You're idea is so cute.

Maybe you could say that you found a cool video of Fallout 3 on youtube. Then you could show him the video with his favorite characters proposing. Do you know his favorite characters?

Nope. Sorry. There is no way to easily (or legally) get user made content onto the 360 version. Even getting what you need to do so will void the Xbox's warranty and get your fiance to be banned from XBL.

Mods will, however, work fine with the steam version (I use the steam version and it is functionally identical to the retail version).

You download the game, then you plop whatever mod you want into the FO3/Data folder, tick it off with the data files manager from the launcher, load up, and play. Or you can use FOMM (Fallout Mod Manager.) But since you're just going to use this one very special mod initially, you don't most of what FOMM offers.

Also, your idea to have Three Dog say your fiance to be's name won't work unless you have the guy who played 3Dog, or someone who can do a suitable impersonation to record the new lines. You're probably better off having it via note or something.

Or, for extra cute points, if you have a decent microphone, make a character of yourself who looks as much like you as possible (get the beauty packs/hairstyle packs if necessary or desired), then voice your own proposal and have the digital you propose.

Hmm.

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Record? As in output a gameplay video into something you can plop onto youtube? Not that I'm aware of.

Anyway, to make mods, you'll need to download the GECK first. http://geck.gamesas.com/index.php/Main_Page has what you'll need.

Don't hesitate to ask for help with scripting and such in the GECK http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showforum=46.

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Nah, it's not expensive. Retail, it sells for around ~$10 less than the Xbox version ($50 versus $60), but that's before markdowns due to age.

Steam has it full price still, but that offers you some secrecy (no disks lying around), and offers the convenience of steam.

Anyway, just tell him that the PC version's mods make the game vastly better in every possible way. Because that's the truth.

Although, you might want to make sure his rig can run the game properly. What are the specs on his PC?

But, it's always best to have a hard copy, that way if anything ever happens to the computer, you can just re-install it.

Find a REAL good hiding place though. If you have hollow walls and a tile cieling in your house, you can tie a long string with a metal plate on it to the game case, then attach a magnet to a fishing rod, and use the fishing rod to reel up the metal plate, the use the string itself to pull up the game. He'll never find it.

If not, try to think of other really out of the way places like that. Good luck.

It would be totally doable to have at a certain time a character that looks like her run up to him and start a conversation like the one megaton settler does. Make a recording of your own voice for the new character and have it progress to the proposal, and after the proposal have options for yes and no. Then make sure you're around when he's playing the mod, and be waiting behind him.

ive never heard of a girl proposing ........unless your both dudes
if so right on

but anywho i think you should have a nuke denonate into a heart and have a thing come up saying "Will you marry me"
or write it in the clouds

Steam lets you do that too.

Steam keeps the game as uninstalled until you install it on the computer. Ergo, you can go to another computer and install it there as well, basically it has unlimited installs on your steam account, so nothing will happen to the game at all. Steam is cool like that, and its the most discreet and simple--rather than doing something a silly s putting it in a hollow wall.

EDIT: Cpl. Facehugger beat me to the punch, and explained it better too.

Get it for his PC, if he askes why, just show him all the cool mods.

Now as for the difficulty it wouldn't be to hard if you know what your doing.

Wish i knew as much about the fallout geck as i did the oblivion construction set, i'd whip one out in a day for ya...

Anyone else wanna step up? it wouldn't take that long

I suggest calling off your intentions of marriage, as well as ending your relationship. Other people are scum out to cause you emotional and financial devastation, and should be avoided at all costs.

Someone is having a bad day

:rofl:

just make sure you can run FO3 on your PC!

best wishes *Puffy*Puppy*. :celebration:

Yeah, good luck! Let us know how it goes lol.

are you both guys? If not...kinda weird for a girl to propose lol...not that I would complain if a girl proposed to me *hint hint to any single females out there *

Hope it goes well for you...and yeah make sure the PC can actually run it

you guys are awesome i am going to learn about "geck?" lol. and do all i can. i've never modded anything in my life, well, that wasn't a craft project. i made him into Dr. Zoidberg, you can search on google images "zoidberg costume" and you will find him as the best one LOL.

i text msged him and asked if he could get FO3 for the PC for me, he laughed and said okay. i told him that i wanted to play it, but its too hard to use the xbox, i am used to playing fps with the mouse, so it would be easier for me to aim. LOL. so i should have it this weekend when he brings it to me. but until then, i am going to research all i can. and do some planning OH, and when the time comes, i am going to say "hey, can you do this part for me, its too hard" haha, then BAM!

then i asked if i would be able to make my character and bring it to his computer, or if i have to make one at his house and one at my house. he thinks i would be able to save and bring mine over. is that possible? haha.

i was REALLY HOPING that i would be able to make a character based off myself, and one based off of him, any by hearing of these "style packs",,, that is really exciting

AND!!... is it realllyyy possible to put my voice in the game? can i even record a song to play on the radio? lol. omg if so, the possibilities are endless.

his PC is just as good as mine, because i got his good OLD one that he built, and he bought himself a new one. my old one was a 10yr old compaq with no memory, no speed, and video games looked like legos. so i am on a better track now. haha.

wowoow. yeehaw. and yes, i am a girl. i'm old too. almost 25. *barf*

and mister Facehugger? i made my bf this for our 1 yr anniv. last year... annnd at Comic Con, San Diego, i put a chest burster down my shirt and ppl were laughing and taking pics the whole time haha.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Alien_Egg_for_Face_Hugger/

in july it will be 2 yrs for us. and we are going to comicon again !!

This is such an awesome idea! Will you have your character do anything depenging on if he accepts/denies?

It's totally possible to put your voice in the game as the voice of an NPC. You could even mod in a new radio station and put whatever music you want on it, or modify one of the existing ones to play a custom playlist. It would probably be easiest to put in a custom station looping your song of choice though.

The character customization is pretty good and you should be able to make one that resembles you or your boyfriend.


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Ha, if he clicks no, I recommend scripting the NPC to whip out a .44 magnum and insta-kill the player.

i was totally thinking about this earlier, what to do if yes or no..

if its possible, i want a song to come on the radio and have us dance to it with hearts or something. like, if i could decorate the room, it would have the heart bed. LOL, could i propose on my knees on the heart bed? haha. (i made him save up his bottle caps for that bed in the game) lol.

and if no...maybe i could mod a creature from the game? like a roach or creature, give it pink clothes and put it on a leash and then say "oh my, look at the time...and "sparkles" or "fluffy" hasnt had her dinner yet..." then have the pet attack him and it would have armor so he wouldnt be able to kill it hahah.

then i would upload the video with the yes and no versions hahah.

This

You could write this in a half an hour. You just need the voice files.
The scripting part is really easy. Doing it the easy way, all you need is one package, conditions for it (f.ex: Player has entered Megaton) that you slap in the script and just add the dialogue and voice and voila.

Should you want the player get shot, it's easy too. Another package is needed.
If "PlayerRefused 1" then activate package "shootplayer" and tah-da. Just like Autumn and Overseer do.

I think it's also possible to cause an overload and crash the game. I've done such scripts into plenty of games.

LOL, like the roach can attack him then the game would crash, so it would be very dramatic? hahahha. i am glad to know that it sounds easy enough to do. although i know i will spend a lot more time trying to figure everything out and read each piece of info. haha. i am reading about data files in geck right now. it talks about them being a "card game" haha. me learning

I can give you a "base" file for you with all the necessary scripting included, if you want. Just give me informaton that where you want it to happen, what dialogue you want and what kinds of results.
Overload not guaranteed. I don't want to risk breaking your game. A fact that I've done to many of my games.

I suggest having the proposal in megaton, by the bomb. If he says no...the bomb goes boom

That sure would cause the game to act weird, since first the explosion has no close-range animation and the game would instantly crash due to Megaton World being wiped out.


I think it would be neat if you cast the player into oblivion. In game terms, just "move" him UNDER Megaton, where he will fall into the grey eternity till the end of time.

that sounds really cool. i just tried to open/install geck and its giving me errors and thingies. GRRR, i cant even get 2 seconds in without it NOT letting me Do anything! lol.