In another piece of the storm of great modding projects going on, a couple of NMA's modders are working on a graphic update patch for Fallout 2:<blockquote>- Make different critters for each type of armour eg: Mark I and Mark II metal armour look different
- Update Item art to reflect the item eg: a hammer will look like a hamer on the ground and not a cardboard box
- Talking heads that dont talk. We could try and add a face to every character in the game, it doesnt have to be animated just a still face.</blockquote>They've released a first version, which updates the following:<blockquote>------Ground art------
The ground art for most items has been updated to look like the item in question rather than just the default
box or book.
------Interface art------
By request the IFACE.FRM file has been replaced witht the updated FO1 interface that the mutants rising mods was
going to use.
------Misc art------
The explosions have been replaced with some nicer looking and bigger explosions. New projectiels for grenades
have been added, these were taken from Fallout Tactics.</blockquote>Link: Fallout 2 graphic update patch thread on NMA
Link: Fallout 2 graphic update patch vAlpha 01
- Update Item art to reflect the item eg: a hammer will look like a hamer on the ground and not a cardboard box
- Talking heads that dont talk. We could try and add a face to every character in the game, it doesnt have to be animated just a still face.</blockquote>They've released a first version, which updates the following:<blockquote>------Ground art------
The ground art for most items has been updated to look like the item in question rather than just the default
box or book.
------Interface art------
By request the IFACE.FRM file has been replaced witht the updated FO1 interface that the mutants rising mods was
going to use.
------Misc art------
The explosions have been replaced with some nicer looking and bigger explosions. New projectiels for grenades
have been added, these were taken from Fallout Tactics.</blockquote>Link: Fallout 2 graphic update patch thread on NMA
Link: Fallout 2 graphic update patch vAlpha 01
Look at original critters - each armour is "powered" by the same animations. The same story will be here. You only need set of animations. Models and textures are the easiest part of it. So, if I create animations - making new armours will be an automatic process (little exception are death animations). In other case - you're right, making set of animation for each critter will be a suicide. Second thing - based on the same animations you can create completely new armours and a lot of new human NPCs.
