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It's Vegas, Baby!

Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
edited November 2010 in Social Entropy++
Life in the Vaults got you down?

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Perhaps you're tired of defending your Brahmin ranch from those angry Super Mutants?

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Maybe you need to hide from scary people in giant suits of armor?

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Whatever your troubles may be there is a place with the cure.

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We got women, gambling, cannibalism and just about anything you can imagine.

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As long as you can pay up in the end. Just watch out for the odd bullet to the head.

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If you make it past security you just might find a new paradise on Earth.

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In New Vegas that is.

Jordyn's Fallout Blog.

Need help with nearly everything? Try the Wikia.

Mods and other shit:

FNV Mod Manager can be had here.

Pop these into your New Vegas folder for possible perfomance increases.

ATI
NVIDIA

A couple radio mods can be found here and here.

Luck 38 and Vault 21 Map Markers can be gotten here. If you've already been to those places you'll have to rediscover them in order for the markers to appear.

Mouse cursor in menus a little too sensitive? Try this.
Put these lines in the [controls] section of FalloutPrefs.ini

fForegroundMouseAccelBase=0
fForegroundMouseAccelTop=0
fForegroundMouseBase=0
fForegroundMouseMult=0

UI changes.

MTUI
*reserved for DarnifiedUI

Conelrad (port of nice radio mod from FO3)

FOOK

A mod that emulates the preorder bonuses in a legal manner.

Want to remake your character without starting a new game? Try this out.*this may not work if you don't have the caravan preorder bonus

A legal canteen that helps thirsty adventurers playing Hardcore. Get it here.

An auto saver. It saves your game every 10 minutes if it can.

Savegame Manager

Want to plan your character before you play and look at all the perks? Use this.

Want to hunt down the bobbleheads from FO3 again? This will allow you to do that. They don't boost your special, though. Instead they give you some minor perks that aren't OP.

Is Davison attacking you no matter what? Try this.

Pissed that certain Perks require both Melee and Unarmed? Try this out.

Use this mod if you want to continue playing after the ending.

I don't use all of these mods so I can't guarantee their stability.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The best part of entering vegas for the first time is if you have a high science skill

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  • OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle let's keep it haimish for the peripatetic Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    How high?

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  • BoredGamerBoredGamer Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I love the fact that in this game, the side vaults are more like actual social experiments.

    Seriously, the whole Vault
    11 story was just fantastic

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Any suggestions for mods, bugfixes and other shit for the OP then make them.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Can't wait to try this tonight!

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    So how buggy is this in comparison to Fallout 2?

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    So looking forward to playing this... in like a year when I've built a new gaming pc and people have modded the crap out of it. A mod that adds like a hundred more people to the Strip would be a good start.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    So how buggy is this in comparison to Fallout 2?

    it's pretty dang buggy. The most hilarious bug I read about though was the dead nightkin that followed the guy around while screaming, but no one noticed.

    He was haunted.

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    august wrote: »
    So looking forward to playing this... in like a year when I've built a new gaming pc and people have modded the crap out of it. A mod that adds like a hundred more people to the Strip would be a good start.

    I could get on with a mod that adds people to the strip and casinos.

    They are ghost towns as it is now.

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Langly wrote: »
    So how buggy is this in comparison to Fallout 2?

    it's pretty dang buggy. The most hilarious bug I read about though was the dead nightkin that followed the guy around while screaming, but no one noticed.

    He was haunted.

    That's why you should always remember to have FRAPS installed, kiddos.

    That would have been the best video ever.

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    once I came out of fast travel as a ghost

    almost completely transparent except for my gun

    managed to kill a few fiends before spontaneously reverting, I guess I had done enough good works to make my way out of purgatory

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Huh that's weird

    The Vault 21 lady says she'll take vault suits off me but despite having a couple of Vault 21 suits on my person, she has no interest in taking them off me

    I mean I can sell them to her for about 5 caps a piece but somehow I don't think that's how it's supposed to work

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  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The PS3 patch last night improved game crashes on my system by about 1000000%

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    I guess I'm lame cuz I haven't had any hilarious bugs.

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  • GrathGrath I'm a much happier person these days Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2010
    Edcrab wrote: »
    Huh that's weird

    The Vault 21 lady says she'll take vault suits off me but despite having a couple of Vault 21 suits on my person, she has no interest in taking them off me

    I mean I can sell them to her for about 5 caps a piece but somehow I don't think that's how it's supposed to work

    She's a slut for people wearing vault suits, just put one on and she'll "take it off"

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Ahh I think I figured out the problem, they all had terrible CND

    This will be the second time that an item's lousy CND screwed something up without me even noticing

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  • jwalkjwalk Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The only real bug I had was when I clicked a little too impatiently when entering a console (to skip the login crap) and it kinda got stuck there.. was still able to save the game and reload it though.

    Also sometimes it gets stuck in cinematic cam (like in VATS) and I have to hit ESC to get it unstuck.

    A link to the Wikia would be good in the OP.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I have gotten stuck in cinematic cam before as well, and I was clicking to get out of it and I could hear myself shooting, just desperately waving around trying to see.

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  • mentok1982mentok1982 I could never leave you PAX baby. BaltimoreRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    This is what I consider to be a pretty legitimate way to get 'infinite' caps in New Vegas.
    http://pc.ign.com/objects/143/14341979.html

    Basically there is a NPC who does not lose all the caps that he should lose when you beat him at Caravan.
    You can just keeping winning against him, then trading with him to give him more caps, then winning
    against him over and over and over again until your greed is satiated.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I've only had one crash, or three if you include minimising out of the game but to be fair so many titles shit themselves if you do that

    Basically flaws aside, have I mentioned that I love this game

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    jwalk wrote: »
    The only real bug I had was when I clicked a little too impatiently when entering a console (to skip the login crap) and it kinda got stuck there.. was still able to save the game and reload it though.

    Also sometimes it gets stuck in cinematic cam (like in VATS) and I have to hit ESC to get it unstuck.

    A link to the Wikia would be good in the OP.

    Both of those things happen to me all the time. I also get a bug sometimes after reloading a weapon. I can't fire or go into VATS all I can do is run around.

    Wikia links added.

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  • SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    i wish the caravan ai was a little better to give it some illusion of strategy

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I feel like I've missed a lot so far

    I didn't get boone, I don't even know who veronica is, and I'm already level 27

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Veronica is at Trading Post 188.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    fandy you have to talk to people and explore!

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  • nevilleneville The Worst Gay (Seriously. The Worst!)Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Langly wrote: »
    So how buggy is this in comparison to Fallout 2?

    it's pretty dang buggy. The most hilarious bug I read about though was the dead nightkin that followed the guy around while screaming, but no one noticed.

    He was haunted.

    Yeah, every monster I've encountered so far has had terrible pathing and gotten stuck. :/

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Langly wrote: »
    fandy you have to talk to people and explore!

    I totally have

    I've been all over the place and I never don't talk to people, I think I am just awful

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I hope they fix companion AI soon.

    Rex and Boone will not listen to me at all. If I go into an area with enemies they just run around and murder everything. Then they wander around and sometimes disappear. Telling them to wait doesn't work sometimes either.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    well Boone is
    in Novac, he's one of the sentries in the dinosaur.

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Langly wrote: »
    well Boone is
    in Novac, he's one of the sentries in the dinosaur.

    I couldn't do his quest because I have no idea where the "lobby" in the dino dee-lite hotel is

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    well Boone is
    in Novac, he's one of the sentries in the dinosaur.

    I couldn't do his quest because I have no idea where the "lobby" in the dino dee-lite hotel is

    Damn, dude.

    You must be blind.

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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I'm doing some Brotherhood missions now.

    They all seem pretty boring so far.

    I want to do some more rad Legion quests.

    Last time I was playing I came across a battlefield which contained 3 or 4 maimed NCR soldiers. They had no arms or legs, and if you talked to them they said "kill me..."

    One dude was like "Get away" so I walked over to him, turns out he was laying on top of a landmine.

    In short: Ave, true to Caesar.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    well Boone is
    in Novac, he's one of the sentries in the dinosaur.

    I couldn't do his quest because I have no idea where the "lobby" in the dino dee-lite hotel is

    it's the main office of the hotel, where the lady who runs it sits.

    edit:
    also, you never technically have to go anywhere. You can ask anyone to walk in front of the dinosaur at night. You just probably won't pick the right one.

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  • jwalkjwalk Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    You get Boone after the Novac dino-head sniper mission right?

    Sometimes VATS is a bit slow to pop up, like I'm getting beat up and mashing V but it's slow.. and then sometimes there's a slight delay before the hit percentages show, but it's very slight.

    One time I saw a radscorp sorta half-stuck in the ground, and when I moved around it's limbs were like...stretching out several yards long.

    There are also little nooks and crannys in rocks/rough terrain you can get stuck in, fortunately "tcl" in the console toggles clipping and you can drive out of it.

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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Macro9 wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    well Boone is
    in Novac, he's one of the sentries in the dinosaur.

    I couldn't do his quest because I have no idea where the "lobby" in the dino dee-lite hotel is

    Damn, dude.

    You must be blind.

    To be fair, there is no place called the "lobby" in that whole area. It took me forever to figure this out. It is called the "front desk." The info you're looking for is in that room, though.

    Its just another example of how bad the mission markers/descriptions can be in this game. I think i even saw one before that had "with" misspelled as "wtih"

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Langly wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    well Boone is
    in Novac, he's one of the sentries in the dinosaur.

    I couldn't do his quest because I have no idea where the "lobby" in the dino dee-lite hotel is

    it's the main office of the hotel, where the lady who runs it sits.

    I must be mentally ill because I couldn't find squat in there

    Other things I couldn't do: find any quests for the great khans besides abba daba sunset, which is fuckin' bugged. do anything for the BoS beyond
    backing their elder
    and I think I've done just about errything for the NCR.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    So what's the Kaisar and Kenturion pronounciations and all that, do they ever explain that disparity

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Edcrab wrote: »
    So what's the Kaisar and Kenturion pronounciations and all that, do they ever explain that disparity

    that is latin

    ceaser isn't see-ser, that is an english pronounciation

    so the German Kaiser is actually the proper way to say "Ceaser" There is no soft c in Latin.

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    well Boone is
    in Novac, he's one of the sentries in the dinosaur.

    I couldn't do his quest because I have no idea where the "lobby" in the dino dee-lite hotel is

    it's the main office of the hotel, where the lady who runs it sits.

    I must be mentally ill because I couldn't find squat in there

    Other things I couldn't do: find any quests for the great khans besides abba daba sunset, which is fuckin' bugged. do anything for the BoS beyond
    backing their elder
    and I think I've done just about errything for the NCR.

    Go furth north in the canyon and you'll find the drug lab. Do some work in there to built up your support with the Khans.

    After that go into the Long House and talk to everyone. Ask Khan to drop his alliance with the Legion. Then go outside. It should be fairly simple after that.

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Macro9 wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    well Boone is
    in Novac, he's one of the sentries in the dinosaur.

    I couldn't do his quest because I have no idea where the "lobby" in the dino dee-lite hotel is

    it's the main office of the hotel, where the lady who runs it sits.

    I must be mentally ill because I couldn't find squat in there

    Other things I couldn't do: find any quests for the great khans besides abba daba sunset, which is fuckin' bugged. do anything for the BoS beyond
    backing their elder
    and I think I've done just about errything for the NCR.

    Go furth north in the canyon and you'll find the drug lab. Do some work in there to built up your support with the Khans.

    After that go into the Long House and talk to everyone. Ask Khan to drop his alliance with the Legion. Then go outside. It should be fairly simple after that.

    Regarding the drug lab
    I got the mission from them, but I can't finish the second part because Don Hostetler hates me for the way I handled his daughter. He just says "I oughta kill you where I stand" and I can't deliver him the drugs.

    I also didn't see Khan in there, just Karl.

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