Revamped Walking Canes

[orduresan]

Hello everyone, long-time user of nexusmods here (since it was called TESsource), complete newbie when it comes to modding and lifetime user of walking canes in real life. Here is my request :

 

Since I like to play as myself in Bethesda games, using a cane as my main weapon would make sense. However, I really dislike the way they're being used ingame. For starters, characters who use it attack with the shaft. I believe it should be the opposite : you should hold the shaft and attack with the handle, which is essentially a wooden hammer. That's the main issue I have. Right now, canes are handled like they are slightly sturdier pool cues.

 

This way, the possibilities for killmove animations would multiply as well : For example, you could hook the throat of a raider from behind, then either strike their neck as you pull them towards yourself, or take them down and stomp their head.

 

Workbench mods also have great potential with canes. Grips could be modified: you could keep traditional grips like we already have ingame, or use Derby handles which would do more damage and actually look more like hammer heads.

The barbed and spiked mods would obviously be useless on the shaft if you use the handle to strike. Barb wire could simply be added around the handle, but if you want to get a bit crazy, you could have the spiked mod look like a mohawk haircut, with nails pointing outwards from the tip of the handle to the other side. Even better, you could attach a bladed mod, and make you cane look like a scythe. (and if you ask me, that'd be more efficient than the fabled sword cane - it's just less stylish and not concealable)

Another thing that could be modded is the material. real life wooden canes are getting rare, especially for the handles, and if households can purchase Mr Handies for their comfort, I'm sure someone in the fallout universe designed carbon canes, plexiglass handles, aluminum shafts, even chromed or golden handles... plexiglass and carbon could even improve attack speed as it's lighter than most other canes.

It could even be possible to go crazy with shaft paint jobs, add flames like House MD's cane (which I believe is already a mod), have this or this or even this... But that would be asking a lot.

 

So, here it is. My request is to ask modders if they could have a look at the canes ingame, and improve them. This post here is mainly a list of suggestions, but it would mean a lot if you actually use these ideas to revamp walking canes in fallout 4. I also know that it would be hard to mod all of this stuff now without the GECK, but I'm a patient person, so take your time.

 

Thanks for reading all of this.

[orduresan]

I'm not sure if bumping is allowed in the mod request board (rules mention it but others do it here), but to me it seems like a waste to let mod ideas die just because people haven't seen it or because others posted at the same time.

I'll only post this once, though. if the thread dies again, then I guess I'm out of luck. Thanks.