Mod articles
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Intro
This article is meant for those who want to create patches for weapons themselves.
To keep this article relatively short, the modelling of the scopes is not discussed.
Instead, it is assumed an existing model from the See Through Scopes mod is used.
You will be required to use the following tools:
- FO4Edit
- Nifskope
It might be usefull to first download the mod and extract the zip folder.
Then, copy the contents of the folder "00 - Main" to a place of your liking. (The DLC scopes are located in "01 - DLC\<DLC NAME>")
Note about making a weapon with STS support
If you are not planning on publishing a standalone mod with STS support, you can skip this part.
For compatibility reasons, it is important th... -
Manual Install Guide (v2.0.0 and up)
First, download the mod, and extract the rar file. It should contain the following folders:
00 - Main
01 - DLC
02 - GOTY ESP
03 - Patches
04 - Addons
05 - Prepacked
fomod
First, make up your mind if you want to install the ADD or the REPLACE version of the mod.
To remind you, the ADD version adds all the scopes without changing any vanilla scopes.
The REPLACE version replaces the Short and Medium Scopes with 4x and 8x Combat Scopes respectively.
Furthermore, the REPLACE version replaces the Short and Long Recon scopes with 4x and 8x Recon Combat Scopes.
ESP'S
First, we make sure the ESP's are in place.
There are 4 ESP's you can choose from:
1 - Main Vanilla Only ESP > ... -
Manual Install Guide (v.1.21 and older)
First, download the mod, and extract the rar file. It should contain the following folders:
00 - Core Files
01 - ADD
01 - REPLACE
02 - ATS-ADD
02 - ATS_REPLACE
03 - Customize
04 - Patches
05 - Addons
06 - Framework
07 - Framework Defaults
08 - DLC
09 - OldScripts
Copy the CONTENTS of the following folder, in the following order to your Fallout 4 data directory.
00 - Core Files
06 - Framework
Is this the first time you have installed this mod?
Yes!
Copy the contents of the folder "07 - Framework Defaults" to your fallout 4 data folder.
Do you want the vanilla Short Scope to be replaced wi... -
Customizing the default reticles. (v.1.21 and older)
In short
Every scope has a default reticle. If you really dislike the default reticle, and are too lazy to visit a workbench and change it, then this article is for you. This article will explain how to modify the default reticles of any weapon.
NOTE: The framework is required.
Before you start
- Make sure you have the framework installed.
- Make sure you know where you Fallout 4 Data folder is.
- Determine of which weapon you want to edit the default reticle.
- Determine which kind of reticle and dot you want.
Changing the Default Reticle
First of all, open the explorer, and navigate to your Fallout 4 Data folder.
Next, go to the following folder:
Materials > Scope
In this folder there will be a bunch o...