TheOutbreaks Wasteland Moods Series

REMEMBER TO: Place the files late/last in your load order, and only use one .esp at a time! Welcome to TheOutbreak\'s Wasteland Moods Series! This mod features several different themes which you can use to customize the look of the Fallout 3 outdoor environments. For more information, check the News, FAQ and Streamlined Readme sections below. Previews can be found in the image section. Check the \"WMS Spinoffs\" section at the very bottom of this page for other mod recommendations that use or were inspired by this mod. Please enjoy this mod, and if you do, let me know which of the themes you plan to use or like the most; just for my own interest. Thank you. -------------------------------NEWS------------------------------- News 9/29/09: As some of you could likely tell already, I haven\'t been on here much in recent days. I just have too many things going on in real life, and haven\'t had any time to even be playing Fallout, let alone modding it. So... I said I would let you guys know if anything changed, and it looks like as of now I\'ll no longer be updating this mod. It\'s unfortunate since I had other ideas I wanted to put into action, and just can\'t get to them. To go along with this, anyone who might like to take some of the work I have done here and create something new from it, such as new themes, please feel free. I am a lot more open to it now since I\'ll no longer be updating. I just ask that you give me and/or Yossarian credit for the work we\'ve done. As far as notifying me, you still may, but it\'s not a requirement at this stage, as long as credit is given. I may try and check back here now and again, but it won\'t be like when I was modding heavily and able to respond to people\'s comments and questions quickly. So, unless something drastically changes, this is where everything lies currently. I hope people continue to enjoy the themes I was able to create in the time I had here. Thanks to everyone who has supported and/or helped WMS in any way. It was a really good experience, and this is the best forum I\'ve ever been a part of. Happy Gaming! ~TheOutbreak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . News 8/3/09: Just to keep everyone updated; I\'m taking a break from modding for a while, so I hope you enjoy the themes I have currently. I\'ve got a few too many things going on right now to keep it up. I\'ll still try to check in on this page though, and on the comments. Thanks to everyone who has supported WMS. I\'ll keep this updated if anything changes, and if I start work on anything new. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . News 7/23/09: WMS Special Volume: \"Hell\" Released! (Should be fixed now, sorry for any inconvenience) A new download has been added, \"WMS Special Volumes\". This is the same idea as the Anthology package except that themes located in the Special Volumes file are stand-alone themes only, except for some possible future exceptions. This is due to some specific complications and tweaks I needed to make which cause the theme to be incompatible with the Anthology Combo Pack concept. I apologize if you are disappointed in this, but it\'s the best I can do. Currently, only the Hell theme is found in this package along with a couple of extras. Here is some information on it: You will find a new \"cloud\" texture set made specifically for this theme. Make sure you read the readme included in the new download if you don\'t know how to install textures. Megaton had to have a separate version of the Hell weather made for it because of some extremely annoying lighting issues. (one of the complications I spoke of) Megaton appears to dull all of the colors, as well as make everything darker. In this case it was so dark, it was just far too irritating. I had no idea how to fix it otherwise. Also, I added a large ambient light to Megaton near the center of town to help vision. If none of you like it, it isn\'t too difficult to pull it out, so I can. (or you can :) ) There are no day/dusk/dawn/night cycles, so to speak, since it\'s Hell! :P The river water color has been changed to red. Just like in Volume 2 it was changed to a gray which reflected the natural colors better. Two OPTIONAL extras have been included. One is another customized Piplight with an orange tint and a wide radius. Very similar to the one that came with Silent Hell. The other, called \"VATS: No Color Shift\", is another item I had to make to quell some annoying issues. Because this theme is so harsh, dark, and red; when you use VATS (during the slow-motion periods) everything turns sepia-toned. (light brown) To combat this, I went in and altered some of the special effects that VATS uses. Now it should no longer knock out all of the color when you use this ESP. Of course, this is likely incompatible with some other VATS mods. Lastly, Hell has options to work with ALL DLCs except for Anchorage. The base ESP only effects the Default game. The Broken Steel labeled version effects the Default game AND Broken Steel, and two other ESPs for The Pitt and Point Lookout are also included. The Pitt and Point Lookout ESPs work independently, so if you only want Hell in The Pitt, then just run The Pitt ESP. If you want it to work in Point Lookout, then run that one. If you want the Hell theme to appear everywhere, then run both of those and either the Base or Broken Steel version. You can also run mixes such as Hell for The Pitt and then something like a theme from Volume 2. It should not conflict. If anyone finds I\'ve missed an area in any of the DLCs, let me know. I had to reinstall my game a while back and don\'t have all of the areas open except for Point Lookout. I recommend playing this with low lights since it\'s so dark. If you\'re sensitive to intense themes, then I\'d avoid this one! Alright... although I am disappointed this didn\'t end up the way I planned it originally, I hope that you enjoy it. If I find the time, maybe I can work with it a bit more and add in some of the other alternatives I wanted. NOTE: If you\'ve been following my news posts and the comments board, then you\'ll know that I am having less and less time to work on new themes. Real life calls. As I\'ve always said though, if I stop work on WMS, I will let everyone know. I don\'t like to just disappear! :) Although I may make some future tweaks to the Hell volume, I am taking a break on harsh themes. It\'s given me more trouble than all of the others combined! :P Oh, and I know the green smoke, windows, etc. is annoying, but I don\'t know how to change that. Another problem when using a harsh red theme like this. Anyway, as always, thank you, and please enjoy this new theme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . News 6/28/09: WMS Anthology Released! The WMS Anthology file contains Volume 1, 2 and a new Combo Pack. The Combo Pack contains Cyclers that use all of the weather currently available in the WMS as well as special versions that include vanilla weather. If you plan on editing WMS for your own use, I recommend using these CP Cyclers. If you\'re new to Cyclers, please see the Cycler section within the readme area below. All future Volumes will be added to the Anthology file. All future Volumes will also be updated in the Combo Pack. The Volume 1 Weather Controller is still included and has been updated for use with the 1. 6 patch. Thanks to Yossarian for pointing out a problem. The readme has been changed and updated, as well as certain areas of the FAQ section. Special items like the Silent Hell piplight are now located in an \"Extras\" folder within the Anthology file. Cyclers have been made for Volume 1. In the Cycler only; Silent Hell\'s day and night have been split into two themes for better compatibility. No more blackouts, as the blackouts were only meant for the Single version of Silent Hell. Now you will

...