There are already a bunch of "repair gear with a broader range of items" and "Craft more ammo" mods out there, but personally I'm pretty happy with the way the relevant perks work. A little more ammo variety would be nice, but other than that they mostly strike the right balance IMO...except for one thing. The prequisites for these perks are SO high that you don't get their full benefit. Handloading is esp. bad this way, since AFAICT there's no source of schamtics for the custom ammo, and on most difficulty settings by the time you can take Hand Loader half the ammo types it unlocks are totally useless.

As a result, I'm requesting a mod that simply lowers the prequisites for both these perks, perhaps to about 50 repair for both, and the level requirement for Jury Rigging to match Hand Loader (6 rather than 14). How difficult would this be to implement?

The second request is to address something that might or might not be a bug. I've made the rather annoying discovery that my NPC Companions' equipment degrades and breaks. Not just stuff I -give- them, but their un-removable default gear like Boone's Scoped Hunting Rifle and Veronica's default Power Fist, both of which have broken. I'm looking for a fix for this (if it's a bug), or a mod to make equipment used by a companion non-degrading (if it's intended behavior).

Being entirely new to modding (as anything but an end-user), I'm certainly open to other suggestions on how to address these basic issues.Thoughts on either problem/mod suggestion, people?