Fallout 3

[Steve_OS]

Re: Fallout 3

Maybe it's just me, but I got out of the vault and now... I have no earthly idea what I'm supposed to do. I have walked around this huge brown area w/ some sort of radioactive stuff in a few spots here and there, no idea what that does btw, it said I was infected, but didn't seem to see anything obvious wrong w/ me.

What am I supposed to do? It gives off no signals of which way to go or what to do. I've seen a rat and 1 soldier and I've been walking around for 30 minutes. I don't get this game at all. Help please?

[TheDutchDad]

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Maybe it's just me, but I got out of the vault and now... I have no earthly idea what I'm supposed to do. I have walked around this huge brown area w/ some sort of radioactive stuff in a few spots here and there, no idea what that does btw, it said I was infected, but didn't seem to see anything obvious wrong w/ me.

What am I supposed to do? It gives off no signals of which way to go or what to do. I've seen a rat and 1 soldier and I've been walking around for 30 minutes. I don't get this game at all. Help please?

Go to Megaton. It tells you to go to Megaton in the "quests" area of your pipboy.

Megaton is just to the right of Vault 101 when you leave the vault. You can see it once you walk out a bit.

[mgoblue]

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Go to Megaton. It tells you to go to Megaton in the "quests" area of your pipboy.

Megaton is just to the right of Vault 101 when you leave the vault. You can see it once you walk out a bit.

Yeah, and there you can end up getting a quest or two.

Another part of the game is just exploring. Your little compass will have unfilled in arrows when places you can discover are nearby, once discovered you can fast travel there.

I know what you feel though, it takes a hour or two until you have more quests to do and things feel like they're "clicking" so to speak. Once you're more into the game and more comfortable it'll be second nature and you'll have so many different options to choose from. It's not a game that handholds you though. That's what takes time to get used to. You can just go out and find some place to investigate and end up finding a quest, cool weapon, etc.

[MC Fatigue]

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Maybe it's just me, but I got out of the vault and now... I have no earthly idea what I'm supposed to do. I have walked around this huge brown area w/ some sort of radioactive stuff in a few spots here and there, no idea what that does btw, it said I was infected, but didn't seem to see anything obvious wrong w/ me.

What am I supposed to do? It gives off no signals of which way to go or what to do. I've seen a rat and 1 soldier and I've been walking around for 30 minutes. I don't get this game at all. Help please?

Follow the instructions the game gives you. I don't mean to be an *** by that - just that the game will always tell you what you need to do. When you leave the vault it tells you what your quest is and even tells you exactly how to get there. You just need to follow the arrow at the bottom left.

Tab open your Pipboy, click on the 3rd button for Data, then you can look at your quests and the map. If you click on a quest to make it your primary one, then it puts a marker on your target location. And you can look at the map to see where it is.

When you close your pipboy, look at the little direction indicator on the bottom left. There will be a sort of arrow - and as you turn around, it'll move around too - line up the arrow with the center of the bar, and that means you're facing the location. Walk forward and just keep in line with it.

When you leave the vault, it automatically sets to the "find megaton" quest, and the arrow should already be leading you towards it.

[allBthere]

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First couple hours in the game it's all confusing and tough, but once you get the hang of the game it just clicks.

When using unarmed or melee weapons, if you level them up I assume they get to be pretty powerful per punch/hit? I've primarily used rifles and shotguns, so not sure how the others work.

my unarmed is around 85 or so...I did this because I love the power first so much, even before the game came out and I saw it in that video. I also have spiked knuckles, and sometimes when the coast is clear I'll go bare hands. Melee would probably have more weapon choices, and would be satisfying, but there ain't no power fist! There is nothing like blowing up a super mutant with your fist..

I'm a lot like you though and love to snipe and sneak around but am generally good (besides my klepto habbit, but c'mon a lot of these people are psycho wastelanders!) and my next playthrough will be to murder almost everyone in my path hopefully for profit.

[Darkleaf]

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Anybody been to Oasis yet? How do I get in? I have been circling the mountain where it is but cannot find a way in..

[bad_philanthropy]

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Anybody been to Oasis yet? How do I get in? I have been circling the mountain where it is but cannot find a way in..

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At the base of the mountain near the southwest portion there is a path that leads to the entrance.

[DocHolliday]

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Anyone do the RoboFactory one for the Wastleand survival guide? Im in there but I cant find the server room for the widget...Any ideas?

[Darkleaf]

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Just saw this on the Fallout forums..Dont think its spoiler worthy but its funny.Escape the vault as a baby.

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[HMcCoy]

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Anyone do the RoboFactory one for the Wastleand survival guide? Im in there but I cant find the server room for the widget...Any ideas?

Its on the second floor.

Heres a question reguarding Tenpenny Tower

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I finished the Tenpenny quest, and got the Ghouls into the place. Then I went up to talk to the old man and decided I wanted his outfit so I blasted him (they actually gave me good Karma, lol).

Does Tenpenny factor into the story at all or can get you get any items or info from him later? I saved right before I did it just in case...

[DakkoN]

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Its on the second floor.

Heres a question reguarding Tenpenny Tower

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I finished the Tenpenny quest, and got the Ghouls into the place. Then I went up to talk to the old man and decided I wanted his outfit so I blasted him (they actually gave me good Karma, lol).

Does Tenpenny factor into the story at all or can get you get any items or info from him later? I saved right before I did it just in case...

Spoiler

Just make sure you get the special key from him so you can get down into the bottom of Fort Constantine to get the T-51b armor. Oh, and when you do that quest for the T-51b armor, give all the keys to the Mister Crowley guy, let him head towards Fort Constantine, and when he gets out of the Underworld, blast him so you can get the keys from him and go get the armor yourself. No Karma loss or gain from it, but you can finish the quest by giving him the keys, and then blast him to get the keys back from him.

[HMcCoy]

Re: Fallout 3

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Just make sure you get the special key from him so you can get down into the bottom of Fort Constantine to get the T-51b armor. Oh, and when you do that quest for the T-51b armor, give all the keys to the Mister Crowley guy, let him head towards Fort Constantine, and when he gets out of the Underworld, blast him so you can get the keys from him and go get the armor yourself. No Karma loss or gain from it, but you can finish the quest by giving him the keys, and then blast him to get the keys back from him.

Yeah, I did get some key. Thanks, Cheek.

[allBthere]

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Yeah, I did get some key. Thanks, Cheek.

I did the same thing as you man
I'm a good character, but he was just asking for it too badly - his body is in pieces. I did that a long time ago though, I've now crossed the 60 hour mark!

[mgoblue]

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I did the same thing as you man
I'm a good character, but he was just asking for it too badly - his body is in pieces. I did that a long time ago though, I've now crossed the 60 hour mark!

Thanks for that hint guys, I've got to finish up that whole quest tree at some point. I don't like that guy either, even though I am good.

I rationalize it as "well, he's a dirty scumbag" and am able to sleep at night

[mudtiger]

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I really like this game. I wish it could have some sort of semi randomly generated quests to keep things going though. Or at least have some buildings respawn baddies after a certain amount of in-game time passes. Something more than just the wasteland respawning encounters, just something to keep it going.

I started a new character on very hard and the sweet spot for me in this game is right around level 7-11 where you are just powerful enough to do some damage, but just weak enough that you can't go everywhere and expect to live so you have to do some sneaking around. Ammo management is still an issue and you have to make some tough decisions on what you want to carry. Once you get into the teens levels the game becomes a heck of a lot easier.

I'd love to see them take this engine and make an old west genre game. Add a cover system, lose the bug fights and monsters, and add a horse. A game where you could become sheriff or be a train robber or something old west-like.

Anyways, anyone have any post apocalyptic book reccomendations? Other than King's The Stand?