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

I just found out how to fast travel. Go to the world map, zoom in on location and put the arrow on it so it shows the name, click, game load, and then BOOM you are there. I feel like an idiot for walking the whole time everywhere


The Stranger kicks ass, I wish I could find those awesome clothes he wears
 
Haha I played for a few days before I found out I could fast travel so don't feel bad! I would get distracted and start exploring torwards the small location arrows and boom I look at the map and i'm super of course. It turned out nice though because once I got more into the main quests I could quickly warp everywhere.

After a marathon last night i'm sitting on like 20 hours already, level 15 and i've only got 300 of the 1000 achievement points. GAME OF THE YEAR and one of my favorites of all time. Everything just feels right about this game it lived up to every expectation I had. Even if you weren't a fan of Oblivion you owe it to yourself to check this out. I never got into Oblivion, I saw a few friends playing it alot and I always wanted to check it out myself but never did.
 
[quote name='$hady']Haha I played for a few days before I found out I could fast travel so don't feel bad! I would get distracted and start exploring torwards the small location arrows and boom I look at the map and i'm super of course. It turned out nice though because once I got more into the main quests I could quickly warp everywhere.

After a marathon last night i'm sitting on like 20 hours already, level 15 and i've only got 300 of the 1000 achievement points. GAME OF THE YEAR and one of my favorites of all time. Everything just feels right about this game it lived up to every expectation I had. Even if you weren't a fan of Oblivion you owe it to yourself to check this out. I never got into Oblivion, I saw a few friends playing it alot and I always wanted to check it out myself but never did.[/quote]
I must explore too much, I'm level 9 and at 24 hours. :lol:
 
Alright is the music on Galaxy News Radio supposed to sound choppy or sound like its stuttering.

Three Dog sounds perfectly clear, but the music sounds all choppy. I was wondering if this was a filter or not because my game has been freezing everytime I load my save file now. It might just be freezing in Mr. Wilks' house, but I don't know since I am trying to search the house. Anyway when the game freezes, I have to Alt-Tab out of the game and end it manually. When I do that the music sounds perfect.

So I was wondering if that choppiness/stuttering is a sound filter or is this a problem directly tied to the PC version.
 
Sounds like a problem on your end. Im playing on the 360 and I get no problems with the music playing unless I am out of range
 
[quote name='wgpfly']Sounds like a problem on your end. Im playing on the 360 and I get no problems with the music playing unless I am out of range[/quote]

Yeah, I had a feeling it was. There is also a stuttering problem visually in the game, even though I have 60 fps all the time.

Oh I got out of Wilks' house and everything was fine. Now every time I go into that damn house the game freezes.
 
I played about 10 hours so far and am at level 5 about to hit 6. I just started The Family quest. This game is awesome. As of right now it's mos def the Game of the Year for me. Can't wait to play more after the Dallas game tonight.
 
Heh. I was just running around exploring (I hit twenty today) and found the ruins of the Bethesda building. Nothing inside form what I could tell. But I didn't check every building. I'll come back to it later today.
 
[quote name='Razzuel']Alright is the music on Galaxy News Radio supposed to sound choppy or sound like its stuttering.

Three Dog sounds perfectly clear, but the music sounds all choppy. I was wondering if this was a filter or not because my game has been freezing everytime I load my save file now. It might just be freezing in Mr. Wilks' house, but I don't know since I am trying to search the house. Anyway when the game freezes, I have to Alt-Tab out of the game and end it manually. When I do that the music sounds perfect.

So I was wondering if that choppiness/stuttering is a sound filter or is this a problem directly tied to the PC version.[/quote]

The radio does get choppy if you get near another radio device that's on in the vicinity.

If it's not that, then yeah, I don't know. I never had a problem with the PC version outside of being close to an active radio.
 
[quote name='GizmoGC']Just hit Level 7 and finished The Family quest....great game. Guess its time to hit up Rivet City.[/QUOTE]

im so tired of looking for those fuckers.
 
fuck. I hit the bug in the Blood Ties quest, making it impossible to complete. Looks like I'm going to have to load up an old save and try again if I want to get the achievement. This is the second major quest bug I've run into...:whistle2:?

A warning to anybody who hasn't done the Blood Ties quest yet, if you're going to go in guns blazing, KILL ALL OF THE "VAMPIRES" BEFORE TALKING TO IAN!!! If you don't, there's a bug that makes the citizens of Arefu consider you hostile and you will fail the quest, making it impossible to get the achievement.
 
[quote name='JolietJake']Exactly how do i get to galaxy radio? I'm in the general area, but i don't see any buildings that i can enter.[/quote]


Did you already travel through the subway?
 
[quote name='JolietJake']I went down into the subway, damn ghouls scared the shit out of me. I ended up further away when i got out though.[/quote]


I'm not positive, but there might be two different exits to that subway. I remember trying to choose between two different paths at one point and worrying if I chose the right one. I exited into the middle of a battle between some super mutants and the brotherhood of steel, who then took me to GNR.
 
I've played a bit of Fallout 3, and I'm not sure it's my type of game. I'm currently selling it on my TL if anyoen is interested (sorry to threadcrap). I'd rather have the money for other games this holiday gaming season.
 
A notice to everybody, I'm reading about a lot of confirmed bugs in this game, and I mean a lot. There are even a few instances where talking to certain people will end a quest, permanently blocking off entire sections of the map and disabling achievements. I recommend everyone keep a few separate saves and keep your eyes open for any quests ending suspiciously. Hopefully there will be a patch soon...
 
I haven't had any, as far as I know. Although I still wonder if (regarding Megaton and Simms)
the sheriff was meant to die. I told him about Burke and killed Burke before he was able to off him. It kind of felt like a bug since he doesn't even say anything about it. :lol:
 
[quote name='JolietJake']I went down into the subway, damn ghouls scared the shit out of me. I ended up further away when i got out though.[/QUOTE]#-o

Use your local map.
 
Yeah it's very easy to get to.

Take the Farragut Metro. You can't miss where you need to go because when it splits it has "TO GNR OUTPOST" scratched onto the wall. Once you get there, you'll run into BoS guys and everything else is straight forward and linear.
 
[quote name='yukine']I haven't had any, as far as I know. Although I still wonder if (regarding Megaton and Simms)
the sheriff was meant to die. I told him about Burke and killed Burke before he was able to off him. It kind of felt like a bug since he doesn't even say anything about it. :lol:
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I did the same thing but I ended up being shot at by everyone in the place after I killed Burke
 
[quote name='fart_bubble']
I did the same thing but I ended up being shot at by everyone in the place after I killed Burke
[/quote]
Very interesting... because when I killed him I got Good Karma and someone shouted "About damn time!" so they were pretty happy about it.

Also regarding Moriarty, if you hack the computer instead of talking to him you miss out on some details.
I first talked to him and then he wanted 300 caps or whatever so I loaded my save and went and hacked his computer instead of talking to him. After hacking his computer, you can't mention your dad to him because the quest to find where he is at is then completed. You miss out on some interesting details about your father and the vault, I wouldn't of known otherwise if I hadn't talked to him first and then reloaded.
 
This game is still sealed in the lunchbox, I have plowing through Dead Space (Chapter 9) only 3 chapts to go.....I made a rule, I cant play a new game till I beat the one I previously bought before it (Beat Fable II, almost beat DeadSpace, Gears 2 will be an exception) do to Fallout 3 will take forever to beat :)
 
I have a question about Paradise Falls:
I'm doing the quest where I need to rescue the 2 kids in order to get into the Caverns......The one kid tells me to either access the computer or repair some cables, and both options I can't do due to my skills being too low for both. What else can I do to rescue the kids (besides just killing everyone), or am I SOL?
 
[quote name='Sofa King Kool']A notice to everybody, I'm reading about a lot of confirmed bugs in this game, and I mean a lot. There are even a few instances where talking to certain people will end a quest, permanently blocking off entire sections of the map and disabling achievements. I recommend everyone keep a few separate saves and keep your eyes open for any quests ending suspiciously. Hopefully there will be a patch soon...[/quote]


How does an entire section of the map get blocked off? I'm unaware of something as big as that happening considering how open the world is. I can't think of a single instance in the game that would cause something like that outside of a time constraint based on your advancement in the main quest which isn't a bug I believe. The quest in question is called, "Trouble on the Home Front".

Also I know it's possible to skip "Following in his Footsteps" if you talk to Dr. Li before going to GNR Radio in the main quest, but you should be able to go back there and talk to Three Dog for the achievement regardless.


I know there are a quite a few bugs and I do know some strange things will happen if you do some things in a strange way. Sometimes they're difficult to figure out how to complete. Most of the quests I did compensated for weird happenings or quests interfering with other quests for the most part. I wonder if the PC version has all the same bugs or not?


[quote name='Chroma914']I have a question about Paradise Falls:
I'm doing the quest where I need to rescue the 2 kids in order to get into the Caverns......The one kid tells me to either access the computer or repair some cables, and both options I can't do due to my skills being too low for both. What else can I do to rescue the kids (besides just killing everyone), or am I SOL?
[/quote]

What I did was
pay to get into Paradise Falls (500 Caps) and then I talked to Eugene about selling me the kids. He wants 2,000 caps for all three kids, but you can speech him down to 1,200 caps. Which is what I did.
 
[quote name='Draekon']

Also I know it's possible to skip "Following in his Footsteps" if you talk to Dr. Li before going to GNR Radio in the main quest, but you should be able to go back there and talk to Three Dog for the achievement regardless.
[/quote]

Haha I was reading yall talking about glitches and stuff and I was about to post this same thing. It happened to me because I was doing things out of order and talked to Li and it pops up quest completed. Got scared I had missed doing the quest and loaded my previous save just to be safe. :lol:
 
How do I give Moira a mine? I have like 20 of them, 2 of which I collected where I was supposed to, but there's not option to give her one. I even sold her one, no dice.
 
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[quote name='paz9x']im so tired of looking for those fuckers.[/QUOTE]

They are very easy to find. Just go into the toxic hole where the ghouls are making UltraJet.
 
[quote name='Sofa King Kool']fuck. I hit the bug in the Blood Ties quest, making it impossible to complete. Looks like I'm going to have to load up an old save and try again if I want to get the achievement. This is the second major quest bug I've run into...:whistle2:?

A warning to anybody who hasn't done the Blood Ties quest yet, if you're going to go in guns blazing, KILL ALL OF THE "VAMPIRES" BEFORE TALKING TO IAN!!! If you don't, there's a bug that makes the citizens of Arefu consider you hostile and you will fail the quest, making it impossible to get the achievement.[/QUOTE]

Um...you killed them? They won't shoot you unless you shoot them first. Wound up getting some perks by talking to them.
 
[quote name='paz9x']im so tired of looking for those fuckers.[/QUOTE]

They're located
Under the trainyard in the tunnels with all of the traps. I kept getting confused by the compass and it took me far too long to find those bastards
 
[quote name='Draekon']The radio does get choppy if you get near another radio device that's on in the vicinity.

If it's not that, then yeah, I don't know. I never had a problem with the PC version outside of being close to an active radio.[/quote]

No that was not it. I figured out how to fix it though. I was searching through Bethesda's forums and I found a solution. I don't know why or how it works, but it worked.

I downloaded AC3 Filter and in the system tab I changed the Default Audio Renderer to "Use Wave out by default."

I booted the game back up and no more radio stuttering. Yay!
 
Where do I get the keys to get into Fort Constantine??? I already have

Dave's
Dukov's
and Ted Strayer's

What others do I need??
 
Anyone have any general tips for a new game? I should be getting my copy tomorrow and I want to be extra ready.

I have been reading up on gamefaqs and a few others forums as well.
 
[quote name='Persona7']Anyone have any general tips for a new game? I should be getting my copy tomorrow and I want to be extra ready.

I have been reading up on gamefaqs and a few others forums as well.[/QUOTE]

I put my experience into small guns, medication and lock-picking.

Things have been working pretty well.

Putting some points into bartering is a good idea too.
 
Putting skills in lock-picking is very handy. I'd recommend lock-picking with whatever else you want to focus on. I personally have invested a lot of points and perks into speech, lock-picking, hacking, and small guns.

My skills are probably a bit redundant, but I didn't want to miss anything. I'm going for all side quests I can complete by being good. And then I'll play as a bad guy using different skills... maybe more combat oriented since I'm gonna be killin' a lot of fools.
 
I am loving this game. Typically I would be outraged at the number of bugs and glitches I've encountered, but somehow with Bethesda games, the bugs are so totally entertaining it almost adds more charm to the game. For example:
- Every time I quick travel to the Super Duper Mart, a body falls from the sky. I think it is suppose to be a corpse strung up on a chain outside the store door, but every time the location loads it drops from the sky and twitches on the ground.
- After completing Those! quest and going to exiting the metro, some how Dogmeat's eyeball and tongue geometry got stretch to where each eyeball and mouth were spikes extending several feet out of his face. It looked so disgusting I had to run ahead of him and avoid battles so I wouldn't have to see it. Luckily once exiting the area and reloading the Wasteland Overworld it was corrected.
- While traveling through metro to GNR a feral mutant spawned inside a row of lockers. Dogmeat kept barking at it as if it were an actual threat. I gave up trying to kill it and wandered ahead, only to realize that my dog wasn't with me. Traveled back just in time to see the dog finally somehow kill it. It had to have been at least 5 minutes that the dog was attacking hands and half a forehead of the ghoul that could be seen.

Only bug I've ran into that I caused me to reload an old save was with the Big Trouble in Big Town Quest.
After rescuing residents from the Super Mutant and returning to town, I chose to use Intelligence option to teach residence how to repair robot for protection. Only issue was Robot 'corpse' did not load. Everyone in town just gathered around an empty field and said things like " I'm watching" and "We're ready when you are." Appears to be a common issue so choose another option until it is patched. Consider yourself warned.
 
Can anyone tell me what is up with Stefan?
He's the feral ghoul in the bicycle building. I can't hack the computers and I don't have a guide so I have no idea if there is a reason behind his power or anything special. I just wandered in the building and killed everything.
 
[quote name='Smiles Davis']
Only bug I've ran into that I caused me to reload an old save was with the Big Trouble in Big Town Quest.
After rescuing residents from the Super Mutant and returning to town, I chose to use Intelligence option to teach residence how to repair robot for protection. Only issue was Robot 'corpse' did not load. Everyone in town just gathered around an empty field and said things like " I'm watching" and "We're ready when you are." Appears to be a common issue so choose another option until it is patched. Consider yourself warned.
[/quote]

That's weird. That is the sequence that is suppose to occur when you use the Small Arms interaction by teaching them how to shoot properly.

Lots of minor and some major glitches in the game, but with Fallout being so gigantic in scope, I think it's pretty understandable to have some of these problems pass through the cracks. Besides, Bethesda should be able to pump out patches for the more game breaking bugs.
 
[quote name='knightsdwn']That's weird. That is the sequence that is suppose to occur when you use the Small Arms interaction by teaching them how to shoot properly.

Lots of minor and some major glitches in the game, but with Fallout being so gigantic in scope, I think it's pretty understandable to have some of these problems pass through the cracks. Besides, Bethesda should be able to pump out patches for the more game breaking bugs.[/QUOTE]

Small Arms is what I chose after reloading and it worked fine. Probably should have just chose to fight the threat straight out rather then messing with either option seeing as how underwhelming it turned out to be.

Totally agree about the patches. I am so enjoying everything in the game, these quirks are just a fun footnote.
 
[quote name='yukafls']Where do I get the keys to get into Fort Constantine??? I already have

Dave's
Dukov's
and Ted Strayer's

What others do I need??[/quote]


Anyone????
 
[quote name='yukafls']Anyone????[/quote]

Isn't that the only three you need to get the keys from? Crowley asked for
Tenpenny to be assassinated too but I did the Tenpenny Tower quest (convinced the tenants to let the ghouls in) before I got to Underworld so he was already dead by the time I talked to him.

I'll turn in the You Gotta Shoot 'Em In The Head quest and see what will happen next.
 
Ah, I went to the underworld first and then the T Tower. So I either gotta kill tenpenny and fight my way out or just sweep through the Underworld killing every ghoul.......which is better,
 
[quote name='yukafls']Ah, I went to the underworld first and then the T Tower. So I either gotta kill tenpenny and fight my way out or just sweep through the Underworld killing every ghoul.......which is better,[/quote]

It depends.
Did you blow up Megaton or save it? If you blew it up, I'd suggest you kill the leader of the ghouls wanting to get into Tenpenny Tower so your suite in the top floor does not get compromised. You get bad karma for this act though. If you saved Megaton however, you can either kill the ghouls like before or convince the tenants to let them in, the latter landing you some good karma.

You'll have to battle your way through the tunnel leading to the ghoul leader for both circumstances anyway since the place is packed with feral ghouls. The glowing ones are a bitch to kill and scary as fuck when they charge at you :whistle2:#.

Also, it seems that the 4th key for Fort Constantine is from a corpse inside the Fort itself.
 
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