Dead Is Dead - ironman permadeath roguelike challenge

⭐ ⭐ (153 endorsements) 📥 5,519 downloads 📌 v1.5 📅 6/11/2020
⚪ Last updated 2020

By aitch-zed · Gameplay Effects and Changes

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 6/16/2020 📅 Created: 6/11/2020
⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
1🛠️ NVSE — New Vegas Script Extender Download ↗
2🛠️ 4GB Patcher — FNV 4GB Patcher Download ↗
3🔧 NVAC — New Vegas Anti Crash Download ↗
4🧩 JIP LN — JIP LN NVSE Plugin Download ↗
5🔧 YUP — Yukichigai Unofficial Patch Download ↗

Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 2.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
  • 🏆 #417 of 435 Gameplay Effects and Changes mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

When you die, you die. That's it. Or maybe not.

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> DESCRIPTION

This mod's concept is based on popular "Dead Is Dead" challenge which is pretty simple in it's core.

You have limited amount of lives (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) and every time you die you lose one life.

When you lose all your lives, this character becomes dead for good and you'll have to start over. That's it.

You'll then be shown a message with some fancy statistics about deceased character's lifetime achievements (also exported into external text file) and after that the camera will switch into flying mode so you can take some last pictures.

Playing this way drastically changes how you perceive the game and quadruplicates amount of thrills received, because one mistake can cost everything, just like in real life.

You can select separate amount of lives for different characters or exclude the ones you don't want to participate in DID challenge.

There's also an "easy mode" option to make drinking limited edition Nuka Cola bottles give you additional lives (you can drink as many as you want) and an option to make every even numbered level give you additional life, so at level 50 it'll bring you 25 additional lives. This should make dying at later stages of the game less rage-inducing.

Every time you load a game you'll be shown how many lives current character has, also you can anytime check it on Pip-Boy stats tab near you character's name and level.

This mod doesn't restrict your ability to save the game in any way, so it's suitable even for people with unstable mod setups.

However, if DID challenge is active, it does restrict your ability to load by disabling Quickload key and Load button in the pause menu unless PC is dead because otherwise it may be too tempting to load when low on HP.

Though you can still load games from the main menu so it's more of a "yes I'm sure that I want to cheat" check.

For a proper challenge I also suggest you to use some mod that makes stealth sniping less overpowered (so you actually have to participate in combat and risk your life), such as bSneakCriticalsOnlyMeleeWeapons 1 setting from Stewie's Tweaks.

Also keep in mind that this mod tracks lives/deaths ratio using character name so you shouldn't change your character's name after the mod has finished initialization or have different characters that share the same name (even if DID is disabled for them), the mod will warn & stop you from doing this.

> INSTALLATION & COMPATIBILITY

NVSE and JIP LN NVSE plugin are required, make sure to use latest versions.

To install manually simply copy the .esp file into \Data and enable it in a launcher. Do it backwards to uni

📊 Mod Details

Game
New Vegas Mods
Author
aitch-zed
Version
1.5
Downloads
5,519
Endorsements
153
Category
Gameplay Effects and Changes
Created
6/11/2020
Updated
6/16/2020

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