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Changelogs
Version 3.3
Fixed Friend of the Night filters sometimes not being removed correctly.
Fixed Swift Learner not working through Veronica's and LR ED-E's dialogue.
Fixed error in Heartless perk gain message.
Increased Here and Now reward from ~4000 to ~5000 caps.
Version 3.2
Fixed Lessons Learned.
Friend of the Night is no longer time-restricted (parity with standalone mod).
Corrected the Here and Now loading screen.
Version 3.1
Fixed a critical bug with Nuklear Power, Wasteland Gourmet, and Mile In Their Shoes.
Version 3.0
Added new trait: Thick Skull.
Added new perk: Wasteland Gourmet.
Infiltrator remade again.
Skilled now sets skill book bonus to 0 (even with Comprehension).
Alertness now boosts your crit chance in addition to PER.
Flame Retardant is now functional (it did literally nothing before).
Friend of the Night can now be toggled on and off.
Requirements changed for the following perks: Rapid Reload, Educated, Super Slam, Unstoppable Force, Alertness, Voracious Reader, Infiltrator, Broad Daylight
Re-implemented Broad Daylight for better compatibility.
Re-implemented Mile In Their Shoes for better compatibility.
Added better feedback for Poison Attack.
Changed the implementation of Nuklear Power.
Added a bit of randomness to Here and Now caps reward.
Rewrote most of the scripts.
Config file now included for customizing hotkeys and max # traits.
See Description tab for full details.
Version 2.3
Fixed Swift Learner bonus being applied whether the player had the perk or not.
Version 2.2
Removed remaining vanilla script edits. Trait removal is now handled by new scripts, and compatibility patches are no longer required.
Here and Now now places a footlocker full of caps at the player, rather than just giving the player caps directly.
Version 2.1
Fixed minor typo in Swift Learner description.
Re-implemented Swift Learner for better compatibility.
Added documentation to Swift Learner scripts.
Added documentation to Broad Daylight scripts.
Version 2.0
Removed GRA and YUP dependency.
New Perk - Flame Retardant.
Remade Perks: Mile in Their Shoes & Broad Daylight.
Balance Changes to Nuklear Power, Nuka Chemist.
Nuklear Power re-implemented for better compatibility.
Terrifying Presence Requirement Changed.
Two New Loading Screens for Flame Retardant and Nuklear Power.
See Description tab for full details.
Version 1.1
Skilled description clarified.
Bloody Mess and Challenge Mode are now correctly removed when resetting traits.
Fixed recipes available due to Swift Learner being greyed out.
Fixed the timing of the Implant DPG Installed message.
Version 1.0
Initial release.
This is the culmination of my work tackling the perks that Obsidian left worthless. Infiltrator, Swift Learner, Here and Now, and others have now been given attention they deserve. If you think I've missed something important, leave a message and I might address it in the next version.
This mod requires Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, Lonesome Road, NVSE, and JIP LN NVSE Plugin. Baddarkl Perk Overhaul should be low in your load order, in order to ensure its changes aren't overwritten.
As of version 3.0, Baddarkl Perk Overhaul comes with a config file. It can be found under Fallout New Vegas/Data/config.
FULL LIST OF CHANGES:
TRAITS:
* The max number of traits has been increased from 2 to 4. This can be customized in the ini file.
* New Trait - Challenge Mode: XP gain is reduced by 50%. Your Damage Threshold is reduced by 30. Action Point regen is reduced by 75%.
* New Trait - Bloody Mess: Bloody Mess is once again a trait, and no longer gives a damage bonus.
* New Trait - Thick Skull: You've got a thick skull. You're immune to the negative effects of head injury, but your Intelligence is reduced by 1. Requirement: 2 Intelligence, <6 Intelligence.
* Remade Trait - Skilled: You're skilled, but not much of a book learner. You gain +5 to all skills, but you can't learn anything from skill books.
PERKS:
* New Perk - Flame Retardant: With the Flame Retardant perk, you gain 25% fire resistance. So walk towards the fire. Requirement: Level 8, 5 Endurance.
* New Perk - Wasteland Gourmet: You've learned a few things about stretching your food supplies. You now gain an extra serving when cooking high level foods. Requirement: Level 12, 60 Survival.
* New Perk - Nuklear Power: You learn something new every day. Today you learned that you can boost your Strength and Perception by 5 by drinking Nuka-Cola products. Requirement: Level 18, 5 Intelligence.
* Remade Perk - Swift Learner: You're a quick study, and it's paid off. You gain access to higher level crafting recipes, equivalent to a bonus 10 points to Repair, Science, and Survival. Requirement: Level 6, 4 Intelligence.
* Remade Perk - Here and Now: Someone has misplaced a footlocker full of caps. And you just stumbled upon it. Lucky! Requirement: Level 10, 7 Luck.
* Remade Perk - Computer Whiz: You've spent enough time around computers to uncover their greatest secret: The Mushroom Cloud Storage System! Access it from any terminal in the wasteland. Requirement: Level 16, 90 Science.
* Remade Perk - Lessons Learned: The wasteland has taught you some hard lessons, but you've remembered them all. You gain a unique bonus for each DLC you've completed (DLCs completed after you take this perk won't count). Requirement: Level 16.
Dead Money Greed Is Good: +60 carry weight while health <= 20%
Honest Hearts Rivers of Babylon: +8 HP/sec regen while in water
Old World Blues Experimental Bionics: A new, experimental implant is available from the Sink Auto-Doc.
Lonesome Road Messenger of Death: +50 AP while wearing the Courier Duster or Ulysses Duster
* Remade Perk - Mile in Their Shoes: You have come to understand Nightstalkers. Consuming Nightstalker Squeezin's now grants a powerful poison attack for two minutes. Requirement: Level 20, 75 Survival.
* Remade Perk - Infiltrator: Become the Master of Infiltration. With this perk, you gain access to a personal stealth field effect once per day for 2 minutes. Activate it with a hotkey (default L). Requirement: Level 22, 90 Lockpick.
* Remade Perk - Broad Daylight: You've upgraded your Pip-Boy with a powerful UV light. It will now cause abominations to flee in terror. Requirement: Level 28, 100 Science.
* Balanced Perk - Heartless: The poison resistance has been decreased from 100% to 50%.
* Balanced Perk - Friend of the Night: The effect can now be toggled on and off.
* Balanced Perk - Rapid Reload: Requirement changed from 5 AGI and 30 Guns to 6 AGI.
* Balanced Perk - Educated: The level requirement has been increased from 4 to 8.
* Balanced Perk - In Shining Armor: The DT bonuses have been increased from 5/2 to 10/4. The level requirement has been increased from 2 to 8.
* Balanced Perk - Terrifying Presence: Requirement changed from 70 Speech to 70 Speech or 9 Strength.
* Balanced Perk - Super Slam: Requirement changed from level 8, 6 STR, 45 Melee Weapons to level 10, 7 STR.
* Balanced Perk - Unstoppable Force: Requirement changed from 7 STR and 90 Melee Weapons to 90 Melee Weapons or 90 Unarmed.
* Balanced Perk - Alertness: Now additionally provides +3 crit chance while crouched and not moving. The level requirement has been increased from 12 to 14.
* Balanced Perk - Jury Rigging: Requirement changed from 90 Repair to 80 Repair and 8 Intelligence.
* Balanced Perk - Nuka Chemist: The level requirement has been decreased from 22 to 14.
* Balanced Perk - Voracious Reader: The level requirement has been decreased from 22 to 16.
* Balanced Perk - Eye for Eye: The damage bonus per crippled limb has been increased from 10% to 15%.
* Balanced Perk - Roughin' It: The level requirement has been decreased from 28 to 20.
