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Ever thought that the Institute's blue lasers were the bomb diggity? Me too! Now all your lasers can look that cool! Laser gun retextures not included. NOW IN .ESP FORMAT!

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So, I've been loving Institute stuff since I got my first Institute laser rifle. Seriously, the beams are beautiful! But I couldn't find a mod for it. The closest I found was purple, and that's not really my taste. So with some tips from that mod, and some flailing about, I've managed to make a passable retexture.

Now, there are still some issues that i'm working out. Some might simply be unfixable at this point in time, or take forever for me to find the right texture to change. The issues are as follows:

  • The Gatling Laser and Laser Musket beams are still red; there is a flash of blue, but then they show up red. The impact is also blue. UPDATE: WORKING NOW! Both the Gatling Laser and the Laser Musket projectiles are now not only Institute Blue, but also are the literal institute rifle projectiles. The reason will be explained below.
  • The Laser Musket's charging chamber is still red when it is fully charged, though after only a couple cranks it still is blue.

That's about it as far as I've found. If you see anything else, let me know and I'll set to fixing it. For the meantime, I'm going to release this, and continue flailing at those damn lasers until I can find the fix for two of my favorite guns. UPDATE: As stated above, the Gatling Laser and the Laser Musket work now. For those of you interested, this was NOT due to the a texture edit, like the majority of this mod is. The laser weapons' (I.E. regular Laser Rifles and Pistols) projectiles are fully texture-editable, but the Institute weapons, the Gatling Laser, and the Laser Musket projectiles each have unique meshes in addition to the regular laser weapon projectiles. I've had no luck finding the texture for this unique mesh (If there even is one, currently; I've had literally NO luck finding one), so I made a work-around: I replaced the Gatling Laser and Laser Musket meshes with the Institute weapons' projectile mesh. Pretty simple, and it's a useful trick for anyone who wants it! Sadly, though, this does mean that my potential plans for other laser colors will be delayed until I can find a real fix. In the meantime, this works great, and looks cool!

Feel free to use this as you like, by the way; I simply figured some people might want this, and it saves others from having to do the texture changes (Which are admittedly tedious) themselves. So do whatever you like with it.

MAJOR UPDATE: These laser edits are now in .esp format, letting you have more moddability and making it more compatible with other mods! Though slightly incompatible. These will, regrettably, be incompatible with mods that change these weapons damage, and any mods that change the attributes of the modifications for laser weapons. I'm working on a file that will have increased damage (Reasonably), and will put it out asap for compatibility purposes.

I'm also working on esps for each individual weapon, and possibly standalone mods for each weapon, for further customization; but that'll likely come tomorrow or saturday. In the meantime: LIFE! Enjoy.

UPDATE 1.1
-Added mesh edit to change the ash piles to be the appropriate color.

UPDATE 1.2
-Changed the disintegrate mesh to suit the laser color. Thanks to Merlockx for finding them!

UPDATE 2.0
MAJOR UPDATE
-Changed file to .esp.
-Added optional files by request.

UPDATE 2.1
-Updated .esp files for increased compatibility. You should now be able to use weapon mods (Such as mods which increase a laser weapon's damage) without fear of interfering with this mod - unless said mod edits the laser weapon attachments in any way. Work still progresses. I am not dead!

UPDATE 2.2
-ALL HAIL THE GLORIOUS ASH PILE FIX.
-I AM NOT DEAD, I MERELY LOOK THAT WAY.