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Ganluan · December 2008

So, I've been wondering something, and I assume it's probably answered somewhere else but I haven't seen it.

Why, if the war was 70 or so years from now, and the current time in the game is 200 years past that, are they using songs/marketing styles/etc from the 40s? Is it supposed to remember a time before atomic weapons were used? Is it just for the retro feel and it doesn't really need to make sense?

freakish light · December 2008

Ganluan wrote: »

So, I've been wondering something, and I assume it's probably answered somewhere else but I haven't seen it.

Why, if the war was 70 or so years from now, and the current time in the game is 200 years past that, are they using songs/marketing styles/etc from the 40s? Is it supposed to remember a time before atomic weapons were used? Is it just for the retro feel and it doesn't really need to make sense?

Read the beginning of the manual. I'll find it in a sec. I think it's a note from the developers or somesuch.

Nuclear war The very words conjure images of mushroom clouds, gas masks, and bewildered
children ducking and covering under their school desks But it’s the aftermath of such a conflict that
truly captures our imaginations, in large part because there’s no real-world equivalent we can relate
to Mankind may have witnessed the horror of the atomic bomb, but thankfully we’ve somehow
succeeded in not blowing up the entire planet At least, not yet.

Fallout 3 presents a much grimmer reality Imagine if, after World War II, the timeline had split
Our world forked into one branch, the Fallout universe the other In that other branch, technology
progressed at a much more impressive rate, while American society remained locked in the cultural
norms of the 1950’s It was an idyllic “world of tomorrow,” filled with servant robots, beehive
hairdos, and fusion-powered cars And then in the year 2077, at the climax of a long-running war
with China, it all went to hell in a globe-shattering nuclear war

That’s where you come in Fallout 3 takes place two hundred years later, in the year 2277, in
post-apocalyptic Washington D C and its environs The “Capital Wasteland,” as it has come to be
known, is a nightmare landscape of roving Raider gangs, freakish Super Mutants, rotting Feral Ghouls,
and malfunctioning military robots It’s a good thing you’ve been living underground for the past
nineteen years, safe and secure in an official Vault-Tec facility known as Vault 101 Everything is fine
and dandy, until your father – who has been the one constant in your life – decides to leave the vault
unexpectedly, forcing you to follow in pursuit So much for safety

ed: Apparently quoting out of a pdf takes out punctuation.

Basil · December 2008

freakish light wrote: »

Basil wrote: »

It just occurred to me that Fallout 3 really did raise the bar, allowing you to be a highly educated drug addicted corpse mutilating mutant cannibal slaver as opposed to merely being a tribal drug addicted child killing mutant cyborg slaver.

I didn't know you could enslave mutant cyborgs in this game. It really did raise the bar.

I would amuse you of aggregated foppery but then salmon would pass the red futon.

And yeah, Fallout isn't our timeline. It's the future of tomorrow today, complete with floating cleaning bots and the ever present threat of communism.

freakish light · December 2008

Basil wrote: »

freakish light wrote: »

Basil wrote: »

It just occurred to me that Fallout 3 really did raise the bar, allowing you to be a highly educated drug addicted corpse mutilating mutant cannibal slaver as opposed to merely being a tribal drug addicted child killing mutant cyborg slaver.

I didn't know you could enslave mutant cyborgs in this game. It really did raise the bar.

I would amuse you of aggregated foppery but then salmon would pass the red futon.

I need scissors! 61!!

Basil · December 2008

Oh god. hahahahahah!

<3

Houn · December 2008

BlueDestiny wrote: »

Houn wrote: »

Radio songs still don't work for me. I just get skips and stutters. Three Dog's voice is fine, but the actual songs won't play right.

Go to control panel>>>sounds, speech and audio devices>>>sound and audio devices>>>speaker settings-advanced>>>performance-tab and set hardware acceleration to max. That SHOULD solve your problem.

I can't seem to find a performance option in any of the Audio stuff under Vista 64. I'll have a look around the net. Thanks!

Zen Vulgarity · December 2008

64-bit fucks up and it's annoying and URHGGHSFASdlfhads

randombattle · December 2008

Basil wrote: »

It just occurred to me that Fallout 3 really did raise the bar, allowing you to be a highly educated drug addicted corpse mutilating mutant cannibal slaver cyborg as opposed to merely being a tribal drug addicted child killing mutant cyborg slaver.

Although, the lack of a Brahmin companion is a black mark on the whole deal.

You can still be a cyborg in fallout 3!

Basil · December 2008

Oooh, you can? Damn, I missed that.

freakish light · December 2008

Well, it's a perk. I don't know if it changes your appearance.

tofu · December 2008

Houn wrote: »

BlueDestiny wrote: »

Houn wrote: »

Radio songs still don't work for me. I just get skips and stutters. Three Dog's voice is fine, but the actual songs won't play right.

Go to control panel>>>sounds, speech and audio devices>>>sound and audio devices>>>speaker settings-advanced>>>performance-tab and set hardware acceleration to max. That SHOULD solve your problem.

I can't seem to find a performance option in any of the Audio stuff under Vista 64. I'll have a look around the net. Thanks!

I don't think audio acceleration exists under Vista, not just 64 bit.

Couscous · December 2008

freakish light wrote: »

Well, it's a perk. I don't know if it changes your appearance.

You can get Wired Reflexes from completing the android quest besides the Cyborg perk. Pretty sure it doesn't change how you look.

Couscous · December 2008

I find it funny that little children can wear power armor. They are adorable.

Couscous · December 2008

Will children wear the naughty nightwear?

Houn · December 2008

tofu wrote: »

Houn wrote: »

BlueDestiny wrote: »

Houn wrote: »

Radio songs still don't work for me. I just get skips and stutters. Three Dog's voice is fine, but the actual songs won't play right.

Go to control panel>>>sounds, speech and audio devices>>>sound and audio devices>>>speaker settings-advanced>>>performance-tab and set hardware acceleration to max. That SHOULD solve your problem.

I can't seem to find a performance option in any of the Audio stuff under Vista 64. I'll have a look around the net. Thanks!

I don't think audio acceleration exists under Vista, not just 64 bit.

Ha Ha! Victory is Mine!

Completely going against everything I've read online, I added fallout3.exe to the list of apps that always use ffdshow (instead of apps that never use it), and cranked the performance slider all the way up. Radio sounds normal now.

Carcharodontosaurus · December 2008

Houn wrote: »

tofu wrote: »

Houn wrote: »

BlueDestiny wrote: »

Houn wrote: »

Radio songs still don't work for me. I just get skips and stutters. Three Dog's voice is fine, but the actual songs won't play right.

Go to control panel>>>sounds, speech and audio devices>>>sound and audio devices>>>speaker settings-advanced>>>performance-tab and set hardware acceleration to max. That SHOULD solve your problem.

I can't seem to find a performance option in any of the Audio stuff under Vista 64. I'll have a look around the net. Thanks!

I don't think audio acceleration exists under Vista, not just 64 bit.

Ha Ha! Victory is Mine!

Completely going against everything I've read online, I added fallout3.exe to the list of apps that always use ffdshow (instead of apps that never use it), and cranked the performance slider all the way up. Radio sounds normal now.

I don't know, I'm running Windows XP and I find that the radio is somewhat inconsistent. Thought it works fine some of the time, all too often the music stops working. Does anyone have any insight into how the radio can be fixed fully on Windows XP?

deowolf · December 2008

Couscous wrote: »

Will children wear the naughty nightwear?

o_O

El Extremo · December 2008

deowolf wrote: »

Couscous wrote: »

Will children wear the naughty nightwear?

o_O

Gary?

Zen Vulgarity · December 2008

Will gary wear Naughty Nightwear?

Couscous · December 2008

deowolf wrote: »

Couscous wrote: »

Will children wear the naughty nightwear?

o_O

Just wondering.

I can sleep at night knowing I did not make the Female Nude Painspike Armor Shoulderless Retexture and the Female Nude Texture.

Couscous · December 2008

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

Will gary wear Naughty Nightwear?

Will there be a mod replacing all non-unique NPCs with Gary?

Basil · December 2008

There should be. But there should be other mods as well.

My life will not be complete until I shoot my dad in the dick. And none of this sissy aiming down the sights crap, I want slow motion bullet time leading from muzzle to junk.

*I think I just realized why the groin is not a selectable target.

Zen Vulgarity · December 2008

Fallout 3: Revenge of the Gary

Make a Gary behemoth, a Garyclaw

El Extremo · December 2008

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

Fallout 3: Revenge of the Gary

Make a Gary behemoth, a Garyclaw

Garyclaw Gauntlet? Gary-it Launcher that launches Garys? Garycap Mine? Gary-cola Grenade?

Zen Vulgarity · December 2008

El Extremo wrote: »

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

Fallout 3: Revenge of the Gary

Make a Gary behemoth, a Garyclaw

Garyclaw Gauntlet? Gary-it Launcher that launches Garys? Garycap Mine? Gary-cola Grenade?

OH GOD I JUST REALIZED HOW TERRIFYING GARY WITH A DEATHCLAW GAUNTLET WOULD BE

Deathclaw animations, jumping from 100 ft away, all the while screaming

"GARRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"

stigweard · December 2008

Gary-guai, Garyhemoth, President Gary.

Galielmus · December 2008

So, you know, it was cool. I reunited the entire family (sans parents) and brought Ian and his sister together at last. Life was enjoyable in Megaton, with the bomb deactivated and Lucas saved a mere moment before a silenced pistol in the back ended his life. I still suspected something a little strange about Billy Creel and his ward but ahh, different strokes for different folks. Went and had a conversation with Andy ab..---

GGAAAARRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Faffel · December 2008

Making a character who specializes in melee, explosives, and lockpick made me fall in love with this game again. After I smacked his two buddies to death with a sledgehammer, a raider was trying to pick me off with his .32 pistol. I lunged forward, swung, and popped his fucking skull open like a melon in one hit. It's awesome. Is it worth raising your Endurance high for melee weapons?

Also while trying to find the asshole sniper in minefield I ran up the cliff and turned the corner to see a deathclaw pop a Wastelander's head off. One grenade took off the Deathclaw's leg and I felt badass.

freakish light · December 2008

Yeah, so, hey, new thread incoming. I figure it's close enough to 100 and I don't feel like watching it all night to make two more pages.

Keep an eye out and get ready to stop posting in this one.

edit: new thread @ http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=76127

SilkyNumNuts · December 2008

I don't get the weapons in the fallout timeline, though. If technology did progress, then why were there no better weapons than an AK47, or an MP5? Why not anything like today's weapons?

PunkBoy · December 2008

stigweard wrote: »

Gary-guai, Garyhemoth, President Gary.

Tuning into the Enclave radio and suddenly hearing "GAAARRRYYY" over it would scare the living shit out of me.

freakish light · December 2008

Hey. Hey. Old thread. Go see the new one.

VVVVVVV

Couscous · December 2008

SilkyNumNuts wrote: »

I don't get the weapons in the fallout timeline, though. If technology did progress, then why were there no better weapons than an AK47, or an MP5? Why not anything like today's weapons?

Lasers are cooler than bullets. Nobody is going to invest in outdated bullet based weapons in the FUTURE!

atat23 · December 2008

shitballs! Charon just died at the worst possible time, haven't saved in two hours and it auto saved just as he died, I can now reload and watch him fall lifeless to the floor as much as I want

Accualt · December 2008

This is a nice thread, I think I may start posting in it.

Accualt · December 2008

After all it does have a lot of potential, it could go all the way.

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