JESSIE's ESSENTIAL SYDNEY MOD
0.1.1, February 2025

1. LEGAL

Copyright © 2025 Jessie Kirk [https://jessiekirk.xyz/]

This software is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the WTFPL, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.

This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

You should have received a copy of the WTFPL along with this software. If not,
see [http://www.wtfpl.net/about/].

2. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Review the “JXPEssentialSydney License.txt” file to ensure you
understand your rights.

2. Extract the file “JXPEssentialSydney.esp” from the archive file
“JXPEssentialSydney.zip” to your PC's Fallout 3 Data directory. The
usual locations of this directory are:

Steam Version, 64-bit Windows:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 3 goty\Data

Steam Version, 32-bit Windows:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 3 goty\Data

Retail Version, 64-bit Windows:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Fallout 3\Data

Retail Version, 32-bit Windows:
C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Fallout 3\Data

3. Optionally, extract the files “JXPEssentialSydney Readme.txt” and
“JXPEssentialSydney License.txt” to your PC's Fallout 3 Data directory
to retain them for future reference.

4. Launch Fallout 3. When the Launcher window appears, select “Data Files”.
The Fallout 3 Data Files window will appear containing a list of files.
Click/tap the checkbox next to “JXPEssentialSydney.esp” to enable it,
then click/tap the “OK” button. The mod is now installed.

3. GAME CHANGES

Makes Sydney essential (unkillable), with a caveat:

There's a very rare situation we must account for:

* The player has Sydney as a follower during Stealing Independence,
* The player then takes her into the Jefferson Memorial Rotunda *before*
the scene in which Dad dies during The Waters of Life,
* The player then tells her to wait in the Rotunda beyond the airlock and
leaves her there,
* The player then *returns* to the Rotunda to experience the aforementioned
scene: Sydney will be standing there with Dad and the others:

The game accounts for this; any followers left in the area beyond the
airlock are killed by the radiation burst along with everyone else.

Sydney loses her essential state if this rare situation occurs, and is
killed along with everyone else.

4. RATIONALE

I have no rationale. I'm a big squish and don't want Sydney to die.

5. UNINSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Delete the file “JXPEssentialSydney.esp”. The mod is now uninstalled.

6. CHANGELOG

0.1.0
Initial commit.
Added "essential" flag to Sydney NPC via script injection.

0.1.1
Accounted for the Project Purity radiation burst situation.
Corrected documentation syntax.
Commented scripts.

7. CREDITS

xEdit used to clean mod file.
[https://tes5edit.github.io/]

GECK used to create mod file.
[https://geck.bethsoft.com/index.php?title=Garden_of_Eden_Creation_Kit]

Monofonto font by Raymond Larabie. Free font.
[http://typodermicfonts.com/]

Overseer Oblique font by Neale Davidson. Used under Pixel Saga's Font
License.
[http://www.pixelsagas.com/]