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Fallout New Vegas |OT| Obsidian does what Bethesdon't
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Kuro Madoushi
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Wallach said:
Bah so many spoilers...
In that quest, go to the room where that ghoul is standing up there. Look for areas you can jump on; there's this pipe? near the bear traps in the back you can jump up on that prevents enemies from hitting if you if you're on the edge.
All I did was:
- set mines
- aggro assholes
- run like mad back to those pipes and jump on top
- ghoul even helps you out
Same thing with the deathclaw area. Lots of little spots you can jump up on that prevent them from getting you, but you can take potshots at them...umm...just bring a lot of ammo...
Jeannie May stuff -
So I was wrapping a session last night, and usually when I'm done for the night, I save, then blow an innocent person's head off. I don't know why, I just tend to do that in RPGs that allow for it.
Anyways, I got to Novac and talked to some people, finally going to the motel and talking to Jeannie May. She tells me about the dude in the Dinosaur. Knowing I'm done playing, I save, and shoot her in the face. Well, it gave me good karma. I searched her body and found a key to a safe. Found the safe behind the desk and found a bill of sale in it talking about how she was selling some unborn kid to slavery or some weird shit.
I was kind of compelled to play more after that happened so I went to the dinosaur and talked to the dude that works the gift shop. One of the dialogue options was something like 'I killed Jeannie May'. He was all, 'Well, okay, but I hope we can still be friends.'. My question is wtf is going on? SHould I just roll with her being dead? Does she turn out to be some evil person later on? Can I still get this 'permanent motel room' that I just read about a couple posts ago since I never inquired about a room? I can always reload, so just let me know what the best option is here if possible. Thanks
Anyways, I got to Novac and talked to some people, finally going to the motel and talking to Jeannie May. She tells me about the dude in the Dinosaur. Knowing I'm done playing, I save, and shoot her in the face. Well, it gave me good karma. I searched her body and found a key to a safe. Found the safe behind the desk and found a bill of sale in it talking about how she was selling some unborn kid to slavery or some weird shit.
I was kind of compelled to play more after that happened so I went to the dinosaur and talked to the dude that works the gift shop. One of the dialogue options was something like 'I killed Jeannie May'. He was all, 'Well, okay, but I hope we can still be friends.'. My question is wtf is going on? SHould I just roll with her being dead? Does she turn out to be some evil person later on? Can I still get this 'permanent motel room' that I just read about a couple posts ago since I never inquired about a room? I can always reload, so just let me know what the best option is here if possible. Thanks
MrCompletely
Member
Boone is a beast! Playing hard difficulty on hardcore mode specializing in explosives, and road encounters can be kind of tough. Not with Boon though, his range really compliments my characters skills.
Love that I've been playing for 10+ hours and have yet to enter New Vegas. I can fit two Medal of Honor play-throughs into what might be the first 20% of this game.
Love that I've been playing for 10+ hours and have yet to enter New Vegas. I can fit two Medal of Honor play-throughs into what might be the first 20% of this game.
The Lamonster
Member
Overall impressions from random Gaffers this morning, GO!
dreamer3kx
Member
MrCompletely said:
Im almost 15 hrs in and haven't reached Vegas, checking out all towns, doing side missions and searching everywhere, good stuff.
Liquid Helium
Member
I found out a way go get back missing followers, if anyone is interested, only works on pc though.
Go to the fallout wiki for the companion and get her/his reference id, then in the console type prid followed by the reference id. Press enter then type moveto player and press enter again.
Go to the fallout wiki for the companion and get her/his reference id, then in the console type prid followed by the reference id. Press enter then type moveto player and press enter again.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
epmode said:
I still feel like there's a scale of morality, with NCR being "lawful good" and Legion being "lawful evil". There's a bit more room to breathe than the whole Enclave vs Brotherhood thing from FO3, but it's not that different.
There does seem to be a lot more flavour in the game though.
On bugs, I've fallen through the map twice. That never happened in FO3. :lol
Kuro Madoushi said:
A modded Sniper Rifle will do the trick. I already tried that strategy you mentioned but then fell by mistake when there was only one Deathclaw and Alpha Male left. All I can say is that I got brutally raped in the corner.
I know I can succeed by keeping my distance and using my sniper rifle (plenty of ammo too), but I figured it would be more fun if I came back with a strong armor and Melee'd them all. My revenge shall be swift.
The Lamonster said:
Really enjoying. FO3 was my first fallout game, so I'm finding NV to be a lot more challenging. I feel like there are more difficult, random encounters. Weird experiences galore, whether they be intentional or just bugs. Fun, in any case, which is really all that matters. Read my spoiler post above if you want to see an example. Not too spoilery, imo, if you don't mind.
I feel like I kind of borked my character build though. Not really specializing in anything, and have been disbursing my skill points way too evenly after reading some other folks builds. I'm only level 5, so I guess I can make some good changes by level 10 or so.
I haven't seen it mentioned but many of the things from the Fallout 3 Tweakguide still work (including settings that affect RAM usage which I found beneficial):
http://www.tweakguides.com/Fallout3_1.html
As for the game once I got it running well it's been a blast though I'm finding only marginal differences between it and FO3, which I'm perfectly fine with.
Edit: Seems it was mentioned a few pages back. Nothin' to see here folks; move along!
http://www.tweakguides.com/Fallout3_1.html
As for the game once I got it running well it's been a blast though I'm finding only marginal differences between it and FO3, which I'm perfectly fine with.
Edit: Seems it was mentioned a few pages back. Nothin' to see here folks; move along!
Joel Was Right
Gold Member
I've avoided news and reviews of the game. I hear there is controversy. What's up?
Kuro Madoushi said:
Heh, you know that all you needed was a good melee weapon like spiked brass knuckles. I'm serious, you can take them on 1 on 1 with those knuckles and come out with more than half your health if you're good enough. It kills them pretty quickly too. I'm talking about Nightkin though, haven't faced Deathclaws yet.
Joel Was Right
Gold Member
I heard from someone the other day that Fallout will have some DLC for those who purchase the game? Anything in that?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Meus Renaissance said:
There will be paid DLC, sure...
Added Mods:
Companion Sandbox - When you set your companions to "wait", they randomly interact with the environment instead of standing and staring.
Inventory Sorters - Gives tags to books, magazines, mods and cards to find them more easily in the inventory
Higher blood textures - Higher resolution for the blood textures
Complete List of Mods that I am using:
AddemptyBottle - Every time you drink nuke cola or purified water you get an empty bottle that...
BottleThatWater - ... you can refill when using a sink or other water source
BetterHeadshots - Increases the amount of damage made by a headshot (also to yourself)
CaravanCardFix - Fixes a bug where Caravan Cards were not added to your deck
CarryingCapacityIncrease - Raises the base value by approximately 100. with strength 5 you have 300 pounds you can carry
Companion De-Equip - You can equip and dequip companions as you like
EDTraits - Gives more choices for the starting traits
PerkEveryLevel - Well... choose a perk every time you level up. You wont get perks from levels you missed when installing the mod later.
RASrepairAll - Repair your stuff with all kinds of other stuff (wrenches, superglue...other equipment)
Further3rdPersonCamera - Gives you more Options on how to use the 3rd person Cam
Goacbc'sFreeplayAfterMQNV - Continue playing after you "finished" the game.
ImmaSightingMahLazor - Gives an aiming view to the laser pistol (really nicely done)
KillableKids - Couldnt test yet as I have yet to come across kids.
Unlimited Companions - Chose up to 6 companions. Be careful though as you dont want to hit max so that quest NPC's can still join you
PipWare UI New Vegas Edition[/B] - New UI with slightly smaller fonts for conversation, pipboy and items. Stats on one screen.
Companion Sandbox - When you set your companions to "wait", they randomly interact with the environment instead of standing and staring.
Inventory Sorters - Gibes tags to books, magazines, mods and cards to find them more easily in the inventory
Higher blood textures - Higher resolution for the blood textures
Other interesting mods I havent tested:
Jaysus Swords Mod - Give you 7 different knives and swords
Adventurers New Vegas - Gameplay and difficulty balance (e.g. no rare items in random chests)
AllRacesPlayable - You can play as everything except children
RealisticPhysics - Changes over the top physics to a more realistic version
Just copy to your data folder. If its a UI modd it overrides the current AI so if you consider going back to vanilla, make a copy of the files that are replaced.
Companion Sandbox - When you set your companions to "wait", they randomly interact with the environment instead of standing and staring.
Inventory Sorters - Gives tags to books, magazines, mods and cards to find them more easily in the inventory
Higher blood textures - Higher resolution for the blood textures
Complete List of Mods that I am using:
AddemptyBottle - Every time you drink nuke cola or purified water you get an empty bottle that...
BottleThatWater - ... you can refill when using a sink or other water source
BetterHeadshots - Increases the amount of damage made by a headshot (also to yourself)
CaravanCardFix - Fixes a bug where Caravan Cards were not added to your deck
CarryingCapacityIncrease - Raises the base value by approximately 100. with strength 5 you have 300 pounds you can carry
Companion De-Equip - You can equip and dequip companions as you like
EDTraits - Gives more choices for the starting traits
PerkEveryLevel - Well... choose a perk every time you level up. You wont get perks from levels you missed when installing the mod later.
RASrepairAll - Repair your stuff with all kinds of other stuff (wrenches, superglue...other equipment)
Further3rdPersonCamera - Gives you more Options on how to use the 3rd person Cam
Goacbc'sFreeplayAfterMQNV - Continue playing after you "finished" the game.
ImmaSightingMahLazor - Gives an aiming view to the laser pistol (really nicely done)
KillableKids - Couldnt test yet as I have yet to come across kids.
Unlimited Companions - Chose up to 6 companions. Be careful though as you dont want to hit max so that quest NPC's can still join you
PipWare UI New Vegas Edition[/B] - New UI with slightly smaller fonts for conversation, pipboy and items. Stats on one screen.
Companion Sandbox - When you set your companions to "wait", they randomly interact with the environment instead of standing and staring.
Inventory Sorters - Gibes tags to books, magazines, mods and cards to find them more easily in the inventory
Higher blood textures - Higher resolution for the blood textures
Other interesting mods I havent tested:
Jaysus Swords Mod - Give you 7 different knives and swords
Adventurers New Vegas - Gameplay and difficulty balance (e.g. no rare items in random chests)
AllRacesPlayable - You can play as everything except children
RealisticPhysics - Changes over the top physics to a more realistic version
Just copy to your data folder. If its a UI modd it overrides the current AI so if you consider going back to vanilla, make a copy of the files that are replaced.
Baha said:
I killed 8 Nightkins without losing more than a quarter of my health using a Sledgehammer. I can kill a Young Deathclaw with 3 to 4 hits. But adult Deathclaws are a different story. One of 'em is enough to mutilate you with 3 hits, and trying to kill them with melee takes too long.
I'd say facing one adult Deathclaw with full health is as dangerous as facing 10 Nightkins with half your health.
I just completed Come Fly With Me. Holy shit that was a LONG quest line. Pretty awesome conclusion though. I really like how it involves a few different factions and individuals, and ultimately none of them are good or evil at all. It's possible to resolve the entire quest line with minimal bloodshed, but yet it's also possible for the quest to get very VERY evil on the player's part. Best of all, the entire quest line is hilarious because everyone involved in it is pretty much insane. :lol
If anyone is interested in EDGE's review of Fallout: New Vegas, go here: http://www.next-gen.biz/features/fallout-new-vegas-review
They gave it a 6.
They gave it a 6.
The Lamonster
Member
This thread is making me want to play...except after reading this review I might just go back and replay FO3 and get all the DLC or something. I beat the game but never got any of the DLC, do you guys suggest I start a new character or load up my old file and try to re-learn everything?Merguson said:
Usually in RPGs once I put them down I can't come back because I can't remember anything about inventory/story/gameplay/customization methodolgy/etc...
epmode said:
Apparently the latest Steam patch changed the file that needs to be edited. The new file is fallout_default.ini. Found the info in the comments here:
http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34902
Probably to be expected. Edge recognizes there's a brilliant RPG submerged underneath all the bugs, but can't (in good faith) shrug off the technical glitches. On the other hand, Eurogamer considers New Vegas to be one of the best RPGs of the generation, despite it's technical shortcomings.Merguson said:
They're both right.
If you enjoyed FO3 but skip New Vegas, you'll miss out on the better of the two experiences.The Lamonster said:
Damn,level 7,on normal,didn`t touch the slider thing if there`s one in this one like Fallout 3 for difficulty,still no companions and the Come Fly Me quest is way too hard for now(the Nightkin part in the basement)...guess i`ll try and do what Cass wants or just roam around fighting ghouls and the like...
MrCompletely
Member
duckroll said:
I completed that quest line last night and really enjoyed it. Seems like there's a veritable ton of solutions to satisfying the goal.
Just kill everything
Just kill ghouls, leave nightkin alone
kill harland, help nightkin
kill just nightkin, help ghouls
help nightkin and ghouls
kill harland and kill nightkin
can you lie to manny that the ghouls have been removed ?
There's definitely a cookie at the end too, you can change the navigation of the rockets so they crash into each other :lol :lol
Just kill ghouls, leave nightkin alone
kill harland, help nightkin
kill just nightkin, help ghouls
help nightkin and ghouls
kill harland and kill nightkin
can you lie to manny that the ghouls have been removed ?
There's definitely a cookie at the end too, you can change the navigation of the rockets so they crash into each other :lol :lol
ElyrionX said:
I played Fallout 3 on the 360 and I'm pretty sure they released a patch for that at one point. It almost feels as if Bethesda gave them an unfinished version or pre-patched version of Fallout 3 code to work with.
fizzelopeguss said:
I might be wrong but I think Obsidian pretty much build this world with the assets Bethesda supplied. They're working together on the patches, however.
I do think that Obsidian's unfamiliarity with the engine and all that jazz might've played a large part in these bugs, as well.
WanderingWind said:
I think the idea behind this is that stealing is stealing. It is random among which items seem to have "belong to someone else" but it's more true to how I think it would be received in the real world.
DSN2K said:
Ikuu said:
I uploaded this file to my Dropbox for easy access.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1091897/d3d9.dll
You can also find this file on your system already by searching your Windows folder for it, if you're worried about viruses and such. I tested both the one downloaded from MegaUpload, NewVegasNexus, and my own and they all seem to increase performance. The one linked from my Dropbox is the one from MegaUpload/NewVegasNexus, though, which apparently is the "right" one that works "best".
MattyH said:
You automatically drink from it, reducing your H2O levels. It's not infinite, though, and does so at a slower pace.
Whenever you drink from a water source, it fills up.
Sanic
Member
So i'm a little confused as to what's going on right now... (late-ish game spoilers. If I had to guess, i'm probably at least 2/3 through the main quest. I've been in
for quite a bit now.)
The Strip
I felt a little overwhelmed at the fact that I suddenly had many factions, plus myself, thrown at me, so I was sort of just doing everything for everyone, at least initially. Now I initially sided with Mr. House and gave him the chip, but later changed my mind and started following the Wild Card quest. So i've disabled Mr House, failing the quest "The House always Wins, II", but now there is nothing going on with the Wild Card quest. All criteria for the quest have been completed, but it isn't giving me any additional objectives. Do I need to complete "Side Bet" before I can continue doing anything with Wild Card?
Additionally, am I understanding the overall flow of the game correctly, in that I will eventually need to side with just one group and move forward from there?
Additionally, am I understanding the overall flow of the game correctly, in that I will eventually need to side with just one group and move forward from there?
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Wait... during the Come Fly With Me quest...
Is there a way that the Nightkin leader won't attack you after finding out there are no stealthboys at the facility? He immediately turned aggressive when I went to tell him. I even reloaded a few times to make sure he hadn't be glitched. Was I not supposed to kill any Nightkin after speaking to him that initial time?
So, I sneaked into Vegas Outskirts at around level 2, maybe 3. Thinking that I could cut a few main-story locales and skip right to the good shit. I was able to do a little exploring, do a few quests, kill a few enemies with like most of my ammunition. But not too soon after, I was encountering enemies that were basically one-shotting me.
So I turn back, now level 4 or 5, headed for the main quest. Now I'm fucking mowing dudes down like they were ghouls :lol.
My question is, did Obsidian do away with the scaling leveling system from TES4/FO3?
So I turn back, now level 4 or 5, headed for the main quest. Now I'm fucking mowing dudes down like they were ghouls :lol.
My question is, did Obsidian do away with the scaling leveling system from TES4/FO3?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Overlee said:
Cheers!
For the Boomers, Khans and Brotherhood, can you basically complete their quests and get them on your side before making your choice for the end game? Or do those play out different depending on who you side with?
Steve Youngblood
Member
morningbus said:
Hmm... either the game glitched on you, or you picked the wrong option. I killed a couple of nightkins because they would attack relentlessly while searching for that ghoul's girlfriend, but once I told him that the stealthboys were shipped back, he peacefully went on his way.
MrCompletely
Member
morningbus said:
He did not attack me when I gave him the news
his little Antler imaginary friend thingy convinced him that I was a truthful human and I told him where the stealthboys were shipped to. Come to think of it, maybe it was because I had that information? Did you use the computer in the catwalk near Harland? There's an email 'thread' documenting that the stealthboys get sent somewhere else.