March 25, 2010

This is a sub-page of Proto:Fallout: New Vegas.

Quests#

Guess Who I Saw Today?#

A cut objective has been recovered for this quest from this build:

This reveals that at one point there was an optional objective to stabilize a prototype. This is related to a series of scripts and messages still present in the final. The Mark II prototype to be repaired is present in game in this build, located on a table on the left hand side of Doctor Henry's lab in the lodge. It is not known yet what the consequence of doing this would be, however.

Why Can't We Be Friends?#

Multiple remnants of the early iteration of this quest can be found in ESM data recovered from this dump, including a set of generic barks for the Vault 19 Powder Gangers to react to the events that occur in the quest:

These are of interest as they mention events that either don't happen or occur differently in the final game. The Powder Gangers comment on the Great Khans and them forming an alliance, in the final the Powder Gangers simply become Great Khans. There is mention also of Cooke picking a target, as well as rebuilding the Vault, two things that don't happen normally. There is a cut location bark for Cass present in the July build also, where she alludes to the Powder Gangers and Khans attacking the Legion.

Two cut objectives for this quest also imply changes to the first half of the quest:

In the final game, Lem and Cooke have different first tasks for the player, with Cooke asking the player to kill geckos beneath the vault and Lem wanting the player to destroy the sulfur deposits. In this iteration of the quest, both Cooke and Lem task the player with eliminating the geckos. The VMS42ExitScript reveals that the leader the player sided with would have killed the other. In the final, only Cooke will kill Lem, Cooke simply leaves the vault. Also notable is that Lem wants to join the Great Khans, here there is no mention of surrendering to the NCR, suggesting his character was quite different originally.

Unused Scripts#

VMS42ExitScript#

This is the script that handles the death of either leader dependent on who the player sides with.

ScriptName VMS42ExitScript
Begin OnActivate
  If VMS42.cookeQS01C == 1
    VPhilipLemREF.kill VSamuelCookeREF 0 0
    LemDoorREF.UnLock
    LemGore01.Enable
    LemGore02.Enable
    LemGore03.Enable
    LemGore04.Enable
    LemGore05.Enable
    LemGore06.Enable
    LemGore07.Enable
    LemGore08.Enable
    LemGore09.Enable
    LemGore10.Enable
    LemGore11.Enable
    LemGore12.Enable
    Activate
  ElseIf VMS42.lemQS01C == 1
    VSamuelCookeREF.kill VPhilipLemREF 0 0
    CookeDoorREF.UnLock
    CookeGore01.Enable
    CookeGore02.Enable
    CookeGore03.Enable
    CookeGore04.Enable
    CookeGore05.Enable
    CookeGore06.Enable
    CookeGore07.Enable
    CookeGore08.Enable
    CookeGore09.Enable
    CookeGore10.Enable
    CookeGore11.Enable
    CookeGore12.Enable
    CookeGore13.Enable
    CookeGore14.Enable
    CookeGore15.Enable
    CookeGore16.Enable
    CookeGore17.Enable
    CookeGore18.Enable
    Activate
  Else
    Activate
  EndIf
End

Unused Location#

New Caesartown#

A map marker for a location named "New Caesartown". This is actually placed where the normal Jacobstown map marker is, suggesting it was simply an alternative marker for that location, possibly intended for the post game.

Unused Dialogue#

Powder Gangers#

Some lines of dialogue for generic Vault 19 Powder Gangers. Note that there are lines here to comment on a completed alliance - in the final they simply disappear when this happens.

Samuel Cooke#

Some unused player lines for Samuel Cooke that allude to the cut portion of the quest where he and the Khans would attack a target.

Phillip Lem#

Unused player lines for Lem, hinting his route was originally similar to Cooke's.