Fallout 3 (Van Buren)/Creatures

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Creatures

Models for several unused creatures exist in the Van Buren tech demo. They are described below.

Ant

Your average post-apocalyptic and very large ant.

Ant Queen

An oversized Ant Queen. Would probably either be a boss character or a high-level enemy.

Bat

Even bats aren't safe from 50's-style evil radiation.

Badger

A texture for a badger can be found in the game's files, but there is no model for it. It is unknown if badgers would've been an enemy or a harmless critter.

Beetle

Guess.

Centipede

A centipede, but its skin doesn't load. There are multiple skins for it, showing that it was going to appear in a variety of colors.

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  Blue centipede skin.

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  According to the file name, this is the "default" skin for the Centipede.

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  Green centipede skin.

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  Red centipede skin.

Cougar

One of the random wildlife you would run into would be a Cougar.

Cow

There is a model for a cow in the game's files. What's unusual about this cow is that it has one head, which every other Fallout game uses a two-headed cow called the Brahmin.

Deathclaw

Everyone's favorite endgame badass monster would be in Van Buren as well. Of note is that this model is the later model, not the earlier one.

Desert Stalker

The Desert Stalker would have been an overgrown Antlion.

Zombie

Where there is no Ghoul-specific model, there is a texture sheet called “CR_zombie_default_LG.tga” that looks a lot like a Ghoul. Since “zombie” is a term for Ghouls, it's possible that the sheet is for a Ghoul character. However, it's more likely that this was intended for an actual zombie. Van Buren shares code and textures from another cancelled game from Interplay, Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound, and based on the metal armor and different art style, this texture is a leftover from it.

Gila Monster

Hey, another large animal!

Venus Mantrap

An overgrown plant that would probably act like a Venus Flytrap. This poor creature was cut from Fallout 2 and was then scrapped when Van Buren was canceled.

Rad Toad

A mutated toad.

Rat

A Fallout game isn't complete with cannon-fodder enemies!

Sheep

To do: Get an image of the model, and maybe a link for model importing that hasn't been dead for several years.

A texture and model for sheep can be found in the files, but they have no animations.

Thorn Slinger

The Thorn Slinger would be another evil plant that would attack the player. It would probably throw projectiles at the player.

Wasp

One last “oversized normal animal” for the road.

Weedling

The Weedling is a bipedal plant.

Wolf

To do: Get an image of the model

A texture and model of a wolf can be found in the files, but the model has no skeleton or animations.