The Strip Open

The Strip Open

Overview The Strip Open is an attempt to restore the Vegas Strip worldspace in Fallout: New Vegas to what was the developer\'s original intent; namely a large, visually spectacular open area. The Strip as found in the retail game is not the original plan for the area, and the checkpoint gates that make the area so clumsy to navigate are sadly a technical compromise - to quote Obsidian lead designer J. E Sawyer: \"Memory problems caused crashing in both The Strip and Freeside, so they had to be split up\". As you might expect, for these very reasons this mod is more demanding than the vanilla game, so users with lower end machines should tread with caution. The Strip Open should however run comfortably on most modern computers. This mod is not an attempt to remodel or revamp the strip or to add new locations. There are many other mods with this goal, and users are encouraged to explore other options if that is their desire. The primary goal of The Strip Open is simply to recreate Obsidian\'s original vision for the strip, and to ensure the core game still has complete functionality despite these substantial changes. With this latest release I will boldly state that I believe the above aim is now achieved with this mod. Enjoy New Vegas as it was always intended to be. What\'s New V1. 4 Revamped Tops Promoter characters so their dialogue/behaviours make sense, and to unlock previously inaccessible lines of dialogue: - Fixed the first Tops Promoter\'s dialogue conditions so he can actually talk about Billy Knight now. - Restored the cut second Tops Promoter and fixed his dialogue. He can be found watching the girls outside Gomorrah. - Randomised the Promoter\'s topics. You can now hear their dialogue for BOTH the acts that either NPC promotes now. You can also now hear the spiel about the second of each one\'s acts if you\'d gotten the first one before, which would make it impossible to hear those lines in the vanilla game. - Changed Tops Promoter Behaviour. They are now disabled until the player has recruited their respective acts to promote. They will also now actively engage the player in conversation to promote their acts. This will happen once a day when you enter into their triggers unless you tell them to go away and then they will stop doing this. This seems to be more inline with how they were originally intended to work in the game. - The first promoter will now always make a comment to the player when you pass their trigger once a day. This is just a sayto line so shouldn\'t be too obnoxious. The second promoter however, will do the same, but will start a full conversation once a day if the player triggers it. To stop this behaviour, just say to him \"stop bugging me\". This will reset when you get his second act on board, and you must tell him to stop bugging you again. - Restored an unused