Are Fallout 3 Race Mods More Compatible With TTW?

[WOLFkraut]

Pretty much the title. I know it isn't recommended to play TTW with a custom race because it breaks certain quests, but out of curiousity, would a custom race designed for Fallout 3 be a work around for this? Or, as I understand it, is this an engine issue and there's nothing that can really be done about it? Maybe it's a silly question, but the idea just popped into my head, so I just thought I'd ask and see.

[TJ]

Custom races are just made wrong from my understanding. Have to have a child race and an old race for example. That's just what I've read though, could be wrong.

[JaxFirehart]

It really depends on the race. A race that got throuhg chargen and Tranq Lane in FO3 will work fine if converted to NV. The problem is that a race needs to have a link to a child form and the child race needs to link back to the custom race. That way when FO3 tries to age you up or down, it knows where its going.

[TJ]

Thanks for the clarification on that Jax.

[JaxFirehart]

Note that I do not use race mods and everything I said there should be considered theoretical. I'm fairly sure its right, but I haven't actually tested it and there may be other issues as well.

[Kainschylde]

Just want to make sure I'm understanding correctly. Body replacers that add new forms for existing races are ok, new races cause problems unless they have generational support(kids to elderly)?

[TJ]

[quote=JaxFirehart]

Note that I do not use race mods and everything I said there should be considered theoretical. I'm fairly sure its right, but I haven't actually tested it and there may be other issues as well.

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Will find out for sure and will let you know in that case.

[thermador]

Re: race mods and child races; I added this to the FAQ a while ago.

[rickerhk]

[quote=JaxFirehart]

The problem is that a race needs to have a link to a child form and the child race needs to link back to the custom race.

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Yep, that's exactly it. Made plenty of them for FO3. You also need at least one NPC preset.

I usually just start with copies of the child and adult of one of the vanilla races.

[WOLFkraut]

Ok, so are there any other bugs with custom races besides Vault 101 and Tranquility Lane? I went through the Vault without too many issues, some weird bugs like Officer Gomez turning hostile, which I don't recall happening in FO3, but mostly ok, no crashes or anything. I'm asking because if those two parts are the only ones with problems, I might just keep using the NV race and not even worry about it.