WHAT IT DOES

It adds a unique, scoped, single-shot, breech-loaded 30mm/L40 cannon (means: 40 calibres long barrel) using 30x90mm ammo that is used as a sniper rifle. It's called the 30mm "Vladimir" Cannon.

The gun is very loosely inspired by the Harkonen gun that Seras Victoria uses in the Hellsing anime, but only very loosely, because the game animations are totally unfit for that gun. Even having it equipped would plough with the barrel through the ground when you run. So I've gone for something more manageable. Basically it's using the same ammo, but that's really where the similarity ends.

The gun is accurate, has extreme range and has very high damage per shot, but the need to reload after each shot limits it to about one shot every 3.33 seconds, which cuts down its DPS a lot. I.e., I don't consider it particularly unbalanced, since even a 10mm SMG beats it for DPS. But if you disagree with my values, you can always open it in the GECK or FOMM and give it a different damage value.

Also, this is not a silent gun. It's very loud. Realistically, if a normal human fired this indoors, he'd flashbang himself with it and shatter both ear drums. Again, I'm not actually going to do that to you, but don't be surprised if every super-mutant within a mile hears the shot.

The shell is depleted uranium, with silver plating, as per the anime. The casing is rolled brass, rimmed, with a center-fire design. Both have been painstakingly modelled to have exactly the stated size.

NOTE: if you prefer the non-scoped look, a non-scoped mesh is included too. You can either use the GECK to change the mesh used, OR just delete the VladimirGunScoped.nif file and renamed the VladimirGun.nif file to VladimirGunScoped.nif using Windows Explorer.

HOW TO GET IT

The Fallout 3 version of the gun and ammo are sold by Karl in the family hideout. It seemed like a natural place to find a gun made for a vampire.

Karl keeps it in a crate in his shop, though, and it has a very easy lock. It has two 30mm rounds and a NukaCola Quantum bottle in front of it, so it's hard to miss. So if you killed Karl before getting the mod, or just are a sneaky evil kind of vampire, you can also just lockpick the crate and loot its contents. Of course, stealing causes loss of karma points, as usual.

HOW TO INSTALL IT

Extract the archive, with directories, in your "fallout3\Data" folder. Select it in the list of plugin files in the launcher.

HOW TO UNINSTALL IT

Delete the .esp file from your Data directory.

Delete the VladimirGun directory in both the Meshes and Textures directories.

CONFLICTS

It shouldn't conflict with anything.

LICENSE

For my work, I release it in the public domain. You can do anything you wish with it. I would, of course, appreciate it if you give credit, but if not, so be it, I can live with that too.

Note though that the revolver frame and animations are Bethesda's, so it's not ok to port those to other games than Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas.

VERSION HISTORY

1.05:
Made the barrel and scope smoother (32 segment circles instead of 16)
Made the scope a little longer
Made the scope the same metal as the gun by default, instead of a separate download

1.04:
Added a scope after all

1.0:
First Fallout 3 Release