[RELz] Mart's Mutant Mod 1.0 RC 6.0 : Fallout 3

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:48 pm

Martigen's Mutant Mod for Fallout 3
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"Let it begin! Let it begin!!" [Rhino, Bolt] Release Candidate

::: DOWNLOAD :::
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::: Fallout 3 Nexus -- http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3211 (180M) [615M uncompressed]

::: Fallout 3 Nexus -- http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3211 (180M) [615M uncompressed]

It's highly recommended to clean your savegame while upgrading MMM:

Go inside somewhere with NO creatures or NPCs (Megaton/Tenpenny home works well)
Wait 4 days (or 9 days if you use FWE) to let cells reset
Save and quit
Disable ALL MMM components (MMM .esm, MMM .esp, and all MMM plugins)
Load your game, save your game, quit
Upgrade to MMM RC 6.0
Re-enable MMM .esm, MMM .esp, and your chosen optional MMM plugins

Note: You will lose any MMM specific items in this procedure, for eg Wanamingo Meat, so sell these items first.

This process isn't necessary, but would ensure the best possible start for RC6 which has considerable changes.

::: RC6 Changelog

Fixed Deathclaws, Geckos etc restoring health after anti-launch code triggers
Fixed Night Perception penalty being applied to NPCs with power armor helmets
Fixed (probably) rare raised ghouls with dragging body parts
Fixed bug that was preventing Baby Molerats from spawning
Fixed friendly Super Mutants at Chevy Chase (thanks go to Kralore)
Fixed too many Outcasts at Fort Independence (inside and out)
Fixed oddities caused by inheritance of Brahmin lists with Crazed Brahmin
Fixed Night Ghoul Vision (hopefully) by implementing an entirely new system for it
Fixed exponential Increased Spawns increase after level 10 with Dynamic Player Scaling
Added New Feature -- Pipboy menu system. Configure MMM from your Pipboy!
Added New Feature -- Body Part Amputation (inspired by Cipscis' Amputate!)
Added New Feature -- Soft Unleveling
Added New Feature -- Dynamic Player Scaling
Added New Creature -- Iguanas
Added New Creature -- Super Mutant Enforcer
Added New Creature -- Abominable Mutants
Added New Creature -- YaoGuai Pups
Added New Creature -- Wild Boar
Added New Creature -- Monstrous Dog
Added New Creature -- Enclave Deathclaw Alpha
Added New ingestible -- Wild Boar Meat, Live Iguana, Centaur Tongue
Added New items -- Wild Boar Ears, Monstrous Dog Teeth, Yao Guai Pup Claws
Added 3 skinned variants for Iguanas
Added 4 skinned variants for Wild Boar
Added 4 skinned variants for Monstrous Dog
Added 4 skinned variants for Yao Guai Pups
Added 8 skinned variants for Super Mutant Enforcer
Added 3 skinned variants for Enclave Deathclaw Alpha
Added 40 skinned and shaped variants for Abominable Mutants
Added 40 skinned and shaped variants for Centaurs, including new extra arm and spike varieties
Added 31 skinned variants for Protectrons, Mr Gutsy and Sentry Bots thanks to DarkSloth74
Added unique skins for Enclave, Outcast, Talon and Army for robots
Added unique SentryBot guards for Eden
Added unique Police, Special Forces, Swat and UN Protectrons as rare wasteland spawns, player friendly.
Added unique new Wastelander Ghoul variants
Added two new Increased Spawns settings for Menu users
Added diversity to enclave companion spawns
Added Soft Unleveling to Dynamic Player Scaling, increments by 2% per scale
Added Feral Ghoul Raise to Dynamic Player Scaling, increments 5% per scale
Added minimum experience rewards for Behemoths (150 xp) and Gargantuans (300 xp)
Added aggro radius to Crazed Brahmin, tweaked behaviour
Added fix to remove Ash and Goo piles at cell resets (previously UFP tweak, now in MMM)
Updated Dynamic Player Scaling to halve the rate of increase for Increased Spawns
Updated Night Ghoul Eyes to now provide AP bonus and double movement speed for a short time
Updated Night Ghoul Eyes vision to be passed by waiting
Updated Gooification/Disintigration, Goo and Ash piles no longer contain body parts or meat for creatures
Updated Glowing Ones to no longer have loot (they explode soon after death in MMM)
Updated Metro, Office and the Super Duper Mart Protectrons to now be Police skinned Protectrons
Updated Menu to include options for all the new creature types
Updated FOMOD install script to fix bug with latest FOMM version. Credits to Kaburke.
Slightly increased chance of Baby Molerats and Vicious Dog Pups spawning
Slightly increased chance of Crazed Brahmin
Slightly increased chance of Firelurks spawning
Slightly decreased spawn numbers for BoS at GNN with increased spawns
Slightly decreased spawn numbers for BoS at The Mall with increased spawns
Slightly delayed appearance of Wanamingos by one level
Slightly adjusted weights and prices of various creature parts to better reflect weight and reward
Slightly improved performance of Fireflies and Night Ghouls
Greatly increased diversity of robot spawns for wasteland robot spawns
Greatly reduced chance of Mirelurk Kings spawning from Mirelurk lists
Greatly increased wilderness spawns spread code to reduce locality combat and increase diversity
DLC Plugins: Anchorage, Broken Steel, The Pitt, Point Lookout and Zeta updated for RC6
New Plugins: Master Menu Module, Soft Unleveler, Soft Unleveler hardcoe, Dynamic Player Scaling, No Iguanas, No Abominable Mutants, No Stalker Mutants

::: Screenshots

:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-Enforcer.jpg
:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-Iguana1.jpg
:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-Iguana2.jpg
:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-Centaur.jpg
:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-Boar.jpg
:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-MutantDog.jpg
:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-AbominableMutant.jpg
:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-YaoGuaiPup.jpg
:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-DeathclawAlpha.jpg

:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-ProtectronVars.jpg
:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-GutsyVars.jpg
:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-SentryVars.jpg

:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-Menu1.jpg
:: http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/MMMF3-Menu2.jpg

::: New Creatures

::: Enclave Deathclaw Alpha

So you know those Deathclaws the Enclave are fond of harnessing? They kinda did one better, you know gave it a small boost with some protective armour... and a giant twin-pronged blade. Add to it your list of creatures under 'RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!'. Thanks go to Tumbajumba for the model.

::: Super Mutant Enforcers

Enclave Armoured Super Mutants, with long spiked Gauntlets to tear you a new one. Yay! They can be found with Enclave Patrols and checkpoints mostly. Big thanks go to c.i.b for the models.

::: Abominable Mutants

You only know them as an abhorrent abomination that clearly shouldn't have lived from Vault 87. But some did, and they can be found with their Super Mutant brethren. To handle the pain of their deformities they use a lot of drugs, which you're free to take if you can kill them. Another excellent model set from c.i.b.

::: Wild Boar

Rather large and slighty crazy wild boar for you to hunt... or run from. Hit as hard as they look. Can loot them for Boar Meat and Wild Boar Ears. One of two Stalker creatures from Toxa01.

::: Monstrous Dog

Scientists thought dogs were supposed to have been escaped mutations after the war. They were wrong. Though less common, Monstrous Dogs are far more fearsome than their Vicious Dog counterparts. Those long, shiny, sharp, teeth can fetch a pretty penny though if you can loot Monstrous Dog Teeth from them. The second of two Stalker creatures from Toxa01.

::: Yao Guai Pup

Awww! So cute! And yet, so deadly. Don't make the mistake of patting one of these guys, you'll lose your hand. Or you can take theirs -- Yao Guai Pup Claws are valuable, being somewhat rare. Pups spawn, of couse, near their parents so be careful... they're not alone. Pups are thanks to c.i.b too.

::: Sesom's Iguanas

Where does Iguana-on-a-stick come from? Now you know! Iguanas can be found in the wasteland, and are passive unless provoked. They come in three colours, but beware the Yellow one, it's poisonous. At night, they freeze due to the cold night and then re-animate at sunrise. You can also kill an Iguana for Iguana Bits, or pick one up live to sell or eat raw.

If you want the full experience of unleashing Iguanas on the Wasteland, use the full http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=13537 from Sesom and complete the quest. This also allows Iguanas to be given to vendors and swapped for the on-stick variety and the ability to raise an Iguana as a pet. Note Iguanas won't appear in the Wasteland until you complete the quest.

::: New and Updated Features

::: New Menu System!

Yes, finally, you too can configure MMM to your heart's content through the comfortable interface of the Pipboy! Just click to 'Apparel' and you'll find an option to launch the MMM Configuration panel. Huge thanks go to Mezmorelda and the FWE team for building the initial version of this.

NOTE: The first time you load your game with the menu plugin loaded, it takes 15 seconds before you'll see the option in your Pipboy.

ALSO NOTE: You still need to load certain plugins that can't be configured from the menu: these are Natural Selection, Tougher Traders, Zones Respawns and the DLC plugins. All the rest can be done through the menu.

::: Body Part Amputation

Removing tails, teeth, hands, eyes, horns etc from creatures will destroy that particular body part on removal. Additionally, bodyparts destroyed during combat are no longer lootable -- if you blow off a MoleRat's head, you can't loot its teeth.

::: Night Ghoul Vision

Finding it hard to see in the dark at night when you're a young whipper-snapper before you get power armor (or have your batteries run out?) Chow down on some munchy crunchy Night Ghoul eyes to beat the Night Ghouls at their own game! Taste's like chicken, too.

New in RC6: Night Ghoul Eyes now give you an AP boost and increase your movement speed 100%. Not only can you see like Night Ghouls now, but move like them too. Feel the power of the Night Ghoul!

::: Night time penalties for NPCs

It's harder to shoot and fight in the dark, isn't it? At least it should be. NPCs now suffer a penalty to Perception, Weapon and Melee abilities at night making sneaking in the dark and generally staying undetected at night easier, as well making night time combat harder for them. The effect applies only to NPCs outside, and is nullified if they wear Power Armour. Creatures are also unaffected (most will have adapted to night time survival).

::: Gooification and Disintegration

Gooification and Disintegration now destroys all meat, flesh and body part loot (which, if you think about it, is really how it should be). Now Goo and Ash piles are just that -- goo and dust.

This only applies to Creatures. Robots and NPCs have been made excempt by request, for those scavenging for robot parts or Energy Weapon users who rely on looting dead NPCs.

::: Soft Unleveling

Provides a chance for a encounter from any level, regardless of player level. It helps to make the game more challenging (and rewarding, if you take down foes much bigger than you) and to provide a less linear experience as you level (where you're often reminded that you've gained a level because a new type of creature suddenly starts appearing).

NOTE: This function only works if Increased Spawns are active, and the chance is applied for each enemy spawned. The Soft Unleveler plugin sets this to 12%, Soft Unleveler hardcoe to 25%.

ALSO NOTE: This is enabled by default for Menu users. It will likely become completely standard next version (i.e the Soft Unleveling optional .esps may change to reflect this).

::: Dynamic Player Scaling

Dynamically scales difficulty during the game as the player gains in level. The scaling applies only to the influence MMM has on your game: globals for Increased Spawns, Behemoth Chance, Feral Ghoul Raise and Soft Unleveling are gently increased as you level. DPS works by applying an incremental bonus dervied from the player's level, and can be adjusted to whatever value you want. Values between 4-6 are probably ideal. The Dynamic Player Scaling plugin uses 5 by default. To use other values edit the .esp directly, or use the new in-game Pipboy menu which provides values for 4, 5 and 6. To see how DPS would affect your game, see this table:

DPS -- 4		MMMzBehemothChance [2]			|	MMMzIncreasedSpawnsMax [3]			|	|	MMMzFeralGhoulRaiseChance [50]			|	|	|	MMMzSoftUnleveling [12]			|	|	|	|Player level 2 --	2%, 	1-3,	50%,	12%Player level 4 -- 	3%,	1-3,	55%,	14%Player level 8 -- 	4%,	1-4,	60%,	16%Player level 12 --	5%,	1-4,	65%,	18%Player level 16 --	6%,	1-5,	70%,	20%Player level 20 --	7%,	1-5,	75%,	22%Player level 24 --	8%,	1-6,	80%,	24%...DPS -- 5		MMMzBehemothChance [2]			|	MMMzIncreasedSpawnsMax [3]			|	|	MMMzFeralGhoulRaiseChance [50]			|	|	|	MMMzSoftUnleveling [12]			|	|	|	|Player level 2 --	2%,	1-3,	50%,	12%Player level 5 --	3%,	1-3,	55%,	14%Player level 10 --	4%,	1-4,	60%,	16%Player level 15 --	5%, 	1-4,	65%,	18%Player level 20 --	6%,	1-5,	70%,	20%Player level 25 --	7%,	1-5,	75%,	22%...DPS -- 6		MMMzBehemothChance [2]			|	MMMzIncreasedSpawnsMax [3]			|	|	MMMzFeralGhoulRaiseChance [50]			|	|	|	MMMzSoftUnleveling [12]			|	|	|	|Player level 2 --	2%,	1-3,	50%,	12%Player level 6 --	3%, 	1-3,	55%,	14%Player level 12 -- 	4%,	1-4,	60%,	16%Player level 18 --	5%,	1-4,	65%,	18%Player level 24 --	6%,	1-5,	70%,	20%...

NOTE: The above assumes both Increased Spawns and Soft Unleveling is enabled. The Increased Spawns maximum modifier applies only if Increased Spawns or Increased Increased Spawns is loaded. Keep in mind all bonuses are on top of the initial base value -- i.e if you have Feral Ghoul Raise set to 75%, then at DPS level 12 it will be on 85%. If you use Increased Increased Spawns, the MMMzIncreasedSpawnsMax increase applies on top of 5 from the 2-5 of Increased Increased Spawns.

::: Recommended load order

In general, with some of the changes over recent versions, I thought I'd update a list of modules I'd recommend for use in your MMM experience at a minimum:

Mart's Mutant Mod.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC plugins (for the DLCs you use)
Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection
Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders*
Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn
Mart's Mutant Mod - Mutant Mod Menu

(*if you don't use any other mods that beef up traders)
And, in the menu, set at least Increased Spawns to 1-3, and the Soft Unleveler to 12% (note Soft Unleveling depends on Increased Spawns). For old style configuration (if you don't want to or can't use the menu) as a minimum:

Mart's Mutant Mod.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC plugins (for the DLCs you use)
Mart's Mutant Mod - Increased Spawns
Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection
Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders*
Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn
Mart's Mutant Mod - Soft Unleveler

If you use FWE then Natural Selection, Tougher Traders, and Zones Respawn are included in the FOIP FWE-MMM plugin. So is the menu. This means your FWE load order for MMM should look like:

Mart's Mutant Mod.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC plugins (for the DLCs you use)
Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release

You can then configure both MMM and FWE settings from your Pipboy. NOTE: When installing, just choose the Menu method if you use the FOMOD, then grab and install the FOIP MMM-FWE plugin.

::: Links to recent threads

::: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1104898-marts-mutant-mod-rc6-beta-1/
::: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1069335-relz-marts-mutant-mod-10-rc-50-2/
::: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1053764-relz-marts-mutant-mod-10-rc-50/

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:20 am

::: Install Instructions :::
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0) Make sure you have installed the latest version of http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=944
1) Unzip the mod to your Fallout 3 Data directory -- make sure you have extracted the Meshes and Textures folders as well.
2) Use FOMM to select the following files to load (you MUST select both):

[*] Mart's Mutant Mod.esm
...
... (other mods)
...
[*] Mart's Mutant Mod.esp

3) Optionally, also select your choice of plugins, loading after the .esp:

[*] Mart's Mutant Mod.esm
...
... (other mods)
...
[*] Mart's Mutant Mod.esp
[*] Mart's Mutant Mod - Increased Spawns.esp
[_] Mart's Mutant Mod - Increased increased Spawns.esp
[*] Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn.esp
[*] Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp
[*] Mart's Mutant Mod - Hunting & Looting.esp
[*] Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection.esp
[_] Mart's Mutant Mod - Wounding Effects.esp

Make sure that:

All MMM modules load *after* Mart's Mutant Mod.esp
All the above MMMF3 .esps are loaded last in your load order.

4) Go inside somewhere without creatures and NPCs, rest for 4 days
5) Save your game, and load your game.
6) Enjoy!

::: Overview :::
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This mod is a port of MMM from Oblivion to Fallout 3. It focuses on adding a huge range of diversity to creatures and NPCs in the Fallout 3 world as well as adding new and unique creatures and NPCs to encounter. The mod is broken down into a core base and a range of optional modules.

The key results the mod achieves are:

Every creature and NPC is unique with its own stats, size, confidence, health, damage and even skin (texture)
Creatures and NPCs suffer improved wounding effects such as visible bleedng and statistic penalties
Creatures and NPCs can loot the corpses of fallen enemies, afterwhich you can find this loot if you kill them
Creatures and NPCs have improved behavioural AI based on class -- in any given group some may be aggressive towards you, some may be ambivalent, and others may avoid you outright.
Configurable increased spawns allow you tailor how many creatures and NPCs spawn in the game at any given spawn point
Improved faction system to better reflect inter-faction relations and ensure the player isn't the center of the universe
New creatures and NPCs to add variety to the wasteland -- all hand-crafted with their own stats, abilities, loot, weapons, textures and in some cases scripted AI behaviour.

Main features include:

:: Stat scaling

All creatures and NPCs have a sliding-scale random modified adjustment to their base values for STR, END, PER, INT, AGI, LUC, Speed and Health.

The adjustments range -3 to 3, with the following percentages: 30% no change, 30% -1/+1, 30% -2/+2, 10% -3/+3.

The exceptions are STR, END and Health values which are based on size (see next), as are loot drops for creatures (see below), where larger creatures are stronger, have more endurance, and more health.

:: Size scaling

Isn't it a little bit odd that all creatues and NPCs are identical in size? Indeed, so size scaling randomly adjusts size based off base value between a factor of +/- 20% for creatures, and +/- 12.5% for NPCs (though it's actually weighted -10% to +15%.). It's not quite a blanket rule -- Ghouls for example follow size scaling closer to NPCs, given they were formerely people.

As above, size is more than just visual variety -- it impacts the strength, endurance, and health. Larger creatures hit harder, and last longer.

:: Size based loot

Larger creatures will drop more meat, smaller ones less (or none at all). This may be expanded in future to include other types of loot.

:: Factions

A new faction system through the optional Natural Selection plugin ensures you're not always the center of the universe -- creatures and NPCs have foes they might consider more dangerous than you, and act accordingly.

Additionally a special No Attack faction protects Scavengers, their pets, and optionally traders (with the Tougher Traders) plugin from being attacked, without the need to mark them Essential (and thus prevent the player from killing them). It's also used for special creatures in the mod, such as the passive Wasteland Scorpion and Corpse Flies being largely ignored in favour of bigger threats.

:: Behaviour AI

Why is it that most creatures and NPCs seem to be hostile, despite the fact that in order to survive a creature or NPC still needs to pick its fights (otherwise, how did it last this long?)

Changes to wildlife on a creature-by-creature basis reflect that not all MoleRats are suicidal, and even a Vicious Dog can have the sense to avoid a fight it's got no chance of winning. NPCs, as well, can have a greater sense of self- preservation but to a lesser degree than creatures and, as with size and stat scaling, the chances are randomised based off their base value -- so Raiders are more likely to turn tail and run than Outcast for example.

:: Diverse Creature Skins

Most creatures in Fallout 3 have only a single texture, making every creature a clone of the next. Diverse Creature Skins provides a range of texture variants for each and every creature, so when you encounter a pack of rabid, yet slightly cute, MoleRats they all look a little different. This is one of those features that sounds simple but makes a huge impact in-game.

These are some of the creatues and the number of variants in the mod:

3 Brahmin
3 Radroach
3 Deathclaw
3 Deathclaw Baby
3 Deathclaw Matriarch
3 Giant Ant
3 Floater
3 Wanamingo
3 Vicious Pup
4 Vicious Dog
4 Mirelurk
4 Yao Guai
4 BloatFly
4 FireFly
5 Molerat
5 Molerat Young
5 Centaur
5 RadScorpion
9 Geckos
84 Feral Ghoul
104 Supermutant

:: Diverse NPCs

Just like Diverse Creature Skins, the NPCs in the game also get some treatment. Mostly, and for the moment, this focuses on Raider diversity and includes 100 Raider variants all with new unique faces, hair, etc. Additionally, there are 12 variable tattoos styles which are mixed and matched across 28 different race variations.

The result is a much wider scope of Raider appearance you will encouter in the game, and greatly fleshes them out as a faction in the Wasteland.

:: New Loot

Geckos, Vicious Dogs, Vicious Pups, Molerats, Mirelurks, Ants, Yao Guai and Radscorpions all now have extra loot apart from their meat -- fur for the dogs, teeth for the Molerats, claws for the Mirelurks, antennae for the Ants, eyes for the Yao Guai and stingers for the Radscorpions.

Fur from the Vicious Dogs and Vicious Pups can be sold, with the Pup fur being lighter and more valuable. Like meat on creatures, fur is size-scaled and larger animals yield more. Likewise for the Geckos, larger creatures yield more skin in addition to meat, and the Fire Gecko skin is the most valuable of all.

For creatures like Mirelurks, Ants, Radocorpions, Molerats, and Yao Guai the number of extra loot you get will range from 0-2 randomly for each creature (i.e 2 claws, or 1 antennae, etc).

The Deathclaw loot deserves special mention -- as one of the toughest creature fights in the game, Deathclaws drop both new Deathclaw Meat and Deathclaw Blood. The meat is quite toxic, and not terribly valuable. The blood, however, can be consumed to distill the Deathcalw's Rage and provide the following benefits for one minute: +5 strength, +5 AP, -4 intelligence, +1 HP per second. It's also valuable, and can be sold.

As with other creatures, the larger the Deathclaw the more meat and blood you will be able to get. For more on loot see the Creatures & Loot section.

:: New Creatures & NPCs

What's an MMM without new creatures and NPCs? Just to start, the first release of MMM for Fallout 3 has:

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Supermutant Gargantuan

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Firelurk

Firelurk Saliva

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Wasteland Scorpion

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Wild Dog

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Night Ghouls

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Corpse Fly

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Vicious Dog Pups

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Young Mole Rats

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Little Geckos

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Golden Geckos

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Fire Geckos

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Deathclaw Matriach

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Deathclaw Young

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Floaters

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Wanamingos

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Fireflies

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Ramblers

Between size scaling, stat scaling, behaviour and diverse skins every creature you meet is literally unique. See a group of Vicious Dogs? Each one looks different, has its own temperament, has its own size, moves at its own speed, has its own endurance and health, and its own strength and damage. Fighting in the wasteland will never be the same, every encounter is unique!

:: Other features

Night Ghouls that appear only at night, and are faster and stronger than normal Feral Ghouls
Wild Dogs and Wasteland Scorpions may appear at wasteland spawn points, and are generally passive
3% chance of a special Supermutant spawn with muties, which includes 8 variant Behemoths and the Supermutant Gargantuan
A whole range of new ingestible meats and unique loot for all creatures
Slightly reduced chance of Robots and Radscorps for wasteland spawn points
Evergreen Mills Behemoth replaced with Gargantuan (great in tandem with Increased Spawns)
Robots aren't included in stats/size/confidence scaling -- afterall, they are machines, produced identically off the production line
Corpse Flies may appear at corpses after a certain amount of time. They can be VATS targeted and killed, if you feel like some sharpshooting
GMSTs adjusted to extend corpse lifetime, the number of corpses before cleanup, and the number of actors able to be in combat at one time.
Special effects like the Gargantuan's demolishing strike, Glowing Ones and Robots may explode with force on death, Fireflies casting colourful light at night, Skeletons decayed from corpses after a time and much more...

::: Optional plugins :::
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Naturally, MMMF3 comes with a range of plugins to add features or alter the operation of the mod. In this release you will find:

:: Increased Spawns

Both the Increased Spawns and Increased Increased Spawns modules enable the same functionality from the standalone MMMF3 - Increased Spawns mod you're probably already using.

If you currently use the standalone Increased Spawns the MMMF3 installation will overwrite this for you and replace it with the required module for MMMF3.

Increased Spawns adds 1-3 spawns per spawn point, while Increased Increased Spawns adds 2-5 per point. The feature is actually configurable, and you can set whatever range you want by editing either plugin and changing the MMMzIncreasedSpawnsMin and MMMzIncreasedSpawnsMax values.

Note: It is highly recommended to use a slower leveling mod while running Increased Spawns.

For more information on how the plugin works, see the README - Increased Spawns.txt file.

:: Zones Respawn

By default most areas, especially interiors, in Fallout 3 are marked as 'Never Resets' such that once you clear an area, it stays cleared. This module enables these areas to respawn, with the exception of areas which shouldn't, such as the Vaults and some areas related to the main quest line.

Note: This mod does not change or provide modules to change the amount of time before a cell 'resets', which defaults to 3 days. There are plenty of other mods to change this for you.

:: Feral Ghoul Rampage

For those zombie movie addicts, Feral Ghoul Rampage multiplies the volume of Feral Ghoul spanws by 5, on top of the result from Increased Spawns. So for example if you are using Increase Spanws instead of 1-3 Feral Ghouls you will see 5-15 at any Feral Ghoul Spawn point. If you load this with Increased Increased spawns, make sure you're packing nukes!

:: [ Wounding Effects ] -- in development

While crippling works quite well in Fallout 3, does it make sense that a SuperMutant near death is able to swing his nailboard as hard as when he first met you?

With wounding, pentalties are applied against certain statistics the more wounded they become -- badly wounded enemies will hit with less damage, aim less accurately, and move slower.

Bleeding effects will add spurting blood to wounded creatures and NPCs which starts midly and increases as they become more wounded.

:: Natural Selection

Author: ACE

While some factions behave as you would expect in Fallout 3, many others don't. Natural Selection ensures creatures and NPCs properly attack or ignore foes logically based on type, as well as ensure the PC isn't the centre of the universe -- tired of a dog thinking you're the most dangerous creature in the universe while a SuperMutant bears down on you both? Not anymore!

Thanks to ACE for working with me on this and creating the plugin.

:: Tougher Traders

By default MMMF3 will automatically protect Scavengers from being beat-up on by the local wildlife, while still enabling them to be killed by the player, and the same is true of Traders if you load this plugin. Traders were made optional for this protection so that you can use mods like Roadwarden where you play quests to protect Traders from attack. If you don't want Traders getting killed off mid-game, load this.

:: Hunting & Looting

The Wasteland is a dangerous place where resources are sparse -- so why do NPCs like Raiders kill a foe and just leave all that good loot lying around? With this plugin creatures & NPCs will loot the corpses of fallen foes, taking what they can. If you then kill them, you will find this loot on their corpse. This can include weapons, ammo, armour, food, and drugs.

This adds much more than a simple dynamic to the game. NPCs for example may pick up extra weapons to use as a backup, or find more stimpacks to heal themselves. When you find an NPC, he could well be using a weapon he looted from the corpse of a foe further down the road.

Note: In the Beta only NPCs are included. Additionally, in Fallout 3 currently (as I may be able to fudge this) NPCs only pickup weapon types they don't currently have. For example if they have a ranged weapon but no melee weapons, they may pickup a baseball bat but ignore a gun. They also can't pickup equipped items on corpses, a limitation carried over from Oblivion. For this reason you'll find grenades, food, drugs, etc looted more often than weapons and armor (maybe this a good thing we don't want to change, leaving you to get them).

:: 'No...' plugins

Various plugins to turn off MMM features. Usually these are provided for some new creatures, and features that may be more taxing (enabling lower-end users to disable them).

:: DLC Plugins

There is now a plugin for each DLC. There are too many changes to list, but the general gist is adding MMM features to the DLCs while providing compatibility where necessary. Note that the plugins for Anchroage and The Pitt are optional, but the plugins for Broken Steel and Point Lookout are required for proper compatibility.

::: Making your own MMMF3 plugins :::
----------------------------------------------

With the MMMF3 master file Mart's Mutant Mod.esm you can now do the following:

Create new plugins to add or modify content in MMMF3
Create compatibility or integration plugins for other mods, by building them with the MMMF3 master file

To add or change content simply load Mart's Mutant Mod.esm in the GECK, make your changes, and save as a new .esp.

To build a compatibilty or integration plugin, use FO3Edit to determine which records or fields you want to populate across to MMMF3 (or vise versa). You can then use FO3Edit to copy new records into a mod, or a new dependent plugin, and use either FO3Edit or the GECK to populate fields as required.

See me for more help if you're the author of a mod and want to provide MMMF3 integration as a core or optional plugin with your download.

::: Contributor credits :::
-----------------------------

Koldorn is my partner in crime. Most of the variant textures and some of the new creature textures you see, as well as the superb tatoos for the Raiders, were designed by Koldorn. While I built the functionality of the mod, Koldorn is responsible for the look and feel.

Gameplay:
Natural Seclection factions -- ACE
Night Vision for Ghoul Eyes -- Lost Cosmonaut
Supermutant weapon animations -- Talkie Toaster
Menu icon -- Darkurgh

Variant textures:
Ant & Molerat -- FalloutRaven
Behemoth -- FalloutRaven
Radscorpions -- Koldorn and FalloutRaven
Brahmin variants -- Sektor
Vicious Dog, Bloatfly, Mirelurk, Vicious Pups, Gecko variants -- Martigen
Raider tatoos -- Koldorn (inspired by YutGurt)
Radroach, Deathclaw, Yao Guai, Centaur, Supermutants and Feral Ghouls -- Koldorn
Night Ghouls -- Koldorn and Tyana Rie
Trogs -- Sector7
Gutsy variants -- DarkSloth74 and LadyMidnight
Protectron and SentryBot variants -- DarkSloth74

Creature textures:
Firelurk texture -- Sektor
Firelurk rigging -- SaidenStorm
Gargantuan skeleton -- Lord Nincompoop
Corpse Fly, Wasteland Scorpion, Gargantuan, Night Ghoul -- Koldorn
SuperMutant armour variants -- Macintroll

Loot textures:
Models and Pipboy icons -- Drag0ntamer

New creatures:
Gargantuan, Glowing One and Corpse Fly skeletons -- Lord Nincompoop
Vicious Pups -- Zenl
Geckos -- Zenl and thedammed
Gecko Skin model and icon -- Zenl
CorpseFly skeleton - Lord Nincompoop
Firefly skeleton - Zenl
Armless Ghouls -- Lord Nincompoop and Zenl
Deathclaw Matriarch & Young -- Zenl
Waninmingo and Floaters -- Zenl
Waninmingo and Floater sounds -- Killerbee
Super Mutant Enforcers, Abominable Mutants, YaoGuaiPup -- c.i.b
Wild Boar and Monstrous Dog -- Toxa01
Deathclaw Alpha -- Tumbajamba
Iguanas -- Sesom

FOMOD installer:
FOMOD install script -- L0ki and Kaburke

Thanks also go to ElminsterEU for FO3Edit and Timeslip for FOMM.

::: Contributing to MMMF3 :::
----------------------------------

There's always room for more new creatures, skin variants, and features. As above you can make your own compatible plugins, and I'm happy to help you create them. Indeed, like Natural Selection, they can even be included as part of the core mod.

As always, credit is given for any work so if you want to be involved let me know!

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:53 pm

::: Making use of the globals

MMMF3 is designed to be modularised from the ground up, and you may notice most (but not all, for functional reasons) of the optional plugins actually just toggle global variables in the main mod.

Here's an explanation of the global variables so you can further tailor the mod if the values used in the plugins aren't to your liking. Either edit these in the optional MMMF3 .esps, or create a new .esp by editing the globals from the MMMF3 master:

MMMzIncreasedSpawnsMin [1]
MMMzIncreasedSpawnsMax [0]
These control the minimum and maximum spawns to appear at spawn points. MMMzIncreasedSpawnsMin shouldn't be set to less than 1. Setting MMMzIncreasedSpawnsMax to 0 will disable Increased Spawns (the default). The plugins Increased Spawns.esp and Increased Increased Spawns.esp set these values to 1-3 and 2-5 respectively. For more information how the spawns percentages are distributed, see the README - Mart's Mutant Mod - Increased Spawns.txt file included in the mod.
MMMzBehemothChance [2]
Sets the chance for Behemoths and Gargantuans to appear randomly in the wasteland with Supermutant spawns. When this occurs there is a 1 in 5 chance of the spawn being a Gargantuan, otherwise it will be one of 8 different Behemoth variants. Note this setting is distinct from Increased Spawns, and works even if it isn't enabled.
MMMzSpecialEncounterChanceDay [15]
MMMzSpecialEncounterChanceNight [20]
Controls the chance for a special wasteland spawn. During the day this includes the passive Wild Dog and Wasteland Scorpion, at night this will spawn Fireflies and the far from passive Night Ghouls...
MMMzCorpseFlies [15]
This controls whether Corpse Flies can spawn around corpses after six hours, and then chances of this occuring. If set to -1, Corpse Flies will be disabled. The default is a 15 percent chance.
MMMzLooting [0]
Controls whether creatures & NPCs will loot corpses during and after a fight. Any value larger than 1 enables looting behaviour.
MMMzWounding [0]
Controls whether creatures & NPCs will suffer wounding penalties and visibly bleed the more damaged they become. Currently doesn't do anything, the Wounding Effects plugin is in development.
MMMzFeralGhoulMult [5]
Sets the multiplier value for the Feral Ghoul Rampage.esp plugin, which defaults to 5. Keep in mind this multiplier is applied against the result of the Increased Spawns value, so you'll see 5-15 Feral Ghouls when using Increased Spawns (1-3) and a crazy 15-25 when using Increased Increased Spawns (3-5). Set this higher if you're crazy!
MMMzFeralGhoulRaiseChance [50]
Sets the chance for Feral Ghouls to raise again if not properly killed (to prevent Feral Ghouls raising, ensure head or legs are dismembered). Note this applies only to increased spawns, so if 3 Feral Ghouls spawn from a point and you kill them, 2 of them have a 50% chance of raising. Raised Feral Ghouls have a fraction of their health left, have stats and abilities reflecting their wounds, and will not raise again when killed.
MMMzSkeletonDecay [85]
Sets whether corpses decay to skeletons. To keep it simple and efficient the effect works at cell resets -- bodies will become skeletons after one reset, and then the skeletons themselves will disappear at the next. A randomisation engine creates full body skeletons, part body skeletons, or combinations of body and limbs. Note: Requires the Zones Respawn plugin to be loaded as most cells don't reset in vanilla, and so you won't see skeletons appear.
MMMzDLCIncreasedSpawns [1]
Controls whether Increased Spawns applies to the DLCs independently of the main game. Has no effect if Increased Spawns isn't also enabled. Note: Increased Spawns is only applied to some DLCs and in areas where it makes sense, so you probably won't feel a need to disable it but the option is here none the less.
MMMzSizeScaling [1]
Disables the dynamic size scaling for NPCs and creatures. Size scaling has been corrected in RC 5.0 to be less extreme, but it can be disabled entirely with this global. Note: if you disable scaling in a current game, sizes will return to normal as cells reset and new spawns are spawned.
MMMzSpawnsChanceNone [0]
Sets the chance for no spawn to occur at exterior Wasteland spawn points only. The Reduced Wasteland Spawns plugin sets this to 12% by default. For those who feel the Wasteland gets a little too busy sometimes.
MMMzPlayerScaling [0]
Dynamic Player Scaling (DPS) gently increases the difficulty of your game by raising MMM options as you level. These include Increased Spawns, Feral Ghoul Raise, Behemoth Chance and Soft Unleveling. See the MMM ReadMe for more information.
MMMzSoftUnleveling [12]
Soft Unleveling allows creatures and NPCs higher than the player level to spawn, adding diversity and challenge to the game. Standard setting recommended. NOTE: requires Increased Spawns.
MMMzMenuSystemLoaded [0]
Enables the in-game Pipboy menu and sets globals accordingly so they can be stored in a savegame. This is set by the 'Mart's Mutant Mod -- Master Menu Module.esp' plugin. The menu incorporates most, but not all (due to their nature), MMM optional .esp plugins. This is the preferred way to configure MMM to your liking.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:30 am

::: How to update

Whether installing the mod for the first time, or updating from one version to the next, always do the following:

:: Follow the Installation Instructions steps 1-5.

Easy!

::: Mini-FAQ

:: I'm getting invisible/purple/exclamation mark creatures and NPCs

The Meshes and Textures haven't been extracted and installed
The latest version of http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=944 hasn't been installed

:: There are mismatching skin tones on some Raiders/NPCs

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=944 hasn't been installed -- the latest version, which adds bLoadFaceGenHeadEGTFiles=1 to the ini
Add bLoadFaceGenHeadEGTFiles=1 to your Fallout3.ini, or re-install the latest http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=944

:: Does the Evergreen Gargantuan count towards the achievement?

Yes, all Behemoths and Gargantuans count towards the achievement. I made sure of it

:: The molerat repellant stick isn't exploding the molerat heads!

This is not MMM. You are using a mod that alters weapons that incorrectly modifies the stick.

:: After installing Broken Steel, Bael and his pals are missing.

This is not MMM. This is a bug with Broken Steel. Grab the 'Bring Back Bael' mod -- http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6545

:: In the Project Purity mission to kill 14 Super Mutants and Centaurs, I've killed everthing I can find but there's still 2 missing?

This is MMM, kinda. It only affects some people and appears to be related to old savegame data and these particular spawn points. For now, the easiest solution is to disable MMM while completing this quest, then re-enable it afterwards.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:15 pm

Ok, so one other thing: I fly out on holidays in a days time for four weeks. If you have any reports of anything major, let me know asap

And before I forget:

::: FOIP plugins

::: DOWNLOAD http://members.iinet.net.au/~amills/FOIP-MMM-FWE5.zip

::: DOWNLOAD FOIP - MMM RC6 + FWE 6.0 -- To be uploaded to the Nexus FOIP page once FWE 6.0 is released

::: DOWNLOAD FOIP - MMM RC6 + FOOK -- I haven't had time to make this, and I probably won't before I go on holiday. Any FOOK members are welcome to make it and I can check it when I get back.

::: DOWNLOAD http://members.iinet.com.au/~amills/FOIP-ProjectBeauty.zip -- Also includes MMM - PB + FWE plugin, if you use PB + FWE with MMM. Load one or the other, not both.

::: Mini-FAQ for RC6

::: Are the Abominable Mutants from the FEV mod, and do I still need to load that now if I'm using it?

Yes they are, and no you don't need to load it anymore, all variants are fully integrated and expanded upon in MMM RC6.

::: I use the STALKER mod, does it include all creatures and do I still need to load this with MMM RC6?

No it doesn't include all creatures, only those I thought would be closer to Fallout 3 lore. I may add a few more in future (just ran out of time this time). You can load the STALKER mod with MMM but it works by overwriting creature types to see them spawn, so you will lose other creatures from MMM. This is the reason I integrated it, because it's not just a simple matter of adding to lists. Ideally you shoudn't load STALKER with MMM, unless you really really want some of the other varieties not currently integrated.

Any other questions, let me know.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:11 am

This will be a long night today

. First completing 'See you ... Time for bed!' for public beta test. Then testing your new RC6 :celebration: . And after that updating the Iguana main mod. I have to get some caffeine now.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:23 am

This will be a long night today

. First completing 'See you ... Time for bed!' for public beta test. Then testing your new RC6 :celebration: . And after that updating the Iguana main mod. I have to get some caffeine now.

Should have seen how much I drank making it...

And thanks again for the Iguanas Sesom, they rock

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:13 am

One question, irrelevant to this release:

the getFactionRelation function returns Neutral for Talon company, Muties and creatures even though they are hostile. Raiders return enemy. Is this caused by MMM by any chance?

Edit: Raiders also return Neutral. Pretty tricky :brokencomputer:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:26 am

One question, irrelevant to this release:

the getFactionRelation function returns Neutral for Talon company, Muties and creatures even though they are hostile. Raiders return enemy. Is this caused by MMM by any chance?

NPCs and Creatures set to very aggressive will attack enemies and neutrals, this is vanilla. I'd have to check Talon, but this is certainly true of muties and most creatures -- though MMM actually makes some creatures passive, or less aggressive, randomly at spawn so you don't get attacked by everything all the time.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:26 am

Thanks. I used actor.getShouldAttack player instead and it's working very well

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:56 am

Hello Martigen, I would like to obtain your permission to translate and upload your mod on this russian site http://modgames.net/. Waiting for an answer.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:40 pm

Just installed this to an existing game -- install worked perfectly--

My toon is doing the mole rat quest for Moira so I exited Megaton heading fo the hidden rock to kill some easy mole rats.
The very first creature I saw was a wild boar ... HOLY S..... -not something you want meet up with armed only with the mole-whacking stick.
The second creature was an iquana. Again, just Brilliant.

?Fixed oddities caused by inheritance of Brahmin lists with Crazed Brahmin

:thumbsup: Good I seen enough of those crazy a$$ed Brahmin in the beta.

Excellant mod, I really appreciate the quality of work you have put into this and cannot imagine playing Fallout 3 without MMM.
:celebration:

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:41 pm

Hello Martigen, I would like to obtain your permission to translate and upload your mod on this russian site http://modgames.net/. Waiting for an answer.

Hey Shephard, by all means. I'm happy to see the mod in all translations. Thanks for asking, send me a link to the file when you're done, just out of curiosity

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:04 am

Downloading now to install in a clean Fallout 3 install with FWE when FWE 6.0 is out

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:13 am

Just installed this to an existing game -- install worked perfectly--

My toon is doing the mole rat quest for Moira so I exited Megaton heading fo the hidden rock to kill some easy mole rats.
The very first creature I saw was a wild boar ... HOLY S..... -not something you want meet up with armed only with the mole-whacking stick.
The second creature was an iquana. Again, just Brilliant.

Good to hear

Reminds me -- for all those who were playing with the Beta: due to feedback in the Beta I've halved the rate of Increased Spawns bonus for Dynamic Player Scaling (you should see this change in the table in the first post). As a result, the default is also now DPS 5 not DPS 6. The in-game menu should reflect this. If you use DPS, very interested to see how you go.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:10 pm

I have a question related to installing. I noticed that the fomod folder has both a cs script and a xml file in it. It also contains a ModConfig4.0.xsd file. I upgraded to the newest version of FOMM, however, the ModConfig4.0.xsd file is not used by 12.3, however, the MMM fomod script requires that file to be able to run.

So I was just wondering if there's a new version of FOMM soon, or what exactly is going on there.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:40 am

Martigen-

So how does this behave when interacting with Arwen's Tweaks? I also have Cabal's "Born Again...." retextures and a few raider MMM texture fixes. Will I have to reinstall these or do your raiders now come pre packed to not use the regular meshes/textures of whatever body replacer we have? Was pretty bothersome seeing so many raiders in such a mess before =/

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:06 pm

I have a question related to installing. I noticed that the fomod folder has both a cs script and a xml file in it. It also contains a ModConfig4.0.xsd file. I upgraded to the newest version of FOMM, however, the ModConfig4.0.xsd file is not used by 12.3, however, the MMM fomod script requires that file to be able to run.

So I was just wondering if there's a new version of FOMM soon, or what exactly is going on there.

Not too sure what's going on there. It worked with my FOMM. Anyone else having problems? Kaburke may also be able to advise.

So how does this behave when interacting with Arwen's Tweaks? I also have Cabal's "Born Again...." retextures and a few raider MMM texture fixes. Will I have to reinstall these or do your raiders now come pre packed to not use the regular meshes/textures of whatever body replacer we have? Was pretty bothersome seeing so many raiders in such a mess before =/

I've sent an MMM plugin for Arwen's to Arwen.

On the textures, MMM doesn't use body replacers. The issue is that both MMM and Body Replacers edit the same textures and templates for NPC races. There are MMM versions of all the body replacers, as far as I'm aware, on Nexus.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:33 pm

Not too sure what's going on there. It worked with my FOMM. Anyone else having problems? Kaburke may also be able to advise.

It's not that it doesn't install, I just get two options in the install window. One for the menu, and the other for the plugins (with the option to choose only one). It's just that in looking at the ModuleConfig.xml file I noticed that there should be lots of options, and in trying to edit the script in FOMM, it only shows the script.cs file, not the xml file.

On an unrelated note, this looks great. I'm waiting for FWE 6.0 before starting my game, but this mod has always been in my load list. The only thing I might like to see is the incorporation of more glowy parts. I like pretty effects.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:44 am

Good to hear

Reminds me -- for all those who were playing with the Beta: due to feedback in the Beta I've halved the rate of Increased Spawns bonus for Dynamic Player Scaling (you should see this change in the table in the first post). As a result, the default is also now DPS 5 not DPS 6. The in-game menu should reflect this. If you use DPS, very interested to see how you go.

I use:
incr. spawns 1-3
feral ghoul raise 25%
soft unleveling standard 12%
DPS standard 5 lvls
everything else default settings

I find this keeps every level somewhat challenging. I would sooner encounter a Yao Gao at level
2/3 or a Behemoth at level 7/8 than increased numbers of lower level mobs.

On the textures, MMM doesn't use body replacers. The issue is that both MMM and Body Replacers edit the same textures and templates for NPC races. There are MMM versions of all the body replacers, as far as I'm aware, on Nexus.

After installing MMM RC 6 I just re-installed my mmm3 body texture fixes (breezes, type 3) and all the raiders I have killed so far have looked fine.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:22 am

One question, dos amputate work on ears and finguers?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:12 am

It's not that it doesn't install, I just get two options in the install window. One for the menu, and the other for the plugins (with the option to choose only one). It's just that in looking at the ModuleConfig.xml file I noticed that there should be lots of options, and in trying to edit the script in FOMM, it only shows the script.cs file, not the xml file.

That's... because you don't need them if you use the menu. There are two install paths -- with menu or old-style -- and the latter presents you with more optional .esps to install because you need them to configure the mod. With the menu, you do it in-game in the Pipboy, you don't need the modules.

One question, dos amputate work on ears and finguers?

No, it's only applied to MMM-added elements.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:37 pm

No, it's only applied to MMM-added elements.

Neither Deathclaw's hands? Well, I'll tell the FOOK team they don't need to completely disale FOOK2's AMPUTATE feature, then.

Also, I don't know if you are aware of the existence of this: http://www.yourfook.com/forum/album.php?albumid=9 http://www.yourfook.com/forum/album.php?albumid=9 (gallery and thread have some different pictures, check all them). I specially like the security vested one (with 87 on its back http://www.yourfook.com/fook_team/LordInquisitor/Currently%20AT%20IMAGES/SUPERMUTANTS/SM%20Security%20Guard%20V3.jpg) and the dude with gas mask (so lore-friendly looking it hurts more than his rifle lol http://www.yourfook.com/forum/album.php?albumid=9&pictureid=69)

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:02 am

Thanks Zeph, that was what I wanted to know. I assumed I would have to anyway. But wanted to be sure.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:08 am

Do you still use the MMM - MMM.esp if you are using FWE and it's control panel?

Or do you choose the ESP method and just not install the ESPs?

edit: Well, choosing the ESP method installs all the ESPs even if you don't select any of them.