Sup Yea Forums. I've always had an interest for the NPCs in Oblivion (TES4), from their ridiculous faces to the Radiant AI system that underpins all their activity. After a fun experience with a certain NPC on my Xbox version of the game, an idea occurred to me. Would it be possible to create an NPC that slowly spreads like a virus throughout Tamriel, to the point where it replaces all other NPCs in the game? Think about it - an NPC that moves spreads in either a random pattern or a pattern with predefined checkpoints (e.g. major population centers) in order to "infect" the entire map.
I've been messing around with the Construction Set for the past few days, making and refining the clones as best I can (with the help of some anons' viewing and a few streams). Since the first thread I've been able to add
- A second, opposite and competing virus. - A ranking system, allowing individual virus NPCs to grow stronger with time based on certain probabilities (fixed since the last thread). - Each virus now can get stronger based on how many high-rank NPCs exist in it. - Doctors have been added and buffed to potentially give NPCs a chance. - Changes to the AI Packages fixing clumping up in Castle keeps
Yesterday's test was mostly unsuccessful in my opinion, but it gave very interesting results. This time I want to do a more formal test with more predefined goals (will be outlined in a reply in a second). Sound interesting?
The test will be considered a success if the following happens tonight:
- The virus(es) have an established presence in every city and every castle in every city. - The virus(es) have attacked every non-city village. - The virus(es) have defeated every doctor. - If two viruses are spawned, they battle significantly. - Virus NPCs regularly patrol all the roads in the game. - At least 5 final-evolutionary-stage NPCs have been spotted. - The Virus(es) have grown enough to survive spawning in bosses for them to fight.
BONUS: I have the Zombie Apocalypse mod installed but currently disabled (at one user's recommendation in an earlier thread). I'd be interested to see if my viruses are more potent than the standard Zombie Virus in that mod.
More criteria could be added if any anons have any good ones.
Do the virus NPCs have to physically kill others in order to assimilate them or do they simply convert them with the touch of a spell?
Blake Green
Can you stream this?
Henry Gray
This is pretty interesting. Keep it up.
Nathan Ross
Anyone have the Khajit bitchslap clip from last night's stream? That shit was kino
Jordan Carter
They have a touch spell that, after some balancing, works by converting based on probabilities determined by how much health the target NPC has (remaining). If the infection fails due to an NPC having too much health, it instead acts as a weak Damage Health spell.
Yes, though I cannot post the stream name or links, for fear of breaking board rules.
Every time an NPC is killed by the touch spell, they are converted and a clone takes its place. Clones can also self-replicate, though I've tried to slightly tone that down this time.
Additionally, I'll be doing everything from the beginning this time. I'll show you guys it from a fresh start. It begins.
God for all the shit Yea Forums gives this game it truly is one of a kind when 13 years later there's still just so much wacky shit you can do. It truly never gets old.
Henry Campbell
bump
Jason Nelson
Stacies seem to be getting a hold on areas for once
Thomas Gutierrez
Consider converting non-npc and wildlife to Nickies too
I don't know why, but I appreciate your unwavering autism in pursuit of breaking this game. You've been at these antics for years now and it's usually pretty amusing. Keep at it OP, you loopy bastard.
Mods are fags Why can't we post his stream here this is actual good content that contributes to the board in a good way, not like hes just coming here to advertise
Im all for science for the sake of science as ling as threads are made once something interesting has been discovered. >Virus replicates itself across entire game >The end Big whoop
Luis Parker
go away some of us are trying to enjoy something
Noah Robinson
This is as far away from fun as is conceivably possible. Unless you are autistic of course
Henry Wood
BY AZURA BY AZURA BY AZURA IT'S THE GRAND FAGGOT
Carson Gray
fun is not the problem, hes using the most basic no effort way to shill his shit for free
Daniel Flores
No...i want to see what happens
Jackson Ortiz
what skyrim game is this?
Andrew Cook
potato head's revenge 3: femoid's return
Jeremiah Jenkins
There's a potential remedy for that but instead you're here, in this thread, complaining to people who don't give a fuck what you say.
>OP now has enough people watching to enable the poorfag resolutions No I won't
Brandon Moore
Oh shit, I didn't know the Grand Judicator of Fun browses Yea Forums! My sincerest apologies for enjoying something that isn't console wars, fapbait or shitposting, my lord
>The virus(es) have an established presence in every city and every castle in every city. Sort of. They swept through every city but not many stayed behind. >The virus(es) have attacked every non-city village. Didn't get a chance to check >The virus(es) have defeated every doctor. Completed >If two viruses are spawned, they battle significantly. Definitely completed >Virus NPCs regularly patrol all the roads in the game. Yep >At least 5 final-evolutionary-stage NPCs have been spotted. Completed! And I fixed a bug about their stats not currently updating as well. >The Virus(es) have grown enough to survive spawning in bosses for them to fight. Didn't get a chance to test it, unfortunately.
Learned a lot from today's test, and I think it'll only be one or two more threads before I perfect the concept and we can put it to rest. One user suggested a Crusader faction that prowls around hunting for viral clones to kill, which I like a lot and will add. Thanks for everything, anons! See you in the next one! On an unrelated note, I'll post a few more things here from older threads and tests I've done because some anons seem out of the loop when they're referenced - then I'm off to sleep.
