Sneak Attacks are Criticals
⚪ Last updated 2018⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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📋 About This Mod
The perks that increase critical damage will now also affect sneak attack damage.
The first time I took the Better Criticals perk I was seriously disappointed when my sneak attack damage didn't increase. According to the games stats, and Fallout tradition, sneak attacks ARE critical hits. So I changed all the perks that increases critical hit damage to also increase sneak attack damage.
Perks affected are:
1. Better Criticals
2. Big Guns Bobble Head
3. Energy Weapons Bobble Head
4. Melee Weapons Bobble Head
5. Small Guns Bobble Head
6. Unarmed Bobble Head
7. Grognak The Barbarian Magazine
8. Telsa Science Magazine
9. Guns and Bullets Magazine
These perks are the only thing affected.
You should be able to uninstall without messing up your save games. After uninstall your game should revert back to working like the base game.
Changes:
1. Added compatibility to the Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch. It isn't required but is now compatible.
2. Added an additional file in case you are using both Valdacils and Perks Unleashed.
Requirements:
Conflicts:
Any mod that changes the perks listed above will conflict.
If you are using a sorting mod, it may conflict. If you load this after the sorting mod it will work, but the perks won't be sorted on your PIP Boy like the sorting mod.
If you use Valdacil's sorting, there is a file to use with it.
There is now a Perks Unleashed patch. This should also work with the Perks Unleveled mod.
Contents:
There are four possible files for you to choose from: Only one will ever be in effect.1. Base Game ESL - this is an . ESL file to use with the standard game (RTH_SneakAttacksAreCriticals.esl)
2. Base Game ESP - this is an . ESP file to use with the standard game (RTH_SneakAttacksAreCriticals.esp)
3. Perks Unleashed Patch - this is an . ESP file to use with Perks Unleashed/Perks Unleveled.
This must load after Perks Unleashed. ESP or psychoelfs - no perk levels.esp. See warning below.
4. Valdacils - ESP - this is an . ESP file to use if you use Valdacil's. It uses Valdacil's naming conventions.
This must load after ValdacilsItemSorting-Perks.esp. See warning below.
5. Valdacils and Perks Unleashed - use this if you have both Valdacils and Perks Unleashed/Perks Unleveled.
This must load after ValdacilsItemSorting-Perks.esp and Perks Unleashed. ESP or psychoelfs - no perk levels.esp. See warning below.
Installation:
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- Roland The Headless
- Version
- 1.1
- Downloads
- 3,395
- Endorsements
- 191
- Category
- Perks
- Created
- 11/13/2018
- Updated
- 11/14/2018
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