#i just wanted to start a new fnv run when i started that save file

[goatyoat]

I saw someone used This Picrew to make some of their rpg characters, and I was inspired to do the same thing >:3

In order of appearance: Norma-Jeanne (Fo4), The Courier (FNV), Wilhelm (Outer Worlds).

[davidsunrise]

The tale of Scorpion-Eatin' Tom.

Long ish story about a fnv playthrough under the cut.

My plan was to make an unarmed playthrough, I was playing on my laptop while I was out of town for the holidays, as I often do for when I start a new playthrough for a gimmick run, I make a little batch file of console commands to give myself some rudimentary gear and maybe a few perks. Started simple though, two Toughness ranks, boxing tape, settler outfit. I was mostly focused on unarmed and survival for the first 10 or so levels. As a backup I had a plasma pistol, nice thing is that energy cells(bulk) are cheap and plentiful in the early game. For mods I only had a few essentials, but notably I redownloaded RTS (real time settlers) and FarmingBob. I made my camp by the nipton road rest stop, every three days I'd come back and have to clear out the radscorpions of all sizes. I would then harvest my xander roots and broc flowers to make healing powder to recover the wounds from fighting said scorpions. Sometimes, I'd even have a little extra for adventuring.

As you might have surmised, I had an ample supply of radscorpion venom, which in Primm, can be turned into a food item. Thus really began the scorpion eating. Kept going like this for a while, subsisting on cactus water, ruby's casserole, healing power, and fiery purgative.

I expanded the farm slowly, I wanted a source of potatoes for vodka. Vodka being the main ingredient in fiery purgative, which was a good way of dealing with radiation buildup. Eventually I unlocked the tribal wisdom perk, which lets you eat mutated insect corpses for a pittance of healing and hunger satiation.

I eventually made a simple FNVEdit plugin to let me cook Ruby's casserole myself. I eventually pushed through the guided path from Goodsprings to New Vegas, or freeside at least. Although really I was only there for the Thorn, where I could fight radscorpions over and over for caps and exp. By level 15 I already had rank 3 bug stomper with well over 100 radscorpion kills (estimated). I liked to imagine my courier was starting to become a Thorn household name, the way I could juggle 3 giant radscorpions and not get hit once most times. I almost gave up on this playthrough when I started honest hearts, but I ended up powering through it with the move to quest target command. Didn't glean anything too useful from honest hearts besides a mantis gauntlet and the exp. That brings us to about the end of my holiday stay at my parent's, and the little bits of FNV time I would find throughout the days. Not much point to this post, just wanted to share a little story about a FNV save I might not play for some time.

[radramblog]

Game of the Year 2020...?

Ive scrolled the list of games that came out this year to see what my GOTY ended up being, but turns out the only game I played in 2020 that released that year was, uh…….

Fucking good game but like I’m not gonna hand it GOTY by default (That goes to Hades, based solely impressions from other people). Actually, I’m not handing out any awards, really. So I guess I’m just gonna go over a bunch of the other games I did play last year, regardless of whether or not they came out then.

Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition

A mate got me this for my birthday in December 2019, and unlike the other games I got then (Kirby Star Allies which I burned through that month and Octopath which I still haven’t played) I spent a fair few hours playing it last year. This was before the sequel was announced, and also a little bit after the fact- figured I should try and finish one before playing the other. Unfortunately, I have yet to purchase Age of Calamity nor finish Definitive Edition, because the former is expensive and the latter is expansive. Holy shit there’s so much fucking content in this game. I don’t think I ever will finish it to be honest, though despite the repetitiveness it never really felt boring to me. It’s the only Warriors/Musou game I’ve played, and I’d be interested in trying others based on the experience.

(I’m not playing Fire Emblem Warriors though fuck that)

Pokemon Sword and Shield DLC: The Isle of Armor and the Crown Tundra

Sword and Shield felt somewhat lacking on release, and while the DLCs released this year did much to try and fix this its still a bit shit that it required an extra paycheck out of you to get the full game- outside of outsourced mobile games like Go and Shuffle, or services such as Bank or Home, Pokemon has never actually had DLC/microtransactions, so this was a little disappointing. I’d argue that it absolutely wasn’t worth it when Isle was released, as fun as the content was it was again, lacking. Crown Tundra I would argue exceeded my (admittedly low) expectations, however- the new and returning mons are cool and welcome (I despised Calyrex’s design on first reveal but their behaviour in story redeemed it more than enough), and the Max Lair Adventure offered a surprisingly replayable romp that has been great to just try and grind out with friends. I can’t say I’d recommend the DLC pack though- only if because you’ve probably made up your mind already as to whether or not you’re getting it, or this doesn’t apply to you at all. I could also put basically every main series Pokemon game on here, seeing as I’m pretty sure I nuzlocked every region at some point during the year, but I don’t want to make this *that* long. 

Super Smash Bros Ultimate Expansion Pass

Smash is still Smash. I don’t find myself playing it much on my own, and even in Perth get-togethers weren’t super common last year. As neat as the DLC characters released this year are for the franchise as a whole, none of them convinced me to play significantly more than usual, and I can’t wrap my head around half of them, so.

Also, I’m still salty about Byleth, and I actually really liked Three Houses, it was my first FE game. Why the fuck wasn’t it Claude????

Rivals of Aether

On the other hand, in the last few months I’ve found myself grinding match after match of Rivals with one of my best mates and the game is a fucking blast, holy shit. I still haven’t bought it for myself, but its basically 100% of the reason I have played 0 smash for the last few months since we’re too busy mashing Orcane vs Ranno over and over and not really getting tired of it. It requires a specific type of person to get into it, but if you’re in that group then its just an excellent game.

VA-11 Hall-A

I first played VA-11 Hall-A (Vallhalla, since typing that is a pain) by pirating it and playing it on my laptop in the dead of night.

It quickly became one of my favourite games of all time.

When the Switch port dropped, I felt obliged to actually pay for it this time around, since the developers had more than earned my money. And then I replayed it again, playing it on my switch in the dead of night (At least this time I had the excuse of being a nightshift worker). With the sequel unfortunately delayed into 2021, it might be time to run it back once more or drag more of my mates into Glitch City since I already forcibly exposed a few of em to it.

The post-credits title screen is still my phone background.

Fallout: New Vegas

I don’t really have much to say about FNV that hasn’t been said already, especially considering HBomberguy’s recently released video, but it is also on my top 5 list and I only got around to playing Lonesome Road and Dead Money this year. Also went out of my way to 100% achievement complete the game on Steam, which I believe is the first time I’ve done that for a game.

Zero Escape Series (Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors, Virtue’s Last Reward, Zero Time Dilemma)

The Danganronpa series’ less colourful sibling, Zero Escape was a series I finally got around to finishing after having borrowed a friend’s copy of VLR back in high school and playing it wrong due to not deleting his save file (oops,). I think VLR remains my favourite, and I really hope the series continues at some point (unlikely as it seems now) considering how ZTD missed the mark pretty hard. The first 2 games are still excellent mystery games and a lot of fun, though you do need somewhat of a tolerance for words.

A Hat in Time

Oh god this game is so fucking cute. Also, just an excellent platformer. Is the DLC still on sale? I should buy that.

Fallout 4

Its just not New Vegas. It just isn’t. I really tried with this game, I really did. The gunplay is great, modding and building shit is fun, but its just not the same.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

A couple years ago I bought a SNES Mini, but until 2020 I didn’t really have a convenient way of playing it seeing as my monitor didn’t have an HDMI port. But now I do have one with one, so I got to start playing this classic! And then stopped because of uni. Should finish that, probably.

Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon

Shit Keara I still have your copy sorry I’ll get back to it :<

Pokemon Stadium

I also managed to get my N64 up and running, and despite being the wrong region for most of the games available in local shops, I somehow managed to get Stadium for a great price. Got to dig out my old Red cartridge and anything. Fuck me though, this game is brutal. Seriously, Gen 1 battle mechanics are tough to deal with at the best of times, having to do battle after battle with said mechanics without losing is just nuts. I still haven’t managed to get Round 2 unlocked.

God, fuck you Blaine. Goddamn fire spin Rapidash motherfucker.

Super Mario 64 Speaking of, I managed to pick up a Japanese cartridge of SM64, complete with BLJ glitches and 3 entire save files. After much effort, I managed to actually get it working, and spent most of the night of Christmas getting smashed and trying to beat Bowser in the Fire Sea. I played a lot of the DS remake as a kid, and I feel like an idiot for struggling as much I did with the original.

This is all of course a buildup to the fact that I was lying about not assigning a GOTY. Because there is only one N64 game in my small collection deserving of Game of the Year, because its deserving of Game of the Year every year since its 1999 release.

BEETLE ADVENTURE RACING MOTHERFUCKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER

[dalishious]

Tutorial: Modding NPCs in DA:2

Here is a very simple tutorial on how to change the appearance of NPCs in Dragon Age: 2, because the process itself is very simple!

YOU WILL NEED:

Dragon Age: II (obviously)

PyGFF Editor (REMEMBER TO GET THE FNV DUMP)

For this tutorial, I will be creating a new head for Varania, to give her more of a family resemblance to Fenris.

STEP 1: CREATING A HEAD

Start up a game of DA:2 and head on over to the Black Emporium. Use the Character Creator to design the appearance of the NPC in mind how you’d like. (Note that you must be using a Hawke of the same gender as the character.)

If the NPC you want to change is an elf, there are two ways of doing this:  One is to edit your chargenmorphcfg file (assuming you use CC mods, you’ll already have one in your override folder) adding <resource name="em_zevran.mor" /> under <human_male> and <resource name="ef_merril.mor" /> under <human_female> <heads> respectively. Just please be aware this method will not allow you for full CC control. Another is to use the Playable Elfs Beta mod, which will give you full CC control. (Plus it’s all around a great mod and no I will not shut up about it.) This is what I’m using for this tutorial.

I do not know how to mod dwarves at this time, but if anyone would like to attempt it by adding <resource name="dm_varric.mor" /> under <human_male> <heads>, I’d love to hear what happens.

When you’ve created the head you want, save your game and name it something recognizable (i.e. that you won’t mix it up with your actual Hawke.)

STEP 2: FIND THE NPC’S MOR FILE

Open up the GFF Editor and click File > Open. Then in the file choosing window, navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Dragon Age II\packages\core\data, or wherever it is your game is located.

In the data folder, open the face.erf file.

Opening this file will bring up a window asking you to choose a resource. This is where you want to scroll through to find the NPC you want to change. (Note that you may have to click and drag the edges to expand the box size.)

You do not have to open the file for this kind of mod; just take note of its name (you may want to write it in notepad or something) and click cancel.

For example, Varania’s file is called ef_varania.mor, which is the format you’ll find most of the files are named in, but it’s always good to double check.

STEP 3: CREATE A NEW MOR FILE

Now still in the GFF Editor, click on File > Open and navigate to the save file you just created with the head you want. (Save files are located in Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age 2\Characters\[Hawke Name]\Saves)

Click on the little + box underneath “Index” to expand the strings. Then click on the + box for the line SAVEGAME_PLAYERCHAR. Then the + box for SAVEGAME_PLAYERCHAR_CHAR. 

Scroll all the way down through the lines opened until you get to number 16950, called SAVEGAME_PLAYER_MORPH. Clicking on it will fill the edit box with a bunch of text. Right-click in that box and choose Export to file.

Name the file what you just looked up in step 2, and don’t forget to include the extension .mor! Then navigate to your Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override folder, and hit Save.

That’s it! You can now run your game to test out your new headmorph. 

BONUS: SIMPLE EDITS TO MOR FILES

Lets say you don’t want to entirely recreate a character’s appearance, though. Lets say you just want to get rid of a character’s awful glow in the dark white lipstick, or change the colour of their tattoo. These simple changes can be made without using the in-game CC by just editing the vanilla .mor files.

Instead of opening the face.erf file like in Step 2, chose File > Export instead. When the resource box pops up, check off which character .mor file you want, press OK, and then save it where you want. (Again, make sure to add the .mor file extension!)

Then open that .mor file you just exported in the GFF Editor. This is what should pop up:

Lets say I want the Varania head I just made to have black hair instead of red. I would click on the string that has her hair tint (vq_har_rd4), and in the edit box, type in what new colour I want, and press the save button. I would then do the same for t1_stb_rbr.

If you’re not sure what colour is called what, check your chargenmorphcfg file and browse through the different parts. (For example, all hair colours are under <hair_colors>.)

After editing those strings, you can click on File > Save As, and put it in your override. (And again, cannot stress this enough: Make sure you include the file extension!) FYI, this is how I made my elves with human skin mod.

For the record, here’s Varania now:

There you have it! It is an easy power to wield, but remember....

[tressahelena67-blog]

The Coolest Upgrades For Your Automobile.

In a distracting as well as loud planet, locating pockets from calmness could profit your human brain and body system. The Massachusetts Institute of Modern technology just recently evaluated 2,000 individuals and located that 76% of respondents would certainly expect a driverless auto to prioritise the protection of a team of 10 pedestrians over a singular passenger. In the event you liked this informative article and also you want to get more info concerning http://freentires.info/el-eracto-es-bueno-para-la-salud kindly pay a visit to our page. Yet many countless lives can be saved annually that are actually today uselessly lost if Americans would demand sensible, efficient, legal, and also co-ordinated policy from hazardous guns, just like they do for dangerous cars. Thereby being seen as excellent is certainly not practically hearing the angels on our shoulders. So I recognize which means the car is experiencing, I know exactly how quickly that is actually moving, as well as in exactly what perspective, and I know exactly how drastically other that is actually dealing with angle is from the way that's really removaling. I want the automobile to effectively keep updating it is actually vector relying on what method this is actually facing, even when I'm certainly not accelerating. In order for it to kick in, 1. The whole leasing needs to be paid for on the visa or mastercard, as well as; 2. The lessee must decrease all insurance offered at the counter. The regular car is as handsome as the top-of-the-range Quadrifoglio, which is lower as well as sports bodywork addenda. I believe FNV was a really good judge for the genuine survival setting, I believe they will take a go back on the upcoming game, 2nd ones usually follow in the very same footprints and also the preliminary 'this is different' sensation isn't really certainly there for players as much since they have seen that in the past. Android Auto delivers songs via Bluetooth instead of the USB hookup currently being used, sadly. Minutes eventually, our company had actually sat in his dark Porsche as well as performed our method to the flicks. This is going to intend to recapture the broad spirit from the well-liked sprint events initially planned by the Hagley & Area Light Cars and truck Nightclub between 1957 and also 1967. It goes without saying, a considerable amount of portable household cleaners may be a little burdensome in the confined rooms inside a motor vehicle as well as an auto's 12V battery is visiting offer a lot additional power and also cleansing time compared to a portable vacuum cleaner will definitely muster up. See to it that you are actually thinking about this ahead of time, prior to an automobile mishap ever occurs. A book could be actually nominated in just one genre type, yet may additionally be actually nominated in the Goodreads Writer type. As if that wasn't good enough for the company, it had very soon built a car from its personal to evaluate along with, appropriately phoned the Google Automobile, which can be seen strolling the streets from north The golden state for testing. Unlike human beings, autos don't go through tiredness, they do not experience driver rage, and they cannot knock back six pints of beer prior to hitting the highway - however they can still create mistakes. CarPlay and all from these screen-based app/navigation/music functions, other than MAYBE GPS charts, must be in some way latched, at the very least to the driver, while the cars and truck remains in activity. Oppo's intensely personalized user interface is out-of-date and total from juvenile symbols, plus it's dated as well as just running atop Android 5.1.1. That is actually inappropriate when Android 7.0 is actually coming this summer season. Brown had actually previously submitted an online video to YouTube which appeared to present the Autopilot feature sparing his automobile off colliding with a lorry. The reintroduction of the occasion has currently gotten powerful assistance coming from various other leading automobile clubs as well as hillside climb training courses, who are delighted that a brand new activity is to be contributed to the historic motorsport calendar as well as have joined together with capital Climb to come to be Associated Clubs, aiding to deliver famous motorsport to a bigger audience. I cycled daily in London website traffic for 7 years and also, through observing these good sense guidelines, only possessed one event, when a cars and truck transformed left behind across my cycle lane without viewing me, in spite of my neon garments and woodland of bike illuminations. The movie survives, though, as being one of the excellent modern-day instances not just of the ornate body weight of the best battle motion pictures but of the magics that can easily take place when extremists function in Hollywood. When possessing your automobile brake solution performed are twofold, the only techniques you can easily guarantee you are not being actually fooled. First of all, this form of a transaction assists the customer acquire an excellent 1st hand expertise concerning your home, since you understand the rate from our home only when you start living in this. Small concerns that are not obvious off the outside, as an example dripping pipes, coat diminishing and so on That does not seem like considerably, yet like the BMW i3 this is actually an auto made as an urban run-around rather than far away casual riding. On October 17, 2016, Bloomberg posted a file suggesting that the Apple Automobile might certainly never see the lighting from time, explaining how Apple has actually 'drastically downsized its own motor vehicle aspirations'. I assume with the buzz for multiplayer that Skyrim delivered having an increased companion questline/story would benefit ES as well as Fallout-now that's certainly not to say Results misbehaves, they do a fair project along with their fans but they could most definitely up it. That is actually hard due to the fact that Results there is a great deal much less predjudice-Skyrim everyones racist-but Fallout if you're certainly not firing all of them they like you! After a side-by-side test ride contrast, our company discovered that Android Auto possesses 2 benefits: it includes Google.com Maps and a slicker, Google Now-powered user interface. What is actually excellent regarding this amount from particular is that creates each and every lap other, and shows the level of dedication as well as center needed to be actually an excellent motorist. While that has a decent quantity of messing to get the Artificial Intelligence and also trouble environments set right, one you have actually found the pleasant spot, Task Cars and trucks may keep you almost your seat for hrs at a time (specifically if you tackle one-too-many laps from the Nurburgring Nordschleife). Excellent writing, likeable characters, story low on depression along with only the right amount from mouth watering things - implies sexual activity and also ... meals! A year earlier, the 2007 full-year purchases amounts viewed vehicle as well as lightweight truck purchases just a tick over 16 thousand (in auto parlance, the light vehicle type consists of picks up, minivans, Sport utility vehicles as well as some crossovers).