Deadpan Fan Art!

Some new fan art of Deadpan, a companion from Beyond Boulder Dome, by Sarah Bellum.

http://popsicleparrotlolly.deviantart.com/art/Deadpan-Cartoon-331773919

Beta Version 0.83

Update 0.83 is now up at the Nexus: http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/46907

Change-log:

- Capture scene in Crawler updated with new first-person anim, like in Dead Money.
- Capture scene bugged gas-sound fixed.
- Ignition key / gasoline message bug should now be fixed.
- New lines, etc, for Grant, for after main quest. [Audio will come soon.]
- Fixed fade-to-black timing for Zax secret door scene.
- Removed disabled scripts that modify vanilla reputations, to prevent reputation clearing bug. [Needs testing]
- Added in new textures for Underground Boulder stage-curtain. More frayed.

Deadpan Fan Art!

Check out some Deadpan fan-art by 

the-death-spoon

http://the-death-spoon.deviantart.com/art/Someone-Said-Macbeth-320079317

Updated Credits List

I've updated the Credits list on the mod page at the Nexus. It's not on the description page, there is a separate button for displaying credits on the site. Here is the revised version of the credits, for anyone interested. If you were involved in the project, and you think the list should be edited it some way, just let me know.

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MODDERS:

RJHelms84 - Project Director, Lead Programmer, Lead Writer, and level designer. Did most of the programming for the mod, basically everywhere except Boulder Underground and the Ranger Station. Also wrote the main quest line, a lot of the sidequests, and most of the dialogue. Did a lot of the level designing as well, such as Boulder Mountain Park, The Colorado Wastes, Outer Boulder, The Brain Center, The BOS base, and the outer boundaries and Crawler for Nellis Airplane Graveyard, as well as various other interiors. Also did Blender work, such as creating animations like haunted books and Oran Utan idles, and getting new models game-ready. Also did a small amount of voice acting.

MontyBrad - Lead Level Designer. Created the level designs for Nova Industries and the smaller areas that surround it, as well as all the Death Fall Caves. Also did a lot of work on Inner and Outer Boulder, the Airplane Graveyard, as well as improvements to Boulder Mountain Park. Also created the Control Level interiors for the Dome, and made improvements to the other areas of the Dome as well.

KazFoxsen - Programmer, Writer, Modeller and Texture Artist. Wrote, designed and programmed the Deadpan companion, as well as the various characters and quests of Underground Boulder. Also created the characters of the Ranger Station: Cricket and Mu. Also created the Caroline vendor and co. Also created new posters and small misc items and apparel, such as Deadpan's hat, egg figurines, and notably the large stage curtain and texture in Underground Boulder. Also did some voice acting.

Xenoo - Lead 3d Modeller. Modelled and textured the Environmental Armor, both the Death Squad armors, and the Mutant Cannibal. Also created the Disintegrator Canon, the Compact Gauss Rifle, and the VBR pistol.

Ionis - Level designer. Created the Rogue Ghoul Camp, the underground military compound where the ants are, did most of the work on Nellis Airplane Graveyard, made a lot of improvements to Boulder Mountain Park and Outer Boulder, created the Engine Levels of the Dome, as well as the outside area to the Brain Center. Also created the level designing for Underground Boulder, and the connected outside area that leads to the Dome's second entrance. Also created the custom albino textures for the ants. Also set up the scripting for the gladiator battle in the Dome's engineering section.

MikeHancho - Level designer. Created ALL the interiors of Inner Boulder (aside from the Dead Factory stuff), as well as Harcort Positronics in Outer Boulder. Also scripted the ghosts and the accompanying mission.

Crawlius - Sound FX Expert and Voice Actor. Created all of the custom Sound FX, for things like the elevator, the cryo chambers, the new weapons, and more. Also the voice of Elder Guile.

DrakeElvin - Programmer / Companion Creator. Created the Kate companion and handled most of her programming. Also programmed the basic companion functions that Deadpan was built upon.

DonKnotts - Texture Artist. Created the clean Dome textures, as well as custom pieces exclusive to BBD. Created the outer models for the Dome, and various other textures, like the textures for Deadpan's Cane.

NateNeurotic - 3d Modeller and Texture Artist. Created all the Chimps and the Orang Utan, including Lester. Created the Mutant Cats.

AlexanderJVelicky - Level Designer. Created the Inner Boulder worldspace.

Ozren Fuerst - 3d Modeller and Texture Artist. Created the Dome Suit.

Kanoba - Level Designer. Created the Mobile Base Crawler interiors.

Riven1978 - Mash-up Artist and Rigger.

Moburma - Programmer. Handled bug-fixes for our early Beta release, while RJHelms84 was away.

Quetzlsacatanango - Rigger and Mash-up Artist. Rigged Lester in particular and various other models.

se7enraven - 3d Modeller and Texture Artist. Created various items, such as the Poster Stands.

commander_tak - Created the BBD official logo image.

G33k3dGam3r - 3d Modeller. Created Deadpan's cane, as well as other models.

Werne - 3d Modeller.

dragbody - Rigger. Worked on Death Squad Armors, the Dome Suit, and more.

Kuroitsune - Expert Programmer. Merged the mod's previous two esm's into one.


Supporting Writers:
Jathis
Bdthemag
ComfortablyBum
Roslin Thelso
Sarra Rohr

Posters Only:
Nathan Skaggs
Katie Daysh


Very difficult to remember everyone involved and any free resources we've used, so if I've missed anyone out, please let me know, and I'll update these credits asap! -R

Used a truck by Hengebobs STvehiclesResource mod.
Used an elevator from SpeedyB64's Speedy Resources mod.
Night sky by Vurt, from Vurts Dramatic Night Skies mod.

ACTORS:

Crawlius - Elder Guile
Jason Steele - Captain Despot and Doctor Field + others
Winston Romanoff - Doctor Harold Johnson
Nile Zam Jones - Deadpan Companion + others
Kristyn Yearington - Kate Companion, Cricket + others
Don Graham - Sentinel Grant, Initiate Young + others
Pippa Winslow - Sarah Johnson, Mu
Larry Bailey - Doctor Savant, Bliven + others
Berkeley Pickell - Lester, Metalhead Bashers and Crushers
Brandi Harnish - Connie, Bree + others
Kris Roberson - Doctor Fabler, Scribe Elington
Kevin Powe - Edison Blake
Dan Conlin - Mickey + others
Jean-Gobert De Coster - Doctor Franko
Matty Smith - Officer Andre
Brian Post - Neil

Quentin Yung
Daniel Bernardi
Phil Schinbein
Mark Stenhouse
Edward Ashley
Nathanial Jacobs
Kurtis Young
Marie K
Jamaal Ephriam
Mike Wagner
Marcus Noble
Daniel Hill
Suzanne Rose
Rachel Eckensviller
Beccy Henderson
Sarah Slaughter
Nudge and XIII
Nick Taber
Robert J. O’Melia
Kaz Foxsen
Andrew Chung


MUSIC

MontyBrad
Peter J. Kaszyk III

VIDEOS:
Unoctium

Cubemaps used by weijiesen

FONTS:
"Forque" and "Snickles" fonts by Tup Wanders.
"Old Standard" by Alexey Kryukov.
"Becker Black NF" by Nick's Fonts
"Noodle Script" by Dave Bastian
"Handserif" by 5inq.

Programs:
Audacity, WavePad (converting), Meow MultiSound (converting), GIMP, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Blender
Geck, Nifskope, FNVEdit, FOMM, the Conformulator, TES Construction Set (lip synch)
Maya, 3ds Max.

Once again, I did my best to make this credits list accurate, but if I've missed you out, then please let me know, and I'll update this asap. I'll also improve this list, and add more details/links for various team members, when I get chance. -R

Beta Version 0.82

http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/46907

Just added a new update file (0.82) to fix the Nova Drainage corrupted cell of doom. Somehow the cell got corrupted during file merges or something. All I had to do was create a new copy of the cell and that worked a treat, thankfully! Never seen a bug like that before!

If you already have version 0.8 or 0.81, then you only need to extract the esm file from the 0.82 archive. Otherwise, follow the instructions in the Readme file.

-Rob

Endless Walkers?

Endless Walkers to feature in the wastelands of Colorado?


"The Endless Walk is the punishment in which a ghoul is stripped of every worldly possession, including clothing, and sent marching into the wasteland. No ghoul has ever come back from the Endless Walk.

On those rare occasions when one survives more than one year in the wasteland, they turn into wandering, voracious creatures on an endless quest for flesh. Due to their prolonged, open exposure to the desert sun, high radiation, and other hardships of the wasteland, these unfortunate ghouls, who were banished naked, look like walking, sun bleached chunks of beef jerky. Their constant exposure to the hot sun and high levels of radiation has caused their skin to toughen into natural, hardened leather, but at the same time, their brains have been completely cooked.

Endless walkers who have been in the wastes for so long become creatures of instinct and will attack anything that moves in a vain effort to quench an appetite that can never be quenched. Also, their skin is very tough and they strike with their claw-like hands with surprising quickness. Fortunately, endless walkers do not travel in groups. In fact, it is a rare occasion when someone comes across one, though most who travel this side of the wasteland like to keep their distance from the ravenous creatures. Though encounters with Endless Walkers are rare, when someone does encounter them, they are assured to never forget the encounter, if they survive."


--Info taken from http://fallout.wikia.com
--Sketches by Payton Quinn

Beta Version 0.81

http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/46907

Just added a new update file (v0.81) which fixes and improves the weather/sky/fog. It fixes the issue of black clouds sometimes appearing. If you already downloaded the 0.8 version, then you only need the esm file from this archive. If in doubt, just extract everything from the update and overwrite when it asks.

Beta Version 0.8 is Released

http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/46907

The new update has been released, that includes many bug-fixes and improvements, and also combines the two esm files into one, thanks to the work of Kuroitsune. Here is a list of some of the changes:


- Two esm files merged into one
- Main quest endings improved.
- Dialogue corrections
- Missing voice audio files added
- Mobile Base Crawler easier to navigate
- Missing quest markers added
- Fixed quest marker error for opening quest
- Fixed Kate errors, such as her appearing at the Lucky 38
- Fixed recurring pop-up bug with gasoline and ignition key messages
- Fixed various texture problems
- Added new quest markers
- Fixed various quest marker errors
- The Last Resort quest marker bugs fixed
- Various cosmetic fixes, such as holes in landscape, floating cans, etc
- Vanilla companions are fired automatically before player arrives in Colorado
- Elite Death Squad helmet added to Scylla's guard booth, outside Nova
- Added C4 to Sentinel Grant's inventory
- Removed door sounds from various cave entrances
- Added activation text overrides where appropriate
- New lines added for the Boulder Zax

-And many more changes.

And some more change-lists, from KazFoxsen:

MISC

Fixed hydrant angles corrected

Replaced remaining Searchlight fire engines with Boulder ones

Replaced radios playing Mr. New Vegas with the generic station

Fixed hole in canyon of Boulder Park

Bionics Personnel door can now be removed by Super Sledge, Chainsaw, and Hatchet.

Caroline carries more rare weapons and caps. She carries some ammo (including some armor piercing 556mm) and a small amount of chems, food, drinks, and med supplies. If using an old save, some types of item won’t appear until the container respawns.

Fixed Caroline’s trading quest so it relies on the player returning to her with news, rather than a timer. Makes it clear that the player can trade with Boulder after.

COMPANIONS

Kate now has companion ammo and non-playable weapons.

Fixed glitches to Deadpan and Lenore’s health when hired together. This also got rid of the bug that made DP nearly invincible.

If the player convinces DP to move on and leave the ghoul cat behind, he’ll gain the Show Must Go On perk upgrade, which improves Writer’s Block (PC gains 75% base health, while DP only loses 25%). Lenore and corpse will both disappear once player leaves Catacombs.

Clarified some dialog when DP finds Lenore (will further clarify when voice files are done)

DP will retell cat story if player asks, even after Cat’s in the Crater quest is completed.

During cat story, player can no longer suggest that Lenore could be a ghoul if DP has found corpse.

DP will force greet player near entrance to town to show that he is recruitable.

DP now performs a short idle when told to follow again to interrupt his reading idle (w/o that, he continues to read, sliding around after the player!)

Gave DP more animations during his story.

FERAL TRADE

Listening to Cricket’s back door first will no longer start Feral Trade quest, but if the player does it, allows option to tell Franko right away.

Fixed the ferals not following Mu problem with a compromise. They follow her out the door, and all three are teleported to end location (to avoid issue where ferals get stuck on stairs and drop ai packages), then Mu follows a patrol path back to the Ranger Station.

Fixed fail conditions for Feral Trade. It fails when PC kills both Cricket and Franko, attacks Franko or Young before confronting Cricket, or attacks Franko or Young while luring Cricket to trap (Cricket and Mu, not knowing Franko is bad, will turn hostile to PC)

If Cricket is lured into a trap, Mu now follows like she should, Cricket yells again and plays an idle when Mu is killed, and once the scene ends, the Ranger Station shows evidence of having been raided of ferals (Bob has gone home, and Alice was vaporized in a struggle).

Improved Feral Trade objectives

Added map marker to Ranger Station

After quest ends, the deathclaw in the cave will be enabled if it hasn’t already

Removed scripts from dead versions of Franko and Young (in cave), so if their bodies are struck while fighting deathclaw, it won’t fail a bunch of BOS quests.

BOULDER UNDERGROUND

Added map marker to Boulder cave

Moved chair near stage down so it doesn’t float

The corpses of invaders and Andre will disappear after a day. I’ll fix the other townspeople to disappear in a future update. In Andre’s case, his hat and key will appear on his desk if he hasn’t been looted by that time.

Fat Cat and Night Light will no longer attack each other.

Andre now gives the player C-4 to blow up shrine instead of relying on timer. Dialog needs re-recording.

Reputation messages are now displayed

Designated “Andre’s Cabinet” as new hiding place for log book and replaced fake First-Aid box with normal one.

After talking to Andre about Firefly, a countdown begins. If Renato isn’t killed and the Boulder map stolen within 2 days, a mess of death squad soldiers will appear in the town.

If Connie is exiled, she’ll appear as an enemy in Inner Boulder.

Enabled extra speech option to confront Firefly if Player has heard Renato’s plans.

Player can now ask Firefly about Dullahan with all but very low Charisma.

If player starts Connie’s prank, the deathclaw in the cave with the eggs is enabled.

A Great Review

Thought I would share this review I recently received via email. I thought it was particularly well written, showing both positive and negative aspects of Beyond Boulder Dome. -Rob


Review and Critique of "Beyond Boulder Dome" (version 0.7; hardcore mode)
by Michael Andre-Driussi (a.k.a. "MisterSirius" at Nexus) 24 AUG 2012


"In my opinion, this mod is solidly in the class of official Fallout DLC. Some DLC are better than others, and while we don't always agree on which, I find "Beyond Boulder Dome" to be in the middle range, better than the weaker DLC, and occasionally it breaks through into superior territory.

Two cases of its superior quality stick out in my mind. First was Deadfall Cave. I came through the first time trying to find a way to the NCR base (rather than on the manhunt portion of Monster Blood 2). The area design struck me as being very intriguing, with a lot of mood, and the danger of falling into a very deep pit. It was like something from Gustave Dore'.

The second case was a sequence of play at Inner Boulder. I visited the Toy Store, which was very satisfying. Then I went over to Nova Industries, where a sniper killed the gatehouse guard, starting off an incredible run to find a secret back entrance. As I was playing Hardcore mode with the Jsawyer mod, my fatigue level became an ongoing struggle, adding to the challenge. (I used up my Coyote Tobacco Chew and kept looking for a Nuka!) The secret entrance adventure then led to the "race the radiation" adventure inside the factory. Great stuff.

The premise of the two groups both having a different technique to deal with the harsh radiation seems especially strong. The BOS uses robotized ghouls (similar to the control helmets used by the Enclave on deathclaws in Fo3); the NCR uses ghoulified soldiers (similar to forced "dip into FEV" used by the Master in Fo1). Both techniques are creepy, yet both rise naturally from the source material. Well done!

Overall I found the mod to be as rich, engaging, and professionally crafted as a solid DLC, with a few bursts of even higher quality. The voice acting was very good. The death cage match sequence in the Boulder Dome was very exciting, and in hindsight I suspect it is a sly reference to the gladiator combat in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome."

On the other hand, I will now detail the bits that struck me as weak.

AIRPLANE GRAVEYARD ADVENTURE

The airplane graveyard adventure at the opening felt weak to me. The landscape was incredible, but the scenario itself seemed so improbable to me (Chinese forces on the ground in Nevada? Combatants locked in battle for hundreds of years?) that it seemed more like a parable about the absurdity of war set in a "weird valley" that time forgot. With a few changes the scenario might work as a "weird Western" (the Blue and the Gray still fighting), or a generic fantasy story a la Conan (remnants of extinct empires still fighting), or something set on Barsoom, but as it stands it didn't quite fit for me within the Fallout franchise. That is, the Chinese presence in Fo2 are all descendants from a Chinese sub; the Chinese presence in Fo3 are all ghoulified spies (and terrorists and urban guerilla commandos) at the nation's capital, and regular soldiers holding Alaska in the VR simulation "Operation: Anchorage."

I can appreciate how this opening adventure might act as an overture to the entire mod, by suggesting that a peaceful solution can be found to Boulder Dome just as it was found for the ancient combatants. That seems like a solid Fallout type of fake-out, and I approve of that aspect.

While the voice acting in this opening adventure was good, there were some points where I felt there was too much talking. The back and forth between the crazy leader and the sidekick was a technical marvel, but it also dragged on for me, becoming like a tedious cut scene. This temptation for characters to speechify crept up again later, and it seemed like there were odd breaks in a speech because program limitations were being ignored. (I don't recall this happening in any DLC or main game, where a character talked on without prompting for multiple screens, but maybe my memory is faulty.) Again it felt to me like "too much talking," and I think it would be stronger if the writing could be tightened up enough that each speech unit would fit on one "postcard" screen.

WHITE ANT DUNGEON

This is an excellent maze. The white ants are great--it is fitting that they have a poisonous bite, which found use for my snake-bite tourniquet and all the anti-venoms I had acquired in journeys across the Wasteland.

But the story-logic applied to the dungeon leaves me scratching my head. The place seems like an abandoned installation that has been overrun by giant ants. Then it becomes clear that the mist areas are technological rather than ant constructs. Finally you get through and meet the NCR, and thankfully there is a quick way out. (I appreciate the repeated use of "long way in, quick way out" dungeon-design in this mod!)

The part I don't get is, if I have been invited to meet with the NCR rep asap, then how come I have to work my way through their death maze first? I mean, what is the point of the death maze? If it were an ant colony, that would be its own point (defend the colony); if it were a mad scientist's defense system, to keep outsiders from his "vital essence" formula, that would make perfect sense. But I can't see it as a recruiting tool for joining the NCR side in the Boulder Dome problem. So my easy fix solution for it would be to separate the dungeon from the NCR bunker--having the quest marker for meeting the NCR lead directly to the hatch which is currently the short cut, and spinning up a rationale for a mad scientist designed maze.

WORLD MAP ODDITIES

In my playing of the mod, the world map seems really scrambled. In the beginning, this placed the airplane graveyard as being someplace in the hills around Black Mountain, iirc. Once I got to Colorado, it felt like there was a disconnect between compass directions "on the ground" versus "on the world map."

For example, the travel point to Inner Boulder leaves you facing south. The portal to Mountain Park is north rather than east as the wp (world map) would suggest. From Inner Boulder to Outer Boulder is by walking south on the ground, yet on the wp, Outer Boulder is north of Inner Boulder.

On the wp there are two markers named "Nova Industries," widely separated. They should be close together: the south one should probably be "Nova Ind. courtyard" and the northern one might be "Nova Ind. Gatehouse."

METALHEADS IN THE DOME

That there are raiders in the dome makes sense, like the Fiends in the Vault.

OTOH, their presence makes no sense at all in story logic, since the outside area is so incredibly radioactive that both the NCR and the BOS have special suits and extreme methods. (The raiders seem straight from the wasteland, with no special radiation gear or clever trick, other than being able to talk their way into the dome before dying of radiation poisoning.) So either the raiders came in by some unknown "clean route," which makes NCR and BOS look stupid, or the raiders are actually mutants. That would make simple sense, if the invaders were supermutants and/or some non-feral ghouls, since these groups are immune to radiation. (In fact, this might be the pay off for the mystery of "Why are the robo-ghouls going offline?" In that they are being liberated by this mutant group.)

There is a hint that some of the raiders are mutants (e.g., "Little Brian" and the other hulking crushers), so maybe it just needs more emphasis in that direction.

TYPOS

In my day job I do a fair amount of copy editing, so typos tend to jump out at me.

Keith: only too left -> two left
Lester: sedatives were off -> wear off
Savant log #2: I know alot -> a lot (x2)
Follow up on S.A.R.G.O.N.: manufacturing isin't ->isn't
Personal Journal Entry (Richard Mudd), This has to be done: lose it's -> its

IIRC, the druggie scientist at the Brain Center in his pre-war journal said he was using Jet. I believe this goes against canon, which says that Jet was made after the War."

Vessboy Joins the Team!

3d-modeller and texture artist, Nathan Vess, has been working on new assets for our Denver mod, the sequel to BBD. Check out some pics:

Don't Miss Deadpan's Cat!

Deadpan and his mutant cat, Lenore, are new companions, added in our Beyond Boulder Dome mod. Meet Deadpan in his home, in underground Ghoul Boulder.

-Rob

[characters and screenshot created by KazFoxsen. Deadpan is voiced by Nile Zam Jones.]


"
HOW TO FIND LENORE (Mutant Cat Companion). Hire Deadpan and either:

1. Take him to Cricket’s lab (Mu will tell Cricket the story of Peeping Thomas, and after the relevant part, DP forcegreets the PC).

2. Read the report on Grant’s terminal. If hired, DP will forcegreet PC, and if not hired, an option to mention it to him will appear under his personal questions topic, after which he’ll tell his story.
"
-Kaz


EDIT: After doing the above, search the catacombs beneath the junkyard. I'll update this later, so it's clearer in-game.

I'm back!

I'm back and have resumed work on bug-fixing and improvements. Many thanks to Moburma and everyone who helped him by finding and reporting bugs while I was gone! I've had a great holiday and a much-needed break. Now I'm feeling fresh and excited to resume work on things!

Rob

Don't judge the mod by its description. Play it first. Some people are criticising, saying the brotherhood wouldn't be like they are said to be in the description. These people clearly haven't played the mod. That's all I will say to avoid spoilers. I'm on an iPhone, so will leave it at that. Rob

Mod Is Released!

At last, the time has come! Click the link below to download Beyond Boulder Dome Beta:

http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/46907

Preparing to upload now. :)

This will be a Beta, so will have a few blemishes and missing voice files, here and there, though it should be fully working and stable. We'll be putting a lot of effort into updating this further, in terms of fine-tuning and adding even more content.

I'll post again here when the file is up!

EDIT:

File 1 of 4 has been uploaded, in the process of uploading the 2nd file. Will let you guys know when the nexus download page is active. It will only be available on the New Vegas Nexus for now, but I will probably upload to other sites in a week's time, when I return from a 5 day vacation.


EDIT2:

File 2 done! We're at the 50 percent mark!! :D

EDIT3:

45 percent done of file 3, but this is the biggest file, the last is a third of its size.

EDIT4:

file 3 is done! file 4 is smaller (160mb), and it's at 15 percent already!

Before, when I said I was going on vacation.. I've got about an 11 hour coach trip there and back. You know what that means? Plenty of time to work out the plot for Denver!

-Rob

New Trailer!

Oh yeah.. you are gonna like this!

Brand spanking new trailer, by Unoctium.

[Please note, at the end of the trailer it says July 2nd release, but that is not set in stone,
as I mentioned in a recent post, I'm merely aiming for that date, but it could well be a little later,
but we're doing our best.]

Some Good News!

I'm feeling pretty great today, as I've just finished programming and bug-fixing pretty much the entire mod!

All that's left is to add in a few more dialogue audio and lip files, and merge in another esp and make the relevant merge changes.

So we're looking good for an early July release. I'm aiming for the 2nd.

Gorilla!

Some progress shots of a Gorilla model, to be featured in our Denver project:

by Yogesh Patel

Death Squad Armors Complete!

Death Squad Sergeant

Death Squad Trooper

by Xenoo

Release Date Update

To give you guys a bit of an update, all that remains to do for BBD is merge in a side-quest area into the main file, that was being worked on by a team-mate, and do a bit of final work on it. So that will take a bit of time, to make all the post-merge changes. Other than that, apart from tieing a few loose ends, everything else has been completed. Also, the Death Squad armors should be textured and ready in a day or so.

I won't give a new release date yet, as it's difficult to tell how long these "last minute" things will take, but progress is constant.

These things just take time. Thanks to everyone for your patience. BBD is about the size of two DLC's. There's a ton of locations to explore, and a ton of new characters (around 70), all voiced and lip-synced, with some great quality voice actors. There's a main quest, and a bunch of side-quests. Depending on the player's choices, the plot will unfold into varying events, so you'd have to play 3 times to meet every character and fight every battle.

So there's a lot of quality game-hours here, so I believe it'll be worth the wait, and I hope you all enjoy the finished product!

-Rob

Warden Bot

Textured Warden Bot model, for Tibbets Prison, by Ozren Fuerst.

JOIN US!

Do you want to contribute in some way to Beyond Boulder Dome and/or future projects?
Do you have any talents or skills that might be useful to a modding team? We are always looking
for new team members, feel free to contact me via comment here, or email me. We are looking for interior level designers, concept artists, texture artists, 3d modellers, voice actors, writers and more. Whatever your skills are, if you think they might be useful in some way, get in touch!


Rob

Model/Texture Progress Shots

The Death Squad Troops' Armor is just about ready (by Xenoo). This texture will be altered, in terms of colours, and also made more worn / weathered:

Here is a concept art image, and model progress shot (by Ozren Fuerst), of a robot warden, to be featured in our Chapter 2 mod on Denver. Though the mod is mainly focused on Denver, the player will also visit (or start at) a large NCR prison, run by robots. This prison will most likely be Tibbets Prison, from Van Buren.

In other news, Beyond Boulder Dome is going well. The actual content of the mod is 99.9 percent completed now. The only reason for delay in release is we're working through some nasty bugs at the moment, but nothing we can't handle!

Some people have commented on internet forums that our project is overly ambitious, but apart from bug-fixing, like I said, this project is basically done. So perhaps very ambitious, but the fact of the matter is, we made it to the final stages. It is a lot of work, but it's enjoyable work and from my own play-testing of this project, I'm very happy to say that all that work has paid off. But you can be the judge of that.. very soon!

Also, if you notice my early posts on this blog, from last year, I was very unrealistic as to when this project would be completed. However, at the time, those goals weren't unrealistic. Originally, the mod was intended to be of much smaller scale, hence the considerably shorter development time,

though as time passed and the project picked up steam, more talented people joined me and our resources vastly improved. Almost a year might seem a very long time, but good progress has been continuous throughout.

This has been a massive learning experience from the outset, so we're learning as we go along, and that can take time.

-Rob

Release Delayed!

Due to some last minute complications, after missing a lot of sleep pushing for a June 10th release, I'm going to have to cancel that release date. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience caused!

I won't set a new release date yet, but I estimate it will be one or two weeks late. This is to ensure you get the best possible experience from the mod, and I'm sure you will appreciate the fine-tuning, which I believe will be worth the extra wait.

Thank you to everyone who is supporting us, either directly, or simply by your excitement in wanting to play! I really appreciate every comment we get, and I'll do my best to make sure this mod is ready for you to play as soon as possible.

So keep checking here for updates.


All the best,

Rob

Death Squad Armor

Just about done.

by Xenoo

Elder David Guile

Concept by Valerie Theriault

New Promo Art

New Promo Art by Iain Bell

Meet Harold

Harold Johnson - The Head Scientist of the Boulder Dome - Behind the Scenes video with Winston Romanoff:

http://youtu.be/bPFTI5xY4x4

[WARNING! Parental Guidance: Video contains strong language!]

The Praetorian

Beyond Boulder Dome has been featured in this month's edition of The Praetorian, an online journal.


Click HERE to read the article.



-Rob

Beyond Boulder Dome, Release Date: JUNE 10TH

(Check here on that date, for download links)

New Screenshot of Boulder Mountain Park:

World-space created by me. Fine-tuned by Ionis and Brad.


-Rob

Second Denver Hound - Boxer

by Arthur Palmeira

Sgt. Renato's Armor, ready for texturing

by Xenoo

New Computer Models

by SuperClueless

New Dog on the Block!

A new Rottwieler for the streets of Denver, made by our creature modeller, Arthur Palmeira.

New Robot for Denver

A new repair bot, by Ozren Fuerst:

YouTube Interview, by Unoctium

I recently did an interview for Unoctium, a mod reviewer on youtube, about Beyond Boulder Dome. Check out the video above.

-Rob

Sexy Monkey!

A new poster for

The Brain Centre, 

by Katie Daysh

Radiant Flux

The Beyond Boulder Dome team has joined forces with the creators of an upcoming mod for New Vegas, called Radiant Flux. The mod takes the player into a virtual reality fantasy world, designed before the war, as an escape for those unhappy with life. During the Great War, the facility was damaged and radiation leaked in. Now the occupants of the VR machines are ghouls in body, while they minds live out the artificial fantasy called Radiant Flux. Below is a demo trailer, showing the various VR landscapes. The VR facility itself will be located underground, in the Colorado desert, so the mod will fit in quite well with Beyond Boulder Dome and Denver 2, in the end becoming one big Colorado mod.

Radiant Flux:

Suicide Bot

by Ozren Fuerst

Gasbot!

Our new model, above, by Ozren Fuerst.

Below, original concept art from Van Buren.

Eldorado

A new car model for the city of Denver (our chapter 2 and expansion to Beyond Boulder Dome).

created by Ozren Fuerst

New Poster

Check out a new poster, by Nathan Skaggs, our new concept and texture artist. I'm sure you'll agree it's fantastic work.

Check out Nathan's online portfolio: http://nathanskaggs.wordpress.com/

This poster will be aged later on. It's a prop from a brain research centre in Colorado, called 'The Brain Center', where chimpanzees will make their first appearance in the Fallout universe.

You'll find the chimp 3d models in old entries of this journal. The thread was called Bananas!, if you're looking for it.

New Dome Suit

Check out our new Dome suit, worn by the scientists of the Boulder Dome, to prevent their disease from spreading.

Created by Ozren Fuerst ( http://gfx-storage.com )

Model Work Progress

Ghoul NCR Sergeant

New Weapon

Harold Johnson (as Ghoul)

by Xenoo

(WIP) Sergeant of the Self-Turned Ghouls of the NCR Death Squad's Armor

by Xenoo

New Teaser Vid

Level Design Teaser Trailer now up:

Voice Demo

Ghoul NCR Death Squad Sergeant Armor (Early progress shot)

by Xenoo

Mutant Cannibals Ready!

Xenoo has completed the work on the Mutant Cannibals, and they are set-up in-game and ready. They look awesome! I've already scripted in a couple Cannibal related mini-quests.

Basic Scripter / Quest Creator Wanted

At the moment I'm looking for scripters/quest creators, who have a good knowledge of the Geck, with the ability to set up basic scripts and quests, and install dialogue using the dialogue tree. You'd be working on finished worldspaces, and adding in sidequests, etc, based on written scripts. (The ability to create lip files would be preferred as well.)