Discuss Fallout: New Vegas

[smarteyeball]

Been reading its quite demanding so curious how the 4890s will handle it

It will make them cry

It even made my 5970 weep. On the plus side, it still looks good on lower settings.

Ok, I have to ask, is New Vegas, really that bad?
Are there others who are playing it without issues?

No and no.

The longer you play, the more you notice the bugs and they can be bloody annoying - but it's definitely still playable.

77hrs in and I've only just entered the Strip... There's fun to be had.

 

[sygnus21]

Been reading its quite demanding so curious how the 4890s will handle it

It will make them cry

It even made my 5970 weep. On the plus side, it still looks good on lower settings.

So far I've had no issues with my 4890, though I'm running the game with defaut settings at 1680 x 1050

Ok, I have to ask, is New Vegas, really that bad?
Are there others who are playing it without issues?

No and no.

The longer you play, the more you notice the bugs and they can be bloody annoying - but it's definitely still playable.

77hrs in and I've only just entered the Strip... There's fun to be had.

There seems to be more bug issues as opposed to performance issues. That's really my main complaint, well outside out the fact that the game just feels like a giant expansion to fallout 3.

Anyway the only "performance" issue I continue to have is microstuttering out in the open, that's mainly it. Well, I did have a few crashes to the desktop

The bugs on the other hand are the ones that can get annoying as stated smarteyeball and a few others, me included.

Bethesda has released two patches already, and I'm quite confident they'll release more.

77hrs in and I've only just entered the Strip... There's fun to be had.

Yeah I've got all the requirements to get into the strip, but right now I'm finishing off like 8 side quests

Talk about being distracted

 

[sygnus21]

I'm having a problem running Fallout New Vegas. When I run it after few secs I get notification that Fallout is not responding and then it closes.

Make sure your drivers are up to date, especially the video card.

Also have a look at this... Tips on Troubleshooting Game Issues especially the part about DirectX - step# 5

 

[simmo]

I like the game...BUT I hate the random NV has stopped working bloody bs...happens everytime I havent saved for a while...
Theres some nice mods around for it tho...got a few installed now...heat vision for seeing targets at night which is handy if you have the make night really really dark mod installed...the modders as per the original game will make this eventually what Bethseda should have made in the first place.

 

[sygnus21]

Has anybody figured out the rhyme or reason behind finding the correct computer password when hacking? In Fallout 3 it was simple... a string of letters together. In New Vegas, well.... Here's an example of what I'm talking about.....

Contained - 5/9
Continued - 3/9
Convinced - 2/9
Doctrines - Correct (9/9)

In FO3, Con or ed would be a clue... 3 of whatever (con), or 2 of whatever (ed), cont would have been 4 of whatever.

In the above example this doesn't hold true, and as you see, the correct answer is Doctrines

Yes Doctrines does contain most of the letters from the 3 clues, however there's no rhythm as all three clues has CON, and two has CONT - yet only one states 5/9 letters are correct.... even though Continued and Contained has a continuous string of 4 letters.

In short, in FO3 the clues worked on a continious string of letters, in NV, it doesn't. This can get annoying if you get one of those puzzles that don't let you kick out a lot of duds

 

[Wishmaster]

Has anybody figured out the rhyme or reason behind finding the correct computer password when hacking? In Fallout 3 it was simple... a string of letters together. In New Vegas, well.... Here's an example of what I'm talking about.....

Contained - 5/9
Continued - 3/9
Convinced - 2/9
Doctrines - Correct (9/9)

In FO3, Con or ed would be a clue... 3 of whatever (con), or 2 of whatever (ed), cont would have been 4 of whatever.

In the above example this doesn't hold true, and as you see, the correct answer is Doctrines

Yes Doctrines does contain most of the letters from the 3 clues, however there's no rhythm as all three clues has CON, and two has CONT - yet only one states 5/9 letters are correct.... even though Continued and Contained has a continuous string of 4 letters.

In short, in FO3 the clues worked on a continious string of letters, in NV, it doesn't. This can get annoying if you get one of those puzzles that don't let you kick out a lot of duds

Umm .... no. This was one of my complaints as well.

I ended up just guessing randomly. It didnt seem to work the same way, at least to me.

 

[smarteyeball]

I ended up just guessing randomly.

Same here. Three attempts, log out before it gets locked, try again. And again. And again...

 

[sygnus21]

I ended up just guessing randomly.

Same here. Three attempts, log out before it gets locked, try again. And again. And again...

Yeah, it was much better in Fallout 3, at least you had a pattern; here the technique is to save and keep guessing.... you'll get it eventually, however time consuming

 

[mickey megabyte]

i don't see what the trouble is - you can use logical deduction to crack these passwords - i get them every time, even the difficult ones, without resorting to guesswork. (okay the first attempt is random, but i deduce from there on...)

did you never play mastermind when you were young?

was it any different in fallout 3? i don't think so.

 

[sygnus21]

Sorry, but my super duper uber master decoder of guesswork is broken. I'll just borrow yours when I need to crake the code.

Thanks.

 

[mickey megabyte]

guesswork is not the best way to solve logical puzzles.

logic works much better.

maybe you aren't getting that 5/9 correct means that 5 out of nine letters in the right place are correct.

hopefully the spreadsheet below will make things clearer - i have highlighted cells that contain letters in the same place (ie column) as the answer, and added up the boxes on the right.

i can try to explain it some more if you still don't get it.

 

[sygnus21]

I think you're missing the point, myself, Wishmaster, and smarteyeball was talking about..... there's no rhythm to the puzzles, not that it can't be solved.

In fallout 3, there WAS a rhythm, that's the point

Anyways you've managed to provide the clue we were so easily missng.

 

[sygnus21]

Anyone getting hard lockups in the Ultra Luxe hotel's bath house? Evertime I go in there the game hard locks afer walking around for about a minute. I can duplicate this everytime, even if I start from when I first enter the hotel, everything is fine until I enter the bath house.

Anyway there doesn't seem to be a task there so I'll stay away from it. Just curious to see if anyone else had the same experience there.

 

[mickey megabyte]

no problems here.

there was something i needed to do in the steam-room, and it was crash-free.

 

[sygnus21]

Well I haven't had anything to tell me I need to go there so I'll avoid it like the plague, unless i'm required, and then, even that will depend on how vital the task is.

Thanks

 

[sygnus21]

Yet another issue

This one is strange..... When I go into the Gammorah Hotel, my HUD display disappears, and I can't move. Nothing happens and I have to Ctr+Alt+Delete out the game. WTF

Restarting the game and going into the Hotel results in the same behavior, stuck, no HUD display, Ctrl+Alt+Delete out the game.

Perhaps I'm getting old, but my patience is running thin with all the bugs in these games. Have I mentioned the "Gas Mask" bug in Metro 2033?

Evidently if you run out of filters, you can't take the mask off.... even if you're in a area that requires no mask! Furthermore, if you have the mask on, it'll take damage....cracks, which in turn hinders vision.

So now you have a cracked gas mask on with no filters available to replace the clogged one which in turn allows you to take off the cracked mask in an area where you don't need a mask in the first place! Brilliant!

Oh.... it gets better.... you progress levels with the broken mask until you find a good one, or a filter..... neither of which I've found since I haven't hit a market yet!!! So far this has lasted 3 levels

No....holding the "G" key does not remove the cracked mask!!! Remapping the key doesn't work either!!! Nice :sarc:

So now I've come back to New Vegas.... only to be rudely reminded about its bugs :shock:

Good grief. Man I need a break so I don't break something

 

[sygnus21]

Not meaning to offend anyone and this is just my opinion of this game.

It's by far the most buggy and poorly written and poorly coded game of all time. I also found it extremely boring and repetitive. I made it all the way to the end and I was left asking the question,...what was the point to all of this?

Sorry but I'll take a regular old FPS game anyday over this fiasco. And people said that Crysis was poorly coded LOL.

THE WHOLE GAME IS A BUGFEST!!! i was wondering when the outrage was gonna beggin. its seems everyone is just shruggin it off.

So.... we should all complain all day long about a few minor problems??? Yes, we know there are problems, we listed them. Now what??? Complain all day and all night long?

Outside of the microstutterig, which IS annoying, I personally don't think the game is as bad as you make it out to be. Perhaps that's why "everyone is just shruggin it off" ???

BTW.... Have you filed a complaint with Bethesda, filed a bug report???

My two cents

I now have to concede that this IS a poorly coded very buggy game. Worst then.... dare I say.....STALKER :shock:

The two issues Casino issues I have.....

1- Every time I enter the bath house at the Ultraluxe casino the game hard locks.

2- Entering the Gomorrah casino, I get no cut scene about giving up my weapons happens, my HUD display disappears, and I can’t move.

both of which requires a Ctrl+Alt+Delete to get out of is preventing me from completing side quests and has taken all the joy and fun out of the game so i've decided to shelve the game and move on the something else.

I did file a bug report over at Bethesda's forums (Hard lock at Gomorrah & Luxe Hotels - Bethesda Softworks Forums) and will call tech support when I finish this post, though I have no illusions of a solution coming from them.

Later.

 

[mickey megabyte]

i must be really lucky. i always seem to be defending the game, but i'm only telling it like i see it. i have no connections to bethesda software

fortunately i have no problems entering the casinos or bathhouse.

the only buggy quest i've had is 'ant misbehavin' - it tells me to go and meet rachel and tell her the ants are dead (or something).

however, rachel (i think her name is) doesn't want to know.

i did some searching and found out that this only happens if you do a certain other quest in between (volare).

initially i thought i had several other buggy quests (eg ed-e, great khans, robodog and sexbot), but as soon as i talk to the right people or go to the right place, then the quests come back to life and all is well.

yes there certainly are bugs, i can't deny that - but after 90 hours of gameplay, i think i've only had two or three ctd's - and i'm using mods.

i suppose you've tried verifying integrity of your game files in steam?

maybe a reinstall would help? backup saved games first!

sorry if i'm being obvious.

 

[holo88]

Hey Guys. Check this site out. Im sure a lot of FO players know of it. There is tons of awesome mods, one I'd like to point out in particular is "Better Game Performance". What it does is negate all of the unused textures and items from he game when loading. Works fairly well imo.

K thought I'd share that

 

[Airbot]

Heh, I tried that one. Didn't seem to do any better for me with it, so I disabled it.