A scriptless approach to bottle return, using vanilla scripts, have a drink get the bottle back so you can use later.
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Nuka World
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Version 1.0
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A scriptless approach to bottle return, obviously inspired by Give Me That Bottle, by Zzyxzz, but this uses the existing Bottle Cap script (that gives you caps when you drink Nuka Cola or Beer) but giving you the bottle of the item you just consumed alongside the caps, if applicable. It only uses vanilla assets, so it could also avoid that dreaded script lag, not sure, but it'll definitely not add to it.
Simple mod, should be ok to remove mid playthrough if you are not happy with it, likewise, it can be installed at any time.
Regarding conflicts, it will obviously conflict with other mods that edit the consumable items (Nuka Cola, Beer, Whiskey, etc), so it needs to be patched, I'll upload a patch for the Unofficial Patch, but that's it, if you use any tagging, it'll break that too, can upload a tagged version too, but not sure if it'll work if you use like VIS or VIS-G, as I use FallHUD.