Subject: Fallout, What's in a house? Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:54 pm
Hello gents. What's in a house? Im thinking about creating a house mod and i was wondering what you all think has to be in a house? Also what's you favorite FO:NV House? Mine the underground Stronghold, its in both FO:3/FO:NV nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/37884/?
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Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:00 pm
Well there are the obvious choices: things like a bed, fridge, oven/stove, couch/chairs, a table or two, dressers/etc for clothes... but its the knick-nacks - glasses, papers, pencils, etc - that really bring environments to life, IMO.
Shadow
Posts : 66 Join date : 2014-02-28 Age : 30 Location : Slovakia
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:14 pm
well it's the extra stuff that do the trick really. Much like Vixen said, the little things but also the big ones (like an incredible garden balcony view, or a makeshift fountain, or even a small "scrap metal figurine to not feel lonely"), stuff like that, other than that, anything goes methings, you cna definitely go without a dresser if you're making a house for that kind of character (who'd wear different clothes in an apocalypse anyway? ) also, I don't have a fav house in fallout...maybe with wasteland defense
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war5444
Posts : 45 Join date : 2014-07-06 Location : NY
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:06 pm
Like in regards to the house mod I use, there's just so much I could do/change. So Yes I agree its the " "extra stuff" that does the trick.
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Shadow
Posts : 66 Join date : 2014-02-28 Age : 30 Location : Slovakia
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:11 pm
in that case, one thing that DOES come to mind is that a lot of house mods (be it for skyrim or fallout) often forget about kitchen stuff, I don't mean the fridge now, I mean stuff that you can make meals on (yeh there's the usual oven there but what about a cutting table, things where I put the plates etc) so that's one thing I can point out
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Judge Redd
Posts : 934 Join date : 2014-03-12 Age : 31 Location : Ireland
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:28 pm
The usual things are storage and perhaps display. Bed is important and a chem set. If you want to creat something new and fun to add to a house and make your house unique all power to you. However I'd say if its simple your looking for go with what you have in the Megaton house. Perhaps the safest bet and staple additions. Now if your going for something out there or wild like a cave home(house in a cave) or a run down old water tower home than space is a factor. Once again it depends on your setting and what you can use from this. For example lets take the cave home Idea. You could add a mushroom farm, a nightstalker gaurd dog and some cave paintings to tie the atmosphere togeter. Simple utilities like bed and storage, kitchen and lighting. Blah blah blah.
Its about both location and the utilities that come with the house. You want a house near Cottonwood Cove where you can snipe off legion with your buddy boone? Or are you more Fixing things in your bunker with your BFF Veronica. Or perhaps your the rooting tooting cowboy kicking back with a whiskey on your ranch near good ole red Rock.
Thats just my opinion.
OverTheTop123
Posts : 417 Join date : 2014-05-09 Age : 28 Location : Arizona
Character sheet Name: Agent Ming Faction: Chinese Remnants/The Shi Level: 23
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:00 pm
I do enjoy interactive elements in my player home. It makes it seem much more lively. Like being able to open spare doors and moveable furniture.
Blackrose
Posts : 113 Join date : 2014-07-01 Location : In a Galaxy far, far away....
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:05 am
My favorite house mod is afterschool special, I love how you clean the house and upgrade it and such.
BoomBewm
Posts : 2559 Join date : 2014-04-30 Age : 34 Location : Bulgaria
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Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:36 am
My favorite house mod is The libery loft its a great place to rest after a harsh days in the wasteland you have custom made stuff by the creator including MRE,comics,drinks and more cool stuff i recommend it to everyone.
OverTheTop123
Posts : 417 Join date : 2014-05-09 Age : 28 Location : Arizona
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Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:39 am
This also may be very useful for you.
Family Time
Posts : 48 Join date : 2014-04-28 Age : 29 Location : The Wet Side
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:31 am
I like having displays for weapons and rare misc items. Makes my home feel more personalized. I almost always use the Underwater Hideout because of it's vast features, second place for me however would be the GS shack that comes with Interior Lighting Overhaul.
Zetman
Posts : 199 Join date : 2014-05-11
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:18 am
One of the reasons Tron Home is a mod I've used is it's unique art style. It really is Tron-esque. Its interior doesn't look like just another refurbished pre-war structure. It stands out, you won't find another place in the game that looks like it. I also like the unique, Tron based weapons and armor. And the shooting range is a nice feature to have. And of course it has all the usual crafting features.
Tupolev
Posts : 115 Join date : 2014-05-10
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:41 am
A lot of attention isn't paid to is detail on many mods, it seems.
Underwater Home NV had a bottle refiller, and stockable food shelves. It was amazing. Heavy on scripting though, so only tackle if you have the skill.
Otherwise, paying a few caps at a nearby merchant (like skyrim) to "furbish a house" (perhaps with static misc items that cannot be picked up) would be nice.
I really like to roleplay the "R" in RPG- often I find it nice when I can have my courier take a shower, a hot meal and a relaxing day.
also, maybe a hefty price to buy such a home?
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Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:52 am
To be a house is literally a place where you can enjoy coming back to. Whether that means having a trophy rack or a weapons display case does not matter. I personally enjoy a house that seems realistic in the FNV world. I like house mods that keep it to the theme of the series. No secret vaults, no high tech appliances. I often find that I take a lot of inspiration from this quote:
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A human life, I think, should be well rooted in some area of native land where it may get the love of tender kinship from the earth, for the labors men go forth to, for the sounds and accents that haunt it, for whatever will give that early home a familiar unmistakable difference amidst the future widening of knowledge. The best introduction to astronomy is to think of the nightly heavens as a little lot of stars belonging to one's own homestead. - George Eliot
And so the home is a place I love to afk, set my companions on free-roam and enjoy a brief moment of serenity before I head back out into the wasteland. It's a refuge from the harsh reality.
I guess what I mean to say is I'm in favor of a modest looking home that doesn't boast extravagant features. A few couches, well placed clutter, basement etc. is all I look for.
famaine
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Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:08 pm
BoomBewm wrote:
My favorite house mod is The libery loft its a great place to rest after a harsh days in the wasteland you have custom made stuff by the creator including MRE,comics,drinks and more cool stuff i recommend it to everyone.
yea ima have to agree with that as well, i like the whole idea of the custom made items and decorations, i would recommend that mod to everyone as well, also i like the cool truck thats outside of the loft just makes it 10x cooler to me lol
war5444
Posts : 45 Join date : 2014-07-06 Location : NY
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:20 pm
The loft is really cool, but I wish there was a lore friendly version with fallout posters only, no pot, and no plasma screen tv, ect, ect. I feel like all fallout tech is more or less stuck in the 60s.
_________________ Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself. John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Adress, January 20, 1961
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DarkPancake
Posts : 30 Join date : 2014-05-07 Location : High Charity
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:07 pm
What I like to see in house mods are secret rooms/departments. Not many mods use it, and if they do they are mostly using the vanilia assets. As mentioned before displays are also very nice to see in house mods; the one thing l like from oblivion housing is all the display cases.
Bandikoot
Posts : 149 Join date : 2014-09-21 Location : N.Sanity Island
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:46 pm
I'd quite like to have a player home with nice scenery and all the utilities with it, like detox rooms for radiation, a place to showcase my guns, and a place to grow plants or even cook. I may not necessarily use all of the utilities, but I'd like to have them there.
I enjoy underwater homes, but the Rancho Villa house mod was nice, too. Liberty Loft was an amazing player home, it's just that sometimes people can go into your house and take things from there, and load times were kind of long, even with a decent rig. Those were things you could ignore though; the mod was that good.
ThreeDog
Posts : 119 Join date : 2014-09-21 Location : Capital Wasteland
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Sun Sep 21, 2014 6:22 pm
My Favorite house mod would have to be the Goodsprings Farmhouse. It has a fair few features and some small quests to get the the lights working etc. Overall i guess i like the immersion and realism factor, it feels like it should be there.
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SuperFraggle
Posts : 203 Join date : 2014-09-20 Location : Neo-New York
Subject: Re: Fallout, What's in a house? Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:48 pm
A real home is where your heart lies~
Or where your family is~
But you don't get those really in Vegas, so I better think of a more appropriate answer.
I sorta change the ownership of Doc Mitchell's stuff to mine and then well, blonk the guy on the head with something strong and take his house. I even changed the name of his house to "Not Doc Mitchell's House" . It's a nice little house, and it usually becomes mine at the start of a play-through.
A house in Vegas needs someone you can kick out then laugh at. That's all it needs: no doo-dads or whatsits or thingamajigs. Just some guy who helped you out significantly that you can drop-kick.
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