Forced Entry

This is a systemic mod which allows the player to bypass locks on containers and doors by attacking them, at the cost of ammo or melee/unarmed durability, and the risk of destroying their contents.

Only the player's attacks will engage this system.

This system is entirely used in-game, with regular attacks. No context menus - hit/shoot the container or detonate an explosive on/near it to attempt to force entry.

A small UI element is used to indicate the target's current defense and break values.

Details:

• []Any damaging weapon can be used to break into any locked container or door which is not "Inaccessible", only openable via key, or broken.

  []Each attack will damage the container or door's health value, and once that value is reduced to zero, it will be unlocked.

  []Hitting an owned container/door will send a crime alert if you are detected.

  For TTW users, there is a scripted change to the Megaton Armory's owning faction to be the general Megaton resident faction, rather than the specific armory faction (which only Deputy Steel is in), so that you can't freely force entry on its door. This does mean that attacking Steel can result in hostility by Megaton residents, which I have no intention to change - I always thought that it was strange that you can freely kill the armory attendant with no repercussions. Sneak killing/disabling him should still maintain civility with Megaton.

Attack:

• []Weapon damage, perk bonuses, and power attack damage modifiers affect attack values. Certain weapons like plasma, throwing melee, laser, and explosives have modifiers that increase or decrease the calculated attack value.

  []Melee and unarmed weapon attack values are affected by weapon weight as well, and it is a very large factor in the effectiveness of their attacks.

  []If your weapon skill is less than the requirement of the weapon, your attack value will be reduced in proportion. (25/50 requirement = 50% attack effectiveness)

  []If your Strength is lower than the weapon's requirement, each hit will damage the appropriate arm by 1 point for each point of malus, depending on whether the hit is right handed, left handed, or both.

  []Relevant melee hits with a crippled arm will reduce the effectiveness of the attack by 25% each.

• []Certain door/container types, like safes, ammo boxes, metal boxes, gates, gun cabinets, etc. will have a value modifier for their defense stat, making them harder or easier to force entry to.

[]Each hit has a chance to destroy one or more of the items in the container. Armor/weapon condition is not affected - they are either un