If you regret getting the Bloody Mess perk...

[The Nameless]

You may have noticed that using 'player.removeperk' to get rid of it from your perks list does not stop enemies from doing the full-body gib.

I eventually decided this was completely ridiculous, so I searched online for ways to make it stop, and found nothing. Then I searched 'help bloodymess 0' and got 'AVIF: BloodyMess (000002ed)'. I tried using it with the setav command: 'player.setav 2ed 0'.

This, finally, got enemies to stop exploding, all other things having failed. So if you're like me and are tired of bloody mess explosions, I hope this helps.

[wtiger27]

I only get that perk to the 15% extra damage rank 3. Never had any desire to get the top rank to see bodies explode.

[The Nameless]

Originally posted by wtiger27:

I only get that perk to the 15% extra damage rank 3. Never had any desire to get the top rank to see bodies explode.

You must be playing with a mod or something because in vanilla, they explode at the first rank.

[Jouchebag]

Originally posted by The Nameless:

Originally posted by wtiger27:

I only get that perk to the 15% extra damage rank 3. Never had any desire to get the top rank to see bodies explode.

You must be playing with a mod or something because in vanilla, they explode at the first rank.

wt definitely does not play with mods... plenty vocal enough about it lol. You are right though, even Rank 1 of Bloody Mess causes the full body explosion chance. Rank 4 causes chain explosions with other nearby enemies.

The effect is a bit much. Especially when you consider how many thousands of things you will kill before the end of the game.

[Zes]

thank you. providing information after taking care of their problem is a mighty rare. good person ;)

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by The Nameless:

Originally posted by wtiger27:

I only get that perk to the 15% extra damage rank 3. Never had any desire to get the top rank to see bodies explode.

You must be playing with a mod or something because in vanilla, they explode at the first rank.

Nope. No mods, but you are right. It is the top rank which makes other bodies close to the one you shoot to explode. Never have got that rank. But I am really only interested in the 3rd rank, for the extra overall damage.

The fact the bodies have a chance to explode, is not a attraction to me. Which would have been a better way to explain my position.

[The Nameless]

Originally posted by wtiger27:

Originally posted by The Nameless:

You must be playing with a mod or something because in vanilla, they explode at the first rank.

Nope. No mods, but you are right. It is the top rank which makes other bodies close to the one you shoot to explode. Never have got that rank. But I am really only interested in the 3rd rank, for the extra overall damage.

The fact the bodies have a chance to explode, is not a attraction to me. Which would have been a better way to explain my position.

Ha! Yeah, I never get it past rank one--and the rare times when I even get that, I tend to get rid of it. Up until now it would mostly be by starting over or loading a save; now I can do it directly. So I never actually saw the chain explosions happen. If I want to blow up everybody in an area, there's always the fat man. Or, since I DO have a ton of mods, a fusion core missile.

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by The Nameless:

Originally posted by wtiger27:

Nope. No mods, but you are right. It is the top rank which makes other bodies close to the one you shoot to explode. Never have got that rank. But I am really only interested in the 3rd rank, for the extra overall damage.

The fact the bodies have a chance to explode, is not a attraction to me. Which would have been a better way to explain my position.

Ha! Yeah, I never get it past rank one--and the rare times when I even get that, I tend to get rid of it. Up until now it would mostly be by starting over or loading a save; now I can do it directly. So I never actually saw the chain explosions happen. If I want to blow up everybody in an area, there's always the fat man. Or, since I DO have a ton of mods, a fusion core missile.

Well, the 15% damage increase across the board for the char is nice. Only interest I have in it. And I do not regret getting it as I do on every run I do.

Playing mostly on Very Hard, which your char is gimped anyway by doing 50% less damage, is a good incentive to get it for myself.

[Heimdall313]

You know what, that's actually good to know. Thank you.

[123]

I know this is an old post. I do still use it for informational purposes and I have an update.

This is what I discovered:
From the console command line enter: player.setav 2ed 0
This turns off the bloody mess effect.

Then you remove each perk in the reverse order they are added as follows:
player.removeperk 001F418E
player.removeperk 001D2454
player.removeperk 001D2453
player.removeperk 0004A0BB

Hope this helps. Now I have a batch file or two to fix. :O