Author Topic: Fallout 3 Thread (Read 297010 times)

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2460 on:** May 04, 2009, 08:16:28 PM »

new DLC out todaaaayy

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2461 on:** May 04, 2009, 08:26:31 PM »

just scoped the new achievements, piece of cake

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2462 on:** May 04, 2009, 09:16:51 PM »

omg its today!?!? I THOUGHT IT WAS TOMORROW!?!?!?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2463 on:** May 04, 2009, 09:20:51 PM »

Well Its May 5 here down-under, DLC will probably be up this evening

Bebpo · « **Reply #2464 on:** May 04, 2009, 10:38:08 PM »

I guess I'm going to play through Fallout 1 & 2 before doing the Fallout 3 DLC. I didn't expect Fallout 1 to be as short as it is. Started last night and less than a day later I'm halfway through the game, lol. Will probably finish both games in a week.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2465 on:** May 05, 2009, 03:47:00 AM »

http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=985364

http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=986090

pc owners with mods owned by patch 1.5

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Bug #1: Saving Crash
Non-Persistant creatures\NPC's placed by mods will cause the game to crash upon trying to save after visiting and leaving the area where they are in.

Bug #2: Vanishing\Resetting Objects
Non-Persistant objects (statics ect) placed by mods will vanish upon loading them the second time. If you changed an already existing object in Fallout3.esm then it will reset to the default position (state, as it was in Fallout3.esm) upon a second loading.

Bug #3: Skin color on new NPC's defaults to "white" no matter what

$:-\$

lucky i have the 360 version

Bildi · « **Reply #2466 on:** May 05, 2009, 04:52:30 AM »

Quote from: Scenester on May 04, 2009, 09:20:51 PM

Well Its May 5 here down-under, DLC will probably be up this evening

WHAT WHAT WHAT?

Bebpo · « **Reply #2467 on:** May 05, 2009, 06:13:58 AM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on May 05, 2009, 03:47:00 AM

http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=985364

http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=986090

pc owners with mods owned by patch 1.5

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Bug #1: Saving Crash
Non-Persistant creatures\NPC's placed by mods will cause the game to crash upon trying to save after visiting and leaving the area where they are in.

Bug #2: Vanishing\Resetting Objects
Non-Persistant objects (statics ect) placed by mods will vanish upon loading them the second time. If you changed an already existing object in Fallout3.esm then it will reset to the default position (state, as it was in Fallout3.esm) upon a second loading.

Bug #3: Skin color on new NPC's defaults to "white" no matter what

$:-\$

lucky i have the 360 version

Well you can just uncheck all the mods you are running before you start the game. Still sucks. But whatever. Do you even need to update to 1.50 to play Broken Steel? If not I'd just stick with 1.4~~ and my mods when I play the DLCs.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2468 on:** May 05, 2009, 06:27:17 AM »

Broken Steel is out... downloading now

In the meantime Im watching The Wicker Man on TV... lol

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2469 on:** May 05, 2009, 06:30:54 AM »

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Kestastrophe · « **Reply #2470 on:** May 05, 2009, 08:26:01 AM »

Good Lord, the hoops you have to jump through for the PC DLC are ridiculous. I just downloaded the entire 500mb file and it didn't install correctly or at all, so I have to redownload. SHITTY FUCKING GFW LIVE AND SHITTIER MARKETPLACE CONSOLE WHY ISNT THIS INTEGRATED THEY SHOULD HAVE FIXED IT BY THE THIRD FUCKING DLC PACK FFFFUUUUUUUU

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2471 on:** May 05, 2009, 08:45:18 AM »

i just downloaded the 360 one and it worked

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #2472 on:** May 05, 2009, 08:50:47 AM »

Oh ffs, I just downloaded a second time and it didn't install again. It says the files are corrupt. I cannot express how shitty GFW Live is. What is the point of having an approval process for content when a good portion of the time there are errors that prevent the content from working at all. I just looked on gamefaqs, it appears that the PC content is in fact borked

GFW Live quality control

Bethesda quality control

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2473 on:** May 05, 2009, 08:59:47 AM »

My download was slow as hell, and its bedtime now

Will have to get into it tomorrow

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2474 on:** May 05, 2009, 09:58:12 AM »

halfway to level 21

tiesto · « **Reply #2475 on:** May 05, 2009, 10:17:36 AM »

Holy shit, didn't expect it to come out so shortly... I will be getting this and finally picking up The Pitt, probably this weekend. Any Broken Steel impressions yet or naah? How tough do the 'chieves look? I need 1350/1350!

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #2476 on:** May 05, 2009, 03:23:46 PM »

lol, got the dlc to work via download history.

Shitty bethesda still hasnt officially released the content, even though it is obviously working now. This whole situation reeks of incompetence

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2477 on:** May 05, 2009, 06:32:18 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on May 05, 2009, 10:17:36 AM

Holy shit, didn't expect it to come out so shortly... I will be getting this and finally picking up The Pitt, probably this weekend. Any Broken Steel impressions yet or naah? How tough do the 'chieves look? I need 1350/1350!

Achievements look cake as, just 3 more quests and 3 'reach level 30 with ____ karma' achievements

And if you want 1350/1350, make sure you check out the guide to finding all 100 ingots in The Pitt I posted earlier in this thread

One of the best collectible guides I ever used!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2478 on:** May 05, 2009, 06:37:28 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on May 05, 2009, 06:30:54 AM

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The Sceneman · « **Reply #2479 on:** May 05, 2009, 11:42:43 PM »

THE ACHIEVEMENTS ARE GLITCHED

FUCK

They show as unlocking on your screen, but they dont actually unlock properly and give you points and stuff

this DLC is shit

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2480 on:** May 05, 2009, 11:52:09 PM »

check to see if your gamertag says 64 achievements or 58

mine says 64 but then im not finished the initial game so i cant tell if the dlc works

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2481 on:** May 05, 2009, 11:57:07 PM »

It was saying 58, now it says 64. But Ive been reading other boards and apparently once you unlock an achievement It will revert back to 58 again and you lose the points! Unbelievable

Apparently Befupsda or whatever they are called know alllll about this but let their crap through anyway. not to mention all the shit with the PC downloads...

Its going to be sorted in the next day or two with points retroactively added (APPARENTLY)

Yeti · « **Reply #2482 on:** May 06, 2009, 12:00:00 AM »

If they're retroactively adding the points there really isn't anything to complain about.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2483 on:** May 06, 2009, 12:01:17 AM »

we dont know if its going to work?! I'll just have the trust these guys and keep playing

patrickula · « **Reply #2484 on:** May 06, 2009, 12:20:57 AM »

Should I beat the game before I get Broken Steel? I hit the level cap awhile ago but I was going to check out some more areas before I beat the game... now I'm not sure what I should do.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2485 on:** May 06, 2009, 01:32:18 AM »

get it now - you cant do any of the dlc until you finish the main story, therefore you cant get any of the achievements.

by the time you're there a fix should be out

Bebpo · « **Reply #2486 on:** May 06, 2009, 01:42:14 AM »

One thing about Fallout 3 is I feel you probably get more out of the game if you are from the east coast or at least have a decent geographical knowledge of that area and the buildings. Kinda like how I dig driving around Vegas in PGR3 since I've been to Vegas and recognize the stuff. Seeing all the streets, buildings you know in post apocalyptic form must be pretty cool.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #2487 on:** May 06, 2009, 02:00:42 AM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on May 06, 2009, 01:32:18 AM

get it now - you cant do any of the dlc until you finish the main story, therefore you cant get any of the achievements.

by the time you're there a fix should be out

by any of the dlc, you mean the new one in particular or there's some bug affecting all the DLC packs?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2488 on:** May 06, 2009, 02:27:36 AM »

sorry just the new one. the pitt and anchorage are available as side quests iirc

also

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/fallout-3-broken-steel-dlc-pc-problems

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UPDATE:: Bethesda has been in touch to update us on the PC version: "We're seeing the same error, which is a Games for Windows Live DRM Install error. Microsoft is working on fixing it, and we'll let everyone know once we've verified it."

The developer also said the following regarding unrelated Xbox 360 errors: "The Xbox Live servers don't seem to be fully synched yet with the additional achievements. This should fix itself automatically soon. People won't lose any achievements."

Bildi · « **Reply #2489 on:** May 06, 2009, 04:07:41 AM »

If you download Broken Steel, does it fix the level cap straight away?

I have no intention to finish the main quest anytime soon hence can't play Broken Steel, but I want my level cap fixed NOW.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2490 on:** May 06, 2009, 04:32:12 AM »

yep the level cap fixes up striaght away, you get a prompt on screen. Some of the new perks are pretty funky

I got the grim reaper perk finally, shit is awesome!

Thoughts on Broken Steel:[spoilers for the 1st 2 quests]

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Seems to be REALLY short. I gained 3-4 levels and have finished 2 of the 3 quests in like 1-2 hours. Although Im doing the final quest now and the baddies are hard as fuck! Theres these new feral ghoul reavers who are like 4x more powerful than deathclaws! I found a mutant overlord and got the new laser rifle too, its really good.

Its great that Liberty Prime is talked about a lot and turns up again, but I almost cired when he died :'(

[close]

Bildi · « **Reply #2491 on:** May 06, 2009, 04:52:26 AM »

Cool, thanks.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2492 on:** May 06, 2009, 04:54:20 AM »

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I got the grim reaper perk finally, shit is awesome!

its so fucking awesome it feels like the game is broken

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2493 on:** May 06, 2009, 09:03:54 AM »

just killed fawkes without realising it

Bildi · « **Reply #2494 on:** May 06, 2009, 07:12:49 PM »

Grim Reaper perk is awesome. I can't remember if I hit level 20 last time I played but that is hands down the perk to get.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2495 on:** May 06, 2009, 07:45:16 PM »

the new perks (besides the level 30 god perk) are TERRIBLE

level 24 - your karma is now good.

smh

patrickula · « **Reply #2496 on:** May 06, 2009, 08:23:47 PM »

Thanks for the info. I'll take the Grim Reaper perk at level 21

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2497 on:** May 06, 2009, 08:33:19 PM »

seriously though, they are all shit except for 1-2

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Lv. 22:
Deep Sleep - Get the well rested bonus in any bed
Puppies! - new Dogmeat everytime he dies
Quantum Chemist - Every 10 Nuka colas you acquire are automatically converted into a Quantum

Lv. 24
Devils Highway - Karma is instantly set to Very Evil
Escalator to Heaven - Karma to Very Good
Karmic Rebalance - Karma to Neutral
No Weakness - All SPECIAL stats less than 5 become 5

Lv. 26
Nerves of steel - Faster AP regen
Rad tolerance - no effects from minor rad poisoning
Warmonger - All custom weapon schematics added to your inventory

Lv. 28
Party Boy - No alcohol withdrawal
Rad Absorption - Rad level decreases automatically over time

Lv. 30
Almost Perfect - All SPECIAL stats become 9 (Not sure if this will lower your 10's?)
Nuclear Anamoly - At 20 HP or less you explode and do insane damage to everything around you, including your allies

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Bildi · « **Reply #2498 on:** May 06, 2009, 08:54:01 PM »

Sounds like foregoing No Weakness for Almost Perfect is the way to go. If 10 SPECIALS get lowered to 9 that would suck horribly though.

Nerves of Steel sounds OK. Rad Absorption would remove the minor annoyance of having to take Rad Away every 5-10 hours of playtime I guess. All this time to think up perks and that's the best they can come up with?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2499 on:** May 06, 2009, 09:11:41 PM »

nerves of steel is unnessecary with Grim Reaper imo, unless you're a weak combat character. I've got maxed weapons and all the combat perks.

Rad Absorption is useless again, I've usually got 40+ radaway in my inventory.

Quantum Chemist could be useful for those who've been drinking their Quantumns but still want to finish the quest.

You could start a character now with 1 or something for intelligence or personality and bump it up by level 24. You'd be awesomely strong yet stupid

Bebpo · « **Reply #2500 on:** May 07, 2009, 12:24:30 AM »

I beat Fallout 1 (omg so good) and started playing Operation Anchorage.

WTF is this!?!!?

It's like Bethseda decided Fallout 3 hadn't raped the original enough in it's move to non-strategic SHOOT THEM IN THE FACE gameplay, that they decided to just drop all pretenses and make the first DLC a straight up shitty B-level FPS game. This was fun for about 10 mins and then running through hallways and shooting chinese soldiers got boring REAL FAST. Who thought making the simulation a straight up FPS was a good idea? FPS depends on good AI and good level design, something Bethseda has neither of. What Fallout 3 excels in is questing and there is none of that here, wtf.

The next two DLCs better be way better.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2501 on:** May 07, 2009, 12:51:45 AM »

they are. i think anchorage was their comeback to people who complained that they made a shitty FPS.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #2502 on:** May 07, 2009, 01:18:26 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on May 07, 2009, 12:24:30 AM

I beat Fallout 1 (omg so good) and started playing Operation Anchorage.

WTF is this!?!!?

It's like Bethseda decided Fallout 3 hadn't raped the original enough

you are veering dangerously into nma territory there

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2503 on:** May 07, 2009, 06:32:53 AM »

so glad i waited till the dlc to finish this, what a shitty ending

Bebpo · « **Reply #2504 on:** May 07, 2009, 02:00:05 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on May 07, 2009, 01:18:26 AM

Quote from: Bebpo on May 07, 2009, 12:24:30 AM
I beat Fallout 1 (omg so good) and started playing Operation Anchorage.

WTF is this!?!!?

It's like Bethseda decided Fallout 3 hadn't raped the original enough

you are veering dangerously into nma territory there

haha. Yeah, I mean it's decently fun and blowing off heads in vats is enjoyable. But there really is hardly any strategy or depth to the fighting. Not that there was a ton in the original turn-based system, but item management, crippling, and managing distance were more important.

I can't wait for New Vegas, as I bet Obsidian will take the Fallout 3 combat and add back in the strategy of old (and hopefully a turn-based option for those who want it).

Jansen · « **Reply #2505 on:** May 07, 2009, 02:10:27 PM »

i sincerely doubt that bethsoft will let obsidian make significant changes to the combat seeing as how successful fallout 3 has been

Yeti · « **Reply #2506 on:** May 07, 2009, 02:12:17 PM »

I'm kind of glad the perks are shitty, it gives me a chance to try out some of the perks I wanted to from earlier, which didn't seem all that useful. I got the animal friend perk, and I got into this insane battle with Enclave troopers that were about to kick the shit out of me and this Yao Guai came up and started attacking the Enclave troopers, saving my ass. It was funny because I only had the first level of the perk, so I don't know why it came and helped me. Also at some point a Deathclaw joined in the fray, but it attacked me after it killed everything else, so I don't think animal friendship works on them.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2507 on:** May 07, 2009, 07:17:27 PM »

blurgh Im recovering my gamertag now, seems to be the only way to fix thos glitched achievements. Apparently If you dont already have them they pop just fine now

Bebpo · « **Reply #2508 on:** May 07, 2009, 07:59:47 PM »

Quote from: What people said about Fallout Tactics on May 07, 2009, 02:10:27 PM

i sincerely doubt that Black Isle will let Micro Forte make significant changes to the combat seeing as how successful fallout 2 has been

I'm hearing there's a reason why it's not called Fallout 3: New Vegas or Fallout 4. It's not a sequel (like Kotor II was) or expansion. It's a completely new game using Bethseda's engine and getting the permission/licensing through them since they own the ip now.

Bildi · « **Reply #2509 on:** May 07, 2009, 09:01:32 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on May 06, 2009, 09:11:41 PM

You could start a character now with 1 or something for intelligence or personality and bump it up by level 24. You'd be awesomely strong yet stupid

My character has Charisma of 1 and Luck of 1. I have Barter and Speechcraft high enough already so putting Charisma to 9 won't achieve much, and a little extra luck is not much use as I sneak everywhere and make critical shots anyway.

Still, I'll probably take Almost Perfect

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2510 on:** May 07, 2009, 09:04:05 PM »

I took the Pistol perk last night at level 22, now I'm popping enclave soldiers and super mutans with my scoped magnum like they're radroaches

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2511 on:** May 08, 2009, 06:07:38 PM »

My guy is pretty well built, got a 100 repair skill so Ive always got top condition tesla armour and plasma rifle

Well I finished the Broken Steel quests. Overall I think The Pitt is the best DLC pack (I just loved the ambience and darkness, all the industrial shit, it was totally homo-erotic. Leather, steel mills etc.) But Broken Steel is awesome and without spoiling anything - it gives the game a proper slam bang finale.

Im a bit gutted I didnt wait to do the DLC, now I gotta grind 5 levels for level 30

Oh well, theres some solid farming methods, and I can use the 'Here and Now' perk for the final level. I might also take the exp boosting one just to speed things up. My guy is a killing machine, I can take down Mutant Overlords on Super Hard without much trouble so i figure I can just go wild with whatever I want perk-wise

siamesedreamer · « **Reply #2512 on:** May 08, 2009, 10:41:51 PM »

I just started (level 2 now). But, if I d/l Broken Steel then I can gain access to the new perks?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2513 on:** May 08, 2009, 10:48:57 PM »

Yes, but all the new perks have level 20-something as a prerequisite. Youd probably want to get that level cap raised though.

Im just farming mutant blood for levels now... just a couple to go

siamesedreamer · « **Reply #2514 on:** May 08, 2009, 10:54:58 PM »

OK cool. Probably download it now.

Gotta start over though cuz I missed the first bobblehead in the vault. $:-\$

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2515 on:** May 08, 2009, 10:56:04 PM »

STOP

theres another mission which involves going back to Vault 101. You can get it then

The only other missable one is in Raven Rock

Yeti · « **Reply #2516 on:** May 09, 2009, 12:46:15 AM »

I think I'm going to do all the achievements for this game. I only have one bobblehead left to find, and the only other achievements I need to do are the DLC quests, the last few Main Quests, and killing the Super Mutant Behemoths. So far I've only run into one Behemoth, and it was trapped in a cage at Evergreen Mills.

I thought I would have run into at least a few more throughout my travels.

Oh yeah, I guess I still have to do the alignment achievements too. That won't be as fun. $:-\$

siamesedreamer · « **Reply #2517 on:** May 09, 2009, 12:07:22 PM »

Quote from: Scenester on May 08, 2009, 10:56:04 PM

STOP

theres another mission which involves going back to Vault 101. You can get it then

The only other missable one is in Raven Rock

Ah shit. Already restarted. The guide on xbox360achievements.org is wrong then.

tiesto · « **Reply #2518 on:** May 09, 2009, 12:22:57 PM »

Quote from: Yeti on May 09, 2009, 12:46:15 AM

I think I'm going to do all the achievements for this game. I only have one bobblehead left to find, and the only other achievements I need to do are the DLC quests, the last few Main Quests, and killing the Super Mutant Behemoths. So far I've only run into one Behemoth, and it was trapped in a cage at Evergreen Mills. I thought I would have run into at least a few more throughout my travels.

Oh yeah, I guess I still have to do the alignment achievements too. That won't be as fun. $:-\$

The giant Super Mutant that you and the Brotherhood of Steel took down in front of the Galaxy News Radio building is a Behemoth, as well.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2519 on:** May 09, 2009, 01:26:38 PM »

Quote from: siamesedreamer on May 09, 2009, 12:07:22 PM

Quote from: Scenester on May 08, 2009, 10:56:04 PM
STOP

theres another mission which involves going back to Vault 101. You can get it then

The only other missable one is in Raven Rock

Ah shit. Already restarted. The guide on xbox360achievements.org is wrong then.

Did you erase all your old saves? I NEVER erase old saves.

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Author Topic: Fallout 3 Thread (Read 297010 times)