There probably won't be a day one patch given the pre-load went live just yesterday. Patches on consoles need to go through certification, which takes several days, whereas there's no such barrier on Steam.
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Fallout 4 is available for pre-load on Steam
- Thread starter Derpcrawler
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There probably won't be a day one patch given the pre-load went live just yesterday. Patches on consoles need to go through certification, which takes several days, whereas there's no such barrier on Steam.
Dusktildawn48
Member
Weird it just says 2 days 0 hours.
Your store region is tied to the region within which you last completed a purchase, but you can change it to that of your current IP by going to either the cart page or your account page. The country code "trick" still works (http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=xx, where xx is your desired country code), though, but only if you're not logged in. The game unlocks in AU/NZ in a little under 32 hours.
Shows 1 day and 8 hours with the NZ server. If you've used it more than 3 times a day then you have exceeded the limit.
Dusktildawn48
Member
Damn Monday morning. Really wish we had some legit pc/xbone screenshots
Dusktildawn48
Member
I believe you can go offline after unpacking then disconnect
The content is on your computer, so loss of connection doesn't matter. You'd just have to relog in the VPN as the region unlock will reset to your native country.
IcyRhythms
Member
Are people unlocking the game now with VPN?
paperspace
Member
Thanks mate!
Intheflorsh
Banned
Oh cool, I can actually fit it on my SSD.
BoosterDuck
Banned
you're going to wait an hour for unpacking
you can grab some Nuka-Cola Quantum at Target while waiting
shira
Member
Before Steam Refunds, I wouldn't even consider touching a pre-load. But the times have changed, and now my finger hovers over the button... but I must be strong!
$80 CDN doe. That's still too much for a video game that I may or may not like.
The time it takes for a game to decrypt is very much a YMMV thing. Black Ops 3, which unlocked when I finished work the night of release, is close to 60GB and was ready to play by the time I got home (~25 minutes later).
exmachina64
Banned
Unpacking is related to the speed of your storage; an SSD will unpack much faster than a hard drive.
Derpcrawler
Member
How do I know where I've pre-loaded the game? I am now not sure if I actually pre-loaded it to SSD or HDD. Any way to check? Checked Steam folder on both drives - none of them have Fallout 4 folder in steamapps.
Soyongdori
Member
Amazon prime says I should get it by friday.
Derpcrawler
Member
Shit. It's on HDD, oh well, 19 mins to redownload. Hopefully tomorrow unpacking will be faster.
Where are you seeing all these posts, again?
They crop up, they fail to take in point that BO3 might as we be packing 3 different games. Not to mention the cutscenes.
LordAmused
Member
SoftEther doesn't currently have any NZ VPN available. Or are there any hidden?
bestpersonevar
Member
so we can unlock this preload through NZ vpn early? how early?
texhnolyze
Banned
You can use Aus VPN too, as NZ unlock time got pushed back to Aus time.
The same time as the review embargo lifts up, 8 am est.
They've always been the same. Bethesda just pushed back the unlock time to match the lifting of the review embargo.
texhnolyze
Banned
Ah okay, I stand corrected then.
I always thought that NZ got the unlock earlier as everyone is posting about NZ VPN all the time.
Technically NZ is a couple of hours ahead of the eastern states, but this tends to be ignored when it comes to unlock times. I can't think of a single example to the contrary, actually. But, yeah, the AU and NZ stores both had the same unlock time when I checked the other day and they both say nine hours now (8.5 in actuality).
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
So this won't be unlocking at midnight EST?
flyvpn or vyprvpn are free alternatives.
Grinchy
Banned
Thanks! This is the first time I've ever even cared to do this.
edit- I can confirm that vyprvpn has AUS servers available.
why does it say Available: November 9, approximately 23 hours when that would be Nov 10th ?
Because lol. It's worse than the Portal 2 potato shenanigans.
why does it say Available: November 9, approximately 23 hours when that would be Nov 10th ?
Cause Steam is a cunt
That was such a rough weekend for me
I didn't want to leave my house and do anything because PORTAL 2 COULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED AT ANY MINUTE
I recall it releasing at like 12:30 AM EST the day it was supposed to come out.
Yep, all that for it to get released something like 2 hours ahead. I did pretty much the same thing, even though it turned out to be a faked progress bar.
We did get clarification though that it was because EA raised hell about it was why that happened. After the countdown before the "Glados reboot" thing, it should have just been released.
Grinchy
Banned
How do you change the store page to a different region? My VPN says I'm connected, but when I open Steam, it still shows 20 hours left.
I was having the same problem as you until I realised I had to use the links JaseC supplied within the Steam client - visiting them in your desktop browser and changing your store region to AU there isn't enough for some reason.
d00d3n
Member
That is great, came to ask this very question.
Grinchy
Banned
Thank you and JaseC for that! I got it working, finally.
I thought the store would change automatically based on the IP, so that would have been crappy when I woke up later to play.
AndyMoogle
Member
12 h.
EDIT: I was slightly wrong. It's unlocking 2AM for me, so it's actually 14 hours.
No. It unlocks first in AU/NZ.
I'm supremely disappointed nobody has whipped out the ole Majora's Mask dawn of the final day, but anyway
Soon.
Vargavinter
Member
I'm so tempted to use a VPN to unlock it early. Hnnnnnng.
LordAmused
Member
Will achievements unlock offline? Or Will they appear once the game unlocks at midnight?
texhnolyze
Banned
I've spent lots of time playing steam games offline. Lots of games do support offline achievement unlocks while you play, but they won't be stored to your account until you go online.