Fallout New Vegas Announced
10-20-10, 10:03 AM
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Re: Fallout New Vegas Announced
Got through all the missions in WellSpring last night and I'm currently exploring one of the Buffalo Bill knockoff casino inside Primm. It took me a couple levels to get back into the swing of Fallout. I dumped most of my points into speech (which has helped significantly), guns, lockpicking and repair. I also snatched up that 10% experience rate bump as my first special skill.
Not sure if this feels as big as Washington to me yet as you can see Primm and Vegas from Wellspring, but who knows.
Not sure if this feels as big as Washington to me yet as you can see Primm and Vegas from Wellspring, but who knows.
10-20-10, 10:16 AM
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Re: Fallout New Vegas Announced
Against better judgement, I ended up playing for about five or six hours last night. Didn't get much sleep, but I love this game already. 
Oh, and for those who are wondering...
Didn't encounter a single problem so far. No freezing, no stuck enemies, etc.
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Oh, and for those who are wondering...
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Didn't encounter a single problem so far. No freezing, no stuck enemies, etc.
10-20-10, 10:36 AM
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10-20-10, 11:05 AM
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10-20-10, 11:08 AM
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seems like I'm not the only one confused by the negative karma/stealing from powder gangers..hah.
I guess the good thing is you get a karma boost for killing the powder gangers.
I guess the good thing is you get a karma boost for killing the powder gangers.
10-20-10, 11:14 AM
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I'm starting to think that it's intentional. Meaning; looting, no matter who ends up being the victim, is still an act that results in bad karma (like in real life). Killing, on the other hand, depends on if the people you kill are generally "good" "bad" or "neutral." (not so much like real life... but that's debatable..)
I'm thinking you get bad karma for killing "good" or "neutral" humans, and good karma for killing "bad" humans, but if you steal anyone's shit, you get bad karma.
I'm thinking you get bad karma for killing "good" or "neutral" humans, and good karma for killing "bad" humans, but if you steal anyone's shit, you get bad karma.
10-20-10, 11:19 AM
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Re: Fallout New Vegas Announced
I almost forgot - I noticed a bug in which I don't want to do any work or even think about work, but would rather be home playing the game.
10-20-10, 11:24 AM
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10-20-10, 11:42 AM
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10-20-10, 11:46 AM
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I'm starting to think that it's intentional. Meaning; looting, no matter who ends up being the victim, is still an act that results in bad karma (like in real life). Killing, on the other hand, depends on if the people you kill are generally "good" "bad" or "neutral." (not so much like real life... but that's debatable..)
I'm thinking you get bad karma for killing "good" or "neutral" humans, and good karma for killing "bad" humans, but if you steal anyone's shit, you get bad karma.
I'm thinking you get bad karma for killing "good" or "neutral" humans, and good karma for killing "bad" humans, but if you steal anyone's shit, you get bad karma.
10-20-10, 01:32 PM
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JE Sawyer addresses some of the issues over at SA:
Someone earlier asked if we (Obsidian/Bethesda) knew about the PC bugs that people are currently experiencing. I can't comment on every bug, but I can comment on the higher profile ones:
* Auto/quicksaving bug - I can honestly say that we never saw that bug or heard it reported prior to release. I played the game primarily (and extensively) on the Xbox 360 and PC (I also played on the PS3, but not as much) and never saw anything like that. We are looking into it right now because obviously it's (very) bad.
* NVIDIA + water = lol - This is a known issue that was introduced with NVIDIA's drivers as of (I think) two revs ago. It can affect Fallout 3 as well. We are still discussing it with NVIDIA.
* NPC faces = slow framerate - I hadn't heard of this prior to launch, but I'm going to talk to Frank (our lead programmer) about it.
* CTD Apocalypse - CTDs are often very hard to diagnose, so honestly maybe we have seen "your" issue before, maybe we haven't. These are the hardest to figure out. My apologies. We have to take them on a case by case basis.
* Video Card N + Sound Card Y + This Driver = Death/Bad Framerate - Chances are high that we didn't know that a certain combination of hardware/drivers/some other software would result in something bad happening because, quite frankly, PC compatibility testing is logistically really, really, really hard. That's not an excuse, but I hope it serves as an explanation. Anything that seems to affect a significant number of users and is systemic is something we can hopefully look into.
Please don't take my lack of commentary on bugs to mean that I don't care about them. I just want to avoid hazarding guesses and doing remote amateur troubleshooting. Bethesda's support/testing teams are coordinating known bugs and new reported bugs through to us. I know it's frustrating. I hate seeing people experiencing bugs. We are addressing them as we learn more information about them.
* Auto/quicksaving bug - I can honestly say that we never saw that bug or heard it reported prior to release. I played the game primarily (and extensively) on the Xbox 360 and PC (I also played on the PS3, but not as much) and never saw anything like that. We are looking into it right now because obviously it's (very) bad.
* NVIDIA + water = lol - This is a known issue that was introduced with NVIDIA's drivers as of (I think) two revs ago. It can affect Fallout 3 as well. We are still discussing it with NVIDIA.
* NPC faces = slow framerate - I hadn't heard of this prior to launch, but I'm going to talk to Frank (our lead programmer) about it.
* CTD Apocalypse - CTDs are often very hard to diagnose, so honestly maybe we have seen "your" issue before, maybe we haven't. These are the hardest to figure out. My apologies. We have to take them on a case by case basis.
* Video Card N + Sound Card Y + This Driver = Death/Bad Framerate - Chances are high that we didn't know that a certain combination of hardware/drivers/some other software would result in something bad happening because, quite frankly, PC compatibility testing is logistically really, really, really hard. That's not an excuse, but I hope it serves as an explanation. Anything that seems to affect a significant number of users and is systemic is something we can hopefully look into.
Please don't take my lack of commentary on bugs to mean that I don't care about them. I just want to avoid hazarding guesses and doing remote amateur troubleshooting. Bethesda's support/testing teams are coordinating known bugs and new reported bugs through to us. I know it's frustrating. I hate seeing people experiencing bugs. We are addressing them as we learn more information about them.
10-20-10, 01:52 PM
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Re: Fallout New Vegas Announced
In less than ten hours of playing I've already seen dozens of instances of creatures inside the landscape, much more than Fallout 3.
Still a lot of fun, but much harder. I just got SWARMED by mole rats!
Still a lot of fun, but much harder. I just got SWARMED by mole rats!
10-20-10, 01:56 PM
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totally..I got swarmed by geckos and was basically toast..but I kept on backpeddaling lol
10-20-10, 02:25 PM
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Possible solution to Autosaves from SA:
You guys know you can disable the steam cloud, right? Right click the game in steam, go to properties, go to the Updates tab, and uncheck "Enable Steam Cloud Synchronization." I've been playing with manual saves only so I haven't really ran into this problem, but does doing this fix anything?
It fixes Autosave, but not Quicksave
It fixes Autosave, but not Quicksave
10-20-10, 03:34 PM
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Anyone know why NCR might be attacking me? I'm only a few hours in, where I was asked to find a new Sheriff. When I get to the Mojave Outpost they just start attacking. I don't have any faction with them yet.
10-20-10, 03:40 PM
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Went back to an earlier save and it was fine this time. However, I kept killing Powder Gangers after doing a few other things and kept getting bad Karma which makes no sense. I also ran into a bug where my guy kept attacking despite my not pressing the button. Even if I holstered the weapon, he kept attacking. I even turned the controller off and it still was doing it. Even when I loaded an earlier save file it was doing it. I had to quit the game and go back in for it to stop.
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10-20-10, 03:40 PM
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Did you put any of the powder ganger gear on? That might be one cause.
10-20-10, 03:42 PM
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FYI I've been inside Primm, and not been attacked by the people.
If neither of you guys are not wearing the powder ganger stuff..might have to get some infamy with powder gangers
10-20-10, 03:45 PM
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10-20-10, 03:58 PM
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Re: Fallout New Vegas Announced
it is always possible that a stray bullet hit one of their members...happened to me a few times and I had to reload a save. With the way combat works, the only way you can make sure you don't hit one is use vats...
10-20-10, 04:02 PM
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Yeah this..one guy said he nicked a NCR guy that ran across his vats..and everyone stopped attacking legion and went after him.
10-20-10, 04:04 PM
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I don't even think I've come across an NCR member before. Only guys were the people from the starting town, Powder Gangers, and Caesar's Legion. I don't even have them listed in my faction yet. This pretty much blows, since I can't really continue without altering how I want to play the game as well as not being able to complete at least one quest.