Enemies of the wastes

ENEMIES OF THE WASTES

by Polov

More than 10 years after the release of Fallout 3 comes my first mod for the game. It started as a simple idea for my friend that asked me to create a mod for her game, so I decided to create a few bounties that her characters could hunt down. But during creation I was getting more and more ideas and the final result includes way more than just a few bounties. The mod is heavily inspired by New Vegas Bounties Mod for FNV, which is IMO the best mod for Fallout ever created and I heartily recommend trying it out, if you haven’t yet done so.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Download the mod, put EnemiesOfTheWastes.esp in Fallout 3 Data directory and activate the esp. Upon loading the game a message should pop up, meaning that the mod loaded correctly.

REQUIREMENTS

All official DLCs are required.

Megaton must not be destroyed.

WARNINGS

1 - If you’re offended by profanity, the mod won’t be for you.

2 - There’s no voice acting.

3 - There are no quest markers, instructions found in notes should be enough. Sometimes undiscovered marked locations will be marked on your PipBoy during conversations with NPCs or through notes.

4 - One NPC in particular has something against women but that’s his viewpoint, not mine.

CONTENT

In Enemies of the wastes you have an option to hunt down some dangerous criminals on behalf of the Regulators. Most bounties are handled by Wheeler the robot outside Megaton, so stop by his place, talk to him if you want, then pick any bounty from the suitcase. At the beginning you’ll see (only) ten bounties, more are added later on, as you complete the first ten.

QUESTS

Altogether there are 20 quests / bounties, 3 special quests, 1 epilogue quest, 1 unmarked quest and some extras that don’t count as quests. Special quests are triggered only during certain conditions, but there isn’t any “correct” way of completing quests. Some quests will lead you directly to your targets, while sometimes you’ll need to figure out their locations from clues or search some area to find them.

For the sake of story-telling some NPCs are marked as essential during the questline.

In Enemies of the wastes you can’t fail any quest, but by doing certain things during the questline, like immediately shooting at some NPC that’s not hostile by default o