ok, so you've got mods that add new ammos of different calibers that break down to non-standard parts in your LO and want to know how you can make them work with the now fully-functional-albeit-differently-functioning Ammo Press in the Pitt. that's not a problem, i can show you how in less time than it takes to order a pizza.¹
so let's start with how it works. The meltdown option immediately runs this script:
here's the layman's writeup:
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store the amount of brass in that quest script by taking the amount of the following in the box: things in the formlist AmmoMillSmallCases * 3 + formlist AmmoMillMedCases * 4 + formlist AmmoMillLargeCases * 6 -
store the amount of plastic in the same quest script by taking the amount of Hull20ga * 3 + Hull12ga * 4 -
store the amount of powder in the same quest script by taking the amount of PowderPistol * 2 + PowderRifle * Rifle -
store the amount of lead in the quest script by counting the lead.² -
store the amount of primer by counting PrimerSmallPistol + PrimerLargePistol * 2 + PrimerSmallRifle * 3 + PrimerLargeRifle * 3 + Primer50MG * 5 -
add to the stored value of primer the count of PrimerShotShell * 2 -
remove everything -
add brass, plastic, lead, and primer amounts equal to the stored values
then the Ammo Press option opens up a recipeMenu of the category TTWAmmoPressRecipes, then magic happens to put everything back in the box.³
now, how do you adapt the ammo press to work with your mod-added ammos?
first, make a new .esp to do this work. yes, make a new .esp. you don't want to make changes to TTW.esm, and if you screw up, it's easier to junk an .esp than it is to undo your changes in the mod in question. so go make a new .esp.
now, if all you're concerned about is cases, then all you're doing is adding the new cases to the formlists in question. that's pretty easy, and i won't walk you through it.
hulls? your mod adds non-standard hulls? well, you're going to have to alter the terminal script, so open the terminal DLC01MillAmmoTerminal in GECK (yes, geck. you're modifying scripts and Edit doesn't have a compiler). now, you have two options here: if your mod-added hulls are a small number, you can just add those to the end of the script like so: + (DLC01AmmoBoxREF.getItemCount <yourhullhere> * <appropriate multiplier>)
if, however, you're adding a lot of diffferent hulls, you might want to make formlists for small and medium hulls, and slap those formlists into the spots Hull20ga and Hull12ga take in the original script.
you using new sorts of lead components? i wouldn't mess with those in the ammo press unless you actually know what you're doing and didn't actually need anything other than me pointing where to find the stuff, in which case you're probably not reading this.
new primers? that's really weird, you know. but do the same stuff i said in shotshell hulls above. only in the primer bit.
now, onto the Ammo Press part. Like mentioned above, the Ammo Press runs entirely through the recipe system, so if you want your stuffs makable, you'll just have to make recipes for them. just make sure they use the category TTWAmmoPressRecipes, and you can probably figure out how to balance them in line with the already-established recipes in the TTW.
et. voila, you now have an .esp that patches the ammo press to work with your calibers and cfws
¹do not order a pizza to test this. i'm not going to care if i'm wrong about it.
²it's there because i'm lazy and didn't want to figure out how to end-run it
³it uses a trick i picked up from Jax's Anchorage Customization optional