ammo effects

[Nephelus]

I just took a quick look through the commands for NVSE and found these:

 

http://geck.bethsoft.com/index.php?title=GetWeaponRequiredStrength

http://geck.bethsoft.com/index.php?title=SetWeaponRequiredStrength

 

I'm not a scripter so I don't know how easily it would be to write something that does what you intend, but perhaps this will help a bit.

[TheBlob2]

is there a function that checks what ammo is currently equipped?

[Fallout2AM]

This and this will probably help you.

[Ladez]

make it so some ammo types will increase or decrease the strength requirement of a weapon while equipped, based on how big the powder load is. like using .44 special in a .44 magnum revolver would decrease the strength requirement by 2, or something like that

 

That should be quite trivial actually, NVSE provides the functions needed: GetPlayerCurrentAmmo and Get/SetWeaponRequiredStrength.

 

But maybe you'd better use a perk with a Modify Weapon Strength Req entry point instead, as I believe the functions above modify the base form. A perk would negate some of the strength required for the player only. Downside is that perks don't work on NPCs, although I honestly don't know if strength requirement even applies for them either.

 

As for differentiating between ammo types, you can either sort them manually into form lists according to how much strength should be negated, or you can use something like GetAmmoCasing.

 

As for implementaiton, use a GameMode script to continually detect whether the player has switched ammo, then apply strength req negation with NVSE functions or perk as explained above.