Fallout series

[Mysterious Autist XX]

I play 76 fairly regularly (I can't explain why but I do find the game fun) and am really glad I've never run into sinseer. That being said the number of C.A.M.P.s I've come across flying "pride" flags is truly insane.

To be fair 4 actually does have pretty damn solid gunplay overall so I understand completely.

 

[CIS White Droid]

To be fair 4 actually does have pretty damn solid gunplay overall so I understand completely.

That's probably a large part of it. I really wish they had kept some of the base building mechanics from 4 though. Only being able to place stairs in the center of floors is absolutely retarded. However, the free cam was a really nice addition that I hope they carry through to 5 if they have base building in that one..

Full admission. I only bought 76 because they let you join the Enclave.
And I joined the Enclave so I can slaughter all muties for the glory of AMERICA.

Fags and trannies count as muties yes. Especially trannies.

I bought it exclusively for the M2 Browning. Rolling around the wasteland in T-51b with a Ma Duce has been something I've wanted since I played 3 back in 2008.

 

[30+GameOvers]

I bought it exclusively for the M2 Browning. Rolling around the wasteland in T-51b with a Ma Duce has been something I've wanted since I played 3 back in 2008.

One of the first Fallout 3 mods added that gun in tho, since M2 Browning was also in Tactics and that mod added in all the classic weapons that were missing. If that's all you wanted, there was no need to pay money for F76(I bet mods for FNV and F4 for the gun also exist).

To be fair 4 actually does have pretty damn solid gunplay overall so I understand completely.

I wouldn't go as far as to call it "decent" but it was night and day when compared to Fallout 3...and that was only the case because it was worked on by iD guys, not Bethesda themselves. Even then, combat doesn't have DT or ammo types and other iterations that made NV combat still overall more interesting due to it actually being balanced and giving weapons different uses depending on situations.

 

[CIS White Droid]

One of the first Fallout 3 mods added that gun in tho, since M2 Browning was also in Tactics and that mod added in all the classic weapons that were missing. If that's all you wanted, there was no need to pay money for F76(I bet mods for FNV and F4 for the gun also exist).

In my defense I didn't get 3 on PC until after 76 had come out and I avoid weapon mods like the plague. Also I'm really not a fan of power armor in 3/NV; one of my favorite changes with 4 was PA being a frame that you add the armor onto (fusion cores are gay as hell).

 

[30+GameOvers]

In my defense I didn't get 3 on PC until after 76 had come out and I avoid weapon mods like the plague. Also I'm really not a fan of power armor in 3/NV; one of my favorite changes with 4 was PA being a frame that you add the armor onto (fusion cores are gay as hell).

If you're still looking for them, here they are:
Fallout 3
New Vegas
Fallout 4
Alt. Fallout 4 mod if you don't mind off-brand Brownings
If you know where to look, all those guns from F76 were also backported into F4 and sometimes onto New Vegas as well, so there is absolutely no point in playing F76 just because you like a certain gun.

 

[Tri-Tachyon'sClown]

I've seen /fog/ posts where they post screenshots of LGBT CAMPS or players getting nuked, alongside "community creators" like Elinora. Some of the best parts of the thread, even F76 trannies that post there don't have a problem with it and one of the only features in that game I approve of.

Really? /fog/ is actually based? I'm genuinely surprised.

 

[Bob Barbas]

So I'm trying out that setup I talked about for New Vegas where actions drain AP during combat, such as moving, attacking, jumping, opening the pip-boy ect and honestly it's kind of fun.
Also forces me to think more tactically about my every move including the best and quickest way to move behind cover without wasting too many points.

It's kind of like if Fallout 1 and 2 had real time combat instead of turn based. Before you ask I did download a few mods to make it a bit more fair. Like the Realistic Movement mod which tones down the NPCs insane movement abilities, makes them actually have to turn to you instead of just snapping to you and a mod that makes NPC accuracy vary based on the NPC. (Description claims it's based on multiple factors including faction. Like for instance raiders usually can't shoot for shit but an Enclave soldier will probably score headshots on you consistently.)

But yeah, it's way more fun than I expected it to be. Running survival mode too so hunger and water is also a factor. All around I'm having fun atm.

EDIT: Before anyone asks it still functions as normal in that it regens slowly whenever you aren't doing an action that drains AP. So far the only actions during combat that don't seem to drain AP are standing still, walking slowly, crouching, crouch walking and attacking normally. Reloading, putting my weapon away or pulling it out ect. All drains a bit of AP when I do them. So it definitely forces me to be a bit smarter about how I do things. (But only during combat so I can be a little tricksy like pre-emptively drawing before I think combat is going to start.)

 

[STARS158]

Full admission. I only bought 76 because they let you join the Enclave.
And I joined the Enclave so I can slaughter all muties for the glory of AMERICA.

Fags and trannies count as muties yes. Especially trannies.

Wouldn't trannies play AS Super Mutants? No genitalia, have to reproduce by dropping humans in chemical vats

 

[Bob Barbas]

Wouldn't trannies play AS Super Mutants? No genitalia, have to reproduce by dropping humans in chemical vats

If they could, unfortunately the closest we're getting is playable ghouls.

 

[30+GameOvers]

As I am nearing the end of my London playthru, I think I made all the needed changes to the mod. Here is release 1.07 of my module, probably my last update:

https://files.catbox.moe/toibb0.esp

Highlights include adding in a new recipe for Softshell Mirelurk Meat(Animal Friend 2) and making BIMT Fare tokens give you one Aluminium(useful junk item as it is weightless).

I also tinkered around with the level up jingles you hear when you open the skill tree to get a new perk. There is three in the game files, altho I only heard two play, and I modified the game so that only the third one plays since I like how it sounds(that's the one with the alarm klaxon). Did the same thing for Fallout 4 so that only the jingle that sounds like the main Fallout 4 theme ever plays on level up. Here is a link if anybody is interested:

https://files.catbox.moe/gwx4u7.esp

Lastly, I am making progress on finding more undocumented tracks from London's development. Sadly, I was unable to get in touch with what appears to be one of the first composers who made a ton of pre-production OST as they seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth. Good news is that the composer I initially reached out to is still in contact with me and he's releasing all the music he still has. I will get back to the thread and link his stuff when he has released everything he's got.

Edit: @CIS White Droid
I got something for you

https://mega.nz/file/WwtkgSoT#kDCTNJKloVHr-BB7fPf0O0-JWXd22t2l-dErvh0haqg

Ported straight from F76, have fun!

 

[Bob Barbas]

Tbh, I wish someone would make a mod for TTW to try and flesh out the FO3 companions to be on a similar level to NV companions. It's definitely possible, especially now with A.I. voice being a thing. I'd do it myself if I wasn't retarded and actually had talent in that sort've thing.
There IS a mod that is trying to overhaul all Fallout 3 dialogue to be more in-line with New Vegas but I haven't tried it yet. Not sure if it changes the companions at all.

Like for instance, Charon. I like Charon, he seems like a possibly interesting companion at a glance. You, like me were probably curious about why he's so devoted to his contract or whatever (All we know is that he was apparently brainwashed to listen to whoever holds his contract but it's never elaborated on.) only to be completely disappointed by his utter lack of dialogue and thus personality. This is a problem with a lot of the FO3 companions but I felt Charon was a pretty decent example of missed potential. I was genuinely disappointed to find you can't investigate his story all that much or probe him for any personal information because the little we know has potential to be interesting if done right but yet there's just nothing.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Tbh, I wish someone would make a mod for TTW to try and flesh out the FO3 companions to be on a similar level to NV companions. It's definitely possible, especially now with A.I. voice being a thing. I'd do it myself if I wasn't retarded and actually had talent in that sort've thing.
There IS a mod that is trying to overhaul all Fallout 3 dialogue to be more in-line with New Vegas but I haven't tried it yet. Not sure if it changes the companions at all.

Like for instance, Charon. I like Charon, he seems like a possibly interesting companion at a glance. You, like me were probably curious about why he's so devoted to his contract or whatever (All we know is that he was apparently brainwashed to listen to whoever holds his contract but it's never elaborated on.) only to be completely disappointed by his utter lack of dialogue and thus personality. This is a problem with a lot of the FO3 companions but I felt Charon was a pretty decent example of missed potential. I was genuinely disappointed to find you can't investigate his story all that much or probe him for any personal information because the little we know has potential to be interesting if done right but yet there's just nothing.

You don't need complex companions with a novel of a story to have them be fun. Companions in F1 were just random dudes, there was more going on to them in F2 but they were still mostly hired guns, aside from a few interactions they had with the overworld. Tactics literally had nothing going on with your squadmates aside from a few sentences of bio they have, but at least you can directly control all of them, and we come to Fallout 3 which mostly just goes back to your companions being...just dudes.
I very much prefer it this way, I'm not looking for a best fwend to tag along with me out on the wastes nor do I want someone's emotional baggage or judgement. I love FNV but I can only stand Boone, Cass and friends for so long when all I want is a hired gun. That's why I like Lily, EDE and Raul so much, they don't bore me with their life stories(Raul kinda does but his quest breaks most of the time).
Jericho, Cross and friends are all badasses without a need for a personal quest or doing errands for them, they're just glad to be there. That's honestly what I want, companions in FNV and F4 were all very fan-fic character like. London and Outer Worlds has the same problem for me, there is only one companion that I can stand in both of these games that is just a random dude and they're both robots(Pendragon and SAM respectively). Most of my modded in companions for TTW and F4 are also mostly just dudes, I can't stand the likes of Willow or Niner. I can play around with all these companions, sure, but most playthrus I just want no-strings minimalist followers with me.
Besides, their writing would be shit, it's Bethesda we're talking about. It's for the best we know very little about these companions. Hell, they don't even follow their own internal logic, why the fuck won't Charon go into the irradiation chamber that won't harm him if he's pretty much a brainwashed slave that has to do whatever you say? Because you need to pay for a DLC to do so, obviously. Nah, I will take Jericho with me instead, who just wants a piece of the action instead.

 

[Bob Barbas]

I'm not looking for a best fwend to tag along with me out on the wastes nor do I want someone's emotional baggage or judgement.

You'd have a point if the game didn't have that retarded karma system where if you don't micro manage your karma they get all pissed off and leave.
Charon is actually one of the few companions in the game where he'll follow you no matter what. Even the fucking robot gets mad if you don't have neutral karma.

Thankfully the latest version of TTW makes the Speech bobblehead completely disable this system. Like yeah NV had it too but it was a little more refined, it wasn't just karma but faction reputation too. Though I think the mistake was making neutral only followers. Nobody is going to want to sit there and manage their karma to prevent Butch or the military robot from leaving it just isn't worth the hassle.
Though the thing FO3 definitely has over NV is the choice of "Evil" companions or at least companions that make sense for an evil character whereas NV has basically none.

 

[Sargon's wife's son]

You don't need complex companions with a novel of a story to have them be fun. Companions in F1 were just random dudes, there was more going on to them in F2

the intelligent scholar death clause the best fallout 2 companion I forget which head of fallout killed off all the intelligent death claws the creator literally have that done behind his back which is kind of messed up

 

[Mysterious Autist XX]

the intelligent scholar death clause the best fallout 2 companion I forget which head of fallout killed off all the intelligent death claws the creator literally have that done behind his back which is kind of messed up

It was Avellone because he felt they didn't fit the world, and also cause he is an edgelord. If memory serves Tim Cain despite not working on 2 felt they didn't fit either

 

[Bob Barbas]

It was Avellone because he felt they didn't fit the world, and also cause he is an edgelord. If memory serves Tim Cain despite not working on 2 felt they didn't fit either

Avellone is one of those writers that has a habit of hating anything old that he wrote and trying to retcon it when possible.
At least from what I gather based on things he's said.

 

[Mysterious Autist XX]

Avellone is one of those writers that has a habit of hating anything old that he wrote and trying to retcon it when possible.
At least from what I gather based on things he's said.

It really does seem like it, but he also has a habit of making a mouth piece to rant about his hatred of whatever he is working on as a setting too. Which I mean we all know that due to the bear and the bull schizo and the cunt from KOTOR II but still.

 

[Gorilla Milk]

And I joined the Enclave so I can slaughter all muties for the glory of AMERICA.

Thoughts on the 'America Rising 2' mod? The absolute madlad who made it worked with Bethesda to do a Enclave update... That he has work flawlessly with his own mod. Dude got paid by Bethesda to work on an update to his passion project, basically.

 

[30+GameOvers]

You'd have a point if the game didn't have that retarded karma system where if you don't micro manage your karma they get all pissed off and leave.
Charon is actually one of the few companions in the game where he'll follow you no matter what. Even the fucking robot gets mad if you don't have neutral karma.

Thankfully the latest version of TTW makes the Speech bobblehead completely disable this system. Like yeah NV had it too but it was a little more refined, it wasn't just karma but faction reputation too. Though I think the mistake was making neutral only followers. Nobody is going to want to sit there and manage their karma to prevent Butch or the military robot from leaving it just isn't worth the hassle.
Though the thing FO3 definitely has over NV is the choice of "Evil" companions or at least companions that make sense for an evil character whereas NV has basically none.

Meh, karma is so piss easy to manipulate in 3 that it barely counts. They also never actually leave you, they will simply refuse to join if your karma isn't at their appropriate level, it's a simple check when initiating a conversation with them.
There is a TTW mod that disables this entirely and it feels much better. Doesn't really matter either way, I still prefer those simpler companions even if the system has a few wrinkles. Cass in NV is also bitchy and will actually leave if your karma isn't good, this is the only meaningful karma check in the entire game btw aside from the endings.

Thoughts on the 'America Rising 2' mod? The absolute madlad who made it worked with Bethesda to do a Enclave update... That he has work flawlessly with his own mod. Dude got paid by Bethesda to work on an update to his passion project, basically.

I only tried the beta, aka America Rising 1. It's pretty good for what it's worth, basically a DLC sized expansion. AR2 goes a step further and makes The Enclave a proper faction that you can side with to finish the game. They are the fifth wheel and you can do their questline all the way to the end during the second act when the game asks you to pick sides, you can destroy the bos blimp/railroad and deal with The Institute just like other factions equivalent quests and they have their own bonuses as well(vertibirds that the BOS uses, best power armor and end game weapons in the game, their own bases ect.). The mod doesn't pull any punches and makes sure to let you know that these guys are the evil Enclave that want to experiment on people from F2, it makes for an interesting dilemma when siding with them considering you're also one of the "pure humans" that has a stake in trying to rebuild the old world, especially Nate as he is a war vet.
It definitely puts the official update and it's Enclave questline to shame, that's for sure.

 

[Bob Barbas]

They also never actually leave you

Damn, my memory must be worse than I thought.

Thoughts on the 'America Rising 2' mod? The absolute madlad who made it worked with Bethesda to do a Enclave update... That he has work flawlessly with his own mod. Dude got paid by Bethesda to work on an update to his passion project, basically.

Haven't played it. Don't really play Fallout 4 all that much.