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Fallout New Vegas: Post in the NEW thread, you dorks.

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  • ZeonZeon Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Aegeri wrote: »
    That is my complaint, but it feels like an engine limitation that bethsoft were acutely aware of and that Obsidian didn't really account for. Fallout 3 is pretty sparsely populated as well, while areas in NV are screaming out for having way more NPCs. Yet they seem pretty dead in comparison. One explanation for the lack of doods in the casinos is that the NCR aren't giving out as much leave and due to the legions presence, people aren't traveling as much.

    But still, this games verisimilitude would be even higher if there was more soldiers in the outposts and definitely a busier New Vegas.

    Well, i was thinking about that too. Then i remembered... Its a post apocalyptic world. People probably just dont travel all that much, cus theyre too busy trying to not die within 5 feet from their house like 95% of people in the fallout universe seem to.

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  • GraviijaGraviija Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Spoilers of Legion relations:
    So I imagine that, since I have massacred every soldier at Cottonwood Cove, am now vilified by the Legion, and all the quests associated with meeting Caesar have disappeared, the only real endgame here is to kill Caesar, right? I'm assuming I'll be shot on sight, Boone or no, when I get to the Fort.

    I don't really have a problem with this, but I did kind of want to hear the guy's justification for being a prick. Guess that'll have to wait 'till next playthrough.

    Also, both Rex and Boone have both kind of disappeared. Can I summon them back to me (playing on a PC)?

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  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Also the Legion just refuse to be angry with me, no matter how many people I shoot in the face. I mean those in the immediate vicinity will attack me, but if they dont see me acting violent, they're totally cool with it.

    I love this game, but it just makes me crave for a new engine or a massive overhaul. Because I love Bethesda's aim, I like what its trying to do, its far more ambitious than most games, but Vegas really highlights how far its missing the mark, which is just due to the engine really.

    I like the style of the engine, how everyone is under the same 'rules', everything is lootable, movable, attackable, that kind of thing, I absolutely love that, but its something that presents its own problems and I think they can only fix it with a new or heavily modified engine.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Man, is it just my imagination, or is it way harder to win at the Ultra Luxe?

    I mean I only have 6 LK, but I didn't have too much trouble getting banned from Gammorah or the Tops.

    Ultra Luxe is killing me though.

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  • Capt HowdyCapt Howdy Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Didn't someone say they couldn't find Boone after they let him go or he disappeared? Cause I just found him hanging out in the Crimson Caravan Main Office after I let him go in Jacobstown.

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    GNR more where that came from has been ported!

    http://newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35344

    New vegas radio now has 100 more period appropriate songs! Woot!

    EDIT - it includes a way to port GNR songs from FO3 ontop of the 100 from GNR more where that came from.....

    CIVILIZATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    oh god no, the memories, i had almost erased that song from my mind.

    GET OUT OF MY HEAD CHARLES

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  • finnithfinnith ... TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It was me. I decided to just run with Veronica and Cass, and I'll probably drop Cass at Novac eventually. Apparently starting the end game sequence reunites you with you followers if they disappeared on you at some point.

    EDIT: I think I still remember Civilization note for note.

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  • Judge-ZJudge-Z Teacher, for Great Justice Upstate NYRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Quick question - does having Boone along make all Legion types instantly hostile? I'm planning on fucking with them soon enough, but want to do it on my terms, not Boone's.

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  • KadokenKadoken Giving Ends to my Friends and it Feels Stupendous Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Why didn't they couple in FO3's soundtrack with FNV's?

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    they did, they just forgot about the radio.

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    You know, playin' all these games that're so close to the southern border, I kinda' wonder what the Mexicans are all up to. Considering that America was such a high-priority target and number one on everybody's shitlist at the time the bombs fell, I can't imagine that Mexico suffered any/many direct strikes, so the infrastructure is probably fairly intact if worn as fuck. Maybe one of the DLCs will take us to Texas and the Reconquista?

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  • BoredGamerBoredGamer Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Where the hell is the
    Armored Vault 21 Suit?

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  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Where the hell does that Isaac guy go, the one you sell scrap metal to? Hes normally outside the gunrunners but I can never find him anymore

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Prohass wrote: »
    Where the hell does that Isaac guy go, the one you sell scrap metal to? Hes normally outside the gunrunners but I can never find him anymore
    He's got a house a ways to the east, about four blocks or so on the map. Some days he just loafs around on his ass, but if you pop in there he'll make a beeline for the stand lickity-split.

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  • AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Graviija wrote: »
    Spoilers of Legion relations:
    So I imagine that, since I have massacred every soldier at Cottonwood Cove, am now vilified by the Legion, and all the quests associated with meeting Caesar have disappeared, the only real endgame here is to kill Caesar, right? I'm assuming I'll be shot on sight, Boone or no, when I get to the Fort.

    I don't really have a problem with this, but I did kind of want to hear the guy's justification for being a prick. Guess that'll have to wait 'till next playthrough.

    Just out of curiosity, when you did that did you use the nuclear waste?

    Because that's the only way those bastards deserve to die.

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  • DraperDraper __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    Aegeri wrote: »
    That is my complaint, but it feels like an engine limitation that bethsoft were acutely aware of and that Obsidian didn't really account for. Fallout 3 is pretty sparsely populated as well, while areas in NV are screaming out for having way more NPCs. Yet they seem pretty dead in comparison. One explanation for the lack of doods in the casinos is that the NCR aren't giving out as much leave and due to the legions presence, people aren't traveling as much.

    But still, this games verisimilitude would be even higher if there was more soldiers in the outposts and definitely a busier New Vegas.

    Yeah, New Vegas itself is kind of a dissapointment, but it'll see lots of improvements in upcoming months and years via mods on the PC version. It'll take a long time, but there will probably eventually be a mod that makes the strip one area without barriers, along with adding more people. It'll take a hell of a PC to run, but it'll happen.

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  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Sorenson wrote: »
    Prohass wrote: »
    Where the hell does that Isaac guy go, the one you sell scrap metal to? Hes normally outside the gunrunners but I can never find him anymore
    He's got a house a ways to the east, about four blocks or so on the map. Some days he just loafs around on his ass, but if you pop in there he'll make a beeline for the stand lickity-split.

    Awesome thanks.

    And Draper, I dont have PC capable of running this, so im just banking on the next overhaul to the engine being substantial enough to make the next Bethesda game the one that fulfills the promise that all of their games since Morrowind have showed in terms of freedom and immersion.

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  • DraperDraper __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    Prohass wrote: »
    Also the Legion just refuse to be angry with me, no matter how many people I shoot in the face. I mean those in the immediate vicinity will attack me, but if they dont see me acting violent, they're totally cool with it.

    I love this game, but it just makes me crave for a new engine or a massive overhaul. Because I love Bethesda's aim, I like what its trying to do, its far more ambitious than most games, but Vegas really highlights how far its missing the mark, which is just due to the engine really.

    I like the style of the engine, how everyone is under the same 'rules', everything is lootable, movable, attackable, that kind of thing, I absolutely love that, but its something that presents its own problems and I think they can only fix it with a new or heavily modified engine.

    I really don't think the ability to loot everything is worth the terrible animations and overall clunkiness of the game. Not to mention how awkward real time combat always is. There definitely needs to be some kind of engine overhaul or new engine alltogether, because the potential atmosphere of future Fallout games will suffer big time if the need to loot shit constantly keeps bogging it down. Maybe they need to take a page from Mass Effect 2 or RDR or something.

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  • GreenleafGreenleaf Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Ug, Veronica disappeared.

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  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Draper wrote: »
    because the potential atmosphere of future Fallout games will suffer big time if the need to loot shit constantly keeps bogging it down. Maybe they need to take a page from Mass Effect 2 or RDR or something.

    Clearly, this game is not "for" you.

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  • DraperDraper __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    Don't get me wrong, I love it, but if the loot system is the reason the engine has to be like it is then maybe a re-prioritization is in order.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I don't know if this question was answered, but someone asked if companions require ammo for weapons given to them. The answer is a yes. I gave Boone a minigun and 5mm bullets to carry, because he's my pack mule, and he ended up switching to it and blowing through all its ammo.
    Greenleaf wrote:
    Ug, Veronica disappeared.

    I've had a companion just run off toward the horizon, away from me. If you enter a new cell or fast travel, they should be right by your side again. As long as they don't die (which only happens if you're playing hardcore mode), then they shouldn't be permanently gone.

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  • GraviijaGraviija Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Aegeri wrote: »
    Graviija wrote: »
    Spoilers of Legion relations:
    So I imagine that, since I have massacred every soldier at Cottonwood Cove, am now vilified by the Legion, and all the quests associated with meeting Caesar have disappeared, the only real endgame here is to kill Caesar, right? I'm assuming I'll be shot on sight, Boone or no, when I get to the Fort.

    I don't really have a problem with this, but I did kind of want to hear the guy's justification for being a prick. Guess that'll have to wait 'till next playthrough.

    Just out of curiosity, when you did that did you use the nuclear waste?

    Because that's the only way those bastards deserve to die.
    I CAN KILL THEM WITH NUCLEAR WASTE?

    ...

    Well, that's another thing for playthrough #2.

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  • KadokenKadoken Giving Ends to my Friends and it Feels Stupendous Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Draper wrote: »
    I really don't think the ability to loot everything is worth the terrible animations and overall clunkiness of the game. Not to mention how awkward real time combat always is. There definitely needs to be some kind of engine overhaul or new engine alltogether, because the potential atmosphere of future Fallout games will suffer big time if the need to loot shit constantly keeps bogging it down. Maybe they need to take a page from Mass Effect 2 or RDR or something.
    I think their working on their original series The Elder Scrolls. Perhaps better or new engine to be looked for there.

    Heh, I just thought of a retarded idea for them to hire Bioware for Fallout: Spin off. But in the style their doing, not Bioware's ME style.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Do you guys know if I can do anything with the
    legion raid plans
    from Cottonwood Cove?

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  • AkilaeAkilae Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    NCR ending BoS spoiler:
    Finally got to the part where NCR wants me to "deal" with the Brotherhood. Having done the Brotherhood quests and liked their group, I actually had to pause at the self-destruct confirmation. I canceled and proceeded to slaughter the entire bunker population with hails of gauss and plasma fire, sparing them the pain of thermonuclear detonation, hating the NCR all the way. After that, the NCR ending felt quite hollow to me.

    Then on a whim I reloaded and found out there was a non-violent route...

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  • MetallikatMetallikat Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Akilae wrote: »
    NCR ending BoS spoiler:
    Finally got to the part where NCR wants me to "deal" with the Brotherhood. Having done the Brotherhood quests and liked their group, I actually had to pause at the self-destruct confirmation. I canceled and proceeded to slaughter the entire bunker population with hails of gauss and plasma fire, sparing them the pain of thermonuclear detonation, hating the NCR all the way. After that, the NCR ending felt quite hollow to me.

    Then on a whim I reloaded and found out there was a non-violent route...

    Do tell, I never knew of the non-violent path for that one...

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  • finnithfinnith ... TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Should be related to one of the quests you get in the Ranger stations. I don't remember which though.
    Metallikat wrote: »
    Akilae wrote: »
    NCR ending BoS spoiler:
    Finally got to the part where NCR wants me to "deal" with the Brotherhood. Having done the Brotherhood quests and liked their group, I actually had to pause at the self-destruct confirmation. I canceled and proceeded to slaughter the entire bunker population with hails of gauss and plasma fire, sparing them the pain of thermonuclear detonation, hating the NCR all the way. After that, the NCR ending felt quite hollow to me.

    Then on a whim I reloaded and found out there was a non-violent route...

    Do tell, I never knew of the non-violent path for that one...
    If the BoS likes you (I did every possible quest related to BoS, including Veronica's, Eyesight to the Blind, and the free quest about the lost laser pistol), you can go talk to the Elder and he'll negotiate a peace with the NCR. Moore is opposed to the idea but the quest will complete regardless.

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Greenleaf wrote: »
    Ug, Veronica disappeared.
    Did she go solo Deathclaw hunting? She's done that to me.

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  • AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Graviija wrote: »
    Aegeri wrote: »
    Graviija wrote: »
    Spoilers of Legion relations:
    So I imagine that, since I have massacred every soldier at Cottonwood Cove, am now vilified by the Legion, and all the quests associated with meeting Caesar have disappeared, the only real endgame here is to kill Caesar, right? I'm assuming I'll be shot on sight, Boone or no, when I get to the Fort.

    I don't really have a problem with this, but I did kind of want to hear the guy's justification for being a prick. Guess that'll have to wait 'till next playthrough.

    Just out of curiosity, when you did that did you use the nuclear waste?

    Because that's the only way those bastards deserve to die.
    I CAN KILL THEM WITH NUCLEAR WASTE?

    ...

    Well, that's another thing for playthrough #2.

    Yes. It goes without saying that this is immensely profitable and without a single risk to yourself! Plus if you do it while hidden they have no idea what horrible accident just befell them. Thousands of caps worth of stuff be yours! To do this:
    Go onto the hill where you see this big truck sort of hanging off the edge. Go to the end of the truck and open it. They get dumped on with nuclear waste that lethally irradiates the entire area and exterminates them. Loot at whim!

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  • DraperDraper __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    There any weapon mods for the assault carbine?

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Dashui wrote: »
    Do you guys know if I can do anything with the
    legion raid plans
    from Cottonwood Cove?
    Yeah, Camp Searchlight:
    The named head honcho there will hire you out to infiltrate Cottonwood and do some intel gathering, and the raid plans are one of the items you can turn in.

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  • MetallikatMetallikat Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I want to do a melee oriented run, but having to slog through gunfire at the pathetic jog-walk my character does to get to my enemies is painful. I'm gonna hold off until a FO3 style Sprinting mod comes out.

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  • AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I went up to the ranger station near Cottonwood and was most disappointed that they weren't at all acknowledging my nuclear based slaughtering of the guys there. Was sadface :(

    Edit: He also has a dog tag quest, unfortunately I got it only after exterminating everything in town and now I cannot do it anymore. Sadface :(

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Graviija wrote: »
    Aegeri wrote: »
    Graviija wrote: »
    Spoilers of Legion relations:
    So I imagine that, since I have massacred every soldier at Cottonwood Cove, am now vilified by the Legion, and all the quests associated with meeting Caesar have disappeared, the only real endgame here is to kill Caesar, right? I'm assuming I'll be shot on sight, Boone or no, when I get to the Fort.

    I don't really have a problem with this, but I did kind of want to hear the guy's justification for being a prick. Guess that'll have to wait 'till next playthrough.

    Just out of curiosity, when you did that did you use the nuclear waste?

    Because that's the only way those bastards deserve to die.
    I CAN KILL THEM WITH NUCLEAR WASTE?

    ...

    Well, that's another thing for playthrough #2.
    Yeah, this is a thing that is happening next time.

    Assuming I can keep Boone from frothing long enough.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    finnith wrote: »
    Should be related to one of the quests you get in the Ranger stations. I don't remember which though.
    Metallikat wrote: »
    Akilae wrote: »
    NCR ending BoS spoiler:
    Finally got to the part where NCR wants me to "deal" with the Brotherhood. Having done the Brotherhood quests and liked their group, I actually had to pause at the self-destruct confirmation. I canceled and proceeded to slaughter the entire bunker population with hails of gauss and plasma fire, sparing them the pain of thermonuclear detonation, hating the NCR all the way. After that, the NCR ending felt quite hollow to me.

    Then on a whim I reloaded and found out there was a non-violent route...

    Do tell, I never knew of the non-violent path for that one...
    If the BoS likes you (I did every possible quest related to BoS, including Veronica's, Eyesight to the Blind, and the free quest about the lost laser pistol), you can go talk to the Elder and he'll negotiate a peace with the NCR. Moore is opposed to the idea but the quest will complete regardless.

    Where is that item, by the way, for the free quest?
    Aegeri wrote: »
    I went up to the ranger station near Cottonwood and was most disappointed that they weren't at all acknowledging my nuclear based slaughtering of the guys there. Was sadface :(

    Edit: He also has a dog tag quest, unfortunately I got it only after exterminating everything in town and now I cannot do it anymore. Sadface :(

    It sounds like you did what I did. :P

    I basically just charged in there with Boone, no quest or anything, and slaughtered those sons'a'bitches.

    Also, running with both Boone and Veronica is just insanity. It does feel a bit like cheating, but I don't want to run around until Boone's quest activates and then switch over to Veronica and wait for her quest to activate when I could just run with them both and get those quests sooner.

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  • finnithfinnith ... TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Sprint Mod

    http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34943

    @Dashui
    It's in Scorpion Gulch, precisely in the small depression where you appear when you fast travel to the area. It should be around one of the rocks. It took me a while to find because of how blind I was. It would probably help if you take Rex with you

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Draper wrote: »
    There any weapon mods for the assault carbine?
    Just one, extended mags, and it's only a +6 bonus so I doubt it's worth going out of your way for.

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  • AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    Graviija wrote: »
    Aegeri wrote: »
    Graviija wrote: »
    Spoilers of Legion relations:
    So I imagine that, since I have massacred every soldier at Cottonwood Cove, am now vilified by the Legion, and all the quests associated with meeting Caesar have disappeared, the only real endgame here is to kill Caesar, right? I'm assuming I'll be shot on sight, Boone or no, when I get to the Fort.

    I don't really have a problem with this, but I did kind of want to hear the guy's justification for being a prick. Guess that'll have to wait 'till next playthrough.

    Just out of curiosity, when you did that did you use the nuclear waste?

    Because that's the only way those bastards deserve to die.
    I CAN KILL THEM WITH NUCLEAR WASTE?

    ...

    Well, that's another thing for playthrough #2.
    Yeah, this is a thing that is happening next time.

    Assuming I can keep Boone from frothing long enough.

    The best thing is this was a huge payoff for me in terms of just the world. In Searchlight:
    One of the computers tells you there were three nuclear waste trucks. Two of them got there but one was diverted elsewhere to Cottonwood. When I got there I saw the truck and immediately knew what was in it. I wondered "Can I get some revenge?" and holy shit, I could as well! It was immensely gratifying that the whole thing was supported in the game like that. It also perfectly explained why the legion knew about the trucks in Searchlight and how dangerous they were.

    I love this games depth and logic.

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  • TIFunkaliciousTIFunkalicious Kicking back in NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Why is it my favorite games are buggy piles? Maybe it's because that's a result of how much cool shit they're trying to do (and mostly succeed at)

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