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They very well could have, but think about it. The Pre-War American Government was absolutely convinced that only they, and those they annexed, were entitled to the world. They knew that they were the Number 1 target for every Dirty Commie out there. Likely, the intended to take the Reds out with them. And the Reds most likely thought the same way. Mutual Assured Destruction on a scale not even Reagan could comprehend.
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That's what I mean, I like to wonder around, and to do that at the beginning you need to stock up on supplies and keep on the lookout or you'll be rapped by cazadors or young deathclaws.
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Yes they could have, but nowhere is it stated, all we know is DC was hit the hardest, yet it looks barely touched by the war.
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Shameless mod promoting here, but I think its worthy of a post.
It redesigns A LOT of NPC faces to make them not look like strange mutated fish people.
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downlo...e.php?id=39218
"The world of Fallout is a dark and gritty world.
It's not all about anime eyes, fancy hairs, perfect skin and supermodels.
and I wanted to create the world Interplay and Tim Cain intended with the release of Fallout in 1997."
I hope someone else hasn't already posted it.
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The face on 'Yes Man' reminds me of the "face" character from Blues Clues. I haven't watch it since I was 6 so I don't know the name.
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I kind of want another fallout set in an earlier period.
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There's a WIP mod called What Remains which takes place in 2097.
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FINALLY. When I was looking up mods this one would always get mentioned and linked to but the nexus page had been removed.
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It's a conspiracy!
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I'm fabulous.
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I'm fabulous.
Brother?
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Sawed-off shotgun/riot shotgun with dragon's breath ammo reminds me alot of Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
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I need some help with deciding on a new character. Female, charisma 10, focus on speech, works with yes man, If I can't talk my way out of situations I kill everyone involved.
Tag skills? Play style?
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Kind of continuing from the conversation earlier, do we know if the Chinese were developing any FEV type of stuff like the US was? If the game was to go back to the east coast, there's a pretty big chance that it'd take place in New York. If not New York the the Commonwealth but let's talk about New York for a moment.
I suppose the devs could rationalize leaving a partially intact city by saying the Chinese didn't want to use a thousand bombs to completely try and obliterate New York. So they hit most of it with some sort of biological weapon and then mopped up with a few nukes. It'd be a good excuse to get some factions that developed in complete isolation from the outside world, and some new creatures that are the result of Chinese FEV.
Even though I'd personally prefer Chicago if we were to get a big city, nobody really knows what the creation engine's capabilities are with cities. Skyim's towns are relatively small and if whether that tells us anything or not, I'm not sure. But if we have to have bullshit rubble and subway systems all over the place to make a city possible, you might as well leave it alone until it can be done right. In that case, the apparent ability to hand craft a spectacularly beautiful world would be perfect for Hawaii.
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The Chicoms did deploy huge amounts of biological weapons, but it's never mentioned that they had a similar program to FEV. I don't think they had to deal with the New Plague either so they never would have had the need to utilize FEV. Which reminds me about something I'll get to later. Anyway if, for whatever reason the Chinese did not destroy New York, the earthquakes would have. Or the nuclear reactor, which had already been close to destruction before the war due to the strain, the lack of upkeep would have set it off.
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I'm sure if they really wanted the next Fallout to be in New York they could come with some excuse or another as to why it would be mostly intact.
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Mister House realized he'd left his pet poodle in the WTC so he set up an extra defence barrier around New York
Hey, I'd go with it if they told me that was what happened.
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Excellent idea. Now all it needs is the Enclave fighting the Brotherhood, some moral polar opposites (with massive benefits for siding with "good"), and Super Mutants, and then we have got ourselves a game.
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And then throw in a single vaguely redeeming factor to split the fans to top it off.
Gentlemen, we have the Bethesda formula.
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I hate to ask, but would someone mind rehosting this mod?
The only other place I found it at somehow made my CTD when I tried to run NV with it, so I'd like to determine if the mod itself is causing it or just where I got it from.
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Sure, here you go.
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Aw damn. Still CTD's.
Also it is a fucking bitch to get a lot of mods with this goddamn download size limit on the Nexus
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Still, I'd like a fallout in Alaska.
Imagine
I thought that would be an interesting environment though. Heat doesn't always kill, it's easier to live in the desert than on the tundra. Having to battle the conditions alongside foes would add some fun realism.
And there'd be weirdass Walrus-Polar Bear Hybrids.
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Just make a damn account, it isn't hard at all.
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Well if DC is a desert, I'd imagine Alaska would be about as cold as England during March. No snow, just loads and loads of ice and wind chill.
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I would, but I never receive the activation email.
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I would play the fuck out of that, if you only have one in game week to do what you need to do. And maybe your decisions could determine if you survive the hurricane or not.
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More "Fallout: Alaska" stuff, skip if you don't care
Sunny Day: You have 50-50% chance of unprotected survival. The lack of clouds lets heat escape, but the hot sun warms your skin. There is no chance for snow
Cloudy Day: You have a 70-30% chance of unprotected survival. Clouds let heat stay in a blanket, but no extra heat gets in. There is a chance for snow.
Snowy Day: You have a 20-80% chance of unprotected survival. The cold is absolutely deadly, and the snow may conceal attackers.
Clear Night: You have a 40-60% chance of unprotected survival. There are no clouds blanketing the heat, and the sun has set. There is no chance for snow.
Cloudy Night: You have a 50-50% chance of unprotected survival. Though most of the heat has trickled out, there is still enough to keep you warm. There is a chance of snow.
Snowy Night: You have a 10-90% chance of unprotected survival. The snow will most likely blind you, and the cold will chill you to death.
Blizzard: You have no chance of unprotected survival. You will die within minutes as your body shuts down.
"The Big One": The collection of winds, radiation, snow and cold will kill you within seconds.
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I like the idea, but it doesn't actually make sense. People don't have any rational reason to live in Alaska. It's hard enough to get by in the wasteland but in Alaska? Why would people even try to deal with that. Why not instead just start going south to the huge ass country(s) in the making. Places with food, money, work, and relative safety?
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Perhaps there's some sort of fuel source there.
Actually if that was it then we could get in some heavy-handed Old World symbolism to boot
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There should be a heat meter, and how thick the clothing you're wearing is should affect how fast it drops.
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NCR fuel mining town.
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Who would win?
A radroach vs Mr. House
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Not NCR, why would they be in Alaska? They have enough shit to deal with on the mainland, plus they have what's left of the Poseidon oil rig.
Perhaps Chinese remnants and any remaining US army forces fighting for control of any oil in the region, not for their country anymore but for simple survival. Oil powers heating and lighting systems for hydroponics making it essential for survival.
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That's a tough one
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There's Thermanium there, it's a resource that gives unlimited amounts of energy, triggered only by contact with massive doses of Radiation. However, Thermanium is only found in the Alaskan wasteland. It's another Gold Rush, but this time, the stakes are higher.
One ounce Thermanium has the power equal to 20 nuclear power plants, and is 10x more stable.
However, Thermanium is rarer than Uranium, making it extremely hard to find.
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If the next Fallout is set in the commonwealth, I hope you're an android. Not one similar to say, Harkness. He was able to think for himself over time.
But instead you were specially engineered to be self aware from the start. You were made before the bombs fell, and filled with artificial memories of a family, friends and a home. At MIT, stored in a concrete, lead lined vault, and being kept in a cryogenic chamber to keep your systems dormant and preserve you for however long necessary, you were never activated. You, along with many other events, were ceased by the great war. The institute only got part of it right from data they found inside MIT. Then the back up reactor keeping you dormant was destroyed by some raiders, your boot sequence was started to keep you alive; at the time, you were a breakthrough, too important, too useful to risk loosing. The commonwealth police manage to kill the raiders, and save you. Safe at last, so you think. But as they find the vault, and the synth retention bureau moves in and starts to hunt you down, you have no idea how much danger you're really in. They'll make you slave away. Whether it be capturing escaping androids, or killing enemies of the institute. However, they're not the only ones who want to get their hands on you. The Brotherhood are in town, and feel that you would be a very useful technological asset. They have no intent on harming you in the process, but they're a shady character. They'll kill you if they can't own you. A mini group of Enclave scientists, stuck in the past, even after Raven Rock and Control Station Enclave were destroyed, want you for the good of "future America". You can join and help them, or bring them to their knees and destroy them. Or maybe you'll start your own people, and create your own government of democracy, or dictatorship.
A half assed story I made in a few minutes, sure, but it sounds like it would be fun to me.
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Why are we even thinking about half assed stories when we all already know what the next game really absolutely should be?
Fallout: Aloha Smoothskin!
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Actually that gives me an idea. Perhaps when the bombs dropped they knocked loose or opened up some untapped pool of oil deep underground. Now the remnants, who have formed into a few different groups, (New Vegas' faction system, Yay!) fight tooth and nail over every drop of oil. Perhaps even using it as currency, which would be interesting.
You could have the entire new society built up around this oil. All the towns and cities could be hyper-industrialized. Sort of like a combination of something out of steampunk, and the cobbled together towns in fallout 3 such as Megaton and Rivet City. There's opportunity for an underground mining/refining city or even one built into the icy cliff edge (why not?).
Then they could add your super storm that was mentioned earlier. The storm would be so great, so strong, that they would have to leave for the mainland to survive it. But nobody wants to let the other faction have the oil. In the end, you could have the storm destroying much of the factions because they were too blinded by their greed to prepare or even leave (good Ron Perlman line). Of course, all this doesn't sound very fallout-ish... Hmm. Needs more 50's.
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Oh, what was I thinking! Let's just go with this.
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You probably have to change your load order. Get BOSS.
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Maybe you want to try and get out of Alaska but some faction won't let anyone in or out.
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I asked Obama about Facepunch and all I got was molested by the Secret Service
December 2009
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Just wanted to say you guys are the best Fallout Bros even if we disagree here and there it's always nice chatting with you guys.
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I like all the alaska ideas going around. Maybe some locations from operation: anchorage would still be partially intact. It felt amazing to walk out into that facility and see legions of power-armored soldiers charging in.
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Ultra Edition is here, gentlemen.
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Only 40 bucks on Amazon.
Just think of the savings from key sites. :O
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