Fallout 3 - Gen. Discussion & Info - 'GOTY' Edition w/All 5 DLC Packs 10.13.09

[Sofa King Kool]

Anyone else seen any fucked up physics? I bumped into a bus last night and it launched about 150yrds away! It was epic!


Yeah, that's happened to me. The other day I was just walking along when out of nowhere I get blindsided by a car that was somehow launched at my head.

I was killed instantly.

[yukafls]

Vault 106 freaked me out. Spooky, man, spooky.

Wait til you go to vault 112 where there are all of the clones

[ninju D]

Wait til you go to vault 112 where there are all of the clones

Gary!


...Gary?

[yukafls]

Hahaha, mad crazy

[Chase]

Vault 106 freaked me out. Spooky, man, spooky.


I wholeheartedly agree with how creepy the atmosphere was inside of Vault 106. While exploring the vault I kept thinking "Getmeoutgetmeoutgetmeoutgetmeoutgetmeout..."

[Nathan_Sama]

Wow I finally found Dogmeat when I reached level 18...

[Slate]

A question about Vault 92: Where do I start the quest for the person that wants me to find the musical instrument in Vault 92?

[Bretters]

A question about Vault 92: Where do I start the quest for the person that wants me to find the musical instrument in Vault 92?
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Agatha's_Song (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Agatha%27s_Song)

[yukafls]

fuck!! I was storming Talon Company's HQ and kickin ass. But all of the sudden the game kinda like....I don't know, got stuck in VATS mode and would not exit the slow motion killing sequence

[doctorfaustus]

That happened to me once. It unfroze a minute or two later. Also, It froze one time without unfreezing. I hope its the game and not my system.

[destinywaste]

The Alien Blaster weapon kicks major ass! I don't suppose there's a way to replenish the ammo? I'm almost all out of ammo and just about to enter the deathclaw sanctuary.

[yukafls]

I completed the mission where you go back to vault 101, it was pretty fun but in the end I killed some dudes and did the right thing.....but Ayna or whatever her name is, is in with theenclave

[Darkchaos91]

Sorry if this has been posted before..
I was wondering if you 'fast travel' does it uses all your caps?

[EnderA6]

Sorry if this has been posted before..
I was wondering if you 'fast travel' does it uses all your caps?
no it doesnt use caps at all. just time. same as in oblivion

[GizmoGC]

Wait...there are bus' and moving cars?

[Malik112099]

this game is crazy....i try to go on a quest then i see a damned hollow triangle pop up and i have to go see what I have yet to discover. I had some video glitching outside of megaton. If i looked towards a certain direction the screen would fuck up and look grey/black. I restarted the game and it went away...

[yukafls]

The same thing happened and I did the same, it was pretty weird. Except I don't think I was looking at Megaton

[FoxHoundADAM]

That happened to me once. It unfroze a minute or two later. Also, It froze one time without unfreezing. I hope its the game and not my system.
After about 30 hours I've only had one freeze. Not really a problem thus far...thankfully! Although I save every 10 min or so just in case.

[Sofa King Kool]

Six more bobble-heads to go...

[yukafls]

I finally found rockopolis and sad to say I found a dead argyle......I love their radio show adventure thing and was kinda sad but I went to tenpenny tower and found Daring

[doctorfaustus]

I finally found rockopolis and sad to say I found a dead argyle......I love their radio show adventure thing and was kinda sad but I went to tenpenny tower and found Daring

LOL, I need to stop popping into this thread. I ruined a few surprises for myself by reading your posts.

[pimpinc333]

I finally found rockopolis and sad to say I found a dead argyle......I love their radio show adventure thing and was kinda sad but I went to tenpenny tower and found Daring

Yea bro. You honestly need to type everything in Spoiler tags since just about everything you say spoils the game.

[yukafls]

Sorry, but its not an actual location or a quest of the game. It is technically not a spoiler, just one of those weird finds

[pimpinc333]

Sorry, but its not an actual location or a quest of the game. It is technically not a spoiler, just one of those weird finds

I was actually thinking dude was still alive and I would eventually find him until you said he was dead.

[yukafls]

But he is a rerun playing on the radio, didn't you go to tenpenny tower???

[zewone]

Stop with the spoilers.

[pimpinc333]

But he is a rerun playing on the radio, didn't you go to tenpenny tower???

Yea I've been there.

Yea actually it's not that big of a deal anywho.

[yukafls]

Ok, I wouldn't post anything that I knew was wrong(except for the time when the game first came out) I know now what to do. Main quest and quests go in spoilers.

[FoxHoundADAM]

Sigh I reached level 20 2 days ago and it kinda sucks that XP no longer matters. I feel like I have no reason kill anyone. I don't care if you don't give me any new perks or even skill points but at least let me continue to level up. Just for fun.

[bardockkun]

Sigh I reached level 20 2 days ago and it kinda sucks that XP no longer matters. I feel like I have no reason kill anyone. I don't care if you don't give me any new perks or even skill points but at least let me continue to level up. Just for fun.
Seconded. I Kinda feel at 20 I'm a bit over powered, since now I got over 100 stimpack's and enough ammo to last me awhile. Though I still hate those giant scorpions.

[Sockey]

Anybody had problems with some audio quest notes not playing? Some of mine aren't working. Specifically the ones dealing with The Replicated Man quest.

[n00bie]

Anybody had problems with some audio quest notes not playing? Some of mine aren't working. Specifically the ones dealing with The Replicated Man quest.

Had the same thing happen to me. The guy in Rivet City said "listen to this." and there was nothing there.

[FoxHoundADAM]

Had the same thing happen to me. The guy in Rivet City said "listen to this." and there was nothing there.
I too had problems with this quest in particular. The people I needed to speak with never acctualy spoke about the people I needed to. I finally mangaed to finish it but I never really did the quest like I was supposed to.

[Slate]

I'm having problems with the Tenpenny Tower quest. Need help:

I've convinced everyone except Lancaster about the ghouls moving in. How do I convince her? The dialogue option "This is happening" Is gone because I already said it.

[Reality's Fringe]

The ending of this game makes little sense considering the play mechanics:

How do you die from radiation with an almost 100% fucking rad resistance. I was hanging in the chamber taking only +1 rad resistance in my Tesla Armor with RADX and other perks, but suddenly I die after entering the code? Can anyone say "illogical cop out?

Otherwise, Got all the bobbleheads and major achievements out side of the Karma based level ones. Fun game, but flawed.

[yukafls]

Who knows, maybe they are gonna have an expansion like Oblivion

[Sofa King Kool]

I'm having problems with the Tenpenny Tower quest. Need help:

I've convinced everyone except Lancaster about the ghouls moving in. How do I convince her? The dialogue option "This is happening" Is gone because I already said it.


Possibly a bug?



- You need to talk first to Tenpenny about letting the Ghouls move in, before talking to the other residents. Not doing so prematurely may close the diplomatic conversation options.

- If you turn Ms. Lancaster into a slaver and then rescue her back, she will not have all the dialog options. You will have to kill her to convince Tenpenny.


http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Tenpenny_Tower_(quest (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Tenpenny_Tower_%28quest))

[RichMeisterMan]

I'm having problems with the Tenpenny Tower quest. Need help:

I've convinced everyone except Lancaster about the ghouls moving in. How do I convince her? The dialogue option "This is happening" Is gone because I already said it.


Just kill her.

I ended up killing Tenpenney's bitch ass before the I did the quest, so Gustavo was in charge. Gustavo will in no way allow ghouls in, so you have to kill him, and it all works just the same.

You can either kill a person or talk them into it. They both lead to the same conclusion. I hate how you can do the quest for tons of negative karma, but at best you can only go neutral karma if you're good.

[yukafls]

Damn, whenever it is day out I can't see the pip boy. Its like the screen is glowing super green

[Slate]

Just kill her.

I ended up killing Tenpenney's bitch ass before the I did the quest, so Gustavo was in charge. Gustavo will in no way allow ghouls in, so you have to kill him, and it all works just the same.

You can either kill a person or talk them into it. They both lead to the same conclusion. I hate how you can do the quest for tons of negative karma, but at best you can only go neutral karma if you're good.

A sandman kill? I don't have the perk. Perhaps I could load an earlier save...

Damn, whenever it is day out I can't see the pip boy. Its like the screen is glowing super green

You can change the color of the Pipboy screen in Options. I have it set to blue.

[yukafls]

Damn, thats hella cool. I am trying to find one of the replica ones from amazon, but no one here wants to trade it

[RichMeisterMan]

Damn, whenever it is day out I can't see the pip boy. Its like the screen is glowing super green

Being day out is a coincidence. Your pipboy being overly bright is a glitch and changing the color and what not isn't going to help. In most cases you'll need to turn your game off and turn it back on.

The first time it happened to me it stopped after putting it away and fast traveling. The 2nd time though I had to turn it off and back on.

[FoxHoundADAM]

Well I just beat the game last night. Had a great time playing it through this time as ultra good. Going to play through again as a total asshole and basicilly kill everyone I meet, should be entertaining! Has it flaws but the most addicted I've been to a game in a long time.

[doctorfaustus]

Well I just beat the game last night. Had a great time playing it through this time as ultra good. Going to play through again as a total asshole and basicilly kill everyone I meet, should be entertaining! Has it flaws but the most addicted I've been to a game in a long time.

Cool. I'm also giving it a second run-through as an evildoer. Heck I might even play it again as dense strongman a specializing in melee. This game is definitely the best thing I've played this year.

[RichMeisterMan]

Here's a very well done google maps style Fallout 3 map...

http://planetfallout.gamespy.com/maps/1/Capital-Wasteland

[Chronotrigga]

I just got the game thanks to ParticleReality, anyhow, I'm at the Springvale Elementary and I assume I went to the basement and killed the ants. Is there something past that in the tunnels, or do I have to go back upstairs?

[sociopharm02]

Finally beat it today, I had a pretty bad addiction. Bought all these new games that were out and just could not stop playing Fallout 3. Now I have this feeling of accomplishment and also a feeling of sorrow for it being over. Now it is on to Fable 2. I really hope that after this experience I am not disappointed. I am gonna play through again as an evil assassin sometime in the future. Does anyone know if there has been talk of DLC? Best game of the year so far IMO.

[TruVisionary]

I've played this game almost non stop since I got it. I bought gears of war 2 at the same time and have only played that with friends. I'm at the part where you are in the Enclave compound.

[yukafls]

I've played this game almost non stop since I got it. I bought gears of war 2 at the same time and have only played that with friends. I'm at the part where you are in the Enclave compound.

Thats a good part, you can also do another mission in vault 101

[godhatesjustyou]

Being day out is a coincidence. Your pipboy being overly bright is a glitch and changing the color and what not isn't going to help. In most cases you'll need to turn your game off and turn it back on.

The first time it happened to me it stopped after putting it away and fast traveling. The 2nd time though I had to turn it off and back on.

I just turn the light on the Pipboy on and off until it's normal again.

[TruVisionary]

Thats a good part, you can also do another mission in vault 101

yea I beat that part already. Speech skill wasn't high enough at the time so I had to kill the new Overseer.

[Chase]

I'm itching to start another adventure. I think I may scratch that itch over Thanksgiving weekend.

[Chronotrigga]

I've really just started playing this game and I'm loving it. There's some few struggling moments like following the marker and being lost. I got to Rizet (sp?) city, and I gave the water to Carlos, but then couldn't find where Rizet (sp?) was. I knew it was on the airplane hangar, but couldn't find the entrance. So, I ended up swimming in the radiated water around the whole hangar and saying to myself, wtf?

Then, I went back to Carlos and saw the intercom. I felt stupid.

[moojuice]

Are you Powder's brother?

[Sofa King Kool]

Rizet (sp?)


Rivet.

[destinywaste]

I'm trying for the Weapon Smith achievement but am having trouble finding a motorcycle handbrake for the Shieshkebob. I've come across a few motorcycles in the wasteland but they don't seem to be interactive.

[emdub]

If you can't find one lying around (they're never actually on a motorcycle), Moira usually has one in stock, and the traveling junk merchant sells them also.

[yukafls]

Wait, what weapon achivement

[Trakan]

Wait, what weapon achivement

Make one of every type of weapon.

[yukafls]

Damn, I did and.....oh the bottle cap mine....shit

[FoxHoundADAM]

Where is the mission to re-enter vault 101?

[Malik112099]

I just murdered EVERYONE in Tennpenny Tower. Very satisfying.

[TruVisionary]

Where is the mission to re-enter vault 101?

Later on you'll get a note saying that the Vault 101 emergency radio station is now available or something. listen to it and you will be able to do the quest.

[FoxHoundADAM]

I just murdered EVERYONE in Tennpenny Tower. Very satisfying.Yes, I just started a second game to play through as a total A-hole and it is VERY fun!

[FoxHoundADAM]

Later on you'll get a note saying that the Vault 101 emergency radio station is now available or something. listen to it and you will be able to do the quest.Where do you find this? I don't recall getting this my first run through.

[TruVisionary]

Where do you find this? I don't recall getting this my first run through.

It's after the waters of life quest, the one where the enclave finds project purity in the jefferson memorial. you have to go close to vault 101 (I went to megaton) to get the message.

[TruVisionary]

my Fallout 3 copy should be here on Thursday the latest. DId I make the right choice should I have gone for MK vs DC. The Joker looks like a sick fighter, its all I can think about instead of being hyped for my copy of Fallout 3 which should keep me busy on Thanksgiving.

MEh anyways its was only $10 bucks

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e336/MikeL1/cheapy.jpg


oh and a picture of my free Sprint phone because thats how the CAG community rolls cheapy style. Work those deals.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e336/MikeL1/Picture003c.jpg

Fallout was the right choice.

[ZasKuLL]

Where do you find this? I don't recall getting this my first run through.

you have to wait untilyour dad dies, then go to vault 101 to pick up the emergency signal.

[Scorch]

I can't believe I missed the huge tribute to Snatcher (one of my top three favorite games of all time) in this!!! Freakin awesome!!

With all the rumors and everything about a Snatcher re-make or sequel, then finding this in the game.. I really hope something happens.. I would love a Snatcher re-make or sequel!

[vanilla_shakin_it]

Here's a tip for somebody who doesn't want to level up their speech but still wants the benefits. If you save before talking to somebody with a speech choice advantage (sometimes if you talk to someone and you notice this option, you can back out of the convo) just keep choosing the option and if it fails reload (takes maybe five, ten sec) and try again. It's a little annoying but it allowed me to focus on other skills that I needed to level up quickly.

[thrustbucket]

So I got caught stealing in Rivet City and now everyone tries to kill me and I just barely arrived there, so I can't do any of my quests.

Unfortunately, I was trying to run out, and my auto save is now after I stole. The only previous save I have is about 5 hours ago.

Is there any way to reset Rivet City back to where they don't all want to kill me and I can talk to people?

[TruVisionary]

So I got caught stealing in Rivet City and now everyone tries to kill me and I just barely arrived there, so I can't do any of my quests.

Unfortunately, I was trying to run out, and my auto save is now after I stole. The only previous save I have is about 5 hours ago.

Is there any way to reset Rivet City back to where they don't all want to kill me and I can talk to people?

come back in 3 days. that's the standard amount of days you should be gone after a crime from any city.

[Chronotrigga]

Apparently you can get infinite bottlecaps/exp too with some tricks/glitches. I'm thinking about trying it, but I didn't beat the game yet -- and it might ruin my experience.

[yukafls]

Apparently you can get infinite bottlecaps/exp too with some tricks/glitches. I'm thinking about trying it, but I didn't beat the game yet -- and it might ruin my experience.


There is no use for either, once you beat level 20 then you no longer need xp, and when you beat the game you won't need any more bottle caps/ you can scrounge for items and save them if you already have the good guns

[Sofa King Kool]

So I got caught stealing in Rivet City and now everyone tries to kill me and I just barely arrived there, so I can't do any of my quests.

Unfortunately, I was trying to run out, and my auto save is now after I stole. The only previous save I have is about 5 hours ago.

Is there any way to reset Rivet City back to where they don't all want to kill me and I can talk to people?


Not that I know of. That's going to be a problem.

That's something I like a bit more about Oblivion. If you do something wrong in Oblivion, you can go to jail, or pay a fine. In Fallout, if a town hates you, you're fucked.

[Chronotrigga]

Is it possible to have two different save files? Or can I only have one?

[Trakan]

Is it possible to have two different save files? Or can I only have one?

It's possible to have 500 different save files if you wanted to.

[thrustbucket]

come back in 3 days. that's the standard amount of days you should be gone after a crime from any city.

Not that I know of. That's going to be a problem.

That's something I like a bit more about Oblivion. If you do something wrong in Oblivion, you can go to jail, or pay a fine. In Fallout, if a town hates you, you're fucked.

I didn't try the 3 days thing (was really hard to get out from the science lab, without getting killed), so out of frustration I used a Stealth Boy. Oddly enough, the agro totally reset. Three people were shooting at me, as soon as I turned on the stealth boy, they are greeting me while bullets are still flying.

Makes no sense, but at least I can play again.

[Slate]

I read about Vault 76 in the brotherhood of steel's Vault-Tec terminal. It isn't on the map (I have the Explorer perk) so is it an easter egg location or was it not put in?

[ArthurDigbySellers]

Ok, I just got this game last Friday and have put around 6 hours into it. I haven't read any of the previous posts b/c I'm afraid I'll run into spoilers. So anyway, here's the question.

Is this game really hard (at least early on) or do I just suck? I'm currently in Megaton and about the only quests I have been able to complete have been the easy stuff, i.e. disarm the bomb, get radiation poisoning, etc. The most difficult quest I have completed is probably the Mega Mart one.

I think I'm at level 4 right now. Should I just be wandering the wasteland outside of Megaton and grinding my levels? I have a few guns, all of which are damn near broken, and very little ammo for any of them.

I'm just not sure I am playing this game right at all. I like it, but it is certainly slow going.

[emdub]

If you're not using VATS for almost all of combat, then you are playing wrong. You'll do more damage, and save way more ammo. Playing it like an FPS is just going to waste all your ammo. Keep your weapons repaired, they do more damage.

[ratzombie]

Yeah you can't play this like an FPS, you have to use VATS... they will claim it's optional, it's not.

[FoxHoundADAM]

If you're not using VATS for almost all of combat, then you are playing wrong. You'll do more damage, and save way more ammo. Playing it like an FPS is just going to waste all your ammo. Keep your weapons repaired, they do more damage.
Yes VATS is what you should be using every chance your AP is high enough, esspecially onlower levels.

Once you get to about level 5-6 things start to get a little easier.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

Thanks for all of the replies. I was using VATS 99% of the time - although at first I didn't realize you could string multiple actions within one VATs turn. I thought you could only do one action each time you enabled VATS so that was hurting me.

I finally got on a roll at lunch and completed the Fire Ant quest. I also completed the land mine quest and took out the sniper that was there so I have a sniper rifle now which is awesome.

[RichMeisterMan]

Ok, I just got this game last Friday and have put around 6 hours into it. I haven't read any of the previous posts b/c I'm afraid I'll run into spoilers. So anyway, here's the question.

Is this game really hard (at least early on) or do I just suck? I'm currently in Megaton and about the only quests I have been able to complete have been the easy stuff, i.e. disarm the bomb, get radiation poisoning, etc. The most difficult quest I have completed is probably the Mega Mart one.

I think I'm at level 4 right now. Should I just be wandering the wasteland outside of Megaton and grinding my levels? I have a few guns, all of which are damn near broken, and very little ammo for any of them.

I'm just not sure I am playing this game right at all. I like it, but it is certainly slow going.

Well, after you play a little more and come to a point where you better understand the game you could start over. I started over when I was about level 10, and was able to really set myself on a better path as far as stats and perks go.

Don't waste perks on the ones that offer extra experience. Once you're level 20 it'll just be a big fat waste!

Set all your S.P.E.C.I.A.L stats at 6 at least. There is a perk for each attribute that requires it to be at 6 and they are pretty good/cool (Mysterious Stranger anyone?) for the most part.

As far as your tag skills go I would recommend "Small Guns" for sure. It applies to most available fire arms at the beginning and in general the best and most practical weapons fall in this category. I would also choose repair, as it's incredibly useful to find other weapons and be able to repair your own when out and about. Finally lock picking, it'll give you access to locked containers and rooms which tend to have the most loot. Tagging speech in place of lock picking or repair would be a good choice too.

In my opinion there really aren't any other skills worth tagging at the beginning. I found to sneak to be pretty useless over all. If you need to sneak then throw on a "stealth boy" and call it a day. I have never been in a situation where hand to hand or melee were better options than guns so avoid those, unless you are wanting to be a melee guy.

Just read the descriptions of the skills and get an idea of what you think will be useful.

Just start out on the right foot and all will work itself out.

[SpecTrE3353]

Thanks for all of the replies. I was using VATS 99% of the time - although at first I didn't realize you could string multiple actions within one VATs turn. I thought you could only do one action each time you enabled VATS so that was hurting me.

I finally got on a roll at lunch and completed the Fire Ant quest. I also completed the land mine quest and took out the sniper that was there so I have a sniper rifle now which is awesome.

One additional note... if you really are having a tough time, you can temporarily change your difficulty setting. The default is Normal but you can jump to Easy or Very Easy for the beginning levels.

I wouldn't recommend keeping it there the entire game or it will become incredibly easy. I am level 20 and playing on Hard and most encounters are still trivial and I rarely die unless it is to a random missile flying out of left field.

[Chase]

It's possible to have 500 different save files if you wanted to.


Ah, 500 is the maximum amount? I'll make a note. After beating the game, I ended with around 150 saves. Now that I'm just messing around and trying to find extra goodies, I'm around 175.

[emdub]

My game arrives in a few Days and I'm gonna play on Easy, not normal or very easy just easy.

Don't want any mutant ants or flies to kill me as I walk to another location.

As Long as I get the ending and Achievements Easy is just fine.

You might get awfully bored as the game goes on. I was a walking death machine by level 14, and once you hit 20, you're basically unstoppable.

[Slate]

Have any of you tried going back in Vault 87 a second time? Try opening the vault door once you get back there, You can do it now because the door to the room is now blown open.

[TruVisionary]

Yeah you can't play this like an FPS, you have to use VATS... they will claim it's optional, it's not.

That's not quite true. two of my twitchier friends played the game using vats like 10 times total. I saw him pull off a crazy shot with a sniper rifle on a super mutant without it. and you know how difficult aiming can be in Fallout 3.

[Jek Porkins]

What an amazing, fantastic game. I'm glad I'm at the point that I can put Fallout away for a while and get to the other games I missed in it's wake (Left 4 Dead, Gears 2, LittleBigPlanet). I'm sure I'll come back for another run at some point, though.

[eswat]

...
In addition, the first official downloadable content, Operation: Anchorage, will be available exclusively for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows® in January, and more downloadable content coming in February and March.

...

Three downloadable content packs will be coming to Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live starting in January that will add new quests, items, and content to Fallout 3.

Operation: Anchorage. Enter a military simulation and fight in one of the greatest battles of the Fallout universe – the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from its Chinese Communist invaders. An action-packed battle scheduled for release in January.
The Pitt. Journey to the industrial raider town called The Pitt, located in the remains of Pittsburgh. Choose your side. Scheduled for release in February.
Broken Steel. Join the ranks of the Brotherhood of Steel and rid the Capital Wasteland of the Enclave remnants once and for all. Continues the adventure past the main quest. Scheduled for release in March.


http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?newsbit=10818

[FoxHoundADAM]

The DLC sounds HUGE and really different. Interested in seeing how they are going to pull off the Pit and the Alaskan fight.

[the_deej]

The Alaskan one sounds awesome!! I'm glad it's coming out so soon too... hoping for Jan 1st :)

[dealer]

Now that I've finished almost everything with 1 character, it's time to make my second Macgyver one.

High science and speech and no guns!

[eswat]

Now that I've finished almost everything with 1 character, it's time to make my second Macgyver one.

High science and speech and no guns!Prepare to be disappointed. :-#

[Callandor]

Loved the whole game, looking forward to this awesome sounding DLC!

[dabebop]

Recently started playing Fallout again after getting my xbox back from being repaired, and anytime I go near the Jefferson memorial the game just freezes. I'm doing the quest where you have to go there, but am I pretty much shit out of luck and have to start a new game??

[Nathan_Sama]

Recently started playing Fallout again after getting my xbox back from being repaired, and anytime I go near the Jefferson memorial the game just freezes. I'm doing the quest where you have to go there, but am I pretty much shit out of luck and have to start a new game?? Its a common glitch I think...
Mine didn't do that so idk.

[yukafls]

DLC sounds hella cool

[dabebop]

Its a common glitch I think...
Mine didn't do that so idk.

Weak sauce alright well I'll take a look at the official forums and google up a solution. The dlc sounds good, but the one coming out in march sounds better with continuing the story.

[Smiles Davis]

I'm really excited by all the DLC descriptions. It seems that with both Operation:Anchorage and The Pitt, they won't be significantly changing the Wasteland map (I assume that O:A will have the BoS reveal a combat simulator and The Pitt will add a trade caravan/raider camp where you travel/are kidnapped and taken to Pittsburgh). These would work for the geography of the game because the first was hidden from you and the second is a temporary thing. It makes sense that you wouldn't have found these on your previous trips through the Wasteland.

With this in mind, It makes me very curious to see how the Broken Steel DLC will work. With its description stating "Continues the adventure past the main quest" It seems that it would take place in the Wastelands area. Will they simply drop the assets in and explain it away that the Enclave had 2 top secret bases, 1 of which you just never noticed before? Will you travel to another location, like the Commonwealth, to fight the Enclave? What I'd secretly love to see is them fast forward a few years and set the Broken Steel DLC there. This would explain the Enclave reestablishing themselves and could make for some really cool experiences. Even something as small as having grass growing in areas of the map because of the new Project Purity provided clean water would add a lot of meaning to what most look at as a kinda crappy ending to the main story line. The amount of work to do something like that makes it completely unrealistic, but it would be cool.

And possible the most important question to ask about Broken Steel DLC, Since your character might be dead at the end of the main quest, who will you play as?

[yukafls]

And possible the most important question to ask about Broken Steel DLC, Since your character might be dead at the end of the main quest, who will you play as?

I wondered the same thing.....maybe you make a new one or there is some miraculous way you survive

[Slate]

I wondered the same thing.....maybe you make a new one or there is some miraculous way you survive

I thought It would be before you die. Makes sense to me.

[yukafls]

I thought It would be before you die. Makes sense to me.

True that

[Smiles Davis]

I wondered the same thing.....maybe you make a new one or there is some miraculous way you survive

I'd love if they just took a random character and built a story around them. It would be hilarious to have the savior of the wasteland be a Gary clone from 108 or an equally as peripheral a character.

[FoxHoundADAM]

All I want to do is shoot more dudes in the face cia VATS!!!!! Never gets old!

[paddlefoot]

I have encountered the following glitch near the beginning of the game

I went to find Walter after I finished fixing the 3 leaking pipes in Megaton. I spent at least an hour looking for the guy before finally finding him underneath his house. He was dead. Apparently there is a spawning problem in Megaton where a few of the NPCs can spawn in the wrong place and die.

Is there anything I can do other than loading a previous save and making multiple saves more often? If they release a patch could he come back to life?

[SpecTrE3353]

I have encountered the following glitch near the beginning of the game

I went to find Walter after I finished fixing the 3 leaking pipes in Megaton. I spent at least an hour looking for the guy before finally finding him underneath his house. He was dead. Apparently there is a spawning problem in Megaton where a few of the NPCs can spawn in the wrong place and die.

Is there anything I can do other than loading a previous save and making multiple saves more often? If they release a patch could he come back to life?

If you are playing on the PC (which I am assuming you're not since this is the 360 thread) then you can respawn NPC's or make them invincible using console commands. For the 360 I think you are kind of screwed. Just be happy it isn't a more important NPC that died.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

I have encountered the following glitch near the beginning of the game

I went to find Walter after I finished fixing the 3 leaking pipes in Megaton. I spent at least an hour looking for the guy before finally finding him underneath his house. He was dead. Apparently there is a spawning problem in Megaton where a few of the NPCs can spawn in the wrong place and die.

Is there anything I can do other than loading a previous save and making multiple saves more often? If they release a patch could he come back to life?

Well crap. I think the same thing may have happened to me because I haven't been able to find the guy either. I'm way too far to go back to that now. I do create a new save file every 10 minutes or so. I roll between around 3 or 4 saves.

Guess I'll check under the house too :cry:

EDIT: Yep, he's dead. Coming down one of the walkways near his house I found him lying dead on the side of the screen. I hope there is a patch for this coming, it seems like a lot of people have this issue - and not just with Walter.

[Nathan_Sama]

Beat it!
only missing two achievements.
(the speech and hacking achievements.)

[Chase]

I have encountered the following glitch near the beginning of the game

I went to find Walter after I finished fixing the 3 leaking pipes in Megaton. I spent at least an hour looking for the guy before finally finding him underneath his house. He was dead. Apparently there is a spawning problem in Megaton where a few of the NPCs can spawn in the wrong place and die.

Is there anything I can do other than loading a previous save and making multiple saves more often? If they release a patch could he come back to life?


That happened in my game with Nathan, during my first play-through, and, like you, Walter, the second time around.

I thought Nathan died because he was old. :-#

[Staind204]

I am really enjoying the game so far (PC Version)! I just left the Vault and proceeded to Megaton..

I just did the quest where you go to the market and get food/medicine. Next I did the one where you get your rads up to 600 and go back and get a skill for it. I do wish I had somewhere to store items though but my explosive skill isn't high enough to disarm the bomb and get a house. Also do enemies respawn every time? I went back to loot the store and there were 4 people standing right in the doorway!

[Jesus_S_Preston]

Where the hell is my house in Megaton?

[paddlefoot]

That happened in my game with Nathan, during my first play-through, and, like you, Walter, the second time around.

I thought Nathan died because he was old. :-#

Ha!!!

The way I understand it, the problem is that when he spawns, he falls through the floor and lands 50ft below the treatment plant. Some people have found him when he was immobile, but not yet dead. When you look at him in VATS his legs are crippled :dunce:

[saturninus]

Is this an expansion pack that's coming out soon?

[Scorch]

I'm taking this game at my own pace, making bad choices and the like. I'm not rushing through the game at all, I want it to last a while. That said, a question about Paradise Falls.

I accepted the slavery mission, then changed my mind after receiving the weapons and wanted to pay for admission. The game wouldn't let me. Instead, I killed everyone and freed the slaves, getting me huge amounts of positive karma, which is great. Should I have captured the slaves and THEN freed them? Would that have gotten me more money and more good karma, or would the negative karma outweigh the positive (assuming that capturing slaves gave you negative karma)?

Where the hell is my house in Megaton?

When you get into the city, take an immediate left instead of going down the hill. It's there.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Wow, wow, wow. Picked this up as part of GS' B2G1, and I love it even more than I thought I would.

[dabebop]

Make sure to save often and in a lot of different save slots too. Since the glitchs in this game are game busting >_<

[Staind204]

I'm really getting into this now!

I am still doing the Wasteland Survival Guide missions. I just went to the mine filled town and disarmed an absolute ton of mines and then traded them for ammo and a workbench for my house. I don't know why but the guy in the town with a sniper rifle didn't even let me talk to him so I had to cut his arm off with a sword and take his gun :-). The only problem I am running into is that my guns are in very bad condition and it is very costly to repair them. I have the repair skill but its hard to find the same gun to use for parts to fix them... Overall this is an awesome game!

[eliter1]

Um, I just got out of the vault and no matter where I go I keep getting killed. Any tips on where to go next without getting my ass handed to me?

[Staind204]

Um, I just got out of the vault and no matter where I go I keep getting killed. Any tips on where to go next without getting my ass handed to me?


Did you go to the Megaton city and try to find some side quests there? Also what weapons are you using? You may want to start over and pick a skill in guns (I picked small guns). Originally I had picked Melee as my main skill and had to start over and pick better skills. Right now I am at level 6 and haven't been having too many problems..

[eliter1]

Did you go to the Megaton city and try to find some side quests there? Also what weapons are you using? You may want to start over and pick a skill in guns (I picked small guns). Originally I had picked Melee as my main skill and had to start over and pick better skills. Right now I am at level 6 and haven't been having too many problems..


I have a 32 Cal and a 10mm right now, I am trying to get to Megaton but I can't cause I get killed. I am currently at a super market. I am pretty sure I picked the skill in guns.

[doctorfaustus]

Damn it...Sticky keeps getting himself killed. I don't even know where lamplight is...

[Staind204]

I have a 32 Cal and a 10mm right now, I am trying to get to Megaton but I can't cause I get killed. I am currently at a super market. I am pretty sure I picked the skill in guns.



I think you are going the wrong way. The super market is far away from Vault 101 while Megaton is right outside it. You should be able to get to the Megaton by only killing a few weak creatures...

[Chronotrigga]

Made it to Big Town! Damn this game rocks, once again.

[bigdaddybruce44]

This game is insanely addictive. I just love going around and picking up every, single piece of junk that I can. The locker in my Megaton apartment is fully stocked with garbage.

[FluxDF]

Can anyone clue me in on the location of Rockopolis? I'm trying to snag the last bobble head I need. I've tried looking at a world map from achieve360points forum but all the links are broken. And I can't find it on the map with the Explorer Perk. Thanks. :roll:

[yukafls]

Ask(dun dun da da) HERBERT DARING DASHWORTHY...............but he won't tell you, It is......well look herehttp://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Rockopolis

[FluxDF]

Thank you sir.

[help1]

If I was torn between Fallout 3, L4D, and Resistance 2, what should I get?

[Draekon]

If I was torn between Fallout 3, L4D, and Resistance 2, what should I get?

Fallout 3 and I own all three.

Left 4 Dead is a really awesome cooperative game that I feel has a lot of replay value if you play among friends. It also has local coop, but I believe it's only two player split screen and not 3 or 4. Not really a good choice if you're playing by yourself though.

Resistance 2 is kindof a let down for me. I enjoy the single player a lot, but the multi and cooperative is kindof meh in my opinion. Just not feeling it like I did with the original.

[yukafls]

Fallout 3 and I own all three.

Left 4 Dead is a really awesome cooperative game that I feel has a lot of replay value if you play among friends. It also has local coop, but I believe it's only two player split screen and not 3 or 4. Not really a good choice if you're playing by yourself though.

Resistance 2 is kindof a let down for me. I enjoy the single player a lot, but the multi and cooperative is kindof meh in my opinion. Just not feeling it like I did with the original.


L4D kinda sucks, me and a friend played it for like 2 or 3 days like a couple of hours a day and we are only missing like 5 achievements. But the zombie hoards are cool

[bigdaddybruce44]

Haven't finished the game, yet, but I am still already very excited about the DLC campaigns. They sound like very interesting storylines to experience, and they certainly don't seem to be the usual "Oh, here's another level/mission" we usually get as DLC. I don't know about anyone else, but I would love to play through this scenario, as well...very minor spoilers...

Carol's description of DC right after the bombs dropped sounded like a time and place one would want to play through. The city on fire, and the survivors in utter chaos. A nice touch would be if you went to Vault 101's door and see the people who were carrying the signs that were littering the outside.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

This game is insanely addictive. I just love going around and picking up every, single piece of junk that I can. The locker in my Megaton apartment is fully stocked with garbage.


It really is. I start out on a quest, end up stumbling on a new area, and 2 hours later I've killed a ton of stuff but have gotten no closer to completing the original quest I was on. I think I have played over 20 hours and have completed maybe 7 quests total.

I love the exploration in this game, it is just so much fun.

[Techsticles]

I've been playing for Fallout 3 about 2 weeks now and keep getting sidetracked. I do the same crap as many of you and pick up just about everything and stuff it in one of the lockers at home. However recently several outside vendors have been showing up dead, I keep finding their camel thing walking alone through the wastelands. I killed one of the roaming camels to see what would happen and got a lot of free stuff, but now I'm a bit worried that dead vendors could hurt my game. Anyone know if this will have any effect on the ending or my game? I know one of the vendors got gunned down, because I was there when it happend.

[Soodmeg]

What level are you guys playing this on? Should I just start off with very hard?

[bigdaddybruce44]

It really is. I start out on a quest, end up stumbling on a new area, and 2 hours later I've killed a ton of stuff but have gotten no closer to completing the original quest I was on. I think I have played over 20 hours and have completed maybe 7 quests total.

I love the exploration in this game, it is just so much fun.

Hell yeah. That's the best part about this game. There really aren't any artificial barriers, like "Oh, you're not ready for that, yet." I've covered a good chunk of the map so far and have gone into whatever area I wanted to.

What level are you guys playing this on? Should I just start off with very hard?

I started on normal, and it was too easy. Hard was somewhat challenging for awhile, but now I'm at level 20 and have a bunch of the unique weapons, so it's pretty easy again.

[Soodmeg]

Alright very hard it is. Thanks.

[Se7en69]

This is by far the game of the year for me. I own all three systems and bought all the big titles. Metal Gear 4, Grand Theft Auto 4, Fable 2, Gears Of War 2, ect... And this game easily beats any of them. The only thing that disappointed me was the ending. There are very few and not what was promised. I was hoping for more, seeing as the story really hooked me.

This game is so huge. I spent hours just looking around and searching for anything and everything. Never felt as involved in a game as this one. Very fun.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

Hell yeah. That's the best part about this game. There really aren't any artificial barriers, like "Oh, you're not ready for that, yet." I've covered a good chunk of the map so far and have gone into whatever area I wanted to.

Yep. One of the first places I stumbled upon right after I left Vault 101 was that Sunnyvale School (or whatever it is called). I tried to go in that place and got completely hammered by the Raiders there and had to quickly retreat to Megaton.

I started on normal, and it was too easy. Hard was somewhat challenging for awhile, but now I'm at level 20 and have a bunch of the unique weapons, so it's pretty easy again.

Jeez, I'm playing on Normal and it is hard enough for me. It has been getting somewhat easier now that my weapons are a bit better, but I'm just at level 8.

[FluxDF]

I started a second save and focus mainly on Unarmed/Melee. Its more difficult than going ranged. I use a lot more HP items.

[Soodmeg]

Man this game is exactly what they say. Overwhelming.

So many stats, so many skills, so many thing. Bye bye social life.

[moojuice]

It's weird, I used to have an abundance of ammo for my hunting rifle, but now at level 18, I can't find any ammo for it out in the wild,and all the Mutants/Raiders carry C.A.Rs now.

[Chronotrigga]

I spoil myself when playing Fallout 3 by going to "The Vault" wiki every time I play.

[emdub]

I would like to take a moment and shut down the thread. BEHOLD!

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e336/MikeL1/kdn22b.jpg

you do not want to see unboxing pictures.



Woah woah woah! Now, that is awesome! Way cooler than the PiP-Boy. Is that the European version?

Also: I DO want to see unboxing pix.

[yukafls]

I would like to take a moment and shut down the thread. BEHOLD!

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e336/MikeL1/kdn22b.jpg

you do not want to see unboxing pictures.


http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e336/MikeL1/cheapy-1.jpg game is great but I am over whelmed by the options


the #1 main problem with this game MAIN problem is I have already invested 15 hours, and have NO idea if I am any closer to finishing the game or making any progress on my main quest.



DAMN, cool figure did that only come with the LE version of the PC i am assuming??

[Draekon]

DAMN, cool figure did that only come with the LE version of the PC i am assuming??

Judging from the box, it's probably a Europe-only thing. I got the PC LE and it was the exact same as the console versions and we also don't use a number rating system like the UK does.

It's rated PEGI 18+. Which to me is making me fairly certain it's an import from the UK or he lives in there. Although it's too bright from the flash to really read the bottom left there.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Wow, awesome figure.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

I would like to take a moment and shut down the thread. BEHOLD!

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e336/MikeL1/kdn22b.jpg

you do not want to see unboxing pictures.


http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e336/MikeL1/cheapy-1.jpg game is great but I am over whelmed by the options


the #1 main problem with this game MAIN problem is I have already invested 15 hours, and have NO idea if I am any closer to finishing the game or making any progress on my main quest.

I'm around 23 hours in and I KNOW I am not even scratching the surface of the main quest. I just completed a side mission last night that I found by searching a dead guy in one of the Metro tunnels. It's this kind of stuff that is going to make this a 60+ hour game for me.

[Soodmeg]

Alright...I am sorry but dogmeat sucks ass.

I knew from the look of him I wouldnt like him at all. He is constantly lost behind me somewhere, I have to go back for him or he dies in some unknown part of the map.

Now as I am trying to escape RobCo with my life he cant figure out that this is one of those times you should run and not fight. Something told me not to bring him.


R.I.P Dogmeat....you were kinda annoying but at least you took bullets to the face like a champ.

[FluxDF]

Faw kes always gets stuck. Sucka!

[ArthurDigbySellers]

Alright...I am sorry but dogmeat sucks ass.

I knew from the look of him I wouldnt like him at all. He is constantly lost behind me somewhere, I have to go back for him or he dies in some unknown part of the map.

Now as I am trying to escape RobCo with my life he cant figure out that this is one of those times you should run and not fight. Something told me not to bring him.


R.I.P Dogmeat....you were kinda annoying but at least you took bullets to the face like a champ.

LOL. He's currently chilling in my house in Megaton. I do like to take him on trips to the west where it seems like there are more critters than bad guys (at least in my experiences so far) but I agree overall he is more of an annoyance than a help.

[Halo05]

Alright, I'm breaking my rules by coming back in here but can someone tell me in a relatively spoiler-free fashion how to get Dogmeat? I'm pretty far into the game and I'd like to experience at least some of it in a group/pair.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Dogmeat can be found in the scrapyard. It is located northeast of the Vault 101 area, across the river. It is very large and hard to miss. Dogmeat is pretty much in the middle of the place. You won't miss him.

[Soodmeg]

Its not even a spoiler man. You just go to the scrapyard and walk right up to him.

No quest, no story, no nothing he is just chilling by himself after killing 5 bandits.

[bigdaddybruce44]

The one good thing about Dogmeat is that he doesn't actually count as a companion. So, you can pick up another one. Personally, I think they are more trouble than they worth. After making Dogmeat stay at my apartment, I picked up one of the human companions, and they really aren't much better. I prefer going alone.

[dropbearGSH]

Does anyone know if the benefits you get from picking up a bobblehead carry over to a new game?

[Soodmeg]

I am starting to think I should have put some points into science and hacking. There are computers all over the god damn place and I kinda want to know whats on them.

I have sneak, lock pick, pick pocket which I am happy with because I am sitting on a god damn arsenal of items but I really want to know whats on some of these computers

[thrustbucket]

I am starting to think I should have put some points into science and hacking. There are computers all over the god damn place and I kinda want to know whats on them.

I have sneak, lock pick, pick pocket which I am happy with because I am sitting on a god damn arsenal of items but I really want to know whats on some of these computers

Yeah I know what you mean. My hacking is around 50 and you do get a lot of interesting story stuff from it, if that's your thing. It is my thing.

[bigdaddybruce44]

The only thing that is somewhat annoying is the level cap being at 20. I got there really quick, with a lot sidequests and a good chunk of the main quest left, so now every encounter sort of feels like a complete waste of my time. I want to move on with the story.

[RedvsBlue]

LOL. He's currently chilling in my house in Megaton. I do like to take him on trips to the west where it seems like there are more critters than bad guys (at least in my experiences so far) but I agree overall he is more of an annoyance than a help.

I do the same thing. Dogmeat is purely a house dog. If a future expansion has a leash, well then he'll be getting more use.

[KongaKing]

Can someone give me a tip? Im not that far into the game On my way to the wash monument and i'm suuuuper low on ammo (but have tons of caps and junk to sell). Where is the best place to buy some ammo? The girl at megaton, her selection sucks plus she has like 12 shot gun shells. that just wont do it

[yukafls]

Go to Rivet City, they have a gun sales guy. Or those traveling merchants.

[JJSP]

I finally just started this game tonight.

Lord, this thing looks huge. I wish everything wasn't so damn dark though.

[Jesus_S_Preston]

Holding in B turns on your flashlight, if that helps.

[YodaEXE]

I finally just started this game tonight.

Lord, this thing looks huge. I wish everything wasn't so damn dark though.
Kick up the Brightness in the game options. That's what I did.

[Soodmeg]

The only thing that is somewhat annoying is the level cap being at 20. I got there really quick, with a lot sidequests and a good chunk of the main quest left, so now every encounter sort of feels like a complete waste of my time. I want to move on with the story.

What? So what happens when you hit 20? You dont level up anymore and all the XP is wasted?

Thats a bummer.

[yukafls]

Yeah, it is though a couple of pages back I think someone mentioned an update or something fixing that.

[Chronotrigga]

So I'm at level 14, and I really want to do the main quest, but I know that it's near the end of the game, and once I do that, then I can't play it anymore. I still have a few more side-quests to do, but they take so long, damn! I love the nifty trick someone shared where you can get the evil, neutral, and good karma achievement really quick by just doing a hard save before, then go on a killing rampage, etc.. and level up.

[JJSP]

Holding in B turns on your flashlight, if that helps.
Nah, I figured that out. I'm just going to toy with the brightness options and go from there. It's not bad, it's just that since the color palette is mostly browns and grays, it makes everything seem pitch black at night. Good for dramatic effect, bad for actually trying to find your way around.

I can't be the only one who was really tempted to bash the Overseer's head in at the beginning.

[bigdaddybruce44]

...this is awesome...

Liberty Fucking Prime!

[tivo]

Finished the main story way too quickly. Pretty weak ending. My advice is do as many side quests as possible before advancing the main quest. I really wanted to get that dog companion they always show in the trailers but never did. 8.5/10

[Ma12kez]

I am starting to think I should have put some points into science and hacking. There are computers all over the god damn place and I kinda want to know whats on them.

I have sneak, lock pick, pick pocket which I am happy with because I am sitting on a god damn arsenal of items but I really want to know whats on some of these computers
There are way more locks than computer terminals in the game. For the most part, you'll usually see either a lock or a computer terminal in the same area, and using either method will grant you access to the next area. However, most locks and computer terminals which usually require a higher level of skill (75-100) do not fall into the same category as the ones stated before.

[Soodmeg]

Finished the main story way too quickly. Pretty weak ending. My advice is do as many side quests as possible before advancing the main quest. I really wanted to get that dog companion they always show in the trailers but never did. 8.5/10


Seriously....what is so hard about getting dogmeat? I am extremely surprised at the about of people who are confused at how to get him. He literally is just sitting in one spot not moving and waiting for you to come get him at the Northeast corner of the scrapyard.

There are way more locks than computer terminals in the game. For the most part, you'll usually see either a lock or a computer terminal in the same area, and using either method will grant you access to the next area. However, most locks and computer terminals which usually require a higher level of skill (75-100) do not fall into the same category as the ones stated before.


Yeah, I know that. I think its a safe bet that you benefit way more by breaking into places than you ever could with the terminal stuff. Its just that every time I see one that I cant access I wonder whats on it.

[Trakan]

It's not that it's hard to find dogmeat, it's just that some people didn't find him.

I didn't find him until after I beat the game, and it's not like I didn't do any exploring. I had almost 100 locations found by the time I found him.

[Soodmeg]

So the only thing I am not liking about this game is the amount of times I find myself having to go through a metro subway to get places. Yes it makes sense but I would rather not spend 10 hours running through a subway.

I try to avoid it as best I can, I would rather spend the extra time finding a way that isnt underground to get to my location. But some of these location seem to be impossible to get to unless you take a metro.


Can someone who has beat the game tell me if its possible to get to all locations without going through a metro?

[pimpinc333]

So the only thing I am not liking about this game is the amount of times I find myself having to go through a metro subway to get places. Yes it makes sense but I would rather not spend 10 hours running through a subway.

I try to avoid it as best I can, I would rather spend the extra time finding a way that isnt underground to get to my location. But some of these location seem to be impossible to get to unless you take a metro.


Can someone who has beat the game tell me if its possible to get to all locations without going through a metro?

Its not possible. Its impossible to get to GNR building without taking the subway.

[evophile]

I do the same thing. Dogmeat is purely a house dog. If a future expansion has a leash, well then he'll be getting more use.

I tried to do the same thing, but Dogmeat vanished out of my house. I know he goes to Vault 101, but shouldn't he just stay there if you tell him to like your party members would?

[dropbearGSH]

So the only thing I am not liking about this game is the amount of times I find myself having to go through a metro subway to get places. Yes it makes sense but I would rather not spend 10 hours running through a subway.

I try to avoid it as best I can, I would rather spend the extra time finding a way that isnt underground to get to my location. But some of these location seem to be impossible to get to unless you take a metro.


Can someone who has beat the game tell me if its possible to get to all locations without going through a metro?

I think certain places in downtown DC (like Riley's Rangers HQ, Museum of tech) can only be reached through the subway but places on the outskirts like the library or Rivet city can be reached by taking the long way around. But I never really tried to reach places that seemed reachable only through the subway another way, so I could be wrong.

[Soodmeg]

Thanks to all that answered. I really dont like having to run through subways all day. Thats a slight cop out.

Alright, I am having a problem here.

I seem to be getting a lot of half quest. And by that I will tell you this for example.

I was in Rivet City talking to Banon, he mentioned that he doesnt like Homles and wants me to find something in his room. I was in the middle of 2 quest at the moment so I figured I would come back to it later.

The only problem is that I have no indacation that this ever happened other than my own personal memory of it. No notes, No quest, no nothing.

Is it suppose to be like that? Am I suppose to just remember and do it without a marker or something? This is a fairly big game I doubt that they would want you to just remember video game coversations.

[bigdaddybruce44]

I think certain places in downtown DC (like Riley's Rangers HQ, Museum of tech) can only be reached through the subway but places on the outskirts like the library or Rivet city can be reached by taking the long way around. But I never really tried to reach places that seemed reachable only through the subway another way, so I could be wrong.

Indeed. Most of the stuff in the heart of the city is only accessible through the tunnels, but plenty of the outskirts can be reached either way. I know that I didn't even realize there was a station near Rivet City, until I needed it to reach another place.

Alright, I am having a problem here.

I seem to be getting a lot of half quest. And by that I will tell you this for example.

I was in Rivet City talking to Banon, he mentioned that he doesnt like Homles and wants me to find something in his room. I was in the middle of 2 quest at the moment so I figured I would come back to it later.

The only problem is that I have no indacation that this ever happened other than my own personal memory of it. No notes, No quest, no nothing.

Is it suppose to be like that? Am I suppose to just remember and do it without a marker or something? This is a fairly big game I doubt that they would want you to just remember video game coversations.

Quests like that are quick, so they don't give you a quest listing for it. There should be a note, though. It is a very quick one, so I suppose the develops expect you to do it right then there. All you do is go to Seawell's apartment, get evidence against him, present it to a particular security officer, and then you collect your reward.

[Soodmeg]

I have another questions. About building weapons and such. Someone said they put a laser sight on their shotgun? How do I go about customizing my weapons?

I havent come across an option to do it.

EDIT: Never mind I misunderstood. Custom weapons = blueprints.

I thought you could just start tacking on things to any weapons.

[electronicthroat]

You have to get the schematics for the weapons. They can be found in various places. But I'm not so sure you can put a sight on a shotgun. I could be wrong though.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Schematics

[ArthurDigbySellers]

Well now in addition to the dying NPC glitch, I've just run into another one - and this one could screw me out of even more quests.


I'm doing the Mirelurk Egg quest for Moira and I can get in and out of there without killing a single Mirelurk. The problem is that when I exit the Anchorage Memorial the game completely locks up on a black screen and I have to restart the 360. I can load a previous save without an issue, but when I went back to try it again, the same exact thing happened.

I've read that there is an alternate entrance into the Anchorage Memorial near the Tepid Sewers so I am going to try that next, but if that doesn't work, I'm going to be super pissed.


This is a great game, but damn if there aren't a lot of bugs.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Yeah, that is the one unfortunate reality you have to deal with when it comes to games like this. I am a huge fan of the Knights of the Old Republic series, and there are plenty of broken quests and such in those games, as well. I will say, though, that I put a lot of time into this game, and the only issue I ran into so far was one dying NPC. That was it. Not too bad...for my experience, at least.

So, anyway, I wrapped up the main quest last night. Great, great game, as I have said a number of times in this thread already. That being said, the ending was a bit disappointing...

It just feels like that last part of the game was rushed. Everything else about the game was long and epic. Then, you get to the end, and it's like, "Ok, we're done, now." The battle towards the Jefferson Memorial was disappointing, considering there really weren't too many enemies on the way there. Then, when you get inside, there is barely anyone guarding the control room. Wouldn't the Enclave throw everything they have left into protecting that site?

[Halo05]

Dogmeat can be found in the scrapyard. It is located northeast of the Vault 101 area, across the river. It is very large and hard to miss. Dogmeat is pretty much in the middle of the place. You won't miss him.

A belated thanks you. He may wind up sitting around my house but at least I'll have him.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

Yeah, that is the one unfortunate reality you have to deal with when it comes to games like this. I am a huge fan of the Knights of the Old Republic series, and there are plenty of broken quests and such in those games, as well. I will say, though, that I put a lot of time into this game, and the only issue I ran into so far was one dying NPC. That was it. Not too bad...for my experience, at least.

I made it around the glitch by going in an alternate entrance (which also made the quest extremely easy). I don't know if it will still freeze if I exit from the original door or not, but at least I completed the quest.

[DCriminal]

I made it around the glitch by going in an alternate entrance (which also made the quest extremely easy). I don't know if it will still freeze if I exit from the original door or not, but at least I completed the quest.

I had a similar problem for a while - The game would freeze up when I moved between locations. Eventually, I figured out that was freezing on the autosave, which, in turn, would corrupt my autosave. After trying a bunch of different options (clearing cache, moving all game data to a memory card, etc), I found that the problem resolved itself once I deleted a whole bunch of my previous game saves.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

I had a similar problem for a while - The game would freeze up when I moved between locations. Eventually, I figured out that was freezing on the autosave, which, in turn, would corrupt my autosave. After trying a bunch of different options (clearing cache, moving all game data to a memory card, etc), I found that the problem resolved itself once I deleted a whole bunch of my previous game saves.

I suspect it was the autosave as well since as soon as you enter the wasteland again, the autosave kicks in. I've been tempted to turn off all off the autosave settings since I typically roll 3-4 saves (in addition to the autosave) in case something like this happens.

[bigdaddybruce44]

I love how silly some of the armor combos can look. By the end of the game, I was using the T-51b Power Armor and Ledoux's Hockey Mask!

[dropbearGSH]

I love how silly some of the armor combos can look. By the end of the game, I was using the T-51b Power Armor and Ledoux's Hockey Mask!

Agreed, my personal favorite is a power armor helmet and a vault suit.

[evophile]

I love how silly some of the armor combos can look. By the end of the game, I was using the T-51b Power Armor and Ledoux's Hockey Mask!

Man, Ledoux would not spawn for me no matter how hard I tried!

That whole "quest" was glitched for me.. Milo wouldnt talk to me no matter how many times I pressed talk... so I blew him up and took the key.

With Ledoux show up no matter what, even if you didnt get the forumla? Or does it have to be activated, b/c it seems like thats my problem

[bigdaddybruce44]

Man, that sucks. He should be outside of the Red Racer Factory once you get the formula. Too bad he won't spawn for you. The mask is great to have.

[Sofa King Kool]

My roommate found a Fat Man that shoots eight nukes at once. It's totally useless, but it looks cool...

[Slate]

My roommate found a Fat Man that shoots eight nukes at once. It's totally useless, but it looks cool...

I've never heard of that before.

[dealer]

I've never heard of that before.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Experimental_MIRV

[bigdaddybruce44]

It's called the Experimental MIRV. It can be found in the National Guard Depot, situated near the northern edge of DC. Unfortunately, you also need to find the Keller family's transcripts, which are scattered across the CW.

[evophile]

Man, that sucks. He should be outside of the Red Racer Factory once you get the formula. Too bad he won't spawn for you. The mask is great to have.

Ok, I found out this minor quest will not activate if you have already completed the Nuka Cola Challenge side quest, as I did.

You can still find the formula and stuff but the guy will never appear.

That sucks, his Mask is probably the best headgear in the game.

[JJSP]

Just of curiosity, have I totally screwed myself?

I'm still really early in the game, playing around in Megaton. Burke wanted me to blow up the nuke, but the good side of me took over. I told Burke I'd do it, but promptly went to Lucas and ratted him out. Lucas went to arrest Burke, but when he turned his back, Burke shot Lucas in the back with the silenced pistol. I killed Burke (took his gun, as well as Lucas' assault rifle) - does this totally screw me out of anything other than the reward for disarming the bomb?

I need to set up several saves and get rid of the autosave.

[evophile]

Just of curiosity, have I totally screwed myself?

I'm still really early in the game, playing around in Megaton. Burke wanted me to blow up the nuke, but the good side of me took over. I told Burke I'd do it, but promptly went to Lucas and ratted him out. Lucas went to arrest Burke, but when he turned his back, Burke shot Lucas in the back with the silenced pistol. I killed Burke (took his gun, as well as Lucas' assault rifle) - does this totally screw me out of anything other than the reward for disarming the bomb?

I need to set up several saves and get rid of the autosave.

I don't think so. I believe Lucas' main point is to be the interface of the bomb quest. I never had any use for him after that. And I'm not sure what it is with Burke b/c I saved Megaton. But you wouldn't be getting anymore from him as it only works if you blew up Megaton. Basically if you blew up Megaton you would get a house somewhere else from Burke's employers.

It's funny how you ended up with both dead

[moojuice]

JJSP:
I believe that if you talk to Simm's son, you get the Megaton version of the reward

[ArthurDigbySellers]

Just of curiosity, have I totally screwed myself?

I'm still really early in the game, playing around in Megaton. Burke wanted me to blow up the nuke, but the good side of me took over. I told Burke I'd do it, but promptly went to Lucas and ratted him out. Lucas went to arrest Burke, but when he turned his back, Burke shot Lucas in the back with the silenced pistol. I killed Burke (took his gun, as well as Lucas' assault rifle) - does this totally screw me out of anything other than the reward for disarming the bomb?

I need to set up several saves and get rid of the autosave.

I did the same thing initially with the exact same outcome. I ended up restarting at an earlier save and doing it again this time not ratting Burke out. I don't think it matters much in the game whether Simms dies or not, but I didn't want it to go down like that.

Another thing to watch out for is NPCs dying. Walter, the water guy died in my town which ended my quest options for him.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Yeah, Walter died on me, as well. Many of the Megaton characters tend to, unfortunately. They seem to spawn in the wrong spots and then fall to their deaths. Fortunately, Walter doesn't offer much. A minor quest early on to fix the pipes around town. After that, you can turn over scrap metal to him. There are other characters who will also reward you for it later, though, so it's all good.

[Staind204]

I don't know if this was a good idea or not..

I went to Tenpenny towers and started the mission where the ghouls want to move into the tower. I am a good guy so I tried to do things as peacefully as possible. First off I couldn't even get to Tenpenny, the guard would not let me. I had to shoot his head off with V.A.T.S. and steal the key just to get to Tenpenny. I talked to him and he said if I convinced everyone to let the ghouls live there then he would allow it. I used my SPEECH on some of the characters and they still said no. I went and killed Tenpenny to get positive karma and then I had no choice but to open the gates for the ghouls to come in (so i could complete the mission). As soon as I got the mask from the ghoul I killed him and tried to stop the monsters from killing the residents. Unfortunately I think they automatically kill everyone because I went upstairs and a lot of people were already dead. After clearing out the area I had to rob everyone since they were dead anyway. My karma went from Paladin to Vault Guardian but I wasn't going to let all those items go to waste!

[shady520]

I am really enjoying the game so far (PC Version)! I just left the Vault and proceeded to Megaton..

I just did the quest where you go to the market and get food/medicine. Next I did the one where you get your rads up to 600 and go back and get a skill for it. I do wish I had somewhere to store items though but my explosive skill isn't high enough to disarm the bomb and get a house. Also do enemies respawn every time? I went back to loot the store and there were 4 people standing right in the doorway!

Just thought i should let you know and everybody who hasn't found a solution to the no house problem (already lvl 16 and haven't completed the power of atom), basically when you find SuperDuper Mart there are 2 trash cans in the back that you can store stuff in and leave it and it will save them there for you to the end of time!

[bigdaddybruce44]

I'm already going through Fallout 3 withdrawal. I can't wait for the DLC.

[doctorfaustus]

Just thought i should let you know and everybody who hasn't found a solution to the no house problem (already lvl 16 and haven't completed the power of atom), basically when you find SuperDuper Mart there are 2 trash cans in the back that you can store stuff in and leave it and it will save them there for you to the end of time!

I think you can leave your stuff in any garbage can/locker/etc. and expect them not to disappear.

Finished the main game I thought the ending was pretty good. It doesn't get any better than an eulogy from Ron Pearlman.

Also, Fawkes was there with me at the end. Why the hell didn't HE volunteer to go into the heavily irradiated area? Jeez, he just stood there... not a peep. I asked him about it, but all he wanted to talk about his gun and battle strategies. It's like he was deliberately changing the subject. I'll admit, even after all that we went through, I thought about firing his gold-brickin' ass. I mean, he's supposed to be pretty smart (and not just by super mutant standards), yet he feigned ignorance at a crucial fucking junction.
After a long and awkward pause, I volunteered myself for the task. Resigned with my inevitable demise, I ran into the chamber and initiated the sequence. The water purifier came alive and the Jefferson statue became visible as the polluted water began to clear. I fell to my knees, weak with radiation poisoning and thought I should have used the damn mutant poison...damn you, Fawkes. Much to my shame, I noticed the burly and familiar shape of my mutant friend standing above me.

In the end, good-old Fawkes had walked into the irradiated chamber with me. I'm not so sure that he made it through okay, but having him there made me feel that my sacrifice was, in the end, insignificant when measured against the possibility, the hope that people and mutants might survive and live peacefully someday.

[greyzieoriental]

cant you just kill a villager and take their house and use it as storage?

[Draccius]

Actually, I didn't find him there. He sort of found me. I was SW of Megaton near a bridge and attacked by 5 bandits, all of the sudden, there was Dogmeat. So. Yeah. :-k

Seriously....what is so hard about getting dogmeat? I am extremely surprised at the about of people who are confused at how to get him. He literally is just sitting in one spot not moving and waiting for you to come get him at the Northeast corner of the scrapyard.




Yeah, I know that. I think its a safe bet that you benefit way more by breaking into places than you ever could with the terminal stuff. Its just that every time I see one that I cant access I wonder whats on it.

[bigdaddybruce44]

You probably found the scrapyard and triggered the event that introduces Dogmeat, but you didn't go over and meet him. If that happens, he will show up later in an encounter that you are greatly outnumbered, such as the situation you faced.

[Soodmeg]

Dogmeats a pain in the ass though. But he was helpful when it was Charon, Chick from the Stealing Independence quest and I in one big party.

I kept that girl for like 5 or 6 quest before I finished that one. After that Dogmeat died and I was glad. Charon is much better.

Is that his name Charon? Cant really remember.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Yep.

[bigdaddybruce44]

In case anyone wasn't aware, the original Fallout is available as part of Gametap's free service (Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics are Gold titles).

[yukafls]

Ok, this has plagued me forever, how do you put a slave collar on someone???

[bigdaddybruce44]

After you use the Mesmetron, talk to the target. There should be text options about how now they're slaves. You only get one collar at a time, though, so after you capture one slave, you need to go back to Paradise Falls, and the guard will give you another collar.

[yukafls]

Shit.........I guess I shouldnt have wasted everyone there.....Oh well I was gonna start it a second time

[doctorfaustus]

Shit.........I guess I shouldnt have wasted everyone there.....Oh well I was gonna start it a second time

I did the exact same thing. I'm just going to look for an earlier save, since, for some reason, I ended up with 115 of them.

[lolwut?]

I just started. I'm in Megaton now and I want to know, is there any way to free Gob?

[Scorch]

I always what happened to The Antagonizer after I convinced the Mechanist to give it up. Turns out she still roams around, and I just found (and killed) her near Smith Casey's garage, clear on the other side of the Wasteland.

Oh, and I was wearing the Mechanist's outfit and a kid randomly ran up to me and asked me for an autograph. I obliged. :lol:

[bigdaddybruce44]

I just started. I'm in Megaton now and I want to know, is there any way to free Gob?

No, unfortunately.

I always what happened to The Antagonizer after I convinced the Mechanist to give it up. Turns out she still roams around, and I just found (and killed) her near Smith Casey's garage, clear on the other side of the Wasteland.

Oh, and I was wearing the Mechanist's outfit and a kid randomly ran up to me and asked me for an autograph. I obliged. :lol:

Classic. :applause:

[lolwut?]

Alright, what about saving Sheriff Simms from Burke. Everytime I time to take him down, he kills the sheriff first

[Scorch]

It's so funny to see some questions on here.. this game evolves with each choice you take, and some of the situations in this thread never happened in my game.. that's so crazy..

also, tesla armor ftw

[bigdaddybruce44]

Alright, what about saving Sheriff Simms from Burke. Everytime I time to take him down, he kills the sheriff first

You just gotta be quick. Save right before that point and be ready to enter VATS just as Burke pulls his weapon. I screwed up the first time, but blew him away the next time.

It's so funny to see some questions on here.. this game evolves with each choice you take, and some of the situations in this thread never happened in my game.. that's so crazy..

also, tesla armor ftw

T-51b for great justice!

[electronicthroat]

Right now, I'm trying to destroy the source of the Fire Ants in Grayditch. The problem is ammo is really scarce since obviously they do not carry ammo. I picked up the Scrounger perk. So maybe that will help.

Has anyone else got this perk? Is it good or a waste? Figuring out with perk to pick each level is hard!

[doctorfaustus]

Right now, I'm trying to destroy the source of the Fire Ants in Grayditch. The problem is ammo is really scarce since obviously they do not carry ammo. I picked up the Scrounger perk. So maybe that will help.

Has anyone else got this perk? Is it good or a waste? Figuring out with perk to pick each level is hard!


I didn't get that perk. After having finished the main story and most of the quests, I can tell you that I did not find there to be a lack of ammo in the wasteland. Some ammo is harder to come by, but as long as you keep more than a couple of weapons on you, you'll be fine.

Those fire ants were a pain in the ass. I think they were the hardest enemies in the game... I did, however, tackle them early on while I was a low level.

I suspect that I'll have to return to finish off the queen in order to get her pheromones for those people in rivet someday.



Good times. I'm still playing after completing the mission and logging 67 hours (damn, that's an embarrassingly large amount of time) and having a blast looking for the bobbleheads that I missed in my first go around. There's so much out there that I did not get to see during the course of the game that I'm glad I saved right before the last leg of the main story.

[bigdaddybruce44]

I didn't get that perk. After having finished the main story and most of the quests, I can tell you that I did not find there to be a lack of ammo in the wasteland. Some ammo is harder to come by, but as long as you keep more than a couple of weapons on you, you'll be fine.

Those fire ants were a pain in the ass. I think they were the hardest enemies in the game... I did, however, tackle them early on while I was a low level.

I suspect that I'll have to return to finish off the queen in order to get her pheromones for those people in rivet someday.



Good times. I'm still playing after completing the mission and logging 67 hours (damn, that's an embarrassingly large amount of time) and having a blast looking for the bobbleheads that I missed in my first go around. There's so much out there that I did not get to see during the course of the game that I'm glad I saved right before the last leg of the main story.

Yeah, the key is being willing to rotate weapons, especially early on in the game. Later, you'll have so much damn ammo, you can use whatever you want. Early in the game, though, I had to keep switching weapons. But as long as I did that, I was fine on ammo. It is very plentiful across the Wasteland. If one is experiencing shortages, you should just walk around the Wasteland and engage some Raiders. You might also want to check out the Super-Duper Mart, if you haven't already. It is part of the Wasteland Survival Guide quest, and the Raiders are using it as storage for a pretty large cache of ammo.

The fire ants were a massive pain in the ass. I did that quest pretty early, too, and they were tough to kill. I used Dogmeat to distract them, and I went on their side, to avoid their flames. Oh, and you don't need to get the ant pheromones from the queen. You can buy them from the drug store (I think) in Rivet City.

[doctorfaustus]

Yeah, the key is being willing to rotate weapons, especially early on in the game. Later, you'll have so much damn ammo, you can use whatever you want.

The fire ants were a massive pain in the ass. I did that quest pretty early, too, and they were tough to kill. I used Dogmeat to distract them, and I went on their side, to avoid their flames. Oh, and you don't need to get the ant pheromones from the queen. You can buy them from the drug store (I think) in Rivet City.

Sweet...

[ArthurDigbySellers]

Right now, I'm trying to destroy the source of the Fire Ants in Grayditch. The problem is ammo is really scarce since obviously they do not carry ammo. I picked up the Scrounger perk. So maybe that will help.

Has anyone else got this perk? Is it good or a waste? Figuring out with perk to pick each level is hard!

I did that quest early on as well and it was a pain in the ass. I never picked Scrounger but as someone else stated, do the Super Duper Mart quest for Moira's Wasteland Survival Guide and you should be able to score some more ammo to use against those bastard ants.

There is something I did use for the later part of the ant quest which really helped:

I had around 4 or 5 bottlecap mines that I had made when I went into their lair. I think I got the schematics to make them from another Moira quest - probably the minefield one. Anyway, they are one-hit kills against the super tough ants that you are going to come across towards the end of the quest.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Yeah, the Super-Duper Mart was extremely helpful. If you find yourself having a hard time dealing all of the Raiders there (there are quite a few), use a Stealth Boy to sneak to back of the store. You should find a terminal with access to a Protectron. Activate it, but make sure to snatch the employee ID from atop of the terminal, so that the robot doesn't attack you, as well. Also be aware that after you clear out the store and are there for a bit (while you stock up), more Raiders will come and realize they have been attacked. Lastly, if you happen to be very, very early in the game and still haven't claimed yourself an apartment, you can use the store as one. Anything you store there will remain, and there is a bed there, as well.

[Scorch]

I do have the scrounger perk, and later on in the game, I'm high on some ammo and low on others. I never use laser pistols or laser rifles but I have like 800 ammo for it so I'm using that. I've been using the combat shotgun and chinese assault rifle against super mutants. I think the scrounger perk has definitely helped.

Also, if you do the quest in tenpenny tower and help Roy get in, keep the ghoul mask on. You can wear helmets over it. It makes ghouls ignore you for pretty much the rest of the game, which is very helpful.. especially in the Jefferson memorial tunnels when you have people following you.

[yukafls]

I buy most of my ammo, I have so many caps I dont know what to do with them all. But I also store half my weapons at the megaton house

[bigdaddybruce44]

Well, that also works as the game goes along. You'll have so many weapons and pieces of armor, you should be loaded with caps. I bought all the crap for my apartment, even though you really don't need things like the Nuka Cola machine or the jukebox. I just didn't have anything else to spend the caps on.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

Alright, what about saving Sheriff Simms from Burke. Everytime I time to take him down, he kills the sheriff first


Just don't tell Simms about Burke's plan and you'll avoid the whole situation. That is what I did after I got Simms killed the first time.

[Soodmeg]

To anyone who has done the Trouble on the home front quest.

What did you do to solve it and how did that turn out? There is at least 10 different ways to finish this quest, just wondering how people went about it.

[bigdaddybruce44]

To anyone who has done the Trouble on the home front quest.

What did you do to solve it and how did that turn out? There is at least 10 different ways to finish this quest, just wondering how people went about it.

Well...

First of all, I didn't kill Amata's father when I was leaving the Vault, so he was still the Overseer. I got attacked on sight by him and a security officer, so I had no choice but to kill them. So, Amata kicked me out of the Vault.

[Techsticles]

Right now, I'm trying to destroy the source of the Fire Ants in Grayditch. The problem is ammo is really scarce since obviously they do not carry ammo. I picked up the Scrounger perk. So maybe that will help.

Has anyone else got this perk? Is it good or a waste? Figuring out with perk to pick each level is hard!
I too am somewhat early on in the game at this exact same point and practically have squat for ammo. The Megaton store is out of Ammo because I bought it all and I ransacked the Super Duper Market when I first started playing. I'm down to shotgun shells, some grenades, some melee weapons, and spikes for a weapon I don't have.

[yukafls]

Same here, and when I went back to do the emergency vault quest it was difficult

[bigdaddybruce44]

If you're having issues with ammo earlier on, and you have already hit up the Super-Duper Mart and bought everything in Megaton, here are a few other ideas:

1) If you don't already know, there are other settlements throughout the Capital Wasteland. Rivet City, Tenpenny Towers, the Underground and other communities will all have people selling stuff, and someone should have a bunch of ammo to buy. Just keep in mind that the places in and around DC might be a pain to reach early on, considering the wealth of Super Mutants present in the city.

2) Don't forget the caravans! Lucky Harith specifically sells weapons and ammo, but I do think I remember getting some random bits of ammo from the other sellers. If you don't know about the caravans, they are sellers who walk around the Wasteland and trade with various communities. If you're early in the game and haven't hit up the other communities, your best place to find one of them is right outside of Megaton.

3) Sometimes, you will encounter people out in the Wasteland who are selling stuff, as well. They aren't part of the caravan, so you will generally find them in the same place. So, if you see a non-enemy NPC, go over and chat. They might be looking to deal.

4) Try farming areas that had easy enemies that dropped ammo. I honestly cannot remember any good place that is close to Megaton, but if you remember an area where you randomly encountered raiders with guns, try to go back there after awhile. I honestly don't know how long an area will be clear, but for instance, I fast traveled to Fordham Flash Field a bunch and almost everytime, Raiders were there. Unfortunately, I think they just have baseball bats.

EDIT: Oh, and also look for the hollowed-out rock around the back of Megaton. I don't remember the exact location, but you'll find it. Just stay close to the city's walls. Inside, you will find a sniper rifle and some ammo. I also think I got a Stealth boy and some stimpacks. A decent find, especially considering the power of the sniper rifle. Should be great when it comes to dealing with enemies you will face early on.

[motuza]

I have a question about the "Family Ties" Quest.

Where are you supposed to find the family? I looked in the hideout, the movie place and the other place I was supposed to check but there wasn't anything there. Am I supposed to go further?

[pimpinc333]

I have a question about the "Family Ties" Quest.

Where are you supposed to find the family? I looked in the hideout, the movie place and the other place I was supposed to check but there wasn't anything there. Am I supposed to go further?

They are north across the river from Arefu ( Can't remember the name of the town you get the quest in ) in the Subway metro. The same metro with the 2 ghouls that ask you to get them sugar bombs. In the empty room in there hideout will be a manhole on the ground. You have to enter there and work your way though the tunnels and you will find the family.

[Poor2More]

Game of The Year easily.....that is all

[lolwut?]

You just gotta be quick. Save right before that point and be ready to enter VATS just as Burke pulls his weapon. I screwed up the first time, but blew him away the next time.

What am I supposed to hit him with and where? Maybe it's because I'm a weak fuck, but I tried shooting the gun out of his hand (didn't work) and I tried shooting him in both the head and torso.

[bigdaddybruce44]

I was very weak at the time, as well. It was actually pretty much one of the first things I did after leaving the vault. I guess, you just need to get lucky.

[motuza]

They are north across the river from Arefu ( Can't remember the name of the town you get the quest in ) in the Subway metro. The same metro with the 2 ghouls that ask you to get them sugar bombs. In the empty room in there hideout will be a manhole on the ground. You have to enter there and work your way though the tunnels and you will find the family.

Thanks, i'll search for them tomorrow! :)

[yukafls]

I forgot about that, Ghouls are makin ultra jet

[Trakan]

http://au.xboxlive.ign.com/articles/937/937202p1.html

New Weapons and Perks for F3 with the Operation Anchorage DLC. 800 points.

New Level Cap coming with the third DLC in March.

[doctorfaustus]

I forgot about that, Ghouls are makin ultra jet

Bastards, I keep giving them Sugar Pops and they haven't produced a thing!

[yukafls]

Gotta give them quit a bit, but I buy it and try to resell it. I get less, but I am help the junkies

[bigdaddybruce44]

Wow, that DLC sounds simply awesome. These guys could literally just bleed me dry. Whatever DLC they release for this game, I will buy.