Machines, Madness, Men and Mods.

[LeopoldGarrity]

In my, on again/off again love/hate with Fallout3,2.1 Shelter and NV.. I just sort of spend a lot of time watching things, nothing in particular since I have yet to beat 1 and 2 after all these years!

 

Mod suggestions/thoughts/etc.

 

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1: Embrace the machine.

- There is a very cool Talon Cyborg mod here which makes them terminators, so fitting for the nature of that group and the horror Apocalypse stuff to me, anyways..

 

I know there us a cybernetic mod, but what about adding robot parts to you. As in, say you can salvage parts from existing robots like the saw off Mr Not-So-Handy, and like attach it to your shoulder. Basically giving a always there melee attack, that has hp/degrades based on your health. Maybe take a robobrain and attach it for S.P.E.C.I.A.L augments. Make them actual character model add ons.

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2: More D*mn clothing!.

- Add a layering system so you can actually wear a jump suit under power armour/armour in general. Wear a hat -and- sunglasses. What's the point of collecting any of that if you can't really seem to use it.

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3: Wasteland Speak.

- It's some centuries in the future, with a world that has a alternate history. With a non real world tech base. Why does everyone speak perfect english? Maybe a text/voice mod that changes it to be more colorful or lore ish. Beyond terms like 'mutie' and the brand names of items and faction names, everything else is generic American. Where, really, is all the local language changes, since it's not like these kids are getting a k-12 education really.

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4: Shelter in the Wasteland.

- Yes yes, G.E.C.K, but not everyone wants to mess with that. Why not a empty cell where you pick a Vault number (I.E Shelter style) You pick the type of vault you want in terms of size, vault focus, age, radiation level, and other assorted things. You then wait X time and it generates a prebuilt vault along your choices. Then you have to stock it similar to your houses and can put companions in it, hire NPCs for a one time fee. Taking the concept behind Shelter and condensing it down basically.

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5: More eyes and ears.

- Better compass similar to a radar sweep/actual compass. Some kind of non VATS style targeting hud overlay, perhaps similar to a jet fighter for targeting along horizon line/end of gun barrel. Some weapons are better in VATS IMO, some are not.

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6: Tickering and Dickering.

- This entire world is retro 50s style, where are the telegraph/ticker tape machines. Ham radios are great, but this is all but primitive civil war era tech, something they should be able to build. Used to generate background lore-friendly messages. As if a advertising system that can be used to find out what vendors are selling in the form of a scrolling list on the screen, what various caravans have, etc. So you know if spending x amount of time going there is worth it, if they have parts you need or it's a waste of caps. The tickertape could also have channels like historical broadcasts of early pre-war information, etc and being just a text stream there's no real voice needed. There could even be a assortment of channels for say, ghouls, super mutants, etc. Just misc npc chatter, maybe comments on needs and attacks, or just random lore-friendly background information to expand the immersion.

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