Perhaps you could make it compatible with the CAM (Chems and Alcohol) mod, so it can work with all the special drinks added by the mod. (As in if you have 4 different scotches, they can all go in the bottle)
if your up for it, i made myself a little custom canteen, with enclave, bos, ncr, legion and old world symbols on it ...i may even make one with all the factions in the entire game on, like with little stickers of each faction or something, as a "courier's" canteen, but is it possible to make it harder to earn, so maybe make it so you get it when you earn a rep with every faction? or some such ....just some ideas
Just as a suggestion, maybe for the NCRCF canteen have the craftable thing as something along the lines of "Blood, sweat and toil" (Considering they were hard laborers) or something to do with escaping, maybe a canteen full of bobby pins (and a recipe to craft them) or explosives (Well these are the powder gangers).
Some of my ideas are: - an Elvis canteen with a silhouette of the King or The King's guitar logo (the logo on the school of impersonation). - a Courier canteen, just a plain metal canteen that Doc Mitchell gives you so you could keep/display the other canteens as collectibles - a Silver Rush canteen with the Silver Rush logo as the canteen picture - a Fiend canteen with a chems mixed with alcohol recipe - a Primm canteen with Primm Slim or a cowboy hat as the canteen picture. - a unique NCR Ranger canteen with the Ranger motto For Honorable Service, Against All Tyrants, the NCR Bear and the gold details similar to that of the Ranger Sequoia, you could place this near Chief Hanlon at Camp Golf
might i suggest that the sierra madre canteen go in the bunker, rather than sierra madre itself?
I haven't placed the Dead Money Canteen yet. It will have 5 spawn locations, one will probably be in the bunker, the other four will not be. I don't even have Dead Money yet, so I haven't committed to any ideas on that canteen.
also, random locations don't make much sense for faction related canteens, though hiding them much better within that factions respective hideout is definitely good.
They are random in the sense that you will not find them in the exact same spots on every play-through. They are still associated with their factions but will only be found in areas that the faction has a presence. IE: the NCR canteen may be found in Camp McCarren, Camp Golf, Camp Mojave, or in one of the many outposts across the waste. Smaller factions will be easier to find since there arn't a whole lot of places for them to be.
I do have ideas for actual canteens too.
This next version will have a total of 21 canteens. 10 are from v1.xx, 4 are new that correspond to factions in the base game (see screenshot). 1 is a unique canteen that is a reward for finding all the other canteens. 1 will be for Dead Money. The remaining 5 will not be added to the gameworld yet, they are place-holders for future DLC. Its a lot easier for me to add multiple canteens at once, rather than do them 1 per update. So in response to your suggestions... I do not plan to add anymore canteens other than DLC canteens past this next update. If I do later down the road, I'll keep your suggestions in mind.
Edit: Actually... after reading through your suggestions again... I really do like them. We'll see.
might i suggest that the sierra madre canteen go in the bunker, rather than sierra madre itself? for those of us who either don't want to or don't feel like getting a 'return to sierra madre' mod.
also, random locations don't make much sense for faction related canteens, though hiding them much better within that factions respective hideout is definitely good.
I do have ideas for actual canteens too.
the first is Freeside, the canteen texture itself being severely beaten up and rusted, maybe with an atomic wrangler logo. its pipboy icon could be an elvis hair vault boy, taken from the freeside faction logo or something. it could have a recipe Hoff's Brew, a mixture of alcohols and drug stimulants that reduce pain, increase AP regeneration and reduce weapon sway... or something..
could also have one with the Bright Brotherhood, the canteen itself might have a few points on it that glow only slightly, and have a radioactivity symbol on it, the icon probably just another radioactivity symbol, and the recipe for Bright Holy Water, which has a temporary affect like the ghoul mask, and makes ghouls friendly, but its highly radioactive itself.
could also have a Fiend canteen, and its just a normal canteen spattered in blood, its icon could just shrink and borrow that of a fiend helmet, and the recipe could be Fiend Combat Potion, which combines a ton of drugs in absinthe, and if its possible to script it, it might have any number of random effects on you, ranging from increases in one or more combat skills, perceptions, abilities, or penalties to them, and the possibility to become addicted to one or more drugs simultaneously
Maybe even a canteen for yourself, for the independent vegas/anarchy faction, with yesman.. the canteen could maybe have an anarchy symbol, or yesman's face on it or something... but this idea is honestly the most halfbaked of all of my ideas.
v1.10 is in the works. Will include: 5 new canteens & recipes -Powder Gangers -Enclave -Khans -Mojave Express -Ghost People (will require DLC) More recipes including Bitter Drink and Nuka Quantum Canteen locations will be random, many will be more hidden No restore health version combined into main Bug fixes
Could maybe add a canteen for the powder gangers? Have it give explosive skill and lockpicking. Recipe could be pistol powder and beer? Canteen icon could be a bomb and could call the recipe liquid Blast or something.
I was asked to make a compatibility patch for Imp's More Complex Needs and Portable Tent. In doing so, I found that I really enjoyed Imp's mod. As a result, I will start on a compatibility patch for collectible canteens. It's going to be a pretty big task, so it may take awhile to do.
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Copy and Pasted from my comment. :-)
- an Elvis canteen with a silhouette of the King or The King's guitar logo (the logo on the school of impersonation).
- a Courier canteen, just a plain metal canteen that Doc Mitchell gives you so you could keep/display the other canteens as collectibles
- a Silver Rush canteen with the Silver Rush logo as the canteen picture
- a Fiend canteen with a chems mixed with alcohol recipe
- a Primm canteen with Primm Slim or a cowboy hat as the canteen picture.
- a unique NCR Ranger canteen with the Ranger motto For Honorable Service, Against All Tyrants, the NCR Bear and the gold details similar to that of the Ranger Sequoia, you could place this near Chief Hanlon at Camp Golf
I haven't placed the Dead Money Canteen yet. It will have 5 spawn locations, one will probably be in the bunker, the other four will not be. I don't even have Dead Money yet, so I haven't committed to any ideas on that canteen.
They are random in the sense that you will not find them in the exact same spots on every play-through. They are still associated with their factions but will only be found in areas that the faction has a presence. IE: the NCR canteen may be found in Camp McCarren, Camp Golf, Camp Mojave, or in one of the many outposts across the waste. Smaller factions will be easier to find since there arn't a whole lot of places for them to be.
This next version will have a total of 21 canteens. 10 are from v1.xx, 4 are new that correspond to factions in the base game (see screenshot). 1 is a unique canteen that is a reward for finding all the other canteens. 1 will be for Dead Money. The remaining 5 will not be added to the gameworld yet, they are place-holders for future DLC. Its a lot easier for me to add multiple canteens at once, rather than do them 1 per update. So in response to your suggestions... I do not plan to add anymore canteens other than DLC canteens past this next update. If I do later down the road, I'll keep your suggestions in mind.
Edit: Actually... after reading through your suggestions again... I really do like them. We'll see.
also, random locations don't make much sense for faction related canteens, though hiding them much better within that factions respective hideout is definitely good.
I do have ideas for actual canteens too.
the first is Freeside, the canteen texture itself being severely beaten up and rusted, maybe with an atomic wrangler logo. its pipboy icon could be an elvis hair vault boy, taken from the freeside faction logo or something. it could have a recipe Hoff's Brew, a mixture of alcohols and drug stimulants that reduce pain, increase AP regeneration and reduce weapon sway... or something..
could also have one with the Bright Brotherhood, the canteen itself might have a few points on it that glow only slightly, and have a radioactivity symbol on it, the icon probably just another radioactivity symbol, and the recipe for Bright Holy Water, which has a temporary affect like the ghoul mask, and makes ghouls friendly, but its highly radioactive itself.
could also have a Fiend canteen, and its just a normal canteen spattered in blood, its icon could just shrink and borrow that of a fiend helmet, and the recipe could be Fiend Combat Potion, which combines a ton of drugs in absinthe, and if its possible to script it, it might have any number of random effects on you, ranging from increases in one or more combat skills, perceptions, abilities, or penalties to them, and the possibility to become addicted to one or more drugs simultaneously
Maybe even a canteen for yourself, for the independent vegas/anarchy faction, with yesman.. the canteen could maybe have an anarchy symbol, or yesman's face on it or something... but this idea is honestly the most halfbaked of all of my ideas.
5 new canteens & recipes
-Powder Gangers
-Enclave
-Khans
-Mojave Express
-Ghost People (will require DLC)
More recipes including Bitter Drink and Nuka Quantum
Canteen locations will be random, many will be more hidden
No restore health version combined into main
Bug fixes
IMCN support will be released after v1.10