Screenshot from FOnline
The FOnline Engine is a MMORPG engine, developed by russian Fallout fans, with the target to play Fallout together with other players in one big world. The game has nothing to do with Interplay's Project V13. The FOnline Engine has been created from scratch and supports the original Fallout 2 graphic assets and other game files.
The development of FOnline (Engine) started already in early 2004.
Combat
Fights are mostly in real-time (like FT) and turn-based (like F1/F2).
If a character dies, he will respawn in special locations, called "Replication Station", with all memories up to the moment of death. Money is taken from the character for the cloning process. The player will spawn with the default blue overalls and the pip-boy, at which point they will wish you 'Good day'. All items, implants, money will remain on your corpse which will be absorbed by the Wasteland after a while.
Quests
All quests will be divided into groups: Cycle-based (Clean up a shelter, clear a area of wreckage, repair the generator), Disposable (Become a paladin of Brotherhood of Steel or become a citizen of Vault-City) and Unique (Save the world). While cycle-based quests will be available to players from time to time, Disposable quests will be available to one-time only to a limited number of players. Unique quests may be completed only once per game session. Considering the variety of the Fallout world, we hope that they will keep everyone entertained.
Open Test
The third open beta test started on the 15. august 2009 and will hold until the official release of the engine. Also notable is, that on the 15. august 2009 the first open test of FOnline: 2238 started. A game based on the FOnline engine which started out as simple modification, called "Faction Mod" and turned into it's own game after the game has become much more than just a "Faction mod".
Games based on the FOnline Engine
FOnline: The Life After
The first game based on the FOnline engine was FOnline: The Life After. It is only developed in russian language. The game is set in the year 2246 on the Fallout 2 worldmap.
FOnline: 2238
FOnline: 2238 is a Fallout game based on the FOnline engine. It is developed in english language only. The translation into other languages is not planned yet. The game is set in the year 2238, 3 years before Fallout 2 starts and uses the Fallout 1 and 2 worldmap combined into one.
Other
It is possible to build new games with the FOnline engine, which are 100% independent from all Fallout content. Thanks to this, it is also possible to use the engine for commercial projects.