Growing Beards and Adding Age : Fallout: New Vegas

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:33 am

As anyone ever tried slowly adding age and starting with a soulpatch or something, when you start progressing through the game you add a rough beard and some age and then The Survivalist and some more age, then just age until full. But my question to you is, should it happen automatically (Beard growing and ageing) or you add it on yoursur elf? If it did happen automatically you could shave your beard in your player home bathroom?

Any responses are welcome and all are read.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:40 pm

I did it the other way, I had a Waster haircut and a Survivalist beard, but as soon as I got "connected" in Vegas, I went with a Tunnel Snake hairdo and got clean shaven. It felt really nice!

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:32 pm

I don't think playthroughs are long enough to add age. (My longest character hasn't even hit February '82 yet!)
The beard things is a good idea, though.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:03 am

I hope your'e not implying that within a in-game year I should look old and wrinkled.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:20 pm

As a PC user, I use the console to roleplay. Meaning, I will change my beard when I see fit (generally only when I make the transition from Zion, going from clean shaven to rough beard), or if my character uses the waster haircut, I may switch to a pompadour when I go inside a casino or something.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:52 am

I'm okay without all this aging and growing beards.
I don't even see my character's face most of the time I play.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:57 am

Thank's to OWB, I can pull what I did with Fallout 3 and make my character change his appearance as he wishes. Usually in F3, my character had smooth wave and a rough beard in honor of James. In htis game, I usually swap out clean cut and smooth wave with a clean cut face.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:32 am

My male always has clean cut and rough beard.

My female has either Wendy Welder or Frazzled.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:17 am

Yes, I think it should happen automatically. But, you should be able to raze yourself with a straight razor or something like that...

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:51 pm

I think it should be an option like hardcoe mode, or there should be more ways for you to keep your hair in line.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:47 pm

My male always has clean cut and rough beard.

My female has either Wendy Welder or Frazzled.

Wendy Welder all the way! Ever since Fallout 3 and through all my many characters I've always played as a female with Wendy Welder dark red hair. :3

I reckon adding age and that would be good *however* hair dressers would need to be more easily accessible. Would svck if you didn't join The Kings then after you get a beard or whatever you can't then get it shaven off. I also think most characters' playthroughs would be < 1 year so not many winkles and that would appear.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:06 am

Yes, I think it should happen automatically. But, you should be able to raze yourself with a straight razor or something like that...

That's kinda what I was thinking. But you would have to do it in your player home bathroom not out in the Wasteland.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:52 am

That's kinda what I was thinking. But you would have to do it in your player home bathroom not out in the Wasteland.

I have an idea; a new cosmetica skill...low skill = higher chance to cut yourself and lose HP (1). But not necessary in your home. You should also be able to do it in the wasteland, but then with a higher chance of getting hurt because you don't have a mirror and shaving foam xD

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:58 pm

It'd be a cool addition. Not gonna lie, I like the idea of having to shave every so often, adds to the realism. Could be something to put in Fallout 4.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:23 pm

It'd be a cool addition. Not gonna lie, I like the idea of having to shave every so often, adds to the realism. Could be something to put in Fallout 4.

Or just; the biggest game ever made: Fallout New World xD

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:00 am

How long has your in game clock gone my longest guy is right aroun 8 months so he wouldn't have aged any reall and as for hair and beard I never really thought about it but I'd assume my guy just trims his beard and gets a haircut every few weeks. I don't thinking making hair grow and adding some sort of up keep system to the game would be worth the effort since I can't see more than a handful of people likening it and everyone else thinking its a stupid chore.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:27 pm

No...I've been roleplaying for about...4 months now and I still haven't gotten passed 2282 yet. So no, since you can get quite a lot done in a day, I don't see it as realistic if after a couple wees, your character is the king of wrinkle town(Trademark of the person who wrote "So you think you can RP").

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:56 pm

How long has your in game clock gone my longest guy is right aroun 8 months so he wouldn't have aged any reall and as for hair and beard I never really thought about it but I'd assume my guy just trims his beard and gets a haircut every few weeks. I don't thinking making hair grow and adding some sort of up keep system to the game would be worth the effort since I can't see more than a handful of people likening it and everyone else thinking its a stupid chore.

Yep, I personally don't see the point in making it mandatory; optional is fine, but mandatory would make it annoying for anyone who doesn't want the feature. And my clock is about 4 years so he'd have hair down to his back or something

Plus, if we were adding in stuff like ageing, we might as well add stuff like scarring (which could be removed via, say, a doctor or an Auto-Doc).

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:09 pm

Yep, I personally don't see the point in making it mandatory; optional is fine, but mandatory would make it annoying for anyone who doesn't want the feature. And my clock is about 4 years so he'd have hair down to his back or something

Plus, if we were adding in stuff like ageing, we might as well add stuff like scarring (which could be removed via, say, a doctor or an Auto-Doc).

that'd be a game too realistic, but, it could give us a perfect vision of the future post apocalyptic world ^^

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:26 pm

that'd be a game too realistic, but, it could give us a perfect vision of the future post apocalyptic world ^^

It would be, although I guess it could be switched on or off. I personally think growing hair and ageing is over the top; if I want to do that, I can just visit The King or the Auto-Doc

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:03 am

What about if after excessive exposure to radiation there was like a perk which you ended up looking like a ghoul however took less radiation damage and slowly regained health? A little off topic and... actually... thinking about it that's a pretty intense perk. Maybe not, haha.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:56 am

What about if after excessive exposure to radiation there was like a perk which you ended up looking like a ghoul however took less radiation damage and slowly regained health? A little off topic and... actually... thinking about it that's a pretty intense perk. Maybe not, haha.

I always wondered why I couldn't play as a ghoul. Not in Fallout 3 because I was in a vault but in New Vegas what's wrong with a ghoul courier? I wouldn't be to welcome on the Strip, unless I had a lot of caps.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:47 pm

it'd be cool if it happened automatically but they'd have to do it right. i remember in Fable you were basically 65 years old after playing the game for 3 hours if you used a lot of magic

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:43 am

I always wondered why I couldn't play as a ghoul. Not in Fallout 3 because I was in a vault but in New Vegas what's wrong with a ghoul courier? I wouldn't be to welcome on the Strip, unless I had a lot of caps.

I guess it's an option not in consideration. I mean I'm sure the ability for a player to play as a human, ghoul, or super mutant has been thrown around before. But it'd be a little hard to than your average advanced sci fi or fantasy game.

TES for example. 10 races with a few biases and racial tensions is a lot easier than the complications the 3..well not races. More like 1 race and two radiation/virus affected states bring.