Fallout 2: Party Orders add-on

The Party Orders add-on for [(sfall v2.0) Fallout 2 v1.02 US] by pelicano has been progressively getting better and better. This mod allows the player more control over their party followers in Fallout 2, and it is compatible with every mod out there. With the use of SFall, pelicano has hot linked some very useful keyboard commands:

<blockquote>This is just a little script add-on that will allow the player to give common orders to party members on the 'fly', using keyboard hotkeys, in any given moment outside combat mode.

The following orders are currently implemented:

- Heal yourself ([F] key): Any party member injured with more that 10 hit points of damage will attempt to heal her/himself. If heavily injured s/he'll use a super stimpak. If s/he doesn't carry any or if s/he's under 75% total hitpoints s/he'll attempt to heal the wounds using her/his medic skills (first aid or doctor, whichever is higher). Finally, if s/he's still injured s/he will use any stimpak s/he may have. In combat mode only (super) stimpaks will be used. Only a healing order per turn.

- Holster weapons ([H] key): Any armed party member will put her/his weapon away immediately.

- Regroup party ([R] key): Any party member away more than 2 hexes from the PC will regroup next to the PC

- Loot bodies ([G] key): The party member with the most carry capacity will go and try to loot the corpses near her/him and the PC. s/he will pick up any item near bodies (up to 3 hexes) as well. If the loot bodies hotkey [G] is pressed again while a party member is looting, this will cancel the loot order, calling back the party member. If the dude PC is looting (following [T] order) when the [G] order is issued the PC will cancel the looting and the NPC will continue, if s/he is able.

- PC pick up nearby items ([T] key): Uppon pressing the T key your PC will pick up from the ground nearby items (in a 3 hex radius). Used only for convinience. The dude PC will stop picking up stuff whenever combat starts, s/he can't carry more stuff or there are no more items to pick up.

- Scatter party ([X] key): Party members within 5 hex radius from the PC will run 4-6 tiles away, causing the party to spread out. NPCs with the default distance settings to follow_close will run back almost immediately, though. Also, don't expect cleverness from NPCs, specially if the destination is blocked.

- PC loot bodies ([T] key): The dude PC will attemp to loot bodies automatically as the NPCs. Only one member of the party (NPC or dude) may loot bodies at a time. Using this order while an NPC is already looting will cause the callback of the NPC, the dude PC resuming the looting if s/he is able. To stop the dude and cancel the order, press again [T].</blockquote>

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In other modding news .Pixote. has released 300+ peices of Tactic artwork in Fallout 2 FRM, which makes for a very good modding resource.

 

This mod is a little gem. There will be no more need to ask all party members to put there weapons away, one after the other when entering NCR. Also, that annoying bug where you cannot reach loot due to corpses being in the way, should not be an issue any more. Show pelicano some love and this mod might get even better