Handmade Chinese assault rifle

[CrimsonKnight77]

So the other day I was browsing Nukapedia, when I remembered Fallout 76's "Chinese assault rifle" that never made it into the game. I was curious, and noted that it was just two modifications to the standard handmade rifle. I thought this was a good idea, since it adds customisation without the risk of cluttering the world with weapons (something I'm extremely cautious about when I download weapon mods). You can read an old reddit post about it here, along with some photos of the thing in action: https://www.reddit.com/r/fo76/comments/cf2jp8/chinese_assault_rifle_barrel_and_stock_for/

Two more images are present on the wiki itself:

• https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/d/d8/FO76_Chinese_assault_rifle_back.png/revision/latest?cb=20200912214816
• https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/7/7e/FO76_Chinese_assault_rifle.png/revision/latest?cb=20200831054552

I thought it would be cool to bring this idea forward into Fallout 4, but I'm absolutely dreadful when it comes to designing meshes and textures. No matter how I try, it never comes out how I'd like, so I've accepted this as one of those things I just can't do. With that in mind, I was hoping there would be anyone out there who'd be willing to recreate 76's meshes and textures? Or at least, could point me in the right direction, since I'm super new to the modding scene and don't know who to speak to about it.

As far as actual implementation goes, I've actually done pretty much the whole thing aside from creating the necessary meshes and textures. I've made the constructible mod items, given them effects (I thought having the barrel give a small bonus to Critical Hit chance would be a fun way to make it stand out), and also added functionality for the weapon's firing sounds to change if you apply the CAR barrel^{note: see bottom}. I've yet to set up a naming scheme for the mods though, but I think that's all that's left.

Anyway, I think that's all there is to it, so thanks for reading, if you've made it this far! If you're interested in this idea, please get in touch with me either in PMs or in this thread - I'd love to hear from you!

Regarding the sounds: For testing purposes, I'm using 76's Chinese assault rifle sounds, which also didn't make it into the game. Obviously, when it comes time to upload the finished product, I can't redistribute those files, so I'm going to replace those sounds with the standard handmade sounds and provide instructions on how to replace them, with the CAR sounds or otherwise. Here's a video I made a while ago demonstrating the sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU0eDuSfV7o