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The Vault:Fallout 3 NPC overhaul project

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Fallout 3 NPC overhaul project
This article is within the scope of the Fallout 3 NPC overhaul project. This project is dedicated to improving the quality of articles about Fallout 3 NPCs. If you want to participate, please check the project page.

The Fallout 3 NPC overhaul project is a project which aims to improve the quality and layout of articles about Fallout 3 non-player characters.

Contents

[edit] Scope

All articles in:

[edit] Guidelines

Adapt all pages to the standard layout and check character image, infobox and categories.

[edit] Layout

Layout
Section headline required? Content
yes Infobox and games template.
yes Short summary that usually looks something like this:

"{{PAGENAME}} is one of the inhabitants of Megaton in 2277."

In general, it should contain:

  • Name of the character (and alternative names) in bold.
  • short description of the character (inhabitant of town XY, member of organization YZ etc)
  • Time when the character lived/is encountered in one of the Fallout games, (i.e. the starting date of the character's respective game). For characters in FO3 this is 2277.
Background yes Background story/history for the character; "who the character is".
Relationships no Relations to other characters (family, friends, partners, enemies etc) if any
Daily schedule no Daily schedule of the character, i.e. what he/she/it usually does during the day.
Interactions with the player character(s) no Interaction of this NPC with the player. This includes interactions as part of a quest and effects of player actions on the character or on the player's interaction with the character.
Inventory yes Items in possession of the character. Please use {{Inventory}}. If a character does not have an item of a certain type, simply place a dash (-).
Notes no For interesting things about the character which do not fit into the other categories. Try to keep this section to a minimum.
Quotes no For notable quotes that the character uses. General ones that all NPCs say (such as ones used in combat) should not go here.
Appearances yes Which games/add-ons does this character appear in.
Behind the scenes no For out-of-game references and similar stuff.
Bugs no For bugs which are unique to this character. General game bugs and bugs which are related to other things should not be in the character article (they should be in the general bugs or character/quest pages instead).
Gallery no Cluttering the article with too many images should be avoided. Instead, place them in a gallery at the end if applicable.
References no If a <ref> tag has been used in the article, {{references}} needs to be inserted here. This section is ONLY for this purpose.
Navboxes no Navboxes go at the end of the article.

[edit] Image

  • All images should be ratio 1.4:1 (width to height).
  • Images should be of good quality and should show the character. The character should be centered horizontally.
  • Images should show no parts of the UI, i.e. no crosshair or HUD.

A standardized look is easiest to achieve if the images are taken when in dialogue with the NPC (HUD disabled via the tm console command). Then you can simply cut the image to the required aspect ratio with the character at the center.

[edit] Infobox

All character infoboxes should at least contain the following fields: 

{{Character
|name        ={{PAGENAME}}
|games       =''[[Fallout 3]]''
|image       =
|race        =
|affiliation =
|role        =
|location    =
|quests      =
|appearances =''[[Fallout 3]]''
|alignment   =
|baseid      =
|refid       =
}}
  • For optional fields which may be applicable in certain cases, please see the {{Character}} template documentation.
  • For base and ref IDs refer to User:Mirar/Chars or Form ID.
    • For generic characters (characters which are not unique, e.g. Enclave Soldier), the refid field should be left empty.
  • Affiliation: Of the following points, mention the first point that is applicable for a given character:
    • Name of an organization the character belongs to.
    • Name of a shop/company the character owns/works for.
    • Name of the character's boss.
    • Town a character lives in.
    • none.
  • Quests: Set to "none" if no related quests.
  • Alignment: Very good/good/neutral/evil/very evil. Refers to the equivalent value for the character in the GECK, not your subjective view of the character. The value can be found on the "Traits" tab of the "Edit NPC" window.

[edit] Categories

A character page should be in the following categories:

[edit] General checklist

This is a list of things people should look out for when improving the NPC articles:

  • Headlines: The character articles should follow the layout descirbed above. This includes naming (including capitalization) and order of the headlines/sections.
  • Notes: The Notes sections should be kept to a minimum. Items placed here should be merged with other sections where applicable. It should also be checked whether there's a more suitable article for a given note - for example, notes relating to quests should be in the quest article, not in the character one.
  • Navboxes: Check for missing navboxes and add them where applicable. This mostly concerns characters who live in a town (these should have the town-specific navbox added, e.g. {{Megaton}}) and characters from add-ons (these should have the add-on navbox added, e.g. {{Operation: Anchorage}}).
  • Bugs: Reduce to bugs which are specific to that character. No general FO3 bugs which may happen to any character, no bugs which relate to quests or locations.
  • Trivia: Reduce to obvious references.

[edit] Participants

To participate, simply add your name below using {{participant|your user name}}. Place every participant on a new line.

[edit] Progress

  • Add your name to the tasks you are currently working on (simply insert in progress - ~~~, this adds your signature without date)
  • Mark tasks you have completed with {{yes}} ~~~
  • Once all other tasks have been completed, someone else should review the result. This is done to ensure nothing has been overlooked. If that has been done, add {{yes}} ~~~ to the "peer review" and "all done" columns.

[edit] Progress/assignment tables

[edit] Base Fallout 3: A to F

[edit] Base Fallout 3: G to L

[edit] Base Fallout 3: M to R

[edit] Base Fallout 3: S to Z

[edit] Broken Steel

[edit] Mothership Zeta

[edit] Operation: Anchorage

[edit] Point Lookout

[edit] The Pitt

[edit] Resources

[edit] Related projects

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