True Immersion Idea.

[SnazzyBullets]

Ever wondered what it would be like to exist as the ~90% of existing people in the wasteland? Ever wonder how did people get by with carrying loot without the existence of a pipboy? Well I sure know I do.

 

For those who truly wish for a very immersive alternate roleplay-esc game, wouldn't this idea work best?

 

So the idea is, and bare with me, I have no modding experience so please give feedback if I'm being completely un real with this. What if someone created a mod where your character never owned a pip boy( by either using the alternate start mod, or by a mod that stops doc micheal from giving you his in the first place) and had to rely on other means of carrying loot around( such as backpacks, sachels, burlap sacs, duffle bags, ect.). Now another idea for this type of mod is, it would allow you to use your specific hot keyed pipboy key and a small menu pops up, "What would you like to do?

-open storage

-drop loot"

So, if say you somehow wish to drop your backpack of sorts, well you can do that! And obviously if you wished to open your storage, you can do that too.

 

Now I'm sure you're going to probably ask, "Well if this is going to be a thing, what about hot key's. How would that be immersive if you can just hot key anything you like."

 

Well I'm glad you asked! So alongside the no pipboy mod, what if there was a "Primary and Secondary weapon" mod that allows for the character to equip ONLY two weapons. The way it would work would be, the player is allowed one two-handed weapon as their primary, and a single handed weapon as their secondary. However, the mod could also allow, if the player doesn't feel the need to carry a two handed weapon, they can have two single handed weapons!(Dual Wield if a modder is willing to add that). Now, one way to switch between your primary to your secondary would be a specific hot key, or just hot key the two weapons in your hot key selection.(more on hotkey limit's later in the post)

 

Now I'm sure most people have that "go to" rifle and a back up rifle. So, if they get their Gun skill high enough( say 65?) they could get the perk called "Warlord" and allow for the equipping of two two-handed weapons instead of one two handed weapon and one single handed weapon! Also if they wished to switch weapons, it would be easy as doing so as vanilla fallout. So when you open up your inventory menu and go to weapons, instead of seeing only one tic mark indicating what you equipped, it would be like appeal and multiple tics would appear showing what is equipped. But like I said, if you do not own the warlock perk, the mod won't allow you to equip two two-handed weapons, only one two handed weapon and one single handed weapon.

 

Now another cool feature would be the actual physical representation of the weapons equipped on your character in third person.

 

Now one last tid bit of information, because I'm sure you're still loaded with questions. You can still hot key aid items such as say stim packs. So that is still a thing. The mod just won't allow you to hot key any weapons but the two you equipped. If you tried, after you close your inventory menu, those weapons not equipped will just not be added to the hot key selection, no matter how hard you try. Or if that isnt even possible at all for a mod, just don't do it for the sake of possibly not breaking the mod and or breaking the immersion the mod is trying to create.

 

So ya, that's my nice little idea for the game. Hope some one reads this and has enough interest to make this a real thing, because I sure as Santa is fat know's I can't nor have the know how on how to make it a reality.