About this mod
This mod fixes a bug (well, not really a bug) where NPCs at the Mojave Outpost would type on thin air when sitting at a desk.
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fact that the chairs that were placed at the desks have built in placeholders for terminals or typewriters to be placed, and when an npc sits on one of these chairs they
automatically assume that a typing implement has been placed at this location and they begin the typing animation. You could place a chair in the middle of the desert, without
a desk, and they would still start typing if they sat on it. (Believe me, I did just that. Was quite amusing.) Anyways, I'm sure there are numerous instances of this issue
occurring throughout the game, and I think it is kind of lazy on Obsidian and Bethesda's part. They needed to make two different office chairs, one with the placeholder and one
without. But I understand the enormous time constraints attached to games, and not much time is allotted to the creation of non-gameplay assets. Had they made two different
office chairs, it would have been much easier and quicker to fix this issue, as I could just replace the chairs. I'm sure they didn't really even think about this when placing
the chairs. Most places where these chairs are located are abandoned offices with no NPCs around to sit in them, so the issue likely never came up. It's just that the Mojave
Outpost has so many NPCs all looking for somewhere to sit, the issue comes up quite frequently.
What I have done to fix this specific issue in the Mojave Outpost HQ is simply add terminals and some typewriters to the desks that were lacking them. Some desks already had
typewriters on them, but weren't in the correct location, so I just moved them. For desks that already had the typewriters, I left them the same, all other desks had computer
terminals added to them. I did this because the typing sound, to me, sounds like a computer keyboard and not a typewriter. But you may think differently. One desk had a Ham
Radio right where the typing placeholder was, so in order to place a typing implement I had to move it and a lamp over slightly. Other then that, the only other changes made
(in addition to the previously mentioned ones) was I removed a chair that was behind the front desk and replaced it with one that doesn't have a typing placeholder. The chair
that was originally there was not even meant for the area in which it was placed, and if someone sat there their hands would clip through the front desk as they played the
typing animation.
Ok, so that was a needlessly long description, but I wanted you to know exactly what was wrong and what I have changed. This mod shouldn't conflict with any other mod, unless
they alter the Mojave Outpost HQ desks and chairs as well. Which, in all probability, they don't. All in all, it's a small issue, but if you are a stickler for authenticity or
just found it annoying then you should appreciate this mod.