than PlasmaSword.esp in one's load order. Below are included affected lists.


DESCRIPTION
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The Plasma Sword began as a project for another New Vegas mod which has never seen the light of day.
After a few years of sitting and collecting digital dust, the sword is now brushed up, retextured
and expanded with new upgrades for Fallout 4.

By default, the weapon does only energy damage. It should be affected by taking related perks or
acquiring magazines which increase damage dealt with energy type (as well as melee type) weapons.

Energy blade types come in five flavors, each color roughly corresponding to the peak wavelength of
radiated thermal energy based on physical concepts like black-body radiation and described by Planck's
law. These ideas are attempted to be applied to the appearance of modifications for the Plasma Sword
in-game by relating damage output and color to the length of each blade, where wavelength (blade length)
is inversely proportional to thermal radiation/energy level (damage).

ACQUISITION
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After PlasmaSword_LL.esp is installed, activated and moved to a load order position which gaurantees
that items spawn or is made to work with other mods through the use of a user-created patch, Plasma
Swords should begin to show up in merchant's inventories and with Synths between levels 25 & 30.

If one does not wish to use the optional file, the weapon can be consoled to oneself using the ID shown
below, replacing xx with the load oder index of PlasmaSword.esp.

FormIDs
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WEAPON
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xx000800 Plasma Sword

MISC ITEMS (Modifications)
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xx000FCC Plasma Sword Large Blade Mod
xx000821 Plasma Sword Radiation Mod
xx000820 Plasma Sword Nuclear Blade
xx00081F Plasma Sword Electric Blade
xx00081E Plasma Sword Standard Blade
xx00081D Plasma Sword Burning Blade
xx00081C Plasma Sword Vulcan Blade
xx000814 Plasma Sword Stabilizing Blade Mod
xx000813 Plasma Sword Blade Mod

FORMID
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xx0EBD91 TrapExplGasWeapon

LL LISTS (PlasmaSword_LL.esp)
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xx246195 LL_Weapon_Melee_All_Unique
xx1CA7E3 LL_Weapon_Melee_All
xx2049DE LL_Vendor_Weapon_MeleeSpecialty
xx14EAA7 LLI_Vendor_Melee_Rare
xx1FA2CD LLI_Hostile_Synth_Melee*
xx1CCDAE LGND_PossibleLegendaryItemBaseLists_Melee

CREDITS
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Made with:

3ds Max
Photoshop
NifSkope 2.0
xEdit

Thanks to you for downloading.