Splitting Ranger Combat Armor

[Ragnarok101]

It's possible to have the coat of the Ranger Combat Armor as a separate item- JaySuS has a mod that does so. What I'm proposing is a mod that splits the Armor into two parts- the duster and the riot armor. If possible, it might be made to work on mod-added variants like the Courier's Combat Armor?

In all likelihood, the stats would remain with the armor portion, with the duster providing a bit of extra DT.

[devinpatterson]

It's possible to have the coat of the Ranger Combat Armor as a separate item- JaySuS has a mod that does so. What I'm proposing is a mod that splits the Armor into two parts- the duster and the riot armor. If possible, it might be made to work on mod-added variants like the Courier's Combat Armor?

In all likelihood, the stats would remain with the armor portion, with the duster providing a bit of extra DT.

Yeah a lot of mod authors have split off the coat to add to other armors. I'v done a few on dlc armors (pics);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The problem is most of the armors will clip with the duster, so they require some adjustment in blender. I haven't tried JaySus so I don't know if his duster is an altered mesh, but I think if one were to edit the duster (especially around the collarbone, chest and arms) you could probably get a mesh that woudln't clip with 90% of light armor. It is going to look bulkier, but that's a trade off your going to need to cover such a wide range of armor.

The body armor isn't complete right out of the box, but geonox fixed that with a modding resource one can use. I think the basic idea is good (outlanders and other sci-fi, post apocalyptic fictions have kevlar dusters over body armor (although I believe the NV version is just a duster sans ballistic weave).