West Nevada

[MiriQL]

Hello there guys.

 

I was looking for some expansion mods for Fallout and found a few that adds caves, sewers, tunnels etc. Some are exterior areas surely but they did not make me interested at all. So I was planning to make my own mod which turned out to be a disaster without any skill or knowledge how to do it! My caves lost the midsections that I built long time ago which did not make any sense and I tried to duplicate some of the exterior areas to make my own but had no idea about the blue boxes and circles that went through the space...

 

Also tried the tutorial which of course lost me at step 3.

 

So, I was hoping if anyone else would be interested of a basic expansion of the New Vegas atmosphere, that does not move from the Mojave by a lot.

 

The picture below is the location guide of West Nevada. The big circles are the general area, which are circled around by blocking buildings or mountains to limit the space that this idea has. The areas after Washoe Lake cave would be more vast, and you could see the big RENO sign/billboard/welcome gate thingie in the horizon.

 

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/8783/westnevadalocationguide.th.jpg

 

Warning, it is a big picture taken from Google maps, just to let you know where the locations should be. The locations would not look like they do in Google maps. The required DLCs should include Lonesome Road for some high buildings and tunnelers and Dead Money for ghosts.

 

 

Here's some notes I've made for myself:

 

-[World area]-

 

- West Nevada

 

-[sub areas]-

 

- The Great Beyond

- Carson City

- Washoe Lake,

- Washoe Lake Park

- Indian Hills

- Road 395

- Old Washoe City Ruins

- VC Highlands

- Memorial Highway

- Coalcomb Ranch

- Golgotha

- New Reno International (Airport)

- Virgin Street

- Second Street

- East Side

- West Side

 

-[sub-sub Areas]-

 

[The Great Beyond]

- Haven bunker

Inhabitated by non-feral ghouls, remnants from REPCONN rocket factory that flew from Mojave to the great beyond

- Crash site

Highly irradiated area with golden geckos and one big golden gecko

- Brotherhood of Steel shack

Small shack that is locked by 100 lockpick and 100 science, highly trapped, contains power armors and gauss rifles

- Virginia Sewer tunnels

Mantises and plants

 

[Carson City]

- Carson Sewers

Sewer system that has an underground gang giving small quests, usually find and deliver type

- Lone Cemetery

Creepy cemetery area that seems to never have a daylight. Has ghouls, tunnelers and ghosts

- Carson High School

Junkies and children, a total $hithole

- Carson Community Center

Infested by a giant deathclaw that has been trapped inside. Occasional small deathclaw babies come out, even if it is really unexplainable.

- Saint Mickey's Grill

A shop that offers quests, information and other fancy stuff

- The Home Depot

A big shop for all home equipments. Infested by ghosts

- Homes for NPCs

Randomness

 

[Washoe Lake]

- Washoe Lake cave

Huge cave system infested by lakelurks

- Vault 35

Flooded vault, supposedly it was meant to have great swimmers inside who would be able to leave the vault when the door on the bottom of the lake opens. However everyone drowned.

 

[Washoe Lake Park]

- Maintenance Shack

Small shack of tools

- Worker's barracks

Small barrack of bunk beds and rats

- Reception house

Buying tickets for the park, has a market inside

- Noodles Factory (outskirts)

Lots of noodles and raiders

- Skittering Cave (Ants)

Lots of ants

- Vault 71

Was meant to contain a various mutated animals, insects and other beings that were fed by the inhabitants. There was a power surge that messed up with the controls that opened every door except the main vault door.

- Remains of Vault 72

Ruins of a vault that was not constructed properly. It collapsed right when the bombs fell.

 

[indian Hills]

- Mojave Caves

Entrance to Mojave

- Road 395 Bus Station

Lore, directions and lots of lockers to lockpick

- Dust Ridge Golf Club

Lots of golf clubs and people with golf clubs

- Hill Mines (cave)

Contains geckos

- Hill Mining barrack

Small barrack for the workers

 

[Road 395]

- Nevada Railroad Museum

Trains...

- Nevada Gas Station

Small gas station with a basement of a secret liquor factory

- 395 Water Pump station

Flooded with irradiated water. On the bottom levels contains super mutants and centaurs.

- Abandoned Nuka-Cola Factory

Lots of nuka-cola, robots, lore

 

[Old Washoe City Ruins]

- Fancy Lads Snack Factory

Lots of snacks... and animals

- Storage Unit Facility

A large warehouse with raiders

- Old Washoe Motors

Has a vendor that sells everything technical and a few weapon mods.

- Old Washoe sewers

Inhabitated by ghouls and radroaches

- Random houses

Random stuff

 

[VC Highlands]

- NCR Camp Mike

Run by raiders

- VCA Radio station

Run by Bishops

- VCA Satellite station

Derelict, can be used to gain few science skillpoints and experience. Inhabitated by insects and robots

- Irradiated Caves

Inhabitated by golden geckos

- Vault 73

Was never populated by people, but by robots that were programmed to think they are people. It is still operational and some really interesting and funny quests would be here.

- Geiger Glade cave

Inhabitated by nightstalkers, on the bottom level there is a secret research facility with a special laser pistol guarded by turrets. (similar to the pistol from Fallout 2 that recharges with sunlight, it would shoot yellow beams. If there's no sunlight, it would need Energy Cells.)

 

[New Reno International]

- Suspicious Container

Entrance to Salvatores base

- Hangar 1

Infested by Radroaches and rats

- Hangar 2

Infested by Radroaches and Radscorpions

- New Reno Power Station

Guarded by automatic turrets and robots

- Maintenance shaft

Worker's maintenance shaft, contains a lot of stuff used by repairmen

- New Reno International

Huge airport, mostly derelict and inhabitated by random raiders and mantises

 

[Golgotha]

- Secret Mordino Bunker

Weapons factory, chem factory, liquor factory. Everything to start taking over New Reno.

- Mausoleum

Huge underground crypt inhabitated by ghouls... lead by something terrible. (would need a new model perhaps, that would look like a big ghoul like a super mutant, or it could be a necromancer, skeleton whatever)

 

[Coalcomb Ranch]

- Coalcomb Mines

Old mines owned by the Salvatore family. Mining coal. Or so they say.

- REPCONN Research Facility

An old factory with a special technology on the basement level.

- Salvatore High School

Ran by Donato Salvatore, his grandfather Louis Salvatore died from a malpractice made by a local doctor as did his father. They handle all things internally and do not trust outsiders. Their business is mainly legit, however they rob caravans lead by the Wrights for their booze.

 

[Virgin Street]

- To New Reno

To New Reno

- Desperado

Mordinos casino, dirty low-class, ran by Big Jesus and another Big Jesus before him. Nowadays run by Big Jesus.

- Cat's Paw

Bordel run by Madam Kitty

- Bunk house

Mostly consisting of raiders or other crazy chem users

- Multi-storey car park

A sinister interior inhabitated by ghosts

- Jules' Pawn shop

Cheap shop, also sells information on the families and gives directions, always for a price. Highly persuasive and always making deals.

- New Reno South Station

Subway

 

[second Street]

- Jungle Gym

A gym, includes a boxing ring where the player may earn a championship belt by fighting the famous champion Ricky.

- Golden Globes

Adult filming studio that was put to a close after the famous film featuring the Vault Dweller in the movie "Enter the vault"

- Van Graff's Bar

Owned by Tiaret Van Graff's daughter Olivia Van Graff with her male bodyguards.

- Shark Club

Owned by the Van Graffs, formerly by Bishops. Tiaret Van Graff owns the place with many of her husbands and children

- New Reno Central Station

Subway

- Dark Vault

Secret Vault hidden in the valleys of New Reno. Contains the ultimate prize and served as a cash vault for the Enclave. Formerly a hideout for big political characters. Inhabitated by unknown.

 

[East Side]

- Vault 99

Vault that plays high volume music constantly to monitor extended sleep deprivation on the inhabitants. Most of the dwellers destroyed their ears to gain sleep. Others went to a psychotic state and slaughtered eachother. The door can be opened only from the outside.

- New Reno East Station

Subway

- New Enclave Bunker

Old BoS bunker infested by the enclave. Failed experiments left behind such as ghouls and a special deathclaw (non-aggressive, like in vault 13 in Fallout 2, would offer quests but not to be a companion. Somekind of a story about the vault dweller here that prevents him to join the player's party)

- Wright Mansion

Home of Mr. Wright, base of operations of liquor. Tradition was that the wife never approved the alcohol business. Every Wright boss refuses to marry.

- Children's End

East from the New Enclave bunker, a mass grave of children left to rot by the Enclave attack after witnessing the transaction of the raiders and the enclave soldiers back in Fallout 2

 

[West Side]

- New Reno West Station

Subway

- Drunk Cupid Chapel

A church owned by the Van Graffs, their deliveries go through here (like a postal office)

- New Reno Arms

Van Graff weapons and armor

- Renesco's Pharmacy

Owned by a man named Rene, like Renesco but not quite. Sells all kinds of medical stuff. Also works as a clinic

- Bishop Hideout

A tunnel leading to the airport where Bishop is hiding

 

 

New Reno story

 

The courier enters the New Vegas district. A strange radio signal is found on the Pip-Boy. Something that is not broadcasted anywhere in the Mojave desert and it's pointing to North-West. On the entrance Courier will find a voice recording.

 

Diary casette 1 - Entrance of Mojave Cave:

Again the strange radio signal I've never heard before. The others couldn't find it but my pip-boy did. They said it's broken, said that there's nothing out there. How could that be? The signal is getting stronger the closer I get to this cave. I'm going to go inside, if you find this, where ever this cave might lead, I'll leave my next steps at the source of this signal.

 

Diary casette 2 - After Mojave Cave:

Sorry about the deathclaw, I had to trap her inside since the moment I exit the cave, that thing was waiting for me outside. I think it's a loner, so no need to worry for more of them. The radio signal is stronger now, much stronger. I can hear words, music. There's someone out there. If you wish to follow, I've gone north to the lake you'll see in the horizon. I'll help you in any way I can.

 

Diary Casette 3 - Washoe Lake Park:

I'm hurt... damn bandits shot me to the gut and I'm bleeding to death here... I... just wanted to find it... I don't have much time left. Listen carefully... The signal... over the mountains... it's covering another transmission under it. You won't hear it without closing the one over it. Find the station... and close it... Find the secret... listen to it.

 

Once reached the VCA Radio station, Courier encounters a mafia family Bishops waiting for him/her. You won't be able to shut down the signal without helping Bishops first. They were the biggest mafia family in New Reno back in the days, but being overthrown by the new family Van Graffs. Now, with supreme weaponry of energy weapons, Van Graffs call the shots in New Reno.

 

Bishops are missing intel, weaponry, manpower and generally even the plan. They have no resources as everything is owned by the other families. Others pledge their loyalty to the Van Graffs now, only Bishop defies them.

 

Salvatores have given up on the whole mafia business and have retreated outside New Reno. The Salvatore High School serves as their main building, teaching new borns how the world works, doing little trading business on the side and nothing else. Rumor is that they are seizing Wright alcohol caravans and selling them instead.

 

Wrights have taken over the liquor business of Bishops and prostitution of Mordinos, however, as in the historic events one of the sons of Mr. Wright died from a drug overdose, they have let Mordinos handle the drug business. They are also the closest family to Van Graffs, as they benefit from the alliance by a great deal, keeping the NCR at bay.

 

Mordinos as specified above, takes care of the drug business. They are supplying Wrights pharmacy on the west side, and junkies on the virgin street. They are also the bouncers of New Reno, checking everyone who wishes to enter the city. It is told that Mordinos have something up in their sleeve and are planning to overtake the city sooner or later.

 

However, their plans are to become to an end with Courier entering the scene. Highly underestimated, his/her job is to throw all the families off their positions and let Bishop reclaim the city, giving him/her the opportunity to find out what the hidden radio transmission specifies.

As it turns out, things are not going according to plan and he/she is betrayed by Bishop, leaving him/her a choice: Leave the secret and never return to New Reno, or wipe out the mob families and take over the city.

 

 

Once the main quest is completed, player may go back to the radio station and disable the signal blocking the real one and find the pass code that is needed to open the Dark Vault hidden in New Reno.

 

 

 

 

So, what do you think? I'm unable to do this but would be happy to help in anyway possible. I could make textures or voice acting.

Edited January 7, 2012 by MiriQL

[greenknightfury]

Massive and interesting looking mod would love to see it but all i can do is help with writing ....hopefully it'll get some help.

[Quetzlsacatanango]

Looks cool and like a lot of work.

Btw, vaults seem to go in numeric order from west to east (i.e. Vault 3 in Nevada, 101 in DC), so I doubt Vault99, 72, etc. would be in western Nevada.

Edited January 12, 2012 by Quetzlsacatanango

[MiriQL]

Looks cool and like a lot of work.

Btw, vaults seem to go in numeric order from west to east (i.e. Vault 3 in Nevada, 101 in DC), so I doubt Vault99, 72, etc. would be in western Nevada.

 

Thanks guys for feedback, yes it is massive project and all I can say is, you guys are my best chance.

 

Regarding the vaults, the reason I chose these numbers is because there is zero information about them. So I can freely choose what was the project in them. I know it's a little randomly selected. I guess the numbers can change but have to be unknown vaults.

 

Vault 3 is in Mojave, Vault 8 in Nevada, Vault 6 in Washington. So I guess there can be some randomness in place.

 

I wish I had the skills to start to do something!!

[Rukus723]

1. The Great Beyond is widely considered to be a planet in deep space
   
2. You should base New Reno on the NCR ending of Fallout 2
   

[MiriQL]

1. The Great Beyond is widely considered to be a planet in deep space
   
2. You should base New Reno on the NCR ending of Fallout 2
   

 

1. Yes may as well be like in the other mod where people are doing Mars, however those rockets seemed to me to be just for show and not actually be able to fly to space. Those thrust control modules would've probably be only to prevent the rocket to crash on someplace where people live. As gas price went into millions, I don't know how much gas they could have store away to launch three rockets into space! That's a lot.

 

2. I want New Reno to be under control of the gangs and mafia, just like old times. NCR wouldn't join New Reno because of Van Graffs and Wrights holding it. They need eachother to do this, putting aside their differences, but not meaning a full alliance.

 

Bishops were "exiled" so NCR definitely wouldn't be part of New Reno until Bishops get back in power. Didn't think of that until now, that could be one reason why they want to get back... hmm.

Edited January 13, 2012 by MiriQL

[ihazbadluck]

1. The Great Beyond is widely considered to be a planet in deep space
   
2. You should base New Reno on the NCR ending of Fallout 2
   

 

1. Yes may as well be like in the other mod where people are doing Mars, however those rockets seemed to me to be just for show and not actually be able to fly to space. Those thrust control modules would've probably be only to prevent the rocket to crash on someplace where people live. As gas price went into millions, I don't know how much gas they could have store away to launch three rockets into space! That's a lot.

 

2. I want New Reno to be under control of the gangs and mafia, just like old times. NCR wouldn't join New Reno because of Van Graffs and Wrights holding it. They need eachother to do this, putting aside their differences, but not meaning a full alliance.

 

Bishops were "exiled" so NCR definitely wouldn't be part of New Reno until Bishops get back in power. Didn't think of that until now, that could be one reason why they want to get back... hmm.

Just something I'd like to add: Rockets don't use gas or petroleum as fuel, instead they use liquid oxygen, alcohol, or hydrogen as fuel, so the scaresity of gas would not affect them.

[MiriQL]

Thanks for the info!!