M41A Pulse Rifle

HfdhxVB0q3g (M41A Pulse Rifle raider carnage + IMPACT for Fallout 3 bloodspurts)

tztJhMlGSIk (In-game optional location + short showcase, version 2. 1)

BG8WPs80UAk (new sounds, muzzleflash, fixed clip reload, scoped version in version 2. 0)

Credits / Thanks: Neotorious for M41A Pulse Rifle Enhanced Edition. I used sound, pipboy icons and some values from his esp. xitruscean for ironsights adjusted mesh. xzax for projectile FXHOME. COM for sounds miscdude, Millennia for script inspirations Furente7 for alternative sounds FO3Edit

Description: I was scouring nexus for a nicely done M41A Pulse Rifle from Aliens franchise, but I couldn't find mod which would satisfy my every whim (in some I didn't like the texture, in others I didn't like the sound or model or both - I am rather nitpicky) and I had to combine other mods to get a result I liked. I thought perhaps others might like it too and after checking that authors of the mods I used encourage editing of their work I decided to release this small mod.

I took esp from Neotorious's M41A Pulse Rifle Enhanced Edition as a base skeleton for the mod (I am much better at editing something in FO3Edit, than creating it from scratch). I also used the sound from his mod. Since his mod only contained the 3D sound (which you hear when someone else fires it in distance) I used Audacity to create a 2D sound (which you hear when you shoot the gun). In version 2. 0 I added a new sound created in part form the old and from new source.

I couldn't find at least 2048x2048 texture looking like from the movie and furthermore the static ammo counter on those I found didn't sit well with me (personal preference). I discovered MrRadioactiv's Weapon Collection for New Vegas and found in it, in my opinion, a very well done model of the rifle. I also used his textures for the rifle which I found to my taste and fitting with the other weapons I use (predominantly FWE, FWE weapon pack, EVE and EVE Lost and Found). Although he provides also 4k textures I thought this is a bit overkill and used 2048x2048 as the resolution for textures for "my" version of his rifle.

With having Meshes, Textures, Sounds and Esp, the rest was just a bit of mucking around in the FO3Edit and the result - you can judge for yourself.

Installation: Use any mod manager of