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[SubRosa]

Wow, Fallout 1. Now that is a blast from the past. I have it laying around, but have not played it in years and years.

There really is nothing special to using ranged weapons though. It is just equip the weapon in your hand, then in combat just click on who you want to shoot. If I remember correctly.

Ok, I just tried it. You have the gun selected in your hud. When combat starts, you click on the gun. A red crosshair will come up in place of your mouse cursor. Move it over what you want to shoot, and a number will show up with your percentage chance to hit. Click, and you fire.

Shooting takes action points, so you will see your AP meter decrease. But that is the same with using any weapons.

[Renee]

Yeah, I've been curious for a while about the earliest FO games, mostly because I want to experience their stories. Watched a let's play video months ago, etc.


Anyway. Coool, great.... I am glad you responded. Someone who's played this game before, since Lopov's not around. Okay, so we click on the weapon first, in the HUD? Kay I'll try that whenever I'm gaming next. Do we have to click on the weapon for every new enemy, though?

Last night I was physically clicking the knife which Stu has in his inventory, and dragging it right over the paper doll of Stu, Morrowind style. This doesn't work! ... Which is partially why I made sure he's got Unarmed as a skill. I actually chose that skill because I anticipated I'd get stuck on this. EDIT: I get it now. Watching a LP video as I'm gaming. We don't drag items over the doll, we drag them into boxes (ITEM 1, for instance) below the paper doll.


Yeah, the AP thing is annoying. It keeps slowing down the action with "You need to get more Action Points" messages or some such. I don't really get how that works, yet.

This post has been edited by Renee: May 26 2023, 06:36 PM

[Acadian]

Is Stu Pitt related to Brad? To quote the brilliant philosopher Forest Gump, "Stu Pitt is as Stu Pitt does."

[Renee]

Ha ha ha nice!!! I hadn't thought of Brad, actually!

There is a DLC for Fallout 3 called The Pitt which takes place in Pittsburgh, so that's where part of the idea came from. Also, if you've ever watched The Simpsons, Bart would sometimes make prank calls using funny names, and I'm pretty sure Stu Pitt was one of them.

[SubRosa]

Renee, Action Points are part of pretty much every turn based game, which the early Fallout games are. There is only so much you can do in a turn. Everything costs action points, shooting, reloading, moving, etc... Once you are out of points your turn ends. Then the next character or monster takes their turn. Etc...

[Renee]

MM hmm I get it now. Basically, every time the PC runs out of AP there's a box we have to click (called Turn, I think) which moves the fight to whoever's turn is next.

[mirocu]

A Fallout 1 character? Now there's a game I haven't tried.

[Renee]

Game Fallout

Real name: Greg Arius

Creation Date: June 4, 2023, 6:05 PM

Nickname:

Status: Deceased

Race:

Gender: Male

Age: 21

SPECIAL: Greg Arius is obviously talkative, intelligent, but not so worldly for combat situations.

S = 4
P = 5
E = 4
C = 9
I = 7
A = 6
L = 5

Tagged skills: Barter, Small Guns, Speech

Perks:

Traits: Fast Metabolism, Skilled

Place of birth: Vault 13

Home:

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Biography/Life History: Greg Arius grew up well-schooled, trained in the arts, but just generally has been able to talk his way out of anything.

He died while trying to help the village of Shady Sands (I think) figure out their brahmin problem. Greg got pwned by a giant radscorp, basically. 🦂

This post has been edited by Renee: Aug 16 2023, 06:00 PM

[WellTemperedClavier]

Game Fallout

Real name: Greg Arius

Creation Date: June 4, 2023, 6:05 PM

Nickname:

Status: Talkin'

Race:

Gender: Male

Age: 21

SPECIAL: Greg Arius is obviously talkative, intelligent, but not so worldly for combat situations.

S = 4
P = 5
E = 4
C = 9
I = 7
A = 6
L = 5

Tagged skills: Barter, Small Guns, Speech

Perks:

Traits: Fast Metabolism, Skilled

Place of birth: Vault 13

Home:

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Companions:

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Physical Appearance:

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Biography/Life History: Greg Arius grew up well-schooled, trained in the arts, but just generally has been able to talk his way out of anything.

When I first played Fallout 1 (back when I was in high school), I used the "Albert Cole" premade character who was also a charisma-based build. I was fairly new to games with dialogue, so it blew my mind that I could talk (or outright lie) my way out of bad situations.

[macole]

Albert Cole, now there's a name I can learn to like.

It's been a long time since I played the original Fallout. Other than its 3rd person having an overhead perspective looking really small on a 12 inch monitor I've forgotten most of how it works.

Oh, and the intro is bizarre. Keeping the peace in Canada!

[WellTemperedClavier]

Albert Cole, now there's a name I can learn to like.

It's been a long time since I played the original Fallout. Other than its 3rd person having an overhead perspective looking really small on a 12 inch monitor I've forgotten most of how it works.

Oh, and the intro is bizarre. Keeping the peace in Canada!

It still holds up, IMO. Playing it after the more recent games, it's a bit of a shock at how desolate it all feels. Everything's hardscrabble and desperate. Even if you win, humanity's future feels far from assured.

Fallout 2's more of a mixed bag. The game's almost too sprawling for its own good, and some of the endgame areas (particularly San Francisco) feel pretty half-baked. I'm not a big fan of how many pop culture references there are, either.

[Renee]

There are premade characters? Thinking about it, there certainly are. I skipped right past that option.

This post has been edited by Renee: Jun 16 2023, 01:44 AM

[Renee]

Game Fallout

Real name: Wyatt Hertz

Creation Date: August 16, 2023, 1:30 PM

Nickname:

Status: Operating

Race: The original FO does not give us a choice, but I envision Wyatt to be a white cowboy type of dude.

Gender: Male

Age: 30

SPECIAL:

S = 4
P = 6
E = 7
C = 4
I = 7
A = 6
L = 6

Tagged skills: Doctor, First Aid, Small Guns

Perks:

Traits: Drug Resistant, Fast Metabolism

Place of birth: Vault 13

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Clothing: Vault13 jumpsuit

Miscellaneous: Greg Arius got pwned and so the next interesting name in my folder is Wyatt Hertz. As his name implies, he's got some sort of training in medical fields.

Theme song:

Biography/Life History:

This post has been edited by Renee: Aug 16 2023, 06:24 PM

[macole]

Medic : Hello, my name is Wyatt Hertz.

Patient : recites a list ailments ending with, "Sorry I didn't catch your name".

[SubRosa]

Once again, awesome name. I hope he gets farther than Greg did.

[Acadian]

All he needs is a sidekick named Doc Holly Daze.

[Renee]

Me and my silly names, right?

Doc Holly Daze! Maybe I'll give an NPC that name.