Retarded Leveling

Author: Questdog Version: 1. 0 Date: 12/22/2014 Category: Gameplay Effects and Changes

Description --------------- Ups the Experience Points required to Level Up

Detail --------- Retarded Leveling multiplies the XP required to reach each level by a constant factor.  There are several .esp files included for various factors (1. 5 to 5. 0)

For instance, the "Retarded Leveling 15x Slower.esp" will cause the player character to need 1. 5 times the experience required by the vanilla game to reach a certain level.  The "Retarded Leveling 20x Slower.esp" will make the PC need twice the experience that the vanilla game requires to reach any level.  (15x = 1. 5x, 20x = 2. 0x, 25x = 2. 5x, etc.)

The difference between this mod and the others I have found available that slow the leveling process is that this one maintains the exact curve of vanilla leveling by altering two variables (iXPBumpBase and iXPBase), while the others all only alter one (iXPBumpBase).

The shortcoming of editing only the one variable is that the early levels are not slowed down as much as the later levels. For example, by setting iXPBumpBase to 643 (Vanilla = 150) you can make the PC require 4 times the XP to reach level 30. However, the PC will only need 1. 9 times the XP to reach level 3 (reaching Level 2 will be the same as Vanilla).

With Retarded Leveling, if the 40x .esp is chosen, it will take the PC 4 times the XP to reach level 30 and also 4 times the experience to reach level 3 (or any level, including level 2).

In other words, Retarded Leveling slows the leveling process at a constant rate for the entire game while the other leveling mods slow the later levels more than the early ones.

Known issues and bugs ------------------------ None.  This mod only changes two Game Setting variables.  All of the .esp's were checked in FO3Edit to ensure that the GECK did not commit any silliness.

Incompatibilities -------------------- This mod should be compatible with any mod, except ones that also change the leveling requirements.

Tools Used -------------- Pyros Guidelines ReadMe Generator  http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/18419/? 7Zip http://www. 7-zip.org/download.html G. E. C. K. http://geck.bethsoft.com/index.php?title=Main_Page FO3Edit http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/637/?

Manual Installation ---------------------- Unzip one and only one of the .esp's provided into the Data folder of your Fallout 3 installation.  Activate it by selecting it in the Launcher.

Manual Uninstallation ------------------------ Move or delete the .esp from the Data folder of yo