BATH - Backup and Throwables Hotkeys
⚪ Last updated 2024⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.5% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #340 of 441 Gameplay Effects and Changes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
After my dissatisfaction with all of the grenade hotkey mods, I decided to make my own. This mod simply provides three hotkeys to equip weapons of your choice, which then equip the previous weapon you had out if you press them again.
This mod does not throw/attack with the weapon that's hotkeyed. It just provides the weapon to you to use with your own discretion at the push of a button.
Three hotkeys that you can remap as you please in the config ini.
The hotkey weapons are set by pressing the relevant hotkey while holding the "grab" control. A message will appear, telling you that the weapon has been hotkeyed.
Unlike most other scripted equipping events, the hotkey will re-equip the exact weapon you hotkeyed (except for in the case of throwables, where that doesn't matter, since they always have full health and can't be modded). Whether it's the highest or lowest condition version of the item you're holding, whether it's partially or fully modded - the specific weapon you hotkey will be the one re-equipped.
If you press the hotkey with a different weapon (or no weapon) equipped, it will immediately switch you to the hotkeyed weapon. Pressing it again while the hotkeyed weapon is equipped will re-equip your previous weapon.
Any weapon can be hotkeyed. This was build to provide utility for throwables, mines, and to provide a quick-switch option for a backup (or primary) melee weapon, but I decided to leave it up to user discretion instead of locking to to those item types.
There is also an optional equip speed boost of 40% that will apply when you switch using a hotkey. This is meant to push throwables even closer to their utility with things like B42 Quickthrow, but without the bugs that come with non-user equipped and controlled throwable mods. This can be turned off in the config ini.
I've also added the classic perk Quick Pockets:
Req: AGI 4+, 25+ in any weapon skill
You have learned to better store your equipment on your person. This perk grants +20% equip speed and +40% attack speed for a few seconds after using a quick hotkey. JBT Improved users will also gain +15% equip speed with all weapons during Bullet Time.
--This is intended for use with the optional equip speed boost. If you don't have it enabled, the perk will not work. As such, the perk won't be selectable if that setting is turned off.
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Customization:
The keys are "named" iHotkeyMine, iHotkeyThrowable, and iHotkeyMelee, but they're entirely interchangeable. They're just there to help you remember what you might generally hotkey to what.
See this GECK wiki page for a list of
BATH - Backup and Throwables Hotkeys is a gameplay mod that adds three hotkeys to equip weapons of your choice, with a toggle to return to your previous weapon. It was created by S6S due to dissatisfaction with existing grenade hotkey mods. With 468 endorsements and nearly 100k downloads, it's a popular QoL tool for players who want quick access to backup or throwable items.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 468 endorsements and nearly 100k downloads.
- Simple, focused functionality—no bloat, just hotkeys for backup and throwables.
- Created by a player who was fed up with other mods, so it's built for real use.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in August 2024—may not be compatible with the latest game patches.
- No detailed documentation or configuration options mentioned in the description.
- Only three hotkeys—might not be enough for players who want more slots.
For players who frequently switch between weapons and throwables in combat and want a quick, toggleable hotkey system. Great for those who found other grenade hotkey mods clunky. Skip if you prefer a more comprehensive hotkey overhaul or need more than three slots.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Test the hotkeys in a safe area to get used to the toggle behavior before combat.
- Assign your most-used throwable and backup weapon to the first hotkey for quick access.
- Check the mod page for any compatibility notes with other hotkey mods you might be using.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- S6S
- Version
- 2.33
- Downloads
- 99,607
- Endorsements
- 468
- Category
- Gameplay Effects and Changes
- Created
- 3/29/2022
- Updated
- 8/29/2024
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