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Takes my redesigned plasma weapons to the next level by fixing their game stats, add proper reload sound for pistol including custom jamming animation and cleaned the projectile effects for better aim.

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Name: Plasma Weapons Redesign Rebalance
Version: 1.2
Category: Weapons
Author(s): Chai
Contact: www.svartberg.com

Description
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Takes my redesigned plasma weapons to the next level by fixing their game stats, add proper reload sound for pistol including custom jamming animation and cleaned the projectile effects for better aim.

They both consume twice the ammo to balance their tremendous power now.
The pistol shoots faster than the rifle (and slightly larger clip to compensate), while the rifle was mostly untouched and is still noticably better than the pistol.

The visuals of projectiles are more like energy balls instead of blobs that cover the entire screen. They also leave larger parallex impact on surfaces (like the shotgun), rather than just burns.


Notes
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* Having a plasma pistol prior to installing this mod might cause issues with reload animations - simply drop and pick up your plasma pistol back, it should fix this for the rest of the game.
* If you have zeta DLC and get no reload sound for the Novasurge, download the fix by lordsoulstrike.
* I recommend using a mod that balances laser weapons as well. (as they were underpowered in vanilla)


Install
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1. Unzip it in Data folder
2. Start Fallout 3 Launcher, click 'Data Files', place a checkmark beside the .esp file you want.
3. Make sure you have have "bInvalidateOlderFiles=1" in your FALLOUT.ini file.
(which is usually in the "my games" directory in drive C)
4. If you already had plasma pistol before installing the mod, and have issues reloading simply drop and pick your plasma pistol, it should work fine after that for the rest of the game.


History
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1.2, 12/10/2009 - Fixed plasma pistol not working in VATS, updated textures with slightly better AO shadows.
1.1, 16/9/2009 - Plasma pistol uses twice the ammo now like the rifle.
1.0, 15/9/2009 - Stats closer to original, updated projectiles and lowered bass on pistol sound.
0.9, 6/9/2009 - Fixed the wrong sound folder name.
0.8, 4/9/2009 - Jamming code dynamic now, works smoother and with custom speeds and game delays.
0.7, 3/9/2009 - Initial release.


Credits
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Thanks to lordsoulstrike for mothership zeta DLC fix.
Thanks to Veliv for the Custom Reload Animation tutorial at http://www.project-valhalla.org.
Thanks to various people on Fallout Nexus for reporting bugs
Thanks to DaiShi for original idea and inspiration for the redesigns.
Thanks to Fallout Nexus for hosting the files and advices on the forums
Thanks to IDSoftware for the plasma gun reload sounds.
Thanks to Bethesda for creating Fallout 3.
Download Rifle / Pistol Standalone versions.


Licensing/Legal
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You can use this freely for non commercial purposes - as part of your mod and/or modify it as you see fit.
If you use it, I only ask you credit me as "Chai", thanks.