DynV Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) I have no experience modding FNV, or anything at all. Would you give me help how to do the simplest mod to get rid of the shiny from Maria, the unique 9 mm gun? If it's more than slightly simpler to replace its visual by a 9 mm (it have to retain the normal Maria properties), I'm fine with that; please disregard image editing for the simplicity, I don't mind spending time doing that in an image editor. I had 2 PCs (playable character) up to now and for both I thought they would consider the reflectivity a detriment to sneaking (even though it doesn't affect the mechanic, if the PCs would be real I'm sure they would share my thought on that). If someone doesn't mind creating the mod for me, there's 2 ways I'm thinking the PCs would proceed, either have some kind of removable matte cover (ie: rubber), and as a GRA quest mention religion that affect Maria, either the religious icon somewhat visible (ie: a translucent slightly dark cover), or a simple religious symbol on the cover (ie: a black cross painting over the dark cover) over the icon location and of a similar size have the shiny parts sanded and painted over (to prevent rust), including the ivory except for the religious icon.As I mentioned earlier, the previous paragraph only applies if it's slightly more complicated than replacing the visual by a 9 mm, or if a modder want to spend the extra effort on it. Thank you kindly Edited January 25, 2020 by DynV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAD0WC0BRA Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I think the "shine" of the weapon could probably be reduced by taking its normal map into an image editor and then reducing the layer opacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynV Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Please refer to the first 2 lines of the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAD0WC0BRA Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Well, I could probably make it no problem if you're still interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynV Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 I'd like that. Please keep in mind I'm fine with Maria--visual--replaced by a plain 9 mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAD0WC0BRA Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I made it darker and dulled the reflectiveness of it. Take a look at this screenshot. Is this what you're after? https://i.imgur.com/0VRW3g6.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynV Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) That seem considerably better than the original. Some parts look a bit glossy, especially the top. Perhaps it could look more sanded, or perhaps even stained. Update 1: The modifications I'm referring to is only about the non-very-dark / non-black areas.Update 2: The top of the hand seem brighter so I'm assuming the top of the gun is only shinier because of the lighting and the whole gun could benefit from a modification, should one be done. Edited February 9, 2020 by DynV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAD0WC0BRA Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I just removed some more of the shine, but I can't really dull or darken it down more without it looking pretty bad/weird. Do you want to try it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynV Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 Absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAD0WC0BRA Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Let me know what you think: https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/68282/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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