Fallout 4
- Thread starter Vintage Paw
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6 hours in and I seem to have lost dogmeat... Or did I leave him waiting for me somewhere 
Love how it looks despite my mid range CPU and GPU
As soon as I noticed building items at Sanctuary earns XP I spammed cabinets, beds and chairs and levelled up a couple of times!
Love how it looks despite my mid range CPU and GPU
As soon as I noticed building items at Sanctuary earns XP I spammed cabinets, beds and chairs and levelled up a couple of times!
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
6 hours in and I seem to have lost dogmeat... Or did I leave him waiting for me somewhere
Love how it looks despite my mid range CPU and GPU
As soon as I noticed building items at Sanctuary earns XP I spammed cabinets, beds and chairs and levelled up a couple of times!
What are you using. I'd quite like to play, but suspect mine is just two old. (E8400 & 5850)
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
I've got a ps4 so don't have to worry about whether my PSU will support my GPU or whatever. It came last night. Too many games, too little time.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Looks pretty sweet on a PS4 too.
Any advantages to building a settlement or is it just for fun?
My pooter has a not overclocked i5 and 650ti.
ohmyliver
poppin' like a cork
is Fo4 running on an e8400 and a gtx 730, as the 5850 is more powerful than a gtx 730, I suspect you'd be fine on 720p resolution.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I recommend keeping SSAO on if you can, dropping other things before you drop that. It has a huge impact on how grounded things are in the world. It's object shadowing, basically, that stops it looking like it's polygons floating against other polygons. SSAO isn't very costly in the grand scheme of things. Medium shadows seem to look better than high, but ultra looks better than medium, but medium should be just fine I reckon. Godrays on low would probably be absolutely fine, you'd notice no difference. And according to the nvidia guide, dropping most fade items to around half way seems to have negligible impact on your experience unless you're stood on the top of a building and expecting to see people and bobby pins 4 miles away.
ruffneck23
front left
i only played a little last night, im a bit scared of throwing myself into it too far as i wont see the light of day for months
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Modding has begun, of course.
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
Follow VPs suggestions on lighting effects and you won't even miss it.
Ah Nexus, I'll give it a few weeks and they'll be more quest mods than players
steveo87
22/11/2022 - got a maths joke.
I'm finding it considerably harder than 3 or NV.
Not that it's a bad thing.
I only played it for a couple of hours this morning.
Gonna play an hour or so until Mrs o87 comes round. She thinks we're going to be watching the middle two Hunger Games movies on Netflix....she's soooo wrong.
Not that it's a bad thing.
I only played it for a couple of hours this morning.
Gonna play an hour or so until Mrs o87 comes round. She thinks we're going to be watching the middle two Hunger Games movies on Netflix....she's soooo wrong.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
They've ramped up the difficulty by all accounts. I've barely done a thing yet, but I find myself not wanting to get into combat most of the time. I took my first perk in sneak. I have no idea what I'm doing.
Done a comparison of vanilla and what my ReShade config looks like now. Both downsampled from 3500x1500.
It's a beautiful game either way. You know, ignoring Bethesda's usual dreadful textures. Lots of scope for texture modding. There's an eye mod out already (by the maker of what I think is the best Skyrim eye mod, Eyes of Beauty - it has the same name).
Done a comparison of vanilla and what my ReShade config looks like now. Both downsampled from 3500x1500.
It's a beautiful game either way. You know, ignoring Bethesda's usual dreadful textures. Lots of scope for texture modding. There's an eye mod out already (by the maker of what I think is the best Skyrim eye mod, Eyes of Beauty - it has the same name).
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I don't enjoy games that are difficult as I get bored easily. Always play on easy and with walkthrough to hand so I know what I need to do. Even then, it can be too difficult. Had to give up on Far Cry 3.
I'm a rubbish gamer.
I'm a rubbish gamer.
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
Yeah bastard Bethesda ripping off their own game.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
You can get power armour fairly early on compared to previous games BUT it is compensated by the fact that you need fusion cores to use it - and they are very rare and run out of power fast. (Tip - do not leave your power armor parked somewhere with a fusion core in it, always take the fusion core out when you are done otherwise one of your settlers may take it for a spin, running it out of power and probably leaving it somewhere in the wilderness).
So most of the time it will sit in the garage, you'll only take it out when you really need it for something tough. I think they've actually done it very well, it's much more like I've always imagined power armour ought to be.
I currently have 3 settlements (although 1 has no people yet). The places you can build are limited to a radius around an existing workbench, but there seem to be a few places to choose from - and you are very free to do what you like with each.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
I kind of feel it's a bit too easy to get though. I've only played about 3-4 hours and I've already had two sets, plus 2 mini guns and a fat man.
tommers
Busta Rhymes is an unstoppable movement
Haha. Bethesda.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
And Battlefront comes out next week...
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
It's academic. How many fusion cores do you have? How many mini-nukes? There are limiting factors, you aren't going to spend the entire game running around in power armour, nuking people.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Blimey. That's just on PC too, from the Steam figures.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I found a Vault-Tec lunchbox XD
I shan't spoil it but I was most disappointed not to be greeted with 500 caps, 500 food, 500 energy, and a rare dweller.
I shan't spoil it but I was most disappointed not to be greeted with 500 caps, 500 food, 500 energy, and a rare dweller.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Blasphemy, I know, but in a last ditch attempt to get around a problem I was having not being able to choose perks while downsampled, I plugged in a controller and omg it's great. It solves my problem with the perks menu, plus the freecam controls are so much better (like in DAI), it's easier to deal with stuff like L-ALT power melee/grenade stuff because it's right there on your right bumper, you can walk slowly without having to press an extra key, running around is always more pleasant with a controller than kb&m anyway, and best of all the console still works.
