[STALKER] Fallout inspired Mod - Anyone interested?

[Jay-F]

I definitively have interest in doing one for real! And when nobody else does I at least will make some maps using Fallout locations!

My idea so far:


I'm thinking of some kind of endless game. You travel around on a Worldmap similar to the Fallout one with Keylocations, random encounters and special encounters. In the settlemetns you can sell and trade the stuff you've found during the encounters, buy new equipment and provisions , participate in quests or join a caravan.
The maps for the random encounters ar either generated randomly or taken from a palette of prebuild maps. Moreover I thought of extending STALKERs reputation system and assimilate it to the one Fallout offers(e.g If you have killed allot of innocents you get a bad reputation and people you'll met might not trade or speak to you or open fire once they've seen you. To what extent the skill system should be adapted I'm not quite sure yet.


One thing is obvious: We're going to need a team of lot of talented modders!

2D Artists
3D Artists
Coder
Textureartists
Mapper
and later people that write the dialoges

I can offer myself as a mapper in advance (I currently still suck at modelling).

...So what cha thinkin?

 

[Tannhauser]

Do you have any knowledge on how easy/hard it is to mod S.T.A.L.K.E.R? You should have an idea about that before starting a project, as you might hit a wall right at the beginning because of that. Also, do you think you can successfully lead a project? It takes a generous amount of time and effort to lead a mod to release, and usually these things fall apart well before the end. You should really sit down and think it through before trying to start your project, especially if it might be over ambitious.

Anyway, I would recommend in general that you recruit for your mod at S.T.A.L.K.E.R. related boards for technical/graphic bits. In general, I think people there would have more of a handle on modding S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (though I also believe it might be a bit early for that).

As for the mod itself, it seems like you are aiming for something similar to Mount & Blade*? Except for using by modding S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and using Fallout as a setting. You might be better off by joining the Age of Ash project, which is a post-apocalyptic mod for M&B.

*It is also a medieval sandbox game, where you travel on a worldmap between towns; where you can accept simple, random quests or trade. You can see other parties on the worldmap, and choose to attack them or avoid them depending on the circumstances. Download the demo if you want to see it.

 

[Jay-F]

The SDK for the game isn't released yet, what means that there is no possibility to hard mod the game right now...so maybe I'm a little bit to early for this hehe. But in general I want to know if there is at least interest in a mod like this.

 

[Nology5890]

Well, in my experience from modding games (not FO2, more like C&C), even if there isn't an SDK out, you could be keeping yourself busy, and work on something that is similar to STALKER. Keeping your skill sharp, and having things planned out is always a good idea. Of course, are there any games that are similar to STALKER in the technical aspect, which you can try to get a grasp of ahead of time?

 

[Jay-F]

mmh i'll think I just keep this idea of the mod in my mind and start training my 3d modelling skills first...because it looks like Ill do this thing alone xD