GreenWorld mod spruces up Fallout 3's wasteland

by Griffin McElroy on Apr 12th 2009 8:00PM

There are many accolades one can lay upon Bethesda's post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout 3, but it's impossible to commend the game for its lush, rich environments. Pools of standing, radioactive water? Yuck. Shelled-out buildings inhabited by sallow-skinned mutants? No thanks. Go ahead and say it was intentionally designed that way to create an unsettling, hopeless atmosphere -- we know a sorry excuse when we hear one.

Thankfully, a modder by the name of Khyrin recently released "GreenWorld," a Fallout 3 patch that brings some much needed arboreal splendor to Washington D.C.'s unsightly landscape. You can download the mod here, then watch as Fallout 3's grotesque, sepia toned pallette is exchanged for something a little more viridian.

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Tags: bethesda, Bethesda-Game-Studios, Bethesda-Softworks, fallout-3, grass, green, greenworld, mod, patch, RPG, trees

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*insert obligatory Oblivion with Guns comment*

Why?

Your comment makes as much sense as an uphill ice-skating contest.

lol. that would be sweet

@MystileArmor: Actually, I also thought that would make it more Oblivion-like as well, except with more guns.

And more mutants.

And more radiation.

I guess it makes it similiar to any other game that's got grass and trees then.....

Did you expect anything else from looking at that screenshot?

some mother fuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill

I'd call it Oblivion with guns, but I don't want to insult Oblivion

40k > Fantasy. Any day of the week.

>=[

It's like saying Jurassic Park is Jaws with Dinosaurs!

@Skaz
People still play Warhammer?

@BlaqueBeird
People still do things I am not interested in?

(how dare they)

I actually was really disappointed with the graphics for Fallout 3. Why didn't they modify the graphics egnine at all? I mean seriously, nothing was different.

yeah, first thing i thought when i saw this was okay, now it really is oblivion with guns, but in a good way.

@Tiptup300:

Actually the graphics were noticably better. I don't know how much of that is down to the engine and how much is down to simply better models/textures/animations, but I certainly noticed a difference. That said I have the PC version of both. The PS3/360 versions are probably more similar.

I'm talking about style of graphics. Not better/worse, just different.

Well, it's the same artists working on the same engine. So the textures and character models they produced were bound to be similar.

I was mostly talking about the shaders. And lighting techniques.

I bet you that guy got hired 10 minutes after he released that. If not, he should, that's amazing.

It's impressive and all, but all he did was have it replace the tree and shrubbery files with green versions. Considering how many times the same dead tree models were reused over and over and over and over, it really didn't take all that much work. I mean, hell, the V2 file is only 3kb.

I use the mod myself, but I don't think its really something that deserves a job at Bethesda.

I wasn't aware he just replaced certain files or how much work was involved...
I never said he deserved a job at Bethesda, but just a job in video games in general.

That said, I do still think it looks impressive.

I love Joystiq, and right now the only site that I visit as much is Fallout 3 Nexus. But I can't help wondering, Why this and why now? Greenworld is at least 3 months old by now. I'm not complaining. I would just love to see good mods mentioned on a regular and more timely basis.

Not to mention vegetation mods have been around since week one of the launch on PC. I love the body and animation mods. You'd figure such a developer could string together some half decent animations but noooo they blame it on the engine. Apparently Mythic uses some sort of magic to make Warhammer Online have natural animations (well better than anything by Bethesda).

why now?
cos Kotaku covered it yesterday-
http://kotaku.com/5208180/spring-has-sprung-in-fallout-3

Though a "mod of the Week" would be nice, maybe in the vein of Weekly Webcomic Wrap-up. Though IT's probably Big Download's job as their the PC orientated guys and Mod's are generally PC based.

wait...what system is this mod for im assuming pc naturally but what about xbox and ps3

You're joking, right?

nope i wasnt sure if you could mod the ps3 version or the 360 version because i know you can mod unreal tourny for ps3. thats the only reason i ask

UT3 is the only console game that supports mods, as far as I know. Epic made a converter that change PC mods into PS3 mods. Otherwise, the user can't access the install files like we can on a computer.

PS3 is probably your only hope. Microsoft is too greedy to allow free user created contents.

and Sony isn't greedy enough to secure exclusive DLC

And PS3 fanboys are just pissed because people that like every system have more games to enjoy.

Khyrin makes Al Gore smile, the rest of you make him sad... very sad.

Well someone has to.

The "sorry excuse" thing was a joke right? Look at Oblivion

yes it was a joke. Sigh

Oh, please.

It's a thin line between snarky and sarcasm

no, no it isn't. Not when things like Yuck and No thanks are italicized, especially when Fallout 3 was one of the Goty nominees. (i dont actually remember if it made the list in the end, but I remember how Justin said it was a GoTy when it came out)

looks nice. makes me wish we had mods on ps3. or at least the dlc. :/

I like the irony that this mod was created using the 'Garden of Eden Creation Kit' toolset.

Or is it not irony, just a fitting coincidence?

Please correct me, internet grammar police.

Its an ironic fitting coincidence.

Nah, that's not irony.

Here's a rough guide on what's ironic and what's not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1TVSTkAXg

It's not ironic because there's no discrepancy between the real an implied meanings. It would be ironic if it was created by a "Garden of Eden Destruction Kit" toolset.

Oh, come on people - how is it ironic that a lush tree mod was made by a 'Garden of Eden Creation Kit'? If it was made by a 'Dead Tree Creation Kit', I'd give it to you, but no, it's not ironic.

(This is all assuming I haven't missed some sort of Fallout 3 in-joke. Haven't got round to playing that game yet.)

I was wrong man, sorry

Either way, I like the.. fittingness of it?

Haha, no that wasn't aimed at you.

Didn't mean to cause offence, sorry.

Just found it strange that my post got downvoted into nothingness (and is now back up?). XD

If downvoting removed the guns from games, then you could downvote Fallout into oblivion.

*tumbleweed*

never mind. question answered. piss.

You meant pass right? : D

He's on the toilet with his laptop commenting on Joystiq, so no, pass wouldn't be correct.

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