Fallout 4: Capital Wasteland - Fallout 4 Overhaul Mod
What is Fallout 4: Capital Wasteland?
Long ago in an ancient and chaotic time period known as the 00’s, Bethesda and Zenimax attained the rights to a game called Fallout: A Post-Apocalyptic Role-Playing Game from Interplay and Black Isle Studios. In 2008, they released their first installation into the franchise: Fallout 3.
Now, nearly 10 years later, we want to keep the first 3D entry alive and kicking by updating and bringing it into the current generation of gaming and graphics by rebuilding the entire Capital Wasteland – complete with quests, dialogue, and all locations- into Fallout 4’s Creation Engine.
What Did I Work On For Fallout 4: Capital Wasteland?
I contribute consistently to the exterior and interior level design efforts of the Capital Wasteland team, recreating and sometimes improving the exterior and interior environments of Fallout 3’s Capital Wasteland. I was put in charge of the recreation of multiple areas around the open-world of the capital wasteland including Little Lamplight, Temple of the Union, and Oasis.
Level Designer
My main focus while working on the project was level design. I was hired primarily for Exterior Level Design, but also did Interior work as well. I worked on the swathing desolate environments that call the capital wasteland home. I worked in the terrain system as well as working with models and kitbashing to bring the various environments I worked in up to the level of quality expected.
What Did I Learn from Fallout 4: Capital Wasteland?
- CREATION KIT / ENGINE VERSIONS – Though there are many differences between different engines, I have not experienced massive differences between individual engines. During the course of F4CW’s development I spent a lot of time working in both Fallout 4’s Creation Kit as well as Fallout 3’s G.E.C.K. they are both versions of the same engine, but both massively different. There was a wide variety of work done to translate the content from the GECK to the F4 Creation Kit, especially when it comes to quests. This I think has helped me learn some things when it comes to working in proprietary engines. It also helped me learn a lot about the Creation Kit itself which has helped me with future Bethesda mod projects.
Mod Links
F4CW - Capital Wasteland
F4CW - Point Lookout
