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Fallout Thread: As Paradise falls, so falls Paradise Falls.
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I'm using an nvidia gtx 260 with the latest drivers if that helps. It's getting pretty annoying as it has happened three times today alone. Any suggestions?
EDIT: Never mind, turning off anti-aliasing seemed to have helped
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The first and only time I've ran into a deathclaw I was able to sneak up to him and ge a critical shishkebob hit and one slashed him. Two swipes in vats will almost always kill a healthy super mutant and headshots are the same. Not to mention jericho goes crazy with the guns he gets.
This run has me really low on hacking and lockpicking which I enjoyed in one of the other runs, but I'm only exploring with dog meat and jericho doing the occasional side quest so I'll get them up later. Any particularly interesting side quests I should make sure to do?
There's a mountain range up north with a good one, you will know it when you see it.
Can't seem to find my way through the caves though.
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GARY HAHAAAA.
I think those are the caves where you have to swim a bit to get under some rocks. Also
my unofficial autobio will be accompanied with tips on how to smile
cause I've found that when they don't see you frown, they never know that you're a threat
and they don't sweat you when you came around
My bad run, I took in a flamethrower, walked behind him, and FWOOM!
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I thought the items you could get otherwise were fairly useless.
the hood is pretty good.
Also, the
Ive started a new game with FWE, using the Chinaman start.
Running around yelling "CAPITALISM IS A LIE" is fun.
Although I do feel that buying Ammunition instead of crafting it or murdering whoever holds it seems to go against the crazy communist chinaman attitude.
Also, when the fuck did the Nexus impliment mandatory registration for ALL downloads? Bad enough the douchebags demand a pointless registration so you can get access to all the good big-name stuff, but demanding it for a pissing 50k download smacks me as them just wanting to piss people off.
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But from memory, I'm pretty sure
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You sir, are good people
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That honestly sounds like your video card or some other component is overheating. That is usually the cause of hard crashes like that. Windows has progressed to the point that most software errors don't bring down the system.
So, I had this idea for a special sniper rifle, but no ability to actually make it in the game (coding-wise). Called the "Black-winged Cupid", this gun's special ability allows you to ignore a target's DR if you score a sneak critical to the torso.
What do you guys think?
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FallOut 3 Overhaul Kit (FOOK)
What the Modder has to say:
What I say:
First things first, that link goes to Nexus, but the FOOK team does not have their mod up on Nexus, just read the description section and they will have a link to where you can download FOOK at. I also recommend the retexture addon.
FOOK is really, really awesome. It adds an almost mind blowing the number of things to the game. I cannot recommend this any harder!
Fallout Interoperability Program (FOIP)
What the Modder has to say:
What I say:
Okay this is really handy. This is a series of small mods that incites cooperation between certain mods that you might have. If you have FOOK, Weapon Mod Kits, Fallout Wanderers edition or any combination of, then check this out. I insist actually.
Fallout Wanderers Edition (FWE)
What the Modder has to say:
What I say:
FWE is another overhaul mod. Though I recommend this one for its easy of use. Right in game you can determine how hardcore you want your game to be. Do you want to be able to fully heal when you sleep like vanilla or do you want to have to use the triage to heal crippled limbs? You can pick what you want and what level of hardcoritoid.
Sharing and Caring Companions
What the Modder has to say:
What I say:
Well, this mod does exactly what the Modder says it does. You can recruit yourself an entire army if you want
Flesh-burning Plasma Weapons
What the Modder has to say:
What I say:
Pictures speak louder than words.
Combat Dusters
What the Modder has to say:
What I say:
This mod is actually brought to us by our very own Joolander. While there are many Col. Autumn duster mods, this one comes with that PA freshness you've come to trust.
Project Beauty
What the Modder has to say:
What I say:
Indeed. This mod is not a retexture mod at all. It just tries to make the people of the wastes not look freakish. (Unless of course they are meant to be freakish
Tailor Maid
What the Modder has to say:
What I say:
This mod is totally awesome for those of us who like to customize the look of our characters (or companions for that matter). This mod breaks down many clothing / armor items into various components (shoulder pads, gloves, boots, belts, etc.) and allows you to equip them individually. Very, very cool.
Merc Caps
What the Modder has to say:
What I say:
Okay the Modder didn't say much, anyway, you know that really cool baseball cap that comes with the goggles that is a part of an outfit? Ever wanted that cap by itself? Well now you can and in several colors too!
Holsters
What the Modder has to say:
What I say:
It adds mother fucking holsters! What more ya want?! Okay, it also adds holsters to many NPCs as well. The holsters themselves seem to have been designed for the default weapons and may not work so well with all the user made weapons that I am sure you are all running around with. It has been my experience that the holsters work well enough with most of the use made weapons.
Upgraded Caravan Merchants (UMC)
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What I say:
Another neat mod. This one makes it so, like the Modder says, each time you invest in a merchant not only does their stock increase, but their caravan becomes better. More Brahmin, more guards, better equipped. It also comes with an "immortal" version. If you have MMM and/or other mods that make the wastes truly unforgiving then I would go with the "immortal" version. . . though that does seem to defeat the purpose of the mod
Caravan Tracking
What the Modder has to say:
What I say:
What else can I say? Ever wish you could tell where a certain caravan was? Well now you can! The option is in your QUEST tab, it should say -caravan tracking-.
Real Time Settler (RTS)
What the Modder has to say:
What I say:
Okay, this mod is truly spectacular! You get to start you own village, recruit villagers, assign tasks and jobs, build buildings, furniture, items. The works people, the works! Check out the pics and video sections. Amazing stuff.
I also recommend you download the RTS Increased Range Limit to go along with RTS. This mod simply increases the buildable range of your village to something less cramped.
Combat Armor Texture Set
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What I say:
Normally I don't care to post retexture mods, mainly because most kinda suck, but also because everyone has their own idea on what is cool. Well this one is my idea of what is cool
As always feel free to add this to the already large list in the OP.
Hey, Buttcleft! Don't you have it?
I added it to my post because I'm such a swell and awesome guy
That village building mod is nuts. Gotta try that one out.
I think its because I am the only one with a gun and im using FWE, so all the guns have crazy accuracy and damage.
I am in the same boat, luckily with Caring and Sharing you can set your villagers to Essential. Cheating I know, but damn with FWE and MMM and FOOK there is just no way a half dozen villagers with maybe a BB gun or two between them is going to hold off a dozen+ Raiders armed to the teeth.
I have, however, taken measure to build shelters on top of existing buildings giving my villagers, at the very least, a strategic defense.
My current villager line up goes like this: 1 Builder, 1 Craftsmen, 4 Searchers.
edit- Sadly I did not think to set my villagers to Essential until after the first raid. I am now paying tribute to the Raiders to keep them off my back.
Question: is there any way to disable the skeletons and everlast goo/ash piles that crop up when using FOOK? I love me some plasma, but hate having those things sitting around forever and ever and ever.
EDIT: You know, I know Fallout's a rather US-centric franchise and all that, but I'm surprised that nobody seems to have done any Shin Megami Tensei stuff for it yet. I would love to encounter Frost Jacks and shit in the wild (and mutilate them in humorous ways).
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You've already got the bomb collars and enough customization options to round out the students. So pick a student, get assigned a random weapon and try to survive/escape however you see fit. If you get the smart kid you can use Repair and Science to escape; popular/charismatic kids can use Speech to recruit a few allies; combat-heavy kids actually try to play the game the way it's meant to be played (with obvious losses to karma).
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Dang, I know that my video card is constantly blowing out hot air (especially during gpu intensive parts) and my processor is holding steady at about 60 degrees Farenheit when the box said it should be at 30 degrees.
I have a good feeling it's my video card though.
Also, at RTS... Holy crap. At this point if you have Fallout 3, why would you want any other game?
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Also, the combat armor mod improves them by changing the Ranger armor from green to black, and the Rivet armor...from black to green. Ok.
That one mostly just bugs me because Ranger armor is my favorite as-is.
Might be. If you're on PC, I'd guess you were using a mod that eliminated the ending, and that got in the way of BS. You're supposed to see the ending as usual, then wake up in the Citadel.
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I never really understood the concept anyway, most Wastelanders should be looking pretty rough. Hell, Silver looks way too good to be a junkie ex-prostitute in the vanilla game (and for once her voice actress actually fits the role pretty well; sounds like she smokes waaay too much), but modded she looks like she just stepped out of a fashion magazine. I mean come on.
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the female appearances are sort of limited in the vanilla game, though. Almost all the women look alike, barring skin tone and hairstyle.
my unofficial autobio will be accompanied with tips on how to smile
cause I've found that when they don't see you frown, they never know that you're a threat
and they don't sweat you when you came around
Nope, not really. It's a lot of fun, too.
By the way, when you kill Grouse, make it painful. I hate that fucker.
The only thing you'll miss is not being able to do it again. I recommend keeping a save just beforehand.