PREFACE

Once upon a time FPS were fast and did not rely on endless cinematic scenes which bind the player to watch rather than to play. This needed to end ...

In Fallout we started as Vault Dweller
In Fallout 2 we started as Vault Cultist
In Fallout 3 (Fallout Van Buren) we started as Prisoner
In Fallout 4 (Fallout Tactics) we started as Brotherhood of Steel Recruit
In Fallout 5 (Fallout 3) we started as Baby Boy
In Fallout 6 (New Vegas) we started as Courier
In Fallout 7 (Fallout 4) we started as Vault Volunteer

In non-BGS games character creation was short, in BGS games character creation was long and tied to unskippable starting sequence ... in fact Fallout 3 and 4 had the most weird starting scene of all super annoying due to its unskippable cinematic approach, the logical consequence to this was to bring it down to the essentials - character creation and done - Wake up in Cryo Pod without any pre-cut-scene while keeping the base game quest line as much as possible.
FROST did it right, DUST did it right, and other skip starting sequence mods such as Start Me Up and else did it obviously right.

All i wanted to allow player char with this mod, was to trick the game without using additional scripts, quest and menus by swapping only vanilla records and quest entries at a minimum with maximum effect while keeping all relevant objects in Vault 111, the main difference to other Start Me Up mods.

Overview

• Player char wakes up in the Cryo Pod upon starting a New Game
• Kellogg Baby scene is skipped
• SPECIAL menu will pop-up after Cryo Pod Exit
• Vault 111 exploration similar to vanilla Fallout 4

Installation

This mod can be in-/unstalled anytime but obviously may requires a new game to work.

The plugin is ESL-flagged, don't count against normal ESP/ESM limit.

This mod does not affect precombined meshes or PreVis data.

Compatibility

↑ Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch - UFO4P by Arthmoor is fully patched and must be loaded before

NOTE:

• Start Me Up - Alternate Start and Dialogue Overhaul by TinyManticore is incompatible
• Start Me Up - Vault 111 Door Workaround by JayManGTA is incompatible
• Start Me Up Redux - An Update for Alternate Start and Dialogue Overhaul by Dashboarderian is incompatible
• SKK Fast Start new game by SKKmods is not required
• Simple Quick Start by SoleVaultBoy is incompatible

Technical Issues

Upon starting a new game there is a few ms long white flash, this is impossible to change since its a leftover IMAD/IMOD or just imagespace modifier in code. My goal was to not touch code and recompile anything so it will probably stay forever.

Currently player char will start as male character.

Credits

• Bethesda
• Nexus Community
• FO4Edit Team, for their invaluable tool