Fallout 2 mod Fallout et tu - Release v1.7

Hey there, first time ever installing Fallout 1 and 2, got hard copies. I installed this, is there anything else recommended to install or is this the whole community patch in one? My only experience with windows 95 is Dig Dug so treat me like a simpleton pretty please.

 

Ah yeah I saw the HQ music requires Sfall. So Sfall is already installed? Do you recommend any textures/interface/visual upgrades/packages or is everything installed? Sorry if I'm just basically asking the same question again.

 

Thank you for all your help!

 

I have a big favour to ask for v1.6: I love the new low-tier energy pistol you can now get from the Shady Sands merchant, however it replaces the (unusued) F2 Zip Gun proto. I usually mod the Zip Gun back into Fallout 2 as a Pipe Rifle alternative because I love the aesthetic, and would like to also use that weapon in Et Tu... but obviously I can't because the "Zap Gun" (your cool new pistol, as I call it) overwrites the original.

Would it be feasible to have the "Zap Gun" (energy version) you added be a new proto added by Et Tu rather than overwriting the F2 Zip Gun? Or maybe have it overwrite something else that isn't ever used in either F2 or Et Tu (Tangler's Hand or Smitty's Cool Item, for example) instead?

If there's a good reason for doing it as an overwrite of that specific proto, no problems, but just wanted to ask.

 

Only for compatibility, because the Zip Gun was originally that proto anyway. If, for example, you or someone else later replaces "Tangler's Hand" then my changing that proto to the old Zip Gun is no longer compatible. Like, say, I chose that to replace and later you, someone, or even I, re-add the Tangler subquest back into the game.

Like the RPU, Et Tu already adds some new protos of its own by necessity, so one more new one (Zap Gun) rather than it being a replacement of an existing F2 item wouldn't matter for future compatibility since everyone using or modding Et Tu needs to respect all your added protos anyway.

As you say, though, easy enough to just mess around with it myself if need be.

On a different note, I'd love it if your cool Et Tu Zap Gun was someday added to the RPU project as a new weapon/proto, even if it wasn't available normally in-game. Again, I can do it myself, but a) it's yours and b) if it's part of the main RPU rather than a mod, there are less compatibility issues with other/future mods.

 

Hmmm...would it be possible to make it so that one can reach level 99 in this mod?

 

Just in case...should I just delete XPTable or the WHOLE line with the upcoming numbers (1000,3000,6000) as well? Maybe also the "Player's level is capped once the highest specified level is reached" too?

I kinda liked the "level cap being up to 99" feature in Fallout FIXT so I thought it would be fun to get that here too.

Thanks in advance!

 

Just put a semicolon at the beginning of that line to comment out the option.

 

@Lexx
Please add HQ Music .acm to the mod from this repository
https://github.com/BGforgeNet/Fallout2-HQ-music

 

I just tried out Et Tu for the first time after playing previously with fixt.
I'm curious how the AP/JHP ammo issue has been dealt with in Et Tu.
I did an experiment and got a strange result.
I set a 10mm pistol to do exactly 20 damage every time.
Unarmored people take 24 damage from JHP and 22 from AP. Huh?
Dogs (with 10% normal resistance, I think) take 18 from JHP (seems correct) and 17 from AP.

Is there an explanation for the formulas being used? Because this makes little sense to me.

 

https://www.nma-fallout.com/threads/f2-damage-calculation-change-a-fix-v3-by-my-count.200361/

 

@NovaRain Thanks for the pointer.

Another question for anyone knowledgeable:

I see a version of sFall is still undergoing development even now. (https://github.com/FakelsHub/sFall-Extended/releases)
Is Et Tu using these updated versions?
And will the next (looking soon?) version using the latest stable version available?
If not, is there any problem with my adding them in to Et Tu? Or are they too divergent?