simplywayne90 Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 as for the A.I. I dont know which direction you would like to go, it can either be in the Vault of military complex, and its purpose can be anything (but I love the ideal of crazy robots). I went that way with the story because I want to avoid NPCs as much as I can since most can't be voiced, So I felt a hidden vault with robots that House didn't know about was the best way to go, since that'd mean you'd have to fight your way in and we could include unique robots to fight, if House is involved its gonna be securitrons. But I'm sure I'll think of a way to comprimise House knowing if your absolutely set on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omega549 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Well that Vault is already made and has a story, its the area where he could be kept, ya know. Like house holds him, from the securitron finding him, cause Ive actaully already got the whole story of the place down. Its the military bunker that needs a stroy, and thats where the unique enemies can go (to find whatever it is that needs to be found to revive Cassidy), and the Unique Military A.I. I just think it removes a lot of, how can this be? type of questions if arguabely the most powerful pre-war person had something like the stasis and research center, because developing stasis type things works alongside the whole him making his preservation chamber. the difference between them is this: Stasis Chambers - cant be used to "connect" to the Lucky 38 mainframe. so its worthless to house, but can keep someone in the same shape they entered it in for a few decades. Preservation Chamber - can "Connect" to mainframe but requires that the patient lose considerable physical capability (such as House's state when his chamber is opened). So in short, if we include Cassidy in the mod, he will have been put in stasis by House, what I need then is what is the purpose of the military bunker, and what is it that needs to be done to save Cassidy, because I don't really want to go back and redo the entire Vault to fit the crazy A.I. Story, I think the House holding him is a unique story too. The crazy A.I can be the military Bunker, and I think we could get a voice-actor for it, a modulator allows anyone to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplywayne90 Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 Its the military bunker that needs a stroy, and thats where the unique enemies can go (to find whatever it is that needs to be found to revive Cassidy), and the Unique Military A.I. Hmm I worked with the I_Am_Robot modder in the past, perhaps I'll ask him if we could borrow a mesh or two to make some threatening enemies, and if possible I'll try to make something like cyborgs, since if its all robots then it'd be too easy for players to walk in with pulse weapons and kill everything in like 2 hits. and I want people to feel they really have to earn Cassidy. Stasis Chambers - cant be used to "connect" to the Lucky 38 mainframe. so its worthless to house, but can keep someone in the same shape they entered it in for a few decades. So in short, if we include Cassidy in the mod, he will have been put in stasis by House, what I need then is what is the purpose of the military bunker, and what is it that needs to be done to save Cassidy, because I don't really want to go back and redo the entire Vault to fit the crazy A.I. Story, I think the House holding him is a unique story too. Yes, I'll do a bit more research on House however. since I can't think of why he'd keep him there alive at all, perhaps we could move up Cassidys arrival to 7 years before the events of New Vegas and maybe say that as he searched the Lucky 38 he "woke" House and then from there House began his restoration of Vegas and preserved his "awaken-er" Also while updating my version of Eve-900 I say a good screenshot of a stasis chamber, perhaps you can contact them to use it or if its from in-game then just use it and maybe retexture it or whatnot to fit your ideas. The crazy A.I can be the military Bunker, and I think we could get a voice-actor for it, a modulator allows anyone to do that. Floatsup has told me that he has a lot of experinece with modulators, so perhaps he'd be willing to create the A.I voice, I'm about to play-test his mod for him so I'll see shortly if his robotic voices are up to my high standards for Cassidy. I'm a bit busy again today but I'll keep checking around for resources and things that may be useful to this project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omega549 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) Cassidy could have awakened House, but I believe it is atleast implied he was awake for centuries (and just for gameplay sake decided to rebuilt vegas in 2081, logically he could have done it long before, this was poorly explained by obsidian), that would also mean he somehow infilitrated the Lucky 38. which I'm not sure if he could have. Here are two, atleast logical, ways it could be done: 1) House's Securitron's witnessed him being fatally wounded and rescued him, brought him back to the Lucky 38. or 2) the Vault is seperate from the Lucky 38, Cassidy stumbled into it (not likely since its sealed), was captured (could be, for whatever reason, but this creates a lot of gameplay problems cause I intended the vault as a player home), or house's securitrons brought him there. I like the being part of the Casino, but it could go as seperate. I'll start working on the levels for the military bunker if thats the way you want to go, there will have to be two: 1) A mainframe database to discover the (whatever it is) needed to save Cassidy, likely some sort of Military Supersoldier program (prob by the enclave) 2) an encalve/us military bunker that held the program (ive got some really twisted ideals for the expierements that were done here. Ill write a general script for the layout/purpose but ill leave the details (enemies, what the program is, etc) to your discretion. Anyway, we could have a A.I. program in either location, the bunker or Vault (someone has to give the quest), though having one in both is a better idea, obviously with different personalities. So thats three voice-actors 1) Cassidy2) A.I. (1)2) A.I. (2) ---edit, I would say house kept him because He thought to save him (he fought a lot of (whatever) so he impressed house, through the securitron) and to make him his personal "errand-boy" to do all his deeds such as find the platinum chip, but the discovered he was far to damaged (and he has a heart condition from Fallout 2) that he couldnt do anything without killing him. So he left him in stasis and decided to start the whole paying people to search for the platinum chip. The player then enters the Vault (havent decided when this will be, an issue with our actual mod at the moment) and the A.I. informs him that it has incomplete information on the U.S. Military projects that were done before the bombs fell (Mr. House was associated with, though not a member of, the enclave, hence the Vault under his casino), and that it could create a program to help the player (who is as of now not aware cassidy is in the vault) finish some of house's projects. And then the story goes to the military complexes: however those will be. Edited March 25, 2011 by omega549 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplywayne90 Posted March 26, 2011 Author Share Posted March 26, 2011 Sorry for not replying so soon, I'm going to be busy for today and tomarrow but I am still working on this, just can't talk about it since I don't have much free time at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplywayne90 Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 I felt like House was asleep, or perhaps on a system like he wakens for a week every 20 years or something, since in-game Beatrix (Pre-war ghoul in Morman fort) says that since the bombs House never made a peep. So I'd like the idea that Cassidy wandered in to make camp or explore after travelling and to avoid the "tribals." (Chairman, Omertas, Kings, etc. were all just spear throwing tribals until 7 years ago) Hmm.. Inside the Military complex we could have failed F.E.V experiments (Check thw Fallout wiki), perhaps we can place a working and stable version of the F.E.V to use on Cassidy that will revive him. (But we can't fix his heart condition becuase people love to kill him in funny ways by that) Inside the vault could be several dead enclave soldiers and a holotape note about them trying to reclaim the complex. (Reference to Mariposa in Fallout 2 for the fans) I still don't like that House could be aware of such high technology and not use it or mention it (unless you have a VA for Mr. House), but Cassidy could be in a ruined vault beneath the casino, but very far beneath if we can make that clear. The complex should be in the mountains or underneath the nuclear test site, perhaps it could be the reason that area was targeted. Also have you contacted the members of Project California if they'd like to collaborate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waxfruit Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 For some the enemies in that military base you could use the different robot variations that are shown in the Repconn HQ as a base if you have anyone that can do modeling, like the Security Bot variant with dual gatlings on the shoulders. I'd volunteer for the AI voice if you've got someone to modulate it, and/or Cassidy's voice if you still want more people for more choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplywayne90 Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 For some the enemies in that military base you could use the different robot variations that are shown in the Repconn HQ as a base if you have anyone that can do modeling, like the Security Bot variant with dual gatlings on the shoulders. I'd volunteer for the AI voice if you've got someone to modulate it, and/or Cassidy's voice if you still want more people for more choices. Fantastic, Glad to have you, If you can please upload a clip of yourself doing what you think the A.I would be, and one with cassidy as well just in case, Cassidy is supposed to have a deep tough voice, think like an old guy mixed with a club bouncer or something.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplywayne90 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Using the lore and what Cassidy was likely to do afterwards I've written a long and partly detailed story of how he'd likely have ended up in New Vegas and in a stasis module. Just waiting on Omega to read it and see if he wants to make any changes before I release some bits to give people ideas, if we end up agreeing on the story then likely you will end up seeing it in terminals and notes in-game to add to Cassidy's amazing history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laochra Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 How about he somehow found his way into the lucky 38? House could have interrogated him as to whats going on in the wastes and as a reward but him into statis until he needed him, but then the courier comes along who is much more useful and you find out about cassidy and house lets you release him if you agree to work with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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