Brians FO4Edit / Excel Ammo Type Weapon Damage Patcher

Patches balistic weapons based on ammo type. Requires Excel & FO4Edit

Update

Bash no longer required to convert the spreadsheet as long as you have Excel or an editor capable of using macro embedded spreadsheets. Use the xlsm spreadsheet and click the button on the right side. You will see the text appear in the window above. Click into this text box then press Ctrl+A and then Ctrl+C to select all text and copy to the clipboard. From here paste the text into the FO4Edit script as described in the tutorial video

Video Tutorial

Spreadsheet Screenshots

Dependencies

Excel w/ VBA Macro Support

FO4Edit:
 * MXPF
 
BASH (Only if you want to use the xlsx):
 * bc
 * xlsx2csv

Installation

FO4Edit Script

Copy 'FO4 - Brians Weapon Patcher.pas' to 'Fo4Edit/Edit Scripts'
Install MXPF to 'Fo4Edit/Edit Scripts/lib'

Bash Script (Only if you want to use the XLSX sheet)

# Download the SH file to Linux or to WSL
chmod +x ./weapons.sh
sudo apt install bc
sudo pip install xlsx2csv

Usage

Everyone w/ Windows & Excel:

• Run Excel and disable protected mode
• Edit values and click the button on the right
• Replace the section in the Fo4Edit script same as described in video
• Run Fo4Edit script & save
• Make sure plugin loads last

Linux:

./weapons.sh <path_to_xlsx>
# Output will go to './test.txt' and to stdout
# Copy the output into the FO4 edit script where you see the same values (overwrite them)
# Apply script to records you want in FO4Edit and save

License

MIT License

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