Fallout 3

[Suave Peanut]

2,000 posts is great. 2,000 replies is better!

[National Kato]

2,000 posts is great. 2,000 replies is better!

BlackPete started it. ;)

[BlackPete]

*whistles innocently*

[Bone]

So a Radscorpion, a Ghoul, and a Deathclaw walk into a bar. Oh... you've heard this one. Never mind.

[bryan]

Can someone tell me if you can shoot grenades in the latest patch? Has that been fixed? Cause I don't wanna continue my game till I can shoot grenades, goshdarnit!

[TheKeck]

So a Radscorpion, a Ghoul, and a Deathclaw walk into a bar. Oh... you've heard this one. Never mind.
I put a couple darts in the deathclaw, take out the ghoul in one burst of assault rifle fire, and then lay mines for the radscorpion. :p

[BlackPete]

That's funny, I'd have just placed a Nuka grenade at the bar and let the place blow up. :D

[CES]

I'd stick with the ever trusty MIRV. One shot and no more bar.

Waste of booze though.

[Rock Bandit]

I'd save the ghoul from the radscorpion and Deathclaw and then ask if he wanted to do some trading. Fucking bigots.

[tacitus]

TODAY (Wednesday, April 15) on the escapist contest (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/contests/register/fallout3pitt) to win the pitt on PC or 360.

[TheKeck]

I'd save the ghoul from the radscorpion and Deathclaw and then ask if he wanted to do some trading. Fucking bigots.
Hey, I was thinking of a FERAL ghoul. Eh, they all look the same to me. :p

[CES]

I'd save the ghoul from the radscorpion and Deathclaw and then ask if he wanted to do some trading. Fucking bigots.

It's a post-nuclear wasteland. No mercy for anyone who isn't me.

[Bone]

... the Ghoul says "well, before we came in here, I bet the Radscorpion that not only would you let the Deathclaw eviscerate all your customers, but you'd laugh while he did it. Here's your 50 bottle caps, sucker!"

[Borys]

This game is so awesome that I cannot find words to describe it. When I went to Minefield on the quest given by Moria from Craterside Supply in Megaton I was expecting ghosts (ghouls maybe?) in a deserted small town. I entered it from the south and of course there were mines all around, so I started disarming them. Suddenly something exploded in the near distance and I saw a carwreck being hurled up in the air. I looked around but saw no enemies, so I shrugged and moved on checking the other mines. Suddenly I see a sick, old sniper up on the third floor of a ruined house shooting at me. Then it clicked - it was he who was shooting the mines all around me and that's why they were going off! Unbelievable. I haven't felt such an amazing, moody atmosphere in a RPG since, well, since Fallout 2.

[Bone]

Me too, Borys. At first I was getting pissed, because I was sure I wasn't triggering the mines, and wondered if they were just scripted to go off. I ended up getting close enough to hear the sniper and it all made sense.

And, you don't have to kill him. There is a mission for him later.

[Banacek]

This game is so awesome that I cannot find words to describe it. When I went to Minefield on the quest given by Moria from Craterside Supply in Megaton I was expecting ghosts (ghouls maybe?) in a deserted small town. I entered it from the south and of course there were mines all around, so I started disarming them. Suddenly something exploded in the near distance and I saw a carwreck being hurled up in the air. I looked around but saw no enemies, so I shrugged and moved on checking the other mines. Suddenly I see a sick, old sniper up on the third floor of a ruined house shooting at me. Then it clicked - it was he who was shooting the mines all around me and that's why they were going off! Unbelievable. I haven't felt such an amazing, moody atmosphere in a RPG since, well, since Fallout 2.

Agreed. I'm glad that people are still talking about it. Also, good to see you Borys!

[jpublic]

Me too, Borys. At first I was getting pissed, because I was sure I wasn't triggering the mines, and wondered if they were just scripted to go off. I ended up getting close enough to hear the sniper and it all made sense.

And, you don't have to kill him. There is a mission for him later.

Wait, what?

How do you not have to kill him? I worked my way towards him and that asshole was constantly trying to fill me full of lead.

[Bone]

You'd have to run away! Later there is a quest involving him.

I only know this from the wiki. I killed his old sniping ass.

[axion]

I think he is one of the people who someone wants you to kill at some point in the game.

[Telefrog]

I think he is one of the people who someone wants you to kill at some point in the game.

Nope. Slavers want him.

[Banacek]

F that. I shot his ass and took his gun.

[trevrd]

Yeah, sniping at me spared him little. And slavers usually get worse. I still have to go back thru my finished Good game & spread a little emancipation around Paradise Falls.

[Rogue_hunter]

...spread a little emancipation around Paradise Falls.

Man, that part is so rewarding. I was getting non-stop notifications about getting good karma. Too bad I was already at full good karma, so I have no idea how much I actually got. I also got a quest added because I stumbled into it rather than find the quest giver.

Combat Shotgun + VATS + Grim Reaper perk (refill action points for kills in VATS) = quick romp through slaver town.

[TheKeck]

Combat Shotgun + VATS + Grim Reaper perk (refill action points for kills in VATS) = quick romp through slaver town.
Well, sure, anybody can romp through slave town at level twenty! :p I took them out right after I got power armor. It was challenging but they all laid down their lives before me. ;)

Also, sniper man quest? Darn. I killed him like everyone else. :)

[carnage11]

Mezzing him and putting a collar on his ass is next to impossible. You're best to just shoot him from afar with a mini nuke......or maybe a nuka grenade. BOOM! Old man 0 - Me 1

[Jackel]

Mezzing him and putting a collar on his ass is next to impossible. You're best to just shoot him from afar with a mini nuke......or maybe a nuka grenade. BOOM! Old man 0 - Me 1

Really? I had no problems mezzing him. Just ran my way up to him in-between shots.

Maybe I got lucky though.

[Borys]

Whoa, I too killed his sorry ass right away. I managed to climb next to him and waste him with two punches of my Power Fist. He fell down from the plank, and get this: triggered his own mine!!! His body went flying up and somehow fell out on the street.

This game rules.

[trevrd]

Mezzing him and putting a collar on his ass is next to impossible. You're best to just shoot him from afar with a mini nuke......or maybe a nuka grenade. BOOM! Old man 0 - Me 1

In my Evil game, I don't use any sort of small guns & i have no Fatman just yet. Took some creeping to get into the ruins he's camped at, but once I was just under the platform he's perched on I shared a couple frag 'nades with him. It was far more satisfying. :D

with two punches of my Power Fist.

Wait til you've got the unarmed perks max'd along with Bloody Mess, and then go find Fisto! . . . and let the gibbing commence.

[BlackPete]

Exploding pants FTW. In my new "evil" game, this is now my main method of killing people wherever I can. I maxxed out my sneak and lockpick skills right away when I started the new game.

I must try to do that on this old Minefield sniper.

[carnage11]

Really? I had no problems mezzing him. Just ran my way up to him in-between shots.

Maybe I got lucky though.

Well, when I first ran into him, I was low leveled, and pretty much 2 shots from him would kill me. One land mine would kill me, even if it was several feet away. Then he'd blow up a car or something near me. It was difficult, because he was shooting at me before I could even see him. Though, again, I was a low level when I tried. It's probably a lot easier later in the game.

[Banacek]

Well, when I first ran into him, I was low leveled, and pretty much 2 shots from him would kill me. One land mine would kill me, even if it was several feet away. Then he'd blow up a car or something near me. It was difficult, because he was shooting at me before I could even see him. Though, again, I was a low level when I tried. It's probably a lot easier later in the game.

Yeah, it was one of my first missions. That made it epic.

[GrenMag]

Looks like the Russians found Harold, via CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2009/04/16/phillips.tree.lung.cnn

[TheEpicOfTyler]

So I just picked this game up and I don't' really want to sink TONS of time into it, but I do want to progress through the main story. What is a good investment as far as skills and such go?

I'm sure I eventually will want to play the game for all it has, but right now I don't want to dive into the game, I just want to play through it quickly.

[Sazime]

So I just picked this game up and I don't' really want to sink TONS of time into it, but I do want to progress through the main story. What is a good investment as far as skills and such go?

I'm sure I eventually will want to play the game for all it has, but right now I don't want to dive into the game, I just want to play through it quickly.
Small Guns (or whatever it's called, can't remember right now), explosives and Computer Hacking are the three I made the most use of. Quick damage and easy access.

[iHap]

So I just picked this game up and I don't' really want to sink TONS of time into it, but I do want to progress through the main story. What is a good investment as far as skills and such go?

I'm sure I eventually will want to play the game for all it has, but right now I don't want to dive into the game, I just want to play through it quickly.
When i build my characters I always go with Repair. Beyond that it's your choice. You could be a guns expert and chose small/big/laser weapons and obliterate anything very fast or go stealthy placing live explosives in peoples pockets. It's all about what you think would be the most fun for you.

[CES]

When i build my characters I always go with Repair. Beyond that it's your choice. You could be a guns expert and chose small/big/laser weapons and obliterate anything very fast or go stealthy placing live explosives in peoples pockets. It's all about what you think would be the most fun for you.

Can't agree more. Repair is the one skill every character build should max out on. Once you start running around in Power Armour, it's a godsend.

[J Arcane]

Repair is absolutely vital to the game.

Mainly because once you get it maxed out, it at least manages to reduce one of the biggest irritations in the game.

I really suggest getting the cross repair mods for armor and weapons though, it makes the unique and rarer weapons actually usable again.

[Banacek]

Repair is absolutely vital to the game.

Mainly because once you get it maxed out, it at least manages to reduce one of the biggest irritations in the game.

I really suggest getting the cross repair mods for armor and weapons though, it makes the unique and rarer weapons actually usable again.

Yeah, I'm waiting for the eventual PC Game of the Year Edition with the DLC content, then the first thing I'm doing is installing the repair mods. It makes no sense that I can't repair rare armor with other power armor. Also, I'm putting 0 in to small guns. I want a challenge :)

[iHap]

Under Windows 7 Fallout 3 keeps crashing on me. sooooo lame!

[J Arcane]

Yeah, the T-51b is basically useless in an unmodified game because once it gets fucked it's less useful than bogstandard Enclave or Brotherhood armor.

The repair system in the game really is pretty fucked. I get what they were going with, but it's mostly an utter nuisance.

I considered doing my own mod, to add in some kind of "cleaning kit" that would help reduce wear, and like a generic smith kit that let you repair anything if your skill was high enough or something.

But the cross repair mods work well enough, especially with being able to repair with scrap metal, which is bloody every where.

[carnage11]

Yeah, the T-51b is basically useless in an unmodified game because once it gets fucked it's less useful than bogstandard Enclave or Brotherhood armor.

The repair system in the game really is pretty fucked. I get what they were going with, but it's mostly an utter nuisance.

I considered doing my own mod, to add in some kind of "cleaning kit" that would help reduce wear, and like a generic smith kit that let you repair anything if your skill was high enough or something.

But the cross repair mods work well enough, especially with being able to repair with scrap metal, which is bloody every where.

I liked Oblivion's way of repairing, and making you able to repair with scrap metal is basically just like Oblivion and hammers. I own the game for the 360, so I can't mod it. That would be one mod I would use though.

[TheKeck]

I just paid the merchants to repair my T-51B. It was still pretty awesome, even if I could only get it up to about 70% or so.

[Telefrog]

ALERT! Martigen's Mutant Mod RC1 (http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=980609&st=0) has been released!

This mod adds a bunch of new creatures and enemies, randomizes the spawn rates of antagonists, and mixes up the appearance of Raiders and Wastelanders.

Every creature and NPC is unique with its own stats, size, confidence, health, damage and even skin (texture).

Creatures and NPCs suffer improved wounding effects such as visible bleedng and statistic penalties.

Creatures and NPCs can loot the corpses of fallen enemies, afterwhich you can find this loot if you kill them.

Creatures and NPCs have improved behavioural AI based on class -- in any given group some may be aggressive towards you, some may be ambivalent, and others may avoid you outright.

Configurable increased spawns allow you tailor how many creatures and NPCs spawn in the game at any given spawn point.

Improved faction system to better reflect inter-faction relations and ensure the player isn't the center of the universe.

New creatures and NPCs to add variety to the wasteland -- all hand-crafted with their own stats, abilities, loot, weapons, textures and in some cases scripted AI behaviour.

It also adds Wanamingos!

http://i41.tinypic.com/2lvk104.jpg

[TheKeck]

I want to kill a Wanamingo.

[Gerbs]

How many MS points to DL Martigen's Mutant Mod RC1???

But in all seriousness, what the hell is a Wanamingo??

[x Returner x]

How many MS points to DL Martigen's Mutant Mod RC1???

But in all seriousness, what the hell is a Wanamingo??

HA, n00b
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[Crittias]

Matthew Perry is a Fallout 3 Player (and has the injuries to prove it!) (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/20/matthew-perry-suffers-fallout-3-related-injury-not-radiation-po/)

[BlackPete]

ALERT! Martigen's Mutant Mod RC1 (http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=980609&st=0) has been released!

This mod adds a bunch of new creatures and enemies, randomizes the spawn rates of antagonists, and mixes up the appearance of Raiders and Wastelanders.


Hmmm this is making me seriously consider buying Fallout 3 again for the PC. Even though I swore I'd never play a PC game again.

[Borys]

Hmmm this is making me seriously consider buying Fallout 3 again for the PC. Even though I swore I'd never play a PC game again.

What... whatever, weird.

Wanamingo is an enemy from Fallout 2.

[TheKeck]

Hmmm this is making me seriously consider playing Fallout 3 again. Even though I swore I'd never try to have fun again.

:p

[BlackPete]

What... whatever, weird.

After the fiasco that was Bioshock's DRM, I ended up trading it in for the 360 version, and swore I'd never play another PC game again. I just got sick and tired of upgrading my system to play the latest and greatest only to run a marathon of installs, patches, video driver updates, clicking through EULAs, entering CD keys, having various DRMs installed on my machine and eating up processes, etc, etc...

Or I could just get the 360 version of the same game, insert the disc, and begin playing without regard or worry about whether my PC was up to snuff.

That's pretty hard to beat.

[carnage11]

After the fiasco that was Bioshock's DRM, I ended up trading it in for the 360 version, and swore I'd never play another PC game again. I just got sick and tired of upgrading my system to play the latest and greatest only to run a marathon of installs, patches, video driver updates, clicking through EULAs, entering CD keys, having various DRMs installed on my machine and eating up processes, etc, etc...

Or I could just get the 360 version of the same game, insert the disc, and begin playing without regard or worry about whether my PC was up to snuff.

That's pretty hard to beat.

Shhh.....the PC gamer mafia will be around to break your legs for saying stuff like that.

[J Arcane]

Shhh.....the PC gamer mafia will be around to break your legs for saying stuff like that.
Oh now that's a switch. The console fanboys playing the victim . . .

I want my rolleyes smiley back.

[JayK47]

Well after playing through the DLC with some sweet sweet mods on my PC, I feel sorry for you console guys and your forever stock Fallout 3. I felt the same way about Oblivion. It takes patience and even some skill to add mods to a game, so why should the install be any different? ;)

[bryan]

Don't turn this into a PC vs Console thing, I hate reading shit like this.

[carnage11]

Don't turn this into a PC vs Console thing, I hate reading shit like this.

Yeah, me too, so instead lets make it into a PS3 vs 360 argument instead.:D

[Church42]

Sounds like a glitch to me. Unless a monster came by and killed him or something. One time I found one of the merchants out in the middle of the wasteland and a behemoth came and killed him. I reloaded and fast traveled away before it could happen because he was my best repairer! :p

That happened to me once...I can't remember the place, but that slaver city w/ the Behemoth in the cage....I had just found it for the 1st time and I was behind the city on the cliffs and they were shooting at me. Well I made my way around and came upon one of the wandering vendors who i start buying stuff off of and then I see the Behemoth come out of nowhere. My guess is someone accidentally put a round into the power for the fence and the Behemoth cleaned up the city and whacked my vendor...it was the 1st time I had seen the Behemoth in the game so seeing a huge mutant w/ a fire hydrant on piping was quite the shock.

[TheKeck]

My first behemoth was the scripted one at the GNR Building. Not as out of nowhere, but very epic.

[Gerbs]

Wanamingo is an enemy from Fallout 2.

Thanks, I did a too quick google search and didn't see anything so I asked.

[tacitus]

The Fallout 3 PC Patch (1.5.0.22) has been released. If you are using Mods do not use this patch. It causes lots of problems including crashes. For technical details see Major bugs caused by v1.5! (http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforum/index.php?showtopic=985364)

[BlackPete]

Broken Steel cannot get here soon enough.

[Telefrog]

Broken Steel cannot get here soon enough.

It's here now, and apparently the PC version is as broken as The Pitt was initially. :(

[Savok]

Guys it's Bethesda, what did you expect?

Does it set fire to the computer? No? It's a good release from them.

[Suave Peanut]

This is why I'm waiting for the GotY retail release. I never bought it the first time, only borrowed many times.

[tacitus]

Does it set fire to the computer? No? It's a good release from them.
Hmmm ... come to think of it Oblivion did burn up my X700 video card.

[Abyssion]

So, does anyone here have Broken Steel that didn't finish the main storyline? I'm wondering if you can immediately work your way to the new level cap once it is installed, without having to start the Broken Steel story. Anyone know how it works?

[menage]

So, does anyone here have Broken Steel that didn't finish the main storyline? I'm wondering if you can immediately work your way to the new level cap once it is installed, without having to start the Broken Steel story. Anyone know how it works?

Last I heard the leveling is separated from the story, so yes you can!

I really want to buy this now, but I'll hold off until the weekend. I'll start up a new round and download both The Pitt and Anchorage as well, should reignite the flame.

(But Farcry 2 got its hooks in me as well. Sigh, too many games.)

[Church42]

I bought both OA & TP this weekend and finished OA. I'm probably going to buy BS but thinking will do so after I finish the Pitt, otherwise I'm leveling doing Pitt missions & kills rather than doing it on content meant to level from doing BS stuff (though I heard that going from 20-30 is not quite as fast of an accomplishment as one would think).

[Abyssion]

Last I heard the leveling is separated from the story, so yes you can!

I really want to buy this now, but I'll hold off until the weekend. I'll start up a new round and download both The Pitt and Anchorage as well, should reignite the flame.

(But Farcry 2 got its hooks in me as well. Sigh, too many games.)

That's fantastic! Thank you for answering my question!

I decided to drop everything (well almost everything) to go back to this since I have been waiting so long for the DLC. Good luck with Farcry 2.

[GunnyMo]

Downloading BC as we speak. I took my save from right before the end game story arc finish and ran it through the Pitt. I guess I'll find out if I need to finish the story or not before BC. I'm looking forward to it though. Let's hope it's not broken. lol

[Church42]

Downloading BC as we speak. I took my save from right before the end game story arc finish and ran it through the Pitt. I guess I'll find out if I need to finish the story or not before BC. I'm looking forward to it though. Let's hope it's not broken. lol

I do believe you need to finish the story as BC tells the story after Project Purity has been completed.

[jpublic]

So, I'm confused. How does this work? If I take my character right before entering the final area, does it change the ending there, or does my character just not die, or what? Or if I'm at that point am I hosed?

I was planning on picking up Operation Anchorage, The Pitt, and Broken Steel as soon as BS (English) re-appears. But if the pre-enetering-Memorial save I have isn't going to work for that, I might as well go start a new character now.

[trevrd]

I believe they retconned it so you survived. At least, its what I gathered from the trailer.

[BlackPete]

It's here now, and apparently the PC version is as broken as The Pitt was initially. :(

Bah. I really wish I could say that this surprised me. :(

OK... the first patch cannot get here soon enough! :p

[GunnyMo]

I do believe you need to finish the story as BC tells the story after Project Purity has been completed.

You finish the story and then BC kicks in. Now, I finished it where I put in the right code but I think it doesn't matter. The Brotherhood saves you and the story picks up from there after the original end game cut scenes.

Oh, I'll also note that even before I finished the game I was already seeing new weapons and armor before I finished the original storyline and started BC proper. New flame thrower that shoots balls of fire was pretty cool. New Enclave armor called Hellfire which I don't remember from original.

[J Arcane]

I wonder how Broken Steel will deal with the not so nice optional additive portion of the ending sequence.

[Rogue_hunter]

At least from the wiki, if you don't input the code, or use the virus, the game does indeed end, and Broken Steel does not kick in (story-wise, equipment/enemy-wise, I don't know).

[BlackPete]

At least from the wiki, if you don't input the code, or use the virus, the game does indeed end, and Broken Steel does not kick in (story-wise, equipment/enemy-wise, I don't know).

Hmmm in my game, I had the girl go in and die instead of me. I wonder if BS will still kick in, and if so, I took a massive karma hit?

[Rogue_hunter]

Hmmm in my game, I had the girl go in and die instead of me. I wonder if BS will still kick in, and if so, I took a massive karma hit?

Well, in theory, she would be putting in whatever code you tell her (I haven't tried it, so I don't know), so you'll likely be taking the karma hit and get knocked out for the several weeks between content.

[Drayven]

My only beef with this new DLC is that my main character has already visited every map location and done every quest I believe, in addition to doing the other DLCs. After playing through the new storyline I gained 3 whole levels. So unless there's another major quest hub out there somewhere it's gonna be hard as hell for me to get this guy to 30 because it will all be grinding mobs. Guess I just have to start another new character...

[menage]

Bought the whole pack (all 3 DLC) and restarted the whole game. Level 4 now. Nowhere near the DLC yet but that's alright, doing things differently now form the last 3 times. I didn't talk my way into the Family, I just went in guns blazing and got butchered. I'll come back when I raise a few levels. Took me a while to get into it again but I'm beginning to feel it again. This game feeds my collectors spirit.

[BlackPete]

My only beef with this new DLC is that my main character has already visited every map location and done every quest I believe, in addition to doing the other DLCs. After playing through the new storyline I gained 3 whole levels. So unless there's another major quest hub out there somewhere it's gonna be hard as hell for me to get this guy to 30 because it will all be grinding mobs. Guess I just have to start another new character...

This is actually good news to me... this implies that 30 will NOT be the cakewalk that 20 was.

[jpublic]

I'm playing pretty similarly to the way I did last time, but with a bit more intelligence when it comes to perks.

I'm currently working on the Wasteland Survival guide - once finish most of the Megaton quests, I might hit up Grayridge, and then do the main storyline for a bit.

[Widgetcraft]

Been trying to play a new Fallout 3 save lately... crashed three times so far. The game was more stable at release than it is with the latest patch :(

[Wackman3000]

Just started playing all the DLC this week, starting with Operation Anchorage. Unfortunately I did it before unlocking Broken Steel, so I missed out on all that experience since the level cap wasn't yet lifted.

Eitherway, I loved the loot I got at the end. Here's a little screen of what my character looks like, complete with some of the new gear:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/Accordman/Fallout32009-05-0915-17-31-95.jpg

[GunnyMo]

Cools screenie, Wackman.

I'd forgotten how great PC games can look. Someday I'll upgrade my antiquated system.

[Wackman3000]

Does anyone know which NPC has the best repair skill, besides the traders? (I killed them during my travels without knowing their value)

I've been going around a few city's looking for the people who repair, but it's tedious and frustrating. The Fallout wiki doesn't aid much either.

[GunnyMo]

Does anyone know which NPC has the best repair skill, besides the traders? (I killed them during my travels without knowing their value)

I've been going around a few city's looking for the people who repair, but it's tedious and frustrating. The Fallout wiki doesn't aid much either.

You have the best repair skills, my friend. If you want to repair everything to its fullest you have to max out your own repair skill.

Hell, even the Brotherhood, Heralds of High Tech, have repairmen that only go up to 25. lol

[Wackman3000]

You have the best repair skills, my friend. If you want to repair everything to its fullest you have to max out your own repair skill.

Hell, even the Brotherhood, Heralds of High Tech, have repairmen that only go up to 25. lol

I do have a high repair skill, but unfortunately there isn't too many Gauss Rifle's laying around for me to do repairs with. Same with the MIRV I found, that is in about 20% condition.

Shame on me for killing the traders I guess. Live the life of a Scourge of Humanity and suffer the consequences.

[GunnyMo]

I do have a high repair skill, but unfortunately there isn't too many Gauss Rifle's laying around for me to do repairs with. Same with the MIRV I found, that is in about 20% condition.

Shame on me for killing the traders I guess. Live the life of a Scourge of Humanity and suffer the consequences.

A smart Scourge would leave some menial slaves around to do his repairing. :p Besides, why are you using the MIRV so much? lol I can't think of a single fight in F3 that would require 8 mini nukes!

And Lincoln's rifle or the Victory rifle are much better as single shot rifles than the Gauss.

[Wackman3000]

A smart Scourge would leave some menial slaves around to do his repairing. :p Besides, why are you using the MIRV so much? lol I can't think of a single fight in F3 that would require 8 mini nukes!

And Lincoln's rifle or the Victory rifle are much better as single shot rifles than the Gauss.

I'm not using the MIRV, but when I picked it up it was in terrible condition.

Forgot about my Lincoln Repeater though, and not sure if I have the Victory Rifle. I'll have to remember to check my storage after I'm done with The Pitt.

[J Arcane]

I do have a high repair skill, but unfortunately there isn't too many Gauss Rifle's laying around for me to do repairs with. Same with the MIRV I found, that is in about 20% condition.

Shame on me for killing the traders I guess. Live the life of a Scourge of Humanity and suffer the consequences.
That's what the cross repair mods are for.

I wouldn't play the game without it, otherwise the special weapons are the most worthless in the game.

[BlackPete]

A smart Scourge would leave some menial slaves around to do his repairing. :p Besides, why are you using the MIRV so much? lol I can't think of a single fight in F3 that would require 8 mini nukes!

Requires it? No. Deserves it, or just for kicks? Oh god, yes.

[carnage11]

The Terrible Shotgun is a good weapon and you can repair it with regular Combat Shottys.

[TheKeck]

Does anyone know which NPC has the best repair skill, besides the traders? (I killed them during my travels without knowing their value)

I've been going around a few city's looking for the people who repair, but it's tedious and frustrating. The Fallout wiki doesn't aid much either.
The best I found was Moira before I started going to the traders.

[TheKeck]

The Terrible Shotgun is a good weapon and you can repair it with regular Combat Shottys.
I loved the terrible shotgun.

[GunnyMo]

That's what the cross repair mods are for.

I wouldn't play the game without it, otherwise the special weapons are the most worthless in the game.

Not really. Only the MIRV and the Gauss that I've seen so far suffer from that. There's the Alien Blaster but you're limited by ammo so repair isn't especially important.

Lincoln's rifle, Terrible Shotgun and Missile Launcher (for those goddamn giant radscorpion pairs...hate those things) and that's all you need. Oh, and the Dart Gun should you run into a Deathclaw or two. :)

I loved the terrible shotgun.

You and me both. I stumbled upon it completely by accident too. The merchant who had it was a complete dick to me so I killed him on principle and voila! Terrible Shotgun. lol

[Banacek]

Not really. Only the MIRV and the Gauss that I've seen so far suffer from that. There's the Alien Blaster but you're limited by ammo so repair isn't especially important.

Lincoln's rifle, Terrible Shotgun and Missile Launcher (for those goddamn giant radscorpion pairs...hate those things) and that's all you need. Oh, and the Dart Gun should you run into a Deathclaw or two. :)

Your post ignores armor.

[GunnyMo]

Your post ignores armor.

That's cause the words "special weapons" and "armor" and different things. Remember that Sesame Street song? One of these things is not like the other? :)

Besides, armor is the same way. I haven't seen an armor set yet that didn't have a compatible one you could find to use for repair. Granted there were some minor pieces that could never be repaired above 50%. Seemed to be mostly head gear so it was never a big deal for me, anyway.

[Wackman3000]

That's cause the words "special weapons" and "armor" and different things. Remember that Sesame Street song? One of these things is not like the other? :)

Besides, armor is the same way. I haven't seen an armor set yet that didn't have a compatible one you could find to use for repair. Granted there were some minor pieces that could never be repaired above 50%. Seemed to be mostly head gear so it was never a big deal for me, anyway.

There are several in the new DLC that you cannot repair. Chinese Stealth Armor is a perfect example, and one I use regularly.

Eitherway, I found a repair mod that should solve all these problems of mine. It's an NPC repair mod that gives them higher repair stats.

[Banacek]

Besides, armor is the same way. I haven't seen an armor set yet that didn't have a compatible one you could find to use for repair. Granted there were some minor pieces that could never be repaired above 50%. Seemed to be mostly head gear so it was never a big deal for me, anyway.

Then you haven't found any of the good rare armor.

[Bone]

I think it fits the atmosphere of the game better to have unique armor that can't be repaired with other armor. Scarcity of rare technology is what I would expect. But that's what mods are for, if you prefer it your way.

[Banacek]

I think it fits the atmosphere of the game better to have unique armor that can't be repaired with other armor. Scarcity of rare technology is what I would expect. But that's what mods are for, if you prefer it your way.

Personally, I would have loved a repair system, in which armor that broke fell apart into pieces, and you could use that and other found parts (like scrap metal or what have you) to build your own unique armor.

[JRR006]

This time I even tried site search via Google, but to no avail. So Broken Steel increases the level cap to 30 and has a couple of hours of new content, but how exactly do they handle the original ending? Do they do away with it entirely, making Fallout 3 another perpetual open-ended game like Oblivion, or after you finish the Broken Steel DLC is your game over again?

[Loki]

So this is what I am planning on doing with my character after I get my graphics card replaced:

Extremely high luck and high conversation skills. I tried the 'gunner' for a bit and it didn't work out with me, and I want something new. Will this be a viable strategy?

[carnage11]

So this is what I am planning on doing with my character after I get my graphics card replaced:

Extremely high luck and high conversation skills. I tried the 'gunner' for a bit and it didn't work out with me, and I want something new. Will this be a viable strategy?

I would focus on Int, like max it out as soon as possible. It looks like you wanna go with a smooth talker, but that's not gonna get you through battles, so go with high Int, like 9, and then get the bobble head ASAP. This way you get lots and lots of skills each level. Also, take the time to find the skill books. I seriously almost got all my skills to 100, minus a few. This way, you can talk your way out of most situations, but when the time comes, you can still kick some ass.

[Shandor]

This time I even tried site search via Google, but to no avail. So Broken Steel increases the level cap to 30 and has a couple of hours of new content, but how exactly do they handle the original ending? Do they do away with it entirely, making Fallout 3 another perpetual open-ended game like Oblivion, or after you finish the Broken Steel DLC is your game over again?

It looks like they leave it open ended. I just finished the Broken Steel missions and it didn't end the game. Looks like you can keep playing after it's done.

[Variable Gear]

I was pretty disappointed when I saw some Giant Bomb video walkthrough of the early portion of the Broken Steel pack, and discovered that the horrible ending sequence remained a part of the game. In addition, I'm pissed about the new perks, especially the ones that influence your character's moral standing. It's like Bethesda thinks it's cool to make a half-baked morality system and then undermine it at every possible turn. I don't get those guys...

[Savok]

I'm rather pissy about Almost Perfet, making all your previous stat boosting perks a total waste.

At this point I don't even think I can pick up the game again, seems every DLC they add something to fuck up any previous decisions.

[tacitus]

I'm rather pissy about Almost Perfet, making all your previous stat boosting perks a total waste.

At this point I don't even think I can pick up the game again, seems every DLC they add something to fuck up any previous decisions.
I thought the same thing when I first saw it, but now I am not so sure. Most of my Intense training boosts were done to qualify for perks anyway and since this happens at 30...

Since the skill points max does not go up; it sort of reduces the "need" for educated or comprehension or even a very high intelligence.

The upshot of all this is it appears that I will start a new character I will be trying some unused perks - perhaps animal friend or entomologist instead of as many intense training and educated/comprehension.

Caveat - I will not being buying BS until available on disk.

[menage]

Quick question.

Wasn't there a downloadable version of Fallout 1 & 2 which ran under vista available somewhere. I can't find a link.

[Savok]

You mean GOG? (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout)

Don't ask me if it actually does work, haven't touched Vista with a barge pole.

[menage]

You mean GOG? (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout)

Don't ask me if it actually does work, haven't touched Vista with a barge pole.

That's it, thanks!

[TheKeck]

What is "Almost Perfect"?

[tacitus]

You mean GOG? (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout)

Don't ask me if it actually does work, haven't touched Vista with a barge pole.
The gog.com versions work just fine with 64-bit Vista.

[tacitus]

What is "Almost Perfect"?
Almost perfect is a level 30 perk (Broken Steel) - which ups your specials to 9.

[TheKeck]

Almost perfect is a level 30 perk (Broken Steel) - which ups your specials to 9.
Ahhh, I see. I suppose it leaves your 10s alone. :p

[Savok]

But if you got a Bobblehead beforehand, you can't use it to boost you to 10.

Bethesda can't make a single fucking game that doesn't punish you for doing things, I'm real fucking tired of it.

[J Arcane]

Quick question.

Wasn't there a downloadable version of Fallout 1 & 2 which ran under vista available somewhere. I can't find a link.
As others have noted, GOG has it.

I also found that on Windows 7, you can get them running just fine, you just have to set the compatibility mode to Windows 95 mode and checking all the boxes. Runs great. Not sure if you get the same results in Vista.

[OrangePulp]

But if you got a Bobblehead beforehand, you can't use it to boost you to 10.

Bethesda can't make a single fucking game that doesn't punish you for doing things, I'm real fucking tired of it.

Does one more stat point really matter? Personally, I found that the stats were... less than important, other than qualifying for perks. They didn't really have that much bearing on your character, other than a few skill points here or a few pounds of carry weight there. 9's about as good as 10.

Also, by the time you're level 30, will there be anything that can stand up to you, 9 in all stats or no? I dunno, the point just seems kinda moot to me.

[Savok]

It's bad design, and I can't stand bad design.

[Crowe]

Damn, had I known this I would have began my new game with minimal intense training levels.

[bryan]

It's bad design, and I can't stand bad design.

In a game this expansive, isn't it only right that you can't make 'perfect' characters?

[Savok]

You can, that's the thing, but only if you lvl up the "correct" way.

The Elder Scroll games are shockers for fucking you, the whole way stats work in those games it's very easy to end up gimping yourself quite badly. Fallout 3 thankfully ditched that bullshit, but seems to have replaced things with an endless stream of new perks.

[Wackman3000]

Does one more stat point really matter? Personally, I found that the stats were... less than important, other than qualifying for perks. They didn't really have that much bearing on your character, other than a few skill points here or a few pounds of carry weight there. 9's about as good as 10.

Also, by the time you're level 30, will there be anything that can stand up to you, 9 in all stats or no? I dunno, the point just seems kinda moot to me.

I've been going through the new DLC with my level 24 and headed to the Washington monument type area (The Mall I believe it's called). Playing on Hard there were a few Super Mutants Overlords that I have never seen before (I believe they are part of the Broken Steel DLC) and they whooped my ass thoroughly. They carry a tribeam laser that inflicts huge damage and they have a ton of hit points.

So really, I guess it depends on where you are wandering around.

[JayK47]

I made the mistake on my new character of raising some stats to 10. Now a few of the bobble heads will be pointless. This is my third time through. I'm trying to mop up the last of my achievements. Trying to find all of those steel ignots will be a chore.

[Wackman3000]

I made the mistake on my new character of raising some stats to 10. Now a few of the bobble heads will be pointless. This is my third time through. I'm trying to mop up the last of my achievements. Trying to find all of those steel ignots will be a chore.

Good luck with that. I spent a few hours trying to hunt them down and I wish I would have just followed a walkthrough to get them, because now I have no idea which ones I haven't found. I'm missing about 15 ish.

Make sure you have your flashlight on while you are looking for them.

[Telefrog]

If you've been hunting bobbleheads, why the Hell would you want to take this perk at level 30 anyway?

[JayK47]

I've got all of the DLC now along with patch 1.5. What a broken mess. I was listening to GNR and Three Dog was talking me up about how I saved the day and clean water and blah blah blah. WTF? I haven't even run into my father yet, much less project purity. So I can't listen to the damn radio. And I have these high level enemies running around from Broken Steel whooping my ass too. And I had issues with Miora's quests. I remember my first two runs through the game pre-DLC were flawless. No issues, no crashes, no broken quests, no problems. Those were the days. And playing logged in to Windows Live forces you to have the latest patch. So I wouldn't be able to log any new achievements if I wanted to play on a more stable build of the game. Lame.

[jpublic]

Only problem I had besides the radio problem (3Dog saying Purity is fixed when it's not) is that when I quit the game it locks up. Have to C-A-D and kill process.

I've completed all but one Misc Quest (Nuka Challenge), and the Main Quest up to Take It Back!, and both OA and Pitt. I've only run into Overlords twice, and both times they were good location bosses. My new problem is those freaking Hellfire Enclave during my scour-the-Wasteland run, prior to ending the main game.

Edit: I've completed the North West Sector (according to the Prima map) for my Scour-the-Wasteland run, and I have to admit this is a LOT harder than the last time I did it. Last time, I was L20 and I did it before the Enclave visit, and it was a cakewalk. This time, I'm L23, and a lot of my old standby weapons are *useless* - I was *very* sad to retire my Ol' Painless Hunting Rifle. It's particularly bad due to the proliferation of robots thanks to the Enclave. I need Energy Weaposns to do any damage to them. Thank God I have A3-21's weapon.

[Narradisall]

Thank god for reading this thread.

I wondered if it was just me, but FO3 did take a large JUMP in the difficulty once I installed Broken Steel. Im level 25 and was having some real tough fights.

Lucky I was playing my powerful char from when I had tons of stimpacks etc, got me through the content well enough.

Suppose it makes a nice change from all the people who were saying it was too easy towards the end before.

[jpublic]

Y'know, one thing I've noticed - this Perk every level thing is lame. I'm taking shit just because I don't have any alternate choice.

[BlackPete]

Thank god for reading this thread.

I wondered if it was just me, but FO3 did take a large JUMP in the difficulty once I installed Broken Steel. Im level 25 and was having some real tough fights.


Fuck. Yes. This is music to my ears.

I held off on buying BS because I wanted to finish off Lost Odyssey first before I get into a new gaming addiction, but this just about cracked my will. :(

[JayK47]

The new enemies that were introduced in BS are crazy. What did they do, simply reskin an existing enemy then take health times 100? Had a horde of ghouls and last one was the reaper. I single shot each ghoul, the when I get to the reaper, it is like I am shooting blanks. The good old run backwards while dumping hundreds of rounds into a single bad guy routine. I'll be out of ammo if I keep running into these guys.

[jpublic]

Yeah, those Reapers are brutal. I went and picked up Fawkes again so he could be my meatshield for dealing with these guys.

[menage]

This just in. 2 new DLC packs on the way. Point Lookout and ...... Mothership Zeta (yes, alien abductions).

Also, GOTY pack including all 5 DLC also on PS3.

[KidCactus]

Also, GOTY pack including all 5 DLC also on PS3.
And:

All Fallout 3 DLC is to be released for PS3, Bethesda said today, including the three previously released episodes and two more upcoming chapters.

“Operation: Anchorage will be released for PS3 in June, followed by the release of The Pitt and Broken Steel 4-6 weeks apart,” said the company in a statement.

From VG247.

[menage]

And:

All Fallout 3 DLC is to be released for PS3, Bethesda said today, including the three previously released episodes and two more upcoming chapters.

“Operation: Anchorage will be released for PS3 in June, followed by the release of The Pitt and Broken Steel 4-6 weeks apart,” said the company in a statement.

From VG247.

Cool, at least PS3 owners aren't left in the cold wastelands anymore.

[Savok]

This just in. 2 new DLC packs on the way. Point Lookout and ...... Mothership Zeta (yes, alien abductions).

Also, GOTY pack including all 5 DLC also on PS3.
5 of the motherfuckers now?

Ok, fine. I may as well trade in my normal one for a GOTY one.

[Suave Peanut]

Hooray! This is what I have been waiting for. Well I'll still be waiting until October, but I am looking forward to it. Now, to get the PS3 or 360 version? PC is out of the question.

[JayK47]

Yeah, the DLC will soon outweigh the main content. The procrastinators will get a great deal. I simply plan to pick it up as it comes out now that I have gone through the trouble of setting up Windows Live. I just hope the content and no doubt patches will not further break the damn game.

[Narradisall]

Fuck. Yes. This is music to my ears.

I held off on buying BS because I wanted to finish off Lost Odyssey first before I get into a new gaming addiction, but this just about cracked my will. :(

Its strange when you run into a group of monsters with one of those guys in them, you down everything real quick then one of the tough motherfuckers is chewing on your ear.

I've got up to 28 now and I can farm the Supermutant overlords ok now. (Mutant blood sample collecting for the Brotherhood is great grinding for exp and gold post completing Broken Steel).

I did come across a fight where 4 Brotherhood Paladins got into a brutal fight with some Super Mutants. We cut down the muties easy cept for the Overlord who then rolled over all the Paladins leaving just him and me. I had to put 7 shots from the Tesla gun in him before he went down.

Also Ghoul Reapers are TOUGH, and Encalve Fire Warriors. Has anyone else come across any new things?

Also, I love the extra missions they added in, like the Ghoul selling Aqua Cura in Underworld.

Gayness for me accidentally dying from the FEV virus (my bad char) after drinking too much Aqua Pura though. I hadn't touched radiation! I lived in a vault my whole life, how come the pure FEV virus would kill me! Im not a mutant!

[jpublic]

Albinio Radscorpion. What the hell. Dude sat there and took sustained Gatling fire from Fawkes for like a minute.

[Narradisall]

Albinio Radscorpion. What the hell. Dude sat there and took sustained Gatling fire from Fawkes for like a minute.

Ah yea! I forgot them. I ran into one of them and was just backpeddling through the wastes pumping tri-lazer shots into it.

I wonder if there are any uber deathclaws around....

[tacitus]

Albinio Radscorpion. What the hell. Dude sat there and took sustained Gatling fire from Fawkes for like a minute.
Don't have the DLC yet, but sounds like the Entomologist perk is now worthwhile.

[Wackman3000]

Albinio Radscorpion. What the hell. Dude sat there and took sustained Gatling fire from Fawkes for like a minute.

Easiest way to take out radscoprions and ghoul reapers is to carry the dart gun. A quick shot to their legs and they won't have the speed to chase you. It makes is alot less frustrating since you won't have to backpedal as wildly and you can even use up those useless mines by placing them at your feet and walking back a few steps. Since they attack you in a straight line, they will continue to go down the path of mines until they die.

[Bone]

Useless mines? Somebody made ant-hunting way too hard on themselves if they call the mines useless :)

Really though I found ample uses for them. Lots of stupid enemies are ripe for mining.

[Wackman3000]

Useless mines? Somebody made ant-hunting way too hard on themselves if they call the mines useless :)

Really though I found ample uses for them. Lots of stupid enemies are ripe for mining.

ant hunting was a breeze when you can sneak up on em and crit with a shiskibab. ;)

I guess they aren't really useless, since I do tend to place live mines on people instead of live grenades, since my frags are much more useful to me in combat than a mine is.

[jpublic]

I still mostly use mines for amusement factor. Even now, with these way tougher monesters, they're not that useful to me. I'm better off decapitating someone in VATS.

Haven't figured out the easy-kill point for Radscorps.

[Bone]

... back away and drop mines! This is what I mean about their usefulness in combat. Of course I would go with VATS and projectiles first, but anything that made me back up was getting mines in its face.

[Purple Santa]

Useless mines? Somebody made ant-hunting way too hard on themselves if they call the mines useless :)

Really though I found ample uses for them. Lots of stupid enemies are ripe for mining.

I love dropping a mine then taunting a Super Mutant to walk over to me :D

[JRR006]

I finally got around to making a Dart Gun yesterday evening. Then I went to Old Olney and I wiped out every single Death Claw. So awesome. I wish I had had the Dart Gun when I was hunting the Mutant Behemoths.

[TheKeck]

I finally got around to making a Dart Gun yesterday evening. Then I went to Old Olney and I wiped out every single Death Claw. So awesome. I wish I had had the Dart Gun when I was hunting the Mutant Behemoths.
Dart gun is the only way to go. They take deathclaws from deadly to annoying just like that. :)

[Purple Santa]

I finally got around to making a Dart Gun yesterday evening. Then I went to Old Olney and I wiped out every single Death Claw. So awesome. I wish I had had the Dart Gun when I was hunting the Mutant Behemoths.

I've been stock piling darts with the hope of making the dart gun. I haven't come across how to make it yet. How do I make a dart gun?

[carnage11]

I've been stock piling darts with the hope of making the dart gun. I haven't come across how to make it yet. How do I make a dart gun?

A schematic can be found at the MDPL-05 Power Station next to the skeleton of a dead engineer.

You need:

Paint Gun
Toy Car
Surgical Tubing
Radscorpion Poison Gland

[JRR006]

^ What he said! :) I got my schematic for the Dart Gun as reward for completing the quest where you go clear the Lincoln Memorial of baddies so the ex-slaves can relocate.

[jpublic]

Finished my 'Clint Eastwood Playstyle Project' playthrough, which also was my exposure to Operation Anchorage, The Pitt, and Broken Steel.

Notes:

1) Doing Operation Ancorage at L8 is kind of silly. It gets you that massively overpowered Winterized T-51b so early I didn't use any other armor except when I had to until end game. (Tribal Power Armor in the Pitt, and Enclave Hellfire at endgame).
2) The Pitt was a VERY interesting DLC, considering the choice *I* (and Clint would have) thought was good was apparently the bad karma choice. Apparently, kidnapping a child so it can be exploited for medical purposes is BETTER than stealing it from its loving parents. Go fig.
3) Post blowing up Raven's Rock, I dragged Fawkes and Dogmeat around with me for my scour-the-wastes run and Broken Steel. Thanks to those kill-stealing bastards, I never actually hit L30.
4) Tesla Cannon is fun, but my favorite weapons remain: A3-21's Pulse Rifle, Xiaohong Assault Rifle, Terrible Shotgun, and Sidney's SMG. The Tri-beam Laser Rifle was pretty fun too, and the Perforator made a fairly decent peon-eliminating weapon, since the Assault rifles to repair it are plentiful. Dart Gun was essential for Overlords and Albino Radscorps.
5) Albino Radscorp and Mutant Overlords are lame. Oh, let's make a couple critters that are tougher than Deathclaws, completely break the 'shoot em in the face for quick kill' rule, and are generally a pain in the ass.


Edit:

You know what I'd like to see Bethesda do? I'd like to see them expand on what happened in the REST of the world. We know that the New England states turned into a Commonwealth, but what about Canada? Mexico? South America? What about China/Asia? Australia - they could have been pretty much isolated. Heck, Europe?

[Purple Santa]

A schematic can be found at the MDPL-05 Power Station next to the skeleton of a dead engineer.

You need:

Paint Gun
Toy Car
Surgical Tubing
Radscorpion Poison Gland

I wondered what all the paint guns were for. I like to hoard items, so I have tons of toy cars and surgical tubing. I also take great pleasure in gutting those scorpions, with the hunch the poison gland from them would be used in the making of the poison darts.

And thanks for the info!

[menage]

YAY, got my 360 back yesterday so it was back to the wastes for me all evening. I already started Anchorage before my RROD so I finished that up yesterday. Quite fun, does lack a bit of the Fallout loot and pillage vibe though, but for DLC it still kicks other games ass hard. I really like how they just took the combat into FPS territory for a while, does give you a different feel

I loveD those huge cannons blasting of into the horizon, quite a sight, I did stare in awe a few moments


Can't wait to hit The Pitt and all the other stuff I've been doing.

[pomeroy]

I restarted Fallout today. I'm just kind of dicking around, taking it slow. The Rock-It Launcher is awesome.

[Purple Santa]

I restarted Fallout today. I'm just kind of dicking around, taking it slow. The Rock-It Launcher is awesome.

I need to try that. I've been to cheap to buy the schematic from Moira. Wait till you get the plasma gun...now that is fun. I ran out of ammo but it was fun while it lasted.

[pomeroy]

I need to try that. I've been to cheap to buy the schematic from Moira. Wait till you get the plasma gun...now that is fun. I ran out of ammo but it was fun while it lasted.

That's the beauty of the Launcher. YOU NEVER RUN OUT OF AMMO!

I just made it to Galaxy News Radio. OK, seriously, taking down that giant effing Super Mutant was tits.

[hunterx280]

I restarted playing this as a completely different character recently. I'm surprised how much is different on my second play through. I felt like I had gone through a vast majority of the game previously but it seems the variation is where it's at. Now I just need to get all the DLC.

[jpublic]

Run out....of ammo? People DO that?

Really?

Wow. I don't think I *ever* ran out of ammo in Fallout. I sell that shit once my collections get ludicrous.

[Purple Santa]

That's the beauty of the Launcher. YOU NEVER RUN OUT OF AMMO!

I just made it to Galaxy News Radio. OK, seriously, taking down that giant effing Super Mutant was tits.
Yeah, I can see how having that gun would make dealing with the Super Mutants much easier. Damn, I made this game so much harder than it needed to be...
Run out....of ammo? People DO that?

Really?

Wow. I don't think I *ever* ran out of ammo in Fallout. I sell that shit once my collections get ludicrous.
I only really ran out from the Plasma gun. And I didn't bother to see what ammo it really took. I just went back to using the Assault Rifle which I don't ever run out of ammo. Other ammo is the same. There is just so much of it laying around or if you do enough killing, ammo is plentiful.

[menage]

Just finished Agatha's Quest yesterday, awesome bonus for doing that. Chilling to play the game like that.

[JayK47]

Yeah, Agatha's quest was a cool little find. I missed that the first time through. I love the special revolver. My favorite weapon in Fallout 3.

And more DLC on the way. This month too it seems. Wow, they are cranking that stuff out. No wonder it is usually buggy at launch;)

[CES]

The special revolver is my favourite weapon that you can obtain normally. For when I feel the need to cheat, I give myself the Mysterious Stranger's .44 Magnum. Scopeless (looks much better) and a base damage of 9000.

[Telefrog]

By the way, I'm unsure if this got much notice, but the retail PC DLC pack (contains Operation Anchorage and The Pitt) is out now.

[Rogue_hunter]

By the way, I'm unsure if this got much notice, but the retail PC DLC pack (contains Operation Anchorage and The Pitt) is out now.

It's been out for about 2 (maybe 3) weeks. I remember reading about it somewhere, though I don't think it was here. $20 for both, and the card in it is how I found out about the next DLC, and the next DLC disk is scheduled for release August 26.

[Purple Santa]

Another quest I need to find. I just finished Superhuman Gambit. Now there was a meet up of some interesting characters.

[bryan]

Couple questions about the DLC:

I been holding off playing the game and planning to get all the DLC in one swoop. Are all the issues pretty much sorted out?

Is the upcoming DLC gonna raise the level cap?

What would your recommended perks be, and any other tips? This is going to be my first real playthrough.

[Narradisall]

The level cap only comes with Broken Steel, so if its in the DLC then yes it'll raise your cap (it can be raised prior to playing Broken Steel as long as you have it downloaded).

With level 30 you can pretty much get most of the decent stuff and top up all your skills. Work towards using the skills that best suit your play style. If you like using pistols there are some pistol related skills whereas rifles etc have other skills.

Since the level 30 skill thing can knock your base stats to all 9 don't bother wasting time on using the skills that knock them up 1 at a time.

[bryan]

I got the Asian version so the only DLC I can get is Operation Anchorage. Damn it. :/ Am I gonna have to warez? This is ridiculous.

[iHap]

Just hit 30 hours in my third character. I got the perk that reveals all locations on the pipboy map so i've been traveling around uncovering all locations.

[Cpl_Punnishment]

I shelved this with about 95% completion.
Now that Broken Steel is out I picked it back up. Completed the game, completed operation Anchorage, The Pitt, and am almost done with BS.
I have one side quest yet to complete (Agatha's song) and I will have completed them all.
I just wish I could spawn the random event with the Alien Ship!!!

I still don't want this to end. :(

[jpublic]

Cpl - there's a trick to it if you want to force it. There's also a cosole command on the PC, IIRC. Check the F3 wikis.

I hated that event. I went to some location (I think it was a vault) and I heard a boom, and then it was raining Alien Energy Cells. I had to use the wireframe cheat to find all the cells (and the special blaster) because the event occured right on a CLIFF and they had scattered all over the place.

[menage]

Isn't Point Lookout out today? Curious if it's worth it (although I will blindly buy it anyway)

[Narradisall]

I'll check out Point Lookout later.

I hadn't even realised it was out.

At least they are actually SUPPORTING the DLC in this one. I think its the first DLC game I've played where there is a ton of frequent content coming out (ya hear that Mass Effect?).

[CES]

I'll check out Point Lookout later.

I hadn't even realised it was out.

At least they are actually SUPPORTING the DLC in this one. I think its the first DLC game I've played where there is a ton of frequent content coming out (ya hear that Mass Effect?).

The FO3 DLC so far has been a real let-down. Most of the mods you find are of much, much better quality than the official DLC and amusingly, less bug prone.

I don't expect Point Lookout to change the trend.

[Hawkzombie]

I got this for the 360, but I'm kinda regretting not getting it for the PC for all the mods and extras...but I dunno.

[CES]

I got this for the 360, but I'm kinda regretting not getting it for the PC for all the mods and extras...but I dunno.

Enclave Commander - Warhammer 40,000 Edition. (http://fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=5579)

Airdropping entire squads of Space Marines in as your backup makes the PC version much more worthwhile than the console version.

[Narradisall]

Enclave Commander - Warhammer 40,000 Edition. (http://fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=5579)

Airdropping entire squads of Space Marines in as your backup makes the PC version much more worthwhile than the console version.

Holy shit. Thats almost enough to make me go out and buy it again.

I didn't have a PC when it came out...

[Jackel]

Enclave Commander - Warhammer 40,000 Edition. (http://fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=5579)

Airdropping entire squads of Space Marines in as your backup makes the PC version much more worthwhile than the console version.

Wow. I must have this. What version of the game does it work on?

[Hawkzombie]

Enclave Commander - Warhammer 40,000 Edition. (http://fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=5579)

Airdropping entire squads of Space Marines in as your backup makes the PC version much more worthwhile than the console version.

Damn you to hell. Now I have to find a way to justify to my wife why I need two copies of the same damn game.

[CES]

Damn you to hell. Now I have to find a way to justify to my wife why I need two copies of the same damn game.

General rule: If it's a Bethesda game, buy the PC version if possible. The modding community is stunning.

Wow. I must have this. What version of the game does it work on?

Patch 1.3 and up, Operation Anchorage DLC required (There's 3 versions of the vanilla Enclave Commander: OA, BS and no DLC) and you need to download FOSE/Fallout Mod Manager.

[Hawkzombie]

The reason I didn't (I bought Oblivion when it first came out for the PC) was because I actually wanted to PLAY it, without worrying too much about bugs, crashed, etc...for the most part it's run very smoothly on my 360.

But yes...I stopped playing Oblivion a long ass time ago, got back into it, and found some AMAZING mods and addons for it that are making me enjoy it all over again.

I really should get the PC version of GOTY.

[CES]

Just because I'm bored, I've got a list of the mods I run in Fallout 3

Marts Mutant Mod 3 - Increased, Increased Spawns. (http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3211) - Instead of a puny 5 enemy spawn, it's closer to 50.
Enclave Commander v9 (http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1410) - Call in airstrikes, squads of Enclave troops, transports.
Enclave Commander, 40k Edition
Vault 89 (http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1741) - Because if i'm kicked out of one Vault, I want one of the damn things for myself.

All combined, the mods give me a truely epic scale battle just about everywhere (Commander lets you have up to 200 squadmates, goodbye RAM) and an actual worthy bolthole instead of the Megaton shack or the Tower flat (Not a fan of flattening Megaton)

[Hawkzombie]

I would probably go with Vault 89...I didn't flatten Megaton, but I wasn't a fan of EITHER 'home' so that might make it a bit nicer. I prefer to go in all sneaky-like, so I dunno if I'd ever REALLY use the Enclave commander bit...but the 40k edit is all sorts of awesome.

[Telefrog]

Just an FYI. FOSE (which is the basis for a lot of mods) is not compatible with 1.5 or 1.6, so don't upgrade if you plan on using FOSE.

[CES]

Just an FYI. FOSE (which is the basis for a lot of mods) is not compatible with 1.5 or 1.6, so don't upgrade if you plan on using FOSE.

YMMV on that. I run 1.5, FOSE and plenty of mods and it's perfectly stable. From the forums, I seem to be the exception to the rule though but there's a "fake" 1.5 patch around that works as well.

[tacitus]

There is a beta FOSE support for 1.6 now: http://fose.silverlock.org/beta/fose_v1_1_beta8.zip

Also, another essential mod is the unofficial fallout 3 patch (http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3808)

[Telefrog]

I downloaded 1.6 and Point Lookout last night and fired up F3 to make sure everything was cool. Four hours later...

Damn this game!

[JRR006]

Excellent. I think I'll have to get this for PC (ideally the GOTY-type pack with the DLC if I can wait that long) so I can jump into the modding scene. Does anyone know if there are mods to make the interior of buildings look nicer, add new objects, stuff like that? I am sick to death of seeing the same couch everywhere I go and I'd like a colorful blanket for my Megaton bed. I found a mod that turned the landscape green which I'll be sure to install first thing, but does anyone know of any more mods of that type? (I know FO3 isn't The Sims, but walking into buildings is painful. You'd think the world would be filled with handmade yet somewhat *pretty* blankets, wall hangings, furniture, etc, even if the populace is just scraping in the ruins of civilization.)

[JayK47]

My Point Lookout is crashing upon reentry into the Wastelands. I wish this game would give some sort of crash log so I knew what the problem was.

[Hawkzombie]

Excellent. I think I'll have to get this for PC (ideally the GOTY-type pack with the DLC if I can wait that long) so I can jump into the modding scene. Does anyone know if there are mods to make the interior of buildings look nicer, add new objects, stuff like that? I am sick to death of seeing the same couch everywhere I go and I'd like a colorful blanket for my Megaton bed. I found a mod that turned the landscape green which I'll be sure to install first thing, but does anyone know of any more mods of that type? (I know FO3 isn't The Sims, but walking into buildings is painful. You'd think the world would be filled with handmade yet somewhat *pretty* blankets, wall hangings, furniture, etc, even if the populace is just scraping in the ruins of civilization.)

Yeah, check out the Fallout 3 Nexus (I forget the exact URL, but it's very close to those three words) for any and all mods...I go there for Oblivion (the Oblivion site that is) and really like it.

[CES]

Yeah, check out the Fallout 3 Nexus (I forget the exact URL, but it's very close to those three words) for any and all mods...I go there for Oblivion (the Oblivion site that is) and really like it.

FO3 Nexus (http://www.fallout3nexus.com)

Those exact 3 words.

[jpublic]

Only mod I've bothered with for FO3 is a music mod to add another 100 songs to 3-dog's lackluster library.

[Widgetcraft]

Only mod I've bothered with for FO3 is a music mod to add another 100 songs to 3-dog's lackluster library.

You should probably investigate FO3 Nexus a bit further then.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2532/3724195187_c8a392d0b3.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2532/3724195187_c8a392d0b3_b.jpg)

[Xydarc]

Are the mods compatible with the Steam version of Fallout 3? Or should I get the retail box?

[jpublic]

You should probably investigate FO3 Nexus a bit further then.



Slick, but not my thing. I prefer to keep the game as original flavor as possible. Also limits my problems later.

[Daytime_Lantern]

I beat this game again last week and one thing this game really well was capture the feeling of scavenging stuff in the post apocalypse. Using the grab command to shake stuff out of crates and finding an extra stimpack or even better, a skill magazine made you really feel like commodities were scarce. Especially early game when you are just starting to build up to the ultimate badass you become.

The game would have benefited from some kind of hunger and thirst meter. Then you really would have had to scrounge for the good stuff. Too bad the inventory system via the Pipboy was kinda annoying.

[Banacek]

Any word on a GOTY edition yet (besides the rumor of October)? I really want to buy this for the PC, but I don't want to deal with the Games for Windows bullshit.

[Widgetcraft]

Any word on a GOTY edition yet (besides the rumor of October)? I really want to buy this for the PC, but I don't want to deal with the Games for Windows bullshit.

Well, you can disable the GFWL stuff with an mod. You can buy the addons and then just move the files from where GFWL puts them to the Data folder and never have to be logged in to play them. So, really, GFWL isn't an issue if you don't want it to be, at least in this game.

I actually kind of like it's implementation in the game, but I move the addon files to the Data folder anyway.

[tacitus]

Any word on a GOTY edition yet (besides the rumor of October)? I really want to buy this for the PC, but I don't want to deal with the Games for Windows bullshit.
This still might count as rumors, but amazon has it listed for Oct 13 for all platforms.

[Telefrog]

I'm going to laugh when the GotY edition turns out to be the regular discs with a GFWL code card packed in to download the DLC.

[Banacek]

Well, you can disable the GFWL stuff with an mod. You can buy the addons and then just move the files from where GFWL puts them to the Data folder and never have to be logged in to play them. So, really, GFWL isn't an issue if you don't want it to be, at least in this game.

I actually kind of like it's implementation in the game, but I move the addon files to the Data folder anyway.

Ok, that sounds better.

This still might count as rumors, but amazon has it listed for Oct 13 for all platforms.

I hope that date has some sort of truth to it.

I'm going to laugh when the GotY edition turns out to be the regular discs with a GFWL code card packed in to download the DLC.

Why would you say such an awful thing? :)

[TheKeck]

The game would have benefited from some kind of hunger and thirst meter. Then you really would have had to scrounge for the good stuff.
And you'd have to think twice before giving your water away for free to hobos. ;)

[tacitus]

I'm going to laugh when the GotY edition turns out to be the regular discs with a GFWL code card packed in to download the DLC.
Well, even then its a slight improvement; we don't have to actually go through the tedious process of buying points. I am concerned that it will be somewhat like that though.

[jpublic]

The game would have benefited from some kind of hunger and thirst meter.

Fuck NO. I hate hunger/thirst meters amost as much as I hate realistic encumberance systems. There is a point at which real life mechanics DON'T need to enter into my games.

[menage]

Fuck NO. I hate hunger/thirst meters amost as much as I hate realistic encumberance systems. There is a point at which real life mechanics DON'T need to enter into my games.

Yeah, that kinda stuff doesn't really add anything but frustration in the end. Just look at the freaking cold meter in Lost Planet, game wasn't great, but that made it even less enjoyable.

All it does is add a timer to the proceding, and I hate fucking time limits in all games but racing.

[Savok]

Ehhh, cold meter you couldn't just refill. I'm fine with timers as long as you can prep for them, like supplies.

[menage]

Ehhh, cold meter you couldn't just refill. I'm fine with timers as long as you can prep for them, like supplies.

Didn't it refill by collecting the glowing red stuff, anyway, it was lame.

[Widgetcraft]

Fuck NO. I hate hunger/thirst meters amost as much as I hate realistic encumberance systems. There is a point at which real life mechanics DON'T need to enter into my games.

Agreed, that kind of unnecessary shit kills Monster Hunter for me. It just bogs the game down with things that don't add any element of fun, just more tedium.

[Savok]

Didn't it refill by collecting the glowing red stuff, anyway, it was lame.
Warm alien juices, yes. But you had to kill stuff to get it, and seeing as the cold meter was basically your health bar too... god that was a shitty game.

[Hawkzombie]

And you'd have to think twice before giving your water away for free to hobos. ;)

I dunno what the guy outside of megaton did, but after I gave him some water, the next day he was a pile of ash. I think he got caught in the crossfire between the guard robot and some ants, but man, it was hilarious. I looted the pile of ash and got my water back.

[TheKeck]

I looted the pile of ash and got my water back.
Ha ha, no kidding? That's awesome.

For the longest time, I never looted ash or piles of goo, etc. because I just fully assumed that you couldn't do something so ridiculous. The fine people here had to inform me otherwise. ;)

[Purple Santa]

Yeah, that kinda stuff doesn't really add anything but frustration in the end. Just look at the freaking cold meter in Lost Planet, game wasn't great, but that made it even less enjoyable.

All it does is add a timer to the proceding, and I hate fucking time limits in all games but racing.
I guess you didn't like Dead Rising then :p
I dunno what the guy outside of megaton did, but after I gave him some water, the next day he was a pile of ash. I think he got caught in the crossfire between the guard robot and some ants, but man, it was hilarious. I looted the pile of ash and got my water back.
I saw the robot (who I affectionately called Robbie) die a few times, getting killed by a Raider. I hated to see him die so I would reload the save, attempting to revive him. Near the end of the game for me, I finally let him die and looted him. Funny thing was...next time I came back to Megaton, he was there again. I did see other NPC get gunned down but didn't feel the attachment to them as i did to Robbie.

[Hawkzombie]

I guess you didn't like Dead Rising then :p

That was my opnly real complaint wth DR, to be honest. I loved the game, HATED the time limit. Or the fact you could only do certain things in a VERY small window.

[carnage11]

I saw the robot (who I affectionately called Robbie) die a few times, getting killed by a Raider. I hated to see him die so I would reload the save, attempting to revive him. Near the end of the game for me, I finally let him die and looted him. Funny thing was...next time I came back to Megaton, he was there again. I did see other NPC get gunned down but didn't feel the attachment to them as i did to Robbie.

This is funny, it reminds me of Groundhog Day with Bill Murray. When he keeps trying to save the bum, but it's inevitable...the bum is going to die.

[menage]

I guess you didn't like Dead Rising then :p


I loved it, but I could really do without the waiting in that one. The rest of the game made up for it. At least you couldn't die or the game didn't stop when you didn't make it.

[Purple Santa]

This is funny, it reminds me of Groundhog Day with Bill Murray. When he keeps trying to save the bum, but it's inevitable...the bum is going to die.
I never thought of that. Great point. Fallout 3...my own personal Groundhog day movie :p

I loved it, but I could really do without the waiting in that one. The rest of the game made up for it. At least you couldn't die or the game didn't stop when you didn't make it.

I never did level up enough to be able to finish. I loaned my copy to someone and I don't think i'll be getting back. Although the person who took it doesn't have much so I rather let them keep it.

[Hawkzombie]

The most annoying bit was when you had only 24 hrs to keep yourself from going zombie at the end.

[violent]

So why are the expansions not available on Steam again?

[Banacek]

So why are the expansions not available on Steam again?

Cause they are stupid? Seriously though, I would have probably bought the PC version and all the expansions if they were on Steam. As it stands I'm going to just wait for the GOTY edition to come out.

[violent]

Cause they are stupid? Seriously though, I would have probably bought the PC version and all the expansions if they were on Steam. As it stands I'm going to just wait for the GOTY edition to come out.

I'm about ready to buy them right now but if I gots to go through GFWL every time I want to redownload them then to hell with it.

[Widgetcraft]

I'm about ready to buy them right now but if I gots to go through GFWL every time I want to redownload them then to hell with it.

You can just back them up pretty easily. They consist of nothing more than three files that are stored somewhere in Application Data. You just pull those out and back them up. You can also put them into Fallout 3\Data and then they'll be available for offline play. I can look up what you'd need to find, specifically.

EDIT: The files you'd be looking for are two .bsa and a single .esm for each DLC pack. For example, Broken Steel's files are: BrokenSteel - Main.bsa, BrokenSteel - Sounds.bsa and BrokenSteel.esm I can't remember exactly where these files were, but if you download Fallout Mod Manager (which you'll need to do anyway, as you need to adjust the load order so that the addons are loaded before any mods you might have) it will prompt you about each DLC pack and ask you if you want it to move them to your Data folder to make them available for offline play. Just say yes, and then if you want to back them up, go to your Fallout 3\Data folder and pick out the right files. They should be labeled in a fairly obvious way.

[Banacek]

You can just back them up pretty easily. They consist of nothing more than three files that are stored somewhere in Application Data. You just pull those out and back them up. You can also put them into Fallout 3\Data and then they'll be available for offline play. I can look up what you'd need to find, specifically.

For me, it's just the stupid MS Points. It's bad enough I have to deal with them on the 360, I'm not about to start using them on the PC.

[violent]

You can just back them up pretty easily. They consist of nothing more than three files that are stored somewhere in Application Data. You just pull those out and back them up. You can also put them into Fallout 3\Data and then they'll be available for offline play. I can look up what you'd need to find, specifically.

EDIT: The files you'd be looking for are two .bsa and a single .esm for each DLC pack. For example, Broken Steel's files are: BrokenSteel - Main.bsa, BrokenSteel - Sounds.bsa and BrokenSteel.esm I can't remember exactly where these files were, but if you download Fallout Mod Manager (which you'll need to do anyway, as you need to adjust the load order so that the addons are loaded before any mods you might have) it will prompt you about each DLC pack and ask you if you want it to move them to your Data folder to make them available for offline play. Just say yes, and then if you want to back them up, go to your Fallout 3\Data folder and pick out the right files. They should be labeled in a fairly obvious way.

I'm sure it's not a difficult process by any means. It's more my preference for the self-contained. It's a big reason why I dig Steam as much as I do.

[Widgetcraft]

For me, it's just the stupid MS Points. It's bad enough I have to deal with them on the 360, I'm not about to start using them on the PC.

I agree, I hate how these companies are insisting that I convert my money into MICKEY MOUSE FUN BUCKS in random increments before I can purchase their software. On the bright side, if you want all five DLC packs you can buy exactly the right number of points, leaving none left over to linger in Microsoft's pockets.

[Jackel]

I'm sure it's not a difficult process by any means. It's more my preference for the self-contained. It's a big reason why I dig Steam as much as I do.

If you haven't bought the dlc by then, I'll burn them to a disc for pax for ya.

[carnage11]

I agree, I hate how these companies are insisting that I convert my money into MICKEY MOUSE FUN BUCKS in random increments before I can purchase their software. On the bright side, if you want all five DLC packs you can buy exactly the right number of points, leaving none left over to linger in Microsoft's pockets.

Even as a child I knew just how much of a rip off Disney money was. At 8 years old, I could see that selling Disney money in $6 increments and making everything cost $4.50 was a huge scam. Fucking con artist that Mickey Mouse was....

[J Arcane]

Even as a child I knew just how much of a rip off Disney money was. At 8 years old, I could see that selling Disney money in $6 increments and making everything cost $4.50 was a huge scam. Fucking con artist that Mickey Mouse was....
Your youthful mind just wasn't thinking far enough ahead mathematically. Buy enough $6 increments, and you'll have an exact multiple of $4.50, and thus be able to spend all your fun bucks exactly (if my math is correct, it's $18 increments).

The purpose of the practice is not to keep your remainder, but to encourage you to buy in bulk. Being economists and business majors, they tend to naively assume everyone will do the math and buy in the most maximally efficient manner possible, which of course isn't actually true in real life.

Economists are terribly fanciful people really. It's amazing they function in the real world at all.

[Telefrog]

PC version 1.7 is updating through GFWL. No details posted yet. I'm sure it's probably nothing more than updates related to the next DLC.

[Widgetcraft]

I really hate the Live updater... it takes fucking forever, and gives no real indication of it's progress. Anyhow, I've found a pretty cool mod on the Nexus: Tailor Maid (http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=5424). It basically breaks away parts from outfits already in the game, and makes them into individual pieces that you can use to accessorize your character. Example:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3766561926_50b7485f8c.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3766561926_50b7485f8c_b.jpg)

That is my character, Rain, wearing Tesla Armor minus the shoulders and backpack, the chest armor from the Talon Merc outfit, and I believe those boots are from the Hellfire armor. The glasses and goggles are from a different mod, kikai's Equipment (http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4616). Sorry it's so low res, even in the link; Flickr is failboat these days.

[Widgetcraft]

Giving Greenworld and Fellout a try, and it is pretty cool. The idea of wandering through the wilderness amidst urban ruins is just awesome. Got some screenshots:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/3775654948_89987a89cd.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/3774849995_3d04a95b44.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/3774850319_c84e485801.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2470/3775655964_0f2ce40052.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/3774850967_a54f94c6d1.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2511/3774851275_57e60de835.jpg

Wish Flickr let me have the actual 1680x1050 resolution shots, but the most they give me is 1024x640, which isn't even worth linking too. Photobucket shits on the resolutions too.

[Banacek]

Man, you're going to make me break and by the PC version now. Must hold out for GOTY version....

[Savok]

That's actually really nice... like early in the timeline of what would become Planet of the Apes or something.

[Kelegacy]

I'm over 70 hours and I got sucked in again over the weekend after not playing for months. I seem to set it aside for months on end and then go back and get absorbed again. I think I put it aside only because my focus is on work during the week and only on Friday night - Monday night do I get to game...in theory.

Damn employment, child and significant other! I haven't even touched any expansions and doubt I will. I haven't heard great things about any of them except Point Lookout. And I don't really need them anyway with that much content in the main game...I'm still probably not half way done with my exploration and stuff.

[Hotcod]

i think i may dive back in to this at somepoint... i need to refinish after losing my saves so i can pick up the rest of the dlc hehe

[Dr. Wierdo]

I dunno I liked Fallout 1 and 2 much better Than Fallout 3

[Widgetcraft]

I dunno I liked Fallout 1 and 2 much better Than Fallout 3

If you travel back to July 2008, you might be able to find someone willing to discuss this with you :p

[jpublic]

Wow, those Greenworld and Fellout mods are awesome. Maybe I'll try them if I do another complete playthrough.

[axion]

Is there going to be a compilation hardcopy of all the DLC once they are done? (For PC).

[Widgetcraft]

Is there going to be a compilation hardcopy of all the DLC once they are done? (For PC).

Yeah, that is what the GOTY is. It will include the original game, and all five DLCs. Alternatively, the first two DLCs are already on a disc, and the other two DLCs already out are on another disc. Mothership Zeta will only appear on the GOTY, as far as hard-copies go.

[Wackman3000]

Wish Flickr let me have the actual 1680x1050 resolution shots, but the most they give me is 1024x640, which isn't even worth linking too. Photobucket shits on the resolutions too.

Photobucket doesn't resize them as long as you keep the .jpg file small enough, I believe under 1MB. (Just make sure that option is selected when you upload)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/Accordman/Fallout32008-11-2619-43-14-45.jpg

see? :)

[axion]

Yeah, that is what the GOTY is. It will include the original game, and all five DLCs. Alternatively, the first two DLCs are already on a disc, and the other two DLCs already out are on another disc. Mothership Zeta will only appear on the GOTY, as far as hard-copies go.

Thanks. Looks like I'll be buying another copy when that comes out :). Can I give my old copy away even though it's registered to my GFWL account?

[Ghostbear]

A note on the latest patch, it also resolves the crash on exit bug that was introduced by Broken Steel. Which is nice for me.

[Rogue_hunter]

Is there going to be a compilation hardcopy of all the DLC once they are done? (For PC).

There's a disc right now with Operation Anchorage and The Pitt together, and there will be one released with Broken Steel and Point Lookout later this month. Not sure if Mothership Zeta will get some hard copy release, or if they'll package it all together without it being in the GotY edition.

[Jackel]

A note on the latest patch, it also resolves the crash on exit bug that was introduced by Broken Steel. Which is nice for me.

Sweet. I've been waiting for this patch to be fixed.