Rythian2277
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3 years ago I won't be adding this feature as it would add additional metadata (data which exists solely to give extra information) to save files which are already large enough.
As much as I like the idea it's physically impossible as the degredation bar has already been removed from the game in favour of a timer bar intended for use with events.
Sorry.
Opportunisticly
Basically the mechanic in NV, your weapon and armor condition degrade, with a cnd thing you can see on the bottom right, just like NV but with a slight twist to give some unique characteristics.
Mechanics:
Weapons: When a weapon is constantly fired, it will degrade, if the weapon is something like a minigun or laser gun, it will degrade much much faster compared to a laser rifle, or even a varmint.
Armor: If you are wearing armor while taking damage, the armors condition will degrade, lower end armors like leather armor degrade faster compared to something like power armor.
Maintenance:
Repairing: You can repair items via your pipboy, higher end items like power armor or miniguns will need more repair materials and scrap to repair.
Repair materials: Scattered throughout the wasteland are things like duct tape or glue, which are a component needed to repair items, along with scrap of course. You can also buy repair kits from merchants or find them. Repair kits will repair a quarter of the condition while duct tape and glue will repair half a quarter, scrap is just a requirement.