Fallout New Vegas...7 days...

[Sunray]

This is one of the most graphically glitchy games I've ever played. I'm playing 1.2.

Least its not crashed yet.

Someone : "Hey, Don't go any further you'll die"
Me : Ha

*Dies*

 

[nick h.]

I've never played Fallout - is it the one with a TV ad about 2 yrs ago where there's this bloke all suited up who goes for quite a long ride in a lift and then walks around a desolate landscape? I think he takes his helmet off and sits down with his back against some wreckage looking a bit wistful/melancholy. The ad had good music in it - also a bit wistful/melancholy.

 

[Sunray]

Updated my graphics card drivers and its sorted the glitchy graphics.

Weapons in this all sound a bit weak....

 

[Epona]

Updated my graphics card drivers and its sorted the glitchy graphics.

Most of the problems on the official technical forum (for PC folks) comes down to drivers. I've not had any problems with the game myself although I can't claim to be completely organised when it comes to checking for driver updates, I usually update them when something new fails to work properly.

Weapons in this all sound a bit weak....

It's all about the DT (Damage Threshold) and ammo. If for example an enemy has a DT of 10 and your weapon does 7 damage with normal ammo, you're going to be plinking away at the bugger for ages barely making a dent. Although you're given DPS (damage per second) stats for each weapon, ignore it, because for enemies with armour or tough hides it's useless - a high DPS weapon with low per-shot damage isn't going to get through the damage threshold, and the DPS stat doesn't take account of reloading time. So don't get too caught up with high DPS, because lots of low damage rounds are going to be bouncing off that deathclaw's hide and just enraging it. Far better to one-shot it in the head from a distance with a weapon that does 180 DAM, but only 90 DPS because it takes a long time to reload than peppering it with 12 DAM, 190 DPS from a 9mm SMG, it's just going to feel a slight itch from that.

If however you have managed to get your hands on (or make) some armour piercing ammo or incendiary or something similar, then you're laughing. There are some stupidly overpowered weapons, such as the Gauss rifle (energy weapon), or Anti Material rifle (gun, .50 ammo), but even with those it all comes down to the ammo. Taking the handloader perk allows you to make the best ammo for normal guns at a reloading bench, stuff you can't buy or loot anywhere else. And for energy weapons you need to make your own maximum charge cells. The unique Gauss rifle (YCS/186 or somesuch) with max charge microfusion cells can do a ridiculous amount of damage in one shot.

ETA: Oh and there are some quite powerful melee and unarmed weapons (powered ballistic fists etc) also if that's more your thing.

 

[Sunray]

I was saying sounds. The caravan shot gun at point blank range while exploding them into a bloody mess in one, sounds like someone opening a can of pop.

 

[ohmyliver]

I was saying sounds. The caravan shot gun at point blank range while exploding them into a bloody mess in one, sounds like someone opening a can of pop.

there's a mod for that
http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35293

 

[Sunray]

I'm giving that a try.

 

[Sunray]

This game is really massive.

 

[ohmyliver]

huge, I've started a third playthrough unarmed non hardcore.... a bit of a struggle (was getting through stimpacks like nobodies business before I got a pair of brass knuckles) at first, but now (level 14) I'd say it's probably slighly easier than a gun based character. With the right perks/implants/weapons obviously... anyhoo back to punching my way through the wasteland

 

[al]

huge, I've started a third playthrough unarmed non hardcore.... a bit of a struggle (was getting through stimpacks like nobodies business before I got a pair of brass knuckles) at first, but now (level 14) I'd say it's probably slighly easier than a gun based character. With the right perks/implants/weapons obviously... anyhoo back to punching my way through the wasteland

almost finished my first run and I think this is what my next will be - as an evil woman as well, of course....

what kind of stats did you go for?

I imagine strength and endurance were important, then charisma and intelligence?

 

[ohmyliver]

almost finished my first run and I think this is what my next will be - as an evil woman as well, of course....

what kind of stats did you go for?

I imagine strength and endurance were important, then charisma and intelligence?

Spoiler

I went for str 6, end 7, agl 6 (via perk) and int 8, but char 3 (but with high speech)... am buying implants to improve all stats bar char, and the toughened skin implant.... got piecing strike which means with love and hate (unique spiked knuckles) I can quite easily punch rad scorpions to death... have battered a blind deathclaw to death quite easily, but haven't tried a normal one.... although there is a mantis based glove which negates all armour, so it may be a wasted choice.... Boon is my ranged weapon though

....

 

[Sunray]

I set out to kill things, but didn't realise that there were some guns out there that were so heavy.

Finally finished it. Got to a point where I had to choose sides so have that saved.

Spoiler: Stuff I did and found

Found a unique mini-gun that has 15 dam but a crazy 412 DPS that uses 5mm that the gun runners make in large quantities including armour piercing. It single handedly took out the vans and all their guards, Legate and anything else that stood in its path. Just chopped them to pieces. Then I sold all their stuff and bought more 5mm. It needs an 8 STR so have to use Buffout and get an upgrade.

I want to see if I can take on the legion with it and my anti-material. I reckon it might be doable if I don't pull too many, purely to see if there is a different ending....

Might need to salvage some NCR power armour.

Rex the dog is a real pain in the arse with that hat thing.

 

[ohmyliver]

you can take on the legion single handed with the love and hate spiked knuckles and power armour.

Spoiler

it does involve running from Caeser's tent down to the little space between the hill and the arena and lots and lots of stimpacks... oh and not being in hardcore mode

 

[Sunray]

Spoiler: more stuff

With the CZ67 or what ever that mini gun is called, the assault carbine and rex who's pretty tough, I took out everyone in the fort in about 2 minutes, no stimpacks required.


I had that wild wasteland perk and it did fuck all. Having a look at the changes, some of the references are so oblique that I'd not have got them even if i'd seen them.

 

[Cid]

Might give this a go again soon (downloaded it when it came out but was quickly distracted)... Are energy weapons worth it this time? shit selection in the last game...

 

[Epona]

Might give this a go again soon (downloaded it when it came out but was quickly distracted)... Are energy weapons worth it this time? shit selection in the last game...

If you thought they were shit in FO3 you probably want to give them a miss this time too - there were lots of complaints that many energy weapons were seriously nerfed in New Vegas.

Having said that, I do like the Gauss Rifle (and its unique counterpart which uses fewer microfusion cells per shot - only available if NOT using the Wild Wasteland trait - if you take WW you get an alien blaster at that location instead, which has a very limited ammo supply) very much, and my most recent playthrough was with an energy weapons character just for that one weapon.

 

[ohmyliver]

seconded on the relative rubbishness of energy weapons... although the Matter Modulator is good, and I did like the laser tommy gun...

 

[Orang Utan]

i rarely bothered with them

 

[Chester Copperpot]

OK - I've bitten the bullet. I didn't think I could commit to such a big game again but a copy has found its way onto my Xbox.

How big is it? The same size a FO3 or much bigger?

 

[Scaggs]

The blood money add-on is very difficult, especially if you start it early on in the game. There's some great weapons though. The holorifle is especially nice.

 

[Citizen66]

I thought I'd love it. It sounded awesome. It still sounds awesome. I think I'm just rubbish. I think I fall more on the side of the player who likes to be handed fun on a plate, rather than that of the player who likes to have to walk through a barren landscape for hours only to get killed instantly because some huge brutes suddenly appear but the game hasn't let me find any kind of meaningful armament/armour and ohmygod it's so bleak.

One of the gun talents let you use old cans and allsorts in heavy guns iirc.

 

[Random]

A second-hand copy of this just fell below the 15 quid mark, so I've got hold of it and already played about 6 hours on my Xbox.

Enjoying it a lot, but now I'm hiking off to wipe out the Powder Gangers and rescue a sheriff, but when I travel east from that PG camp and reach some rail tracks the Xbox crashes to light-blue screen and doesn't respond at all. Exactly the same place each time I try again. Never had this problem from my machine before. Will probably try fast travelling to the Sky Diving camp instead and travelling east.

But is there a well-known fix? Should I just buy a memory stick and install the game?

 

[Random]

Bah, now I've gone and broken the disk anyway. Off to scour the second hands in the shops again...

 

[tommers]

Can your PC run it? Get it off steam.

 

[Random]

Can your PC run it? Get it off steam.

My PC had a very hard time running Fallout 3 and is in worse shape these days. I was looking forward to a flawless big-screen experience. Ha!

 

[Citizen66]

I've started playing this again recently. Decided to kill Mr House. Who's the daddy now huh? Also started playing one of the DLCs a bit too hastily. Thank god I save game frequently as there was no escape from it other than to complete it!

 

[Random]

Ooohh tell a lie, it seems to work ok on my laptop. And with the added bonus of being able to now boil a small kettle on the laptop's casing every play session

 

[Epona]

Ooohh tell a lie, it seems to work ok on my laptop. And with the added bonus of being able to now boil a small kettle on the laptop's casing every play session

I'm a big fan of regularly blowing the dust out of things and cleaning the fan blades so that there is better airflow and more efficient operation - if it can make a difference of 15-20 degrees and a drop of 600rpm fan speed to keep the gpu of my desktop at that temp when cleaned every 3 or 4 months (which it does), it must be all the more crucial in the compact space of a laptop

 

[Citizen66]

I've also tried to complete the main quest rather too hastily. The end of level guardians in Caesar's fort are impossible to kill. Back to the side quests it is, then.

 

[Random]

I'm a big fan of regularly blowing the dust out of things and cleaning the fan blades so that there is better airflow and more efficient operation - if it can make a difference of 15-20 degrees and a drop of 600rpm fan speed to keep the gpu of my desktop at that temp when cleaned every 3 or 4 months (which it does), it must be all the more crucial in the compact space of a laptop

Thanks, last time I tried to unscrew the back off the laptop and blow air in it didn't seem to work. Last night I literally put a bag of frozen peas under the laptop, which was supported on stilts...