On windows 7, at least, you can right-click the desktop, choose "Screen Resolution" and on the dialog that come up, there's an option for "Make text and other items larger or smaller". Clicking on that gives you a choice off 100% 125% or 150% text size. I think the "other items" are the desktop icons, but I'm not sure if that's all.

That changes the default size, and applications may ignore and override that setting, so expect Murphy's law to take effect.

This post has been edited by ghastley: Jun 16 2015, 07:17 PM

Thank you, thank you, thank you! When I googled my question the internet replied that I had spilled diet coke in the keyboard, which was not the case. One of my settings had gotten checked possibly in one of the many surprise updates, so I un-checked it. I can’t wait to play now! I am so excited!

I had this set at 125 or Medium before I started the Skyrim CK classes; but several of the windows in the CK were unable to be closed out with it set that way (so I set it back to small and just used Control/Zoom with mouse wheel to adjust each page.

Everything worked fine doing that till this last time I reset my laptop to factory. Ever since then it has been doing all this weird stuff where my fingers lingering over the keyboard causes all kinds of BS stuff to happen - really ticks me off, grrrr.

But anyway, I just reset it back to the 125/Medium, see if that stops the problems. Thank you for the help, Ghastley and SubRosa!

I'm thinking I might have to restart Fallout New Vegas.

Since it's been so long since I last played, I've not been playing dead is dead, and I set the difficulty to normal. I'm now going 'round with a sniper rifle, brush gun, and the Mysterious Magnum, in a suit of T-51b power armour backed up by ED-E and Veronica(also in a suit of T-51b) murderising anything that takes a shot at me.

And the whole game's been rather frustrating, since it took until I reached Gun Runners to get a gun with a scope on it. Couldn't find any weapon upgrades to get me one or anything. And when trying to play as a sniper, lack of scoped weapons is really annoying.

Maybe I'll just wrap this up asap with a Yes Man ending, and start again on a higher difficulty.

I hate to admit it, but a few times when I was getting killed left or right I've set New Vegas on Easy for the first few levels, then upped it to normal (because the first few levels the enemies are so overpowered compared to the Player).

I think the reason why my character starts off so weak in New Vegas is because of how you have to play with your SPECIAL stats to make it optimal for the most surgeries when you reach Vegas.

I keep looking for Acadian at Nellis Air Force Base, but haven't seen him there yet, lol.

Just use the console to give yourself a sniper rifle at the start of the game. Or the scope for the varmint rifle.

I haven't played it on the PC yet, and I bought the PC version last November! Not sure why, but every time I go to start a game in it I've ended up playing FO3 instead, lol.

But that is a great idea, I'll most def enjoy trying it with the console to play around with - maybe give myself some poison resistance against cazadores while i'm at it, lol.

It will be the very first time I've ever been able to take the Black Widow perk in New Vegas, too. I've had a lot of fun with it in FO3 since getting the PC game!

I didn't bother optimising, I just went with: S5, P6, E6, C4, I7, A6, L6, with good natured and small frame. Worked well so far.



PC gamers have it too easy.

*Sighs*

I bought Fallout 3 (and New Vegas) for the PC last November - had been playing it for years on the XBox 360 only. Well, for the first few months every time I got stuck in between rocks (etc) - I was still reloading previous saves until SubRosa clued me in about toggling clipping to get out of a situation like that! I can't believe I didn't think of it!

It is a lot more convenient, it gives the player so many options and choices they would never have on the console; a way to play around with trying perks they may never have used because of the limitations and needing to survive.




This post has been edited by mALX: Jun 18 2015, 10:38 PM

I am not a huge min-maxer, but one thing I learned in the Fallout games is that a sniper needs a high Luck. Your critical hit chance is based on your Luck, and that is a what a sniper is all about getting. Try dumping a point from Strength and Endurance, and instead put the leftover points in Luck. Then look for items like the Recon Beret that raise Luck, or spend a few Intense Trainings on raising Luck even more. There are also traits and perks that raise your critical chance as well you can get.

I just looked over some of the weapon stats, and I see that FONV really nerfed the critical chance multipliers of all rifles. The FO3 Sniper Rifle has a Critical Multiplier of x5. The FONV version is only x2. So it is a lot harder to critically hit in NV.


Yes we do. And you can join our ranks of elitist snobs for one low price!!!

Seriously, FONV does not have very steep hardware requirements. Just about any computer you buy these days for $300 - $400 can play it just fine. You only have to make sure it has a real video card, rather than the usual intel integrated graphics garbage many come with. So you might need to pay an extra $100 for a video card.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jun 18 2015, 11:11 PM

Maybe it's because I'm only playing on normal difficulty, but I've really not had a shortage of critical hits. ED-E let me detect enemies long before I saw them, letting me get plenty of sneak crits. And up close 1st recon beret(raises crit chance and perception, not luck), Finesse, and That Gun got me plenty of crits. Throw in Better Criticals once I got it and I didn't come across much that needed a second crit. Anything that survived either got zapped by ED-E or punched by Veronica.

As for lowering strength, that isn't gonna happen. 5 strength plus implant and weapon handling lets me use the anti materiel rifle, and there's no way I'm passing that up.



Circumstances don't permit me to get even a mediocre gaming pc. And to be honest, I'm not all that interested. Consoles are far more convenient:

I buy a game for my console, I know that game will run on my console, no need to check specs to make sure.
No getting frustrated because a game I'm interested in is only available via Steam(which is an automatic no sale).
There's no shortage of places to buy console games(I'd rather buy physical copies of games from actual stores than buy online), the pre-owned games market here is huge, so I can pick console games up cheap, and trade in games when I'm finished with them, letting me save money on both ends.
Having been gaming on consoles since the N64, I'm more comfortable with controllers than keyboards and mice, removing one of the PCs advantages.


And finally, the only games I'd be interested in playing on PC are strategy games that typically aren't released on consoles. So it isn't even worth it.

I'll stick to my console.

Well, since the low difficulty was beginning to sap the fun a little, I blitzed the game to get to the Yes Man ending. Finished up at only level 20. Lanius was an outright monster. Had to use a stealthboy and take his head off at a distance with an AMR generously donated by his centurions

Now that I've gotten the hang of the game, and seen the final battle, I can get down to finding more ways to have fun, without power armour. I got hold of some ranger combat armour and fully repaired it for a test run, and it was only five points less DT than T-51b.

On the glitch front, very little to report. Nothing game-breaking, the only persistent one was a bit peculiar. For some reason the game decided that ED-E had gotten his laser upgraded. Or at least I assume that's what happened, from the way the projectile changed, both in appearance and apparent power. Well, that and Veronica's insistence on using an incinerator she was carrying, even though she was set to melee and didn't actually have it equipped. Both popped up at the same time, but I sorted Veronica out easily enough.

What about the "Mysterious Stranger's" 44 magnum; can you console give it to the Player like you can in FO3?







When I am first getting to know a game, I'll go the easy-normal route at first till I get more comfortable with the game mechanics; then usually by no later than the 5th level I've boosted it to a harder level just to keep it from getting too stale.

One thing I really like about the Fallout games is their "Hardcore" mode. It isn't good to learn the game on, but in subsequent playthroughs it is great for roleplay!

Yes, you can easily add it with the console just as in FO3.

In FNV you can get the Mysterious Magnum from the Mysterious Stranger's son but this version of the weapon of course isn't as insanely powerful as the version which the MS uses in actual combat. Still, it's a nice touch.

I've only "fought" Lanius once, that was on my 1st playthrough and funnily enough, I didn't even fight him because my character had his Speech maxed so it was possible to avoid the battle with Lanius altogether. I don't remember the details, I'd have to check the Wiki to refresh my memory, but it's somehow possible to convince him that the Legion is losing, and he leaves the battlefield.

Then a surprise followed - I was ambushed by Lee Oliver and NCR soldiers but since I sided with Yes Man, there was an option to order Yes Man to throw Oliver over the Dam, which was hilarious. So I didn't experience any final fight at all because as soon as Yes Man threw Oliver over the Dam, the game ended. I really liked this "peaceful" ending.


FNV was never that glitchy for me, though I often read about its problems. The worst one which happens in every game, is radscorpions (though it happens for other creatures too) walking upright but it gets sorted when getting closer.

And a great weapon to have. My holdout weapon of choice.



You can throw Oliver off the Dam? I already deleted my saves! I'm gonna have to youtube that

I tried to talk him out of it, but I only had 70 speech That sword of his is terrifying. In one attempt , during VATS, I had to watch him send Veronica's head flying through the air in slow motion as I shot at him. Damn thing could kill me in like two hits, and according to a notification, demolish my armour in the process.

And the first time I got past Lanius, I lost Veronica in the fight, didn't save, and then the fight with Oliver started. I took Oliver's head off with the Mysterious Magnum, but then all the veteran rangers went for me at once. T-51b lasts for about three seconds on normal when being fired at by four brush guns at close range.



I was amazed how few issues I had this time around. Did tend to freeze in the Hidden Bunker though. I'm hoping subsequent runs will be similarly glitch free. I'm gonna do an NCR run, a House run, but I'll pass on the Legion.

This post has been edited by Callidus Thorn: Jun 19 2015, 10:09 PM

I have yet to create a character that'll actually deserve to get the Mysterious Magnum since none of mine so far completed the Drifter's quest. Of course the Drifter could be killed and the Magnum stolen but so far this hasn't happened, neither it sounds appealing.


I don't remember whether this actually happens in the game or you see him being thrown over in the ending slideshow. You have to use the "correct" conversation path to get an option from Yes Man to throw him over, though.


I'll probably never face Lanius since the main quest interests me only up to the point to get a revenge on Benny.

In FNV, the toughest enemy for me was Ulysses and I faced him with a high-leveled character with maxed Energy and Melee yet she barely made it out alive on DiD. Not only he regenerates health but he's assisted by several robots and Marked Men, making the fight even more difficult. It's possible to disable bots or turn them against him but your Science and/or Repair have to be maxed too.


I did the Legion once years ago, forgot most of it but I remember that you get orders for the final quest from Lanius in his tent. Then you fight against Oliver inside the Dam. When he dies or you convince him to leave, Lanius arrives and congratulates you. I was hoping for him to take his mask off but it doesn't happen.

Oh thanks for the info!


Yes Man throws General Oliver off Hoover Dam:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdVLMjXjwtA

The one time I fought Lanius was with Annie Ley Oak, and he died so fast I didn't even realize it was him. He never even had a chance to hit me. I thought it was just another Legion grunt. She had a pretty decent gun - an M4 Carbine from a mod - but I had cut down the stats on it so it was not uber. Many of the vanilla weapons were more powerful.

Ulysees was also my most difficult fight. For the reasons Lopov stated. He has not only a boatload of health, but regenerates, has good armor, and a lot of mooks.

Most difficult fight for me would be Joshua Graham. I know, I know, he isn't supposed to be fought but still, curiosity and gamer bloodlust bid me to shoot him the moment I exited his dialogue in that cave of his.

He has 50 DT, a boatload amount of health, and his .45 auto simply STUNG and it was rapid.

My Legion centurion had half of his health blown off during the first barrage and I had to continuously pump stimpaks throughout the fight. I died, but it was still epic though.

BWAAHAA! I haven't done that DLC yet, but I usually try every quest at least once if there is a choice (like in Shivering Isles) just to see what would happen if you went the other direction.

They have a different quest you do if you are able to kill Joshua Graham - Chaos in Zion. It would be interesting to see which one you like best, lol.