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Fallout 4 |OT2| Farming Simulator 2287
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nortonff
Hi, I'm nortonff. I spend my life going into threads to say that I don't care about the topic of the thread. It's a really good use of my time.
Thanks most of it looks sweet.
But a few things suck. Fast travel, wouldn't be too bad if they had say something that you can pay at fixed locations to use.
I don't know what to do.
Survival mode is awesome. I really don't want to play the game without it and I will say I've noticed it also has the effect that I am finding I am more strict about my personal roleplaying. Don't know why but it encourages me more to be stricter to rping my character even when it would be easier to fudge on the rp. I would like to be able to toggle off the save at beds not because I dislike it (I want to save often but I find it does add to my game). But because I want my first character (the one I care more about finishing the story) to not be as stressful as the save mechanic makes it but I don't want to play now without the other features of survival. I'd actually keep the save at beds for my survival character as it really does add something (and honestly beds are not that hard to find. Usually I don't save more often because of 1. rp reasons - if a bed is really out of the way it feels too out of character to go back to it and 2. I don't want to get a disease. Antibiotics are too hard to find to risk getting too many).
But even the save at beds mechanic I'm finding overall adds to the experience for my survival character. I've found ways to get around the rp mechanic by either starting to sleep then cancelling (you don't sleep then but you still get an autosave though also a potential disease too). Or some one pointed out you can also rp it as your character stopping to bandage themselves and lick their wounds for a bit which I may do some too.
The food and eating and sleeping mechanic is balanced much better than hardcore mode in vegas, it actually matters and with the limited weight you can carry actually creates pressure on you. As well as adding in radiation has more effect in 4 and radaway will make your immune system weak so more likely to get diseases (and antibiotics in my game are rare as fuck, I'm guessing they are linked to your luck as my luck is 1). So you really have to be careful how many radaways you use or rads you get. It makes you more careful about that. It also makes settlement building more interesting cause it gives you incentive to put in your settlements stuff like the arch to get rid of radiation and a doctor that can heal you. I've found that my biggest goal with my survival character is building up my settlements as bases and going out and finding materials I need (also for better guns). It actually makes what I found promising about what Todd said about settlements be more true. It really makes settlement building much more interesting as it really gives you a good goal for it (they were mostly ignorable before survival mode if you didn't want to build them but they'll give you huge advantages if you put time into them in survival mode). If you like crafting and mechanics that encourage you to craft and also to go scrounge for stuff to craft with, survival mode really is awesome for that (it does make it more a survival type game. Too bad the dialogue system sucks, that would make it the perfect game, I might even rate it above New Vegas if they had a good dialogue system/rpg mechanic. I hear Far Harbor is good for that though).
I loved the idea of hardcore mode in vegas, but it got pretty easily ignorable except for thirst. Sleep was never an issue (I already rp sleeping every night and even when I couldn't find a bed right away I never got close to being tired enough to affect my game).
And the hunger/thirst/sleep mechanic is balanced enough for rp that you can reasonably see your character starting to need those things when they do in game (and I love that getting tired is also linked to how active you are. Sprint a lot and you'll get tired faster).
Honestly, I am one of the Obsidian > Bethesda people and New Vegas >> 4 and 3 but here is on area I think Bethesda outshined Obsidian. Obsidian had the right idea, Bethesda actually implemented it well. I will say I was disappointed in how they messed up the RPG part of Fallout (most of that tied to their horrible dialogue system as well as lack of skill checks which kinda ties in the dialogue system too). But survival mode seems to be making up for that. I'm not near as annoyed at the lack of rpg but I find as I said it has encouraged me to be stricter on my rp so in a way it has enhanced the roleplay aspect. It's just a shame the game didn't launch with survival mode. It really enhances the game and I don't find the game feels lacking anymore (before survival mode I played 150-200 hours before I got burned out. That is the shortest amount of time it took for me to get burned out on a Bethesda game
).And btw, like save at beds, you would lose some of the challenge if you could fast travel anywhere. For example in New Vegas, a lot of people found hardcore mode to be negated entirely cause they could just fast travel to that one lake that had clean water and drink there everytime they needed to drink. Here you could just fast travel to your settlement and drink from the water pump. I didn't have the issue cause I don't fast travel anyways by principle in any Bethesda game (I honestly hate it cause for me it breaks immersion a lot but I remember people complaining about that. Part of the fun of the game to me is travelling and trying to survive the travel part).
neoism
Member
the easest thing would be only having three settlements you can warp to.... it the worst thing in my few hours with survival other than the most fucking annoying thing in the game ...weight limit...��
aygomyownroad
Member
Hmm, I may need to invest in a lot of materials. I'll try that out thanks.
Survival Mode Question: If I were to do it and side with the institute, would I be able to use their fast travel to the Institute then Fast travel to another place?
I've heard you can fast travel to the institute from any place but fast travelling out just puts you in a set spot outside the institute. So not really unless you want to get somewhere near that area of the map (or it at least is closer to where you want to be).
MikeBreezy92
Member
Tbh I don't think New Vegas' Hardcore Mode was an attempt to be completely like what Beth has done. Something easy enough not to be frustrated, added a lil oomph to the game
Sawyer's Mod was more along the lines of an actual Survival mode.
Stray thought: Why is the companion AI in this game so garbage? It feels like a step back when New Vegas had a wheel that allowed you to set the aggressiveness of your companion. I was fighting one of the tougher creatures in Far Harbor and Ada just stood by while it completely wailed on her. There are moments where she walks right past an enemy and remarks, "I don't think we're alone sir!". The enemy NPCs show more intelligence and tactical prowess so, I know that the engine is at least capable of it. Why did they get rid of the wheel?
I'm on console, so I hope mods will offer some solution to this soon.
I'm on console, so I hope mods will offer some solution to this soon.
I liked hte idea but there really was no point of Hardcore mode cause except for at the very beginning it was balanced so lax it really didn't have much effect on your game. I liked it for rp purposes and knowing the game would enforce my rp but other than that it really didn't affect me much.
Survival mode enforces my rp more realistically (in game time my character gets hungry about as often as she would and starts to tire out at the end of the day and same with thirst). And enforces me to pay more attention to what I'm carrying and planning out more my trip. And yes, hardcore mode was trying to do that. Why else have weight to ammo for example (That was one of the few ways it had any affect on my gameplay honestly. For example even in hardcore mode big guns are less viable cause the ammo is so heavy. It's why I never bothered with the .50 calibre rifle).
To me hardcore should have done more what survival did. I'm not saying it has to do the save thing but certainly the balance of how often you need sleep, food, and drink could be balanced more. And the bad effects should actually matter more (part of that though is the mechanics of how Fallout works now). I like how if you keep not sleeping you eventually get a fuzzy view. That's awesome. I don't know if hardcore mode ever did that, I never evne got to the first level of needing sleep (you'd have to not sleep for days for it to have any effect at all).
I mean, don't get me wrong, I liked hardcore for the immersion of the game actually enforcing it. It was a great idea and I like that Obsidian put it in. But I still enforced that stuff in my rp more than hardcore did (other than thirst which did come up often). I like in survival how towards the end of the day my character starts getting tired and I have to either go to bed a little early or deal with the fact she's not as effective (That's honestly pretty accurate. Yes, it seems often but that's cause in game time passes quicker. But since the character is living in game time things should happen in game time, like getting tired). Survival enforces it often enough that it feels like it truly enforces my rp and not just lets me feel more immersed cause I know eventually it will. And I think it's balanced well to feel realistic and also feel like it actually affects my game.
Survival mode just does what hardcore did but better. And probably yes, more leaning towards survival but still, it is balanced better to actually feel like it has an affect.
I'm stuck with Ada as my companion and she never fights back no matter which weapon attachments I give her.
I think it's a bug in my game.
Does she ever fight for you?
What's the average save file size? I have around 180 hours and my save file is 16mb.
I've been kind of reckless regarding mod installs/uninstalls/upgrades and i'm afraid of save bloating.
I started a new character but it's hard to let go of my first guy.
Anyway i'm back to fallout 4 it seems. Even purchased the season pass.
I've been kind of reckless regarding mod installs/uninstalls/upgrades and i'm afraid of save bloating.
I started a new character but it's hard to let go of my first guy.
Anyway i'm back to fallout 4 it seems. Even purchased the season pass.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Yeah i hit 16 mb too. Thank god theres no 1 second per frame issue like in 3.
The huge, hardcover artbook is currently in a Lightning Deal for £3.80 on Amazon UK. (Postabargain link)
MikeBreezy92
Member
Idk if it didn't feel like an effect at all. Having Weighted Ammo, stims and such. Only Doctor's bags could heal limbs. Stims having over time healing. I think it changed gameplay enough to be noticeably different. Just the actual outside meters Sleep/H20/Food didn't do much.
She'll fight back the majority of the times but she almost never engages first. More often than not, she has to take damage before she attacks. It's frustrating. I just wish I could set it so that she goes agro on any near by enemies.
Same could be said of all the companions TBH. I was just using her as an example.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
So now we've had:
Automatron $10
Wasteland Workshop $5
Far Harbor $25
That's $40, the season pass was originally $30. Keeping with the tradition of piecemeal DLC costing $10 more than the season pass I see this as the future for Fallout 4:
Wasteland Workshop 2 $5
Nuka World $10
Wasteland Workshop 3 $5
That brings it up to $60 compared to the now $50 season pass.
Automatron $10
Wasteland Workshop $5
Far Harbor $25
That's $40, the season pass was originally $30. Keeping with the tradition of piecemeal DLC costing $10 more than the season pass I see this as the future for Fallout 4:
Wasteland Workshop 2 $5
Nuka World $10
Wasteland Workshop 3 $5
That brings it up to $60 compared to the now $50 season pass.
unholyrevenger72
Banned
As far as Ada is concerned I've noticed her A.I. only notices 3 weapons. if i equip her with a Robobrain head, and 2 shoulder launchers on her Sentry bot Torso she will not use her arms. if i equip the robobrain head and one launcher she will not use her right hand.
So i find the best combination for Ada is a Robobrain head, and two Gatling Lasers.
Not sure if this is thread-worthy but there's a new mod announced called Cascadia. Supposed to take place decades after 3/NV/4 and in Seattle.
Link below but I'm hyped:
http://falloutcascadia.tumblr.com/About
Link below but I'm hyped:
http://falloutcascadia.tumblr.com/About
Retrozocker
Member
Always excited for these huge mod projects, although I guess it will not be out before (late?) 2017. If it will not be available for consoles I will definitely get the pc version.
I decided to check out mods since the GECK's been out for a little bit and play through the game again, probably as BOS / Institute since I only did the Minutemen and Railroad endings.
Added the Extended Armor Crafting mod, a custom armor mod (The Rebel - badass), a character save, make-up mod, body mod, hairstyle mod. Thinking of adding bullet-time since I'm just gonna have silly fun with this.
Anyone able to recommend a solid companion mod?
Added the Extended Armor Crafting mod, a custom armor mod (The Rebel - badass), a character save, make-up mod, body mod, hairstyle mod. Thinking of adding bullet-time since I'm just gonna have silly fun with this.
Anyone able to recommend a solid companion mod?
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Get the ride a radstag mod.
N° 2048
Member
When you're two hours into Survival Mode without saving (I know, I know there are beds everywhere) and this happens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhlkiMxhTJg
Close one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhlkiMxhTJg
Close one.
So I think one of my settlers pathed into another settler and pushed him off my ridiculously high settlement that had no railing or anything...
Which of course means it's time to be a silly idiot and build a courthouse to get to the bottom of this.
I'm a child and I'm not even ashamed.
Which of course means it's time to be a silly idiot and build a courthouse to get to the bottom of this.
I'm a child and I'm not even ashamed.
Bedameister
Member
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
End of the month, like balrog.
Bedameister
Member
I think a lot of you guys who are crazy into settlement building will love those mods.
I hope we will get some nice new weapons and armor with mods.
I hope we will get some nice new weapons and armor with mods.
aygomyownroad
Member
My only worry is that I would need to start another character to make use out of the mods..
Bedameister
Member
Here's a List of the Mods that will be on Xbox One
https://mods.bethesda.net/#en/workshop/fallout4/view-all?platform=XB1
https://mods.bethesda.net/#en/workshop/fallout4/view-all?platform=XB1
I'll give that set up a try then, at the moment she just runs around getting in my way in VATS.
Just now she's got a robobrain head and two melee weapons.
I had her with a different head and a laser and a flamethrower before and she wouldn't fight then either.
Experimenter
Member
Pretty much so, there still drops towards the 25~ fps mark in certain areas, but overall it's much better than it was on launch.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
Woopsy Daisy, I forgot to remove the recruitment beacon at Covenant and now there's about 15 settlers or so. Is there a way to just let them go? Or should I make the best of them and assign them to shops and defense?
Is there a way to improve clothing like the BOS outfit and Road Leathers? In terms of energy and radiation defense and such, can that be improved?
I see a lot of cool outfits, like the Traveling leather coat, but sadly I can't use armor pieces with it and so the defense rating of everything is waaaaay too low.
Is there a way to improve clothing like the BOS outfit and Road Leathers? In terms of energy and radiation defense and such, can that be improved?
I see a lot of cool outfits, like the Traveling leather coat, but sadly I can't use armor pieces with it and so the defense rating of everything is waaaaay too low.
So, where's the first bed out of the vault? I can't find it and I have to go to work
There is one in the basement behind one of the houses in Sanctuary I believe (It's one of the ones on the cul de sac facing east I believe) There's also one in the house nearest to the Red Rocket (Just downhill from it). Or you can build one at the Red Rocket almost right away (though you'll need to make sure you have some cloth on you cause there's not enough at the workbench).
Thoguh other than building one yourself, I think the other two I mention are mattresses/sleeping bags but they'll work for saving anyways.
Also, the game autosaves right before you exit the vault (I know this from dieing a few times). So if you haven't done much after getting out of the vault you won't lose much.
aygomyownroad
Member
1) your best just putting them to use. You can make supply lines or move them to other settlements but I'd use them for shops and defence.
2) you can't improve them without mods I don't think. Some like the vault suit can be nodded at an armour work bench but not all can be.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
OK I'll do that. It looks funny as hell though when Raiders try to come in, seeing all those settlers going loose on em.
That's awesome. I am at the Railroad quests now, so I'll continue these quests until I get it.
What to do when you have lost your follower? Nick was with me until he simply was gone, nowhere to be found. I also don't see anything on the map saying i need to heal him..... so what now?
aygomyownroad
Member
Wow really? I never knew this! Do you just go to the armour work bench?
Yes (you'll need the armorer perk maxed-out for the best version), and tinker Tom will start selling the basic upgraded versions of some of the compatible outfits.
Don't get your hopes up too quickly though, the outfit selection that is compatible is rather random, and most of the more iconic trophy outfits are not available to be upgraded.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
Oh goddammit no.
I decided to go to DC, hoping Nick would be there, since he just vanished. But he's not there. Oh brother Bethesda needs to fix this Shit BAD. Implement some option that you can call your follower back to you or at least reset him/her back to his/her home.
What can I do? I mean, I now have Deacon as a follower. So shouldn't Nick have been resented back to DC already?
I decided to go to DC, hoping Nick would be there, since he just vanished. But he's not there. Oh brother Bethesda needs to fix this Shit BAD. Implement some option that you can call your follower back to you or at least reset him/her back to his/her home.
What can I do? I mean, I now have Deacon as a follower. So shouldn't Nick have been resented back to DC already?
Getting a new follower was going to be my suggestion for a possible fix. That sucks.
tallbroski
Member
Strangley they don`t go back to their home but to one of your settlement. I take it you are playing on console? I suggest looking for him in your every settlement
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
Oh that's good to know for next time. Turns out there were a few more savefiles of my Survival playthrough, the savefile before this was like a hour back, but that's not too bad. I just need to clear the building of Synths again. So that was good.
If this happens again, I'll go check my settlements. Any way of knowing which settlement it will be?
aygomyownroad
Member
Saw a small video on mods that are coming to Xbox one with Larry Hyrb.
They are bringing over the one where you can add a settlement to anywhere... I have heard that over time that mod kills PC performance the more settlements you make, but it gives me hope we will get a mod for unlimited junk so we can build in peace...
They are bringing over the one where you can add a settlement to anywhere... I have heard that over time that mod kills PC performance the more settlements you make, but it gives me hope we will get a mod for unlimited junk so we can build in peace...