i remembered in some fallout game i was able to repair weapons and armor with similar items not just the exact same items (with a perk or something). but i dont remember if it was fallout 3 or fallout nv (or even a mod i installed) can somebody help me out here? thanks

That perk is called Jury Rigging and it's in Fallout NV, not 3.

This is part of Fallout Wanderers Edition, Repair Overhaul.

• Many weapons and armor are now cross-repairable with logical counterparts.
• Schematic-built weapons repairable with original parts
• Clothing and leather armor repairable with fabric items and wonderglue
• Weapons and metal armors repairable with scrap metal
• Wooden stuff repairable with wooden stuff

I believe there are some other mods that open up different repairing options. But for the most part Vanilla Fallout 3 does not really need it.

1. there are not that many different types of armor/weapons in the Vanilla game so it is either easy to loot of dead corpses or buying the armor type at a vendor and then repair it yourself.

2. Vendors can do a relative good job at repairing the less common weapons and armor. It might cost a bit caps but for the most part after character level 10 you should be swimming in caps.

ah so it was fallout nv thanks for the help guys