I love that the Bison Steve is very non-linear in its layout, so there are multiple ways to approach it.

@SubRosa - I use a mod that fills up lots of empty spaces in Primm (outside) and adds more convicts (outside as well). I think there are enough convicts inside the hotel to keep things challenging. The game randomizes how the convict leader looks like, sometimes he has his hockey mask, sometime an NCR helmet and sometime an ordinary cowboy hat.

@Acadian - Primm is indeed a safer place now that convicts rule the town no more.

@Winter Wolf - I like the Bison Steve as hell, its layout gives a lot of options to deal with convicts in any way you desire. So when will the Winter Wolf become Desert Wolf and come visit us in the Mojave?

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Today's screenies are as dark as they were when I gamed. Usually I brighten them up but I think this time they're better left untouched to keep the night feel of the Mojave.

Shadow in the night

When shadows attack

Shadows bleed too

Shadows can be disarmed

The last shadow

At dawn

Imposing

Ni-I-I-ice... those shadow pics are creepy man!

Alan is the Ghost in the Darkness.

When you wrote disarmed, I was expecting the arm to be flying off the rest of the raider's body!

The last shadow is awesome! I love the two silhouettes. It is very film noir.

I agree! Jeepers!

Heh, I've SubRosa-trained to expect the same thing. I also agree that The Last Shadow is very artsy-kewl.

Imposing is exactly that!

Great pics Lopov!! It is a very interesting night look you have going on. It is hard to tell on a monitor- but the grain plus night blend is sweet! The last shadow. Wow!

Just be careful and avoid those pesky scorpions that can attack you from the blind side. Glad to see that Alan was still there when the sun rose.

Desert Wolf will pay a visit back to the Mojave again. But the modded version of Fallout 4 / Skyrim SE will keep me going until early-mid next year. I love them so much and is most fun I have ever had in gaming. I give them both 10/10. Mods make everything perfect, no doubt.

I am planning an Oblivion / Fallout NV gaming session in about 12 months from now.

But I want to play Doom, Dying Light, Dishonored, Far Cry, Witcher, Mass Effect 1-3 as well.

This post has been edited by Winter Wolf: Nov 9 2016, 05:05 AM

I want to go back to a linear game this autumn, just to remember what it was like. Maybe one of the Tomb Raiders, or one of the turn-based RPGs I used to play. Or maybe something new entirely.

@Renee - I've been playing New Vegas for so long that I knew for almost every Jackal in that place. But I've been there mostly during days and at nights the place looks completely different, also some Jackals aren't in the same position as during daytime.

@SubRosa - disarmed in "my" world doesn't necessarily mean disarmed in "your" world.

@Acadian - I didn't actually know about another shadow behind Webb, I was turning the camera around to get a good angle when I spotted it. Webb made sure it never got close enough.

@Winter Wolf - I was also slightly afraid that some giant radscorpions would join the fight if they heard shooting. While Webb is well armed, more than one giant radscorpion attacking at once would be challenging in any case. It's good to hear that modded FO4 offers a lot of enjoyment.

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Boxcars behave!

Novac

Manny Vargas (that's my version of modded Manny, he looks different in vanilla game)

Florens' Bungalow

Morning chat with Daisy Whitman

With mines

With bullets

With grenades

If Boxcars gets out of line, Alan could just break his legs. Oh wait...

Welcome to Dino Town!

Manny is definitely better-looking in your game!

Welcome home Alan!

Did Daisy regale Alan with her stories of flying Vertibirds?

Alan is having a chat with the ghoul population as well!

I see Al is not picky in how he does his killin' He will use any thing handy!


Renee: Give Pillars of Eternity a try. It might still be on sale at Gog.com. It was a really good old-fashioned style linear RPG.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Nov 9 2016, 11:51 PM

Loves the dino statue!

Wow, that bungalow he rented looks pretty humble.

Wow! If Boxcars thinks that he had a problem with his leg he has not seen (or felt) anything yet! That is an awesome pic!

LOved the sky high view of Novac. Lucky that the Legion did not get their hands on that sunken bomber and do some runs over Novac! They could have just followed the road to line things up.

Manny looks great!

It is time for Ghoul killing. And I sense a rendezvous with a bunch of nut-case Nightkins. And people who think they are ghouls.

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Thanks for the comment of FO4. I know the game has copped much grief on PC and I would only give the vanilla version 6 out of 10, but the modded version for me is 10 out of 10. It is so good to be able to fix all those horrible Beth decisions they made.

Just this week I added a 4k re-texture to the night sky and it now has a huge spiral arm of the galaxy that stretches across the heavens, and a 2k re-textured moon that is now double the size. It looks fantastic!

Modders really do better work than Beth!

This post has been edited by Winter Wolf: Nov 11 2016, 09:31 AM

Do you have links? Or just the mod names? I have been starting to collect FO4 mods for when I do eventually get the game, probably in the next few months.

@SubRosa - Daisy indeed regaled Alan about her flying days and her only failed mission, the one above Klamath, featured in Fallout 2.

@Acadian - I think the dino statue is supposed to be a reference to some real dino statue in the USA but I don't know in which town is it located. Since there's no Novac in real life, it must be a reference to another town. I read about this in an old interview with one of the developers.

@Winter Wolf - Alan didn't meet Nightkins because he blew up Bright's ghouls as soon as Bright himself finished his speech about the Great Journey. He let mad Chris the Ghoul live, though.

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Today there's a set of non-action pics (except one):

Good mornin'

That's what Webb sees when aiming with his grenade rifle

It's long only 40mm but it blew up some raiders

El Dorado at night

El Dorado at dawn

Webb meets an old friend - former Sgt. Angelina Mason from the NCR (she's not named in the vanilla game, that's my name for her)

Webb bought a battle rifle in a mint condition

Webb bought lots of .44 ammunition for his .44 revolver which he got from one of raiders hiding behind the billboard a few pics up

Reminiscing the old times, when Angie Mason was still a sergeant and Webb still a scout with the NCR

Those raiders have been Heliated!

El Dorado at dawn is really neat, with the purple sky and the Lucky 38 glowing on the horizon.

Alan would be pals with an arms dealer!

Lopov – There are several towns/cities in the mid-west US that have dino statues. Generally, those areas are associated with rich fossil finds so I guess that makes sense.

Good Mornin' is a fabulous 'Lopov' trademark shot.

Some nice shots showcasing the Webster’s armory. I do recall 40mm grenade bloopers. Some were slung under the barrels of selected M-16’s and some were pure grenade launchers. They made some automatic ones (150 rounds / minute) but, because of the bulk ammo demands those were only used on vehicles like jeeps and a few helicopter gunships. When fired, the grenade blooper made a rather quiet hollow sound leaving the weapon (hence the nickname grenade blooper), then a boom when its relatively short range impacted the target.

SubRosa- Here are the links.

Galaxy?

Moon retexture?

Moon size adjuster?


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I will check back in later to see what Mr Webb has been up to! I have work and lunch to do!

edit- Great set of slow pics. Beth/Obsidian games are really just as nice at the slow moments as the hectic ones. Storage, eating, trading, smoking, chatting with the locals are all really cool things to do.

I remember that trader pair and overpass. Angelina Mason is a perfect name!

That last pic is awesome. Catching up on the past while having a smoke.

This post has been edited by Winter Wolf: Nov 13 2016, 09:28 AM

Well good mornin' to you too. You're looking very Lopovesque today, Alan.

I really like the 'battle rifle in mint condition' pic. Something about it. Maybe it's all the gear he's got on, or something. He just looks so prepared.

@SubRosa - Fellout really improves nights and dawns. The only minor glitch that I sometimes experience is that nights at first get very dark but if I enter & exit some nearby interior cell, nights are slightly brighter again. They're not as bright as in the vanilla game but they're brighter than they were before.

@Acadian - Webb's grenade rifle also makes a sort of hollow sound when fired and just as you say, it has a relatively short range. There are also 25mm grenades in New Vegas.

@Winter Wolf - I'm glad you appreciate non-actions pics. Sometimes I have a feeling that I post too much action ones, making it look like there's always fighting going in my roleplays. This is wrong of course, I spend a lot of time doing non-action oriented things but I don't take pics as frequently while doing so. I intend to change this in the future so that you'll get some mixed shots.

@Renee - thanks, I think 'prepared' is an appropriate word. At first I intended to equip Webb with a classic sniper rifle (the same as in FO3) but he went for the battle rifle instead. Which is even better because the sniper rifle might look too 'modern' on his cowboy-like outfit whereas the battle rifle fits him just fine.

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Today let's see at incendiary 40mm grenades at work...

Boulder City (not that there's much of the city actually left)

"Don't shoot, mighty Great Khans. I, Alan Webb, am coming in peace. I just want to have a few words with your leader Jessup."

"Hello Jessup!"

"A few more words then I'll be leaving."

"Too bad we couldn't come to an agreement."

"Stay safe, soldiers. And next time try not to get caught by Great Khans. I might not be there to save you. Adios!"

This post has been edited by Lopov: Nov 14 2016, 07:23 PM

Oh my, those 40mm grenades can certainly do a job inside a building! The end of the not-so-Great Khans it seems.

Looks like Alan is not going to wait another Dam minute to see Boulder.

Alan coming in Peace? Why do I suspect he will be leaving the Khans in pieces?

That is some Hello!

Alan's words come in the 40mm variety!