Sawyer on inventory and armor

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Briosafreak

Lived Through the Heat Death
Old School Roleplayer has asked more information about the inventory interface on Fallout3, here are the thoughts of J.E. Sawyer on that issue:
<blockquote>Three columns of item icons in standard inventory, only one additional equipment slot (head), avatar displayed larger in inventory (more detail), basic stats on armor ratings for head and torso slots, weapon stats for hand slots (always displayed in one window). Large item information window in the lower right corner. Sort button for general inventory (item type, weight, count). Drop icon for dragging multiple items onto (no need to right-click drop individual items). Shift-click to select multiple items. When singular equippable items are grabbed, the appropriate equipment slot is highlighted.

That's about it. Nothing crazy.</blockquote>
So does that mean you`ve giving up on the idea of a piecemeal armor system?
<blockquote>There were a lot of cases where it seemed like a stretch to justify items for the available slots -- and many of them were just subdivisions of other, complete armor types. However, there's plenty of stuff you can equip in a head slot other than just "helmets".

Also, when you multiply six damage type damage thresholds times six body parts (head, eyes, torso, groin, arms, legs) you get 36 different DTs that the player has to monitor and track. It's just a lot of information to process, and you don't seem to be gaining a huge amount out of it. But if the difference is just between head/eyes DTs and torso/groin/arms/legs DTs, it's a lot easier to digest, and your equipment choices become more involved. Do you want to wear the gas mask, which can protect against poisonous vapors in the abandoned mines, or do you want to wear a combat helmet just in case bad things try to claw your face off?
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This one goes straight to the FAQ.
Link: BIS feedback forum
 
This sounds pretty good. Makes me wonder how many different helmet/gas mask items they could come up with though, and what kind of "other" items you can equip there. Must be a decent amount if theres a whole inventory slot dedicated to them.

Since J.E.'s a member of Something Awful, how about a comedy "lampshade" option for the head slot?
 
I'm sure if they run out of ideas they can use all the various masks used in The Road Warrior :). Those things were pretty cool looking. But yea, I can't really think of a wide variety of different helmets that would be used for protection. I think the only difference between most of them would be purely cosmetic.
 
Masks?

Small helmet
Full helmet (motorcycle?)
Army helmet
Goggles (defense against eye damage?)
Gas mask (various)
Night vision?
Bi/monocular goggle?
Some/all of the above combined?
 
Don't forget the Fallout 1 and 2 had head-wear, they just weren't classed like that.

For instance; the sunglasses and the stealth boy (it looked like a helmet, I think)
 
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It could be a collar, Atoga. That might explain the three pounds.
Just ignore the watch face. :P

Mohrg :twisted:
 
atoga said:
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As you can plainly see, it's a watch. Don't know why it weighs 3 pounds though.
Click to expand...

Man, that'd be a damned ugly watch.

C'mon...
 
Doesn't matter if it's an ugly watch -- you can't see it anywho.

Motorcycle Helmets how very 80s! Night Vision!?
 
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The tariff was not well received by Americans who suffered a steep increase in the cost of products. In the 1890 election Republicans lost their majority in the House with the number of seats they won reduced by nearly half, from 171 to 88.[15] In the 1892 presidential election, Harrison was soundly defeated by Grover Cleveland, and the Senate, House, and Presidency were all under Democratic control. Lawmakers immediately started drafting new tariff legislation, and in 1894 the Wilson-Gorman Tariff passed which lowered US tariff averages.[16] Nor was the tariff well received abroad. Protectionists within the British Empire used the McKinley Tariff to argue for tariff retaliation and imperial trade preference.[17]
 
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