CROSS-CONTENT DISCUSSION: Wild Wasteland

[TJ]

Most team members have other, bigger projects going on. Some are even working on personal mods *gasp* as a break from working on TTW. You're more than welcome to jump in and take the reigns on WW, if implemented properly there should be no issue with including it in a future update.

[Computerrock1]

Unfortunately I'm not much of a modder, plus I've got school and work... Plus my mods rarely come out very well, lol

[TJ]

Don't feel bad, I'm not really much of a modder either.

[Risewild]

I wouldn't mind doing some WW encounters, the problem I have is that even with Gribble help I failed to make a WW for my book mod so I really have no idea how to make WW encounters also I googled A LOT and couldn't find ANY tutorial about how to make WW encounters I guess no one makes those.

[rylasasin]

CRYTIQUE THE WHINER:

You encounter a non-hostile Robobrain called "Crytique The Whiner" that complains or comments about certain things in the game. IE:

"Why can't I get a good lay around here? And no it's not because I'm a robot. I've had a few takers every now and then. I'm quite popular, you see. But every time we get to the event, everything goes dark and then a few seconds later the person's standing over me saying "that was good babe". What was good? I don't even remember, because I didn't do anything! Blacking out is boring. What happened to the good old days of sticking the cable into the slot? *Sigh* those were the days." - Commenting on fade-to-black scenes and censorship.

"Do you have any idea how hard it is to get radscorpion poison glands? Killing them isn't the hard part, it's finding them afterward. I swear those things have a tether to hell, because I swear half the time they sink right into the ground when they die! And sometimes they don't even wait for me to kill them! The little ones are the worst, but the big ones, not so much." - Complaining about how radscorpions (particularly the small ones) seem to glitch into the terrain. 

"Take my advice, friend. Never give your companions explosives. Of any kind. I had one when I was still a human. Companion that is. I gave my dunderhead of a companion a missile launcher, and... well, you can see the result. Oh and while we're at it, don't try to sneak around with them in tow either. I tried that once with a raider nest... you can see the result." - Complaining about how liberal AIs are with explosives, and how they often wind up killing you instead. Also about how impractical stealth is with a companion.

"Is it just me, or do the robots around here sound a bit more... human than they do back west? No, I don't mean to imply that they have humans inside of them or something, that'd be ridiculous. I just think they must have had higher quality voice modulators here in the capital or something before the bombs fell." - Commenting on the voice difference between FONV robots and FO3 robots.

"One thing I hated back west was how if you stole something from a bad guy, you were considered a bad guy. For example, I took down some powder gangers and thought I'd help myself to their dynamite. Suddenly everyone starts disapproving and stuff, like it gave me some sort of bad karma or something. For stealing from gangsters! Really?! On the other hand, all you had to do to get in people's good graces was kill some feral ghouls. Not that anyone cared anyway since all anyone ever cared about was how well you treated their own group. Say what you want about the capital wasteland but at least everyone has the greater good, or lack thereof, in mind." - Complaining about FONV's whacked way of keeping track of Karma, and how it had little effect overall.

"I heard there was a character just like me in some old pre-war adventure game series. Don't know what it was called, but it had something to do with scrolls or demons or wind or dragons or daggers or arenas or something. There was supposedly this character that ran around and commented on game stuff. Some talking cat or something. How ridiculous. I'm not a cat. Or a lair. Why would they make that comparison?" - Commenting on him being based on Maiq The Lair from TES 3-5 (spoiler: yes he is.)

"Don't you just hate it when people have something large on a table and you try to talk to them, only to wind up touching their oh-so-precious item worth 1 cap and suddenly everyone is against you? Happened to me once. You can see the result." - Commenting on how hyperactive people are, and how annoying it can be when you try to talk to people only to grab their belongings instead.

MY LITTLE BUTTERCUP:

If you ask Cromwell about the outside, if you have WW he will mention that he used to belong to a cult in his youth that worshiped Giddyup Buttercup, until he found the bomb. And you might be attacked by a gang that calls themselves the "Butter Bros" that carry Buttercup toys.



HARVEST:

When you fail a speech challenge, you'll sometimes get the response "You always were a kidder, (playername)" instead of what you'd normally get. 

INTERESTING GOAT:

instead of their normal vault/tunnel snakes attire, everyone will be dressed up in various uniforms from NV. Example: Dad will be wearing Big Mountain attire, Stanley will be wearing a deadmoney/BigMT Hazmat suit, Jonas will be wearing powder ganger attire, Amata will be dressed up as Oliver,  Butch will be dressed up like Caesar, Wally Mack will look like Papa Khan, Paul will be dressed up like like Joshua Graham, Christine Kendall will look like a Gomorra prostitute, Freddie Gomez will be dressed up like a boomer, Suzie Mack will be wearing Ultraluxe attire, and finally Mr Brotch will be wearing Ulysses's clothes.

On top of this, the GOAT Answers are all strange, and the question doesn't match what Mr Brotch is asking.

1. 
   What is James's Favorite Pastime?
   
   A. Doing experiments on the Vault's Water Purifier
   
   B. Listening to GNR.
   
   C. He won't tell me. Just that it involves a stick.
   
   D. Dancing in the hallway when no one's looking


2. 
   Suzie Mack walks into the clinic. What do you do?
   
   A. Grab the chainsaw...
   
   B. Talk smack about her brother.
   
   C. Throw some pills at her in the hopes that it does something. It works in Dr Mario...
   
   D. Talk about the finer points of space exploration in the hopes of boring her away.


3. 
   Why do you hate deathclaws?
   
   A. They're too noisy at night.
   
   B. Death. Claws. Need I saw more?
   
   C. I never hear them coming. And then I'm dead.
   
   D. THIS SPACE FOR RENT


4. 
   What's the best upgrade to you give your cyberdog?
   
   A. Mine dropping factory
   
   B. Flamethrower Bark, complete with home cooking instructions.
   
   C. Chainsaw Teeth.
   
   D. Tenderizer paws


5. 
   What is your opinion on the Legion?
   
   A. Caesar needs a bullet to the head. Like, quickly.
   
   B. Hey as long as they pay me I don't care.
   
   C. They make a wicked beef stew.
   
   D. NCR go Boom. Fun for all. Except the NCR.


6. 
   This geezer has your sandwich, but ate it. What do you do?
   
   A. attempt to lock pick him. He might still have the sandwich intact.
   
   B. Buy a bomb, then blow up the person who sold it to you. 
   
   C. Pew Pew!
   
   D. Time to go craft some stuff!


7. 
   [QUESTION REDACTED]
   
   A. Miniguns are awesome.
   
   B. Medicine is most certainly a valid skill.
   
   C. All these caps and nothing to do with it.
   
   D. You really need to get EVE, if you don't have it already.


8. 
   What's the most useful skill?
   
   A. Barter. You're selling your shit all the time so you might as well.
   
   B. Guns. Need I say why?
   
   C. Sneak. Because... just because.
   
   D. Medicine, wait why isn't energy weapons on this list? 


9. 
   How do elephants breath?!
   
   A. Robotic breath mechanisms.
   
   B. By constantly consuming air grenades.
   
   C. Swallowing oxygen pills.
   
   4. By breaking into chests and sucking the air out.


10. 
    Who is indesputably the most awesome person in the world, and to who we owe all things awesome and kick-ass?
    
    A. Rainbow Dash
    
    B. Chuck Norris
    
    C. This Inanimate Carbon Rod
    
    D. Jaxfirehart

Of course, they revert back to their normal vault attire once Escape! starts.

BATTLE OF YOUR BIRTHDAY PARTY:

A sort of "secret" one since it's impossible to get traits (and therefore wild wasteland) before Future Imperfect without mods or console codes. But during your birthday party if you (somehow) have WW you'll get some uninvited guests. Namely...

4 NCR Troopers lead by "GENERAL PEE LOLIVER", 4 Legion Vets lead by "LEGATE LAMEIUS", and Four MKII securitrons. One with with House's face named "MR CONDO", Another with Victor's face named "DEANFEAT", one with Muggy's face named "SIPPY" and one with Yesman's face named "NO-GIRL" and outside there will be a 3 way battle between 4 Outcasts, 4 East Coast Paladins, and 4 Enclave soldiers. Thankfully none of these factions will be hostile to you (but they will to the other vault residents who gain essential status if they don't have it already.) If the vault residents haven't already beaten up all the agitators in 5 real-world minutes, they will spontaneously die.

[Obdulio]

I'm sad to hear that this is being ignored BUT!  This is more of a little side thing, more focus should be on getting the main mod up and running smoothly.

However not saying that this should be completely ignored I would love to see this added after the mod is nearing its final release and its stable.

For my own 2 cents

What if in the distance of a long stretching mostly undamaged road you spot a car and as you approach the road before you can get close enough the car speeds away and disappears further down the road in a bright light leaving behind a trail of fire.  Perhaps there would be a small license plate where the vehicle disappeared at the end of the trail of fire that says...

 

Edit:

Had another idea, not for the main mod maybe someone can be this its own thing since the creators want to keep close to vanilla FO3 and NV i assume that means just 1 follower and one robot/dog.  This idea is more for multiple companions.

What if followers who were with you when you left DC get fired but you can meet them somewhere in New Vegas again in the Cafe of Broken Dreams. [ Only the companions that were following you at the time you took the train will be there. ]

[rylasasin]

Guardian of Forever:

Basically, a large stone gateway appears out of nowhere.  You enter into the gate, and go to a future version of vault 101: a horrid version where the overseer has foolishly let the enclave in when asked. And they promptly invaded and killed everyone.

Basically, the point here is that you have to escape vault 101... again. Plus, you can acquire the solar scorcher: A powerful energy weapon that recharges, but only in daylight.



In addition to the chance of acquiring the solar scorcher, there's another reward. Once you escape vault 101 for the 2nd time, another gate pops up near bitter springs, and you can use the Guardian of Forever as a fast, if rather inconvenient way to travel to the Mojave and back. 

[rwtwolf]

How about the monoth from 2001 space obyssey some where in the capital wasteland.That when you get near it plays that song from 2001.

[The Unspeakable Horror]

There's an existing encounter that would be perfect to switch to Wild Wasteland- The Roach King

[Sir Swerving]

I cant offer any ideas, But perhaps some of the Cut Content could be good for a wild wasteland encounter.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_3_cut_content