Mojave Meanderings and Wasteland Wanderings, The Fallout "Where are you now" thread Options

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

So does Janet usually leave the Raiders alone if they aren’t hostile?

[Renee]

So does Janet usually leave the Raiders alone if they aren’t hostile?

Thanks for asking. Not really alone 100%. Sometimes she parties with them (she's into chems, ahem) or spends the night, and so on. But only if she's wearing raider armor. It's a surprisingly simply script, which looks like this...

scriptname aaaFactionChangingArmorScript

Begin OnEquip Player

Player.SetFactionRank aaaFaction 1

End

Begin OnUnequip Player

Player.SetFactionRank aaaFaction -1

End

Attach that to any wearable item, and substitute "aaaFaction" with a custom-made faction which is compatible with raiders, mutants, whatever you desire.

[mirocu]

Imagine partying it up with some Super Mutants on a Friday night

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Doesn’t sound like a lot of fun honestly, lol

[mirocu]

Doesn’t sound like a lot of fun honestly, lol

Well, then


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Ok, this has got to be a record for me; four hours of gameplay today!

Didn't plan for that but time does fly sometimes. All vendors drained of caps, lots of jumping around the Wasteland and no less than 5815 caps collected. Adding to that; another fully repaired Stabhappy

This post has been edited by mirocu: May 18 2025, 04:03 PM

[Renee]

Four hours! I can still do 4 hours on certain days, assuming I'm off from work and there aren't any pressing engagements, etc. What is your normal average, mirocu?

There are some days though when I have the option to game all day, but I'll go for only an hour or two. Maybe it's too nice outside (like now, it's really perfect weather) or maybe I lose inspiration, etc.

[mirocu]

Four hours! I can still do 4 hours on certain days, assuming I'm off from work and there aren't any pressing engagements, etc. What is your normal average, mirocu?

I'd say 2,5 hours or so. It really depends, like you on the weather, and whether or not I'm close to a bottle cap goal which indeed I am now.

There are some days though when I have the option to game all day, but I'll go for only an hour or two. Maybe it's too nice outside (like now, it's really perfect weather) or maybe I lose inspiration, etc.

Funnily enough, it's when it's really nice outside that I get inspiration to play Fallout

[Renee]

Nice. I only play Fallout (or Mass Effect) on sunny days. Elder Scrolls games on cloudy ones. Baldur's Gate at night. I mostly play Bethesda or Bioware games in bed, but Baldur's Gate requires the BIG comfy chair.

Once summer kicks in Sims 2 Castaway might become another sunny-day game. Due to its tropical setting, of course. That's the game in which Genna Rossity is stuck on a desert island.

[mirocu]

Another 100.000 caps collected!

Total amount (No, not my actual bank account )


Was in a bit of a pickle today when in the area of Sniper's Shack. When attracting the attention of some Super Mutants I managed to get seriously injured because for some reason I didn't get behind cover fast enough. It was so bad I was down to two (2) measly health bars!

Adding to that I was also suffering from advanced radiation poisoning from coming too close to Vault 87, but that actually works in my favor since I automatically regenerate crippling body parts and also keep me functioning at peak performance. So after awhile all my health stats were topped off again. Well, apart from still just having two health bars overall...


Anyway, time to start working on the next 100.000 caps!


Current location: just outside Rivet City

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

*Points at Birb* Lookout!

[mirocu]

It's not October o'clock yet


Also, smaller session today but managed to get Gunny whacked twice. I actually let this happen since I can stuff more things on him when he's down.


Yeah I'm a horrible master

[mirocu]

Major session yesterday in which Gunny got whacked several times and I was in a serious pickle at Takoma Park. Those Talons are no joke when so many at the same time, and with rocket launchers!

Not quite sure how much I earned but total onboard caps are about 21.000 now.


Currently looking for a mod that can convert those 700.000 caps I have at my Megaton home into SEK...

[mirocu]

Gunny is becoming Grumpy; had two bugs occurring yesterday.


First one in which Gunny used his flamethrower but even after he had stopped, the sound effect was still audioable. Had to save and reload another save and then the latest save again.


Second one had him not opening his inventory upon request. After his "Yes, sir!" I got back to the dialogue options again. Had to save, exit the game and then return.



-You're on thin ice, soldier!

[Kane]

First one in which Gunny used his flamethrower but even after he had stopped, the sound effect was still audioable. Had to save and reload another save and then the latest save again.


Second one had him not opening his inventory upon request. After his "Yes, sir!" I got back to the dialogue options again. Had to save, exit the game and then return.

I have had both of these bugs in Fallout 4! Gotta love those weird engine bugs! The audio usually only happens with automatic weapons in 4 though. The reloading bug I tested a couple of times and found that it breaks when you interrupt the animation by activating something or auto/quicksaving.

[mirocu]

Interesting. Then again, we ARE talking Bethesda here, so...

[Kane]

Indeed! Another fun bug I remember in my PS4 days had to do with power armor. If you gave a follower an automatic weapon and told them to use power armor, the ground would quake when the ran up behind you. Like there was a behemoth or something getting the jump on you.

[Renee]

Yes I have noticed plenty of "audioable" glitches as well.
OT: gonna try return to Janet today.

These are the notes I made before my stroke...


+....JANET -

Jan just arrived in Big Town. Really took a beating from some mutants up north and needs lots of rest. She already bought + sold, including lots of food. Might want to visit Red for chems. She's got LOTS of caps (too many) on her person, Janet does.

Missions:ENEMIES OF THE WASTES

1). Pwn Hookah in Satcom Tower 05a.


TALON COMPANY
Stop in Bannister first though. Speak to Hugh G. Rexxion and see if he'll pay her. She delivered the computer chip to the wrong NPC.

2). Pwn 4-handed Geoffrey near Farifax Ruins. Make sure to wear something "shabby" like Wasteland Settler Outfit (will raider armor do?)


UPDATE: she is bored with this mission. Wandered all around Fairfax, no Jeff. She's on her way back to Megaton for a new mission.





UPDATE: the Virgo dish has been collected and is lying on the ground outside the Monument


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DATE

it is May in her game.



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ENEMIES OF THE WASTES

Pwn 4-Hand Jeffrey (taking a break on this one)

Pwn Hookah (a Caucasian woman) in Satcomm Nav 05a.


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Talon Company quests



The Activator panel to the left of door where Hugh G. Rexxon is resets all the objectives and missinos of Bannister, sloved.


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Generic Wasteland Quests

Nothing atm.

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"Android" mission (from Rivet City I'm assuming). Janet has casually slipped into following this mission's quests without really knowing that the hell it is. I've been choosing whatever ambivelent of dismissive topics there are, RPing that Janet has no idea what's going on, or why she should care.

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RANDOM

Janet found a note on a dead wastelander, who was found killed in front of WKML Broadcast Station. The wastelander also had a key, and the note says: the wastelander (John) stole something but felt bad about stealing, so he left whatever he stole in the"old scrapyard north of Bethesda ruins". Look in the burned-out bus, near the old red boxcar. Makes me wonder if this is mod-added by the bus mod.

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NOTES

She's got a Dismantled Motorcycle located in front of Silver's house. Not sure how to get it running. Moira does not sell any extra parts, and I'm pretty sure it needs handlbars or a gas tank or etc.

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STORAGE

Other than the obvious (Fort Bannister) Janet found Theodore Osborne's house, which is west of Tenpenny. Place is a dump but there are over 40,000 Pre-war bills in Theo's safe. There is also a Sniper Rifle and a nearly-pristine scoped .44 and some ammo.

Tenpenny Suite.esp: use the activator button on the left of the elevator door . In her safe there should be 39,000+ prewar bills and this has been locked with an Average lock.

Janet really hasn't got much stashed all over, though. Her Rivet City Goggles are usually hidden in a trash can located just north of Rivet City. These are needed to make her not get attacked by RC guards.

Rivet City: Sister's room, which is just outside of the Marketplace, and on the left.



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BUGS

There are two main bugs in her game: CTD on Save and CTD after X amount of time. What I did was one day stripped her game entirely down to .esms and DLC until it did not crash on save. Then I added mod after mod.

1). Several mods cause the CTD on Save glitch, and unfortunately Enemies of the Wastes is definitely one of them. This is something we gonna have to live with.

2). The CTD after X amount of time is mosty caused by Fallout 3 Addtions.esp. I can live with this. If ever there is also a time when Janet can't go a few meters without a crash try temporarily disabling FODAddtions.esp. It can be turned back on once she's back in her usual territory.

See that's a lot, right? I would be lost without notes in all these different games.

[mirocu]

See that's a lot, right? I would be lost without notes in all these different games.

I can see that. As for me I've done the same tuff in Fallout 3 for at least ten years so nothing's new


Oh, and I don't have Red to barter with in my game, btw. The mutants got him because I wasn't good at dealing with many of them at the same time in the open. Back then I still used sneak a lot, a practice that go back to the early 2000s.