Fallhope is a Russian Fallout 2 Van Buren TC. This mod is fairly young but has made some serious progress in a short amount of time. They put out a press release in Russian yesterday, which I have "translated":
<blockquote>The wasteland has again generated forces that may bring mankind to the verge of extinction. Life is one continuous fight for survival; people have changed and they are now ruled by animal instincts. Society will never be the same. Strength and instincts are superior to reason, and survival is the name of the game.
When the hard days seem to never end; when it seems that life is becoming a living hell, and there is no hope for tomorrow, a new hero appears. A Hero who can change the course of history. A Hero who can change the fate of the world
The secrets of wasteland lie not only beyond the limits of the prison, but much nearer than than you can imagine... You have many mysteries to solve:
- Who are you?
- Why are you here?
- How did you get here?
To many questions you will find many answers, and only you can decide which answers are true.
New quests will help you find a new, huge and unknown world.
New towns and the characters will appear before your eyes.
True friends will help you overcome the dangers of the road, where the enemy could be just about anyone or anything. You will feel a new fallout consume you. Every second of the game will tell you one thing:
You've lost it...
But you live...
And if you think of the future, then it exists...
It is!
And if you want it, you'll see it...
You'll see the most important thing in life...
You'll see hope!
Fallhope is a brand new game based in the same Fallout, which surprised us once, and passed the test of time left in our hearts. It will be combined with the hopes and dreams of FO fans, that have been waiting for Fallout 3 for all these years.
We believe that Fallout is a work of art, and it deserves more than a dozen years of life. We have great respect for the people who created this game and will continue their work on this Van Buren project.
We are remaining true to canon, and already we have created new:
- Dialogue
- Quests
- Music
- Animations
- concept and in game art
When playing our game be sure to pay attention. In Fallout Hope you can play without searching under every stone on the side of the road, but by blindly moving forward and not paying attention, you risk missing out on a lot of interesting people and quests. Remember this!</blockquote>
They have released a couple of tunes, which you can grab here and here
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There are some animated critter gifs and item art in the modding section discussion.
Links:
Russian topic on Fallhope forums
Fallhope homepage
Discussion on NMA and animated eye candy
In other news .Pixote. has catalogued all of the art in Fallout 2 by mapper PID number, which is an insane achievement. This will help FO2 modders a great deal in tracking down pieces of art in the mapper, and it is also very interesting to see every piece of scenery used to build the classic Fallouts.
<blockquote>Each individual artwork has a corresponding number (PID order from the Mapper), name/description, and for the walls their individual direction (i.e. East/West). These files could be considered very useful for modders, (when they need to find individual artworks without having to scroll through the several thousand that were built by Black Isle) or for any fan who would like to appreciate the beauty of the original artwork. There 23 files all up at with a combined size of 22mb. You can down load each individual file, or all of the images in one compressed file…enjoy </blockquote>
Discusion and eye candy on NMA
Download from media fire
<blockquote>The wasteland has again generated forces that may bring mankind to the verge of extinction. Life is one continuous fight for survival; people have changed and they are now ruled by animal instincts. Society will never be the same. Strength and instincts are superior to reason, and survival is the name of the game.
When the hard days seem to never end; when it seems that life is becoming a living hell, and there is no hope for tomorrow, a new hero appears. A Hero who can change the course of history. A Hero who can change the fate of the world
The secrets of wasteland lie not only beyond the limits of the prison, but much nearer than than you can imagine... You have many mysteries to solve:
- Who are you?
- Why are you here?
- How did you get here?
To many questions you will find many answers, and only you can decide which answers are true.
New quests will help you find a new, huge and unknown world.
New towns and the characters will appear before your eyes.
True friends will help you overcome the dangers of the road, where the enemy could be just about anyone or anything. You will feel a new fallout consume you. Every second of the game will tell you one thing:
You've lost it...
But you live...
And if you think of the future, then it exists...
It is!
And if you want it, you'll see it...
You'll see the most important thing in life...
You'll see hope!
Fallhope is a brand new game based in the same Fallout, which surprised us once, and passed the test of time left in our hearts. It will be combined with the hopes and dreams of FO fans, that have been waiting for Fallout 3 for all these years.
We believe that Fallout is a work of art, and it deserves more than a dozen years of life. We have great respect for the people who created this game and will continue their work on this Van Buren project.
We are remaining true to canon, and already we have created new:
- Dialogue
- Quests
- Music
- Animations
- concept and in game art
When playing our game be sure to pay attention. In Fallout Hope you can play without searching under every stone on the side of the road, but by blindly moving forward and not paying attention, you risk missing out on a lot of interesting people and quests. Remember this!</blockquote>
They have released a couple of tunes, which you can grab here and here
<center>
<center>
There are some animated critter gifs and item art in the modding section discussion.
Links:
Russian topic on Fallhope forums
Fallhope homepage
Discussion on NMA and animated eye candy
In other news .Pixote. has catalogued all of the art in Fallout 2 by mapper PID number, which is an insane achievement. This will help FO2 modders a great deal in tracking down pieces of art in the mapper, and it is also very interesting to see every piece of scenery used to build the classic Fallouts.
<blockquote>Each individual artwork has a corresponding number (PID order from the Mapper), name/description, and for the walls their individual direction (i.e. East/West). These files could be considered very useful for modders, (when they need to find individual artworks without having to scroll through the several thousand that were built by Black Isle) or for any fan who would like to appreciate the beauty of the original artwork. There 23 files all up at with a combined size of 22mb. You can down load each individual file, or all of the images in one compressed file…enjoy </blockquote>
Discusion and eye candy on NMA
Download from media fire
Sad but true. Though I suck at learning new languages.
