power armor jump landing sound mod

[mamelukturbo]

Hello,

 

It always totally snaps me out of immersion when i'm stomping around in power armor, then jump off a ledge awaiting a impact sound worthy of 100kg of metal that fell onto ground, only to be met with a pathetic sound of a ballet dancer jumping off a 10cm high step onto a cushion :sad:

 

I thought at first it would be as simple as replacing sound files (similar as to http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/1287/ replaces the footstep sounds) but the problem lies in the fact that whilst there are landing sounds provided for different landing surfaces, they are all based off the same ballerina jump sound hitting different cushions.

 

Which granted works more or less satisfactorily with the majority of the armors in game such as the raider/wasteland garb and with a bit of belief suspension is passable for combat armors too, it's totally inappropriate for power armor.

 

I imagine the mod would have to consist of some script which would check if the armor you wear is power armor, then replace the sounds? having a cloud of dust rise as you land would be a cherry on top.

 

Would it be anything doable in FO3Edit I'd do it myself, but I'm not all that proficient in geck and when it comes to scripting only thing I can do is slightly edit already written script.

 

These are the directories/files i dug out, containing the landing sounds:

\sound\fx\fst\baby\fst_baby_land.wav
\sound\fx\fst\conc_broken\land\
\sound\fx\fst\conc_solid\land\
\sound\fx\fst\dirt\land\
\sound\fx\fst\grass\land\
\sound\fx\fst\gravel\land\
\sound\fx\fst\landhard\fst_landhard_01.wav
\sound\fx\fst\metal_hollow\land\
\sound\fx\fst\metal_sheet\land\
\sound\fx\fst\metal_solid\land\
\sound\fx\fst\water\land\
\sound\fx\fst\wood\land\

So that's my mod request, I'd be delighted if anyone'd pick up on it.