randomized clothing and weaponry for fallout new vegas npc's?

[Deleted42690930User]

is there a mod or mod framework that randomizes what n.p.c wear? for instance every time i start a new playthrough the ncr soldier near primm will wear a different ncr uniform from the base game and mods. if not how could i go about making a mod to do this?

[madmongo]

Most NPCs already have randomized clothing/armor. If you want to include clothing from mods, all you need to do is create your own mod that adds the modded armor/clothing to whatever leveled item list that NPC happens to use.

 

I looked up the NCR soldier outside of Primm and he does not use a leveled list. He always wears the NCR trooper outfit no matter what. It looks like there aren't many different NCR uniforms in the vanilla game, so you would have to create a new leveled list and replace the hard coded armor with the leveled list in the NPCs that you want to have varied clothing.

 

If you want an example of how to set this up, look at Alexander (the guy from the Gun Runners) at the 188. His ID is 188Alexander. Instead of a hard coded outfit, he uses a leveled item called Cond188MercOutfit. If you look at this leveled item, it has all of the merc outfits in the list, so Alexander ends up picking one of these outfits at random.

 

Create whatever leveled items you want, and add your modded armors to these lists, and the NPCs will pick them at random.

[Draghy]

Generic NPC's mostly have randomized items. You would have to manually edit every NPC that doesn't use leveled items in a plugin. Most named ones do not, and even some generic ones like the NCR soldiers in Primm as mentioned (probably for balance issues) and even some like the Westside Militia (they all use Single Shotguns).

 

Then create a conflict patch with other mods that alter your NPC's like NVRedesigned or FCO to ensure their new inventory is right.

Edited January 21, 2021 by Draghy

[Deleted42690930User]

thanks, ill look into leveled lists. i dont have much geck experience though

[Mktavish]

I guess leveled lists are a good start to using the geck ,,,, just remember you can have a list inside a list inside a list ... etc .

Lvld list item ... add more lists or an item ... or both ,,,?

 

The lvled list is an item in its self if you didn't figure out.

In which both lists and items are also their own form-ID

So you can add lvl list items to leveled lists.

Or an actual item .

Can a list be dragged into a levled list item field ?

Try it .