Lich said:
A considerable amount of work has been done on this already. Wild_qwerty made the critter packs from FoT and also weapons and some scenery. I have most of this working in FO2:
80+ new weapons from FoT
- includes new ammo types and calibers
- uses FoT ground images
- uses FoT projectile animations
- new weapons sounds (real gun sounds)
- have modified store scripts that stock these items
- most critters on existing FO2 maps use new weapons
- have modified random encounters that use these items
New critters from FoT
- have modified random encounters with new critters
Misc
- have replaced FO2 explosions with FoT animations
Scenery
- have about 200 scenery FRMs ready, will have working protos for these in a week
- have some of the other FoT item FRMs ready, will have working protos for these in a week
- Also plan to add vehicles (as critters) from FoT
- I don't think the FoT tiles are usable.
Here's an example of an encounter changed to use new weapons:
;Tough Thug Critter:31 FRM:hfmaxx Script:ebandit Attacks: ALL
;Items: M1 Garand Rifle, 30-06 Ammo, Leather Jacket, Stimpak, Money
type_00=pid:16777247, Item:772(wielded), Item
1-3)704, Item:74, Item
0-2)40, Item
0-15)41, Script:624
And here's an example of new critters in random encounter:
;Brahmin Bull Critter:711 FRM:mabull Script:eccrtbra Attacks
unch
type_03=pid:16777927, Script:477
I also have a set of FO1 maps with all of the critters and items removed. This is preparation for adding them to FO2 with new critters and items. I have a similar idea, but its just california, adds the FO1 locations to FO2, but aged to the FO2 storyline.
Your "big mix" mod is interesting, but I don't think its all that quick to implement (considering how much time I have spent on the above), and I tend to think that small but quality/detail is better than big. Its fun to have new places to go and new items and critters along the way, but without any kind of plot or quests the game will run out of steam pretty fast.
What about that Mad Max mod ... aren't you working on that?
-- Doug