Fallout 4 Institute Continuity for The Replicated Man

[AbsoluteAmphitere]

After playing Fallout 4, then going back to Fallout 3, I thought there were some things that could be changed to better fit the now established lore. In Fallout 4, whenever any Institute scientist ventures to the surface, they're wearing a cleanroom suit. So maybe Dr. Zimmer could be wearing a unique radiation suit named "Zimmer's Cleanroom Suit", textured in the same colors as a cleanroom suit instead of a radiation suit. It would provide a big INT boost, but would be offset by its lower radiation protection - similar to its Commonwealth counterpart since cleanroom suits don't give as much radiation resistance, but enough of a difference to make Zimmer's cleanroom suit stand out from the standard ones you'd normally find in Fallout 4. He'd also be equipped with a unique laser pistol: "Zimmer's Institute Pistol". It can simply be a retextured laser pistol to look like a standard institute pistol, but its effects may be a little harder to do. The laser would be colored light blue and be automatic and have a larger ammo capacity - to make it not overpowered, its damage can be lowered.

 

Now for Armitage; his name should be changed to his designation, S3-47, as synths/androids are rarely called anything other than their designation. Since it's insinuated that Armitage is a courser, he should also be wearing a courser's signature outfit, the black leather uniform which would be called "S3-47's Uniform". And since he's Dr. Zimmer's bodyguard, he should have something better than a laser pistol. So he should be re-equipped with a unique laser rifle called "S3-47's Institute Rifle" with a Institute rifle texture as well as shooting automatic blue lasers. Since rifles tend to be stronger than pistols, it'll do a little more damage than Zimmer's Institute Pistol while maintaining the same automatic rate of fire as its pistol counterpart. To balance this, it'll have a slightly smaller ammo capacity than the pistol and also be a little heavier. Note that both institute weapons shouldn't be stronger than regular laser pistols or rifles.

 

Weapon, armor, and clothing retextures are more than okay, but if it's possible to actually make similar in-game models as Fallout 4, that'd be terrific!

Edited January 11, 2023 by AbsoluteAmphitere

[AbsoluteAmphitere]

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[laclongquan]

Your idea as sorta, kinda, interesting in its own near-unique visual feature.

 

I will point out 2 problems:

 

1. You need specific nif of those clothes. Generally import them from F4 back to run in F3 engine. They are nif from different engines so it need tailoring. Considering the lack of such imports, I must conclude there's high difficulty in such projects.

 

2. From logical storyfag's POV, it's a not very logical change. You do understand Zimmer is far from his Institute? being unique and stand out among the riffraffs (as his behaviour and language shout out) is a good way to be a target in a land full of raiders and scavvers. Its very logical for him to change into a suit more fitting to DC. Rivet City is not that safe, really, not with a slaver on board, and some traders potentially doing business with slavers and raiders.

 

Not a problem even though Armitage's name can be done with a simple change, but why? I remind you that there is a companion named Sergeant whathisnumber and nobody bother remember it. Possibly Armitage's name start out with some number attached but get reduce its simple armitage form due to how people want to save their effort~