About This File
Hi,
Most of you will know about this mod by now, originally made by Idlesheep and now that his life is too busy to maintain it, cared for by his 'team' - a ragtag bunch including myself of varying skill levels.
The mod includes a huge variety of weapon families which are all as customisable as we can make them, for example there aren't many varieties of AR15 that you can't make, and anyone who knows guns knows that's a LOT of variations. Families include but are not limited to:
AR15
ACR
MP5
MP7
UMP
G36
HK416/7
SCAR
AK 47/74/104 etc
Saiga
Spas
Sig 550/1/2/3
M60
M249
FN2000
Famas....
You get the picture, there are a ton of guns here. There are some modern type body armours included too, and more customisation options for everything than it would even be possible to list. Functions such as suppressors on/off, fire mode, scope zoom/type and underbarrel equipment are all switchable in gameplay by use of the 'Fallout 4 Hotkeys' mod by Registrator2000, negating the need to carry more than one of any weapon type. All of it is integrated into the level lists. As the file is way too large for the Lovers Lab server, please download the latest version at this link:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/60atggsen2koh6s/Modern+Firearms+2.5-1.4.zip
The downloads section here contains the Modern Sidearms sister mod and various patches for personal taste tweaking- damage reduction, stagger removal and Contraptions compatibility, along with a temporary fix for some scopes for AMD GPU users.
FO4Hotkeys can be found here:
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/11664/?
...and finally the team can be found at our Discord server here:
https://discordapp.com/invite/d8n6FXM
While I will attempt to answer your questions, some technical issues may be above my pay grade, so the Discord may be a quicker and more direct way of getting support.
Installation:
IMPORTANT: IF UPDATING FROM A VERSION EARLIER THAN 2.5 A CLEAN SAVE IS REQUIRED
First install F04Hotkeys, then make a backup of Hotkeys.ini, located in your data folder.
Download MF2.5 1.4 from the link above and install it, agreeing to overwrites of FO4Hotkeys
It's recommended to use a mod manager for installation to make updating simpler.
If using MS also, install it directly afterwards, and keep it next to and below MF in your load order.
If damage patches are required then unzip the damage patch pack and install only your preferred level, and MS equivalent also if using MS
Other patches can be installed directly.
Open Hotkeys.ini with any text editor and put your choice of keys at the beginning of each line, if using letters use capitals, eg:
=cgf "ModernFirearmsModSwitchScript.SwitchUnder"
should read something like:
K=cgf "ModernFirearmsModSwitchScript.SwitchUnder"
the result being that hitting the k key will switch between your main weapon and an attached underbarrel weapon.
You're good to go, enjoy!
Changelog can be found in the MF zip. Credits and FAQ can be found by contacting the team or via our pages at bethesda.net, moddb (listed as Cold Steel Hot Lead) or our webpage here: http://darkheartsdream.eu/
Our credit list is in the process of being re-written, when it's complete and up-to-date I'll amend this post.
NOW, A CALL FOR SOME HELP:
As I mentioned, Idlesheep has left us in charge of his mod for the time being, but few of us possess any modding skills at all. We currently (and pretty urgently) need help or at least advice on a couple of things:
1) Scripting- LegacySlayer from this forum and the Nexus has re-written our pre-ck plug in, cleaning many potentially dirty edits and making it possible for us to get an update out for Xbox, but in the process our switch scripts have broken. Anyone willing to lend a hand would be much appreciated, and his experimental version of the plug-in can be provided for any interested modders to take a look at.
2) Animation rigging- we have permissions to use a whole bunch of animations, Wardaddy's stuff amongst it, but the only thing stopping that is a total lack of know-how in rigging them. Again, anyone willing will be welcomed.
Anyone that feels they can help in any way with these issues, contact myself or LegacySlayer via PM here, or head over to our Discord to just get right into the discussion. Thanks for reading.