Fallout 3

Menengroth™ · 01-12-2009 12:23PM

Nevore wrote: »

I have the fridge (purified water and random food) downstairs locker 1 (weapons) downstairs locker 2 (armour, clothes) Nuka-cola machine (nuka cola quantums, stat boosters like mentats, some foods etc, medipacks) desk in bedroom (unique weapons, quest items like ears, BoS tags etc, parts for custom weapons) and bedroom locker (ammo mainly and mines).

I don't sell anything really anymore unless it happens to be very convenient. Ears and fingers are my main revenue, and cashing in slaves. <<

neat freak

L31mr0d · 02-12-2009 01:24PM

Question in regards to repairing my weapons.

Will I ever be able to repair a weapon without having to go to a vendor?

I mean I know I can repair them myself when I find more than 1 of that weapon, but I have a Gauss Rifle from Operation: Anchorage that I'm pretty sure I'm not going to run into another one of for a while (if ever) I bought the workbench for my house but I can only use it to build weapons and not repair them. Repairing them via a vendor is expensive.

So will I ever be able to repair them myself without owning a load of the same weapons?

Kiith · 02-12-2009 01:34PM

As far as i remember, the only way to repair a weapon, other then a vendor, is by using another gun of a similar type. Doesnt always have to be exact (i.e. normal assault rifle can repair the silenced assault rifle), but i dont think there's any other way to repair them. I think the Gauss gun was the only one that i ever had to pay to get repaired.

dreamers75 · 02-12-2009 02:06PM

L31mr0d wrote: »

Question in regards to repairing my weapons.

Will I ever be able to repair a weapon without having to go to a vendor?

I mean I know I can repair them myself when I find more than 1 of that weapon, but I have a Gauss Rifle from Operation: Anchorage that I'm pretty sure I'm not going to run into another one of for a while (if ever) I bought the workbench for my house but I can only use it to build weapons and not repair them. Repairing them via a vendor is expensive.

So will I ever be able to repair them myself without owning a load of the same weapons?

Pay him, kill him take your money back, give water to the poor guy.

Has Fallout taught you nothing

monkeypants · 03-12-2009 12:01AM

L31mr0d wrote: »

Will I ever be able to repair a weapon without having to go to a vendor?

I don't think so, the parts have to come from somewhere. However, as your repair skill gets higher, then your weapons improve.

L31mr0d · 03-12-2009 02:19AM

Kiith wrote: »

I think the Gauss gun was the only one that i ever had to pay to get repaired.

What stats do I need to buff to increase how much the vendor will repair my weapon. Do I need to increase my repair or barter skill? I'm up to about 100 repair skill yet every vendor won't repair my gauss rifle past 48%

WolfForager · 03-12-2009 02:21AM

L31mr0d wrote: »

What stats do I need to buff to increase how much the vendor will repair my weapon. Do I need to increase my repair or barter skill? I'm up to about 100 repair skill yet every vendor won't repair my gauss rifle past 48%

I'm pretty sure each vendor has a set level it'll raise your gun to. Your repair skill only applies to self repairing.

Cravez · 03-12-2009 09:32AM

Iv never seen a particular vendor that had REALLY good repair skills. The only one i can think of is convincing Moira Brown to stop her book and her repair skill increases to 75%. There are other negative consequences for stopping her book though i think but also one or two more positives.

Kiith · 03-12-2009 09:40AM

From what i remember, the Gauss gun degrades pretty slowly though, so it shouldnt be that big an issue. As long as you have one or two other decent guns (Lincoln's Repeater and a Fat Boy ftw), it shouldnt brake very often.

L31mr0d · 03-12-2009 10:25AM

Kiith wrote: »

From what i remember, the Gauss gun degrades pretty slowly though, so it shouldnt be that big an issue.

Depends how much you use it I guess. I use it all the time

I've had to start using my Chinese Assault Rifle instead though.

Thing is, when I got the Gauss Rifle it was dealing around 80 dmg, now, it barely does 50.

Some more questions though. Is there any way to protect against the withdrawal symptoms? They are a real pain, I mean if I take merely 2 Jets I'm addicted to them and have to go back to the doctor.

grizzly · 03-12-2009 10:46AM

I'm having trouble with this since I reinstalled on Windows 7. It now crashes on the launcher. I can get round this by not launching the GFWL, but it then needs the CD key that is linked with GFWL and I have broken Steel which would need GFWL. Anyone know how to get round this? I would reinstail, but don't think this will fix.

Kiith · 03-12-2009 10:51AM

L31mr0d wrote: »

Depends how much you use it I guess. I use it all the time I've had to start using my Chinese Assault Rifle instead though.

Thing is, when I got the Gauss Rifle it was dealing around 80 dmg, now, it barely does 50.

Some more questions though. Is there any way to protect against the withdrawal symptoms? They are a real pain, I mean if I take merely 2 Jets I'm addicted to them and have to go back to the doctor.

Ya, i suppose that by the time i had the Gauss gun, i also had a lot of other unique weapons, so didnt use it all the time. As for withdrawal, i cant say. I've never actually used any pills/mentats in the game, except Rad-x.

L31mr0d · 03-12-2009 11:05AM

Kiith wrote: »

I've never actually used any pills/mentats in the game, except Rad-x.

The meds are handy for giving me more AP in VATS for an extra shot or 2. I didn't need to use them before as I had the gauss gun which dealt enough dmg by itself.

I have the fatman, and also Eugene from the rangers, but the fatman has limited ammo (I only use it when I encounter a few enemies bunched together) and Eugene is useless for ranged attacks, even when standing right next to the person maybe 30% of the bullets hit their target

I've been concentrating so much on my repair, science, medicine and lockpick skills I haven't really buffed my weapon skills at all.

monkeypants · 03-12-2009 12:06PM

grizzly wrote: »

I'm having trouble with this since I reinstalled on Windows 7. It now crashes on the launcher. I can get round this by not launching the GFWL, but it then needs the CD key that is linked with GFWL and I have broken Steel which would need GFWL. Anyone know how to get round this? I would reinstail, but don't think this will fix.

Have you tried the usual things; running as administrator and in compatibility mode?

I took a quick look online and it will run in 7 for some people, 32-bit more than 64-bit from what I see.

Gunmonkey · 03-12-2009 01:38PM

Mentats were handy for a quick boost to Int for higher level computer hacks, if your just a % point or 2 below.

Coriolanus · 03-12-2009 03:28PM

I never really used the gauss gun. Once I got my silenced asssault rifle, that was it. Gauss and plasma etc all cause enemies to notice you afaik.
All I need now is a silenced sniper, though the railway rifle does afair job!

Monotype · 03-12-2009 04:07PM

Re: Whoever was talking about wanting better repairs.

Have you invested in the merchants in Crazy Wolfgang (i.e., talked to the bloke in Canterbury Commons to invest)? He repairs to 85%!!! If you get them to repair your stuff, you can get your money back by selling him other expensive items.

grizzly · 04-12-2009 01:06AM

monkeypants wrote: »

Have you tried the usual things; running as administrator and in compatibility mode?

I took a quick look online and it will run in 7 for some people, 32-bit more than 64-bit from what I see.

I can now get the basic game to run, but when I use Broken Steel it doesn't launch. Deleting this DLC fixes the problem, but I want to use it as I've already completed it vanilla.

Can DLC have a compatibility mode?

I had this DLC working in XP on the same machine a few months ago

weeder · 04-12-2009 11:43AM

how long is this game? I got it about a month ago but didnt touch it till last week when i played it for about 12 hours , Am at the bit where i

have to rescue 2 young lads from paradise falls to gain access to vault 87 to get a GECK

ShiverinEskimo · 04-12-2009 11:47AM

Weeder you're dangerously close to the end there - seems you've concentrated on the main quest. You should drop the main quest and go a wandering. The main quest makes up about 5% of the game really and is one of the least interesting quests.

ItsNoAlias · 04-12-2009 11:51AM

Hey all,

Have a PS a while and was looking for a game to invest in for christmas. Is this worth it. I have become a bit blasé with FPS to be honest, seems most games are FPS especially the biguns.

Is this game worth it or is it just another FPS?

weeder · 04-12-2009 12:11PM

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

Weeder you're dangerously close to the end there - seems you've concentrated on the main quest. You should drop the main quest and go a wandering. The main quest makes up about 5% of the game really and is one of the least interesting quests.

may aswell finish it and start again so

ShiverinEskimo · 04-12-2009 12:16PM

ItsNoAlias wrote: »

Hey all,

Have a PS a while and was looking for a game to invest in for christmas. Is this worth it. I have become a bit blasé with FPS to be honest, seems most games are FPS especially the biguns.

Is this game worth it or is it just another FPS?

For starts it's an RPG rather than an FPS. And there's about 40 to 70 hours of play in there if you put the time in. It's truely epic. My game of the year last year and few have come close this year.

ItsNoAlias · 04-12-2009 12:23PM

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

For starts it's an RPG rather than an FPS. And there's about 40 to 70 hours of play in there if you put the time in. It's truely epic. My game of the year last year and few have come close this year.

Is it played from a FP perspective?

L31mr0d · 04-12-2009 12:39PM

ItsNoAlias wrote: »

Is it played from a FP perspective?

You can easily switch to third person view if you want. FP is by far the best way to play it imo, feels a lot more immersive. Plus the camera angles can be odd when you go into corridors or enclosed places, and it also makes looking at the small items on shelves a lot more difficult.

I've done very little in the way of the main quest myself

just installed the dish in the Washington monument

I keep getting distracted when wandering around. Every time I find a new entrance to somewhere I have to go in and have a look around.

Maybe I should work on the main storyline, and the expansions for a bit. I haven't found any new weapons in a long time and my current set is getting boring.

Kiith · 04-12-2009 12:48PM

L31mr0d wrote: »

I've done very little in the way of the main quest myself
just installed the dish in the Washington monument
I keep getting distracted when wandering around. Every time I find a new entrance to somewhere I have to go in and have a look around.

Thats actually a good place to start wandering off and doind side quests. Three Dog's station will be available all over the Wasteland now, and he occasionally mentions side quests, and will talk about all your heroic/horrible acts so far.

weeder · 04-12-2009 11:09PM

Bah,

dont have enough hacker or science points to finish the paradise falls mission :(tried the shoot my way out method and just get pwned by about 50 slavers

dreamers75 · 04-12-2009 11:13PM

weeder wrote: »

Bah,
dont have enough hacker or science points to finish the paradise falls mission :(tried the shoot my way out method and just get pwned by about 50 slavers

srsly avoid the main mission, the game can be completed in an hour.

just go walking /running from bigger ****. The game is more about the world then the shoddy main quest and if you complete the main quest without having the DLC the game is over kinda sorta.

Go meet the people and kill them

grizzly · 05-12-2009 05:10AM

grizzly wrote: »

I can now get the basic game to run, but when I use Broken Steel it doesn't launch. Deleting this DLC fixes the problem, but I want to use it as I've already completed it vanilla.

Can DLC have a compatibility mode?

I had this DLC working in XP on the same machine a few months ago

I found this fix on the bethsoft.com forums. Worked for me

Windows Aero is causing the error, it has to be set to windows basic.

L31mr0d · 05-12-2009 01:42PM

grizzly wrote: »

I found this fix on the bethsoft.com forums. Worked for me

Also, along with Aero, if you have the gadget sidebar enabled then disable it. Everything about Vista, the dynamic wallpapers, the gadget sidebar and Aero can interfere with fullscreen games and cause them to crash.

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