I really, really hate invisible walls in freeroam games. Don't want me going somewhere, gimme a sheer cliff or something. Don't make an easily scalable hill then prevent me from walking across relatively flat terrain across the very top of it...
Yes, it has been confirmed. Bethesda/Obsidian is currently in development of the first Fallout: New Vegas DLC. As various members of various groups and websites were speaking with a Bethesda rep., they learned that the first DLC will be "exclusive" to the Xbox 360. However, the Bethesda rep. did mention that the DLC might get ported over to the PS3, leaving the PC in the dust.
Nothing is known about what this new DLC might be about, but is known for sure that it will be similar to the Broken Steel DLC for Fallout 3. It will open up the game again, letting the player explore the Mojave once more. The expected release date for the new DLC will be sometime in the holidays, in December.
So the ending gets changed/updated... but only for consoles.
This has to be incorrect information, surely.
This is going to cause a backlash. Fallout has a greater amount of people playing the PC version than your typical game. If they are not going to do it, why bother with the PC altogether?
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Yes, it has been confirmed. Bethesda/Obsidian is currently in development of the first Fallout: New Vegas DLC. As various members of various groups and websites were speaking with a Bethesda rep., they learned that the first DLC will be "exclusive" to the Xbox 360. However, the Bethesda rep. did mention that the DLC might get ported over to the PS3, leaving the PC in the dust.
Nothing is known about what this new DLC might be about, but is known for sure that it will be similar to the Broken Steel DLC for Fallout 3. It will open up the game again, letting the player explore the Mojave once more. The expected release date for the new DLC will be sometime in the holidays, in December.
So the ending gets changed/updated... but only for consoles.
This has to be incorrect information, surely.
No DLC ever for the fucking lead platform? Ridiculous. I guess it probably sold the most on 360 but anyone with brains knows it's a PC title where it matters.
Anyone who thinks the PC was ever the "Lead Platform" is deluding themselves. Consoles are becoming the priority for most games more and more for a long time. It's not unusual in games anymore for the PC to get ignored or plain screwed (See Bioshock 2 for example). It's one of the reasons I predominantly buy games on consoles now.
NV, Started with 3 luck and just recently got the perk that treats your gun shots as if you have +5 luck. Headshot crits all day.
FO3 was my first fallout game, but I do agree with a lot of the critics that NV is a more well rounded experience.
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AegeriTiny wee bacteriumsPlateau of LengRegistered Userregular
edited November 2010
Also on companion quests, name Veronica's "I could make you care":
I really appreciated the sudden ambush by 4 guys in power armor with decent weapons. One achimedes later and I picked up around 10k in caps of equipment. I am pleased. The speech check for talking that lot down is massive though.
I also get a real impression many of this games quests assume you are going through the strip first and then doing them. This strategy seems to avoid a lot of conflicting quest bugs.
AegeriTiny wee bacteriumsPlateau of LengRegistered Userregular
edited November 2010
It did get me my first gauss rifle. Now I can actually fucking kill deathclaws, whom I am 100% certain are there for the sole and only purpose of completely spiting an energy weapons character.
Yeah unless Microsoft paid them a ton of money for ecksbocks exclusivity for like, 2-3 months, it will piss people off. I could see Bethesda shaking down Obsidian to do it and dangling a Fallout 4 carrot in response, that would probably do it.
Spoilers about the above posts questions
Caesar first. Unless you're going to save him from his tumor, then side against him, his condition is going to get worse and more apparent to the weakness-hating Legion. That would effectively tear them apart with people loyal to Caesar on one side and the people who are more fanatical to the doctrine on the other, assuming Caesar doesn't just step down or kill himself.
Even so, Caesar doesn't seem to realize the entire legion is a cult of personality based on himself- establishing a line of succession doesn't matter much when everything you've built requires your cunning, your intelligence, your organizational skills. Lanius is explicitly not a very good leader, but a great general. Secondly, the Legion has been touting their superiority for ages and they just got their ass kicked again by the same country/an army of machines. Caesar's Legion doesn't like tech very much and they loathe the NCR, so it'd start people questioning and plotting against the Legion's hierarchy because they're obviously not competent enough to lead- they've been demoralizing, raiding, and preparing for seven years and they still lost.
Finally, most of Caesar's veteran troops were in the battle. The Legion's tactics, as described by Hanlon, is to send waves of wuss recruits in first, followed by veterans, followed by centurions. Hanlon exploited that with a trap last time, and this time you were doing things differently- the Legion sent its best against you, and the NCR and you/the NCR you and your robots, and got its ass kicked, despite having years of preparation and committing its top resources to the fight. This was effectively their biggest defeat yet for the Legion- they'd been all over the NCR's territory, constantly pushing into territory they're not supposed to be anywhere near, raiding and killing without any significant retaliation, etc. Then they make the major push and the NCR kicks their ass up and down. This wasn't just a regular battle- the Legion's been preparing for this ever since they lost seven years ago, and their total commitment was scattered by the NCR. The legion isn't dead, but they're weakened and humiliated.
Nevada skies mod is now officially awesome. Sandstorms last a minute and there's different types, along with some new regular weather changes as well:
Those screenshots look incredible! What other mods do you use, graphics-wise?
Depth of field mod, nevada skies, darker nights, and the NMC lite texture pack though I have no idea if it's even working properly. And I'm running totally maxed out along with those mods. Nothing really major at all, depth of field is what makes the most difference.
I couldn't figure out how to get the NMC texture pack to work with New Vegas. I just wanted to use the lite version though, don't really need the full stuff, I think the textures are already pretty good.
Maybe I'm tired but those instructions are way too complicated for me. I don't have a Fallout 3 install at all, only New Vegas through steam. I want to run the NMC lite texture pack with medium bumpmaps. What exactly do I do? Simplest instructions possible. I already have new vegas mod manager and the archive invalidation done.
Download the texture packs to a folder. The links to their download pages are below. Which texture packs you choose to download depends on your system's speed and your personal preference. For more information about NMC's texture packs read the description on each of their pages.
NMC's Fallout 3 HD Texture Packs and Bumpmaps (required)
Delete the -##### numbers on the end of each downloaded file name
You only have to extract (double click) only the first file of each texture pack set if there is more than 1 file in the set (it auto extracts from the others in the set)
Edit the script file to set the path to where the extracted files are located (Instructions are below)
Run the script
Follow the Archive Invalidation instructions below
Download stuff
Put it in a folder
Rename stuff
Extract the files you want (rars it looks like)
Edit the path to your new folder
Run the script
Activate archiveInvalidation
I couldn't figure out how to get the NMC texture pack to work with New Vegas. I just wanted to use the lite version though, don't really need the full stuff, I think the textures are already pretty good.
Maybe I'm tired but those instructions are way too complicated for me. I don't have a Fallout 3 install at all, only New Vegas through steam. I want to run the NMC lite texture pack with medium bumpmaps. What exactly do I do? Simplest instructions possible. I already have new vegas mod manager and the archive invalidation done.
Download that installer script.
Download what version of the texture pack you want.
Extract those files to a folder named data. It can be anywhere.
Extract the HD installer script where you want.
Open the HD installer script up in Notepad.
Look for these lines:
It should automatically detect your NV install directory. If not make sure you put in the correct pathway like in the example at the top of the pic.
The last line will be for the texture pack location. Make sure the path is correct.
Say it was in c:\texturepack\data
Put that into the last line.
Then save your work.
Then run the script. If everything is correct it should be able to install properly. Watch the window and you will see it replacing the files that it discovers.
I hated in F3 how the radio station only played the same few songs over and fucking over again, and I'm SO glad they fixed that in NV. Oh, wait... sigh..
What's the best way to get back into the NCR's good books quickly.
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SteevLWhat can I do for you?Registered Userregular
edited November 2010
I'm away from my 360 this weekend, but still feeling the urge to play some Fallout. I decided to start playing the original, which I got on GOG back when that service was first launched. I'd played it a little before and remember getting to a part where a super mutant was interrogating me, but stopped playing after getting one of the bad endings.
Anyway, I decided to choose one of the premade guys, Max Stone, and am punching my way through as much as possible. Kind of weird navigating through the UI, but I'll live with it. I'm hearing a lot of ambient music similar to (or exactly the same as!) New Vegas.
The original Fallout isn't a very long game, right?
I hated in F3 how the radio station only played the same few songs over and fucking over again, and I'm SO glad they fixed that in NV. Oh, wait... sigh..
rockstar as ruined me for radio stations, most everything else pales in comparison
I'm away from my 360 this weekend, but still feeling the urge to play some Fallout. I decided to start playing the original, which I got on GOG back when that service was first launched. I'd played it a little before and remember getting to a part where a super mutant was interrogating me, but stopped playing after getting one of the bad endings.
Anyway, I decided to choose one of the premade guys, Max Stone, and am punching my way through as much as possible. Kind of weird navigating through the UI, but I'll live with it. I'm hearing a lot of ambient music similar to (or exactly the same as!) New Vegas.
The original Fallout isn't a very long game, right?
Fallout 1 can be decently long, the main quest isn't so huge, and you have a time limit, but unless you do things wrong
Like hiring water caravans to expose your vault, or getting caught and brought to the dipping vats when your best gun is something like the 10mm pistol
The time limit is normally a non-issue
Really you can rush both fallout 1 / 2 if you've already played them, but if you take your time and explore the depth of each location (every location has several quests, at least one talking head usually, something interesting to do that is build dependant) it still takes ~ 20 hours without the speedup mod.
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I'm away from my 360 this weekend, but still feeling the urge to play some Fallout. I decided to start playing the original, which I got on GOG back when that service was first launched. I'd played it a little before and remember getting to a part where a super mutant was interrogating me, but stopped playing after getting one of the bad endings.
Anyway, I decided to choose one of the premade guys, Max Stone, and am punching my way through as much as possible. Kind of weird navigating through the UI, but I'll live with it. I'm hearing a lot of ambient music similar to (or exactly the same as!) New Vegas.
The original Fallout isn't a very long game, right?
Fallout 1 can be decently long, the main quest isn't so huge, and you have a time limit, but unless you do things wrong
Like hiring water caravans to expose your vault, or getting caught and brought to the dipping vats when your best gun is something like the 10mm pistol
The time limit is normally a non-issue
Really you can rush both fallout 1 / 2 if you've already played them, but if you take your time and explore the depth of each location (every location has several quests, at least one talking head usually, something interesting to do that is build dependant) it still takes ~ 20 hours without the speedup mod.
How many points can I put into my skills? I noticed it goes beyond 100%.
I think it goes up to 300%(at least in fallout 2), the point costs get huge, and eventually it just really doesn't matter anyway, I usually go up to 200% and no higher in my main combat skill.
I hated in F3 how the radio station only played the same few songs over and fucking over again, and I'm SO glad they fixed that in NV. Oh, wait... sigh..
At least FO3 had two different stations that played different music.
FONV has 3 stations, all of which play nearly the same playlist.
The only, and I mean only, only thing I miss about fallout 3, because I despised fallout 3, is Agatha's violin station, and the musical variety in that game it represents. I hate three dog, but man, they had a lot of different tracks in that game.
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DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
edited November 2010
Honestly, I did prefer the radio in FO3.
I liked the songs a lot better and I actually enjoyed Three Dog's banter.
Really the only song I like on NV radio(or at least the most memorable one) is "Big Iron"
So, some helpful modder found out what the core issue was behind crashes and problems with my previous mod "Northwind Bunker". I had recompiled all the scrips in the game, and that was causing some major issues for a majority of people. For some people it would work just fine, for others it was crash central. So, I'm going to rebuild that mod from the ground up, fixing spelling errors and the script issue so it works swimmingly.
But, I finished a new mod that I think people will appreciate!
Gun Runners Depot I
This small mod adds 2 new weapons (for guns and energy weapons), and 4 new weapon mods. This was terribly easy to do, so I plan on releasing a few of these that add new weapon mods as idea's come to me or they get suggested. Possibly just expand this mod....I don't know.
As it stands, everything should work perfectly. It's just an item adding mod, and a vendor edit.
BethrynUnhappiness is MandatoryRegistered Userregular
edited November 2010
(Fallout NV) Are there any really good places to scav early game without gaining too much experience? I've sneaked past the Deathclaws to the Clinic for early Implant goodness, but I'm at a loss how to raise the cash without raising my level (the objective being to get the Intelligence implant asap for the extra skill points).
Ideally, I'd be looking for somewhere where you can just grab some of the better selling weapons (10mm pistols/smgs seem to sell for amazing quantities of money when fully repaired).
Unless there's somewhere I can gamble without needing 2k caps?
There are more than four. Its just that Big Iron, heartaches by the Number, Johnny Guitar, Stars of the Midnight Range and a few other keep playing over and over and over. I've had moments where I swear Big Iron or Johnny Guitar played 3 times in a row.
Radio New Vegas Plays:
* Ain't That a Kick in the Head?
* Blue Moon
* Big Iron
* Cobwebs and Rainbows
* Green Clouds and Dust Whirls
* Heartaches by the Number
* Home on the Wastes
* It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
* Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
* Johnny Guitar
* Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow
* Mad About the Boy
* New Vegas Valley
* Something's Gotta Give
* Streets of New Reno
* Why Don't You Do Right? (Get Me Some Money, Too!)
Mojave Music Radio plays:
* Big Iron
* Goin' Under
* Happy Times
* I'm So Blue
* In The Shadow Of The Valley
* Let's Ride Into the Sunset Together
* Heartaches by the Number
* Johnny Guitar
* Stars of the Midnight Range
* Lone Star
Black Mountain Radio Plays
* Big Iron
* Hangover Heart
* Heartaches by the Numbers
* It's a Sin
* Johnny Guitar
* Stars of the Midnight Range
Posts
This is going to cause a backlash. Fallout has a greater amount of people playing the PC version than your typical game. If they are not going to do it, why bother with the PC altogether?
Anyone who thinks the PC was ever the "Lead Platform" is deluding themselves. Consoles are becoming the priority for most games more and more for a long time. It's not unusual in games anymore for the PC to get ignored or plain screwed (See Bioshock 2 for example). It's one of the reasons I predominantly buy games on consoles now.
I would bet the DLC comes to PC anyway though.
FO3 was my first fallout game, but I do agree with a lot of the critics that NV is a more well rounded experience.
I also get a real impression many of this games quests assume you are going through the strip first and then doing them. This strategy seems to avoid a lot of conflicting quest bugs.
You make some awesome threat about burning the Codex and all it's built to the ground.
After the fight......Veronica asks "You, uh, didn't really mean that about the Codex, right?"
not really more or less sane than the actual one.
kpop appreciation station i also like to tweet some
Spoilers about the above posts questions
Even so, Caesar doesn't seem to realize the entire legion is a cult of personality based on himself- establishing a line of succession doesn't matter much when everything you've built requires your cunning, your intelligence, your organizational skills. Lanius is explicitly not a very good leader, but a great general. Secondly, the Legion has been touting their superiority for ages and they just got their ass kicked again by the same country/an army of machines. Caesar's Legion doesn't like tech very much and they loathe the NCR, so it'd start people questioning and plotting against the Legion's hierarchy because they're obviously not competent enough to lead- they've been demoralizing, raiding, and preparing for seven years and they still lost.
Finally, most of Caesar's veteran troops were in the battle. The Legion's tactics, as described by Hanlon, is to send waves of wuss recruits in first, followed by veterans, followed by centurions. Hanlon exploited that with a trap last time, and this time you were doing things differently- the Legion sent its best against you, and the NCR and you/the NCR you and your robots, and got its ass kicked, despite having years of preparation and committing its top resources to the fight. This was effectively their biggest defeat yet for the Legion- they'd been all over the NCR's territory, constantly pushing into territory they're not supposed to be anywhere near, raiding and killing without any significant retaliation, etc. Then they make the major push and the NCR kicks their ass up and down. This wasn't just a regular battle- the Legion's been preparing for this ever since they lost seven years ago, and their total commitment was scattered by the NCR. The legion isn't dead, but they're weakened and humiliated.
Depth of field mod, nevada skies, darker nights, and the NMC lite texture pack though I have no idea if it's even working properly. And I'm running totally maxed out along with those mods. Nothing really major at all, depth of field is what makes the most difference.
Maybe I'm tired but those instructions are way too complicated for me. I don't have a Fallout 3 install at all, only New Vegas through steam. I want to run the NMC lite texture pack with medium bumpmaps. What exactly do I do? Simplest instructions possible. I already have new vegas mod manager and the archive invalidation done.
Download stuff
Put it in a folder
Rename stuff
Extract the files you want (rars it looks like)
Edit the path to your new folder
Run the script
Activate archiveInvalidation
Download that installer script.
Download what version of the texture pack you want.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=12056
Extract those files to a folder named data. It can be anywhere.
Extract the HD installer script where you want.
Open the HD installer script up in Notepad.
Look for these lines:
It should automatically detect your NV install directory. If not make sure you put in the correct pathway like in the example at the top of the pic.
The last line will be for the texture pack location. Make sure the path is correct.
Say it was in c:\texturepack\data
Put that into the last line.
Then save your work.
Then run the script. If everything is correct it should be able to install properly. Watch the window and you will see it replacing the files that it discovers.
Anyway, I decided to choose one of the premade guys, Max Stone, and am punching my way through as much as possible. Kind of weird navigating through the UI, but I'll live with it. I'm hearing a lot of ambient music similar to (or exactly the same as!) New Vegas.
The original Fallout isn't a very long game, right?
My Backloggery
rockstar as ruined me for radio stations, most everything else pales in comparison
Fallout 1 can be decently long, the main quest isn't so huge, and you have a time limit, but unless you do things wrong
Really you can rush both fallout 1 / 2 if you've already played them, but if you take your time and explore the depth of each location (every location has several quests, at least one talking head usually, something interesting to do that is build dependant) it still takes ~ 20 hours without the speedup mod.
How many points can I put into my skills? I noticed it goes beyond 100%.
My Backloggery
Cheers
My radio station has well over 100 songs?
Wait...
You're playing on console aren't you, heathen?
Stop it.
But they slide so far when you hit them with your super sledge
FONV has 3 stations, all of which play nearly the same playlist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q52fD4kNREg&feature=related
My character started grunting, then my screen faded to gray for about 20 seconds. Then faded back to normal.
What happened?
The only, and I mean only, only thing I miss about fallout 3, because I despised fallout 3, is Agatha's violin station, and the musical variety in that game it represents. I hate three dog, but man, they had a lot of different tracks in that game.
I liked the songs a lot better and I actually enjoyed Three Dog's banter.
Really the only song I like on NV radio(or at least the most memorable one) is "Big Iron"
FISTO happened?
Some drug wore off.
also, all the songs rule on new vegas radio, sadly, there are apprently only 4 of them.
I'm dead serious."
In the entire 100+ hours I've put in here, plus the 20 or so my sister has put in, we've only seen a single mole rat
Yeah I would have gone nuts if it weren't for CONELRAD and F3's "GNR - More Where That Came From".
And there are Molerats around, just not very many.
But, I finished a new mod that I think people will appreciate!
Gun Runners Depot I
This small mod adds 2 new weapons (for guns and energy weapons), and 4 new weapon mods. This was terribly easy to do, so I plan on releasing a few of these that add new weapon mods as idea's come to me or they get suggested. Possibly just expand this mod....I don't know.
As it stands, everything should work perfectly. It's just an item adding mod, and a vendor edit.
You can get it here off the Nexus.
Ideally, I'd be looking for somewhere where you can just grab some of the better selling weapons (10mm pistols/smgs seem to sell for amazing quantities of money when fully repaired).
Unless there's somewhere I can gamble without needing 2k caps?
Radio New Vegas Plays:
* Blue Moon
* Big Iron
* Cobwebs and Rainbows
* Green Clouds and Dust Whirls
* Heartaches by the Number
* Home on the Wastes
* It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
* Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
* Johnny Guitar
* Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow
* Mad About the Boy
* New Vegas Valley
* Something's Gotta Give
* Streets of New Reno
* Why Don't You Do Right? (Get Me Some Money, Too!)
Mojave Music Radio plays:
* Goin' Under
* Happy Times
* I'm So Blue
* In The Shadow Of The Valley
* Let's Ride Into the Sunset Together
* Heartaches by the Number
* Johnny Guitar
* Stars of the Midnight Range
* Lone Star
Black Mountain Radio Plays
* Hangover Heart
* Heartaches by the Numbers
* It's a Sin
* Johnny Guitar
* Stars of the Midnight Range