FIFE - open source RPG engine with Fallout support

So whats the latest news with FIFE? Is the map editor working now so that maps can be edited as well as viewed?

Is the game 'playable' so that you can move the player around and shoot things

 

whats msvc?

 

Hi. I love your work and hope I don't come off too demanding but I'd like to ask about a few things which I'd like to know if you're going to be considering/using.

1) Will this be capable of accepting content from other similar games such as Fallout Tactics, Jagged Alliance, or Arcanum?

2) Would it be possible to have vehicle support for transport and combat? Or support for turrets and integrated weapons?

3) Would it be possible to have alternate movement options, such as the option to an enter a building through the windows like in Arcanum or the ability to crouch of fall prone like in Tactics.

4) Would it be possible to have auto-loading loading maps to creature the illusion of a truly massive and continuous game world?

5) Would it be possible to have a coloring system like in FoT where you could change the pallet colors of say, hair, skin, clothing, ect on the sprites?

6) Could you make environmental destruction/construction possible? For example could it you blow a hole in a wall or built a shack?

7) Would support for multiple party members/parties be possible to implement?

8) Is there any possibility that ballistic arc based weapons, such as JA2s infamous mortar (or even as simple as chucking a grenade over a wall) be implemented?

Reason I'm asking is because it seems that today most companies choose to attend to the action kiddies and tell gamers who want something deeper and don't obsess about shiny graphics to fuck ourselves. This engine could potentially be used for much more than Fallout. I can help but wonder if this could be used to make a Jagged Alliance 2 style tactical game, a Baldur's Gate style Fantast RPG, a classic Diablo style hack and slash, or even if someone especially creative gets their hands on it, maybe even something odd like a Harvest Moon style Sim?

I'm sorry if it seems like I'm demanding something, but I'm just wondering if this couldn't be something more than just a fallout engine remake. Thanks

 

That was more a general question... I'm personally thinking if any content was to be used from those games them it would probably be best to move it over. Maybe a better question would have been how set in stone will it be towards the exact nature of the fallout file and content structure.

Reason I brought it up is that as games go, their content could be easily compatible with what we have in fallout as on is already fallout and the other has a steampunk look that could make for some very interesting communities

Stationary turrets will be no problem. What do you mean with "integrated weapons"?[/quote]

One example could be a tank turret. The turret might be pointing one way while the tank will be pointing the other.

Or a hull mounted machine gun…

Coolness. Thanks.

How to explain... This is an example so feel free to mess wih the idea. okay, lets day you have nine maps 5x5 maps laid out like the following...

123
456
789

Your character is in map 5 while the others are loaded around it.

Now lets say you enter map 4. Maps 3, 6, 9 are removed from memory and in their places the maps that are supposed to coordinate to 1, 4, and 7 load... lets call them ABC so you end up having this:

A12
B45
C78

Through use of random monster spawning and a goodly but not excessive number filler maps or some kind of random generation you could have an illusion of a continuous map. I'm not sure but I think that's how Arcanum did it and it worked rather well for making the world look big as well as allowing you alternate was of getting into a town

Oh sweet. Thanks.

I was thinking more random destruction. Like if you can't find a door, make one, kind of destruction.

Hey now, no problems, first things first. These are more just general ideas that I'm throwing into the wind and hoping you like them enough to throw them somewhere on the agenda for when you're done with the engine and in the throwing in new functions for the hell of it stage.

Cool.

Oh great! That sounds just totally awesome.

I know, but I'm not quite sure how far they are into it (need to check, been several months) and I don't think they're putting in a dialogue tree which in my mind is a must for any game with its salt.

That said, I'm not working on a game at the moment, and honestly, I would not use the JA2 graphics because they're even more dated than fallouts but without the charm. (that said, game rocks). This is more general thought process at the moment. Though that said, once you guys produce a functional engine to play with I doubt I'll be able to help myself.

It was an example as above. Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of the infinity engine. Looks real nice but seems to lack personality and in general just does not feel as 'real' as the fallout engine.

Harvest moon is a farming simulation RPG. You become a farmer, build your farm, plant crops, raise animals, get married, have children, ect. It's really all very odd and hard to describe. Really, I recommend you just did up a rom or something. Very addictive and is probably one of the most unique games around.

Though Fallout Farmer could be a kick...

I understand. Just throwing out ideas once again. As I said, I don't mean to sound demanding to like I'm putting you folks under any pressure. Hell. I think you're freckin' saints for doing this to begin with!

I love it. I see endless potential, man. Hell, when you get it working to spec, maybe you folks should even look into some licensing options for it.

I can't wait until the engine is done. It will be an impressive sight to say the least. Great job so far and thanks for listening to my crazed fanboy rantings. If I knew more about coding I'd volunteer for it.

Hell, might be as good a time as any to start learning. :p

Thanks!

 

Been reading the whole thread and it looks good.
The only thing that kinda makes me unconfortable is the lower menu being inthe middle. I like it more like the other FO when it uses all the lower space, not just middle.

And it looks like it might be possible to merge fallout 1 and 2 maps and possible some interesting features from FOT in the same game.

Excelent!

 

Hi Demonslayer

MvBarracuda already replied to your question, but here are some more details:

Currently we (The Zero-Projekt Team) are using a default resolution (atm I chose 1024x768) where the gui is filling the lower space. All resolutions above the default leads to a "centered" gui. But I have also some rudimentary support ready for bigger / smaller gfx. (static, e.g. for 640x480) You only have to check the current resolution, loading the needed gfx and alter the position of the GUI-elements. At least, it really is only some LUA to make this possible. But you have to provide the whole GUI-gfx in each of your supported resolutions

I already thought about dropping a feature request to the devs wether we can support realtime-resizing for images or not. That should save time for modders to create the gfx and will also keep the resulting game content smaller.

 

If possible keep updating with screenshots.
They are eyecandy

 

Sticky this !

Well, well I've been tracking this one for some years, and its nice to find people refuse IanOut soul die, spend time creating a new interface and engine for such considerably old game..


It's better be STICKY because this is really something different, its more like a new game than a modding project, so I guess it deserves to be special..


take care..

 

Merry Xmass for FIFE Team!

 

I am A Modding Moron, I have very little understanding of the mechanics behind the games.

Will FIFE be easy to use and have an instruction manual simple enough even the most computer illiterate person could make a mod? :

Is their a tutorial on making your own Critters etc inside the FIFE engine?
I hope, because going back from program to program reading over the same long and meticulous jargon gets mind numbing.

I would like to see more of a Screen shot kind of tutorial that would help out a lot more along side the mind numbing jargon.

This has all probably been answered before and Im sorry if it has I just cant seem to allocate it amongst the other seemingly endless posts when I search for it.

 

I am very excited and happy to hear the answers you have.

Its good that this engine will push the limits of the game already in question.
It's good to know wether or not this engine is meant for serious modders or the average joe.
This will help for some people who are just starting, to know what they are getting into.
I understand some of the Modding Ideas I was just wanting to know the depth of the tutorials and development.
I don't want to get a program that I wont understand.
But if I do I would like to know if it is at least possible to operate with time spent with the program.


Your feedback is very appreciated I am very glad the FIFE team is working on this engine.
:rockon:
Thanks!

P.S.
Happy New year!