Power Armor Frame (container) Menu location?

[TheCutSnake]

I'd like to make a mod that enables the player to add 'broken' power armor parts to the frame without the "broken items cannot be equipped until they are repaired" issue.

 

I am unable to find the menu/script where this occurs so I can modify it.

 

I am using a mod to get the frames off dead bad-guys, but since I've blown off his armor add-ons I must either carry them with me or leave them behind. It's a little frustrating since I'm nearly always near my carry limit in hardcore survival mode.

 

TIA

[DeathMotif]

I did some work trying to mod PA frames a while back. There's simply not a lot you can do with them. Much of the PA system is hard coded, and not very open to modding. I suspect that this is one of those hard coded issues. I don't believe you are going to find the solution you want, but I wish you good luck in trying.

[TheCutSnake]

Thanks for your reply. I'm a tad stubborn, so if there's a way I may find it eventually ;)

[ThoraldGM]

Do you need them to stay broken? If not, would probably be easier to repair the part by script (either when you pick it up or open the frame menu).

 

OnMenuOpenCloseEvent: https://www.creationkit.com/fallout4/index.php?title=OnMenuOpenCloseEvent_-_ScriptObject

 

ClearDestruction: https://www.creationkit.com/fallout4/index.php?title=ClearDestruction_-_ObjectReference

 

Repair: https://www.creationkit.com/fallout4/index.php?title=Repair_-_ObjectReference

 

If you want to keep immersion of being broken, maybe there is a way to change item weight? The only SetWeight I found requires F4SE and doesn't work on spawned objects.

 

Edit: The Mobile Mechanic mod has a power armor station, but it weighs 15 lbs. https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/18262/

[TheCutSnake]

Thanks for the info. I find it much more difficult to mod FO4 than I did FO3.