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Just finished converting the maps! I'll transfer the new art tonight and then start face-lifting those FO2 maps inside FOnline engine. Basically, I'm continuing where I stopped after switching over to Fonline.
Are you going to keep the same amount of maps or you will fuse some? I remember that in FOnline there were some cities (Den, to recap) where you had a fuck-huge continuous map. For example, I can see good part of the outside of Boulder Dome fused together (Jackals' Camp, Baggers' Camp).
I can see the B.O.M.B being a huge-ass epic contiguous map with unique art that makes you want to have sex with it.
BTW, are you going to try and make the Denver citymap work in FOnline? I thought having a citymap for Denver which you could explore is THE perfect approach between the newer's Fallouts greater emphasis on exploration and the older Fallouts' emphasis on the world map, getting rid of the boring hiking simulation in-between. Add something like Wasteland 2 map and you could have THE perfect world map, but I'm digressing.
Hrm, hrm... After I spent some time now working with FOnline's mapper, I think I'll try to speed up the mapping process by doing as much possible with Fallout 2's mapper. And then finishing the map inside FOnline. There's to much clicking involved with placing walls and tiles and although the standard copy/paste is supported I don't want to create repetitive maps. Each map must be interesting and as unique as possible.
Working on a quest involving Larsen's crew (NCR soldiers locked out of the Boulder Dome) and The Jackals. Part of it was described in the docs, but not how its implemented. Quest outline described in the spoiler tag:
-Quest requires a decent amount of Medical or Speech skill. If Speech, you goad Larsen into revealing that his team got kicked out of the Dome for being violent RadAway addicts. Medical allows you to spot his symptoms immediately.
-If you succeed the check, Larsen asks you to meet the leader of The Jackals, Banshee. As he has heard they intercepted a cache of RadAway. They are officially allied with the same goal of getting in the Dome, but they have mutual distrust of each other. Because The Jackals are hostile cannibals to most people, Larsen gives you a pair of fatigues to wear so that they will think you're with him.
-If you're an Idiot PC, you don't need to do the checks, Larsen will send you to get you to leave him alone, not expecting you to succeed.
-The Jackals will attack on sight if you're not wearing fatigues. They will also attack you if you insult them or imply that you're not with Larsen.
-Banshee will agree to give you the RadAway. With a moderate Medical check, you will notice that the RadAway is slightly discolored. Questioning Banshee about this will eventually lead to violence, but if you ask him once, nicely enough, he'll mention that their herbalists, lead by Crazy Bitch, ensured the RadAway was pure.
-If you confront Crazy Bitch about this, she will spill the beans, the RadAway is spiked with tranquilizers. She does not know what to do in this situation, she does not want The Jackals to get in the Dome, as she believes it contains the poisons of the old world, but she does not know if wiping out Larsen's crew will prevent them from getting inside or help. Despite working together, The Jackals and Larsen are really in a stand-off as both do not want the other inside the Dome, at the same time, their combined forces are a greater threat to the Dome and killing off Larsen's crew could make The Jackals too weak to invade. You can convince her of the merits of either argument with a Speech check for a small XP boost and this will lead into another quest where you can get her to convince Banshee to leave Boulder.
-If you give Larsen the spiked RadAway (He will not notice the discoloring due to his withdrawl symptoms.) his crew will pass out in an hour. You can kill them and loot their stuff or The Jackals will.
-If you give Larsen non-spiked RadAway that you found elsewhere, he'll be grateful and reward you.
-Idiot PCs cannot detect the spiked RadAway, but they can give RadAway that they found.