Hey guys, so i was thinking about starting a new, hardercore playthrough of FNV and I was wondering if anyone knows of any mods that decrease the number of guns that NPCs use as weapons? I was wanting to make it feel like every gun and every bullet is a luxury and that i would have to use each one sparingly. I know Project Nevada can decrease the number of munitions that you can find in boxes and stuff, but I dont think it limits the number of NPC guns. If you guys know of any, please let me know!

I understand how this could be useful for someone who wants a truly grinding experience in Fallout, but sadly I don't know of one. It shouldn't be that difficult to make, simple scripting in G.E.C.K.

not possible unless someone with crazy scripting know how can do it, that will remove placed objects, and respawn npc objects. Not a good idea as well you will eventually be left with your fist....

It wouldn't be that difficult to do, just time consuming.  You'd need to load GECK and change a lot of combatstyle settings and inventory for the various enemies you'd want to remove ranged weapons from, as well as alter some leveled item lists for things (which is risky if you don't know what you're doing).  

The easiest change that could bring you closer to the desired effect, though, would be to change the weapons themselves.  NPCs and creatures like super mutants don't actually use/consume their ammo for most weapons (meaning they can reload infinitely).  You could change all ranged weapons so that they always consume ammunition from the inventory which would = less ammo to be looted from stuff you kill.

Speaking honestly - and you might feel differently - I don't think the end result would be anywhere near worth the effort.  

thanks for all the feedback on that... i figured it would be pretty hard to do, and my modding capabilities are nowhere near good enough to do that... I was just wondering if there was a mod out there that already did that, but i agree.. as cool as the idea might have been, it prolly wouldnt have been worth the trouble