Fallout 4

[road doggy dogg]

The fight got a lot easier when I found the Missile Launcher. And I guess Preston found a Flamethrower and just face-tanked her most of the fight, that helped.

[road doggy dogg]

ALSO YOU CAN EQUIP DOGMEAT WITH A BANANA AND WELDING GOGGLES

Fallout 4 confirmed best game of all time.

[Fignuts]

You can also equip him with spiked body armor. It even has a cute little handle on it like D-dog's battle dress

[Tom Guycott]

Slight bug where it looks like the Kool Aid guy has jizzed all over my character. I can fix parts by changing outfits, but my face, hair and pip boy are permanently fucked.

http://i.imgur.com/Zug6OR7.jpg

Hansey with the slime girl hentai mods already...

[Tom Guycott]

Stairwells are cool and all but I'm building a ladder to heaven.

And then I'm putting a space station there.

Don't think you can build ladders.

Are you specifically trying to avoid the word "stairway"? Because that's totally a thing you can build, but I can see why you wouldn't say that.

[Heisenberg]

All the battles so far make you earn it, not too hard, but fun. Wondering how many settlements they are giving us, feels like I'm getting 1-2 everyday I play. Picked up one town and it's already fortified with pre-existing walls, but I have to replace the turrets due to karate chop damage from the overtaking

[Heisenberg]

Rejection: Got Piper(the female reporter) up to Idolized and went for the third flirt attempt, then it went to Romance and she totally shot me down. I blame it on being in the sewers when I asked her, so that's on me

[Heisenberg]

My goal down the road is to get this on a newer PC, mod up some Donald Trump "Huge" quotes and build a wall around Sanctuary. Everytime it pans towards the wall Donald will chime in

[road doggy dogg]

sewer romance best romance

[road doggy dogg]

Yeah I definitely need to up my PC a bit at some point. On everything lowest settings game is relatively smooth, when I got to Boston Commons area though my framerate took a nosedive and it's been mildly low since then.

Hoping for a great deal on Black Friday/Cyber Monday for a new GPU, should solve most of the issue. My CPU is like 8 years old but still should be fine (AMD Phenom II X6 1055T).

Nerdish hardware question for y'all: I've always ascribed to the notion that "AMD CPU + AMD GPU" and "Intel CPU + nVidia GPU" for compatibility or whatever. I have an AMD CPU so my GPU is a Radeon card. Everything I'm reading though is saying that that's not necessarily the case anymore, and in the past couple years AMD has really dropped off and nVidia cards are pretty much superior in every way. So I guess my question is, should I be looking for the best AMD card I can get, or simply look for a great nVidia card since they appear to be objectively better now? (with no concern for my CPU type)

[road doggy dogg]

Pretty sure I asked that exact same question like 2 years ago but I have the memory of a fish #haha #FindingNemo #Ellen so I forget

[Heisenberg]

anyone starting to get paranoid that One of your trusted followers is an Institute Synth?(not really spoilers if you know what Synths are)

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Fallout 4 Ships 12 Million in one day, Generates $750 Million.

For comparison, Skyrim was 7 million on day 1 and Call of Duty gig $660 million. Unfortunately, we don't have actual numbers, but it may have outdone COD amazingly.

[road doggy dogg]

I can only imagine what Half Life 3's numbers will inevitably be whenever it ends up coming out

[Sixx]

Any idea what the budget was?

[drave]

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Nerdish hardware question for y'all: I've always ascribed to the notion that "AMD CPU + AMD GPU" and "Intel CPU + nVidia GPU" for compatibility or whatever. I have an AMD CPU so my GPU is a Radeon card. Everything I'm reading though is saying that that's not necessarily the case anymore, and in the past couple years AMD has really dropped off and nVidia cards are pretty much superior in every way. So I guess my question is, should I be looking for the best AMD card I can get, or simply look for a great nVidia card since they appear to be objectively better now? (with no concern for my CPU type)

nVidia has had superior performance in benchmark testing the past couple years. The cpu vs gpu thing is no longer an issue, for sure.

[VSG]

Sadly here it is. Fallout 4 is EXTREMELY hyperthreaded, and single thread performance is also very important. I don't know what AMD CPU he has, but it may well be bottlenecking his GPU also. Easy enough to tell by looking at GPU utilization using GPU-Z, Aida 64 or a ton of other programs.

I can provide more specific help if I knew what your system is, RDD.

[Emperor Smeat]

Everything I'm reading though is saying that that's not necessarily the case anymore, and in the past couple years AMD has really dropped off and nVidia cards are pretty much superior in every way. So I guess my question is, should I be looking for the best AMD card I can get, or simply look for a great nVidia card since they appear to be objectively better now? (with no concern for my CPU type)

Think a lot of it has to do with nVidia buying up as many PC games as possible so that developers design them based on nVidia tech. Also why a lot of problems happen with ATI/AMD cards since their tech doesn't get used as much for development or testing.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

It's no wonder the fucking minutemen almost died out. OH HEY, A BABY FUCKING CRAB THING A CENTIMETRE FROM ME. EAT THIS GODDAMN MOLOTOV OOPS I'M DEAD.

[Heisenberg]

Preston is able to survive his mistakes, perhaps he is a Synth?

[Fignuts]

Rejection: Got Piper(the female reporter) up to Idolized and went for the third flirt attempt, then it went to Romance and she totally shot me down. I blame it on being in the sewers when I asked her, so that's on me

Same thing happened to me, and I wasn't even wading through filth at the time. I also have the level 2 lady killer perk, so she's either a synth or a lesbian to be able to resist my charm.

Or both.

A lesynthian

[road doggy dogg]

Sadly here it is. Fallout 4 is EXTREMELY hyperthreaded, and single thread performance is also very important. I don't know what AMD CPU he has, but it may well be bottlenecking his GPU also. Easy enough to tell by looking at GPU utilization using GPU-Z, Aida 64 or a ton of other programs.

I can provide more specific help if I knew what your system is, RDD.

Hmm off the top of my head:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T, 2.8 GHz, 6 cores
GPU: Radeon HD 5700 series 1024 MB (not sure specifically which model)
RAM: 8gb DDR3 RAM (2x 4GB sticks) 1333 MHz quad channel

[road doggy dogg]

It's no wonder the fucking minutemen almost died out. OH HEY, A BABY FUCKING CRAB THING A CENTIMETRE FROM ME. EAT THIS GODDAMN MOLOTOV OOPS I'M DEAD.

For the Mirelurk Queen Preston found a Flamer and went to town with that bad boy (I was using Piper as my actual companion at the time), and sprinkled in a bit of grenades as well. He was raining hell on fools

[Fignuts]

http://i.imgur.com/ghppWYO.png

[Fignuts]

Lots of great tips for building on that reddit site.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

I found out that two of the lasses at work are Fallout and Edler Scrolls fans; their gaming nerdiness made them hot to me, which generally they are not.

Anyways, I've started upgrading my comp for this bad boy (though partly because my graphics card is dying). I ordered a new graphics card (nothing special better than the one I have now), and over the next month I'll get a new PSU, 16gb of RAM, and I intend to buy an i7 processor. It should keep my comp going for 3 more years, at least... until a new Elder Scrolls game appears, and I buy a new comp entirely.

[Sepholio]

AMD cards are more or less for when you are on a budget. On some of the midrange cards you can definitely find a cheaper AMD card that outperforms a similar tier nVidia card. However in terms of pure power, if you've got the cash, nVidia is king.

[VSG]

Hmm off the top of my head:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T, 2.8 GHz, 6 cores
GPU: Radeon HD 5700 series 1024 MB (not sure specifically which model)
RAM: 8gb DDR3 RAM (2x 4GB sticks) 1333 MHz quad channel

Yeah that needs a big time upgrade. Depending on your budget you can get a nice rig for $500ish also but of course the sweet spot is closer to $1000 if you want to play on very high settings and above at 1080p for another few years.

AMD cards are more or less for when you are on a budget. On some of the midrange cards you can definitely find a cheaper AMD card that outperforms a similar tier nVidia card. However in terms of pure power, if you've got the cash, nVidia is king.

Pretty much, at least till DX12 is out for games.

[road doggy dogg]

Not really looking for a fullscale upgrade, I don't mind playing on low settings for now, just wanna get the framerate a bit more consistent.

Most of my gaming (besides FO4 right now) is Diablo III and Dota 2 and I've not had any issues with those. Don't foresee myself needing a massive overhaul. Probably just wanna grab a ~$150 GPU and that should be sufficient

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Not really looking for a fullscale upgrade, I don't mind playing on low settings for now, just wanna get the framerate a bit more consistent.

Most of my gaming (besides FO4 right now) is Diablo III and Dota 2 and I've not had any issues with those. Don't foresee myself needing a massive overhaul. Probably just wanna grab a ~$150 GPU and that should be sufficient

Yeah, the minimum spec is a graphics card with 2GB. I take it you meaning $150 and US and not Canadian, because there defo won't be much point doing it at that price in CAD.

[road doggy dogg]

Well considering my current card is "well below" the recommended (and hell even minimum) requirements and I certainly consider my game playable in its current state, I very much doubt I need to break the bank

[Heisenberg]

Well considering my current card is "well below" the recommended (and hell even minimum) requirements and I certainly consider my game playable in its current state, I very much doubt I need to break the bank





(A) Relationship: How do you think things are between us?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Well considering my current card is "well below" the recommended (and hell even minimum) requirements and I certainly consider my game playable in its current state, I very much doubt I need to break the bank

Looking at NCIX, the only cards for that money would be a downgrade in speed looking at benchmarks. Maybe look around second hand?

It's a shame you can't shove more RAM in a card.

[road doggy dogg]

I was more banking on a good deal on Black Friday, usually lots of good sales

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I was more banking on a good deal on Black Friday, usually lots of good sales

Ah yeah, forgot about that shit. Just remember that minimum on AMD cards is 3GB apparently in case you see a good deal on that shit.

[Sixx]

I have an integrated Intel graphics card, baby!

[VSG]

I was more banking on a good deal on Black Friday, usually lots of good sales

Also check out used AMD cards from brands that have transferable warranty (Gigabyte, MSI for example). For $150 you should be able to snag a good used condition R9 290 even which will be a massive jump from what you are experiencing. But that CPU will continue to be the bottleneck and limit the GPU a lot.

[Sixx]

VSG, you're makin' me hot with that computer talk.

[VSG]

I always have some hardware for you, Mugek!

[road doggy dogg]

Back on ingame stuff

I'm fairly certain that Marcy Long is a descendant of Aubrey Plaza

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://1u88jj3r4db2x4txp44yqfj1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pornhub-insights-fallout-4-general-gamer-traffic.png

[VSG]

I like how Pornhub has some actually cool insights.

[Emperor Smeat]

Didn't take long for a company to go after Bethesda and/or modders because of the game.

MLB is upset that someone made a David Ortiz mod without their approval and are trying to get it removed as quick as possible.

http://www.destructoid.com/major-league-baseball-is-coming-after-a-big-papi-fallout-4-mod-320747.phtml

[road doggy dogg]

Jesus christ fuck off

Would be cool if Ortiz himself said it was cool to use his likeness and told the MLB to suck it

[road doggy dogg]

Internet Fail 101'd myself by reading the comments section


really annoying how gamers pretty much "lol sports" any time anything happens, fuck off just because you're fat and have no motor skills

[Sepholio]

Not really looking for a fullscale upgrade, I don't mind playing on low settings for now, just wanna get the framerate a bit more consistent.

Most of my gaming (besides FO4 right now) is Diablo III and Dota 2 and I've not had any issues with those. Don't foresee myself needing a massive overhaul. Probably just wanna grab a ~$150 GPU and that should be sufficient

Here's a couple decent cards near that price. Pretty good bang for the buck.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127884

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127913

[VSG]

I would recommend this instead if you don't want to hunt used deals: http://gpushack.com/collections/all-gpus-for-sale/products/sapphire-r9-280x-vapor-x

There's a further $10 discount if you get a pic of a console: http://gpushack.com/pages/peasant-conversion-tool

[Heisenberg]

Welcome to Fort Piss

http://imgur.com/iQy9Em1.jpg

[Fignuts]

Well met, brother.

[Fignuts]

My HABDM

HEAVILY ARMORED BATTLE DOG MEAT

http://i65.tinypic.com/263vrlf.png

[Fignuts]

Does fast traveling with power armor use up the fusion core? I've upgraded it enough, along with my weapons, that I'm ready to take down that Swan mother fucker.

[Kris P Lettus]

First bad bug I've encountered.

When I go to meet Ness at the crash site she will never speak to me. I can talk but she never responds.

[Fignuts]

There is a magazine that adds new objects for each issue you find. Wiki lists where you can find them.
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Picket_Fences

[road doggy dogg]

Fast traveling does NOT use up fusion cores

[The Rogerer]

I don't think my dog is called Dogmeat. I think it's just called Dog

[Tom Guycott]

I don't think my dog is called Dogmeat. I think it's just called Dog

I noticed it up and changed for no reason. It was just "Dog" for awhile, then suddenly, it became Dogmeat in both dialogue and overhead name text. Might be his version of the "romance" aspect, in that you go from generic whistles and "here, boy" to actually giving him the name.[/speculation]

[Tom Guycott]

Welcome to Fort Piss

http://imgur.com/iQy9Em1.jpg

Damn, my unnamed tower is pretty much in the same location, and pretty similar in design... minus the giant PISS and fuel price signs.

[Tom Guycott]

http://i.imgur.com/ghppWYO.png

That's a lot of building materials for having not left yet. Either someone is lying for the meme to work, or the console commands have been tinkered with.

Not saying it isn't an impressive looking drug cartel-esque stronghold, though.

[Wishbone]

I don't think my dog is called Dogmeat. I think it's just called Dog

His name changed for me after I met Mama Murphy in Concord. She called him Dogmeat and then his name just changed. My character still doesn't call him Dogmeat though. Just whistles and says "here boy."

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Is there a way to tell where a companion is if you can't find them? Fallout: New Vegas had them on the map.

[Fignuts]

Hot damn, I found an enormous settlement on an island to the right of the castle. It's the entire island. You could literally build a city there. You just have to power on a generator and a broadcast tower. Just make sure you're not low level, and packing some serious guns, because there's some serious mirelurk opposition.

[road doggy dogg]

Is there a way to tell where a companion is if you can't find them? Fallout: New Vegas had them on the map.

I haven't been able to figure this out. I ran into an issue where I couldn't find Dogmeat. I ended up just 'cheating' and using the console command to summon him to my location. PC-only solution, obviously.

I guess your best bet would be to check all of your settlements. :-\ To make things easier, build a Bell at each one and ring it to get everyone present to walk to your location. Should make it somewhat easier to fish them out of hiding...

[road doggy dogg]

Really digging Cait as a companion. She's cute, has a bad-ass accent, and likes when I drink and pickpocket people :love: Plus she can unlock up to Expert doors/safes (haven't come across any Master with her around but I doubt she can do that)

[Fignuts]

I'll bet she can, it will just take more bobby pins. Think it takes her 5 to unlock expert. So probably ten for master.

[Fignuts]

And yeah, Cait is awesome.

[road doggy dogg]

The weapon mod system could use some improvement. I wish there was a way to remove mods in the workbench menu more intuitively.

For example, say I have a 10mm Pistol without any mods whatsoever. I loot a Pipe Pistol with Glow Sights, but I have a ton of 10mm ammo and just generally like the look/feel of that gun. It should be simple a matter of scrapping the Pipe Pistol to break it into components, then I could take the Glow Sights and apply it to my 10mm.

But when you scrap the gun it just scraps the mods altogether. It would be cool if it removed the mods and put them in your inventory.

The workaround is to select the gun, and "build" a standard mod for it which will remove any special ones (the Glow Sights in this case), which then puts that in your inventory. Then you can apply that mod to your other weapons.

That workaround is fine and logical, and I get that mods SHOULD have some sort of component cost associated with them. It's just really tedious when you're out adventuring and take a "home base" break and have an inventory of like 15 various weapons you want to just quickly scrap but don't want to miss out on any good mods.

I suppose I'm just lazy. But that's my mini-rant. It's also really annoying to get Adhesives for all those Standard Sights. Yes I know about the Vegetable Starch trick but that's another step as well.

All in all I am happy with the crafting system, I'm just fussy.

[road doggy dogg]

Was also not QUITE getting how the supply lines worked between settlements. My minor OCD was annoyed because all my Workshop junk mats were not showing up in my Workshops in other settlements, so I thought that meant that they were not being shared. However, you can still utilize those mats when trying to craft or create buildings.

i.e. I have some components that can be broken down into Oil in my Castle settlement workshop, but no such components in my Sanctuary workshop. If I'm in Sanctuary, I can make any gun mods that require Oil even though that specific workshop does not have those components.


Such a really simple basic thing that was eluding me until very recently.

[Fignuts]

Speaking of weapons, what is the best one ya'll have found so far?

I killed a legendary raidet to get a combat shotgun with explosive rounds. After further mods to increade damage, accuracy, and range (scopes on shotguns ffs) it is an absolute BEAST. One shot obliterates raiders, gouls and mirelurks. Two at a time if they're close enough.

[Fignuts]

Was also not QUITE getting how the supply lines worked between settlements. My minor OCD was annoyed because all my Workshop junk mats were not showing up in my Workshops in other settlements, so I thought that meant that they were not being shared. However, you can still utilize those mats when trying to craft or create buildings.

i.e. I have some components that can be broken down into Oil in my Castle settlement workshop, but no such components in my Sanctuary workshop. If I'm in Sanctuary, I can make any gun mods that require Oil even though that specific workshop does not have those components.


Such a really simple basic thing that was eluding me until very recently.

You can display your supply lines on the map screen by pressing LB. Dunno what key on pc but it should say on the bottom of the screen.

Also I've read that if your defense rating is higher than food and water combined, it won't get attacked.

[road doggy dogg]

Awesome. My all-time favourite gun in Fallout NV was the Riot Shotgun. Thing was an absolute fucking monster. Have only recently found any decent shotguns and I haven't quite adopted them as my weapon of choice yet. Cait has one by default and the sheer impact of the sound of her firing is awesome.


Right now I'm using .50 caliber rifle... forget the exact name of it, think it's just a generic modded Hunting Rifle that's modded out the ass. It dropped off a Super Mutant and came with a Long Night Vision Scope attached which is great because I don't have either of the perks necessary to make that (my Gun Nut is only 2 and I don't have Science). The scope itself is awkward to use because I can't actually see where to friggin' aim it but it packs a huge punch. Otherwise I just use my modded .38 rifle for most of my damage, then swap to a 10mm when shit gets close

[road doggy dogg]

You can display your supply lines on the map screen by pressing LB. Dunno what key on pc but it should say on the bottom of the screen.

Also I've read that if your defense rating is higher than food and water combined, it won't get attacked.

Yeah I understood the concept of the supply lines and I've seen the map thing which is nice. It just never really registered with me that the resources were actually shared because I couldn't see them in the individual settlements' workshops

[Fignuts]

Love that you can rename guns too.

Oh yeah, added a drum magazine on tne shotgun so I get like 23 shots before I need to reload. It's like god mode.

[road doggy dogg]

Kind of brings me small joy that the generic residents of Diamond City / Boston all tend to be typical Massholes

[Heisenberg]

it's so easy to steal all the display items in the stores @DC Market at night. If you crouch in the sweet spots you can be Hidden and scoop up some useful shit yo, get ya damn hands up

[road doggy dogg]

So Synths kind of look like Terminators. That is awesome and/or probably not the last thing I want to be see lunging at my face before going to bed.

[road doggy dogg]

"Only thing better'n gettin' pissed is picking fights. Am I right?"

I love Cait

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I don't have Cait yet, but I'm still barely doing the main story. I keep stumbling over far too many awesome quests.

[Shadow]

Been doing mostly Minuteman quests right now. Kinda an easy way to open up the map or so. And of course eliminating raiders is always fun.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Character nearly drowned in a lake I nearly drowned as a kid. Full circle.

[road doggy dogg]

meta as fuck

[The Rogerer]

Cait's accent is an abomination. I'm drowning in companions, I think I've got 8 now. Why are there so many? Why can't I get any info out of them?

[Fignuts]

YOU'RE an abomination.

[Fignuts]

Also there are always around a dozen companions in bethesda games.

Not sure what you mean about wanting info.

[Fignuts]

K, nevermind what I said about Cait taking 5 bobby pins to unlock expert locks. Seems its completely random and leans more toward 2-3.

Also, she can unlock master locks.

[road doggy dogg]

Yeah I think it's just a percentage-based check or something. I just had a safe that was Expert and it took her like 8 pins, but other ones she got on the first or second try

[The Rogerer]

Also there are always around a dozen companions in bethesda games.

Not sure what you mean about wanting info.Yes, but you have to look around for them usually, they're just stacking up at a ridiculous rate and I have no idea what to do with most of them.

Also, I assume they have personal quests but I have no clue about any of them, you can't ask them about themselves, just their thoughts, so do I have to run around with Cait until she decides to talk about something, or what?

[road doggy dogg]

Kind of. You have to do actions that they like (pickpocketing people or lockpicking around Cait, for example) until they, uh... like you enough, I guess, and then they'll have a little monologue with you that sends you on a quest.

At least, that's been my experience so far. Been trying not to read too much into the mechanics of the game til after my first playthrough.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

I've played a lot of hours already and have barely explored any of the map. This game feels huge. I've done a few Minutemen quests only. I got caught up building a couple of big houses in Sanctuary and putting beds in them for some reason, mainly just to see if I could do it. It's pretty awkward trying to build stuff from the first person POV, I wish for the settlement design parts they had a temporary aerial view of the lay-out and surroundings with a point and click style.

The game overall is what I expected plus a bit more, which is a good thing.

[The Rogerer]

I tried to build a house and cannot work out how to align the doorframe with the walls. There was always a gap at the sides as it would align like, half a square back from the rest of the wall

[El Capitano Gatisto]

The doors seem to sit out a bit so you need to try to line them up a bit in front of the walls. I know what you mean because it happened to me a couple of times before i figured it out. I've had more problems trying to line up corners.

[The Rogerer]

I will try it again but I think that would leave half a floor tile uncovered next to how everything else looked. Then I started to think I should just make a solid wall and place a door in it, but that was wrong. I couldn't get the door to line up with a doorframe either

Then there's electricity, I figured out that you stick a connector on a house and then wire a generator to that, but then I was randomly not getting one of the lightbulb a working, I don't know if the generator was overloaded or what. I think the fact that it all seems pointless is what keeps me trying

[#BROKEN Hasney]

So on top of what's already been mentioned that Cait likes, she also like you to be naked. Taking off all armour before fast travel usually gets a like.

[road doggy dogg]

sweet

[Fignuts]

The doors seem to sit out a bit so you need to try to line them up a bit in front of the walls. I know what you mean because it happened to me a couple of times before i figured it out. I've had more problems trying to line up corners.

If it it's not letting you make a corner, put a roof on. Then the wall will connect properly and you can take the roof off.

[Fignuts]

I will try it again but I think that would leave half a floor tile uncovered next to how everything else looked. Then I started to think I should just make a solid wall and place a door in it, but that was wrong. I couldn't get the door to line up with a doorframe either

Then there's electricity, I figured out that you stick a connector on a house and then wire a generator to that, but then I was randomly not getting one of the lightbulb a working, I don't know if the generator was overloaded or what. I think the fact that it all seems pointless is what keeps me trying

Putting a connector on a building doesn't power the whole thing, just the area around it. The other lightbulb is probably too far away, so you'll need to put another connector close to it.

[road doggy dogg]

uglyass haircut for @The Rogerer

pay no attention to my absolute minimal display settings

http://i.imgur.com/K4grl5X.png

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I blew her up with a Mini-Nuke.

[Fignuts]

Yes, but you have to look around for them usually, they're just stacking up at a ridiculous rate and I have no idea what to do with most of them.

Also, I assume they have personal quests but I have no clue about any of them, you can't ask them about themselves, just their thoughts, so do I have to run around with Cait until she decides to talk about something, or what?

Make one of your settlements just for companions. That way you'll always know where they are.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I did that but I still can't find Dogmeat. :( Where are you boy?

[Shadow]

Red Rocket. Like...right off the bat.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I lost him somewhere Shadow. Not asking where to find him originally unless he travels there in case of emergency.

[Wishbone]

Hey, STD, did you lose him while in combat, walking around, telling him to stay in one place, or did you lose him after sending him home?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I don't remember. I bought a house at Fenway Park hoping I lost him when I tagged him out for Piper. Haven't checked if he came back there yet. Fallout New Vegas had a Companion Markers if you lost them.

[Wishbone]

Check all of your settlements then. Do a full perimeter check of them, especially the Red Rocket Station. I once sent him home and he was stuck on the hill behind the Red Rocket just staring at the ground.

[Wishbone]

So I sent the drunk guy from DC to Sanctuary and tried to assign him as a shopkeeper. Apparently he's bugged and just stands around not moving at all. You can select to trade things with him though and he has all the inventory of a shopkeeper. Weird.

[road doggy dogg]

Main storyline spoilers/thoughts below

So I just did the quest where you go to the Memory Den in Goodneighbor and access Kellogg's brain and shit. That was a really cool quest. Really wish the character ended up doing more in the game than just being the mysterious figure who stole your kid then you go and kill, with all him really doing is just kind of taunting you while you're in the one building. Feels like he could've had a more significant role... really "sympathized" or at least kind of understood the character via the flashbacks. Thought he was pretty fleshed out...

[Tom Guycott]

Love that you can rename guns too.

Oh yeah, added a drum magazine on tne shotgun so I get like 23 shots before I need to reload. It's like god mode.

Personally think the naming convention is a little wonky, though. Not so much in the item being named for all the mods you have on it, but if YOU exceed like 20 characters including spaces it stops typing. The game can invent names like 3 times as long as the one you're allowed to conjure up.

[Tom Guycott]

Hey, STD, did you lose him while in combat, walking around, telling him to stay in one place, or did you lose him after sending him home?

I don't remember. I bought a house at Fenway Park hoping I lost him when I tagged him out for Piper. Haven't checked if he came back there yet. Fallout New Vegas had a Companion Markers if you lost them.

Also, to aid in the search, build doghouses in your settlements and fast travel between them. He kinda roams around freely, but if there's a doghouse, he tends to lay in it a lot.

You might have dismissed him, like you said, but clicked on a place to send him without seeing where that was. I've had that come up a couple of times (with a different companion), only to see them chilling in Hangman Alley which is cool, because the town footprint at the time was pretty small. Black guy in a tri-cornered hat is easy to spot in a small village of 4 white NPCs. Seems to be a small hit-or-miss dialogue bug, and I hope that's what happened as opposed to you making him wait somewhere. But even if you did that, (speculation, ahoy) and given you picked up another follower, he would likely default return to the truck stop, so I'd build the first of the doghouses there.

On the subject of markers: yeah, this game could do with more of them. It shows, for example, the last power armor you got in, but you have to remember where you parked the rest yourself. Local maps no longer show entrances or landmarks, even with the place previously visited on the world map. I don't like not being able to at least see enemies when they're non hostile. Red dots show up, on the HUD compass, but disappear when they quit looking for you.

On the subject of friends: Strong is weird to befriend. I keep doing shit he doesn't like (which seems to be just about everything), but suddenly he tells me he respects me? Is he Bizzaro?

[The Rogerer]

Make one of your settlements just for companions. That way you'll always know where they are.They're all at Sanctuary Hills. I'm just making the comparison that in all of Skyrim, I only remember encountering 2-3 companions, even though there's more out there. In New Vegas you'd either get E-DE with the right skills, or no-one until Boone. I got everyone else but it took a lot of looking. The first one in Fallout 3 I can't even remember. In a fraction of the time I've ended up with 8 people in Fallout 4, and no clear quest progression with a lot of them.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Dogmeat vanishes for a lot of people it seems.

[Emperor Smeat]

t was only a matter of time, but the first repeatable game breaking bug has been found in Fallout 4. We all knew this was coming.

The bug, which crashes to desktop on PC, is triggered as part of a settlement quest where players are sent to Monsignor Plaza. When trying to travel there as part of the quest, the game crashes. It's unclear if the same bug effects console players.

You can read more about the bug on the Bethesda forums. The developer has not yet responded to complaints about the issue, so it's unknown if a fix is coming.
Link to the specific bug on Bethseda's official forum: http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1546438-fallout-4-crash-in-specific-area/


In terms of sales, ended up having the 3rd biggest launch in the UK for this year and largest in series history. A bit more than doubled what New Vegas did for its launch in the region.
http://www.destructoid.com/fallout-4-has-the-third-biggest-uk-launch-of-the-year-321092.phtml

[#BROKEN Hasney]

It wasn't double what New Vegas did, it was 216%.

[road doggy dogg]

thanks for clarifying

[#BROKEN Hasney]

thanks for clarifying

Well yeah, 3 times as much is a pretty big difference. It's actually gone quite a way above expectations too since it sold over 200,000 more copies than Arkham Knight in 4th place. Falliut is now in massive franchise status.

[road doggy dogg]

lol what the hell

Was a Brotherhood Knight wandering around, and I pickpocketed her Fusion Core out of her Power Armor. For whatever reason that caused her to exit her armor (not hostile to me or anything) so I just kind of.. stole it? From under her nose. The AI seems strange in this.

[road doggy dogg]

Main storyline stuff spoiler

Going to the Glowing Sea was real cool. Not as cool as I'd imagined it would be, but still an awesome setting. First time I felt I should equip my Power Armor which felt like it really trivialized the area. Lots of Radscorps and Deathclaws about. The amount of radiation didn't even seem very high when I tested getting out of the armor. I don't know. Fuck Assaultrons btw.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

lol what the hell

Was a Brotherhood Knight wandering around, and I pickpocketed her Fusion Core out of her Power Armor. For whatever reason that caused her to exit her armor (not hostile to me or anything) so I just kind of.. stole it? From under her nose. The AI seems strange in this.

lol awesome.

[Tom Guycott]

This whole thing about supply lines sure could have used more clarification. It would also help settlement matters if you could a) rename "unimportant" settlers (apparently, some unnamed scrubs are actually quest important nobodies that can't be sent away to other settlements for any reason) and b) see what an NPC is assigned to do with some sort of text drop of their current assignment (sort of like a Provisioner, but instead of the "name" change, just add it in addition) instead of highlighting what they're associated with.

If i have someone farming, and someone else shows up that is mostly doing nothing, I want to assign that person to something else. Instead, I usually grab the busy person who isn't currently standing by their assignment, so I can't see what they were doing, and my defense or food or whatever drops, then I have to figure out a fix.

It helps that I can dress them how I want, so I sort-of dress code people, and newcomers are a bit easier to distinguish and assignments are easier to guess.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

lol what the hell

Was a Brotherhood Knight wandering around, and I pickpocketed her Fusion Core out of her Power Armor. For whatever reason that caused her to exit her armor (not hostile to me or anything) so I just kind of.. stole it? From under her nose. The AI seems strange in this.

Taking the fusion core would stop the power armor from working, so they'd have to leave it and if if was a successful pickpocket, they wouldn't be hostile. They should code it so getting in their power armour was stealing, but if you're in a place where you can help yourself, if would have been under those rules.

[drave]

I've been doing it so FUCKING WRONG!

Been putting points just into "agility, intelligence, etc" instead of the perks down the trees. I thought you had to "max out" the top row before moving down a tier, etc.

Good thing, I have maxed out perception and almost agility/strength so I can take a lot of skills in each tree.


I find revolvers to be my favorite "type" of gun in the game so far. So fucking loud and powerful. Found a .45 handgun and modded it into a rifle. Knocks mofo's back SO HARD.

Going to head back to Vault 111 since I have Cait, and get the god damn Cryolator.

[road doggy dogg]

Taking the fusion core would stop the power armor from working, so they'd have to leave it and if if was a successful pickpocket, they wouldn't be hostile. They should code it so getting in their power armour was stealing, but if you're in a place where you can help yourself, if would have been under those rules.

Yeah everything checked out except the part where I just waltzed into her armor and fast-traveled away with nary a comment from the now-underwear-laden Brother (Sister?) of Steel.

It is interesting to note that the components of the armor, even in my settlement, show up red as they are stolen, but nothing really changes when I use it at all so whatever. It's nice to have two sets of armor so I can have my companion in one as well when I suit up.

[road doggy dogg]

I've been doing it so FUCKING WRONG!

Been putting points just into "agility, intelligence, etc" instead of the perks down the trees. I thought you had to "max out" the top row before moving down a tier, etc.

Good thing, I have maxed out perception and almost agility/strength so I can take a lot of skills in each tree.


I find revolvers to be my favorite "type" of gun in the game so far. So fucking loud and powerful. Found a .45 handgun and modded it into a rifle. Knocks mofo's back SO HARD.

Going to head back to Vault 111 since I have Cait, and get the god damn Cryolator.

Oof yeah. Game doesn't really explain that too well. Doesn't explain a lot of things too well. Lots of trial-and-error first playthrough :o

On the plus side, there's no level cap so you could feasibly still get pretty much every perk you want, it'll just take you a few more levels to do so now that you're "behind"

[Heisenberg]

level 32, have a kickin pad at Sanctuary and a crapload of other settlements. Currently putting over The Castle to beef up their defenses.


definitely love the save feature so I can experiment and see what outcomes my actions have

[road doggy dogg]

I still have Sanctuary as my "home base" but Starlight Drive-In seems to be my most successful settlement so far. I've gone back to mainly questing now, gonna toy with settlements more later on.

I've also taken to just stashing all weapons/armor instead of scrapping. Wasn't aware of the Scrapper perk but I'm pumping points into it now then I'll scrap a bunch of jobber guns and have all of the screws

[drave]

Fucking screws.....

BTW - is there an easy way to scrap "junk"? As of now, I stash it, but when I want to scrap it, I take it all from the workbench, and "drop" it, then go into build mode and break them down en masse. Seems like I am doing that wrong too.......

I know the guns & armor break down at their respective tables or w/e.

[road doggy dogg]

For junk, as long as it's in your workbench the items will automatically be broken down into their components when you need them for anything you're building

[drave]

Oh?

I'll have to check that tonight then. Brought back a shit ton of stuff and stashed it to break down later because I didn't feel like it at the time. Still had to break it down.

[Heisenberg]

I still have Sanctuary as my "home base" but Starlight Drive-In seems to be my most successful settlement so far. I've gone back to mainly questing now, gonna toy with settlements more later on.

I've also taken to just stashing all weapons/armor instead of scrapping. Wasn't aware of the Scrapper perk but I'm pumping points into it now then I'll scrap a bunch of jobber guns and have all of the screws


You need an arsenal to equip your settlers with, then save the game and punch the shit out of them

[road doggy dogg]

Oh yeah, all those tin cans and scissors and duct tape and shit you can stash in the work bench and that's that. If you're in the "Transfer" part of the workbench there's an option to "Store all junk" (T is the default key on PC, surely there's a button on console as well). So any of that crap that's inside your workbench will contribute to your components total when you're in Build mode. You'll notice when you create something it will be all like "Used Oil Can removed" in the top left, as the game breaks down the junk for its components.


Word of warning with the "store all junk" command though; it stores ALL your junk, in the "Junk" header of your inventory. Before I do that I tend to put my valuable stuff (Pre-War Money, Gold Watches, etc) in a separate container so I can sell to vendors if I'm low on caps. Otherwise, Pre-War Money gets broken down into Cloth. As baller as the prospect of making a bunch of dirty beds out of $100 bills is, it can be a pretty sizeable loss of potential caps if you're careless

[Heisenberg]

Codsworth is a bore and party pooper, rolling with Deacon and sometimes Hancock works for me, but I'm going to beef up Lone Wanderer and go it alone soon once I have that special weapon I trust my life with.


Is holding onto the gold worth it? Figured they are better suited for settlement parts than anything. Once you get your stores up and running at settlements your workshop will have caps waiting for you

[Heisenberg]

My character liberated a tiny outpost and Brahmin took up the majority of the post so my guy lost it and started punching all the Brahs and settlers, needless to say it was a bloodbath

[road doggy dogg]

I don't know if it's worth it to stash gold watches etc, but I have them in a separate container Justin_Case I run low on caps. I haven't come across a scenario where I've been short on components yet so hopefully I can continue doing that

At the utter least I recommend storing your Pre-War Money in a non-workbench location... fucking beds use up your cloth like crazy

[road doggy dogg]

My character liberated a tiny outpost and Brahmin took up the majority of the post so my guy lost it and started punching all the Brahs and settlers, needless to say it was a bloodbath

build some troughs m8

[road doggy dogg]

troughs everywhere, Brahma Bull factory

[Heisenberg]

build some troughs m8



are they available off the bat? seriously wondering cause I didn't come across them

[Heisenberg]

I don't know if it's worth it to stash gold watches etc, but I have them in a separate container Justin_Case I run low on caps. I haven't come across a scenario where I've been short on components yet so hopefully I can continue doing that

At the utter least I recommend storing your Pre-War Money in a non-workbench location... fucking beds use up your cloth like crazy



So there I was, building a sleep shack for my homies in Overland Station, that dark and sadistic place with a garden and train tracks, when one of the settlers was standing in one of the plots where I was adding onto the shack(previously in the day I threw up a mini shack and fit 8 beds in there) and wouldn't budge. This pissed me off so bad that I put strobe lights in the shack and after work today I'm going to put a damn spotlight in there so they get no sleep. I'm tired of settlers being ungrateful little miscreants. I fart in their general direction

[Heisenberg]

Oh?

I'll have to check that tonight then. Brought back a shit ton of stuff and stashed it to break down later because I didn't feel like it at the time. Still had to break it down.



always track copper and pick up when you can, you'll need it for wires/lights/fun stuff

[Heisenberg]

Anyone love GoodNeighbor? It's got it going on. Interesting quests and sassy vendors, you're in for a treat!

[Heisenberg]

In regards to Piper and BoS


Has anyone joined the Brotherhood of Steel and maintained a happy Piper? She seems to hate them along with the Synths

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Think I've got a bug that stops me from progressing. One of my companions has gone missing and I haven't yet got to the point where you can team up, so I can't send them anywhere. He needs to be outside my new quarters somewhere to advance the quest but he won't show up.

EDIT: Went back to where I had the mission with him and he was still shooting raiders, but talked to me like he was casually standing outside my room.

[Heisenberg]

does it have to do with The Castle by any chance?




If so, I just saved and reloaded, but before that I went to help him fight off some monsters

[road doggy dogg]

I'm fully on board with becoming a wasteland slum lord. I look forward to your adventures.

[road doggy dogg]

Anyone love GoodNeighbor? It's got it going on. Interesting quests and sassy vendors, you're in for a treat!

Hancock seems like a cool bro, haven't really quested there to nab him as a companion yet

[Heisenberg]

Sometimes it's hard to toss up the recruitment signal knowing well enough that I should establish a pre-made, finished product before setting it loose, but settlers are needed for the garden so when I have to work with a small plot it grows stressful real fast.


Also, when I go kill some raiders and arrive in the night to tell you it's done it's common courtesy to wake up when I arrive. I had to punch a guy for him to wake up last night and turn in a quest. Feel like they made the settlers lazy and drone-like on purpose. Makes for a tasty time though

[Sepholio]

Yeah I've had to forcibly wake someone to turn in quests as well. I wish they acted all freaked out when you forcibly wake someone.

[Heisenberg]

When they use the workshop/crafting tables and don't frig off I save the game and throw a missile at them

[Sepholio]

I have been known to beat an NPC to death with a tire iron before a quick reload myself.

[road doggy dogg]

best way to kill an NPC:

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poor Crenshaw

[road doggy dogg]

Kinda cool how to plant a grenade on someone you need to have the appropriate (rank 2? 3? I forget which) Pickpocketing perk rank. I saw that when I skilled it up and immediately planted 'nades on like 7 NPCs

[Heisenberg]

game goal: get stealth up and find a suicidal super mutant and steal his mini nuke and place a grenade in it's place

[Sepholio]

A nuclear grenade in it's place.

[Tom Guycott]

game goal: get stealth up and find a suicidal super mutant and steal his mini nuke and place a grenade in it's place

I like sniping the glow. And they usually have at least two other muties near them, so one bullet kills 3-5 super mutants and/or hounds.

[Heisenberg]

Troubling news that will turn positive later today:


Due to morale plunging in Sanctuary, I took down Fort Piss(my mega building catered to me, lit up with the word "PISS" in bright lights), it looked thrown together. There was a room(2nd floor) dedicated to just beds. It reminded me that I was putting together a barracks type atmosphere similar to my experience of being in the military and centralizing all personnel in one spot, but these people, these settlers shouldn't have to live through my experience as they have been driven from their homes. Sanctuary should live up to it's name. The other settlements will continue getting the Slum Lord treatment cause they are needy. If they would make things easier and uproot to Sanctuary then things would be easier on me.


So first things first I took down my mega building and put all the beds in existing houses(spread it out, 1-2 beds a house). Started putting down furniture for bathrooms and living rooms. Once I gather enough Copper I'm going to put lights and generators in each home. Gardens in each backyard and assign settlers to certain beds, telling them apart from their clothes(I've gathered mass amounts of clothing to shotgun this project, along with weapons to help them stave off attacks instead of being meatbags)

[drave]

You can assign them beds? Does that mean if they are assigned to say, a workbench and then you assign them to a bed, they won't do their workbench duties anymore? Or will they do their thing until fatigued and then sleep is the assigned bed?


Saw/was in my first rad storm last night - that was pretty badass looking.

[road doggy dogg]

Yeah they're pretty cool. Terrified me the first time it happened, thought I was going to die.

[road doggy dogg]

Speaking of dying and stuff, fuck Assaultrons. And fuck their giant laser of death that one-shot my Power Armor

[Heisenberg]

I'll test the bed/bench duties later, I'll be able to tell right off the bat. So I just let them naturally sleep wherever? I just have a thing where Piper does nothing and she's assigned to my bed, that's her duty, to provide Double XP and love/support

[Sepholio]

Nothing will ever make me tear down my Tower of Oppression. Look up as I gaze upon ye from on high peasant fools. NOW GET BACK TO WORK.

[Sepholio]

Need to find Piper myself I suppose. Double XP sounds righteous. If only I could stop building.

[drave]

Got Cait to open up about herself last night. Pretty twisted shit. I haven't done any of the BoS stuff yet because she was all "Screw them, we should do this on our own" and she is a reeeeeeeeeeeeally good companion right now.

Piper is at her job, and will remain there for quite some time. Have a feeling she is going to hate my character.

Love the ragdollish physics of Feral Ghouls when you shoot them with a high-impact weapon. Fuckers are FAST on the attack. Like having a Barb Leap Attack from D III or something.

I learned that Super Mutants are bitches, but their glowing beasts can 1 shot me, WOOOOO!

[drave]

Need to find Piper myself I suppose. Double XP sounds righteous. If only I could stop building.


Double XP comes from "well rested". You have to sleep for at least 8 hours I think.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

About to get the third ending with BoS then I'll have done all the main shit. Looking through guides, happiness for settlements is fucked up and hardly worth doing. Needs expensive stores and lots of decorations it seems.

There's some side stuff I've not even found that I've seen people mention elsewhere though, so still plenty to do.

[Heisenberg]

That was the downfall of Fort Piss version 1, not enough cat portraits, best believe I'll rectify that mistake

[road doggy dogg]

cat portraits are my jam

[Heisenberg]

building a mega store and placing strobes and cat portraits in it, that'll keep them happy

[road doggy dogg]

So uh. When I went to Glowing Sea, and generally when I go to tough areas, I'll use my Power Armor, and naturally give my companion a suit as well. Typically I would put a fusion core in their armor and then leave it at that.

Just now I came across two BoS folk and I jacked both their Power Armor suits and I didn't bother putting a core in one before telling my companion to get in it. Apparently they don't need fusion cores?

Oh and on that note I just thought, why the hell did it take me so long to just equip every one of my companions in Power Armor?

[Tom Guycott]

Love the ragdollish physics of Feral Ghouls when you shoot them with a high-impact weapon. Fuckers are FAST on the attack. Like having a Barb Leap Attack from D III or something.



Ferals crossed into pants-shitting territory for this installment. The World War Z sprinting, the leaping, and the fact that even if you "clear" a spot, there's a chance more will literally crawl out of the woodwork (or, twisted, bombed out metal and brick work).

Dont get me started on the Legendary Glowing One. Nobody should be that fucking fast, least of all a 200+ year old mindless zombie.

[road doggy dogg]

Super Mutant Suiciders are the best/worst for HOLY SHIT factor. If they get the jump on you, well... good luck

Otherwise, shooting them at a distance in the arm is the best

[Fignuts]

Beds are separate from jobs like stores and sentry posts. You can assign one settler both a bed and a task.

[Tom Guycott]

Super Mutant Suiciders are the best/worst for HOLY SHIT factor. If they get the jump on you, well... good luck

Otherwise, shooting them at a distance in the arm is the best

Actually, the biggest "holy shit" I got was my first Behemoth sighting. I was around level 14, just got jumped by a bunch of Gunners I wasn't ready for, and was in a pretty bad way, but had been kind enough to give me supplies I was going to pawn off at the diner. While cutting cross country, I see this big motherfucker and I was moving in what would surely be in his line of sight, so I made a NOPE detour farther north than I would have liked while overencumbered. If the enhanced movement patterns of every large mutant enemy in the game is any indicator, he would have sptinted over to me in about 4 steps and saved me the hike by knocking me back to Sanctuary. I'd be dead, of course.

[Wishbone]

Ran into a behemoth myself at around level 15 I think. Sounds like it might have been in the same area too. Was it under/near some overpasses on the west side of the map?

[Tom Guycott]

Yep. That's about where I was. It was my first encounter with Gunners, too, so I didn't know they were a hostile gang. Lesson learned. Same deal with the Scavengers being assholes in this one, who all turn hostile at your "tresspassing" on their claim... which is weird itself because I had one pay me caps for saving his life only to turn around and shoot at me because I was warned I was too close. You ran over to me, you bipolar fucker!

Thing is, I don't exactly have a battle-ready build. I put most of my SPECIAL into Perception and Intelligence at start for Sniper, and Intelligence for xp gain out of habit, and used Charisma as sort of a dump stat. Had to fix that for Local Leader, which screwed up my plans for offensive capabilities in commando, gunslinger, and the afore mentioned Sniper. Gun Nut needs max love because my shit needs supressors (have a legendary-dropped anti Super Mutant .308 pipe pistol that I had to remod to replace the previous workhorse pipe sniper I had modded up... that extra bonus on Super Mutants is nothing to sneeze at, especially between Hangman's Alley and Diamond City, and I can pick most off in one clean un-VATS sighted shot) I have a couple of pretty neat snipers, one of which is an oddly nearly maxed .50 (just needs a silencer and a long scope, everything else was up, even to mods I couldn't build at the time) waiting for me in storage until I can finish them or luck out and buy one from a vendor. Also had to up my strength for armorer and blacksmith.

I'll be better prepared for this whole on a second playthrough, but I don't want to fall into the Skyrim trap by starting that playthrough now.

Unrelated: anyone else have Pip-Boy issues? My XBONE updated yesterday morning, and now my shit won't connect. I use that as a perpetual automap, and now I can't.


*ADDENDUM: This appears to be linked to a Smartglass connection fix. The fix, while posted and detailed (not 100% accurate with the overhaul, but as long as you know where the settings screens are, you can find what you need) is totally not self-explanatory, though, because said fix has NOTHING TO DO with changing any Smartglass settings. But, I did the fix, and now my Pip-Poy app functions again.

[Shadow]

So uh. When I went to Glowing Sea, and generally when I go to tough areas, I'll use my Power Armor, and naturally give my companion a suit as well. Typically I would put a fusion core in their armor and then leave it at that.

Just now I came across two BoS folk and I jacked both their Power Armor suits and I didn't bother putting a core in one before telling my companion to get in it. Apparently they don't need fusion cores?

Oh and on that note I just thought, why the hell did it take me so long to just equip every one of my companions in Power Armor?

Fusion Cores, from what I can tell aren't actually needed except for you if you want to use Power Armor for what it's supposed to be. Which is a walking tank. Which I should really start using more of now that I have the Atom Cats place unlocked.

[road doggy dogg]

Yeah, I use them on my own armor obviously. It's just interesting/nice that I don't have to micromanage my companions with them

[road doggy dogg]

also, lol

https://i.imgur.com/Jr1omf2.jpg

[Heisenberg]

do any of the followers get mad emotional when you equip them with their own suit?

[Fignuts]

I ran into the same behemoth you guys did. Sneak attacked him with a fat man from the overpass, and finished him off with my .50 cal. No muss, no fuss.

[Shadow]

also, lol

https://i.imgur.com/Jr1omf2.jpg

Sometimes you need to deliver healing radiation to ghouls.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Fucking jetpack power armour man. Fuck yes.

[drave]

^ Can't wait till I upgrade my power armor with that.

That said, I can't wait until this weekend and HOPEFULLY get some god damn play time in after retaining the Dad Championship of the World.

Still at level 11.

[Tom Guycott]

I ran into the same behemoth you guys did. Sneak attacked him with a fat man from the overpass, and finished him off with my .50 cal. No muss, no fuss.

I actually went back earler today and did battle (at level 23). He was preoccupied with gunners , so I took an potshot with my anti-Super Mutant sniper, then proceeded to lead him in circles around one of the underpass supports until I ran out of 10mm I chipped at him with. Total bullet sponge.

Apologies for any unchecked typos. So not sober at the moment.

[drave]

Faction question, for those further ahead:

If I choose to join Brotherhood of Steel, do I progress through the "main story" from their perspective until the end? I DO want to do their questline, but wasn't sure how far it followed the main story. Hopefully that question makes sense, just got up 5 mins ago.

[Heisenberg]

Haven't bothered with the brotherhood yet brother, that's gonna be this weekend. I'm going Lone Wanderer and showing up to give my life to Danse

[Shadow]

So I'm level 20, killed the man who kiddnaped my son and....BoS shows up with a giant fucking airship.

I don't care if they feel like the Enclave, that's how you make an entrance.

[road doggy dogg]

Whenever I see one of their planes flying around I VATS the shit outta the pilot and watch it crash and burn... so cool

[Heisenberg]

So I'm level 20, killed the man who kiddnaped my son and....BoS shows up with a giant fucking airship.

I don't care if they feel like the Enclave, that's how you make an entrance.


I have the scene saved on my xbox, it was my first interaction with the BoS in FO4 so it felt right to log that in

Whenever I see one of their planes flying around I VATS the shit outta the pilot and watch it crash and burn... so cool



does this cause them to hate you and all?

[road doggy dogg]

Not sure. I never get any message on the top-left or anything about it, and BoS NPCs I randomly encounter don't initially start out as hostile.

I've yet to start the main quest with them (I still have the "Investigate the BoS Airship" quest in my log) so I don't know if it will affect anything down the road. I'm prepared to accept the consequences of my actions.

[road doggy dogg]

Have about 7 suits of BOS II Power Armor stashed in my settlements. I am ready to mobilize my settlers at a moment's notice. Except Marcy Long. She can fucking die.

[road doggy dogg]

Also, after reading a throwaway post on Reddit, it really reinforced to me that if WoW implemented garrisons half as well as Fallout did settlements, I'd probably still be playing WoD right now

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Faction question, for those further ahead:

If I choose to join Brotherhood of Steel, do I progress through the "main story" from their perspective until the end? I DO want to do their questline, but wasn't sure how far it followed the main story. Hopefully that question makes sense, just got up 5 mins ago.

Play the Institute up until Mass Fusion and don't start it and make a save there. Before that point, you can join everyone and do all their quests before then. You only need to make a choice there.

[Heisenberg]

Have about 7 suits of BOS II Power Armor stashed in my settlements. I am ready to mobilize my settlers at a moment's notice. Except Marcy Long. She can fucking die.



she's doing the slow burn to a face turn




she can eat crap though, worked on Fort Piss 2.0 last night and went to the workshop to get some Jet and she is sitting by me saying that "the place could be better, but oh well"

[Heisenberg]

Not throwing shade, but seeing the Halo, CoD, SWBF threads low in pages makes me sad. I'd be playing those games if Fallout wasn't around, but also I've heard nothing but terrible things about the 3 since their respective launches.

[Fignuts]

I got black ops 3 yesterday, and its pretty fun thus far.

[road doggy dogg]

I've heard only positive things about BlOps3 but I just can't be bothered to play a true FPS right now

[Kris P Lettus]

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[Wishbone]

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Not sure if I should be impressed by this or just laugh at him for spending that much time on a giant dick tower... Still makes me feel like crap for barely being able to create a simple two story building in Sanctuary with wires running all over the damn place though. :'(

[Emperor Smeat]

Patch arriving next week for the PC and at a later date for consoles. Bethesda also revealed their patch plans for the game.

While Bethesda has not detailed what fixes will be coming in the patch, it has said it will initially be a beta patch on Steam, then a full PC patch, then later a patch for consoles. Apparently, this pathway for patch releases is going to be the standard for Fallout 4.
http://www.destructoid.com/there-s-a-fallout-4-patch-hitting-pc-next-week-321701.phtml

[Sepholio]

Play the Institute up until Mass Fusion and don't start it and make a save there. Before that point, you can join everyone and do all their quests before then. You only need to make a choice there.

Does this still work if I started BoS first?

[road doggy dogg]

lmao @ the flesh tower

watched the whole video, payoff was worth

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Does this still work if I started BoS first?

Yup, doesn't matter who you start with. Just don't advance the Brotherhood after hunting down a certain synth. You'll know who I mean when you see it, but if anyone wants it spelled out to be certain:

the mission where its revealed Danse is a synth

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Not throwing shade, but seeing the Halo, CoD, SWBF threads low in pages makes me sad. I'd be playing those games if Fallout wasn't around, but also I've heard nothing but terrible things about the 3 since their respective launches.

I mean, there's not much to talk about with them either like there is with this. You can talk about stories high in quests and shit that just happens in this game, like I met a person with a synth doppelganger and one of them had a gun to the others head just randomly in a place I'd cleared out before, it was great.

In those other games, it's just like "I shot some dudes".

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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[Fignuts]

Going to take on the museum of witchcraft. Though I'm level 36, so it shouldn't be a problem.

[Fignuts]

Oh god this is spooky

[Fignuts]

Going to take on the museum of witchcraft. Though I'm level 36, so it shouldn't be a problem.

It was a problem.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

with or without power armor?

[road doggy dogg]

Yeah I decided to try that quest at like 2am and then I hated myself.

[Shadow]

with or without power armor?

Doesn't matter what you take on the Museum in. It's close quarters with one of the most devastating creatures in the wasteland. You gonna die the first dozen times.

Then you say screw it and go in smart.

[Tom Guycott]

"Ok, I really need to continue the campaign."
:rebuilds Hangman's Alley:
"Seriously, I should really find..."
:defends Sanctuary from a Super Mutant attack/proceeds to make an impregnable, water-processing fortress:
:..proceeds to build a strip mall:
:builds a small fort and "amazon militia" at the railway station:
"DAMMIT, I DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH SHIT!!! THIS IS WORSE THAN SKYRIM!!!"
...
:goes to Co-op settlement and retrofits an existing warehouse into a restaurant:

[Tom Guycott]

Going to take on the museum of witchcraft. Though I'm level 36, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Nearly one hour later...

It was a problem.

[Tom Guycott]

I mean, there's not much to talk about with them either like there is with this. You can talk about stories high in quests and shit that just happens in this game, like I met a person with a synth doppelganger and one of them had a gun to the others head just randomly in a place I'd cleared out before, it was great.

In those other games, it's just like "I shot some dudes".

"And now, I have to dig TWO graves!"

Was really cool. Just seems like there should have been more interaction to deduce which is which instead of peaceful resolution OR not my problem I don't care who is who just shoot him.

Another one I ran into was better, with the guy and his wife (i guess) that just found out he was traveling with a runaway synth, and had his gun on him. Talking the guy into or out of pulling the trigger seemed way more natural than that doppelganger encounter.

[Heisenberg]

Beat the game Saturday, it was pretty sweet, that was my mainly Good guy run, now to start my evil reckless run.




When you start another character they have the saves by character so you won't save over or confuse yourself.

[Heisenberg]

As far as I'm concerned, I am Fallout 4, no one can out Fallout me, I was raised by the Brotherhood of Feel. It was only fitting to align with them and do w/e it is we did and stuff

[Emperor Smeat]

Another potential nasty bug was recently discovered and it involves trying to use console commands for the PC version of the game. Has the potential to mess up save files when used.

A lot of interesting stuff has been discovered from these commands but Bethesda says its not worth the risk to use them.

In a very Bethesda-like fashion, messing around with console commands on the PC version of Fallout 4 might completely bug out your game more than it's already bugged out to begin with. Warning folks not to use the system at all, the publisher's Pete Hines noted that console commands are "not supported or recommended on PC. [They] can very easily mess up save games."

http://www.destructoid.com/bethesda-fallout-4-console-commands-not-supported-or-recommended-on-pc-322122.phtml

[drave]

Had something weird happen last night.

I got to Bunker Hill and was just walking around. Approached some NPC and she said "OKAY, LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH!!" and just opened fire.

I shot back, killing her. Nick Valentine and the entire fucking town turned on me and began attacking. There were a few NPC's who were unkillable, but WTF??

Wish it would've killed them all. I shot a few fat man's and it was glorious.

[drave]

Actually had to reload the game after that though, and I hadn't saved in 30 minutes or so and CBA playing shit over again.

[road doggy dogg]

ha I've been in that same boat a couple times. Was doing the Freedom Trail quest and got pretty far along and then asploded by a derka derka Super Mutant and lost about 20 mins of progress, 3x over. Haven't turned my game on since lol

[Heisenberg]

told myself I was done playing for the day yesterday and ended up putting a good 3 hours into my "evil" character. The dialogue is so much sweeter, followers/factions make you earn it more. They respond sarcastically whenever you do anything that has a speck of nice in it.




This isn't a "KOS" kill on site run, it's a "do the quests they have and then Triple H them with a sledgehammer" type of run

[road doggy dogg]

I've been playing my game fairly neutral to this point, but I feel my character doing a heel turn. Hoping I can join the Institute if that is an option (I haven't advanced far enough in the story to know if that's even a viable question)

[Heisenberg]

It's no secret, 4 factions are available, you're able to join each one at the same time throughout some point:


The Institute or the Synth World Order sWo


The Railroad


The Brotherhood of Steel(Feel)


...and the jobberMen(Minutemen Orange Juice)

[road doggy dogg]

sWo 4 lyf.... too sweet

Seems strange that you start out with the Minutemen regardless, I was hoping you had the option to turn heel on them at some point

[Heisenberg]

there's a possible scenario, but not tested here, but Preston Garvey of the jobberMen threatened me with an ultimatum about choosing the job over BoS one day. It would create an interesting scenario in faction breakups in court and how we'd divide the settlements and settler slaves...

[road doggy dogg]

If I have the option of taking a Fat Man to Marcy Long I'm all fucking in.

[Heisenberg]

Marcy and Mama Murphy are walking around with the Harness and Gas Mask combo right now in Sanctuary, I chose to keep Mama off the drugs this time around and will pay her back eventually

[drave]

Should build a nice settlement, then Fat Man it to hayell!!!

then reload :shifty:

[drave]

Marcy and Mama Murphy are walking around with the Harness and Gas Mask combo right now in Sanctuary, I chose to keep Mama off the drugs this time around and will pay her back eventually


Found some pipe that gives bonus DMG for every addiction your character has. Could potentially be a very brutal melee weapon if your character is a junkie.

[Heisenberg]

Should build a nice settlement, then Fat Man it to hayell!!!

then reload :shifty:



I mini-nuked my gardeners, can you destroy man made buildings?

[road doggy dogg]

WTB Red Faction's physics engine

[drave]

Fallout 4 - With Frostbite 3


@Your Kingship


Not sure if buildings break or not, gonna try.

[Heisenberg]

you'd think there would be a legion of clips if you could destroy buildings, equipped with an Andrew W K wreck'em PC mod

[drave]

True.

Maybe post-nuclear wood and metal is super duper tough.

[drave]

Oh yea, on some of the Silver whatever missions in Goodneighbor were amazing.

There were a set of two people that I had to "merc" because they were plotting to take me out. One of them had a gang of about 7 people with them. Sneak + death from above with 3 grenades sent the bodies flying. Was seriously one of the more "fun moments" for me. Fought "The Courser" with a missile launcher, muahahaha!

It was neat scavenging entire loot caches from severed body parts.

[Heisenberg]

gonna play Tool's "Sober" and destroy all my settlers in The Castle once I build it up a bit

[drave]

FINALLY feel like I can actually do some damage. Found a pretty amazing automatic pipe rifle off a super mutant yesterday.

I have a bolt-action rifle I modded with quick reload. It was a "unique" rifle I got off a legendary mob early on. There are some other mods to it too, but I can't remember them right now. Either way, shots almost always cause mobs to stagger, if it doesn't just blow off limbs altogether. Usually VATS 1st shot on the weapon (dick) hand, 2 to torso and 1 to the head.


BIG CARNAGE, BIG MONEY I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT!

[drave]

Probably helps I started taking perks to increase gun dmg too.....

I can lockpick and hack the shit outta shit though :D

[Heisenberg]

one of the basic stats goes towards damage doesn't it? It something I don't take for granted on my second run

[drave]

Gun damage? Not sure. Strength directly impacts melee damage though.


Idea for a sadistic FO4 Youtube video. Play the following song, while ringing a bell to gather all your settlers. Let part of the speech play, edit/chop it how you need and then start the extermination around 4:55 of the music video. Would be epic. If what I am trying to write isn't clear, just listen to the whole god damn thing, and you'll get it.
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[Heisenberg]

Tasty trivia: Maynard and I share the same MOS(Military Occupational Specialty), Forward Observer

[drave]

Is it true that another name for that is FISTer ?

[Heisenberg]

Yep, FIre SupporTER

[Heisenberg]

Tips:

1. On the Lone Wanderer perk: Having DogMeat with you still grants you the perk's benefits, if you can handle the dog being with you

2. Adhesive shortage can be combated with producing the Vegetable Starch you can create at the chem lab: tatos, corn etc

3. You can sell Fusion Cores for a good price as long as they have a little juice left(1/100 juice even), when they are depleted it's worth piss

4. Power conduits placed on houses will power everything in the house and won't take any power from your compound(I am going to test this some more, seems too good to be true)

5. Weapon mods can be taken off weapons and put on others, some of the mods require you to change to a standard version, but the mod you replace gets put in your inventory, take them over to your workshop and put them in your inventory to be put on another weapon you'd like to supe up(Mods have their own tab or are close to the Misc/Junk tabs)

6. Contrary to popular belief, they didn't take out the Wait option, you just have to sit down on chairs/couches etc. and press the key you have for Wait(Y for Xbox, Triangle for PS4, PC w/e button, depends on if you messed with it, it shows up, love you PC ppl, just don't know what button yo, my bad)

7. Brackets in Hacking Terminal pages, []{}, <--- those things, finding them bunched together will cause them to highlight together! When you press them they give you bonuses like taking words out or resetting your attempts.

[drave]

FOCK! How did I miss that? I have had companions for mules basically, nothing more. Hell, more times than most they fuck things up anyway.

DEFINITELY going to take that perk ASAP.

Thanks to #GamingWithTheKing for these amazing tips.

[road doggy dogg]

Yeah word @ those tips

In addition, you can make Cutting Fluid from the Chemistry Bench thing if you're short on Oil, which happens a lot when building defenses. Mats are pretty easy to get, the only one I tend to be short on from time to time is Bones, which you can salvage from the random bones you come across... I find Super Mutants tend to have a lot of them in their meat bags

[Heisenberg]

I'm adding more as I go, I'm learning some of these myself

[Kris P Lettus]

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[dronepool]

IRONICALLY I'm pretty "good" so far... yet I look like this...

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[Tom Guycott]

Tips:

1. On the Lone Wanderer perk: Having DogMeat with you still grants you the perk's benefits, if you can handle the dog being with you

2. Adhesive shortage can be combated with producing the Vegetable Starch you can create at the chem lab: tatos, corn etc

3. You can sell Fusion Cores for a good price as long as they have a little juice left(1/100 juice even), when they are depleted it's worth piss

4. Power conduits placed on houses will power everything in the house and won't take any power from your compound(I am going to test this some more, seems too good to be true)

5. Weapon mods can be taken off weapons and put on others, some of the mods require you to change to a standard version, but the mod you replace gets put in your inventory, take them over to your workshop and put them in your inventory to be put on another weapon you'd like to supe up(Mods have their own tab or are close to the Misc/Junk tabs)

6. Contrary to popular belief, they didn't take out the Wait option, you just have to sit down on chairs/couches etc. and press the key you have for Wait(Y for Xbox, Triangle for PS4, PC w/e button, depends on if you messed with it, it shows up, love you PC ppl, just don't know what button yo, my bad)

7. Brackets in Hacking Terminal pages, []{}, <--- those things, finding them bunched together will cause them to highlight together! When you press them they give you bonuses like taking words out or resetting your attempts.

3 - At some point, my game negated 3 and I ended up with a 0/100 core in my inventory that I was able to sell at full price. It was definitely empty, as it actually cycled out while piloting the gundam. Never got it to repeat, and all subsequent empties disappear from my pockets. Also, looks like suits piloted by anyone but you don't actually drain core, and I used this to my advantage by having a follower heft them from place to place/transport extras to other settlements for docking.

4 - I noticed that, too! Thought I just miscounted how much power I ran, and wrote it off as such. Thanks!

Also, sometimes if you move a light, it stops working properly; either the light box doesn't show up or the bulb(s) still appear dark, or both even in a spot where it should draw power. Just store it and place it again, and it works like it should.

[Heisenberg]

Got 10 hours into my second playthrough, not going to finish the main story a for a long time or at all in this one. So much stuff I missed and all I've done mainly is quest in Diamond City and Good Neighbor. Big fan of Good Neighbor.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Got 10 hours into my second playthrough, not going to finish the main story a for a long time or at all in this one. So much stuff I missed and all I've done mainly is quest in Diamond City and Good Neighbor. Big fan of Good Neighbor.

Does it have a "New Game +" or you just started with a different character/taking the good/evil path to experience the one you didn't last time?

[drave]

Fresh start, no new game +