Modding the Alien Blaster

[Del72]

I love the alien blaster but the 100% crit chance and limited ammo spoils it for me. I can fix the ammo issue with a Nexus mod but don't see anything to lower the crit chance. Is there a 'relatively' easy way to lower the crit chance without any knowledge of modding? Thanks.

[AC Denton]

It doesn't take much to learn
Download the GECK, you can get it on Steam, should be in your library under tools.
Open it and go to weapons and find the Alien Blaster.
Change the "Crit % Mult" (chance) from 1.0000 to 0 (or whatever you want)
Save your mod.

On the FNV launcher or mod manager, make sure it's activated.
Play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMchAKhlP-k

[Del72]

Thank you!

[Del72]

Ok, I'm doing something wrong. I created a file with GECK that changed the crit chance from 100 to 5. I saved it in the default data file. I made sure it was checked in launcher. Every hit was still a crit. I downloaded the mod manager and made sure it was checked. Every hit was still a crit. What am I missing? Maybe unequip the Blaster, save, and reload? I'll give it a try but open to suggestions!

[Del72]

Nope, that didn't work. When I reopen FalloutNV.esm in GECK, the Alien Blaster is back to 100 crit. Hmm.

[Del72]

I think I figured it out. I need to create a new Alien Blaster, I can't modify the one I already have. It needs more testing but so far, I don't seem to be critical hitting every time.

[Del72]

Although successful, I found this mod that does it all. I thought I would share:

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/64107?tab=description

[Death Approaches]

you can "fix" the ammo with a console command, just like the crit chance...

Note do NOT drop it on the ground to get it's prid, if you do, when you pick it up again, it'll regenerate a new RefID that won't match, and that's what lots of people end up doing.

'player.additem 4322 1'

go into inventory and drop the blaster. Then put the crosshair on it and hold Z until you can manipulate it, then open console and tag it, you'll see the ff00#### RefID. Don't drop it!

'setcritperc 0.0'

Now just your base character's crit chance, no weapon bonus.

close console and while it's still floating in the air, press E.

Then give yourself ammo, 'player.additem 29364 9876'