ARC - Assembled Robotic Companions

================================== ARC - Assembled Robotic Companions Current Version: 0. 08 Beta Date Last Updated: 2 Sept, 2009 Author: Dd409 ================================== ====================== IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ====================== This project has been in limbo for a while now, and I\'ve decided I just don\'t have the time I used to devote to games anymore. I will no longer be updating ARC, or doing any sort of work with it. If you\'d like to pick it up where I left off, please be my guest. I\'d hate to see it die. Thanks, dd409. ======================= Note #1: If you like this mod, please endorse it and/or leave a comment. I am always open to opinions, suggestions, and bug reports, so let me know what you think. Keep in mind this mod is fairly early in it\'s development and I\'m just a single person working on it, so it won\'t be perfect 100% of the time. Note #2: I decided that simply copying and pasting the Readme was lazy and too much to read, so I\'m actually writing a little description now, and pairing down what isn\'t necessary. The full Readme can still be found under the \"view Readme\" button, and is included in the download. =========== DESCRIPTION =========== Assembled Robotic Companions is a mod for Fallout 3 which allows the player to build robotic followers. These followers will follow you around (hence the name \"follower\") and attack targets hostile to you. They can also carry your stuff for you Each robot (except for the Eyebot) has a fully voice-acted (kinda) dialogue menu which consists of follow, wait, access inventory, and heal via scrap metal commands. (I say kinda voice-acted because I used Cepstral, a text-to-speech engine. I figured a computer voice would better fit a robot.) Each robot also has a shutdown command. They will initially refuse when told to shut down, but you can then override them, causing them to die on the spot. Each robot has several requirements to build, the first of which is the schematic. There are two types: base schematics, used to build a simple robot; and faction notes on the schematics allowing you to create a modified robot. To build a modified (faction) robot, you will need both the original schematics and the notes. Each robot also has a material requirement. Scrap Metal, Conductors, and Sensor Modules are common components in each robot, with more advanced robots requiring more of each. Each robot will also need at least one weapon, some will need two. Faction robots will additionally require a piece of Power Armor from that faction. Finally, there are science and repair requirements to build robots. Of course, better bots require higher levels. The levels to build are listed on the schematics. The base robots have all of the same stats as their regular game counterparts. Although the cost of the variant robots is higher, they are more powerful. Each variant has +1 in each S. P. E. C. I. A. L. stat, and the othe