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About this mod
5 nice oversized swords and 1 dagger (Optional alternate textures now available)
- Permissions and credits
WHAT IT DOES
It adds six richly decorated weapons, although they do have a bit of battle damage too. All weapons here feature gold-plated fittings, a golden motif on the blade, and some also on the handle. You probably can't see that well in the screenshots, but they actually have normal map and bump map, so the artwork on the blade looks actually embossed in the right lighting, not just painted on. And yes, it's polished and oiled steel, as fitting for such weapons. The golden artwork is a bit tarnished and scratched away, but you won't find any rust on these weapons, or your money back.
The weapons ARE very powerful, but need 100 skill. I.e., the damage and accuracy start lower, but increase as your skill increases, all the way to 100. I.e., they more or less grow with you as you level up and advance your melee skill.
Unlike some of my other mods, these are NOT historical weapons.
1. an oversized two-hander sword, like you find in most games, called the "Epix Greatsword".
It has a blade that's a whole 4 inch wide, and decorated to fit an epic weapon, and a spiral hardwood handle for maximum grip.
This is the weapon that started this mod. To be honest, it sorta started as a joke. You know, an ahistorical and impractically big weapon, like most games give you. Sorta like in WoW or Dragon Age. Hence the name. But then I kinda started liking it. I wouldn't mind cleaving a few heads with it, after all.
2. An oversized and even more lavishly decorated dagger, called the "Epix Dagger". It has a 15 inch long blade, and 2.5 inch wide.
The base damage is much lower than the broadsword, but the weapon is considerably faster, so it works out to the same DPS as the greatsword. It also needs less AP per attack in VATS, so it may actually have an advantage against weak opponents.
3. An oversized one-hander fantasy sword, called the "Epix Broadsword." It has a 3 ft long blade from tip to hilt, 4.5 inch broad at its widest and 3 inch broad at its thinnest. Yep, it's actually broader than the two hander.
It has roughly the same DPS as the other two, and the base damage and speed and AP fall squarely between the two-hander and the dagger.
4. An oversized stereotypical Arab/Persian curved broad blade, called the "Epix Scimitar".
Actually, for the history-minded, this is not an Arab design and is nowhere near what the Persians called a scimitar ("shamshir"). It's actually an oversized version of a very late Turkish Kilij, namely the "Pala" variant.
The blade starts about 3 inch wide at the hilt, and flares to nearly 1 foot wide measured along the yelman (the straight edge at the back of the tip.)
Historically, if such a weapon had golden decoration on the blade, it would very likely be a verse or two from the Quran (the Islam's holy book.) But, well, let's just say that using verses from someone else's holy book is prone to causing misunderstanding and offense, both to them and to some of our own devout Christians, so I stuck with the vines motif. Better keep it abstract and non-offensive, right? Plus, it's a fantasy weapon based only very loosely on anything real, anyway.
It has exactly the same stats as the Epix Broadsword.
5. An oversized fantasy curved blade, called the "Epix Sabre". The shape is loosely inspired by Adonnay's elven blades, but only loosely: what I had in mind was less like a slender and elegant elven weapon, and more like a 3ft long, 2"-broad differential-forged piece of steel that can cleave a mutant's head off.
Since it IS narrower and lighter than any other sword in this collection, it has the same speed and base damage as the dagger. It also has the least decoration on the blade. It's basically a weapon designed to address complaints from some people that found the dagger too short or the golden motif too distracting. But, make no mistake, it's just as deadly as any other blade here, so feel free to give it a try even if you didn't have those objections.
6. A shorter version of the sabre, with an only 23 inch blade or so, called the "Epix Short Sabre". It's roughly the size of what Dragon Age 1 and 2 call a "dagger", or everyone else calls a short sword. It's for people who like their blades more assassin-size, so to speak.
It has the same speed and stats as the full sized sabre.
OPTIONAL TEXTURES
I've had complaints about the golden motif on the blade, so now there is an optional textures pack that removes it. The blade will look just the same, with the same nicks in the same places, but have a smooth brushed-iron surface where the embossed gold vines were.
You NEED the main file installed first, as this is just a bunch of textures; the meshes and plugin file are in the main file. Then just unpack the alternate texture pack on top of it, in your Data directory. Enjoy your non-decorated blades.
HOW TO GET IT
I gave all of them to Chet in Goodsprings. You can buy your blades there whenever you have the money.
HOW TO INSTALL IT
Extract the archive, with directories, in your "fallout new vegas\Data" folder. Select it in the list of plugin files in the launcher.
HOW TO UNINSTALL IT
Delete the .esp file from your Data directory.
Delete the MEpixSword directory in both the Meshes and Textures directories.
OLD VERSIONS
The newest version has all the files, so you don't need to download old versions too. I left the old version online just in case you actually want the old version with the short ornamentation on the blade (the screenshots without version number.) Basically, choose one.
CONFLICTS
It shouldn't conflict with anything.
LICENSE
For my own work, I release it in the public domain. You can do anything you wish with it. I would, of course, appreciate it if you give credit, but if not, so be it, I can live with that too.
The golden artwork on the blade, though, is nicked (and re-processed) from Obsidian's mysterious gun texture. You can use that for other New Vegas mods, but I can't give you permission to that piece if you want to port it to another game. It's simply not mine to give.
VERSION HISTORY
1.06:
Added the Epix Short Sabre
Made the Epix Sabre a little thicker, sharper and curvier
1.05:
Added the Epix Sabre
1.04:
Added the Epix Scimitar
1.03:
Added the Epix Broadsword
Reduced the weight of the Epix Dagger to 3 pounds
Gave the two-hander and dagger a more apropriate icon
1.02:
Added the Epix Dagger
1.01:
Applied the golden artwork doubled along the blade
1.0:
First NV Release
It adds six richly decorated weapons, although they do have a bit of battle damage too. All weapons here feature gold-plated fittings, a golden motif on the blade, and some also on the handle. You probably can't see that well in the screenshots, but they actually have normal map and bump map, so the artwork on the blade looks actually embossed in the right lighting, not just painted on. And yes, it's polished and oiled steel, as fitting for such weapons. The golden artwork is a bit tarnished and scratched away, but you won't find any rust on these weapons, or your money back.
The weapons ARE very powerful, but need 100 skill. I.e., the damage and accuracy start lower, but increase as your skill increases, all the way to 100. I.e., they more or less grow with you as you level up and advance your melee skill.
Unlike some of my other mods, these are NOT historical weapons.
1. an oversized two-hander sword, like you find in most games, called the "Epix Greatsword".
It has a blade that's a whole 4 inch wide, and decorated to fit an epic weapon, and a spiral hardwood handle for maximum grip.
This is the weapon that started this mod. To be honest, it sorta started as a joke. You know, an ahistorical and impractically big weapon, like most games give you. Sorta like in WoW or Dragon Age. Hence the name. But then I kinda started liking it. I wouldn't mind cleaving a few heads with it, after all.
2. An oversized and even more lavishly decorated dagger, called the "Epix Dagger". It has a 15 inch long blade, and 2.5 inch wide.
The base damage is much lower than the broadsword, but the weapon is considerably faster, so it works out to the same DPS as the greatsword. It also needs less AP per attack in VATS, so it may actually have an advantage against weak opponents.
3. An oversized one-hander fantasy sword, called the "Epix Broadsword." It has a 3 ft long blade from tip to hilt, 4.5 inch broad at its widest and 3 inch broad at its thinnest. Yep, it's actually broader than the two hander.
It has roughly the same DPS as the other two, and the base damage and speed and AP fall squarely between the two-hander and the dagger.
4. An oversized stereotypical Arab/Persian curved broad blade, called the "Epix Scimitar".
Actually, for the history-minded, this is not an Arab design and is nowhere near what the Persians called a scimitar ("shamshir"). It's actually an oversized version of a very late Turkish Kilij, namely the "Pala" variant.
The blade starts about 3 inch wide at the hilt, and flares to nearly 1 foot wide measured along the yelman (the straight edge at the back of the tip.)
Historically, if such a weapon had golden decoration on the blade, it would very likely be a verse or two from the Quran (the Islam's holy book.) But, well, let's just say that using verses from someone else's holy book is prone to causing misunderstanding and offense, both to them and to some of our own devout Christians, so I stuck with the vines motif. Better keep it abstract and non-offensive, right? Plus, it's a fantasy weapon based only very loosely on anything real, anyway.
It has exactly the same stats as the Epix Broadsword.
5. An oversized fantasy curved blade, called the "Epix Sabre". The shape is loosely inspired by Adonnay's elven blades, but only loosely: what I had in mind was less like a slender and elegant elven weapon, and more like a 3ft long, 2"-broad differential-forged piece of steel that can cleave a mutant's head off.
Since it IS narrower and lighter than any other sword in this collection, it has the same speed and base damage as the dagger. It also has the least decoration on the blade. It's basically a weapon designed to address complaints from some people that found the dagger too short or the golden motif too distracting. But, make no mistake, it's just as deadly as any other blade here, so feel free to give it a try even if you didn't have those objections.
6. A shorter version of the sabre, with an only 23 inch blade or so, called the "Epix Short Sabre". It's roughly the size of what Dragon Age 1 and 2 call a "dagger", or everyone else calls a short sword. It's for people who like their blades more assassin-size, so to speak.
It has the same speed and stats as the full sized sabre.
OPTIONAL TEXTURES
I've had complaints about the golden motif on the blade, so now there is an optional textures pack that removes it. The blade will look just the same, with the same nicks in the same places, but have a smooth brushed-iron surface where the embossed gold vines were.
You NEED the main file installed first, as this is just a bunch of textures; the meshes and plugin file are in the main file. Then just unpack the alternate texture pack on top of it, in your Data directory. Enjoy your non-decorated blades.
HOW TO GET IT
I gave all of them to Chet in Goodsprings. You can buy your blades there whenever you have the money.
HOW TO INSTALL IT
Extract the archive, with directories, in your "fallout new vegas\Data" folder. Select it in the list of plugin files in the launcher.
HOW TO UNINSTALL IT
Delete the .esp file from your Data directory.
Delete the MEpixSword directory in both the Meshes and Textures directories.
OLD VERSIONS
The newest version has all the files, so you don't need to download old versions too. I left the old version online just in case you actually want the old version with the short ornamentation on the blade (the screenshots without version number.) Basically, choose one.
CONFLICTS
It shouldn't conflict with anything.
LICENSE
For my own work, I release it in the public domain. You can do anything you wish with it. I would, of course, appreciate it if you give credit, but if not, so be it, I can live with that too.
The golden artwork on the blade, though, is nicked (and re-processed) from Obsidian's mysterious gun texture. You can use that for other New Vegas mods, but I can't give you permission to that piece if you want to port it to another game. It's simply not mine to give.
VERSION HISTORY
1.06:
Added the Epix Short Sabre
Made the Epix Sabre a little thicker, sharper and curvier
1.05:
Added the Epix Sabre
1.04:
Added the Epix Scimitar
1.03:
Added the Epix Broadsword
Reduced the weight of the Epix Dagger to 3 pounds
Gave the two-hander and dagger a more apropriate icon
1.02:
Added the Epix Dagger
1.01:
Applied the golden artwork doubled along the blade
1.0:
First NV Release