Modding Weapons Question

[vaab99]

How do you change the state of the weapon etc all weapons i created so far is only rusty and im wondering how do i change them to better quality?

[LawKeeper]

Unfortunately you are unable as far as I know to change anything about the weapons once they have been made. You are able to research different weapon types and make those from scratch.

[Deathgarnet]

In the forgotten construction set there is an option when creating the weapon, to change it's level, thats how you change the quality of the weapon.

[honeybadger]

It is dependent on how you want to add the weapon into the game.
If you want to add the weapon to a character from the beginning you have to not only create the weapon mesh but add the newly created weapon to a weapon manufacturer. Assuming you want to want your weapon to be a specific model create your own manufacturer and add your new weapon and desired model to the manufacturer. I recommend duplicating another manufacturer or else you cant change the actual level of the sword.*

After all of this you can finally add the weapon to your character by
1. adding the weapon to the character and
2. adding the weapon level to your character(this will be the manufacturer)
(As far as I know you can only give weapons to a newly spawned character and not one from a saved game)

*The reason you want to duplicate a manufacturer is that it will affect all the swords made by that manufacturer if you just edit one. You will also notice making a new one wont allow you to change the weapon level.

To make it buyable you have to add it to the vendor lists
(you can only add the manufacturer it will choose any of that manufacturers weapons)

to make it craftable you have to add it to a tier of research pertaining to weapon crafting

Duplication is an inexperienced modder's best friend