I have no experience modding Fallout 1 or 2 at all, so I'm just putting this out there as an idea, both to find out if it is possible, and perhaps to inspire someone else to do it.
I'm about to replay Fallout 2, this time as a solo sniper character. Anyway as I was thinking about the character I had the following idea: wouldn't it be cool if it were possible to use more realistic sniper tactics in Fallout 2. My question is: is it possible to tie the use of the sneak skill to whatever script determines when NPCs switch from being neutral to being hostile? This is how I imagined it- you take an aimed shot at an enemy from a distance, hitting him in the leg. He goes hostile along with a bunch of other enemies. I have no idea how the game determines which ones go hostile along with him, but anyway. You then go into sneak. If your sneak attempt is successful, all of the now hostile enemies are set back to neutral. This simulates them e.g. being unable to tell where the shot is coming from. This would then enable you to exit combat mode, so that you can then move freely to another spot without the enemies charging you and forcing close quarters combat. You then sneak to another suitable spot, and take another aimed shot at the original enemy, bringing him down. You could then repeat this a few times, taking down one enemy after another, all without getting into close combat, like a true sniper.
So, is there any way via scripting to mod the game so that this a successful sneak resets hostile enemies back to not-hostile?
Of course this might make things a bit too easy for higher levell characters. It wouldn't be a good idea for a first play through. But it might be fun for subsequent attempts. It would be up to the player to what extent they wanted to roleplay using this in realistic ways. So, for example, if you wanted to be more realistic you wouldn't do it in a totally flat desert area where hiding would be unrealistic.
I'm about to replay Fallout 2, this time as a solo sniper character. Anyway as I was thinking about the character I had the following idea: wouldn't it be cool if it were possible to use more realistic sniper tactics in Fallout 2. My question is: is it possible to tie the use of the sneak skill to whatever script determines when NPCs switch from being neutral to being hostile? This is how I imagined it- you take an aimed shot at an enemy from a distance, hitting him in the leg. He goes hostile along with a bunch of other enemies. I have no idea how the game determines which ones go hostile along with him, but anyway. You then go into sneak. If your sneak attempt is successful, all of the now hostile enemies are set back to neutral. This simulates them e.g. being unable to tell where the shot is coming from. This would then enable you to exit combat mode, so that you can then move freely to another spot without the enemies charging you and forcing close quarters combat. You then sneak to another suitable spot, and take another aimed shot at the original enemy, bringing him down. You could then repeat this a few times, taking down one enemy after another, all without getting into close combat, like a true sniper.
So, is there any way via scripting to mod the game so that this a successful sneak resets hostile enemies back to not-hostile?
Of course this might make things a bit too easy for higher levell characters. It wouldn't be a good idea for a first play through. But it might be fun for subsequent attempts. It would be up to the player to what extent they wanted to roleplay using this in realistic ways. So, for example, if you wanted to be more realistic you wouldn't do it in a totally flat desert area where hiding would be unrealistic.
