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Fallout Fallout: The Frontier - New Vegas mod set in Portland and full of prosperous content
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DeepOcean
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Intalling this and gonna test it tonight. Dear Lord, I hope it isnt another nuclear cataclysm like New California was. I mean, I know you are a modder and you cant afford to hire professional writers but there are things on New California that wasnt a problem of the lack of a professional writer and more the problem of a lack of a brain that worked on common sense and wasnt overloaded on animu, it also ran like crap.
From what I read, it seems they are trying to shoehorn this on cannon and it isnt that unbelievable, the NCR leader is a deserter after they forced him to fight the Legion after months and months of complete butchering trying to force the Brotherhood of Steel to submit on Helios One and give up on Hoover Dam, the Legion leader is some dude that is trying to prove his valor to Ceasar by recruiting tribes on the North to eventually flank the NCR troops on New Vegas and bypass NCR defenses on the Hoover Dam , the leader of the Crusaders of Steel is a Brotherhood of Steel woman that was left for dead on Helios One, she got some people from the Brotherhood that were also disillusioned and some local new recruits, seems she learned the lesson the hard way that they should be creating NCR 2.0 instead of waiting for one to appear and stomp them. It is promising but New California was also promising and it was a shit show in the end.
From what I read, it seems they are trying to shoehorn this on cannon and it isnt that unbelievable, the NCR leader is a deserter after they forced him to fight the Legion after months and months of complete butchering trying to force the Brotherhood of Steel to submit on Helios One and give up on Hoover Dam, the Legion leader is some dude that is trying to prove his valor to Ceasar by recruiting tribes on the North to eventually flank the NCR troops on New Vegas and bypass NCR defenses on the Hoover Dam , the leader of the Crusaders of Steel is a Brotherhood of Steel woman that was left for dead on Helios One, she got some people from the Brotherhood that were also disillusioned and some local new recruits, seems she learned the lesson the hard way that they should be creating NCR 2.0 instead of waiting for one to appear and stomp them. It is promising but New California was also promising and it was a shit show in the end.
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From what I heard the 3 factions have a different flavor in their main quest.
The Exiled NCR route is Linear and combat focused.
The Northern Legion route is more open and dialogue heavy focused.
And The Crusaders is a hybrid between the two.
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Nexus is down lol.
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I'm not really expecting anything good from this mod, but watching either to be surprised by unsuspected quality or amused by its shittiness.
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General Information
/////////////////////// INTRODUCTION
In the cold, snowy streets of Portland Oregon, the New California Exiles and Caesar’s Legion fight for the domination of a city rich in resources and military hardware, but what lies in wait under the snowy ruins...
The Frontier is a new game sized modification for Fallout: New Vegas. Created by a passionate group of dozens of community members over a seven year period, The Frontier is the largest modification ever released for Fallout: New Vegas, and aims to be a unique experience for players both old and new.
Featuring new gameplay mechanics such as high quality drivable vehicles, and incredible scripting and visual effects that are sure to impress even the oldest fans of the series. All of this wrapped up with high quality voice acting, dozens of side quests and hundreds of exciting new characters!
/////////////////////// QUESTING:
The Frontier features 3 distinct main quest lines, each totaling up to 15+ hours of gameplay each, with the NCR being the longest at 35+. The New California Republic questline will take you on a linear, action packed adventure with in-game cutscenes and state of the art scripting, the Northern Legion is a dialogue heavy adventure with an expanded view of the Legion, and the Crusaders of Steel are a wonderful blend of the two, with state of the art scripting and complex dialogue and topics.
Included is also a huge variety of side content, from side quests, to characters and unmarked quests. There’s an infinite variety of stuff to do!
/////////////////////// GAMEPLAY:
Whether you’re a driver or a walker, the Frontier has you covered. Featuring a revolutionary driving system, created entirely without low level code integration, our vehicles are the best iteration of a modded driving system for a Fallout title ever! You’re not the only one with a new vehicle though, your enemies are just as prepared, and you’ll encounter a huge variety of new vehicles and enemy creatures. There’s plenty of armour and new items to keep you safe, and you’ll have a ton of time to spend looting and enjoying your new gear.
/////////////////////// WEAPONS:
Guns, guns, GUNS! You’ll have no problem satisfying your inner gun nut, with over 150 new weapons, featuring state of the art VFX and sounds. From ballistic weapons with punchy impacts or energy weapons with glorifying critical kills, to hard hitting melee and fire weapons, kill punch and slice your way through the hostiles of the Frontier!
/////////////////////// ENVIRONEMENT:
Snow, rain, mist and fog. Sounds chilly. Set in the ruins of Portland Oregon, the city has been replicated with detail given to landmarks and streets. With a fresh coat of snow, you’ll find yourself trudging through the destroyed suburbs and inner city of Portland. Our weather effects are top of the line and represent the absolute best of what Gamebyro of this generation can handle. A new experience to be had at every twist and turn! Stay wrapped up.
/////////////////////// INTRODUCTION
In the cold, snowy streets of Portland Oregon, the New California Exiles and Caesar’s Legion fight for the domination of a city rich in resources and military hardware, but what lies in wait under the snowy ruins...
The Frontier is a new game sized modification for Fallout: New Vegas. Created by a passionate group of dozens of community members over a seven year period, The Frontier is the largest modification ever released for Fallout: New Vegas, and aims to be a unique experience for players both old and new.
Featuring new gameplay mechanics such as high quality drivable vehicles, and incredible scripting and visual effects that are sure to impress even the oldest fans of the series. All of this wrapped up with high quality voice acting, dozens of side quests and hundreds of exciting new characters!
/////////////////////// QUESTING:
The Frontier features 3 distinct main quest lines, each totaling up to 15+ hours of gameplay each, with the NCR being the longest at 35+. The New California Republic questline will take you on a linear, action packed adventure with in-game cutscenes and state of the art scripting, the Northern Legion is a dialogue heavy adventure with an expanded view of the Legion, and the Crusaders of Steel are a wonderful blend of the two, with state of the art scripting and complex dialogue and topics.
Included is also a huge variety of side content, from side quests, to characters and unmarked quests. There’s an infinite variety of stuff to do!
/////////////////////// GAMEPLAY:
Whether you’re a driver or a walker, the Frontier has you covered. Featuring a revolutionary driving system, created entirely without low level code integration, our vehicles are the best iteration of a modded driving system for a Fallout title ever! You’re not the only one with a new vehicle though, your enemies are just as prepared, and you’ll encounter a huge variety of new vehicles and enemy creatures. There’s plenty of armour and new items to keep you safe, and you’ll have a ton of time to spend looting and enjoying your new gear.
/////////////////////// WEAPONS:
Guns, guns, GUNS! You’ll have no problem satisfying your inner gun nut, with over 150 new weapons, featuring state of the art VFX and sounds. From ballistic weapons with punchy impacts or energy weapons with glorifying critical kills, to hard hitting melee and fire weapons, kill punch and slice your way through the hostiles of the Frontier!
/////////////////////// ENVIRONEMENT:
Snow, rain, mist and fog. Sounds chilly. Set in the ruins of Portland Oregon, the city has been replicated with detail given to landmarks and streets. With a fresh coat of snow, you’ll find yourself trudging through the destroyed suburbs and inner city of Portland. Our weather effects are top of the line and represent the absolute best of what Gamebyro of this generation can handle. A new experience to be had at every twist and turn! Stay wrapped up.
/////////////////////// GENERAL INFO:
How big is the Frontier?
Size wise, this is shaping up to be one of if not the largest mod released for New Vegas, and perhaps on any Bethesda game. The current asset size is above 25 gb. The ESM (The main plugin) is 250+ mbs, Our esm size is actually sitting at 760,000+ records, making the mod bigger than NV in that regard, and nearly as big as Fallout 3!
How big is the Frontier map or worldspace?
The Frontier is roughly the same size as the Mojave.
Complete map dimensions : 383x383 cells
Playable area : 64x64 cells
However combined with extra worldspaces, interiors and the like, overall size is much much larger. In technical terms, the Frontier main map is the max size create-able in the heightmap editor of the GECK.
The Frontier contains over 530 interiors, which is more than all of the vanilla game and DLCs combined!
What mods are compatible?
Here you can find a spreadsheet with a number of mods. The Frontier aims to be one of the least conflicting mods out there, with little to no vanilla overwrites, in both records and assets. TTW 3.0 and above will also be compatible, however there will be some compatibility patches needed for some content. Body mods are not recommended, and we strongly advise you not to use them, as they will break our custom armours.
What kind of PC do I need to run the mod?
If you’re able to run a mostly heavily modded setup for modded and can achieve good FPS in most cases, you’ll run frontier fine. A stronger CPU is what’s needed to improve FPS. The Frontier is more intensive than the Mojave by a wide margin, and as such 60FPS won’t be possible 100% of the time.
/////////////////////// GAMEPLAY INFO:
Can I use my existing FNV character to play the mod? Do you go to the Frontier as the courier?
You visit the Frontier as the courier, the Frontier takes place in the same time span as the vanilla DLC's. However, due to a plethora of potential bugs, we strongly suggest you create a new save for playing the Frontier, to minimize potential errors.
What are some of the new features in the Frontier?
Apart from the new worldspace and the environment, we are working hard to add in completely new features in the game. We've innovated on every element of visual effects we possibly can, doing things even Bethesda couldn't do. We have hundreds of new weapons, armours and items; with every single object having custom icons! And we also have drivables Vertibirds, Tanks and Cars.
What's the recommended level?
The recommended level is 11+.
Can we take vehicles to the Mojave from the Frontier?
No, the Mojave gameplay wasn't designed for it. But stay tuned for plugins by Frontier developers that add an interesting integration of TF's cars to the Mojave.
Can we take companions with us to the Frontier?
No.
How will faction main quests play out?
All 3 major questlines will play out in their own unique ways. They were all spearheaded by a single person at the helm, so their unique styles of creating content will determine the way the questlines play.
The NCR is a heavily scripted questline, having had the most work done on it over development, featuring unbelievable scripted cutscenes and content.
The Legion is a dialogue rich questline that massively improves on the New Vegas legion questline, featuring tons of choices and the opportunity to explore the legion in a different light.
The Crusaders are our third and final major questline, featuring a more freeform play style, with many potential endings and a blended mix of scripted content and dialogue richness.
/////////////////////// STORY INFO
Portland, Oregon
The base idea of the Frontier was to construct a completely new environment from the Mojave Desert and Capital Wasteland.
Right now, the reason for a lot of snow in Portland is, when the nukes hit this location, a cloud of dust and ash went up and blocked the sun. So everything under, essentially froze over.
Is the Frontier a continuation of the New Vegas story? When does it take place ?
NO, the Frontier takes place before the Battle of Hoover Dam. How does the Frontier fit in the Fallout lore? This is a very good question. Ultimately, The Frontier is a completely new location that occurs in Portland, Oregon. There haven’t been many references or content around this area. So while building the story we tried hard to make the story fit the lore as much as possible and keep things as clean as possible; with that being said, some things maybe break “canon lore”, as we decided they were necessary to tell our story.
Apart from the chosen location, we tried our best to keep the overall aesthetic of the Fallout universe, with some creative liberties taken of course.
What are the factions that are involved in the Frontier?
The major factions in the Frontier are the Legion, NCR, Crusaders and the Scavengers. The Enclave plays a small role, and there are a number of smaller and larger factions that are involved as well. The Crusaders are a newly created offshoot of the Brotherhood of Steel, on a mission from God to seek revenge against those who have wronged their leader.
Will there be Vaults?
Yes, however we can't spoil too much about them.
Will X appear in the Mojave after or during Y?
No, we DO NOT touch the base game or its respective DLC in any capacity besides the initial location designated to get you to The Frontier.
Will this tie into other mods?
We've not made any specific ties into any other mods, including New California, simply because we didn't believe they were either necessary, or they didn't fit properly into our lore.
Why do vehicles run on GASOLINE?
They do not. You were lied to (again). They run on flamer fuel (like the homemade flamer fuel in FNV base game). Ethanol is derived from corn, which is why corn is a required ingredient for crafting.
How big is the Frontier?
Size wise, this is shaping up to be one of if not the largest mod released for New Vegas, and perhaps on any Bethesda game. The current asset size is above 25 gb. The ESM (The main plugin) is 250+ mbs, Our esm size is actually sitting at 760,000+ records, making the mod bigger than NV in that regard, and nearly as big as Fallout 3!
How big is the Frontier map or worldspace?
The Frontier is roughly the same size as the Mojave.
Complete map dimensions : 383x383 cells
Playable area : 64x64 cells
However combined with extra worldspaces, interiors and the like, overall size is much much larger. In technical terms, the Frontier main map is the max size create-able in the heightmap editor of the GECK.
The Frontier contains over 530 interiors, which is more than all of the vanilla game and DLCs combined!
What mods are compatible?
Here you can find a spreadsheet with a number of mods. The Frontier aims to be one of the least conflicting mods out there, with little to no vanilla overwrites, in both records and assets. TTW 3.0 and above will also be compatible, however there will be some compatibility patches needed for some content. Body mods are not recommended, and we strongly advise you not to use them, as they will break our custom armours.
What kind of PC do I need to run the mod?
If you’re able to run a mostly heavily modded setup for modded and can achieve good FPS in most cases, you’ll run frontier fine. A stronger CPU is what’s needed to improve FPS. The Frontier is more intensive than the Mojave by a wide margin, and as such 60FPS won’t be possible 100% of the time.
/////////////////////// GAMEPLAY INFO:
Can I use my existing FNV character to play the mod? Do you go to the Frontier as the courier?
You visit the Frontier as the courier, the Frontier takes place in the same time span as the vanilla DLC's. However, due to a plethora of potential bugs, we strongly suggest you create a new save for playing the Frontier, to minimize potential errors.
What are some of the new features in the Frontier?
Apart from the new worldspace and the environment, we are working hard to add in completely new features in the game. We've innovated on every element of visual effects we possibly can, doing things even Bethesda couldn't do. We have hundreds of new weapons, armours and items; with every single object having custom icons! And we also have drivables Vertibirds, Tanks and Cars.
What's the recommended level?
The recommended level is 11+.
Can we take vehicles to the Mojave from the Frontier?
No, the Mojave gameplay wasn't designed for it. But stay tuned for plugins by Frontier developers that add an interesting integration of TF's cars to the Mojave.
Can we take companions with us to the Frontier?
No.
How will faction main quests play out?
All 3 major questlines will play out in their own unique ways. They were all spearheaded by a single person at the helm, so their unique styles of creating content will determine the way the questlines play.
The NCR is a heavily scripted questline, having had the most work done on it over development, featuring unbelievable scripted cutscenes and content.
The Legion is a dialogue rich questline that massively improves on the New Vegas legion questline, featuring tons of choices and the opportunity to explore the legion in a different light.
The Crusaders are our third and final major questline, featuring a more freeform play style, with many potential endings and a blended mix of scripted content and dialogue richness.
/////////////////////// STORY INFO
Portland, Oregon
The base idea of the Frontier was to construct a completely new environment from the Mojave Desert and Capital Wasteland.
Right now, the reason for a lot of snow in Portland is, when the nukes hit this location, a cloud of dust and ash went up and blocked the sun. So everything under, essentially froze over.
Is the Frontier a continuation of the New Vegas story? When does it take place ?
NO, the Frontier takes place before the Battle of Hoover Dam. How does the Frontier fit in the Fallout lore? This is a very good question. Ultimately, The Frontier is a completely new location that occurs in Portland, Oregon. There haven’t been many references or content around this area. So while building the story we tried hard to make the story fit the lore as much as possible and keep things as clean as possible; with that being said, some things maybe break “canon lore”, as we decided they were necessary to tell our story.
Apart from the chosen location, we tried our best to keep the overall aesthetic of the Fallout universe, with some creative liberties taken of course.
What are the factions that are involved in the Frontier?
The major factions in the Frontier are the Legion, NCR, Crusaders and the Scavengers. The Enclave plays a small role, and there are a number of smaller and larger factions that are involved as well. The Crusaders are a newly created offshoot of the Brotherhood of Steel, on a mission from God to seek revenge against those who have wronged their leader.
Will there be Vaults?
Yes, however we can't spoil too much about them.
Will X appear in the Mojave after or during Y?
No, we DO NOT touch the base game or its respective DLC in any capacity besides the initial location designated to get you to The Frontier.
Will this tie into other mods?
We've not made any specific ties into any other mods, including New California, simply because we didn't believe they were either necessary, or they didn't fit properly into our lore.
Why do vehicles run on GASOLINE?
They do not. You were lied to (again). They run on flamer fuel (like the homemade flamer fuel in FNV base game). Ethanol is derived from corn, which is why corn is a required ingredient for crafting.
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It's garbage.
The Jester
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With less niggers.
razvedchiki
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the trailers already make this look ridiculous, ncr doesnt have the manpower in nevada to chase after petty drug users and the deserters have fleets of vertibirds/tanks/trucks whatever? nad they travel 1000km north to find.... the legion again?
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No, you can use the quick start.
jungl
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whats the draw to this mod. Looks like a ps1 ps2 era tactical fps game where you manage a squad with light rpg elements like the tom clancy and socom games. Except its not its gamebyro engine oblivion with guns complete with its jankiness and retarded gameplay loop of killing enemies mid combat and looking at a ugly spreadsheet UI while looting them.
Cpt. Dallas
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"Steam build will be delayed for a very short period of time whilst we work on some build issues. Nexus build goes live at 12:00PM PST Jan 15th as normal. Thank you for the understanding"
Cpt. Dallas
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That modlist is a clusterfuck. Are the dependent and crucial ones bundled in the mod?
DeepOcean
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If you are going the Nexus route, install all the dependency and crucial mods, this thing is heavy on scripts and there are alot of them that depend on script extenders. Shit, with the way Gamebryo is with heavy scripted mods, I expect shit show performance.
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How do I get this quick start? I just started on Doc Mitchel house? Is that right or something gone wrong?
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Who was the one with the brilliant idea of turning New Vegas into CoD? Playing for 2 hours the NCR main quest and boy... didnt someone on their dev team after all those years realized that Fallout 3 engine is a piece of garbage and have horrible shooting mechanics and New Vegas only worked because it was a RPG? Bethesda gamebryo is also shit at Ai too so the proper next logical step is to have CoD shooting sections WITH allied NPCs, what could go wrong?
So fucking bored, the NCR main campaign starts in Helios One and you have a CoD section with Fallout 3 shooting mechanics (Yeah, that is as encouraging as it reads), all of that so you get to know what they already explained that general Blackthorne left the NCR then you get to the NCR base.
On the NCR base, I have to admit that while it makes no sense the NCR having shit like tanks and vertibirds gallore, they animated and scripted the vertibirds really well, I can see they really tried and worked hard on scripting and animating but it was so hard to keep attention to that when I was so bored. I just got a mission to go talk to some boring dudes and they gone on and on repeating what I already knew that the Frontier is dangerous, Legion this and that, Blackthorne this and that then they got me to a CoD tutorial section ripped off straight from Modern Warfare then I spent something like 5 mins following a dude and some soldier to place some mines and when I got in there, there was a shouout and if you guess it was an horrid experience because the Fallout 3 Ai is beyond retarded and dont work well for those sorts of scripted Cod sections, you guessed right.
Also, lots of fan service with everyone and his mother knowing the legendary courier and no actually interesting thing in sight. Too annoyed to keep playing, will try more tomorrow to see if things get better, if they keep doing this CoD bullshit through the whole campaign instead of actually having places with quests and not scripted nonsense, Jesus Christ, that would be the mother of all wasted efforts. Hope the RPG game starts at some point.
So fucking bored, the NCR main campaign starts in Helios One and you have a CoD section with Fallout 3 shooting mechanics (Yeah, that is as encouraging as it reads), all of that so you get to know what they already explained that general Blackthorne left the NCR then you get to the NCR base.
On the NCR base, I have to admit that while it makes no sense the NCR having shit like tanks and vertibirds gallore, they animated and scripted the vertibirds really well, I can see they really tried and worked hard on scripting and animating but it was so hard to keep attention to that when I was so bored. I just got a mission to go talk to some boring dudes and they gone on and on repeating what I already knew that the Frontier is dangerous, Legion this and that, Blackthorne this and that then they got me to a CoD tutorial section ripped off straight from Modern Warfare then I spent something like 5 mins following a dude and some soldier to place some mines and when I got in there, there was a shouout and if you guess it was an horrid experience because the Fallout 3 Ai is beyond retarded and dont work well for those sorts of scripted Cod sections, you guessed right.
Also, lots of fan service with everyone and his mother knowing the legendary courier and no actually interesting thing in sight. Too annoyed to keep playing, will try more tomorrow to see if things get better, if they keep doing this CoD bullshit through the whole campaign instead of actually having places with quests and not scripted nonsense, Jesus Christ, that would be the mother of all wasted efforts. Hope the RPG game starts at some point.
Cpt. Dallas
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from nexus:
To start the Frontier
Be Level 11+
Wait at least 12 hours in game using wait menu WHILST OUTSIDE
Intern John or Suspicious courier will come greet you
To start the Frontier
Be Level 11+
Wait at least 12 hours in game using wait menu WHILST OUTSIDE
Intern John or Suspicious courier will come greet you
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I watch their stream. If play NCR or Legion in Vanilla NV then you're a trump supporter. Also they didn't add in the enclave because it was a "fascist power fantasy" for trump supporters. This pissed a lot of people on discord off so they deleted the stream. Also this mod was inspired by Call of duty and Kojima. Smells like a turd already.
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