Already a thread. Mine =)

http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1075448

The system is also talked about a lot here. Thanks =)

Fallout 3 has a backpack mod and it sure doesn't look that stupid

You could carry around with you and use it to lure enemies, you can can leave it in the middle of the road and set traps and wait for an ambush.

I'd like a backpack/rucksack, but maybe it should work like you have both a carry weight limit and carry slots. The backpack would raise the carry slots a lot and the carry weight limit just a little. Say you can carry 100 pounds and have 50 slots without a backpack, and can carry 110 pounds and have 75 slots with a backpack (don't know if 100 pounds and 50 slots is too much/too little, but you get the general idea).

Backpack?
Yes please
And leave the strength for something better, maybe a bit more toughness instead of carrying more?

Just use a garbage bag.

I vote fannypacks. Or a manpurse

"Hey I have Skittles in there!"

My brother is a marine. I carried his gear once when I was 12. I know what you're talking about. Still, it's a game, and who wants to see a suit of armor and 50 guns sticking out of their back. I can see why backpacks would kind of ruin the experience..

I say a shopping cart as an option to carry additional stuff, as a reference to The Road (the book, not the movie)...

Who says the weapons would hang out?

I'm in for the whole backpack thing. It's like the AD&D having the Bag of Holding. And it does add and extra layer of realism and makes your character cool.. Eli-style. B)

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Uploads/Graphics/192-0121060146-Book-of-Eli.jpg

Why would the weapons hang out? Why would anything you have in your inventory hang out? It doesn't hang out from your back in F3 without the rucksack does it?

A backpack would be cool and feel very post-apocalyptic. A post-apocalyptic wanderer to me is a guy/girl with a dirty duster, lots of things in his belts, a bad-shape rifle/gun with little ammo, a dog, headwear to cover his face in duststorms and a rucksack or a donkey to carry all his belongings, supplies and the little food he has.

In F3 I have a dirty duster, a hunting rifle, biker goggles and dogmeat... I'm missing the rucksack or the donkey (brahmin) though.

Not necesserely. If the backpack offers a spacelimitation you could stack up items at the same condition (limited stacks of course). Like, say, 10 pistol type weapons at a stack, 5 rifletypes, 1 (2 at max) big guns and bigger meleeweapons like sledges and supersledges. With some inventory management you could hoard a good amount of stuff still, and yet you wouldn't necesserely become a walking K-Mart.

I love the backpacks that modders have added, its so much more realistic in terms of adding weight capacity to the player, versus jacking it up via perks. I think it would be great to see them in NV!

If you have a backpack on your back, then how do you see a vault number or other details on your back?

You don't. You see the details of the awesome backpack instead.

You can see your backpack

}}--------> Backpacks would be a GREAT addition to an AWESOME game. they would add a touch more realism to the game as well as hopefully allow you to carry more items. another idea is to allow different types of packs, sizes, colors shapes. Ex some one in a brotherhood suit would have a metal pack that was more or less part of their armor, while some one in a duster could have a black leather type back pack. they could also be upgradeable to carry more items or add a layer of protection to your back. Just some thoughts... ....of course the "Red Flyer Wagon" idea is still my personal Favorite ;-D

no back pack instead a series of smaller bags by your waist (no not like a tool belt they have straps over your shoulders) and you'd have one for meds and ammo and misc and your guns on your back and your cloths somewhere.
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There is a backpack in fallout one but I don't think it worked.
Does anyone know if it worked by that I mean wear it? I Never bothered to figure that out.

I had the idea for making a sled out of sheet metal and rope so we can pull stuff. If the clipping can be figured out I think it would be better then backpacks because we can take with us alot more weight without carrying it.

I too would like to see a backpack. I've always found it really lame when playing Fallout 3 that I could carry every type of weapon, with enough ammunition to drown a cow, and not be weighed down in the slightest. Where do i find the room in my little leather jacket to put all my syringes, and how am I carrying a [censored] leaf blower.

But I'd like to take this backpack idea one step further.

In hardcoe mode, the only way to carry anything beyond armor, and a few select weapons, is by equiping accessories that increase carrying capacity. Anything from fanny packs to full on hikers backpacks. This to me adds the most realism possible when it comes to carrying objects. I know some people will scream bloody murder for suggesting that you can't carry more then a few weapons at a time, which is why I think that this idea works best for those of us who intend to switch on hardcoe, for a more intense experience.

Of course I do fully support bringing back the car as well. However I'd argue that a trunk can be filled with only so many can's before its full, which is why I think the car should also not be bottomless.

Well - you're generally only wearing that Vaultsuit for the beginning portions of the game. I wouldn't want to be covering that up, either (since it's rather iconic - though it seems like you're not playing as a Vault Dweller in NV, so this might be a moot point, anyway...) But that could easily all take place before you get to your first shop and get enough caps saved up to buy a pack.

As far any other details on your back - I don't see how anything else was any more interesting to look at than a pack would be, when you get right down to it. (There was nothing so fascinating about the back of my Leather Armor that I couldn't possibly bear to see it covered, personally...)

For my own two cents, I think some gesture towards the concept that your character isn't actually managing to stuff all of this stuff into their pockets would be nice. I posted this over on the other "backpack" thread, but I always thought it would be neat to see a procedural system where where the more weight you carry, the more/larger packs appear on your character model. (Come to think of it, I almost seem to remember Dungeon Siege's mule doing that, though I could be wrong...)

I think the idea of a backpack, however, would work best as an optional accessory. Since I like to see game concepts incorporated (at least in some manner) into the gameplay, I think a minor weight capacity bonus for equipping one would be nice; but maybe not entirely necessary. But I wouldn't be against a variety of packs being available as mere aesthetic choices, either. That way it's a win/win for everyone - if you don't like the idea of packs then you don't need one, but it's there if you do.

How about Ammo Bandoliers? ( I think thats whats there called )
For Like Grenades, Ammo, Water, Small Guns.

https://www.mainemilitary.com/productcart/pc/catalog/chineseband.jpg <- Picture 1

http://www.nexternal.com/masquerade/images/10165-m.jpg <- 2

http://images.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/top/images/006k.jpg <- 3

And for like your Knife.. something on your back. Not trying to be ninja or anything but its looks cool
http://www.monkeydepot.com/v/vspfiles/photos/photoreviews/2610/snake_eyes_15.jpg <- 4

For Big Guns, I don't know. I really don't like something huge on your back, so just say "Its a game" and Makes Big guns Not Appear.

And also has options if you want Backpacks Visible, Guns Visible.

Camo-Paint Options if possible..

I think that they should make it so you have to wear a backpack to carry stuff
It would make fallout a much better game :fallout:

Dude. Chill. Backpacks would at least be a realistic solution. No. I have 300lbs of super electric power armor on the GPS computer attached to my wrist.