Alternate Talking Goris

Description

This mod adjusts the artwork of Goris's talking head to obfuscate his features with shadows.

Installation instructions

First follow all instructions necessary to install Restoration Project - Talking Heads Addon, including installing the off-site version of the Fallout 2 Restoration Project.  Download Alternate Talking Goris and extract it somewhere.  Copy "talking_goris_alt.dat" from your extracted folder into your Fallout 2 installation's "mods" folder.  Open "mods_order.txt".  Add "talking_goris_alt.dat" (with no apostrophes) to a new line.

It must be AFTER "talking_heads.dat" and before "fo2tweaks.dat".

If using Talking Heads Actually Talk, it should also be after "talking_heads_audio.dat".

If also using VOCK, it should be after "talking_heads_that_rpu_map_update_patch.dat", "vock.dat", AND "vock_floats.dat" (if applicable).

So that section of your mods_order.txt should look like this with all those mods in play:

• []talking_heads.dat[/]

  []talking_heads_audio.dat[/]

  []talking_heads_that_rpu_map_update_patch.dat[/]

  []vock.dat[/]

  []vock_floats.dat[/]

  []talking_goris_alt.dat[/]

  []fo2tweaks.dat[/]

  Main features

  Goris's presentation in Goat Boy's original mod is very dramatic, and his design deviation from Gruthar might make a new player mistake him for some other mutation (instead of recognizing him as a deathclaw....  Veterans know, of course, but new players wouldn't).  It's also a bummer that his portrait immediately spoils his reveal, whereas someone would normally have to wait until combat to learn his secret.

  I opened up Goris's frame data with an unpacker and reworked the portrait in an image editor, leaning heavily into shadows to obfuscate his features.  My goal was to give players the illusion he's an old man or a ghoul at first glance, with them only later realizing that what they thought was his chin is actually his nose, and that 'bandage' is his eye glowing in the darkness.

  This mod only includes . FRM files, it does not assign any audio to Goris.  Other mods like The Voice Over Creation Kit are working to voice characters like Goris, so that feature is outside of the scope of this mod.

  Requirements

  The Fallout 2 Restoration Project

  Restoration Project - Talking Heads Addon

  Shout outs

  Goat_Boy for creating the original mod and the assets I modified.