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Latest Update: v1.2, 9-16-09
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Version 1.2 - With a radio station in the Point Lookout, several radios have appeared in the area!
Version 1.1 - Now with scripting to prevent tracks from directly repeating!
Mod Description And Such
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If you're like me, you enjoyed the rather large exterior region that Point Lookout added, but got pretty fidgety after a while without any kind of radio to listen to in-game. That's why I ended up making this mod, to add a whole new radio station - one to match Point Lookout's atmosphere, to boot. This station includes 20 vintage tracks, mostly old folk (or hillbilly, or mountain, or Appalachian, or old-time, call it what you like) music recorded during the 20's, 30's and 40's. Hopefully if you use this mod you'll agree that this selection fits right along with your gameplay in the Point Lookout region. If not, hey, don't blame me - the place is such a hodgepodge of elements (hill people in the swamps, mountain coal mines overlooking... the Chesapeake Bay?) that processing it all can be enough to make me go cross-eyed.
The regionally and/or geographically astute may well note that the station might make a bit more sense coming from southwest of the Capital Wasteland, and I'd agree - but that doesn't give us anything to listen to down in Point Lookout, does it? Anyhow, what you got here is 20 songs of tragedy, prohibition, drinking, dying, being poor, killing, an occasional railroad, a tiny bit of goofiness, and sometimes a friendly reminder that the Lord and your momma don't want you doing any of this stuff -- all set to fiddle, guitar, banjo, harmonica, and... jug. Oh yes, we got some jug band action.
As the station goes now, it's set to play in the exterior cells and linked interiors in the Point Lookout area. There's no DJ, and I haven't gotten my head around the scripting enough yet to set the playlist to prevent track repetition (looks simple though, and after reading up a bit on it that's the first on my to-do list). I hope to start expanding/tuning up soon, but I wanted to lay out the bare bones for the station (and maybe gauge interest in the project - if everybody tells me to go to hell then hey, there's some time saved).
If you enjoy the mod, that's great. If you love the music as much as I do now, that's even greater. If you have any suggestions for more tracks and/or other ideas that might make the station grow, I'm all ears. If you hate the music, feel free to not tell me, because I couldn't care less. Go listen to your hophipping or rat music or whatever you kids are into nowadays.
IF IT HASN'T BEEN MADE CLEAR ENOUGH YET, THIS MOD REQUIRES THE POINT LOOKOUT DLC.
Songs Used And The People What Played Them
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A Broken Down Saint - The Carter Family
When You See Those Flying Saucers - The Buchanan Brothers
Henry Lee - Dick Justice
Drunkard's Special - Coley Jones
Old Lady and the Devil - Bill & Belle Reed
Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
Sail Away Lady - Uncle Burt Stephens
Newport Blues - The Cincinnati Jug Band
Country Blues - Dock Boggs
K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
Ommie Wise - G.B. Grayson
The Butcher's Boy - Buell Kazee
John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family
Pretty Polly - B.F. Shelton
Coal Creek March - Marion Underwood
How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live - Blind Alfred Reed
Packin' Trunk - Lead Belly
Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs
Cuckoo Bird - Clarence Ashley
Keep On the Sunny Side - The Carter Family
Installation
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Extract the .esp and sound folder contained in the .rar file directly into the Data folder where you have Fallout 3 installed. Activate LookoutRadio.esp and start up the game at your leisure. Print this readme and stick it to your fridge or just burn it (kids, get help from your parents for this part). If you travel to Point Lookout or just load a save from inside the area, you'll now pick up Lookout Radio on your pipboy and have you some tunes to murder hill folk to!
Uninstallation
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Seriously? You're breaking my heart, man.
Alright. Go to your Data folder, Delete LookoutRadio.esp and then go into your Data/sound/songs/radio/ and delete the Lookout folder.
Known Issues
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None! I'm sure somebody will find a way to give me a headache though, so good luck!
Acknowledgements
================
I'm not a dumb guy, but I'll readily admit that I'm rarely the smartest guy in the room. Honestly this GECK stuff, like programming and scripting and such normally just flies by a few miles over my head. That said, it took me no less than THREE radio tutorials to get a handle on what little I've done with this mod so far, and without all three of them this wouldn't have happened, because I learned different stuff from each one. So if you want to try doing something like this as well, are about as smart as me, and don't want to become an alcoholic, these are the tutorials I learned from (give these guys some props, people taking the time to do these writeups are a godsend):
Adding a Custom Radio Station by Rekicker (http://www.fallout3nexus.com/articles/article.php?id=41)
Crow's Radio Tutorial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utyr6mRoR4c)
Waysted Radio Tutorial (http://www.theengineeringguild.co.uk/fallout-3-waysted-radio-tutorial)
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Version 1.2 - With a radio station in the Point Lookout, several radios have appeared in the area!
Version 1.1 - Now with scripting to prevent tracks from directly repeating!
Mod Description And Such
========================
If you're like me, you enjoyed the rather large exterior region that Point Lookout added, but got pretty fidgety after a while without any kind of radio to listen to in-game. That's why I ended up making this mod, to add a whole new radio station - one to match Point Lookout's atmosphere, to boot. This station includes 20 vintage tracks, mostly old folk (or hillbilly, or mountain, or Appalachian, or old-time, call it what you like) music recorded during the 20's, 30's and 40's. Hopefully if you use this mod you'll agree that this selection fits right along with your gameplay in the Point Lookout region. If not, hey, don't blame me - the place is such a hodgepodge of elements (hill people in the swamps, mountain coal mines overlooking... the Chesapeake Bay?) that processing it all can be enough to make me go cross-eyed.
The regionally and/or geographically astute may well note that the station might make a bit more sense coming from southwest of the Capital Wasteland, and I'd agree - but that doesn't give us anything to listen to down in Point Lookout, does it? Anyhow, what you got here is 20 songs of tragedy, prohibition, drinking, dying, being poor, killing, an occasional railroad, a tiny bit of goofiness, and sometimes a friendly reminder that the Lord and your momma don't want you doing any of this stuff -- all set to fiddle, guitar, banjo, harmonica, and... jug. Oh yes, we got some jug band action.
As the station goes now, it's set to play in the exterior cells and linked interiors in the Point Lookout area. There's no DJ, and I haven't gotten my head around the scripting enough yet to set the playlist to prevent track repetition (looks simple though, and after reading up a bit on it that's the first on my to-do list). I hope to start expanding/tuning up soon, but I wanted to lay out the bare bones for the station (and maybe gauge interest in the project - if everybody tells me to go to hell then hey, there's some time saved).
If you enjoy the mod, that's great. If you love the music as much as I do now, that's even greater. If you have any suggestions for more tracks and/or other ideas that might make the station grow, I'm all ears. If you hate the music, feel free to not tell me, because I couldn't care less. Go listen to your hophipping or rat music or whatever you kids are into nowadays.
IF IT HASN'T BEEN MADE CLEAR ENOUGH YET, THIS MOD REQUIRES THE POINT LOOKOUT DLC.
Songs Used And The People What Played Them
==========================================
A Broken Down Saint - The Carter Family
When You See Those Flying Saucers - The Buchanan Brothers
Henry Lee - Dick Justice
Drunkard's Special - Coley Jones
Old Lady and the Devil - Bill & Belle Reed
Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
Sail Away Lady - Uncle Burt Stephens
Newport Blues - The Cincinnati Jug Band
Country Blues - Dock Boggs
K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
Ommie Wise - G.B. Grayson
The Butcher's Boy - Buell Kazee
John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family
Pretty Polly - B.F. Shelton
Coal Creek March - Marion Underwood
How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live - Blind Alfred Reed
Packin' Trunk - Lead Belly
Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs
Cuckoo Bird - Clarence Ashley
Keep On the Sunny Side - The Carter Family
Installation
============
Extract the .esp and sound folder contained in the .rar file directly into the Data folder where you have Fallout 3 installed. Activate LookoutRadio.esp and start up the game at your leisure. Print this readme and stick it to your fridge or just burn it (kids, get help from your parents for this part). If you travel to Point Lookout or just load a save from inside the area, you'll now pick up Lookout Radio on your pipboy and have you some tunes to murder hill folk to!
Uninstallation
==============
Seriously? You're breaking my heart, man.
Alright. Go to your Data folder, Delete LookoutRadio.esp and then go into your Data/sound/songs/radio/ and delete the Lookout folder.
Known Issues
============
None! I'm sure somebody will find a way to give me a headache though, so good luck!
Acknowledgements
================
I'm not a dumb guy, but I'll readily admit that I'm rarely the smartest guy in the room. Honestly this GECK stuff, like programming and scripting and such normally just flies by a few miles over my head. That said, it took me no less than THREE radio tutorials to get a handle on what little I've done with this mod so far, and without all three of them this wouldn't have happened, because I learned different stuff from each one. So if you want to try doing something like this as well, are about as smart as me, and don't want to become an alcoholic, these are the tutorials I learned from (give these guys some props, people taking the time to do these writeups are a godsend):
Adding a Custom Radio Station by Rekicker (http://www.fallout3nexus.com/articles/article.php?id=41)
Crow's Radio Tutorial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utyr6mRoR4c)
Waysted Radio Tutorial (http://www.theengineeringguild.co.uk/fallout-3-waysted-radio-tutorial)