Miss Fortune NVSE Upgrade
⚪ Last updated 2018⚠️ Install Order · 7 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 4.4% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #27 of 27 Perks mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
A relatively simple mod that upgrades how the special effects from Miss Fortune's weapon are applied.
In the vanilla game, this effect checks for some specific weapons on the target in order to place some explosions onto it if found, or to damage its limbs. YUP upgrades this to use form lists instead, which allows for more customization, but this can be improved even further with some advanced scripting to allow it working with all kinds of weapons.
The effect from Miss Fortune's Bad Luck Bringer now causes the same explosion than the target's equipped weapon uses, if any, and drops the weapon's condition to 0 as before. It also scans for grenades and mines in its inventory, detonating and destroying them when found, one at a time. Which means you may not be able to retrieve them from the target's corpse, but boy is it fun to watch.
Before causing a detonation, the script checks that neither you nor your companions are in the blast radius. The script also doesn't run on targets that are not in combat with you, though do note that any such targets in the blast radius of an explosion won't be skipped by the previous check. Plus, the explosions are linked to you as the responsible for them (since Miss Fortune is kind of evasive), so you can get XP and killcounts from them.
It can also paralyze and knockdown, plus swiftly cripple limbs as before, of which you'll also be notified.
Installation/uninstallation as usual... I mean, what else do I have to tell you at this point?
Miss Fortune NVSE Upgrade is a perk mod for Fallout: New Vegas that uses NVSE and JIP LN to make Miss Fortune's effects more consistent. It avoids non-hostile targets, recognizes and detonates all weapon types, and prevents detonations near the player. Last updated in 2018, it has 246 endorsements.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community trust with 246 endorsements and over 5,600 downloads.
- Fixes a notoriously unreliable perk, making Miss Fortune actually useful in combat.
- Smart scripting prevents friendly fire and keeps explosions away from you.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2018 — may have compatibility issues with newer mod setups or game patches.
- Requires NVSE and JIP LN, so you'll need to install those dependencies first.
- No detailed documentation provided, so you'll have to figure out exact mechanics on your own.
For Fallout: New Vegas players who love the Miss Fortune perk but hate its random, often useless effects. If you want a more reliable and safer version of the perk, this is for you. Skip if you don't use Miss Fortune or prefer to keep the vanilla chaos.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have NVSE and JIP LN installed correctly, as this mod won't work without them.
- Load this mod after other perk overhauls to avoid conflicts with Miss Fortune's behavior.
- Test the perk in a save before relying on it in combat, since the mod changes detonation logic.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- Migck
- Version
- 1.1
- Downloads
- 5,614
- Endorsements
- 246
- Category
- Perks
- Created
- 3/16/2018
- Updated
- 3/28/2018
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