Anyone else notice a radiated Creature that is Missing from : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:12 am

im talking of course about the rattlesnake you mean to tell me that in the Fallout Universe ALL of the rattlesnakes in Nevada are extinct? wouldnt it make more sense to have them Mutated Like the Scorpions? im just saying if they wanted to make the wasteland look like it actually is Nevada (and ill say that they did) wouldnt it make at least a little bit of sense to include some other animals from that area other than just scorpions?

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:33 pm

Rattlesnakes kind of exist, but in a modified form. They are called Nightstalkers now. And they are ugly.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:19 am

Well, Nightstalkers are rattldogs or dogsnakes.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:00 am

apparently you haven't seen the night stalker.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:14 am

There are only three or two radroaches in the game. Now that's weird.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:18 pm

yeah i know that but im talking about actual Rattlesnakes like the Timber Rattler or the Sidewinder an actual snake instead of a snake/dog hybrid im just saying that even though i know the game is a work of fiction is it to much to ask that if they code it based on places that exist in the real world that they also include fauna from the region they are generating?

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:38 pm

I'm not sure how well a rattlesnake, or anything like it, would work with this engine. If you'll notice, most things run on two or four legs, and if they don't (ED-E, radscorpions) they tend to get stuck in things. Having something slither along the ground just wouldn't work.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:58 am

I'm not sure how well a rattlesnake, or anything like it, would work with this engine. If you'll notice, most things run on two or four legs, and if they don't (ED-E, radscorpions) they tend to get stuck in things. Having something slither along the ground just wouldn't work.

yeah youre right i didnt think of that

i get so engrossed in this game that i sometimes forget how glitchy it is

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:34 am

I miss Floaters a bit. God they were tough.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:45 am

What this game is missing is more Cazadores. I wish there were swarms of Cazadores, similar to RL locust swarms.

http://hoguenews.com/wp-content/uploads//2010/04/locust.jpg

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:49 pm

There are only three or two radroaches in the game. Now that's weird.

thats progress! dirty radroaches

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:29 am

I for one was disappointed in the lack of the Jackelope from this game.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:04 pm

I for one was disappointed in the lack of the Jackelope from this game.

lmao now THATS something id love to see kinda like the white rabbit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail all cute and cuddly one second then the next its ripping your head off

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:13 pm

That would be Nightstalkers.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 4:02 am

That would be Nightstalkers.

It may just be me, but I think the Nightstalkers are about the dumbest creature since the 1/2 spider 1/2 woman creature from Oblivion. I mean really, 1/2 dog, 1/2 rattlesnake? Someone must have been a little intoxicated when they came up with that. It's just lame IMO. ( :bolt: runs and hides...)

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:36 am

Snakes would indeed be awesome.

Unfortunately they're impossible in the engine for the same reason that all the elementals in Oblivion had to be humanoid rather than big amorphous bonfires: The engine only supports legged motion.

Unlike some other games it can support any regular number of legs, 2, 4, and 6 are all represented in-game, even one-legged motion is supported (securitrons) but no-legged slithering would cause a real issue for the engine I assume.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:01 pm

It may just be me, but I think the Nightstalkers are about the dumbest creature since the 1/2 spider 1/2 woman creature from ~~Oblivion~~ Dungeons and Dragons.

Fixed, and agreed...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drider rate at least a 9.8 on the "hackneyed stupidity" scale.

Mind you I liked the Nightstalkers...my agreement is solely about the lameness of half-spider half-humanoid critters.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:55 pm

It may just be me, but I think the Nightstalkers are about the dumbest creature since the 1/2 spider 1/2 woman creature from Oblivion. I mean really, 1/2 dog, 1/2 rattlesnake? Someone must have been a little intoxicated when they came up with that. It's just lame IMO. ( :bolt: runs and hides...)

Basically I hated all the stolen mythological creatures from Oblivion. Hey ancient civilization called, they want their ideas back...oh and they're filing copyright charges on your company.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:51 pm

Well, Nightstalkers are rattldogs or dogsnakes.

Rattledogs sounds better. They even lay eggs.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:55 am

I wish they had Jackelopes.

Hoppin, Boppin, Lopping an' choppin'..

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:48 am

Snakes would indeed be awesome.

Unfortunately they're impossible in the engine for the same reason that all the elementals in Oblivion had to be humanoid rather than big amorphous bonfires: The engine only supports legged motion.

Unlike some other games it can support any regular number of legs, 2, 4, and 6 are all represented in-game, even one-legged motion is supported (securitrons) but no-legged slithering would cause a real issue for the engine I assume.

you forget there are hovering enemies. They probably experimented with snakes that hover an unnoticible height above ground but whenever they went over uneven terrain it looked terrible or they kept getting stuck in rocks and things so they hit the 'make extinct' button and went back to the Mariposa Laboratory to create a substitute:

Rattledogs!

so the mutated rattlers had to grow legs to survive in a world where only legged motion is possible. makes perfect sense to me. Hence the mighty Ratttledogs...that lay eggs...

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:48 am

I also noticed lack of a Yaoi Guai...

Or some sort of two headed bear, Seeing its the NCR's logo..

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:48 pm

They didn't have rattlesnakes in FO3 so they couldn't copy/paste it into F:NV, bummer.

Reno

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:38 pm

you forget there are hovering enemies. They probably experimented with snakes that hover an unnoticible height above ground but whenever they went over uneven terrain it looked terrible or they kept getting stuck in rocks and things so they hit the 'make extinct' button and went back to the Mariposa Laboratory to create a substitute:

Rattledogs!

so the mutated rattlers had to grow legs to survive in a world where only legged motion is possible. makes perfect sense to me. Hence the mighty Ratttledogs...that lay eggs...

this is true, but I actually think hovering is implemented as "invisible monopod"

You'll notice ED-E still triggers ground-based traps unless you use geck to give him light step.

Though for some odd reason a Mr. Handy/Gutsy won't, dunno why.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:58 pm

I don't know if you realize but they modified everything in this game.

(except the bloatfly.)