Fallout 3: Van Buren (Spoilers!)

[Jick Magger]

Didn't mean to derail the thread, bawss. Just found it humorous is all.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

It's a catch-all "I've been a really naughty person" perk, and also the one that was originally planned to be a perk that does give skill points. I think it should remain as such, and the other perks are more subtle in their effects. Criminal was envisioned as a raw exchange of more power for significant penalties to character interactions.

Would not really mind, it just seems a bit askew to have so many other perks for origins and only one for low karma.

Generally speaking you otherwise start off like the Chosen One or Vault Dweller, you just haven't had time to change your karma and rep.

Fair enough. Just so's I get things clear, the background traits lend themselves only to flavour, or are certain skills given a +/-? e.g. Arroyo- Bonus to Survival/Throwing, Penalties to Science//Repair?

Also, will you put these background choices under traits, or are they a separate department altogether?

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Arroyo isn't a tribal village at this point anymore. Vault 13 dwellers also moved there after the Chosen One destroyed the Poseidon Oil Rig and brought back the GECK. It's a prospering, developed community now. The Arroyo background is basically just that you decided to go along with the latest caravan to New Canaan, and see the wonders of the world like the Chosen One had. Then you wake up at Tibbets.

I don't see a point in +/- to skills. The player's own character creation already defines that aspect of the character.

The background choice is for the moment envisioned as a perk granted during the introduction sequence at Tibbets.

 

[hexer]

Also, will you put these background choices under traits, or are they a separate department altogether?

I think you'll pick them not during character creation but during in-game intro.

AThe Arroyo background is basically just that you decided to go along with the latest caravan to New Canaan, and see the wonders of the world like the Chosen One had. Then you wake up at Tibbets.

Lol, Tibbets could be called a wonder of the world so there you have it, mission accomplished

 

[Kane Vollstrecker]

Surf Solar youre Really Clown ,have start for 6 Years a Mod and have only 11 Pictures in Moddb.I have in 1 Day more created than you in your Whole life.

Hexer will you make the Mod like all documents and esle or change some things?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Arroyo isn't a tribal village at this point anymore. Vault 13 dwellers also moved there after the Chosen One destroyed the Poseidon Oil Rig and brought back the GECK. It's a prospering, developed community now. The Arroyo background is basically just that you decided to go along with the latest caravan to New Canaan, and see the wonders of the world like the Chosen One had. Then you wake up at Tibbets.

I don't see a point in +/- to skills. The player's own character creation already defines that aspect of the character.

The background choice is for the moment envisioned as a perk granted during the introduction sequence at Tibbets.

Sounds cool.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

AThe Arroyo background is basically just that you decided to go along with the latest caravan to New Canaan, and see the wonders of the world like the Chosen One had. Then you wake up at Tibbets.

Lol, Tibbets could be called a wonder of the world so there you have it, mission accomplished

In a way Prisoner 13 has an adventure that goes even beyond the epic journey of the Chosen One or Vault Dweller. Courier might be a bit more of a match.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Important question- Can you kill children?

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Does the Pope shit in the woods?

 

[tuluse]

Backgrounds are cool, but this sounds like it's going to be a lot of work and you're basically ensuring the mod will never be finished.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

The workload is minimal. The primary challenge is mainly for yours truly to get the work buzz, which the latest scheme in my psychiatric rehab might really help with.

 

[hexer]

Small update
The transition is going a bit faster than I expected. I've already started moving content from Fallout 2 into FOnline engine.
But, I've noticed some Perks and Traits seem to be unimplemented or hardcoded. I'm talking with developers to determine if they can be handled with scripts. If not, I want to implement them!

 

[Kane Vollstrecker]

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

The PC is a newb so I'd say Desert Ranger is automatically out. FotA could be doable, I just feel we should try to stick more around the Utah-Colorado-Arizona stretch.

In case of Caesar's, my opinion is that we should treat New Vegas as 100% canon and fit everything accordingly. The Legion only appears as a scouting element at Fort Abandon, since Van Buren takes place before the Battle of Hoover Dam.

 

[JohnTheRevelator]

Why don't you guys ask for subforum in workshop? Might as well sort updates, discussion and DRAMA, just saying.

 

[Kane Vollstrecker]

New Enclave Laser Rifle.....

 

[Kane Vollstrecker]

New Enclave Armor....

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

At this rate we're going to have more items than we can find places to hide them in!

 

[Kane Vollstrecker]

Vaarna Aarne what you think about it? i have made the Enclave Armor like Cerberus Armors ...I think this looks really good and Dangerous..

 

[ERYFKRAD]

At this rate we're going to have more items than we can find places to hide them in!

The solution is obvious. Items DLC.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Oh yes, I do really wish to build something around Athena, ARTEMIS, HERAKLES and the whole gamut of Enclave/Poseidon special projects.

 

[JohnTheRevelator]

That reminds me. Don't overdo with loot, Fallout 2 offers way too much in this regard, money was non issue. Only issue was that trunk of your car was overloaded all the time and merchants didn't have enough money...

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

My opinion is that overdoing it is better than underdoing it, but I'm not the guy handling gameplay just main plot and other forms of writing.

 

[Kane Vollstrecker]

New Enclave Combat Armor...

 

[JohnTheRevelator]

But what about people with OCD hauling all these crappy smg's out of casinos? What about people who took every single flamer from Military Base, emptied them, upgraded them in Algernon's basement and then went back to get all that fuel and upgrade it too?