Any way to edit script changing an NPC's race - e.g. Moira post-Megaton explosion?

[Chashan]

Good evening everyone,

 

Recently picked up FO3 again, and just like years past, spent more time tinkering with fo3edit and similar rather than merely play the game itself.

 

Looking around for some manner of mod that would add something to Moira Brown after blowing Megaton up, another thought came to mind: whether it wouldn't be possible to alter the script that turns her into a ghoul to turn her into another race - Pitt DLC's infected Caucasian race, that is. Looks messed up alright to suggest she got quite the brunt of the blast, and also doesn't quite invalidate what the ghoul Carol has to say about the process of ghoulification taking a long time rather than be instantaneous.

 

Looking around, all I could find was this old topic here:

 

http://www.gamesas.com/moira-brown-refuses-turn-into-ghoul-t51921.html

 

which points to the entry of the Power of Atom-quest, this embedded script source here that is:

 

if MoiraBrownREF.GetInCell Megaton || MoiraBrownREF.GetInWorldSpace MegatonWorld

vendorContainerMoiraBrownREF.moveto VendorContainerMoiraBrownGhoulREF

underworldFloorBufferREF.disable

;VendorContainerMoiraBrownGhoulREF.enable

;VendorContainerMoiraBrownGhoulREF.removeitem SchematicsRockItLauncherItem 1

MoiraBrownREF.moveto MoiraWaitMarker

MoiraBrownREF.matchRace tulipRef

set MS03.MoiraGhoul to 1

;MoiraBrownREF.addspell RadHealGhoul

MoiraBrownREF.addspell RadResistGhoul

MoiraBrownREF.removeFromFaction MegatonResidentFaction

MoiraBrownREF.AddToFaction UnderworldResidentFaction 1

if (MoiraBrownREF.getTalkedToPC == 0)

set MS03.MoiraGhoul to 2

MoiraBrownREF.moveto MuseumAmericanMarker

MoiraBrownREF.addscriptpackage MoiraGhoulTravelToUnderworld

endif

endif

 

There, it's suggested that "MoiraBrownREF.matchRace tulipRef" would be key to (in that topic's case) actually make changing Moira's race to ghoul work. Would this be the right line to edit to do what I had in mind - change Moira into a Pitt DLC Infected rather than ghoul - or would I need to look elsewhere?

[blackrat99]

Without any specific knowledge or experience, that would seem to be the relevant line, with the default race texture being used. You can probably try it via the console: click on Moira and try that command. If that doesn't work you may need to set the flag "Can be all races" in Moira's NPC record. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Try and see.

Edited September 1, 2016 by blackrat99