Version 1.1 should fix previous bugs, I have looked into every weapon, ammo and vendor related entry and made 7.62mm entries a tiny bit higher than all .308 entries as 308 as a similarly powerful ammo for the other weapons I use
would you be interested in altering this mod, or creating a new one, that adds .45-70 to commonwealth traders with the same rarity as .308 ammo? the lever action is much more viable with the "bullet counted reload system" mod, but the ammo scarcity, especially depending on how the player completes far harbor, means the gun is still in a bad spot for use in the commonwealth.
other mods add .45-70 ammo to traders. but the ones i have found alter the scrounger perk lists as well. which is something i don't want to screw with (i tried using one of the mods and i was finding over 100 rounds of various types in some containers).
a list of all traders that sell the dlc ammo and guns would be nice i got this mod thinking it would give it to Trudy in drumlin dinner and it doesn't im getting the feeling it just copies the mod you talked about and sells it out of Arturo Rodriguez
The mod changes ammo groups that vendors use, any vendor using item lists for mid/high value ammo will start selling 7.62 at a certain level. Assuming your level is high enough it should apply to all vendors that sell ammo (aside from any connected to weapons they can sell), except some that only sell lower power ammo.
I've tried out this mod, and I think this is cleaner than some others that I've found. However, the amount available on one vendor doesn't even fill one magazine. I'm not sure why you'd use .308 as the benchmark since the handmade rifle is clearly meant to be used as an assault rifle type of weapon, especially the Splattercannon and the Problem Solver. As such, it should be using the .45 and 5.56 as benchmarks. I went to Goodneighbor and bought all the 7.62 ammo from all three vendors that sell it, then to Diamond City and did the same with all three vendors and I got about 250 of the ammo in total. This is too low. With the other mod, I can get more than that from Arturo in just one transaction.
I have made an extra version which works with .45 ammo (which is still less common than .556 ammo, tell me if you want a version based on that ammo), the ammo is quite OP is why I limited it, I personally never used it for the assault rifles in the DLC due to the scarcity of the ammo even inside the DLC area.
You can buy up to 1500 of the 7.62 ammo between the weapon merchant and the general goods merchant in the Nuka World Market. The handmade rifle has the lowest recoil of the three assault rifle type weapons. It is excellent as an automatic assault rifle because of this, but it requires 10 points in Perk investment. And the vendors in the market sell plenty of the ammo.
Okay, my feedback on the new version: I appreciate your making a second version, but the amount sold is still too low, as there were less than 250 of the ammo between Arturo, Myrna and Percy in Diamond City . Here are the numbers for .45 and 7.62 from these vendors: Arturo - .45 (498), 7.62 (45)Arturo's 7.62 amount is less than 10% of what he has for .45 Myrna - .45 (257), 7.62 (104) Her 7.62 ammo is less than half of her .45 ammo, but more than twice of what Arturo, the weapon merchant, has. Percy the Mister Handy - .45 (187), 7.62 (88) His 7.62 ammo is also less than half of his .45 ammo and is also more than Arturo's.
I went to Goodneighbour and the two general goods vendors also sell more 7.62 ammo than the weapon vendor. The assaultron has - .45 (463), 7.62 (44), again, 7.62 is less than 10% of .45
It's your mod, so it's up to you how much you think they should sell, but getting less than 250 ammo from all three vendors in Diamond City is still too low, in my opinion, especially as the weapon sellers have less than 10% of what they have for .45 ammo and the handmade rifle doesn't do 10 times the damage of the combat rifle.
Edit: I looked into it again, I accidentally read over some values, they were way too low, the .45 version will be updated in a few minutes and should now work
Thanks again, for looking into this. All the vendors now sell about half as many 7.62 rounds as .45 rounds. I think the balance is just about right, now.
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other mods add .45-70 ammo to traders. but the ones i have found alter the scrounger perk lists as well. which is something i don't want to screw with (i tried using one of the mods and i was finding over 100 rounds of various types in some containers).
Okay, my feedback on the new version:
I appreciate your making a second version, but the amount sold is still too low, as there were less than 250 of the ammo between Arturo, Myrna and Percy in Diamond City . Here are the numbers for .45 and 7.62 from these vendors:
Arturo - .45 (498), 7.62 (45)Arturo's 7.62 amount is less than 10% of what he has for .45
Myrna - .45 (257), 7.62 (104) Her 7.62 ammo is less than half of her .45 ammo, but more than twice of what Arturo, the weapon merchant, has.
Percy the Mister Handy - .45 (187), 7.62 (88) His 7.62 ammo is also less than half of his .45 ammo and is also more than Arturo's.
I went to Goodneighbour and the two general goods vendors also sell more 7.62 ammo than the weapon vendor. The assaultron has - .45 (463), 7.62 (44), again, 7.62 is less than 10% of .45
It's your mod, so it's up to you how much you think they should sell, but getting less than 250 ammo from all three vendors in Diamond City is still too low, in my opinion, especially as the weapon sellers have less than 10% of what they have for .45 ammo and the handmade rifle doesn't do 10 times the damage of the combat rifle.