question (western mod)

[cremo]

would it be possible with the current released tools (official and non official)
to make a "new game" using the fallout engine?

i don t mean a COMPLETELY NEW GAME.. cause it will still use the special system and the graphic engine (and perhaps much of the tiles)

but i mean could someone be able to:
-create a complete new world map, with new maps
-modify the interface with another looks (non post apocaliptic sci-fi)
-modify/remove/add/rename certain skills
-insert new graphics both for creatures (npcs) and items?


and how much difficult would it be??

i would like really bad to make such a game.. and i am already mentally designing it..

my hipotetycal mod would be set into the far west.. the setting is tipical of spaghetti western (and i am italian so you bet i can made a good spaghetti setting )
so i would have to completely change the interface, witha new "skin", also i would need to add remove certain skills..
or simply rename them

for istance putting a "pistol skill" for pistols (perhaps just renaming small guns and relating ONLY one handed guns to it)
a "rifle skill" (perhaps big guns renamed and putting only rifle related to the skill)
remove energy weapons and other small things i am still thinking..

obviously no, you won't go around the mod with miniguns plasma rifles and such, i would like to remove ALL fallout weapons and adding real western weapons (winchesters, colt and so on) , well melee are already ok (spears, knifes)
also remove all armors and perhaps just adding some "clothes" that will make you look different (and perhaps adding some small resistance, but i don t plan to ahve a "uber armor" in my mod, just something as leather armor and such... )
also i would need completely new maps with new tiles (tiles adapt to make saloons and western's locations)...
my mod anyway would be a real roleplaying one, filled with multiple solution quests...

anyway is it possible to do something as that?

the net is full of mods but fallout mods are few and "small" so i guess it must be very, very , very difficult...

but is it possible?

 

[ColJack]

in theory, all of your wants are possible..

1. the world map is just a series of "tiles" that make up the map.. so you just change the tiles.

2. the interface is again, just a set of artwork, so it's possible to change it to any style you want...

3. I'm not certain, but i think the skills are listed in a text file somewhere, so you could change the name of them, but i'm not sure you can change their function... ( ie won't be able to us the skill that used to be doctor skill to pick locks.. but then again, the skill checks are done in the scripts so you could just check for a different skill...?? )

4. items aren't hard, but the critters are, you have to make a "frame" for each rotation of the critter, and with every weapon you want them to be able to hold, and for every type of death you want them to be able to have... so a critter is lots of work, but it can be done..

 

[cremo]

ok
thanks for the info...
i ll made my ideas clear and write down all that this mod would be..
and if it comes to something interesting i will search for someone to help me

 

[Ragfox]

but i mean could someone be able to:
-create a complete new world map, with new maps

possible

-modify the interface with another looks (non post apocaliptic sci-fi)

possible (but the original image palette could be a problem - limited number of colours)

-modify/remove/add/rename certain skills

modify/remove/add... hard/impossible: I think I've read somewhere in this forum that skills are hard-coded inside fallout executable.

rename... possible: it's very easy, since names are included inside a text file

-insert new graphics both for creatures (npcs) and items?

very hard, but possible. It seems that Van Buren will use a 3D engine because it will be easier to create creatures (drawing 8 sprites for each character + animation frames requires time and effort)

Fallout Yurop is a good example of "total conversion" (they'll use new maps and graphics), I think. You should check that.

 

[cremo]

will do
thanks..