[HELP] Adding items to NPCs/Factions

[Mattatatta]

I'm new to playing F3 on PC, I decided to get the PC version after playing the PS3 one and seeing the vast amounts of mods available. Anyway, I've been playing the game with some mods, and I've been tweaking mods or vanilla files with the GECK - stuff like Damage, Ammo Type, Repair Lists, basic things, really.

 

Well, I have noticed that some of the weapon additions I have in my game were also made to add the new weapon to various NPCs in the game. Examples include the VSS Vintorez mod and SVD Dragunov. These two sniper rifles have spawned in the possession of Talon Company as the owners of these mods described, which to me, makes the game more realistic as there are more than *one* copy of the same weapon.

 

However, I also have weapon additions that only have the weapon appear once, be it on the ground, in a specific container, or at a Vendor, these weapons are not really on par with vanilla Unique weapons, so I feel that these new weapons should too appear in the hands of random NPCs such as Talon Company, Raiders, and other factions.

 

I'm stumped, though, on how to go about making this change.

 

So far, I've deduced that I have to make the changes within each individual plugin each weapon uses - since that's how I changed the basic attributes of each weapon. I've also found, through reading several threads on this forum, that getting NPCs to spawn with new weapons involves changing some kind of list associated with them, I think that is in Leveled Item under the Items menu of the GECK.

 

The brick wall I run into is what to do to make the changes. I've looked at the Vintorez mod's esp, and noticed that it is mentioned in the Leveled Item list at least twice. The entries are CondVintorez (condition) and WithAmmoVintorez. But when I check anything to do Talon Company, I find no references to either of the two entries, which has me confused because I cannot see how the creator got the weapon to spawn on Talon Company mercs.

 

So, how do I add an other weapon to the Leveled Item list? And then how do I ensure it spawns in certain factions in different weapon conditions? Can the same formula be applied to armours, and other objects?

[prandiningrat]

If you want to see what weapon that added to the leveled list in GECK just right click on the leveled list like WithAmmoVintorez then 'use info',you can see what objects using this leveled item. To add weapon to leveled list just create new weapon condition and with ammo too.For example, there are 4 leveled lists for Talon company weapon gun, Talon3WeaponGun, Talon2WeaponGun, Talon1WeaponGun and TalonWeaponGunBackup33. you can add your 'WithAmmo" to leveled list you want.

methods above can be used for all leveled list in the game, armor, creature or NPC.

[Mattatatta]

Thanks, I'm making the changes to the Achilles Rifle mod, and adding it to Outcasts and BoS, aswell as TC and Raiders. Hopefully the weapon shall start appearing in their hands - having the only copy of the weapon seems like a big advantage to me.