The Mod To Make your own characters for single p.

ArchVile · Post by **ArchVile** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 4:17 am

Ok where do i get it?

ArchVile · Post by **ArchVile** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 5:20 am

and i mean recruits that you start out with.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 5:45 am

Can you be a bit more specific please...

TheReaper · Post by **TheReaper** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 6:15 am

Do you mean the one to select a different race to play as? Or the mod to edit your squad members? We need more details to answer your question

ArchVile · Post by **ArchVile** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 6:31 am

lol, sorry, um i want the one that i guess allows you to edit your squad members. cuz i don't want to make amazingly good characters that i can just zip throught the game with, i just what a squad that i created on my own.

TheReaper · Post by **TheReaper** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 6:38 am

Ok, I think you can do that using the editor. Making some custom characters and dropping them into the recruit poll at the lowest rank possible.

ArchVile · Post by **ArchVile** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 9:13 am

Ok, sorry this is my first time USING the editor, and i was wondering, where do i find the portaits for the characters, cuz i'm having a tough time finding those, and i don't want a character with a blank face.

Nutter · Post by **Nutter** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 10:20 am

portraits are located at
C:\Your fallout directory\core\gui\char
they should all be *.zar files

to make your own portraits, save them as greyscale 75 X 100 (W X H) pixel png files and convert them to zar using the editor

playing around with portraits is great fun and the editor just makes it really easy

Moth · Post by **Moth** » Tue Jul 09, 2002 12:12 am

where can i get both of those mods?

vVolf · Post by **vVolf** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 2:21 pm

I got them on a CD my friend gave to me. I think they come with v1.27 i think. Look around on the internet and www.nma-fallout.com and you might find it if its not on the 1.27 version.

Stealth Rabbit · Post by **Stealth Rabbit** » Mon Aug 12, 2002 1:24 pm

Do you mean the one to select a different race to play as?

I want to know how to play as something other as human for a change. Instead of human, I want something more interesting, like ghoul or mutant.

vVolf · Post by **vVolf** » Mon Aug 12, 2002 6:24 pm

ooooohhhh, a Mutant would be fun!

TheReaper · Post by **TheReaper** » Mon Aug 12, 2002 11:14 pm

I have a mod that enables you to start the game as any of the other races. PM me your e-mail address and I'll send it to you.

Lynxer · Post by **Lynxer** » Mon Aug 12, 2002 11:25 pm

Would it be possible, technically spoken..to display a mugshot of ur own face for a portrait? that would be...different.

TheReaper · Post by **TheReaper** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 4:28 am

I suppose it would actually, if you reduced the picture size and gave it the right extension I think it would be possible to have your mugshot as a character portrait.

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 8:16 am

Lynxer wrote:Would it be possible, technically spoken..to display a mugshot of ur own face for a portrait? that would be...different.

Yep, it sure would. Just click here to see some examples of custom recruit portraits.

All you have to do is to take a JPG or GIF image, size it to 75x100 pixels (width x height), save it as a PNG image, then use the FoT editor's "Convert PNG to ZAR" function to get the proper format for your portrait.

As for naming, you have three options:

Use the file name of an extant portrait and replace that file in the core/gui/char directory.
Use whatever filename you want, and then modify the Display Name of a prefab you're going to use.
Modify the appropriate file in core/tables to include the file name. That way you could even use your mug in MP, if you wanted to and it doesn't desynch the game if your mates don't have the same portrait selections.

OTB

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 11:27 am

TheReaper wrote:I have a mod that enables you to start the game as any of the other races. PM me your e-mail address and I'll send it to you.

Er...would that by chance be the thing I found...and incidnetly distributed? If it is, make sure you send it with the text doc...if I sent it to you with one :p

Lynxer · Post by **Lynxer** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 2:36 pm

To OTB:

Thanks for your comment.

Edit:
It doesnt seem to work however. After having converted my 75X100 png file to zar with the editor i replaced it for a .zar file present in the gui/char folder called "CORE_rec_HM (human male presumably) 04.zar

I didnt notice any obvious changes while browsing the portraits so guessed it might have been the wrong file i had switched.

I did the same to "CORE_mis26_mike.zar assuming that it was related to the portrait of mike who is among the recruits you can choose from when starting a new campaign.

this however...didnt resolve my troubles.

Appart from the CORE_rec and CORE_mis files non of the files listed in the folder seem likely to be the right ones, judging from their names.

Have you got any suggestions?

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 9:44 pm

Lynxer: CORE_REC_HM04 - yes, the "HM" stands for "Human Male" - isn't available at the beginning of the campaign. That's Stein who doesn't become available usually until just before Mission 4. So that could be the problem.

Also, there is no one named Mike associated w/Mission 26. Did you mean Mission 16? If so, that's not a recruit, but rather the grumpy fellow who lambasts you for being part of the BoS, who sent his sister to a labor camp.

OTB

Lynxer · Post by **Lynxer** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 10:09 pm

HEh, i forgot about that Mike...I confused him with a customizable recruit that goed by the name "Mike" as well.

Nah, i guess ill have it all sorted out one day