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Fallout 3, changes to Fallout: New Vegas

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Rizzi wrote: »
    So what do I set so that not every headshot is a decapitation? F2 made it worth while by having them rare and making me work for them.

    http://fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1552

    I'm running into a problem of things being too easy. I'm level 22, I made my guy a gunslinger and I just wreck pretty much everything I come across. I was having some difficulty, but now my energy weapons stat is pretty high, and wearing the Tesla armor puts at 100. Combine that with a plasma rifle, and my newest perk of concentrated fire. I either shoot the head off it or turn into a green puddle.

    Yeah, the game starts getting like that after 20ish or so. The only real solution is to up the global damage multiplier, so while you're still one- or two-shotting enemies, they can do more to you as well.

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  • kelleyberrykelleyberry Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    So what do I set so that not every headshot is a decapitation? F2 made it worth while by having them rare and making me work for them.

    From the last thread:
    Rizzi wrote: »
    Is there a mod that will make peoples heads stop flying off when I shoot them with a pistol?
    There are a couple of options for reducing dismemberment:
    Realistic Dismemberment
    Sensible Dismemberment

    I use Sensible myself, haven't tried the other one.

    I also like this mod that makes the rag-dolls fly around less:
    Realistic Death Physics

    edit: way too slow...

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Oh god, I just realized that with FWE's fast-travel system, I have to find a way back out to the wasteland from downtown DC, since I can't simply fast-travel back to the GNR building after I restored the signal. I have no idea how I'm going to do this.

    Edit: Whew, nevermind. Puzzled out which metro lines to take to get back to Chevy Chase from the Mall.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Is there a really good mod that adds a bunch of different weapons? It's kinda boring how once you get the repeater from the museum, or the assault rifle from the diner, you don't have any reason to use anything else.

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    FOOK or FWE (or both at once via an interopability patch) are your best bets, if you can get past how pristine and spotless all the FOOK-added weapons are.

    But then again, those do a good bit more than just add weapons.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
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  • KlashKlash Lost... ... in the rainRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I just started playing my bad guy play through. My first act, out of the Vault, was to hit Megaton.

    My second act was to provoke Simms into a fight and shoot his face off. I am now robbing the town for all its worth, getting the information I can, and I'll recruit Jericho before blasting it to Hell. I am going to enjoy this.

    That said, playing this side by side with Oblivion is pretty damned startling. Just how much better F3 is in every department becomes really apparent. From the UI to how smooth things feel, and even the simple act of walking feels better.

    New Vegas cannot possibly come soon enough. It does sadden my heart that there might not be Yao Guai in NV (being descended from DC area bears and all). I rest assured, though, that radscorps and deathclaws will be there, what with them being F1/2 enemies.

    And in line with what I'd like to see, I hope there'll be some sort of intimidation factor or something. Something that makes low level raiders piss off in fear or does something like this for real bastard players. Got cannibalism and a horrible rep? Sit down for dinner at your local Evergreen Mills!

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  • NevaNeva Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Urian wrote: »
    I think I'm gonna play a little bit of Fallout 3 again. Any mods you guys recommend for a replay?

    Mart's Mutant Mod turns the wasteland into something dangerous. A lot more enemies, none of which like each other. It feels like you're in the middle of a war sometimes instead of being hunted by a single tiny radscorpion.

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    MMM is good, but all the modular stuff that you can turn on or off are the cooler bits, while the much dumber stuff like the t-rex-armed red mutants are forced on you whether you think they're hella stupid or not.

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  • never dienever die Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    So, considering this is the Fallout: New Vegas thread, is there any new info up on the game?

    I do find it kind of amusing that they are impressed with the hip screen of NV, when you can do that in FO3. All you have to do is scroll up the camera. I've done it a few times when I play third person.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Is there a way to get Fallout 1+2 to work on Windows 7? Last time I tried, it went all weird. Rainbow colours everywhere.

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  • pyromaniac221pyromaniac221 this just might be an interestin YTRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    So I bought this in the sale and I'm playing it now. I had it for 360 before, but I never really got that deep into it. Looking forward to sinking my teeth in now that I have it again, I missed the open exploration. Good times

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  • UselesswarriorUselesswarrior Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    korodullin wrote: »
    MMM is good, but all the modular stuff that you can turn on or off are the cooler bits, while the much dumber stuff like the t-rex-armed red mutants are forced on you whether you think they're hella stupid or not.

    Those must be new. Haven't looked at MMM in a while.

    I see they are still in Release Candidate..... sigh. That's... not... what... that means. Maybe he just thinks RC sounds cooler then beta or version 5.

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  • B.D.V.B.D.V. Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Is there a way to get Fallout 1+2 to work on Windows 7? Last time I tried, it went all weird. Rainbow colours everywhere.

    Yeah, if anyone can help me figure that out as well... I've found some 'HD Mods' for Fallout 1 and 2 that intend to fix that problem but they aren't working for me.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    never die wrote: »
    So, considering this is the Fallout: New Vegas thread, is there any new info up on the game?

    I do find it kind of amusing that they are impressed with the hip screen of NV, when you can do that in FO3. All you have to do is scroll up the camera. I've done it a few times when I play third person.

    Doesn't that have you looking half at the sky though?
    There was some news a few pages back, a link NMA which links to a ton of hands on stuff.
    NMA links to a ton of previews

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  • KlashKlash Lost... ... in the rainRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    B.D.V. wrote: »
    Is there a way to get Fallout 1+2 to work on Windows 7? Last time I tried, it went all weird. Rainbow colours everywhere.

    Yeah, if anyone can help me figure that out as well... I've found some 'HD Mods' for Fallout 1 and 2 that intend to fix that problem but they aren't working for me.

    I third this. Have you guys bothered going in-game? When I do, everything looks "fine". A couple rainbow bits around the HUD, but nothing big.

    Its the movies and menu that are in rainbow-vision.
    never die wrote: »
    So, considering this is the Fallout: New Vegas thread, is there any new info up on the game?

    I do find it kind of amusing that they are impressed with the hip screen of NV, when you can do that in FO3. All you have to do is scroll up the camera. I've done it a few times when I play third person.

    Doesn't that have you looking half at the sky though?
    There was some news a few pages back, a link NMA which links to a ton of hands on stuff.
    NMA links to a ton of previews

    I don't think so. I personally love being at-the-hip or very far out when in third person. Screen always seems focused on shoulder-level. That is to say, that the camera is always centered/leveled at where your shoulders are on the screen, or just about.

    I hope that TP camera isn't fixed, but I don't expect it is, probably just better positioned. I like scrolling about, because sometimes you need a wider vision/tighter vision and just don't want to go FP.

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  • SojornSojorn Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Here's a little story I'd like to share about why it's sometimes awesome to skip fast-travel in Fallout 3 and just walk through the awesome world. I can't remember if I posted this before or not in another Fallout thread, so apologies in advance if you guys have heard this one before.

    Spoilered for minor mainline plot reveal:
    This happened during my first playthrough of the game, when I was still having a blast exploring the world and just seeing random things happen. After finding and freeing dad in Tranquility Lane, he says we need to meet up in Rivet City, and proceeds to make his way out of the Vault. I decide to follow him, half to see if he really makes the run there or just disappears and appears in Rivet City when I get there, and half just to see what would happen if I tried to follow.

    So here we are, father and son, spending some quality time together jogging through the Capitol Wasteland. Awesome. We're nearly there, a few more minutes of running and we'll have made it to Rivet City.

    Out of nowhere, I start hearing gun fire, and dad draws a pistol and starts shooting at a group of raiders as he's cresting a hillside, walking steadily towards them as he fires off round after round. I don't even know where he got the damn pistol from, but dad's packing. Coming up over the hill I see a group of six bandits spread out along a stretch of road with a guard rail and a car for cover. They're shooting at dad and I'm like "oh hell no, I just saved this guy".

    So I go into vats and drop two guys with a few shots from the assualt rifle, and try to find a little bit of cover as the raiders notice me killing their guys. All the while dad is running around like a fucking madman not doing a damn thing with that .32 pistol of his except looking scary, when all of a sudden he runs out of ammo and they kill him. He just drops, the pistol sliding out of his hand across the pavement.

    Now I'm cursing and scrambling to avoid four raiders concentrating fire on me, waiting for my AP to fill back up so I can peek out of cover and kill these guys in VATs. I peek over the hill I'm hiding behind to fire off a couple shots when I see the damndest thing.

    Dad. The motherfucker is standing up, and he's got a GODDAMN COMBAT KNIFE. He gets to his feet and bolts after the nearest raider, a female with a shaved head, and just starts slashing at her like a fucking psychopath as she starts running away.

    Remembering that I'm still being shot at, I check my AP, drop the last two guys, and turn to watch as zombie dad slashes the gun out of this girl's hand. Afraid to fire off a shot for fear of hitting him, I have to watch as it happens. I HAD TO WATCH.

    She goes off, fucking screaming, running away as hard as she can as dad slashes her again and again and again until finally she gives in, scared and crouched, trapped in a corner with her arms over her head to offer some sort of protection to herself as this madman slashes and stabs and gouges the life out of her, screaming "AHHHH! LEAVE ME ALONE!"

    But no, the good doctor was not hearing her cries for mercy. He slaughtered her there on that abandoned road, put his knife away, said nothing to me, and ran on.

    From that point forward I learned to fear two things. Anything that comes back from the dead after being shot multiple times, and Liam motherfucking Neeson.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    That's an awesome story. Dad has a few good lines, but man I wonder how much it cost to have Neeson do his lines.

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    That's an awesome story. Dad has a few good lines, but man I wonder how much it cost to have Neeson do his lines.

    At least they got their money's worth out of Malcom McDowell.

    President... of my heart.

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  • UrianUrian __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2010
    Speaking of Mcdowell, you guys should see Book of Eli. His role in the movie feels like an inside joke for Fallout 3 players. Great movie btw.

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  • SojornSojorn Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    That's an awesome story. Dad has a few good lines, but man I wonder how much it cost to have Neeson do his lines.

    Thanks. :)

    Whatever it cost, it was worth it. Neeson did a great job. Sometimes it really pays off having top-tier talent do voice acting in your game.

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Behemoth wrote: »
    That's an awesome story. Dad has a few good lines, but man I wonder how much it cost to have Neeson do his lines.

    At least they got their money's worth out of Malcom McDowell.

    President... of my heart.

    I always thought Eden sounded really familiar. I dunno why I never checked IMDB or anything to see who it was.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Blargh. FWE adds too much extra crap for my liking.

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    If it helps, damn near everything it adds can be turned off.

    But if you are just wanting weapons and nothing but, you can use Classic Fallout Weapons, which is a part of FWE.

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  • JintorJintor Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    That story is a lot less awesome when you realise that plot-important NPCs can't die

    That said, your storytelling is incredible

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  • UselesswarriorUselesswarrior Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I picked this game up last night. Killed a lot of people, blew up Megaton. Before I knew it 2 hours had gone by. I forgot how good this game is.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    never die wrote: »
    So, considering this is the Fallout: New Vegas thread, is there any new info up on the game?

    I do find it kind of amusing that they are impressed with the hip screen of NV, when you can do that in FO3. All you have to do is scroll up the camera. I've done it a few times when I play third person.

    Doesn't that have you looking half at the sky though?
    There was some news a few pages back, a link NMA which links to a ton of hands on stuff.
    NMA links to a ton of previews

    Oh god that is gonna make me horde SO MUCH C4 for pickpocketing and making chunky salsa out of entire towns

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  • .Tripwire..Tripwire. Firman Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I can't believe I only just now discovered that you can grab things that people own and not be penalized. Unless I'm mistaken I don't think that's how it worked in Oblivion. This has come in handy for when I spot Cram or Blamco or something on someone's shelf. I can just drag it out of view and then steal it hidden.

    The reason such is currently important to me is because I am playing as a good karma dude, with only one weakness. He has a hoarding complex about boxed foods. I don't know why. Maybe his grandparents' families starved to death in soviet Russia. He can't help it! The compulsion just takes over!

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    My goal is to stack it to the ceiling.

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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    B.D.V. wrote: »
    Is there a way to get Fallout 1+2 to work on Windows 7? Last time I tried, it went all weird. Rainbow colours everywhere.

    Yeah, if anyone can help me figure that out as well... I've found some 'HD Mods' for Fallout 1 and 2 that intend to fix that problem but they aren't working for me.

    I always got that on XP when I alt-tabbed out of the game, try that.

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    .Tripwire. wrote: »
    I can't believe I only just now discovered that you can grab things that people own and not be penalized. Unless I'm mistaken I don't think that's how it worked in Oblivion. This has come in handy for when I spot Cram or Blamco or something on someone's shelf. I can just drag it out of view and then steal it hidden.

    I just realized this myself the other day when trying to move the bottlecap mine around Craterside Supply to a position where I could see if I could shoot it and kill the guard, but not Moira at the same time.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    .Tripwire. wrote: »
    I can't believe I only just now discovered that you can grab things that people own and not be penalized. Unless I'm mistaken I don't think that's how it worked in Oblivion. This has come in handy for when I spot Cram or Blamco or something on someone's shelf. I can just drag it out of view and then steal it hidden.

    The reason such is currently important to me is because I am playing as a good karma dude, with only one weakness. He has a hoarding complex about boxed foods. I don't know why. Maybe his grandparents' families starved to death in soviet Russia. He can't help it! The compulsion just takes over!

    fooood.gif

    My goal is to stack it to the ceiling.

    You could pick things up with telekenesis/the hold button in oblivion and take it out of sight and steal it, too.

    I love the picture btw, Giving cram several new meanings

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    You could pick things up with telekenesis/the hold button in oblivion and take it out of sight and steal it, too.

    I love the picture btw, Giving cram several new meanings

    Picking stuff up with Z in Oblivion would get you a bounty for the value of the item just as quickly as stuffing it into your inventory would. I know because I tried to be sneaky like that early on.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    korodullin wrote: »
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    You could pick things up with telekenesis/the hold button in oblivion and take it out of sight and steal it, too.

    I love the picture btw, Giving cram several new meanings

    Picking stuff up with Z in Oblivion would get you a bounty for the value of the item just as quickly as stuffing it into your inventory would. I know because I tried to be sneaky like that early on.

    Thats weird, pretty sure I do this regularly to rob the shops in the market district

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I really wish I knew what the hell it was about going into the wasteland from Rivet City that keeps causing the autosave on travel to crash the game. It was doing this even unmodded (aside from DLC), so every time I think I may be going near Rivet City for any length of time, I have to turn off auto-save.

    Edit: Apparently saving the game at all around Rivet City when it has fits like this will cause me to crash. This is stupid.

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    korodullin wrote: »
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    You could pick things up with telekenesis/the hold button in oblivion and take it out of sight and steal it, too.

    I love the picture btw, Giving cram several new meanings

    Picking stuff up with Z in Oblivion would get you a bounty for the value of the item just as quickly as stuffing it into your inventory would. I know because I tried to be sneaky like that early on.

    Yeah, I got everyone to attack me by bumping into a table too hard once.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    korodullin wrote: »
    I really wish I knew what the hell it was about going into the wasteland from Rivet City that keeps causing the autosave on travel to crash the game. It was doing this even unmodded (aside from DLC), so every time I think I may be going near Rivet City for any length of time, I have to turn off auto-save.

    Edit: Apparently saving the game at all around Rivet City when it has fits like this will cause me to crash. This is stupid.

    Do you have the most recent patches?

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    korodullin wrote: »
    I really wish I knew what the hell it was about going into the wasteland from Rivet City that keeps causing the autosave on travel to crash the game. It was doing this even unmodded (aside from DLC), so every time I think I may be going near Rivet City for any length of time, I have to turn off auto-save.

    Edit: Apparently saving the game at all around Rivet City when it has fits like this will cause me to crash. This is stupid.

    Do you have the most recent patches?

    I have the GOTY on Steam that I got back in Dec. 2009, and the last FO3 patch was back in July '09, so I assume I do.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    korodullin wrote: »
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    korodullin wrote: »
    I really wish I knew what the hell it was about going into the wasteland from Rivet City that keeps causing the autosave on travel to crash the game. It was doing this even unmodded (aside from DLC), so every time I think I may be going near Rivet City for any length of time, I have to turn off auto-save.

    Edit: Apparently saving the game at all around Rivet City when it has fits like this will cause me to crash. This is stupid.

    Do you have the most recent patches?

    I have the GOTY on Steam that I got back in Dec. 2009, and the last FO3 patch was back in July '09, so I assume I do.

    Does it happen every time, or only after you've been playing the game for a while. I mean if you loaded up the game fresh and did this right away would it still happen?

    Fallout 3 gets very unstable after about 30minutes to an hour of play time, and only gets worse from there.

    You only have the DLC and no mods, but are they in the proper order? Do they Load Fallout 3>Anchorage>The Pit>Broken Steel>Point Lookout>Mothership Zeta

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    It doesn't happen every time, and it doesn't appear after playing for a length of time, since it just now happened after starting up FO3 for the first time today.

    It should be noted that I'm heavily modded now, but when I first got the game back in December I wasn't playing modded and it'd still do it.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    korodullin wrote: »
    It doesn't happen every time, and it doesn't appear after playing for a length of time, since it just now happened after starting up FO3 for the first time today.

    It should be noted that I'm heavily modded now, but when I first got the game back in December I wasn't playing modded and it'd still do it.

    http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3596

    run that to see if your mods are in the right order

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