#fallout development

[thefalloutwiki]

Fallout 3: Metro Car Armor

We understand that there are some misconceptions about how the Presidential Metro in Broken Steel works.

The way the scene works is quite interesting and we felt that we should explain how it's actually achieved, through a series of short videos!

When the player activates the train, an armor named “DLC03MetroCarArmor” is added to the player's inventory after the white fade-in.

The armor is identical to the train visually. It is not a hat, but a Right Hand glove. It will appear above the player's head in third person and block the player's view entirely if a weapon is unholstered in first person.

A script package named “DLC03MetroCameraPackage” is added to the player. This plays an animation called “DLC031stPersonMetroCam.kf,” which is what actually makes the camera shake, as well as makes the player/train move.

It is not intended to be viewed in third person and activating the train will always force the player into first person.

The armor is assigned to the player's Right Hand slot because hand models are visible in First Person, while headwear is not.

When combined with the armor and its associated script package, the armor adjusts its position, giving the result above. The white fade-in serves to hide the armor model repositioning itself, while also disabling (removing the model from the map) the original train that the player activated.

The armor and the animation are designed and also rely on the player being in first person. If viewed in third person, the player and the train are turned sideways and looks incorrect.

If you check the player's Right Hand in third person while the armor is equipped, their right hand will indeed become the train itself and thus, appear invisible.

So, there you have it folks! We hope this explanation was in-depth and informative! It was really fun to look into and discover how the scene truly works.

We did have multiple videos recorded for this, but Tumblr only accepts 1 uploaded video at a time. :(

We've made a page for the armor as well, which you can read here:

https://fallout.wiki/wiki/DLC03MetroCarArmor

[syckubota]

my markers were calling to me like sirens in the midst of finishing my finals, so i caved in and did an indulgent 1 page skit...

[thefalloutwiki]

Yeah, this tidbit about wanting to have other companions was really cool! Here's the full quote from The Making of Fallout: New Vegas 2017 US Gamer interview from Chris Avellone:

“If there'd been time and the inclination, having Sunny Smiles, Yes Man, Benny, Vulpes, Victor and others as potential companions would have been great. So would have Muggy (we wanted to, but adding a full companion through the DLCs that would work in the core game would have taken more time than allowed).”

I found something?

[schemelin]

Charon !!!!

[molinaesque]

By killing her mum in a mercy kill, she's doing exactly what the Ghoul did to Roger. She's learnt from him. She has turned into him. When she said, "I'll never be you," maybe that's not true. And in that moment, when she shoots her mum, it means so many things. It means 'I'm coming with you.' It means. 'I f*cking hate you, but I have turned into you, you were right.' It means she's letting go of her golden centre. I want the audience at the end of the show to wonder if their hero is still a good person. I don't know who she's gonna be in season two, but this is what happens when you break the unbreakable. I don't know who she's about to become. [...] I'd be down to play it either way. - Ella Purnell (x)

[arbutus-blossoms]

“Good days start with a good breakfast boys and ghouls .” 🍳

[littlerobberboy]

Benny sketch thing I'd love to turn into an actual art piece eventually :)

[elbiotipo]

Perhaps the worst game design choice in Skyrim is when you are told to go kill nameless bandits who you can't talk to and just exist as random enemies, and then when you're fighting one they yell "I yield" and you're okay, that's fair, I'm just here to get some random sword I don't actually want to kill you and after all, the game tips say that if they yell "I yield" you can sheathe your sword and they'll stop fighting

Then you find out that's COMPLETELY FALSE, the game does NOT allow you to do that, the nameless bandits like all enemies in the game are programmed to fight to the death, and that's what you do, you fight them to death, because they have no names no lives or anything, they are there to keep attacking you and fight to the death for a chest with 124 gold and boots with a bonus to enchantment.

Or what's worse, the game makes them yell "PLEASE NO MORE" or "I YIELD" JUST as you deliver the killing blow. It would be an interesting comment on violence in videogames if it wasn't just a fakeout because the nameless bandits aren't actually coded to do anything but to fight you to death.

Okay, that's a bunch of poor game design choices, not just one.

[thedman0310]

Thanks @jesawyer very cool

[blackmoonowl]

whenever I say I like Fallout 4, I mean I like the made up version of it in my head, and the 29372 mods I installed.

[mrfluke]

call me gay, but i like the long intros in the Bethesda fallout games. Not saying getting thrown straight into the action isn't bad - far from it, that's sick as well - what I'm getting at is how it gives you time and chance to figure out your character from the start. Growing up in a vault? Unknowingly spending the last day with your family before the bombs drop? Peak - Who were they before everything happened? How did they grow up, what did they do, and how does it work in the wasteland?

[thefalloutwiki]

Fallout 4: Copper Pipe

Were you previously aware that there is an unused edible Copper Pipe ingredient in Fallout 4 using the Skyrim ingredient system?

It has the Restore Health effect, similar to how eating Copper Pipes in real life restores health.

You can check out the page for the Copper Pipe ingredient here:

https://fallout.wiki/wiki/Copper_Pipe_(ingredient)

[waterdroid]

Yeehawgust Day 24: View From The Canyon Rim 🌄

Looking over Hopeville, Sam and Ulysses talk after everything that transpired at Ulysses' Temple. In the end, both are glad no blood had to be shed that day.

[wishchip106]

i’m craving cherik in the apocalypse again….

post nuclear-apocalypse lets go 🫡

lets say Shaw manages to start the cold war and now most of the planet is destroyed and nearly everyone is dead except for a select few (cherik)

it’s been a year since they all started living in the mansion’s bunker and things are not going well 🙁❌❌

food and water are getting low, people are having fights, two people died while going outside and cherik are not talking to eachother because they had a really bad fight or something (idk i need some form of tension for them to overcome)

lets say for story sake, Charles needs to go on a quest to find a missing item for Hank’s new invention that’s probably important and Erik decides to go with him

and then yadda yadda yadda, they traverse through the wastelands, meet new societies, nearly die a few times, get over themselves and makeup/out, find the item they were looking for and somehow make it back to the bunker faster than how they left

uhh happily ever after except you can still barely breath the air

very fun 😁 if anyone wants to write this feel free to do so i will gladly read it 🫡🫡

[mojave-outhouse]

I don't think I ever posted this one?? For some reason? Anyway Mira n Arcade wlw/mlm hostility

[twosides--samecoin]

Excited to announce I'm writing companion dialogue for the upcoming full release of Mind Games! Please check out the demo if you haven't already!

I enjoyed Mind Games so much that I went around taking screenshots of all the characters to help spread word about the project/as a gift for the crew. I feel so honoured to be involved with one of the best story mods I've ever played :)