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Armored Vests (41/B42)

Could you add compatibility for Vanilla Gear Expanded? There's 4 vests

Bullet vest - ATF
Bullet vest - Press
Bullet vest - FBI (blue, gray)
Bullet vest - Police (gray variant)

If not it's fine, I can do a local copy if needed

Hi, I can't make it work and I don't know why. the stats doesn't change. I'm using b41.

@Cyrisa Thank you. That goes a bit beyond the scope of this mod and my modding understanding. This mod is essentially just a simple txt.file with text. If you have a particular bullet proof vest mod you like, you could probably find the defense values inside a text file and just change those to 100 (though your changes would be overwritten anytime it updates unless you make it into a local copy)

I just want to say I have been using this mod for years and I love it. In fact I wish all "bullet proof" clothing items followed your format.

Though at times I really wish this could apply to other armor sets in other mods. As they usually have really unappealing stats. Like 40-60% protection. Thus they never get used. Is there a way you could override like the protection clothes category that would increase all stats via sandbox option?

Without doing infinite compatibility patches. Im unsure how else it could be done.

Makes sense. Thanks for the Info!

@AfroRobot I don't plan on modifying any other armors or items aside from the ones already modified by the mod. This mod was originally made back when Bulletproof Vests were cosmetic only, and had 0 defense value for Bite / Scratch. Bullet Protection didn't even exist back then. The vests all offer the same amount of protection so that one can choose which vest looks the best on their character.

IMO it's a good consideration unless you plan on using mods that add or rework police/military armor. I think a more comprehensive version of this mod would tweak some other armors, as well as balancing out the limb armor, and being compatible with other mods. Since I use Vanilla Gear Expanded I'll favorite and play without this mod for now.

In vanilla, the Magazine Chest Armor has more bite/scratch than a Bulletproof Vest; this mod changes that.

The side effect is that all other chest armor becomes obsolete as now bulletproof vest will offer more protection than any other chest armor, while retaining its bullet protection. It unfortunately also doesn't address limb armor. Magazine limb armor still has more bite/scratch protection than bulletproof-armor.

This mod also doesn't play well with other mods that add or rework police/military armor (like VGE, KATTAJ1, RAZ, etc) for various reasons. I would have made it something like "Civilian 70/70%, Police 80/80%, and Military 90/90% to incentivize armor upgrades. For perspective, Magazine Armor is 80/90% but washes off in the rain; Bone Armor is 80/90% but way heavier/slower.

@Cosmic Monkey this mod doesn't change that, so however it works in vanilla

does vest work with jacket ?