The aim of this mod is to make the game more challenging via GMST, effect, and item changes.
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Version v1.2.5
-Added the "Food / Hunger / Sleep Penalty Changes" section.
-Made the following changes to withdrawal effects:
-All withdrawal effects that didn't reduce Charisma before will now do so by 1 point.
-Most withdrawal effects now cause an AP reduction of 2 per withdrawal, without limit.
-Most withdrawal effects that reduce Perception will reduce max AP by 2 plus whatever the amount reduced is. This will not 'double dip' with the general AP reduction penalty due to addiction (for example, a drug that reduces Agility by 1 as a withdrawal effect would only cause a max AP loss of 3, not 5).
-Withdrawal effects that reduce Strength will now also directly reduce carry weight by 3 per point of Strength reduced, without limit. This includes penalties that now have a Strength reduction applied to them.
-Withdrawal effects that reduce Endurance will now also directly reduce heal rate by 1, without limit. This includes withdrawal effects that now have an Endurance reduction applied to them.
-Alcohol:
-Withdrawal effect now reduces Intelligence by 1.
-Withdrawal effect now causes a "dizzying" effect to the PC.
-Buffout:
-Withdrawal effect now reduces max HP by 8 (will prevent fast travel)!
-Hydra:
-Withdrawal effect now causes 3 HP/s limb damage for 15 seconds as soon as the withdrawal period begins. This can only happen once per withdrawal effect occurrence.
-Jet:
-Withdrawal effect now reduces max AP by 4.
-Med-X:
-Withdrawal effect now reduces DR and DT by 3.
-Psycho:
-Withdrawal effect now reduces melee damage by 5.
-Withdrawal effect now reduces unarmed damage by 5.
-Withdrawal effect now reduces Strength by 1.
-Rad-X:
-Withdrawal effect now decreases Radiation Resistance by 10%.
-RadAway:
-Withdrawal effect now decreases Radiation Resistance by 5%.
-Rebound:
-Withdrawal effect now reduces intelligence by 2.
-Rocket:
-Now has a unique withdrawal effect:
-Withdrawal effect now reduces max AP by 12.
-Slasher:
-Now has a unique withdrawal effect:
-Withdrawal effect now reduces DR and DT by 3.
-Withdrawal effect now reduces melee damage by 5.
-Withdrawal effect now reduces unarmed damage by 5.
-Withdrawal effect now reduces Strength by 1.
-Stimpak:
-Withdrawal effect now reduces max HP by 4 (will prevent fast travel)!
-Super Stimpak:
-Withdrawal effect now reduces max HP by 8 (will prevent fast travel)!
-Ultrajet:
-Withdrawal effect now reduces max AP by 8.
-The above changes were made with the intent of making withdrawal penalties have more effect on the player, in addition to making the specific withdrawals more unique in their effects.
-Made the following changes to Radiation to tone it down a bit, as well as make it more in-line with the various changes introduced by this update:
-Minor Rad Poisoning:
-Now reduces Strength by 1.
-Now reduces Agility by 1.
-Now reduces carry weight by 4.
-Now reduces max AP by 3.
-Advanced Rad Poisoning:
-Now reduces Agility by 2.
-Now reduces Perception by 1.
-Now reduces carry weight by 8.
-Now reduces max AP by 6.
-Critical Rad Poisoning:
-Now reduces Perception by 2.
-Now reduces Strength by 3.
-Now reduces carry weight by 12.
-Now reduces max AP by 9.
-Deadly Rad Poisoning:
-Now reduces Agility by 3.
-Now reduces Endurance by 4.
-Now reduces Perception by 3.
-Now reduces Strength by 3.
-Now reduces carry weight by 16.
-Now reduces max AP by 12.
-Now reduces max HP by 15.
-Made the following changes to hardcore penalties:
-FOD:
-Minor Starvation:
-Now reduces Charisma by 1.
-Now reduces carry weight by 4.
-Advanced Starvation:
-Now reduces carry weight by 8.
-Critical Starvation:
-Now reduces Perception by 2 (up from 1).
-Now reduces carry weight by 12.
-Deadly Starvation:
-Now reduces Strength by 4 (up from 3).
-Now reduces Perception by 3 (up from 2).
-Now reduces Charisma by 3 (up from 2).
-Now reduces carry weight by 16.
-H20:
-Minor Dehydration:
-Now reduces Perception by 1.
-Now reduces max AP by 3.
-Advanced Dehydration:
-Now reduces max AP by 6.
-Critical Dehydration:
-Now reduces Intelligence by 2 (up from 1).
-Now reduces max AP by 9.
-Deadly Dehydration:
-Now reduces Endurance by 4 (up from 3).
-Now reduces Intelligence by 3.
-Now reduces Agility by 3 (up from 2).
-Now reduces max AP by 12.
-SLP:
-Minor Sleep Deprivation:
-Now reduces Intelligence by 1.
-Now reduces max AP by 3.
-Advanced Sleep Deprivation:
-Now reduces max AP by 6.
-Critical Sleep Deprivation:
-Now reduces Endurance by 2 (up from 1).
-Now reduces max AP by 9.
-Deadly Sleep Deprivation:
-Now reduces Agility by 4 (up from 3).
-Now reduces Endurance by 3 (up from 2).
-Now reduces Intelligence by 3 (up from 2).
-Now reduces max AP by 12.
-Like the radiation poisoning changes, the above changes are meant to be a bit more harsh on the PC so that the penalties move beyond being a minor inconvenience.
Version v1.2.0.1
-Version 1.2.0.1 [6/22/18]:
-Corrected various information and spelling errors throughout the readme.
-Edited wording in various parts in the readme.
-Added a description of the effects of the various GMST changes at the bottom of the appropriate section.
-Gameplay:
-Changed the GMST's for weapon jamming so that it occurs slightly less often overall before the weapon hits 10% condition, but can also occur at earlier percentages.
-Bug Fixes:
-Fixed Young Deathclaws not having their specific DoT assigned to them.
-Fixed Baby Deathclaw's not having their specific DoT assigned to them. In order to apply this change, the "Use Actor Effect List" flag had to be unchecked for this specific enemy.
-Fixed various (internal) issues with withdrawal penalties.
-Fixed inconsistent weapon jamming frequencies for certain weapon condition percentages.
-Fixed Young Deathclaws not having their specific DoT assigned to them.
-fAVDActionPointsMult has been changed back to the default value of 3.0 to prevent rounding issues with VATS AP calculating.
Version 1.2
-Edited the appearance of the entries in the 'Item Tweaks' section.
-Added 'Addiction / Withdrawal Tweaks,' 'Crippled Limb Penalty Tweaks,' 'Enemy Tweaks,' and 'Perk Tweaks' sections to the readme.
-Added my thoughts of the changes made in each section at the end of the respectful one to give a better idea of why I changed what I did.
-GMST Tweaks:
-fCombatDamageBonusSneakingMult has been increased to 3.5 (up from 2.0). This change was made due to the changes of the various Crit Damage perks introduced in this update, as I felt it would have been too harsh of a penalty at that point without changing this setting.
-Applied the following changes to withdrawal:
-All withdrawal penalties now cause an AP reduction of 2 per withdrawal, without limit. This includes the addictions from (Super) Stimpacks and RadAway introduced by this mod. This part of the mod will be greatly expanded on a future update.
-Perk Tweaks:
-Better Criticals:
-Critical Hit Damage bonus decreased to 30% (down from 50%).
-Hunter:
-Critical Hit Damage bonus against animals decreased to 45% (down from 75%).
-Jury Rigging:
-Now requires level 18 (up from level 14).
-Paralyzing Palm:
-Paralysis duration decreased to 7 seconds (down from 30).
-Level requirement decreased to 16 (down from 18).
-Enemy Tweaks:
-Cazadors:
-Cazador poison no longer applies to the PC twice (though this wasn't due to a bug as far as I could tell from looking at the effect in the G.E.C.K), and instead has a consistent single application of an 8 HP/s DoT throughout the duration of it.
-Poison duration has been increased to 40 seconds (up from 30 seconds).
-AP reduction from poison reduced to 15 AP (down from 25 AP).
-AP reduction duration from poison has been increased to 40 seconds (up from 30 seconds).
-Poison now reduces Agility by 1 throughout its duration (up from 0).
-Poison now reduces Endurance by 1 throughout its duration (up from 0).
-Poison now causes 10 HP/s limb damage to the chest throughout its duration (up from 0; in New Vegas, the PC limbs have 1,000 HP by default).
-Deathclaws:
-Baby Deathclaw:
-Now causes a 1 HP/s DoT for 2 seconds on hit.
-Young Deathclaw:
-Now causes a 2 HP/s DoT for 3 seconds on hit.
-Deathclaw:
-Now causes a 3 HP/s DoT for 4 seconds on hit.
-Deathclaw Alpha Male / Deathclaw Mother / Legendary Deathclaw:
-Now cause a 4 HP/s DoT for 5 seconds on hit.
-Ghouls:
-Glowing Ones now passively regenerate 1 HP/s, and 5 limb HP/s.
-Super Mutants:
-All Super Mutants now passively regenerate 1 HP/s, and 5 limb HP/s.
-Item Tweaks:
-RadAway:
-Now has a Usage Monitor effect magnitude of 10 which lasts 5 minutes.
-Rad-X:
-Base Radiation Resistance effect magnitude decreased to 15 (down from 25).
-Radiation Resistance effect duration decreased to 3 minutes (down from 4).
-Now has a Usage Monitor effect magnitude of 10 which lasts 5 minutes.
-Stimpak:
-Increased the addiction chance to 5% (up from 3%).
-Now has a Usage Monitor effect magnitude of 5 which lasts 1 minute.
-Super Stimpak:
-Reduced the addiction chance to 5% (down from 10%).
-Now has a Usage Monitor effect magnitude of 10 which lasts 1 minute and 30 seconds.
-Bug Fixes: Fixed internal issues of the Super Stimpak not having the proper addiction effect.
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Version 1.1
-Made the following changes:
-GMST Tweaks:
-*fAVDActionPointsMult has been decreased to 2.5 (down from 3.0).
-*fWeaponConditionReloadJam7 has been increased to 0.30 (up from 0).
-*fWeaponConditionRateOFFire1 has been decreased to 78.0 (down from 82.0).
-*fWeaponConditionRateOFFire2 has been decreased to 80.0 (down from 84.0).
-*fWeaponConditionRateOFFire3 has been decreased to 82.0 (down from 86.0).
-*fWeaponConditionRateOFFire4 has been decreased to 84.0 (down from 88.0).
-*fWeaponConditionRateOFFire5 has been decreased to 86.0 (down from 90.0).
-*fWeaponConditionRateOFFire6 has been decreased to 88.0 (down from 92.0).
-*fWeaponConditionRateOfFire7 has been decreased to 90.0 (down from 94.0).
-*fWeaponConditionRateOfFire8 has been decreased to 92.0 (down from 96.0).
-*fWeaponConditionRateOfFire9 has been decreased to 94.0 (down from 98.0).
-*Changed the sneak detection level messages to make sneaking more difficult without directly altering the AI. Paying attention is all the more important now.
Version 1.0.1
-Version 1.0.1 (1/7):
-Fixed issues where the (Super) Stimpak and RadAway didn't have addiction effects. Addiction information has also been added to the readme.
[Subtle Gameplay Tweaks]
Note(s): 7/18: Due to lack of overall interest in this mod (by myself and the community), future updates will be on hold for now. The roadmap article has been updated appropriately. --- Introduction:
The aim of this mod is to make the game more challenging via GMST, effect, and item changes. Some of the changes made are the PC getting less poison and radiation resistance per level of Endurance, the PC having less overall AP and health to start with, and so on. These changes are not extravagant or complex in nature, but the effects of them are no less impactful and effective, hence the mod name. The readme will tell you the full extent of these changes, and it can also be found on the Documents tab on this mod page so you may view it without downloading the mod. --- Installation Instructions:
Drop the mod in the data folder, and activate it through whatever mod manager or launcher you use. It's recommended to start a new game before you use this mod due to the changes it makes.
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Incompatibilities: Any mod that changes GMST's will likely cause problems with this mod. --- Permissions: No permission or credit needed; do whatever you like with the mod. ---
