Fallout 2 UK version: what are the differences?

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mvBarracuda

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I need some help from the modding community because I want to create a patch that modifies the UK version of Fallout 2, to get it working with IanOut. I wasn't quite sure if the topic is posted in the right section of the forums but I couldn't find any section that fits better; but admins and mods feel free to move this topic if I missed something important :(

The German version of fallout 2 has a modified "critter.dat" which lacks the children graphics and the most brutal death sequences. I've already created a patch for the German version but I'm interested in knowing if and how the UK version is different from the US one. The main interest is the "critter.dat": does it differ from the US "critter.dat" or are the differences only .exe related when it comes to fallout2.exe? Are just the children gfx missing or even the death sequences like in the German version?

Thx for your help :)
 
The only difference between the US and UK version should be the children, as far as I know. The death sequences were taken out in the German version only. I'm not that sure, though.

mvBarracuda said:
The German version of fallout 2 has a modified "critter.dat" which lacks the children graphics and the most brutal death sequences.
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It lacks ALL death sequences but one, the critters just fall onto the ground... even if you shred them with a minigun ;-) That sucks
 
Thx Buxbaum :) hopefully you're right, so I got a new idea how to create this patch :)

Is there anyone who got the UK version? I won't create it for just 2 guys that don't care about IanOut but if there are some more people interested in this patch I'll create it. But I'll need the help of the community; so in the first place someone who owns a copy of Fallout 2 UK.

I've got a programm that creates md5 checksums; this way I could compare "my" custom made UK critter.dat with the original critter.dat and so I could create the patch without ever having Fallout 2 UK installed :) But like I stated I'll need some support ;)
 
Yeah, I've got the UK version. The only difference I think are the *fr? childern files missing from the data\art\critters directory in CRITTER.DAT. I also think there might be some variations in the dialogue (e.g. addicts in the den being called 'chem reliants') although these should be minor. I also thought there might be some other, more significant changes (the elusive Nurse Nancy) but I've been unable to confirm them, both versions seem to have the same files and all, apart from the children. These files are even listed in the respective *.lst file (or at least I think they are, since you don't have any *.lst files in the children patch.
 
I'm mainly interested in the critter.dat because it contains the missing animations. I've tried a method to create a UK critter.dat by deleting the children anims but after I packed it with datExpl I recognized that datExpl doesn't seem to use the same compression rate than interplay's ones. So the only way would be that somebody could repack his UK critter.dat with 7zip LZMA max compression and send it to me.

There are 2 main problems: the copyright problem; it's just one file and I legaly own Fallout 2, but even this one file is copyrighted :(

Another problem will be the size of the file. I think it will be around 150mb even packed with 7zip :(

Any ideas?
 
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