I think after 3-5 minutes of inactivity (closed) it goes to a suspend state until you reopen the game. So that everyone does not die, but you also can't exit in the middle of an attack to avoid the consequences.
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Fallout Shelter |OT| Revolutionizing safety for an uncertain future
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I think after 3-5 minutes of inactivity (closed) it goes to a suspend state until you reopen the game. So that everyone does not die, but you also can't exit in the middle of an attack to avoid the consequences.
Majukun
Member
oh,ok..that's better..because i came back after 5 minutes and all the meters were on red,and i though that the whole thing would only go worse the more i wait
Professor Renegade
Banned
They move much faster than raiders. I had two guys at the vault door equipped with the MIRV and Vengeance and they didn't kill a single Deathclaw. They move from room to room really fast and they do even more damage than raiders.
Deathclaws are pure viciousness. Far more dangerous than roaches, molerats and raiders by far. One group killed four of my people and they can drop to other floors very fast. When they attacked the vault door even with the best upgrade they were in before I could even get to my most offensive capable people. Didn't help five minutes before I sent out my two best to get stuff. All my people are armed too.
The Silver
Member
For the radio station, does someone come every time the timer ends? Because I've had the station for a whole day and no one has come yet
Jzero
Member
Until he dies i think. He collects stuff and puts out fires and kills invaders
you can also send him to the wasteland, no?
not when it is under-staffed/unupgraded, but eventually yes
sensui-tomo
Member
Revive him for 2000 credits too.
Jzero
Member
I've tried dragging him outside but it never works.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
This game is awesome. I could play this more than most $60 retail games.
The urge to spend monies is too strong, though. Gonna have to cut back. Already bought a 5 pack of lunchboxes.
The urge to spend monies is too strong, though. Gonna have to cut back. Already bought a 5 pack of lunchboxes.
reelbigtink
Member
I've played this a little for the past couple of days. I've been getting a lot of low-skill people showing up to my door so I invite them in and then instantly send them out into the wasteland to die. Is that the proper way to go about filtering them out?
Strazyplus
Member
wouldn't that hurt morale?
It should work. I've sent mine out twice. He just collects caps and doesn't have any encounters/fights while in the Wasteland.
Half tempted to get a second one just to have one stay to auto-collect the materials at the shelter and another to constantly collect caps outside.
reelbigtink
Member
No clue. I just want dwellers with high skill in my vault. A bunch of 1s won't cut it.
I'm treating this too much like Tiny Tower probably.
GruntOfAction
Member
The only sucky thing I've found is spending money on stuff is only for that specific vault. If you get really lucky purchasing something rare and then get totally destroyed by raiders/deathclaws you're finished.
CarbonFire
Member
Not really. The low level wanderers keep coming. If you want only high-skilled people early without waiting for SPECIAL upgrade rooms, you'll have to buy lunchboxes and hope for rare character drops. Otherwise, it will just take time and patience.
you never attract dwellers with high skill. only way is lunch boxes or training them up
BLUElightCory
Member
I'm loving this game.
The Deathclaws are NOT messing around. They move from room to room really fast, which is annoying because the game isn't very responsive when you're trying to move your heavily-armed guys to follow them.
The Deathclaws are NOT messing around. They move from room to room really fast, which is annoying because the game isn't very responsive when you're trying to move your heavily-armed guys to follow them.
killatopak
Gold Member
Isn't it available on android already? Someone should update the OP. I have it on my Z3 right now.
BJK
Member
I think I'm done playing this.
My vault is 200 strong. Aside from trying to get legendary drops, there's not much left for me to do in-game. I'm not going to spend money to get lunchboxes; I have all of the achievements save for the Legendary items / dwellers & all building types (which I'm not sure how that calculates...unless there are room types which aren't in-game yet).
Deathclaws are annoying; they make me not want to keep playing...not because they're causing resource scarcity, but because they move from room to room so quickly (and my first floor is all full of people, so I can't easily move the big guns around. There's just not much fun to do anymore.
My vault is 200 strong. Aside from trying to get legendary drops, there's not much left for me to do in-game. I'm not going to spend money to get lunchboxes; I have all of the achievements save for the Legendary items / dwellers & all building types (which I'm not sure how that calculates...unless there are room types which aren't in-game yet).
Deathclaws are annoying; they make me not want to keep playing...not because they're causing resource scarcity, but because they move from room to room so quickly (and my first floor is all full of people, so I can't easily move the big guns around. There's just not much fun to do anymore.
rainking187
Member
I thought part of the update was supposed to reduce requirements for the objectives. One of mine is to successfully rush 39 rooms.
enjoy your 130 credits
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Anyone know what happens if you don't have storage space for your wasteland collection when your dude comes back?
Does stuff get thrown away? Or do I keep it all?
Does stuff get thrown away? Or do I keep it all?
SJRB
Gold Member
If your Dweller returns from the Wasteland he/she will wait in front of the vault just like new Dwellers. If you don't have enough room in your storage you can't move your Dweller back into the vault - he/she basically stays outside until you've arranged enough storage room.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
So I won't be able to collect some, equip them, then collect the rest?
Edit: Omg there's a pile of info in this Google Doc I saw on Reddit
quackamole
Member
When can I expect deathclaws? Right now I only have a few guns and armors, 34 dwellers, and not a lot of cap. So if they come and kill my dudes I won't have enough caps to revive. I had been avoiding making the radio room so as to not attract attention...
They both have to be the same level
Skellig Gra
Member
Rooms have to be the same level to merge so yes
BreezyLimbo
Banned
If I buy lunchboxes from the store, will they show up in all the future vaults I make or is it only for the current playthrough?
Current playthrough only, as far as I know. Best way to check is to start a new vault, go back to old vault, buy a single box and see what happens. I didn't try this yet though.
doctorcdcs
Member
Got a Mr. Handy from a lunchbox last night. It was pretty rad!
Sure wish I could do that infinite lunchbox trick still. I would have liked to to have one vault overpowered just to see what it felt like.
Sure wish I could do that infinite lunchbox trick still. I would have liked to to have one vault overpowered just to see what it felt like.
rainking187
Member
Started the game up this morning, and was collecting resources, when I saw one room had health bars showing and they were all decreasing. I guess there was a radroach infestation in an empty room and it spread to a bunch of places. Luckily I arm all my dwellers well so they all survived, but the game never had the notification pop up to tell me there was something wrong. First time that's happened.
This has happened a few times to me.
If there is nothing in a room eventually they move on to other rooms until killed.
Storage rooms or living quarters are about the only thing I have empty so it doesn't really cause much an issue.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Yeah doing a search and its only for the current playthrough. Qq
Shining Sunshine
Banned
When do Deathclaws start coming? I'm trying to keep my population low and stall difficulty spikes since I think difficulty scales with pop.
I think I'm doing pretty well to start.
Edit: Even though this game is solid, it still has some issues. Health bars not popping up when people are getting injured is a big issue.
Roaches invaded an empty room and spread to three other rooms. Had a few deaths because I couldn't see all three rooms health bars and had to rotate guns since I didn't have enough.
Also, that also brings up base building. I'm started to build my base with rooms not having any rooms around them to spread incidents. And I also discovered if you build an elevator in a spot where there isn't an elevator above or below, it will give you an extra elevator at the bottom. Value elevators.
Edit: what the hell, 3 dwellers stood in front of a dude that was dying and I couldn't heal him.
I think I'm doing pretty well to start.
Edit: Even though this game is solid, it still has some issues. Health bars not popping up when people are getting injured is a big issue.
Roaches invaded an empty room and spread to three other rooms. Had a few deaths because I couldn't see all three rooms health bars and had to rotate guns since I didn't have enough.
Also, that also brings up base building. I'm started to build my base with rooms not having any rooms around them to spread incidents. And I also discovered if you build an elevator in a spot where there isn't an elevator above or below, it will give you an extra elevator at the bottom. Value elevators.
Edit: what the hell, 3 dwellers stood in front of a dude that was dying and I couldn't heal him.
Tainted
Member
I found it a little too fidgety to play it on a touchscreen (had issues picking up people all the time)
Installed it in an Android emulator to play on PC with the mouse...much better
Details here: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/08/you-can-get-fallout-shelter-running-on-your-pc/
Installed it in an Android emulator to play on PC with the mouse...much better
Details here: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/08/you-can-get-fallout-shelter-running-on-your-pc/
Shining Sunshine
Banned
I found it a little too fidgety to play it on a touchscreen (had issues picking up people all the time)
Installed it in an Android emulator to play on PC with the mouse...much better
Details here: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/08/you-can-get-fallout-shelter-running-on-your-pc/
Man, I should do that, but I guess you can't continue off your phone save.
Tainted
Member
Nah, it's treated as a new android device using it's own saves......unless the game supports cloud saves which I don't think it does.
SchrodingerC
Member
I found it a little too fidgety to play it on a touchscreen (had issues picking up people all the time)
Installed it in an Android emulator to play on PC with the mouse...much better
Details here: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/08/you-can-get-fallout-shelter-running-on-your-pc/
Ooohh, definitely going to try that. I'm having the same touchscreen issue, especially when an attack is happening it's hard to drag my dwellers to the room I want.
Tainted
Member
It's absolutely perfect on PC in bluestacks...so much better just being able to play with the mouse. The only thing is, there doesnt seem to be a way to map zoom with the mouse wheel...so you need to map keys to that...but other than that, its awesome.
As is says in that article...almost any spec PC should be able to run it perfectly.