Settler and Companion Dialogue Overhaul

"Fallout 4 companions play like a great first effort from a gifted modder."

- llamaRCA, author of the #1 companion mods Willow and Heather.

Let's add some polish.

2_AZ0Poyp-MNovember 2019 Mod of the Month

What this mod does

1) Reduces or eliminates repetitive companion dialogue.  How many times do you need to hear Cait say "Can't wait to get out of this goddamn heat" at 2 a.m. when it's raining? Now she'll only ever say that line once, and at the right time. Same with comments about looting, crafting, chem use, etc.

2) Adds new situation-appropriate dialogue for companions. They'll have more to say and seem more aware of their surroundings.

3) New dialogue menu options for Cait, Curie, Piper, Valentine, Hancock, Danse, Deacon, and Gage. They all give side quests now, except Curie, who can serve as a vendor and combat medic once she's converted to a synth.

4) Generic vanilla settler dialogue now pulls from a bank of over 150 lines instead of just 21, multiplied by up to 10 different potential voice types for each line.

5) Settlers are aware of your quest progression, and while they still occasionally complain about "my back hurts, my feet hurt...", they display increased awareness of the dangers lurking in the Commonwealth, expressing gratitude for the protection you've provided them, with a more tolerable balance between positive, neutral, negative, and snarky comments. If your settlement happiness is high enough, they will occasionally give you small gifts when expressing their gratitude.

6) Adds additional combat dialogue variety to Raiders and Gunners.

In total, the mod adds over 2,300 voice lines to companions, settlers, and enemies.

How it works

This was accomplished with vanilla dialogue by:

- Incorporating content that was cut from the game

- Editing and splicing existing lines to create new ones

- Re-purposing hidden or rare dialogue to apply to new situations

- Flagging certain annoying/repetitive lines to only be said once (e.g. loot junk comments)

- Adding cool-down timers to other repetitive lines (e.g. combat taunts)

No NPC records were edited - only companion dialogue quest records and the 'DialogueFarmGeneric' quest (for settlers). No vanilla scripts were touched. NPC appearance mods are fully compatible, as are mods that affect NPC stats, NPC leveled lists, and companion affinity.

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