Since we've now got this awesome Stickies system....
This seems a good place to deal with general issues.
1. Next update will come when it's good and ready. Though work and playing with other games do seem to slow the process down. Feel free to cajole, bribe or threaten me with grievous bodily harm if you want more Mad Science sooner
2. I'm aware that a number of the weapons and gadgets aren't -entirely- working to spec. these are fixed in my current build for the most part. I'll edit this sticky with a full list of known bugs as I find them.
3. "Can I have <insert idea here>?" Yes, you can. I'm awesome like that Just two conditions: a) it has to fit the whole Mad Science theme, otherwise I'll save it for another mod or b) it has to be actually feasible in the engine while I'd love to make your shoulder-mounted minigun in the style of Warmachine, I've got no idea where to begin doing something like that...maybe I can figure something with scripted objects that follow the player around and look at what you look at....hey! that's an idea! XD
4. Installation: I try not to have too many versions floating around. if in doubt, start at the one labelled V1.0, work upward to whatever the current version number is. But the (only) main file should be all you ever need.
5. There is a spoilers file, it's mostly complete, if something isn't on it, it's either not meant to be, or I forgot it. Make a note of it here in the comments and I'll make sure to add it for the next release 5b. if the instructions are wrong, or don't seem to work, pop me a message either here or on a PM and I'll try and sort it. it's possible it's broken and not working, or you're just not doing it right.
6. regarding custom assets: I make all my own stuff as a rule. I use existing models and textures from the game to do it. I am utterly god-awful at my own custom assets, see the picture of the forcefield "armor" in the images section for a prime example. You probably shouldn't ask for things that cannot be made with mash-ups of existing assets that said, I can do a LOT with those assets, so feel free to push the boundaries
7. Yes, nearly everything in this mod must inevitably explode, it's a rule. if you've run out of ammo for an awesome gun and you're facing down a deathclaw...throw your gun at him and shoot at the gun with a pistol or something..you never know...it might go nuclear. might. depends on the gun That gives me an idea for a new mod....Exploding Ammo Cookoffs. watch where you hurl that grenade or you might get a spray of bullets from the box of ammo on the table...maybe not for mad science
What is the pose mod you guys are using i love it can you give me a link? That's a good idea make some poses in your mod to fit the whole mad scientist the poses in the screen shot remind me of the pyro!
" Next update will come when it's good and ready. Though work and playing with other games do seem to slow the process down. Feel free to cajole, bribe or threaten me with grievous bodily harm if you want more Mad Science sooner."
Ok Ruadhan, break time is over. It's been over an year since your last update! ... lol ...
As much as I love this mod it needs more Steins;Gate references. Keep up the good work or I'll- damn I'm not mean enough just do it when you feel like it I guess. ._.
Well, you're posting replies so it's assumed you are reading this in some capacity (at least periodically).
Loving the mod so far (although the tesla rifle needs a better texture job.. it looks like I'm getting the blurry world version akin to the problem the gauss rifle had, and if that IS the case it's a bug to note). but I can think of one major mad science thing you're missing.
Genetics.
Seriously, who wouldn't LOVE to be a mad geneticist playing with the building blocks of life? It's the very stuff that brought us cazadores, nightstalkers, and radscorpions! And *deathclaws*. It's easy too, toss a little FEV in and throw some stuff together and watch! So obviously the mod needs a way to branch into mad genetics (like distilling centaur blood for FEV strains, then from there coming up with ways to make your own mutated creatures from a few parts thrown together, or better yet come up with ways to inject yourself to up your performance! Who wouldn't want to kill a deathclaw, extract a genetic sample, and come up with a sequence to add retractable deathclaw claws to yourself (with a permanent bonus to unarmed perhaps and bypass of DR)? Or maybe a bit of ghouls to come upo with a way to live on radiation alone like the perks? (though the perks cover it, so something not overlapping?) Or maybe scorpions to not only come up with massively increased poison resistance, but auto-poisoning attacks? (Coupled with the deathclaw mutation you're suddenly an unarmed BEAST! )
Really, there's all sorts of things out there, and the trick would be you'd have to get samples from them all (probably meaning using some crafted 'blood collector' weapon firing a script to pull up what you hit, if that's easily done), and thus it's self-balanced by having to KILL the creatures first. So extracting blood to get regen from a lowly gecko is easy.. but a deathclaw will have to wait until the courier can start killing them...)
And that's off the top of my head. I'm sure you can come up with a hundred better ideas just as easily! (and consider this idea a bribe to add it into the next version )
That genetics idea sounds awesome. I think it could even be a mod in itself but it'll fit into this mod well. Hopefully the mod author will/can add this.
Including that Genetics Idea, You know what else seems or is missing? ANDROIDS! Heck, having a Army of Lobotomites and Seekers are cool but add Androids you can build and you got one terrifying combo, one catch though- the Androids can only be healed if you can repair them after all Androids are robots that act like Humans. But if you don't like Androids, cyber-dognizing dogs could be a replacement idea! heck its your choice Androids or Cyber-Dogs OR BOTH!
1. Nano-technology- Build Nanites with a empty syringe, scrap electronics, and whatever else to make those nanites that will heal you or repair your gun, its a good replacement if you're out of stimpaks, doctor bags, or weapon repair kits
2. Mutative Blood- take blood from centaurs or night stalkers and make a poison/ammo/SOMETHING of some kind and you can turn a hapless victim into some sort of ghoulish nightmare (like those creatures from The Thing)
3. Plasma/Ash Armor- Put Goo Piles or Ash Piles into a container and make some sort of armor out of it!
4. Alien Technology- You just killed some space invaders and you are so indulged into that Alien Blaster, you want to make Alien Weapons/Armor/Ammo/Aid/WHATEVER! Heck, you could even fool Aliens and make a device that will call Alien Reinforcements that will assist you like companions
That's all of my Mad Ideas so far But I WILL be back in the name of SCIENCE!
After being in a VERY Delirious state of mind I found 2 ideas and a way to help someone else's idea.
1. Hell- (Got this idea from DOOM 3) What in the world? You just took a death claws hand, you think its a demon and NOW you want to be able to craft devices to summon demonic freaks, summon demonic weapons and armor, Heal yourself, and repair your gear??? WHAT IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE IS THIS ILLOGIC??
2. Eggs- those eggs of these creatures seem fairly useless, oh I have an idea! Lets make some humanoid versions of those egg bearing creatures!
3. Wrist-blaster- (Saw this idea in the comments around here somewhere & ST's robot race mod) I found a way to make a weapon to fit on your wrist AND be ON your wrist! I can't really explain though but see if you can talk to the creator of the Robot Race mod one of the perks of that mod is an arm mounted M.E.G.A gun and I think you can make a wrist version of it, except our wrist blaster will either fire plasma or lasers!
EDIT 1: SmileyTops made the robot race mod to prevent author hunting
EDIT 2: I give ALL of the credit for the wrist-blaster idea to Gullio1 back on page 3 of this comment section
Ideas...where do I even get them? Oh yeah the media!
1. Fallout: Attack Of The Clones- I found some cloning equipment and I need help making a device of some kind that will allow me to make a clone army of myself or NPCs!
2. Captain Mojave!- We should make a chemical or something that will make us stronger, faster, jump higher, & see faster!
3. Deathclaw Testosterone!- inject isolated deathclaw testosterone and be stronger AND take more damage! Why? CAUSE I'M GENETICALLY SUPERIOR!!!
4. The Incredible Mutant!- Yep title says it all, inject yourself with some FEV and become a really angry mutant for 5 minutes!
5. Wasteland Troopers!- Cazadors, Radscorpions, radroaches, bark scorpions, Preying Mantises, Giant Ants, Fire Ants- Shouldn't someone try to make an army out of them and take over the world?
Guess who's back? I got some fresh out of the trash can ideas today!
1. The Monster of Lake Las Vegas!- Lets play around with some Lakelurks, haven't seen anyone touch them yet, we should take their genetic makeup and make some chem of some sort for underwater breathing!
2. Empire of The Ants!- Giant Ants are cool, they attack without hesitation, they breath freakin' fire and they seem useable- How about we make a mind control device or something to make some Ants our companions?
3. Fallout: The Mutant Menace- Nobody likes mutants, except US!, Lets play around with F.E.V and make some freakbags or ourselves as mutants!
4. Mad Science Power Armor- I wonder what happens when you combine Mad Science and Power Armor? Hmm...it would add up to Mad Science Power Armor! (M.S.P.A)
That's my ideas for now, I'll see you Mad Scientists when the trash can gives me ideas!
He's BACK! Let me share some awesome TV collected mad ideas!
1. Acid - Lets face it, Acid is one powerful substance, but how about for weapons? Lets implement some acidic weaponry to this mod! complete with Rifles, Pistols, Launchers, Grenades, and Melee!
1. Mean Green Mother - It's Mean and Green! It's the one, the only...SPORE CARRIERS!!!! Lets have the ability to unlock our plant abilities and make some spore buddies and plant powers!
3. Red Light- Who doesn't like Lasers? Nobody! cause We should make some Laser Grenades! It will be one lightshow!
4. Raggedy Roaches!- Radroaches...so useless! Should we make a device or something to make 'em useful? How about humanoid roaches?
Well fellow Scientist, Lobotomist, Laser/Plasma freaks. Mad Biologist, and Rad Radiationers! These are my ideas for now! I'll see YOU in the next experiment! Bye-Bye!!!!!
@Lazuruslevis The house has a robot inside it, it's part of vanilla FNV, so you can find info on the wiki if you really need it. There are relatively few Mr Gutsy robots in FNV so that page should point you at it!
For the record, the reason I haven't updated in so long is not for lack of material. The problem is that I have to create unlock quests for every single weapon! I've got a LOT of weapons and gadgets in Mad Science, not many of which have quests.
I've also been somewhat put off modding by my day-job. I write games for a living, so coming home to modding feels a little too much like work My creative juices are mostly soaked up during the day. Holidays are good times though! My sporadic focus on modding has been specifically on Vault 105 of late. Mad Science will take a back seat until that's received at least one release. There's not much left to do before that release, just needs time and Juice to get it done.
So thanks for your continuing enthusiasm and support! It really means a lot to me and I feel pretty bad for leaving you guys hanging with nothing.
If you prefer not to wait what might be a very long time, I can bundle up what I've got and release it, no new quests, few if any new crafting recipes. but lots of cool things to try out!
It's set inside a Mad Science lair, though the lair is buggy. in particular I've been having problems with being unable to move. not sure what's going on there. COC commands seem to work okay though. so the areas are:
COC aaMSDebug - Contains not just the crates containing examples of all weapons and gadgets available in the mod, but also an NPC you can talk to about the mod. Readme files are for noobs! COC aaMSLairEntrance - Feel the Glow! COC aaMSLairInterior01 - entirely placeholder. though kinda cool COC aaMSLairInterior02 - combat arena. eventually it'll have all sorts of difficulty levels of NPCs to kill and will be reset-able.
Hmm... Gonna take a look and try for myself if I happen to get the issue, but it sounds to me like one of those "cutscenes" where you're forced to stand in place and holster your weapon. Theoretically, typing "enableplayercontrols" into the console should fix it... Oh, and thanks for releasig the update, by the way! ^_^
yep, looks like the door in particular has a script on it to do it. it's taken from the tops casino I believe. I just released a 30 second fix for it. works now.
1. Tesla Pistol and Grenades- Ever felt like Zapping the living guts out of somebody or blowing them up with shocky stuff? Then build some tesla pistols and grenades!
2. Abductions- I wonder why I have 12 NPCs missing from my game? Oh wait, I took them for my experiments...
3. Brain Bots- I've always wanted to make a Robo Brain in Jars!
4. Ghoulish Nightmares- Making Ghouls should be easy as a explosion of rads
5. Technical Bugs-Yes, I mean it, Insects from the game with tech strapped onto them as a minion
Well, The trash can is empty now, (Yes, It's a litteral trash can.) I'll be back next time I find Fresh new ideas!
"Exo-Frame - Acquire one of the three notes carried by the Brotherhood Paladins (Repconn HQ, Black Mountain Crater, Nellis Town) + have previously unlocked at least four of the other items added by this mod."
It's been a while since I last looked at that file XD
Hmm, then I think I should have gotten notes about the exo-suit by now, and I haven't. I dunno, perhaps I haven't discovered as much as I think I have ^^;;
EDIT: Quick couple of other things while we're talking about how so unlock stuff(beware possible spoilers for other readers). I got the frenzy grenades in one playthrough and they were awesome. Loved 'em. How do you get those again? Err, was it something with Motor-Runner, maybe? Then while I'm at it, more questions and ideas because this mod really gets me thinking What if you were to cause the frenzy grenades to have a negative effect on the player so that you can't just throw them with complete reckless abandon everywhere? I was thinking a script to make you vilified from every faction in the game, playable or otherwise, so that just about everyone would attack you, similar to a frenzied NPC. Would make for interesting kill-everyone playthroughs. Then if that's not easily possible to make happen, just some boring ol' stat penalties, perhaps XD
That also leads me to asking - are there any other weapons that take on the frenzy effect? I took a look through the test cell and that did not seem to be the case, but I want to be sure. I mean, maybe part of the progression would be making things like dart guns or other crazy contraptions to frenzy one particular target without endangering yourself or other bystanders.
Lastly - how do you get the brain hunter perk? Or, rather, the step before making it available? I've always felt it would have something to do with Robobrains but never figured out exactly how to make it work :x
After looking at my collection of "Mars Attacks!"- I GOT INSANE IDEAS!!!!
1. Insta-fry ray gun- (If you seen the movie) I think a ray gun or a weapon mod to the tesla weapons that turns enemies into skeletons is a awesome idea!
1b. Delimbing laser gun thing- (IF you can't figure the 1st idea out but have seen the trading cards) A laser that melts limbs off! The Martians used them in the trading card series
2. Shrink ray- (Both in movie and trading cards) I think taking a sonic emitter and turning it into a shrink ray would be fun!
3. Big ass bug army- ( Trading card series) Building size bugs, No harm to the world
4. Brainwashing Probe Gun- (Found on a rare card of mars attacks) Shoot a probe into a enemy and force them to your side of a fight!
5. Freeze ray- ( In the 50th anniversary book of Mars Attacks) Name says it all, Take a energy weapon of ice and freeze the enemies before you
Well, Thanks to my Mars Attacks! Collection, I have just made more ideas! I will be back next time!
Some ideas I have for the mad science house: Sierra Madre Chips/Vending Machines: After finishing Dead Money and Old World Blues you "procured" a "used" Sierra Mandre vending Machine from Big MT. However, the machine has been "thoroughly used" over the years... Maybe it would be safer to use the one at the Brotherhood Safehouse? Chance on use to create a explosion of rads, doing minor damage and making you glow like plutonium (not literally... though that would be pretty cool). Can be used to create new unstable recipes that are cheaper, but are much more likely to explode.
The Workshop: For those that are missing that one schematic. Powered by cold fusion, madness, and a hint of irradiated combustible lemon, throw together a lot of scrap, sensor modules, spare parts, and other sciency things in your 'tinkering". Divide a 100% chance by the number of unknown mad-science schematics to get the chance of discovering a more expensive/unstable version of it, a prototype, and a hint on how to get the full schematic. Failing will consume all the materials... and create a very large explosion. Maybe you shouldn't have put your workshop on top of the cold fusion reactor? Also doubles as a crafting area, with the advanced facilities give a bonus to crafting skills.
The "Medical" Laboratory: Note: Might be tricky. Most people don't know the difference between a pill and a tablet these days, never-mind know which medicine works. But with some persuasion, they all do! Isn't the Placebo effect wonderful? Throw in some ingredient like "powdered death-claw fangs" and it makes people think it can do anything... wait... these lab tests are interesting, I wonder if it actually works? When you build/activate/finish/repair the "medical" laboratory, you gain a number of tools equipped like weapons. Hit a corpse with them, and you collect "samples" each with their own "attribute" based on the corpse. Collect nails, hair, fur, brains, and other "samples" to return to the lab. Turn them into "compounds" by placing them in a box to queue them up for refinement. A Robo-Brain's brain might offer "cognus" or "longevtus" or other pseudo-Latin compounds. Combine compounds into various custom "chems" ad let the placebo effect do its job. And while these won't explode, sometimes you get a bad batch and weird thing happen. Like pink elephants wreaking havoc, A supermutant debt-collector in a top-hat coming to break your legs, things like that.
P.A.C./R.A.T. : The Personal Attack Cart/Rocket Arsenal Tank. A Mobile Fortress capable of leveling a city and carrying a small nation's worth of weapons and ammo... Now if only you could figure out how to turn off the pacifism protocol... and the parking break... and make it not spew rads when you open it's arsenal... A "summonable chest" that, after waiting an hour (and only using wait/sleep, its very shy) will appear so you can store your junk. However, opening its inventory has a small, insignificant, technical malfunction of irradiating you... a lot. Can (AKA will) also transform certain consumables into their irradiated equivalents, like water to dirty water. Note: remind the interns it is NOT a "chicken-walker" despite how it looks... Speaking of Interns...
Unpaid Interns: This would be big (and a lot of work). After having unlocked enough recipes and having sufficient barter you can start a (probably evil) corporation to sell your designs to the world... But more importantly, gain access to a large number of unpaid interns! Send them out to collect rare materials and build lesser versions of your creations for caps. Start a bidding war between House, the NCR, and The Brotherhood for cheap rip-offs of your genius. Basically the garrison from WoW. Go to a terminal, assemble the unpaid interns, and give them orders to collect, build, or sell things. As you invent, build, and sell more creations, you can "hire" more interns for work experience and a commendation. Explore new areas and build your reputation to unlock more "errands".
But seriously, at some point I'll add a bridge..maybe a forcefield bridge....The ultimate in security nobody can cross it without you turning it on for them!
As for the ideas, I'm loving all of it! Something of a fixation on radioactive explosions though... Not necessarily a bad thing, one of my other creations was a Rad-harvesting Implant you can get in Vault 105, allowing you to heal in radiation like a Ghoul...
Hey Dr. Raudhaun, I think another fix update is needed. My Lobotomite Minions for some reason have become belligerent to anything that is not human, especially friendly non-human creatures. I'm pretty sure you may or may not have fixed this issue in the past, but if you DID fix it before, it's back.
I think that there is a bug with the Plasma Blaster. I took Nuka Chemist and got the Nuka Rilfe, but when I did legend of the star and picked up Mark's last word I didn't get anything.
Also, I have a suggestion for a future item, maybe a gun that teleport you to where the projectile hit, or a little drone that you can control, that allow you to teleport to its location
The exo suit is awsome, i use it for every armor and works well with it. but its a prototype, i think it can be imoroved.
Maybe after some time wearing it, you get more ideas, based on how it functions such as 1. if you regulate the hydrolic output and stream line the servos you think you can make this thing go faster wont be able to hold as much but you can run faster. 2. after repeated loading of your weapon you think you can get the action programed into your the suits redundancy systems, requires more fine motor skills but you think it can be done. (less of a str bonus but reload actions are faster) 3. you think you can amplify the shock absorption of the system falling or jumping wont seam so bad unfortunately you have to put more hydraulics and springs into it( its heavier but you can jump higher and land safer (increased how far you have to fall before you take damage)) 4. with some added sensor modules and a bit of programing that heavy gun aint heavy anymore you wont be lifting a ton of dead weight but but the shock of recoil aint bad either, ( the weapons that you have hot keyed dont have weight anymore. and reduced spread,)
thats all i can think of at the moment, but adding flavors to the exo suit would be cool, and would be cool too if you could use some paint and or sandpaper to make it look shiny and new. i mean your mad, but that doesn't mean you cant have shiny new toys.
FIRST, Lancer, your ideas are brilliant, but I guarantee that they will need NVSE to operate. Given the fact "control" mechanics need NVSE and tele-shot tools need it too.
SECOND, Ideas! Everybody LOVES(or hates due to having references) my ideas! Down to business!
1. Cybernetics- Everybody LOVES cybernetics! I always wanted to replace my faulty arm for a robo-arm or Robo-Ghouls brain with a synthetic brain!
2. Ant Suit- (I know what your thinking) I think a suit that turns us down to tiny size or huge is a great idea! (totally NOT stolen from my friend, Dr. Pym.)
3. Copy-cat suit thing- (NOT MY IDEA) My friend saw me play this mod the other day and said "Why not a suit that can allow you to look like another NPC for some fun? That would be the ULTIMATE DISGUISE!" I said no but he threatened to take my Starbucks gift card away. Pitty
That's my ideas and Idea assist for now! I'll see YOU in my next experiment!
Hey there Ruadhan, great mod, I've only installed it a couple days ago but I'm having a lot of fun with it, even though I've only unlocked 5 ''inspirations'' (The Gauss Cannon is orgasmically chaotic btw).
Listen, I know you've probably heard this a thousand times, but despite the fact that I finished the dead BoS Paladin notes fetch quest, and have already unlocked 4 MS notes, I still can't seem to get the Exo-Suit schematics. I went back to all the corpses and nothing. I even tried player.additem xx001a25 1 in the console but apparently such an item does not exist in my game. Can i find it in the lair? I'd rather avoid force reseting the entire BoS questline just for this.
I can't seem to access the debug room for some reason :/ Tried both COC aaMSDebug and coc aaMSDbug, as well as coc aaMSLairEntrance Nothing seems to work for me :/
Like I said earlier, Look around Crescent Canyon- Look UP HIGH to the SOUTH in the MIDDLE-ish area of Crescent Canyon then use no clip to get to the entrance. I know this sounds harder than the cheats but trust me, Its worth the jog.
Thanks a lot If I may ask another thing; currently playing through Dead Money, and I am having some trouble unlocking the Holorifle :/ Have read the spoilers-file and it is in my inventory, but nothing seems to happen when I activate a workbench ^^; (trying the one in the clinic basement right now)
Well, I already HAVE discovered saturnite, and it says in the file that I have to: * Holorifle - examine the holorifle at a workbench * Heavy Holorifle - examine holorifle at a workbench * holopistol - discover Saturnite, unlock Holorifle
Now I remember! You have to literally take a holorifle to a bench and craft it into a schematic then from there you *should* gain the ability of learning a both holorifles. Take note on *should* because It's been a long, long time since I rediscovered the holorifle.
EDIT: Also take note that after you take the holorifle to a bench and gain the schematic, the schematic is glitched and you need to put it into a container of some kind, exit container, reopen container, then the schematic is fixed
I see Sadly, for some reason I am not getting any option to make a scematic of the holorifle :/ Do I need to do it after I am done with Dead Money before it'll work maybe?
Only things showing up under the 'breakdown' section is options regarding dismantling this for components. No option appears that have ANYTHING to do with the Holorifle :/
1: Holoarmor. Like Mass Effects' Tech armor http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Tech_Armor using hologram tech. Maybe make it run on action points?
2: More Cyborgs. Robco Certified gives us cyberlobotomites, cyberdogs, cyberroaches, and cyberclaws. There is no reason we can't make cybernetic versions of more creatures. Cybernightstalkers? Cyberlurks? Cybercazadors? Cyberghouls? Cybermutants?
3: Studying ghost people could give you ideas for a perfected version of their suit that actually protects against environmental hazards.
4: The cloud could be weaponized in grenades and mines that leave a cloud of poison gas.
5: Some sort of pheromone that makes feral ghouls non-hostile. Pretty easy to do, just something that adds the player to their faction like your Robot IFF.
6: A use for Robco Certified Deathclaw Brains. Maybe use them to make stronger brainbots?
Well, since you ask... It'd be nice the if Scientist's Lair debug room had the notes lying around to pick up to learn the recipies. For some reason, they aren't unlocking for me (probably due to other mods that change the things that unlock them), so having the ability to pick up the recipe to craft more ammo and such would be useful, as opposed to the one-time ammo drop there.
I know this is a old mod but i need some help: for some reason i can't make lobotomite minions ( the option don't pop up when i crouch and click a dead bodie ) any help ? or idea of what is causing this ?
Is there a console command for the custom laser pistol? I don't see any for it in the spoilers readme, for some reason it won't unlock for me even though I'm carrying all the mad science parts there is from breaking down weapons and looting from robots.
They seemed to work together just fine back when I used RobCo Certified. There will be instances where you'll be able to get similar things that aren't interchangeable (e.g. both mods let you collect brains for their respective purposes, both mods let you make Lobotomites in some way).
Any TTW users will probably be interested in my little TTW patch found here. It doesn't encompass all aspects of the mod, but you'll be able to find the new robot components far more consistently in Fallout 3 and its DLCs.
hey so i installed this mod late into a run and some paraameters are already met but i dont have the stuff that i should have. is there any fix to this besides using the console?
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This seems a good place to deal with general issues.
1. Next update will come when it's good and ready. Though work and playing with other games do seem to slow the process down. Feel free to cajole, bribe or threaten me with grievous bodily harm if you want more Mad Science sooner
2. I'm aware that a number of the weapons and gadgets aren't -entirely- working to spec. these are fixed in my current build for the most part. I'll edit this sticky with a full list of known bugs as I find them.
3. "Can I have <insert idea here>?" Yes, you can. I'm awesome like that
4. Installation: I try not to have too many versions floating around. if in doubt, start at the one labelled V1.0, work upward to whatever the current version number is. But the (only) main file should be all you ever need.
5. There is a spoilers file, it's mostly complete, if something isn't on it, it's either not meant to be, or I forgot it. Make a note of it here in the comments and I'll make sure to add it for the next release
5b. if the instructions are wrong, or don't seem to work, pop me a message either here or on a PM and I'll try and sort it. it's possible it's broken and not working, or you're just not doing it right.
6. regarding custom assets: I make all my own stuff as a rule. I use existing models and textures from the game to do it. I am utterly god-awful at my own custom assets, see the picture of the forcefield "armor" in the images section for a prime example. You probably shouldn't ask for things that cannot be made with mash-ups of existing assets
7. Yes, nearly everything in this mod must inevitably explode, it's a rule. if you've run out of ammo for an awesome gun and you're facing down a deathclaw...throw your gun at him and shoot at the gun with a pistol or something..you never know...it might go nuclear. might. depends on the gun
That gives me an idea for a new mod....Exploding Ammo Cookoffs. watch where you hurl that grenade or you might get a spray of bullets from the box of ammo on the table...maybe not for mad science
Ok Ruadhan, break time is over. It's been over an year since your last update! ... lol ...
Loving the mod so far (although the tesla rifle needs a better texture job.. it looks like I'm getting the blurry world version akin to the problem the gauss rifle had, and if that IS the case it's a bug to note). but I can think of one major mad science thing you're missing.
Genetics.
Seriously, who wouldn't LOVE to be a mad geneticist playing with the building blocks of life? It's the very stuff that brought us cazadores, nightstalkers, and radscorpions! And *deathclaws*. It's easy too, toss a little FEV in and throw some stuff together and watch! So obviously the mod needs a way to branch into mad genetics (like distilling centaur blood for FEV strains, then from there coming up with ways to make your own mutated creatures from a few parts thrown together, or better yet come up with ways to inject yourself to up your performance! Who wouldn't want to kill a deathclaw, extract a genetic sample, and come up with a sequence to add retractable deathclaw claws to yourself (with a permanent bonus to unarmed perhaps and bypass of DR)? Or maybe a bit of ghouls to come upo with a way to live on radiation alone like the perks? (though the perks cover it, so something not overlapping?) Or maybe scorpions to not only come up with massively increased poison resistance, but auto-poisoning attacks? (Coupled with the deathclaw mutation you're suddenly an unarmed BEAST! )
Really, there's all sorts of things out there, and the trick would be you'd have to get samples from them all (probably meaning using some crafted 'blood collector' weapon firing a script to pull up what you hit, if that's easily done), and thus it's self-balanced by having to KILL the creatures first. So extracting blood to get regen from a lowly gecko is easy.. but a deathclaw will have to wait until the courier can start killing them...)
And that's off the top of my head. I'm sure you can come up with a hundred better ideas just as easily! (and consider this idea a bribe to add it into the next version
1. Nano-technology- Build Nanites with a empty syringe, scrap electronics, and whatever else to make those nanites that will heal you or repair your gun, its a good replacement if you're out of stimpaks, doctor bags, or weapon repair kits
2. Mutative Blood- take blood from centaurs or night stalkers and make a poison/ammo/SOMETHING of some kind and you can turn a hapless victim into some sort of ghoulish nightmare (like those creatures from The Thing)
3. Plasma/Ash Armor- Put Goo Piles or Ash Piles into a container and make some sort of armor out of it!
4. Alien Technology- You just killed some space invaders and you are so indulged into that Alien Blaster, you want to make Alien Weapons/Armor/Ammo/Aid/WHATEVER! Heck, you could even fool Aliens and make a device that will call Alien Reinforcements that will assist you like companions
That's all of my Mad Ideas so far But I WILL be back in the name of SCIENCE!
1. Hell- (Got this idea from DOOM 3) What in the world? You just took a death claws hand, you think its a demon and NOW you want to be able to craft devices to summon demonic freaks, summon demonic weapons and armor, Heal yourself, and repair your gear??? WHAT IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE IS THIS ILLOGIC??
2. Eggs- those eggs of these creatures seem fairly useless, oh I have an idea! Lets make some humanoid versions of those egg bearing creatures!
3. Wrist-blaster- (Saw this idea in the comments around here somewhere & ST's robot race mod) I found a way to make a weapon to fit on your wrist AND be ON your wrist! I can't really explain though but see if you can talk to the creator of the Robot Race mod one of the perks of that mod is an arm mounted M.E.G.A gun and I think you can make a wrist version of it, except our wrist blaster will either fire plasma or lasers!
EDIT 1: SmileyTops made the robot race mod to prevent author hunting
EDIT 2: I give ALL of the credit for the wrist-blaster idea to Gullio1 back on page 3 of this comment section
1. Fallout: Attack Of The Clones- I found some cloning equipment and I need help making a device of some kind that will allow me to make a clone army of myself or NPCs!
2. Captain Mojave!- We should make a chemical or something that will make us stronger, faster, jump higher, & see faster!
3. Deathclaw Testosterone!- inject isolated deathclaw testosterone and be stronger AND take more damage! Why? CAUSE I'M GENETICALLY SUPERIOR!!!
4. The Incredible Mutant!- Yep title says it all, inject yourself with some FEV and become a really angry mutant for 5 minutes!
5. Wasteland Troopers!- Cazadors, Radscorpions, radroaches, bark scorpions, Preying Mantises, Giant Ants, Fire Ants- Shouldn't someone try to make an army out of them and take over the world?
That's my ideas for now but I'll be back.
1. The Monster of Lake Las Vegas!- Lets play around with some Lakelurks, haven't seen anyone touch them yet, we should take their genetic makeup and make some chem of some sort for underwater breathing!
2. Empire of The Ants!- Giant Ants are cool, they attack without hesitation, they breath freakin' fire and they seem useable- How about we make a mind control device or something to make some Ants our companions?
3. Fallout: The Mutant Menace- Nobody likes mutants, except US!, Lets play around with F.E.V and make some freakbags or ourselves as mutants!
4. Mad Science Power Armor- I wonder what happens when you combine Mad Science and Power Armor? Hmm...it would add up to Mad Science Power Armor! (M.S.P.A)
That's my ideas for now, I'll see you Mad Scientists when the trash can gives me ideas!
1. Acid - Lets face it, Acid is one powerful substance, but how about for weapons? Lets implement some acidic weaponry to this mod! complete with Rifles, Pistols, Launchers, Grenades, and Melee!
1. Mean Green Mother - It's Mean and Green! It's the one, the only...SPORE CARRIERS!!!! Lets have the ability to unlock our plant abilities and make some spore buddies and plant powers!
3. Red Light- Who doesn't like Lasers? Nobody! cause We should make some Laser Grenades! It will be one lightshow!
4. Raggedy Roaches!- Radroaches...so useless! Should we make a device or something to make 'em useful? How about humanoid roaches?
Well fellow Scientist, Lobotomist, Laser/Plasma freaks. Mad Biologist, and Rad Radiationers! These are my ideas for now! I'll see YOU in the next experiment! Bye-Bye!!!!!
The house has a robot inside it, it's part of vanilla FNV, so you can find info on the wiki if you really need it.
There are relatively few Mr Gutsy robots in FNV so that page should point you at it!
For the record, the reason I haven't updated in so long is not for lack of material.
The problem is that I have to create unlock quests for every single weapon!
I've got a LOT of weapons and gadgets in Mad Science, not many of which have quests.
I've also been somewhat put off modding by my day-job. I write games for a living, so coming home to modding feels a little too much like work
Holidays are good times though!
My sporadic focus on modding has been specifically on Vault 105 of late. Mad Science will take a back seat until that's received at least one release. There's not much left to do before that release, just needs time and Juice to get it done.
So thanks for your continuing enthusiasm and support! It really means a lot to me and I feel pretty bad for leaving you guys hanging with nothing.
If you prefer not to wait what might be a very long time, I can bundle up what I've got and release it, no new quests, few if any new crafting recipes. but lots of cool things to try out!
Let me know what you think.
I've just released Version 1.3.B
It contains all my current content.
Most particularly, I've added a Debug room
COC aaMSDebug
It's set inside a Mad Science lair, though the lair is buggy. in particular I've been having problems with being unable to move. not sure what's going on there.
COC commands seem to work okay though. so the areas are:
COC aaMSDebug - Contains not just the crates containing examples of all weapons and gadgets available in the mod, but also an NPC you can talk to about the mod. Readme files are for noobs!
COC aaMSLairEntrance - Feel the Glow!
COC aaMSLairInterior01 - entirely placeholder. though kinda cool
COC aaMSLairInterior02 - combat arena. eventually it'll have all sorts of difficulty levels of NPCs to kill and will be reset-able.
have fun!
1. Tesla Pistol and Grenades- Ever felt like Zapping the living guts out of somebody or blowing them up with shocky stuff? Then build some tesla pistols and grenades!
2. Abductions- I wonder why I have 12 NPCs missing from my game? Oh wait, I took them for my experiments...
3. Brain Bots- I've always wanted to make a Robo Brain in Jars!
4. Ghoulish Nightmares- Making Ghouls should be easy as a explosion of rads
5. Technical Bugs-Yes, I mean it, Insects from the game with tech strapped onto them as a minion
Well, The trash can is empty now, (Yes, It's a litteral trash can.) I'll be back next time I find Fresh new ideas!
I just finished reading a book where the main character is carrying a pair of "Arc Pistols" and john-woo'ing it with incinerating lightning blasts
I might have to try and make one of those!
Also, How do I unlock the Exo-suit thing? I have played around with this mod for MONTHS and never figured how to discover it.
"Exo-Frame - Acquire one of the three notes carried by the Brotherhood Paladins (Repconn HQ, Black Mountain Crater, Nellis Town) + have previously unlocked at least four of the other items added by this mod."
It's been a while since I last looked at that file XD
EDIT: Quick couple of other things while we're talking about how so unlock stuff(beware possible spoilers for other readers). I got the frenzy grenades in one playthrough and they were awesome. Loved 'em. How do you get those again? Err, was it something with Motor-Runner, maybe? Then while I'm at it, more questions and ideas because this mod really gets me thinking
That also leads me to asking - are there any other weapons that take on the frenzy effect? I took a look through the test cell and that did not seem to be the case, but I want to be sure. I mean, maybe part of the progression would be making things like dart guns or other crazy contraptions to frenzy one particular target without endangering yourself or other bystanders.
Lastly - how do you get the brain hunter perk? Or, rather, the step before making it available? I've always felt it would have something to do with Robobrains but never figured out exactly how to make it work :x
HOW TO: Brain Perk
ANSWER: You gotta complete the brain stuff (The robo-brains, The weird kid, and Rex.) to be allowed to get the brain perk!
Nail'd It!
Oh, and Thanx Dr. Raudhan for hinting the conclusion to my nightmare hunt of finding the exo-suit!
1. Insta-fry ray gun- (If you seen the movie) I think a ray gun or a weapon mod to the tesla weapons that turns enemies into skeletons is a awesome idea!
1b. Delimbing laser gun thing- (IF you can't figure the 1st idea out but have seen the trading cards) A laser that melts limbs off! The Martians used them in the trading card series
2. Shrink ray- (Both in movie and trading cards) I think taking a sonic emitter and turning it into a shrink ray would be fun!
3. Big ass bug army- ( Trading card series) Building size bugs, No harm to the world
4. Brainwashing Probe Gun- (Found on a rare card of mars attacks) Shoot a probe into a enemy and force them to your side of a fight!
5. Freeze ray- ( In the 50th anniversary book of Mars Attacks) Name says it all, Take a energy weapon of ice and freeze the enemies before you
Well, Thanks to my Mars Attacks! Collection, I have just made more ideas! I will be back next time!
take a look in the Debug Room and you'll find it!
EDIT: Found it, Damn your quite evil to do that! XD I had to type COC aaMSLairEntrance to find it! "Far side"= OTHERSIDE OF THE CANYON
Sierra Madre Chips/Vending Machines: After finishing Dead Money and Old World Blues you "procured" a "used" Sierra Mandre vending Machine from Big MT. However, the machine has been "thoroughly used" over the years... Maybe it would be safer to use the one at the Brotherhood Safehouse?
Chance on use to create a explosion of rads, doing minor damage and making you glow like plutonium (not literally... though that would be pretty cool). Can be used to create new unstable recipes that are cheaper, but are much more likely to explode.
The Workshop: For those that are missing that one schematic. Powered by cold fusion, madness, and a hint of irradiated combustible lemon, throw together a lot of scrap, sensor modules, spare parts, and other sciency things in your 'tinkering". Divide a 100% chance by the number of unknown mad-science schematics to get the chance of discovering a more expensive/unstable version of it, a prototype, and a hint on how to get the full schematic. Failing will consume all the materials... and create a very large explosion. Maybe you shouldn't have put your workshop on top of the cold fusion reactor? Also doubles as a crafting area, with the advanced facilities give a bonus to crafting skills.
The "Medical" Laboratory: Note: Might be tricky. Most people don't know the difference between a pill and a tablet these days, never-mind know which medicine works. But with some persuasion, they all do! Isn't the Placebo effect wonderful? Throw in some ingredient like "powdered death-claw fangs" and it makes people think it can do anything... wait... these lab tests are interesting, I wonder if it actually works?
When you build/activate/finish/repair the "medical" laboratory, you gain a number of tools equipped like weapons. Hit a corpse with them, and you collect "samples" each with their own "attribute" based on the corpse. Collect nails, hair, fur, brains, and other "samples" to return to the lab. Turn them into "compounds" by placing them in a box to queue them up for refinement. A Robo-Brain's brain might offer "cognus" or "longevtus" or other pseudo-Latin compounds. Combine compounds into various custom "chems" ad let the placebo effect do its job. And while these won't explode, sometimes you get a bad batch and weird thing happen. Like pink elephants wreaking havoc, A supermutant debt-collector in a top-hat coming to break your legs, things like that.
P.A.C./R.A.T. : The Personal Attack Cart/Rocket Arsenal Tank. A Mobile Fortress capable of leveling a city and carrying a small nation's worth of weapons and ammo... Now if only you could figure out how to turn off the pacifism protocol... and the parking break... and make it not spew rads when you open it's arsenal...
A "summonable chest" that, after waiting an hour (and only using wait/sleep, its very shy) will appear so you can store your junk. However, opening its inventory has a small, insignificant, technical malfunction of irradiating you... a lot. Can (AKA will) also transform certain consumables into their irradiated equivalents, like water to dirty water.
Note: remind the interns it is NOT a "chicken-walker" despite how it looks... Speaking of Interns...
Unpaid Interns: This would be big (and a lot of work). After having unlocked enough recipes and having sufficient barter you can start a (probably evil) corporation to sell your designs to the world... But more importantly, gain access to a large number of unpaid interns! Send them out to collect rare materials and build lesser versions of your creations for caps. Start a bidding war between House, the NCR, and The Brotherhood for cheap rip-offs of your genius. Basically the garrison from WoW. Go to a terminal, assemble the unpaid interns, and give them orders to collect, build, or sell things. As you invent, build, and sell more creations, you can "hire" more interns for work experience and a commendation. Explore new areas and build your reputation to unlock more "errands".
But seriously, at some point I'll add a bridge..maybe a forcefield bridge....The ultimate in security
As for the ideas, I'm loving all of it!
Something of a fixation on radioactive explosions though...
Not necessarily a bad thing, one of my other creations was a Rad-harvesting Implant you can get in Vault 105, allowing you to heal in radiation like a Ghoul...
Also, I have a suggestion for a future item, maybe a gun that teleport you to where the projectile hit, or a little drone that you can control, that allow you to teleport to its location
but its a prototype, i think it can be imoroved.
Maybe after some time wearing it, you get more ideas, based on how it functions such as
1. if you regulate the hydrolic output and stream line the servos you think you can make this thing go faster wont be able to hold as much but you can run faster.
2. after repeated loading of your weapon you think you can get the action programed into your the suits redundancy systems, requires more fine motor skills but you think it can be done. (less of a str bonus but reload actions are faster)
3. you think you can amplify the shock absorption of the system falling or jumping wont seam so bad unfortunately you have to put more hydraulics and springs into it( its heavier but you can jump higher and land safer (increased how far you have to fall before you take damage))
4. with some added sensor modules and a bit of programing that heavy gun aint heavy anymore you wont be lifting a ton of dead weight but but the shock of recoil aint bad either, ( the weapons that you have hot keyed dont have weight anymore. and reduced spread,)
thats all i can think of at the moment, but adding flavors to the exo suit would be cool, and would be cool too if you could use some paint and or sandpaper to make it look shiny and new. i mean your mad, but that doesn't mean you cant have shiny new toys.
FIRST, Lancer, your ideas are brilliant, but I guarantee that they will need NVSE to operate. Given the fact "control" mechanics need NVSE and tele-shot tools need it too.
SECOND, Ideas! Everybody LOVES(or hates due to having references) my ideas! Down to business!
1. Cybernetics- Everybody LOVES cybernetics! I always wanted to replace my faulty arm for a robo-arm or Robo-Ghouls brain with a synthetic brain!
2. Ant Suit- (I know what your thinking) I think a suit that turns us down to tiny size or huge is a great idea! (totally NOT stolen from my friend, Dr. Pym.)
3. Copy-cat suit thing- (NOT MY IDEA) My friend saw me play this mod the other day and said "Why not a suit that can allow you to look like another NPC for some fun? That would be the ULTIMATE DISGUISE!" I said no but he threatened to take my Starbucks gift card away. Pitty
That's my ideas and Idea assist for now! I'll see YOU in my next experiment!
Listen, I know you've probably heard this a thousand times, but despite the fact that I finished the dead BoS Paladin notes fetch quest, and have already unlocked 4 MS notes, I still can't seem to get the Exo-Suit schematics. I went back to all the corpses and nothing. I even tried player.additem xx001a25 1 in the console but apparently such an item does not exist in my game. Can i find it in the lair? I'd rather avoid force reseting the entire BoS questline just for this.
Tried both COC aaMSDebug and coc aaMSDbug, as well as coc aaMSLairEntrance
Nothing seems to work for me :/
If I may ask another thing; currently playing through Dead Money, and I am having some trouble unlocking the Holorifle :/
Have read the spoilers-file and it is in my inventory, but nothing seems to happen when I activate a workbench ^^;
(trying the one in the clinic basement right now)
* Holorifle - examine the holorifle at a workbench
* Heavy Holorifle - examine holorifle at a workbench
* holopistol - discover Saturnite, unlock Holorifle
So I am a bit at a loss really ^^;
EDIT: Also take note that after you take the holorifle to a bench and gain the schematic, the schematic is glitched and you need to put it into a container of some kind, exit container, reopen container, then the schematic is fixed
Sadly, for some reason I am not getting any option to make a scematic of the holorifle :/
Do I need to do it after I am done with Dead Money before it'll work maybe?
No option appears that have ANYTHING to do with the Holorifle :/
1. Ghost Minions- I know for a fact this mod is part Dead Money, Ghost people as minions would be fun!
2. The Cloud- This mod can use some cloud uses, EXLUDING THE FACT DM HAS CLOUD RECIPES!!!
3. Cannibalistic Lobotomites- I think our minions can go for a upgrade
4. Augmented Energy Weapons- I feel like some vanilla energy weapons could use a bit of a kick
That's my ideas for now! See ya next time!
1: Holoarmor. Like Mass Effects' Tech armor http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Tech_Armor using hologram tech. Maybe make it run on action points?
2: More Cyborgs. Robco Certified gives us cyberlobotomites, cyberdogs, cyberroaches, and cyberclaws. There is no reason we can't make cybernetic versions of more creatures. Cybernightstalkers? Cyberlurks? Cybercazadors? Cyberghouls? Cybermutants?
3: Studying ghost people could give you ideas for a perfected version of their suit that actually protects against environmental hazards.
4: The cloud could be weaponized in grenades and mines that leave a cloud of poison gas.
5: Some sort of pheromone that makes feral ghouls non-hostile. Pretty easy to do, just something that adds the player to their faction like your Robot IFF.
6: A use for Robco Certified Deathclaw Brains. Maybe use them to make stronger brainbots?
Well, since you ask... It'd be nice the if Scientist's Lair debug room had the notes lying around to pick up to learn the recipies. For some reason, they aren't unlocking for me (probably due to other mods that change the things that unlock them), so having the ability to pick up the recipe to craft more ammo and such would be useful, as opposed to the one-time ammo drop there.
Happened after I turned a powder puff ganger into a brainless beast, and killed his alive powder friend who wasn't a lobo.
Lobo then decides to f*#@ it and attack me.
if you type in "help custom 4" you'll probably find the ID you need :)