/cfog/ - Classic Fallout (& New Vegas) General

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What's your favorite Fallout game, /cfog/?

>>152106567
2nd or New Vegas

>>152106567
FNV=Fo2>Fo1

>>152106192
Yeah it's really strange, I've tried with those replacers activated and deactivated but it's the same either way. When I have any weapon equipped it's just stuck pointed to the left, then if I aim in it comes up and blocks half the screen.

>>152106567
New Vegas, yourself?

>>152106567
I have a feeling most people here will say 2 or New Vegas.

I'm gonna go with New Vegas.

>>152106243
4th for NCR

>>152106842
>New Vegas, yourself?
Actually, my favorite is _1, and it's only really because I really, REALLY like the Master. I think he's a really interesting villain and he's probably my favorite character in the Fallout universe.
I think 2 is actually the better game, and the best overall Fallout game. Fallout 2 has so much to do and so much content it's insane. Hell, when I played through it last month I missed whole locations, and did nothing in New Reno. The game has so much to offer.

Is Mojave Outpost the only NCR location with free beds, not in an infirmary?

>>152108215
I think the tents in Camp Golf have usable ones.

>>152106567

New Vegas, but the best is Fallout 1.

Also, according to Reddit, spooky skeletons are the soul of Fallout.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/4y7sd1/nuka_dlc_this_is_why_i_love_fallout/

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>>152108575
>nuka_dlc_this_is_why_i_love_fallout

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>>152108575
>This is for anyone who thinks Bethesda doesn't understand Fallout's dark humor.

>>152108575
>>152108771
What is up with Bethesda and their fixation on skeletons.

>the three people still employed by Obsidian are streaming vidya
>only 24 people there and they're just spouting maymays for attention

>>152109529
ENVIRONMENTAL
STORYTELLING

>>152109790
When you're working on games that you can't talk about much, you gotta do something so people don't forget you exist.
If I'm right they're making Pillars 2 and Tyranny right now.

>>152109820
But they also like including them in other games, even as creatures in Elder Scrolls. I don't think there isn't a Bethesda game that doesn't have skeletons as props or creatures.

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>>152109820
>dude teddy bears in questionable situations lmao

>>152110521
Redguard and Fallout Shelter.
I could be wrong. Not played either

>>152106567

The first.

>>152106243
Glad to see the pastebin was added.
Thanks, OP

So, anyone else get around to playing Fallout Resurrection? I thought it was pretty good.

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>>152112675
No.
Why are you even asking that, people are just going to use it as a hook to blog.

>>152112291
Anybody willing to link Smartass.esp, original download is dead.

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>>152109820
>Environmental Skellytelling.

>>152112675
Not yet, but I'm interested in it. How long is it, say compared to Fallout 2?

Are there any mods that would make VATS only playthroughs fun and balanced?

>>152113203
What is it, anon? Too DARK for you?
This man DIED having FUN, that's some top tier dark humor.

>>152113041
I sure hope so, I can't find it.
As soon as I can, I'll MEGA it and add it to the pastebin.

>>152113793
kek

Reminder to the friendly anon who updated the pastebin that the FO1/FO2 stuff still needs to be updated.

>>152113203

>This is why I love Bethesda in general. In every Bethesda game I have played, skeletons are used to share an untold story.

>untold story

>OF A FUCKING AMUSEMENT RIDE WRECK

If you can tell a story from a single skeleton, it probably isn't a very good one.

>>152113381
To be honest it would fucking over the top fun to be on a roller coaster just as a nukes start going off. It would be the ultimate roller coaster ride.

>>152113245

Not nearly as long as Fallout 2. It's probably a little shorter than Fallout 1. You'll probably hit level 15-18 before heading to the final area.

>>152113846
Thank you, I should have it done before the next thread.

>>152116269
And judging by the slow rate in which the thread is moving, that won't be for another 3 or 4 days.

>>152106567
Fallout 2 for sure

>>152116721
Hopefully, because I'm rather lazy.

>>152113041
What was it?

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>>152118945
Nothing anon. It doesn't exist. It's just a meme.

I want to do a house character. I'm thinking a really professional agent kind of guy, Sneak, Guns, Speech, Barter. High Intelligence, Agility, and Charisma.

>>152120456
Lad, to be a fine gentleman you will need a revolver, a suit, hat and the obligatory mustache.

Thinking about it, Tactics would be a lot better if it had that IMP character creation that JA2 had

>>152121928

Like, a questionnaire that determines your traits?

>tfw you want to replay Old World Blues but remember too late how much health enemies have and how frequently they spawn

>>152123693
It's having to complete that school area and stealth test like 5 times each that gets me. I swear OWB is the only DLC I like less each time I play it.

>>152123693
Set the game to very easy, it's not your first time anymore.

>>152106567
Fallout 1.

>>152123693
"movetoqt" like a motherfucker, anon.

In Nuka World the Hubologists are back

>>152125234
Use that sparingly, you can royally screw your mods up if you use it too much at once, because they never get a chance to load or only partially load.

>>152125776
Your dicking my shit?!

>>152125776
They probably just went to a Fallout wiki, hit the "random article" button, and picked the first sect they came across to put into the game. I refuse to believe that it was intentional when they've shown they don't care about lore consistency or what happened in Fallout before the third game.

Is there any way of solving this bug where if you die while zoomed in you'll then zoom in instantly when you reload? It's really jarring.

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>>152125776

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man that dead money horror overhaul was fun

>152095526
I'd sacrifice Honest Hearts or Dead Money for a postgame DLC that revamped the Mojave depending on your ending. Besides adding extra dialogue I couldn't imagine it even being that hard - replace losing factions with winning factions, move and remove some characters, maybe alter the design of the Strip a bit and change some locations to be either more or less populated, or deserted or burnt down or whatever. Instant fail any quests that conflict with the result of the power struggle, tweak the ones that could possibly be given by a different faction member.

I imagine it'd be easier than creating a whole new map and set of assets and everything else that comes with the DLCs Obsidian produced.

>>152128905
Fucked up my quote
>>152095526

>>152128086
Are... you playing a midget?

>>152128905
>I'd sacrifice the best two DLCs
Nah man lets get rid of OWB instead.

>>152128905
... or you could just do this yourself. Not like modding Bethesda games is hard.

>>152129625
No I just really fucked up the perspective on that screenshot...it looked fine when I took it

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>>152130834
>Roleplaying as Todd in both vidya and real life

>>152130950
How tall is Todd?

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>>152131325
It's more accurate to ask how tall he isn't.

>>152131604
Ok how tall isn't he?

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>>152131604
>>152131760

>>152131760
Very?

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>>152131805
This image always gets me.

>>152129713
OWB is my second favourite though

>>152129798
As if I have the time, willpower and any knowledge at all when it comes to molding to get it done though... Maybe I'll have a go at it in the distant future when I have time to sink

http://www.strawpoll.me/11018897

>>152129713

>Honest Hearts
>good

nigga what

>>152128905
>You will never play a complete version of HH
And no, Honest Hearts Reborn doesn't count because it's completely shit.

As soon as I say Salt Upon Wounds as a women, I removed it.

>>152137576
>Salt Upon Wounds as a women
What the fuck?

I didn't even get past the Legion guy with the green hair.

>>152137691
From what I gathered via the change log,
>Legion favored "ending" doesn't exist. You help them a bit before siding with Joshua.
>Joshua leads a tribe called "The Burned Men" who all wear his iconic mask. Joshua incidentally doesn't wear the mask.
>White Legs are now the Bloodstones.
>Daniel, Follows Chalk and the rest of the cast are not present.
>Hell even the Sorrows and Dead Horses are not present.
>Joshua has a new voice, and it is fucking awful.

>>152137879
Wait you can't even side with the Legion? That was the single reason I thought about checking this out. Guess it's back to Chaos in Zion whenever I do a Legion run.

>>152108575
>Ah Bethesda, environmental storytelling geniuses.

>50 brownie points awarded for this post

Purge them all

>>152138296
I hate to be that guy, but some if it, especially in Morrowind and Oblivion, is actually really nice. It makes areas stand out because you remember the little story the zone had. Lost Boy Cavern in Oblivion springs to mind at how well they do these "mini" stories.

That being said, Bethesda cannot write a main story or quests for shit, and certainly don't get what Fallout is. Let them piss all over TES all they want because that is their baby, but leave Fallout alone.

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haha eat shit daniel

>>152137576
HH isn't complete? I though all the NV DLCs were finished as intended, unlike the base game. What else did they plan to include?

>>152137879
Why would they change so much? Is it supposed to add to the base DLC or be totally new? Because "Reborn" sounds more like a revamp than an overhaul.

>>152138296
I do like Bethesda's environmental storytelling, it really does add that little bit more to some potentially boring locations. Would have helped NV a lot imo, probably the only thing Obsidian could have learned from Bethesda.
Shame there's none of it in FOR, typical that they'd ignore the one thing they did right.

>>152133438
Eh, I'm pretty damn sure you can find an hour per day to spend on modding (I mean, you do have time to browse 4chan :^)). After all, you are doing this for yourself, so it really doesn't matter when you are finished.
As for knowledge, just get yourself GECK and look at how devs did it/read the wiki.

>>152138920
Helping Daniel is the worst choice.
>Dead Horses still get fucked up.
>White Legs become weak, allowing for the 80s to walk into Zion become the next big powerful tribe.
>80s are arguably more powerful and larger than the White Legs and they already hate the NCR, making them prime choices for Legion recruitment
>Trading caravans are less safe than they were before because now they lack Graham's protection in Zion
>Even Daniel himself is not entirely satisfied

Typing that I wish there was more stuff on the 80s tribe, even if a modder decided to make their armor. Them and the Iron Lines I'd like to see make a game appearance.

>>152139257
Yeah, don't forget that each of his ending ends up bad for him like dreaming about Zion, getting nightmares about Sorrows being bloodlusted, etc.

>>152138570
Even 3 had some nice stuff in that vein, like finding the Keller family tapes or those logs from the Canterbury Commons search party. I still remember tracking down the source to a distress signal from a family with an injured kid and when you reach their bunker they're already skeletals.

But then they pull that same trick a bunch in 4 and it just loses any impact. They really amped up the skeleton death scenes in 4 in general.

>>152138945
JSawyer admitted HH was rushed, but nothing has been disclosed officially regarding what was going to be added. The lack of pro Legion ending stands out the most.

And Reborn is a complete revamp, meaning the original HH is disabled whilst you have the mod installed. All the items are carried over into the mod, but are used by different people. I think some mormon trader has Follow Chalks' hat.

>>152139360
I whole heartedly endorse TTW because F3 did have some elements which are really good and are akin to what Fallout actually is. It's a shame it's like finding a diamond in sewage plant.

And by good elements, I mean The Pitt and Point Lookout. The rest of the DLC and vanilla game is garbage.

>>152139575
What are mods that you would recommend for the FO3 portion of TTW?

I've been using That Middle-Aged Guy in place of Lone Courier to see the differences in it.

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>He uses VATS

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Based.

>>152139575
I really enjoy the pitt.
Grey morale, good setting, scavenger hunt sidequest. 10/10
Point Lookout was too walking from place to place heavy for me but I didn't hate it, ghoul was great.
I like Operation Anchorage it's really fun at low levels especially with low skills.
Mothership Zeta was completely out of place but it's kind of nice as an "easter egg" setting if a bit long and with too many over powered items.
Broken Steel is lame. "Hey guys lets storm this Enclave facility and just bum rush the entire fucking thing instead of using any fucking tactics at all."
At least the final place lets you do it solo even if it has ANOTHER Good/Evil ending with no neutral or morale grey.
Main Story is awful.

Anyway, after a huge gap in playing fallout games I decided to replay FO3 using TTW.
It fixes a whole heap of issues I had with gameplay due to NV stuff but the setting/pacing is just still rather bad.
Quit my character after getting dad back and made a new character starting in NV.
NV low level is immediately fun and better paced.
I don't know what it was exactly but the DT on DC enemies just turned them into pure bullet sponges.
Brutes came out at level 5 and I had masters from level 10.
That felt wrong, something in TTW must be fucky.
I'm just rambling but I'm a little bored because my game keeps freezing on load screens.

>>152139797
Middle Aged Guy? I use Lone Courier for my TTW runs because the extra fourth dialogue cracks me up. I currently use:

>WMX for TTW: weapon mods for F3 weapons
>Lone Courier
>Most of the TTW optional plugins like DC reputations
>Capital Wasteland Recipes: Also turns all the prop barbecue stoves into recipe crafting stations
And this http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/58139/? which is honestly one of the best armor mods I have seen on the nexus. Shame the guy has never made a version without TTW. It adds variety to all the raiders and Fiends.

>>152113203

Nuka World seems like it could be a really cool location....but knowing Bethesda it's full of shit and has a retarded story

>>152140016
Two words. Level Scaling.

You forget that TTW isn't "done" yet, and so they haven't adjusted each area to fit a certain level zone like FNV is. The higher level you get the more bullet spongey each enemy gets. Super Mutants are especially bad at this, but MCM can edit that out.

Honestly Anchorage was the most fun of the shit DLCs thanks to TTW. Ironsights and challenges make it seem less bad.

And TTW is going to fucking your loading screens. You are running two gamebryo games at once after all. I tend to turn off all the bloat NV mods off until I get to the Mojave when I run TTW.

>>152140252
>Super Mutants are especially bad at this, but MCM can edit that out.
That's the thing though, I had that setting on to make them weaker.

>>152140098
Massive problem with Bethesda story telling.
Cool locations are shit if they are inconsistent with everything else. The Oasis, Little Lamplight, Megaton etc all stand out because they were designed to be "quirky and unique!", but it doesn't make sense in the grand scheme of things.

Then again, nothing is consistent regarding F3/F4 and Fallout lore.

>Robot! Let me pass!

The only failed skill check I always attempt anyway

>>152140036
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/22070/?

Some of the lines in here I prefer to Lone Courier, others I dislike.

The armor looks kind of neat. I'll have to try it out eventually. I'm pretty sure I've got everything else you listed, but as I said, I'm currently using Middle-Aged Guy in place of Lone Courier.

One of the mods I never leave TTW without is Enclave Improvement Project, which gives you the choice to join the Enclave and remove Brotherhood.

I'm surprised people here are open to FO3 discussion. As bad as it was overall, like anon said, there are some good points to it like Pitt and Lookout.

>>152140252
I recently got through Anchorage with JSawyer and some of Project Nevada. It wasn't so bad, but it's still Anchorage.

>>152140395
What does the Securitron respond with? I saw the option but decided not to pick it.

>>152140332
Strange. I think it's just down to TTW not being finished.

I was routing around in the TTW files in order to make the Mothership Zeta companion costumes wearable for the player, and I found an entirely cut train station made for the CW area. It's pretty much done only the doors are not connected to any in game location.

>>152140437
Just repeats what he said at the beginning about a credit check or passport

>>152140437
F3 is the bastard child than /cfog/ and /fog/ never discuss. Don't get me wrong, it's terrible, but not Fallout 4 terrible. I can actually play F3 with TTW of course without throwing up.

The Pitt and Point Lookout are untapped resources and under appreciated gems. A little rough around the edges I grant you, but I'd argue they are on par with Lonesome Road in terms of quality.

Plus the fanfic I've been writing heavily involves elements from The Pitt

>>152140628

The stories of the Pitt and Point Lookout were actually better than what Lonesome Road had to offer. And I say this as someone who quite likes LR (mostly because the Divide is a cool location)

>>152139575
>tfw I haven't played Fallout 3 in years now, and when I played it through back then I forgot about the DLCs
God damnit.

Voiced protagonist mod for NV when?

>>152142475
Voiced protagonist and failed skill checks/low int do not work together

Imagine if EVERY DIALOGUE OPTION your player said sounded like Fantastic

Would be funny at first but drive me insane.

>>152142475
I still can't believe somebody at Bethesda thought a voiced protagonist was a good idea.

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Did you make the Sorrows into a powerful war tribe and reject all the religious mumbo jumbo bullshit, /cfog/?

>>152142854
They're still mumbo jumbo, but more badass.

>>152142854
Literally why fucked up what was basically a stable and peaceful community? Aren't there enough warring tribes in the waste already?

>>152125776
How, and why?

>>152143907
The reason that there are more warring tribes is because the pacifists get fucked

>>152143907
Fuck off, Daniel.

What are some good mods to populate the wasteland?

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>>152144439
No you shut up, how can Jesus love us if people keep waging war with each other?

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>>152144723
Daniel is the worst.

>>152142854
>Religious
>Mumbo Jumbo
In the name of our Lord, please delete this.

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You're in the strip and this guy slaps your companion's ass. What do you do?

>>152144878
A-apologise to him and walk away

>>152144878
Take his job

>>152144878
Shoot him with my theoretical gun.

>>152144878
>implying veronica won't blow his brains to oblivion

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>>152144878
EZ

>>152144878
Slap his ass back, obviously.

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>>152145318

>>152144878
Use my theoretical Archimedes 2

So I tried installing FOMOD and IWS to have more spawns in the game and now it's not even launching, kept getting the pop up that said preparing to launch and then nothing
Did an esm file fucked up somewhere? I've tried to reinstall it and it's still fucked

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How does one achieve this armor set?

>>152146030
http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/44122/?

Supporting House gets you the flag of the Old World on the back of the duster.

>>152145595
Fuck me, and all I wanted was to just shoot up some Fiends, now I can't do jackshits

>>152139893
>not having Lady Killer to get it for free

>>152145595
>>152146520
So apparently a quick restart fixed everything
Those guys at tech supports were right all along

Guys, what Fallout game should I watch next?

>>152138920
Daniel was right for all the wrong reasons, and Joshua was wrong for all the right reasons. Personally, I just kill everyone and leave

>>152147164
You should end your life.

>>152147332
Anon, I can't even afford a computer, how can I afford the tools to do such a thing? Am I going to simply will myself to nonexistence?

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>>152147448
___Yes

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>install """"IMPROVED AI"""" mod
>that first Goodsprings settler just runs into the fucking gecko nest where the fridge is

Improved, my ass.

>>152147448
That or jump off a cliff. You telling me you can't even grab a shit PC for FO1/FO2?

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>>152140395

It feels it would be funnier without the skill check requirements, like this one here (which could have reasonably had a Speech skillcheck, let's say the successful one was something like "Have you tried berating his loyalty to Caesar?").

>>152148051
no sir, I have no dollars

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>>152148092
Rob a small store then you stupid nigger

Okay, I have a problem. Before, when I would install Darnified UI, I would change the [Fonts] section in the Fallout.ini file as instructed, and it would work just fine. Now when I try it, I get the big text that shows I fucked up this process. I've followed the instructions from that thread, and even followed a video, doing exactly what they did, but getting different results.

What am I doing wrong

>>152148084
Goddamn, that looks fucking awful.

>>152147164
How the fuq do you even follow a game when you're not playing it? It's an interactive medium not fucking teevee

>>152149115
often times It's a combination of the forbidden fruit, and people that I actually enjoy watching.

Of course, 99% of shit like this is horrible

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How do I kill the deathclaws in dead wind cavern?

>>152149398
Shoot at them until they die

>>152149490
T-Thanks

>>152149398
Chems is your best friend
Combat armor reinforced mk2 and a minigun/grenade machine gun

>>152149398
>Shotgun Surgeon
>And Stay Back
>Fully Modded Hunting Shotgun w/ Dragon Breath

Congrats, you have become Death. Destroyer of Wastelands.

How do I play fallout again? Everytime I try to go back into one of the games I just slide back out.

>>152150470
Why?

if it's not fun for you maybe you shouldn't play it but let's get to the bottom of it

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>>152149398
>inversal proton axe
>melee perks, 100% melee skill
>med-x, grx, psycho
I had to shit a lot of stimpaks but felt good when I beat this legendary piece of shit with my axe tbqh

>>152150580
I'd say it's because I already experienced the game, I already did all these quests and what not and doing them again while pretending to be ignorant about it comes off as wrong.

>>152151321
Which games have you beat, anon?

>>152151321
Try retarded builds or just simply, play something else.

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>>152148545

I know, right? I like the vanilla face much better.

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>>152148084
>>152152795
When the mojave is cruel but you trying to stay positive

>>152106567
FNV>1>2
I started with 1 and still really like that story I'm very fond of 2 as well but New Vegas has my favorite location and themes.

>>152151512
All of them except for 4.

>>152152126
I'll consider that

>>152153565
Try crazy runs, like melee only run build.
Or shotgun only, explosives only. If you've tried everything then you just need to stop playing it and find another game, then come back to it a year or so.

>>152124043
What anon you dont enjoy BOROUS and his constant YELLING?
>THIS IS THE PRE RECORDED VOICE OF YOUR PRE RECORDED PRINCIPAL. PRINCIPAL DOCTOR BOROUS!

>>152153565
>All of them except 4
Even Tactics?

>>152153565
>he played Shelter

>>152156814
Best game to play on my way back home from work and vice-versa.

>>152153565
>BOS

>>152140628
I legit think F4 is better than F3; but they're both shit. F4 is at least more honest about not being an RPG.

>>152160146
I'd rather a bad RPG than a non RPG.
You say it's being honest, but if it was, it would've have been marketed as an FPS. F4 to millions of idiots is still an RPG.

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I forgot how much I enjoyed New Vegas. Even composing screenshots is fun.

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>setting up my sniper right on top of a mountain near cottonwood cove at 4 A.M.
>change to armor penetration rounds
>gulp down some cat vision pills
>look through the scope
>about 11 legion members outside on patrol or security duty

Fucking love my job.

>>152162343
>When Caesar literally pays you money to sabotage his every move in the mojave.

>>152162457
>implying I need money

>>152162575
>Implying money isn't just a cherry on top.

Am I crazy for only using Coinshot when facing Legion scum?

>>152139391
>JSawyer admitted HH was rushed, but nothing has been disclosed officially regarding what was going to be added.
That's because nothing really was supposed to. Sawyer oversaw HH development, Sawyer was aware of how little time and resources they have so he set the scope of the DLCs to be very low. That's why it's so disappointing for some people - there are no big talky quests with lots of dialogue and choices, because those are hard to implement and test. You just get a neat environment to explore, and some quests, most of which are pretty filler-ish. It's still enjoyable, though.

>>152163090
>a bunch of useless, lootless ranger stations
>less than a dozen quests
>about half a dozen named NPCs

I liked Graham and the Survivalist's notes and trap-filled caves, and that was pretty much it.

>>152163334
The ranger stations had loot, I think one had a high level weapon box (didn't open it), they also had ammo and ranger hats. But I felt like it was about mood, mostly. Plus, ranger stations marked nearby points of interest on your map. Plus, the view was nice, for Gamebryo anyway.

>>152162673
That would destroy my plan of putting a bullet through everyone's head.
Fuck money.

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Cheeki bastard.

>doing yes man run for the first time
>oh, papa quest
>need to convince people n shit
>quest mark at quarry junction
>nothing but deathclaws
>dead

what did obsidian mean by that quest mark?

>>152144878
How do you slap the ass of an eyebot without puncturing your hand?

>>152164160
They meant
>Hope you aren't low-level with shit equipment lol

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>>152164160

Look for the Khan slut on the top of the quarry to the west.

>>152144878
Jokes on him my companions a fag

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I'm sorry, Caesar-senpai.

>>152165189
What the fuck is this?

>>152165189
Caeser a shit

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>>152106243
>remember a classic fallout general was made some time ago because anons got tired of fo4 babbys
>suddenly remind myself of it
>ctrl+f
>it's still here

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>>152163461
I do think Gamebryo has its charm.

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>>152165252

Watch yourself profligate.

>>152165297

Watch yourself profligate.

>>152167685

I still can't believe Fallout 1 looks better than Wasteland 2. Goes to show that neat shaders and rotable camera don't mean shit if the game is ugly as sin.

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>>152168330
How about you watch yourself.

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>JEsawyer knocks the Sturdy Caravan Shotgun's spread down to 1.8
>and makes it compatible with Shotgun Surgeon as well as And Stay Back!
>It's now a fantastic sidearm, lightweight, high item HP, lots of damage belted out immediately and cheap to repair.

Are you out there, my little teddy bear Lobotomite? Dala misses you and the pitter-patter of your penis feet so much.

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>>152171725
>Hear this
>Get scared
>Run and hide in the nearest cave
>Get killed by a roided up bloatfly

>>152146197
That doesn't make sense. Shouldn't it be the Lucky 38 sigil instead?

>>152172970
House is literally a genuine part of the Old World, not an imitation like NCR or Legion or an attempt to build something new like Independent. Plus, it looks cool.

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>>152169459
>cheap to repair
>not having a lifetime supply of weapon repair kits after winning 10,000 Sierra Madre Chips at the Sierra Madre Casino

>>152173089
I meant that as in finding other caravan shotguns to repair it with is easy as pie.

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>>152173089
>not just getting jury rigging

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>>152173949
>wasting a perk to save on repair kits when the Abandoned BoS Bunker dropbox alone gives you enough weekly Sierra Madre chips to buy 55 repair kits at a time

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>And the settlers of the Mojave soon began to tell of a new legend, that of a man roaming the wasteland with his trusty fire axe and firefighting gear, putting out blazes at any cost. Some called him a psychopath, others a pyrophobe.

>He was... Fireman Sam.

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>>152174758
Jury rigging lets you maintain armor too though, I always gotta keep my APA shiny

>>152174872
>not Guy Montag

>>152175349
>wasting a perk to save ~100 caps per 4-6 hours of gameplay when you earn more than 40,000 caps from the casinos

Do what you want, I guess. My character has peasants to repair his armor and weapons for him.

>>152175603
Oh fuck, totally forgot.

I'll change it when I leave goodsprings

>>152172238
What is this from?
I've seen it around for years and never asked.

>>152174872
>>152175603
>going all out making it blatantly obvious

Fireman Sam is better, he sounds like a Sunday morning kids cartoon and it's fantastic

>>152174872
Good to see you doing what you do.
What's first for Fireman Sam?

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After hastily travelling through Goodsprings and Primm and killing every powder-ganger arsonist along the way, Fireman Sam sees smoke on the horizon.

Nobody's called 911, so it could be a barbeque. But Sam has a queasy feeling in his gut, one of excitement; could he save the day and put out a fire?

>>152179340
Go Sam, go!

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I want to make a Conan-esque character.
"Orphaned and sold into slavery, he emerges a fearsome warrior. And revenge is never far from his mind."

I'm thinking his tribe was destroyed by some faction or maybe just anonymous raiders. I'd imagine he would side with the Legion to conquer the Mojave. Thoughts?

Would he use chems to enhance is combat capabilities? Or completely leave chems out of his system on principle? Would he use some small, close-combat arms like shotguns (I'm thinking the Dinner Bell out of respect/love for Red Lucy once he does that quest)?

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>>152179340
L O T
T E R
E E E

>>152179340
This is fucking awesome. Please keep going.

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Father always taught Sam to "fight fire with fire". Sometimes he wondered if this is why Father was kicked out of firefighters college.

Once the flames are out, Sam will bravely venture inside the hall and rescue civilians in peril.

>>152179340
Listen to the radio, Sam. There's been little contact from Nipton in recent days. The isolated town may be in trouble.

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It was a brave rescue, the unconscious civilians were put in recovery position and left to rest. The arsonists who did this will pay for their crimes, Sam will make sure of it.

Now what to do in the meantime...

>>152181616
No Sam, No!

>>152181616
Sam's a necro?

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>>152181616

>>152179597
>his tribe was destroyed by some faction
>aiding and abetting tribe-destroyers

Independent, every man should be free.

>>152181616
Go Sam, go!

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>>152181616
DON'T

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>>152181616
Oh here we go.

>>152179340
SMELL
THAT
AIR

>>152185110
COULDN'T YOU JUST DRINK IT LIKE BOOZE

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>>152181616
Well that was miiiiighty fine.

Fireman Sam begins his treck to Novac after hearing stories of an immense, fire-breathing dinosaur.

I feel like I need some goals. Can someone suggest something? At the moment I'm just making it up as I go along, he's a firefighter so what would he do...

>>152185961
Destroy Gomorrah. Fire-worshiping heathen degenerate arsonists. Kill every last one of them.

>>152186079
That sounds quite good actually, makes sense for a maniac fireman. This

>>152185961
Boomers are reckless with their firepower, Fireman Samn needs to teach them a lesson, lest they spread the flames of misused power.

Go Sam, go!

>>152186307
When he first see's the Gomorrah sign, he makes it his quest to go there and kill them all.

>>152185961
House protected Vegas from atomic fire, the man is to be admired.

Firefighter Sam or whatever his name is is cute and all, but stop posting him. This isn't your personal blog.

>>152187318
>not talking about anything else as it seems to be slow thread day
>one guy is stopping the general from dying
And you want him to stop. For shame.

>>152187318
I don't understand the issue in posting pics of some dumb character's playthrough, it's pretty amusing and perfectly on topic.

>>152187841
Me mentioning having underwear with Todd's face on it is on topic as well, but you don't see me spamming posts about it.

>>152185961
Energy weapons burn people to ashes, you should eliminate the Van Graaf family to promote fire safety. Plus the BoS will reward you with Powered Firesuit Training.

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Fireman Sam approached the friendly traders over the bridge - When he found out they had a set of matches, flamer fuel and a Flamer he politely asked them to hand them over or be convicted of attempted arson in Nipton.

They denied and unfortunately went hostile, even calling our hero Sam a thief! He's only doing his job and luckily these ruffians won't go and start fires.

Goals: Annihilate the Gomorrah, Van Graafs, Powder Gangers.

>>152188849
You need to go to camp searchlight at some point for the unique fire axe.

>>152189035
The mod for the fireman suit has a unique axe, Limb-Splitter. Deals 100DPS, my level 4 melee skills are 65 and the suit gives melee +45 to make 100

One shot everything so far.

>>152108575
jokes on them, Mr. Randall wild ride is better

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>>152106243
>Buttmad obsididrones have to make their own general cause they can't handle new fallouts
Oh fuck is this for real
You guys are fucking pathetic

>>152187991
That's far more off topic than someone's playthrough.

>>152188849
Go Sam, go!

>>152188849
Gotta kill the Boomers, they're reckless with explosives that could start fires.
They're Powder Gangers but worse.

>>152189637
Nice post friendo. Your thread is filled with casuals and waifu fags, we have original memes, gameplay talks and apparently we posting strange playthroughs now.

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@152189637
Not today

>>152187991
Do you actually have Todd underwear or are you just telling me a sweet little lie.

>It's a kickstarter scam episode
>http://www.loverslab.com/topic/65796-sss-raging-sex-mod-wip-right/

>>152181616
>Sam has them grabbing each others' asses
>including the dog

heheheheh

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It's been a long 2 days and Fireman Sam needs some rest. The Deluxe room at the Dino De-Lite is relaxing; it reminds him of the common room in his old firestation. He sleeps well tonight.

Good night /cfog/

Why is the Assault Carbine the best rifle?

>>152191745
The best rifle is actually the Plasma Caster.

>>152191745
>>152192006
aka the turbo plasma rifle

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>>152192127
Is there a man more based than Smitty?

>>152190978
Sleep Sam, sleep!

>>152191745
That's a funny way to spell the All-American

>>152192294
Algernon

>>152192437
>Semi-Auto
>5.56
You jest.

>>152193593
There is literally nothing wrong with semi-auto

>>152194552
>There is literally nothing wrong with semi-auto

>>152191745
>anything but Survivalist's

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>>152196305
Am I being fucking meme'd here

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>>152191745
>not using goybi scout rifle

>>152198431
>not oy Vey! gas

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>all these people that don't use the AMR

So, I need some help gents.

I'm trying to get Berserker on my character in Fallout 2, so I killed everybody in Klamath (except for the children, who all have broken legs from the combat).

And even though that should've been enough people for me to get it, it doesn't show up. Do you have to have negative karma first or something? I still have like 75 or so.

I would have figured one would have a lot more karma drop if you went around slaughtering entire towns, but I guess not.

>>152199128
Do you have Killap's Unofficial Patch?
And how many people did you kill in Klamath? Is it at least 25?

>>152199768
I do, and I would have thought so, but I melted most of them with plasma pistol crits, so it's a little hard to tell.

Maybe I'll just wipe out Modoc & the ghost farm, that should be more than enough.

Gotta do them quests first, though.

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>>152198961
>all these people that use the Advanced Meme Rifle

>>152196340
Its a meme rifle, with bent sights and furniture that's actually made of furniture.

>>152192294
Smitty's the OG, Smiley the Trapper's dope too

>>152201672
Fuck. Smiley is so great. I love how he's able to teach you how to skin geckos.
You can get lots of good cash early game selling skins.

>>152191745
Lightweight, reliable, one of the most accurate full auto weapons, 5mm ammo shreds through DT rendering "DPS is bad" meme invalid. 5mm is also extremely common and is usually sold in huge quantities.

>>152200582
>

It has great damage per shot and insane DPS. The sites are bent in a way that allow them to be usable and wooden furniture is patrician.

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The absolute madman

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>>152198961
>not using Q-35 and modulating matter.

>>152204305
LOU
DID
NOTHING
WRONG

>>152204713
Bit of a sadist, no

>Get the quest from Merk to merk that Hub cunt
>Assassinate her by standing next to her with lit dynamite in your inventory
>Scream ALLAH AKBAR when it blows up

Wew lads.

>>152204001
I like that he's ballsy enough to go ahead and try that in the first place.
It would be good info to have once the cloud spreads to the Mojave.

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Why howdy there folks, it's everyone favorite clown.....The Joker! Hahahaha....now,now I know what you are thinking.
"But Joker, what happened to Batman?"
Well kids, I am just taking an extended vacation from Gotham and am now spreading Chaos among the Mojave Wasteland! Sigh Until some motherfucker shot me in the head for a chip I picked up....Well kids, now it's time to listen to some good ol' fashioned whack-a-mole!
A robot named Victor picked me up from the grave that bloke put me in, and I was healed by some old dude. I was also in my underwear when he healed me, as my so-called "killers" made off with the rest of my gear..(I'm going to "thank" them for that one..) He made me take on of those breath tests, and this came up.
S:4 P:6 E:4 C:6 I:7 A:6 L:7
I have no clue what that means, and it wasn't long before he dragged me to ask a couple of questions to see if "everything was still a knockin". I was getting mighty sick of all this, and I just answered randomly, and you can bet 5 bucks that his reactions were more fun than the actual tests! After that, this came up:
Tagged Skills: Science, Speech, Explosives Traits: Small Frame, Wild Wasteland(For vanilla)
Now that everything was all fine and dandy, the good doc gave me a dress to wear as well as some weapons, and oh boy was I ever thankful for that! He also directed me to someone named Sunny Smiles for some shooting lessons. I already know how to shoot, but the interesting part came after I proved that, as she talked about some critters haunting the wells of the town. I decided it would be good practice and fun, and so I decided to take her up on that offer. Long story short, they ended up dead and I saved some girl's life which ended up in me gaining some net points among the community.

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After that, Sunny said that I should hit up with the bartender, so i head on over to the bar and talk to some stuffy old guy named Pete. He starts explaining crap and blah blah blah about one guy called NCR and another band called the Legion. Apparently they both want control of a dam for resources.....Hmmmmm....this gives me an idea, it isn't like I haven't dealt with another bunch of schemers, have I Bats? We have so many wonderful stories after all...
In the bar, there was one gangster threatening the Bar Lady, and so I did what I do best, kill as soon as he finished talking. Bar Lady said that I was stirring up trouble, since his friends will be coming along for revenge. I asked why bother coming at all, and she talked about some coward named Ringo and his troubles. I, like the good natured man I was, decided to meet up with Ringo and sign up to kill those gangsters.
I was not surprised when he showed a gun in my face after I went in, and I simply said that if he was gonna shoot, he better NOT miss....Sigh One of the downsides of traveling is that no one fears you anymore. Just like I guessed, he didn't shoot, and I offered myself up for some help in exchange for some local currency....which turned up to be fucking soda caps....I like this place.
I managed to gather up Ol Pete's explosives, Sunny Smiles, Bar Lady and her goons, and my old doc! I also stole guns, ammo, armour, and medicine from Chet, Bar Lady, and doc. Chet got mad, and I had to shoot him in self-defence. Word got around, but apparently the guy was hated a bit, so I didn't get that much in trouble.

I also did an art projects with the corpses of today's battle!

Th-th-that's all f-folks!
Unless you want more? ;)

>>152206109
>>152206352
>roleplaying the Joker

DAMAGED

>>152206109
>>152206352
Go to bed, Leto.
HUNKA HUNKA

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>whole faction made of Elvis impersonators
>no elvis music in the game.

>>152207273
They apparently wanted to have a quest where you marry Cass and the King would sing an Elvis song in the wedding but getting the songs was expensive as fuck.

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Dear Diary, today Daniel was a faggot.

>>152208131
I wonder if that's how he starts every entry.

>>152207532
This, they can barely get Frank Sinatra's songs. Music is fucking expensive.

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>>152208131
I read it in his fucking voice.

>>152106243
>Classic Fallout (& New Vegas) General

wew what thread drama happened to cause this split

>>152208521
NVfags and 4fags kept arguing so the former left /fog/ to make threads on /v/, mods moved these back to /vg/ as their own general.

>>152208521
/fog/ became a really fucked up place.
We needed a proper Fallout general.

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>>152208521
>NVfags make near daily threads on /v/ for New Vegas
>Mods move one of them here, to /vg/
>It becomes a full general

>>152191745
Modded to the max and chuck some AP rounds and it'll pretty much shred through everything

Rest are just nerf guns

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:^)

>>152210923
Fucking lmao

>>152210923
I-Is this real?

>>152210923
you can tell from the explosion that obsidian is working with the might no. 9 boyz, hopefully soon the kickstarter page will be up

>>152211283
mighty* fuck

>>152210923
Woah nice grafics

>>152210923
Well, at least weapon degradation is back.

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>>152210923
>the trademark is STILL under examination

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>>152211953

https://youtu.be/PvCdB5gcmhQ
>mfw I meet Kai-Sar for the first time.
Really though, whats this fuckers problem?

>>152213039
Nothing really, he's pretty smart. His ideas of a better world is just a bit tad wrong.

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What are they reading, /cfog/?

>>152213039
He was a nerd full of useless knowledge in a world that was blown to hell and back. He applied his knowledge to better his position in that world, pretty effectively too.

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>>152213439

>>152213439
sunny smiles fan fictions

>>152213439
Daniel - How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace

Joshua - How to make caesar eat his shit

>>152213603
>New Vegas
>Joshua finds salvation through mormonism and tries to redeem himself from the crimes he did as a Legate by guiding his tribe into expelling the White Legs from what he considers God's holy ground

>3 & 4
>Man there's an undetonated bomb here! Let's all create a cult around it! Please donate.

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http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Van_Buren_design_documents

>>152214741
STOP HURTING ME LIKE THIS
F U C K

>>152213837
>How to make caesar eat his shit
Who is the writer?

>>152216325
Calhoun

>>152216325
Brutus the Courier

>>152214741
Fuck you for reminding me these exist.

>>152216325
Kimball

>>152217723
>>152214741
>random dump

Encounter 3: Lost Enclave Patrol (Unique/LK 8/Outdoorsman 100+) - Six Enclavers humorously lost in northern Utah. One wears a suit of Enclave Combat Armor similar to Arcade Gannon's (CNPC). The others wear bits and pieces of leather armor or metal armor. They are carrying mixed and matched weapons and a lot of broken tech. The leader (in ECA) will approach the PC and ask him or her if he or she knows the way to the MacArthur Army Base. If the PC is at all hostile or "weird" to the Enclavers, they will become defensive and will fight back. If the PC is helpful, the Enclaver will give the PC some "junk" (broken down weapon parts), and head out. Insert comedic banter between confused team members about whether they are in Utah, Colorado, or Kansas, and you have comedy gold!

>and you have comedy gold!
Fuck, I love Sawyer

>>152216775
I usually name my courier Virgil.

>>152218554
>You will never experience Van Buren
We live in the worst possible universe.

>>152218554
>tfw no more stupid options


• Rewards: Nuka Cola x6, Fruit x5, 2 Stimpaks, 100 Caps
• Normal Journal: Emma told me that the giant wasps outside of the Union are starting to carry off drunk patrons who aren't careful. She'd like me to get rid of them.
• Dumb Journal: Emma want me kill wasps.
• Normal Journal: I killed eight wasps near the Union, and that seems to be all of them.
• Dumb Journal: Me kill all wasps dead.
• Normal Journal: Emma thanked me for killing the wasps and gave me something for the effort.
• Dumb Journal: Emma happy me kill wasps. Give me things.

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>>152218554
balance man is a treasure

>>152218919
Our boy, for sure.

OVERVIEW
Tibbets is a cold, sterile, steel-walled automated prison facility, run by technology so ancient it dates back
to the years before the Great War - nearly two hundred years ago. It is a facility designed to hold and protect some of the world's most dangerous criminals (military and otherwise) before the war, and now the players are trapped deep inside its cell blocks, desperate to get out. They'll have to fight damaged and crazed robots inside and out, as well as deal with the split-personality machine intelligence within the prison, ULYSSES.
Not only is Tibbets where the players start Fallout 3, they will find themselves returning here over the course of the game, slowly unlocking more and more sections of the prison. As a result, the experience point totals and the strength of the opponents the players face will vary depending on when and where they leave or enter the prison.

This one's Avellone.

>>152219076
Tibbets, cont.

The goal of this area is initially to escape.
The secondary goal of this area, once you've escaped, is to fight your way back in.
The third goal of this area, once you've fought your way back in, is to make your way to the computer core and confront or destroy ULYSSES. When this occurs, the players will have finished two thirds of the game, and be ready to travel to the next third of the game.

>>152219191
Overview finale.

The monsters to be fought in this area are robots in various stages of disrepair (during the initial escape, the players will fight damaged robots - when they return, many of the robots will be repaired and much tougher). Also, the player will find himself interacting with (and no doubt fighting) some of the escaped prisoners as well, who are either hardcore criminals or simply driven mad by confinement.
The playtime in the prison is an estimated 4 to 5 hours, total. It is intended the player spend no more than an hour escaping (for demo purposes), then when they return, they can explore more and more of the prison, slowly unlocking Tibbets's secrets.

>>152219304
Some background.

AREA BACKGROUND
Tibbets is a maximum security automated prison run by a "divided" computer core, ULYSSES, which itself is a prisoner in the facility, attempting to escape East and return home - just like the players. The irony!
Tibbets prison has its roots in the Tibbets of today. It was always a military prison, holding some of the United States' most dangerous criminals - including the players. Over time, the prison became more advanced, utilizing robotic wardens and utility robots to maintain the structure, especially as the war with China in the 2070s and the annexation of Canada began to drain personnel from the United States. It was designed to hold 636 prisoners at full capacity. At the beginning of Fallout 3, it holds much more than that - but when the dust and ash settles after the catastrophic attack at the prison, there will be enough prisoners running from the shattered prison walls to pose a threat to the wasteland.
It was actually used as primitive isolation studies before the Vaults were established, except the subjects were prisoners, especially CODE'd to see if they could withstand the rigors of isolation for protracted periods of time. This was the time when the recycling systems and water purification systems were tested before using them in the Safehouse Project - any prisoners harmed during the procedure were tended to - not dystopian style.
In 2040, it was commandeered by the United States government in association with Vault-Tec and Poseidon Oil to tie into their Safehouse Project.

>>152219440
Actual real-life info from Tibbet Prison, Kansas.

The United States Penitentiary (USP), Tibbets is located on 1,583 square acres with 22.8 inside the penitentiary walls. It is an all-male high security level facility committed to carrying out the judgments of the Federal Courts. It provides a safe, secure and humane environment for those offenders committed to its custody. Like all Bureau facilities, Tibbets adheres to a balanced philosophy that recognizes that punishment, deterrence, and incapacitation are all valid purposes of confinement. Opportunities for positive change are provided through work, education, training, and counseling for inmates motivated toward self- improvement.
The USP Tibbets came into existence through an act of Congress in 1895. Inmates from the military prison at Fort Tibbets were used in the early construction and were marched 3 1⁄2 miles to the site daily, returning to the prison at the Fort at night. This continued until February 1903 when the first 418 inmates to occupy the prison site were moved into what now serves as a laundry building. Prisoners and supplies for the prison were handled via a rail line that passed through the prison to unload and load cargo.
In 1906, all federal prisoners from Fort Tibbets were housed in the new institution and the prison at Fort Tibbets was returned to the War Department. A milestone in the new penitentiaries' construction was reached in 1926 with the final placement of the dome overhead the rotunda - from which the penitentiary derives its famous nickname - "The Big Top.

>>152218739
The Dumb guy is adorable. I just want to snuggle him and pat him on the head for killing wasps. Good boy.

>>152219679
Pseudo-history

On 5 April 2040, the Secretary of the Army made the decision to build a new Disciplinary Barracks, with a capacity for 456 inmates. A cost ceiling of $363 million in allocated construction dollars was set. The target budget year for funding this project was fiscal year 2041. Construction began in the Fall of 2042, with completion projected for the Fall of the year 2045.
In July 2042, discussions with Vault-Tec to determine space and functional requirements for the new facility. On 6 September 2042, the Combined Arms Center Commander was given a decision brief of the USDB project, and selected one of three design options for further development. He also requested the Corps of Engineers to research an alternate location for the placement of this facility, since the geological evaluation of the site adjacent to the Trustee Unit revealed unsuitable subsurface conditions. Discussions involving the possible movement of the prison and relocation projects were also discussed, leading to the three-rail system that exists today.

>>152213439
Fucking nothing, they're just staring at books.
Do you know how hard it is to read a fucking book when your light source is a fire that the book is facing away from?
A torch several meters away from you means nothing too by the way

>>152219961
Generic Location overview, courtesy of Mr Avellone.

LOCATIONS
The Locations section of the document will probably be a series of entries, each one describing each location within the area. Designers will determine what format and procedure works best for them. Each location section should probably cover the following information, however:
• A quick series of bookmarks for each location and sub-location described in the document so the players can just jump to it.
• The physical aspects of the locations, so artists can get a feel for the area's art requirements.
• The feel and tone of the area for audio. Include any description you think would help them get a better handle on the area. Emote if necessary. Do interpretative dance. I don't fucking care, but don't omit important details.
• The area's purpose.
• The major characters you expect to be found in the location.
• Any adversaries you expect to be encountered in the location.
• A brief description of quests likely to be found in the area.

>>152220153
Should I keep going with this?

LOCATION CHECKLIST
Each area document will also have a Location Checklist.
In Fallout 3, we need to make sure that each character type has an equally enjoyable role-playing experience in each location (evil characters and stupid characters are usually given the short end of the stick; the rewards for these types of characters are usually unbalanced when compared to the goody-two- shoes characters). No more!
In addition, there were a few skills and statistics in Fallout 1 and 2 that didn't see enough use by the designers. As an example, Charisma wasn’t nearly as useful as most of the other statistics in Fallout 1, and the Doctor Skill was as useless as a third thumb in both Fallout 1 and Fallout 2. If we take care to see that each stat and skill can be used effectively design-wise in each location in the game, then I think these stats can gain back some of the ground they've lost over the past few games. That's what the location checklist is for.

>>152220316
More on Locations. Gamedev 101 stuff here.

The location checklist is a glorified grocery list, covering a number of the role-playing possibilities for each “kind” of character the player may have chosen (Stealth Boy, Science Boy, Combat Boy, Charisma Boy). This checklist is intended to insure each kind of character has something cool to do in each location, and that the rewards and role-playing experiences for each location are balanced whether the player is good or evil, stupid or smart, a combat monster or a science guy.
Designers don’t have to make sure that each entry is checked off for each location – as long as they make up for it in another of their locations in the game. The exception to this rule is for early areas of the game, since those are the first areas the players will encounter, and I want their character to have a rich role- playing experience all-around right from the start. (If the player went through three early areas, and his Doctor skill isn't used once, then he's going to be sorry he took it.)

>>152220316
Sure, I'll likely read the posts later on.

>>152220451
These are all really cool. Makes me weep for what could have been. R.I.P. Van Buren.