Adding new types of ammo

[Okradion]

I'm making an overhaul mod for Fallout 3, and as part of it, I made a couple of new ammo types, the 7.62/39mm (for use by Chinese assault rifles), and the 7.65/17mm (for Chinese Pistols). Never made sense to me how those weapons use the same ammo as their USA counterparts. I know, lazy Bethesda logic.

 

Well, I had no problem adding the new ammo types to all leveled and merchant lists in the game, they can now be found in ammo boxes as loot, and everywhere else where vanilla types of ammo can be found.

 

But I also want to add them to the Ammo Press in the Pitt DLC, and I want the Ammo Dispensers in Operation Anchorage DLC to be able to dispense those types of ammo (since obviously, you do use Chinese Assault Rifles there, and I want the dispenser to be able to restock the ammo for it). How do I do both?

 

Before anyone suggests, no, I do not want to use CALIBR, I don't want my mod to have any such dependencies. I want to make it all from scratch, and self-contained.

[Mktavish]

39mm ... enter that in the log . Can't understand why it wouldn't work . Then just add it to the chinese assault rifle. If you want both you make a form list with both , and add the list as it's ammo.

 

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[Okradion]

That's what I did, and it's not enough. Apparently I also have to script the new ammo types in, and I'm not sure which script governs it.

[Mktavish]

Ah ya sorry , you want to add it to the ammo press and the restock bins.

Wish I could look it for you , but I don't have it on this comp.

 

Anyways , try a search from the header drop down menu ... "Edit / Find Text" With those DLC's loaded in geck. Various things till you find the script for the ammo press. Probably a script pointing to a message with buttons ?

The restock bins may have a script , but I would guess they are just using a lvled list for respawning.

 

Hope that helps.