In the last edition of Mod of the Week, I briefly talked about the new Fallout 4 update that has resulted in a certain number of mods failing to work. These are Explosive Vent (Power Armor Legs) and Kinetic Dynamo (Power Armor Torso). He also points out that two of the power armor mod’s descriptions were left unchanged (so no numerical values given) as their exact effects were too difficult to determine. Minari points out that some descriptions can appear quite small due to the increased text length, although I never noticed this. So what are the known issues with this mod? Well, after using it for several hours I certainly didn’t come across any problems. Here’s that metal chest piece again, this time showing the new descriptions of another in-game armor mod. This is excellent for those players who like to tinker with this powerful armor and push its stats to the absolute max. These include Armorsmith Extended, Craftable Armor size, Power Armor Materials AND paints, ZephyrWarrior’s F4 Power Armor Overhaul, and the excellent Legendary Weapon Modification.Īnother great aspect of Better Armor Mod Descriptions is that it doesn't just work with standard armor, it also lets you see exactly what numerical benefits mods have on your power armor. One of the coolest things with this mod is that Minari has included several downloadable files to make it compatible with some of the best other armor mods already available. With Better Mod Descriptions turned on Compatible with other armor and item mods

Now look at it with the mod installed - “+10 damage and +8 energy,” YES! God bless numerical statistics. Example: Polished Metal Chest PieceĬheck out the effects of a polished metal mod on a metal chest piece I took off what feels like the thousandth raider I killed - “Improves damage and energy resistance,” hmmm. I actually wish I could start the whole game over and have this mod installed. Using this will let you know exactly what armor gives the most benefits. The vanilla verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are replaced with cold, hard numerical statistics – just as every RPG should have. A lot of elements ofĪ lot of elements of Fallout 4 are far from easily-accessible, like settlement building, so it’s not as if Bethesda was trying to appeal to ‘non-hardcore gamers’ by using only vague verbal descriptions of armor upgrades, rather than numbers.Īnyway, this mod puts things right by, as the title suggests, improving the armor mod descriptions. Much like last week’s landscape textures mod, Minari’s Better Armor Mod Descriptions mod makes the kind of improvements to the game that should really have been there in the first place.

Better Armor Mod Descriptions by Takaru Minari What any true-blooded, D12-rolling, Gandalf’s beard-sporting role-player wants are numbers! And with this week’s mod, that’s exactly what they’ll get.

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