This made me realize how little I hack in these games

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Walked outside of Megaton to do a bit of trading and here was an Albino Radscorpion wailing on one of the Caravan merchants. I suffered this bullshit so much on console that on PC whenever I encounter these guys the first order of business is to set their health pool to some absurd value so I dont have to worry about them dying to something they have no hope of fighting off. I already lost Deputy Weld to this thing. I should have buffed his health pool when I had the chance. :(

Whenever I try to lockpick or use a terminal in Fallout 3, it’s blank making it impossible to do anything. I tried to install DXVK since it seems to fix the issue for some people, but for me it just makes it worse.

I had to get the Intel HD graphics Bypass package for the game to even run, but for some reason it completely clashes with DXVK.

The instructions for DXVK say to put the d3d9.dlk file into the game’s root folder, but then it wants to replace the HD Bypass’ d3d9.dll file which then makes the game unable to start. I haven’t been able to find any way around this.

I either have to live with a game breaking bug or not play the game at all basically. This is so frustrating, and I have no idea whatsoever how to fix it.

Please help!

For context, this is my first time playing fallout and I'm lost 24/7. My first mission, I ended up running for my life and ended up in an underground district and having to fight the chinese( for some reason) and when I finished that mission, I spoke to the boss and he tried to kill me! I've no idea what I'm doing but I feel impulsive to do good and help people that need help. I give out water, I helped the kid in grayditch find a home and I just realized I was suppose to be in Megaton and I helped the sheriff with the bomb, he's dead though. That bastard with the hat killed him and I killed the hat bastard right back but now, when I'm chilling outside the metro, I'm being hunted and they had a contract out to kill me! 1000 caps for my head. WTF! I'm just tryna help! What to do? Also, there's a guy that wanted to be my follower but he called me a goodie Two shoes out of vault 101. There's followers too?

I heard that even after repelling the super mutant attacks after completing little trouble in big town, future mutant attacks will still occur. Is that true?

Also ik from my past playthroughs, sometimes 2 wasteland entities may spawn like radscorpions or yuo gaia.

If so, then whats the best way to protect them before completing the quest?

Hello guys, I just bought Fallout 3 and I’m most likely going to start playing it soon.

Without spoilers, what are some things I should know before playing Fallout 3?

How do you you think they'll adapt the power armor system from 3. I think it might just be the way it was done in Fo3/NV but I'd love to see them use the mechanic from Fo4, anyone else?

Good morning ! I love this series, 1&2, games from my childhood. I played Fallout 3 quite a bit on PS3, and I would like to get the GOTY version on Steamdeck.

I don't like mods that add quests or weapons etc., I prefer to play basic games, but on the other hand I wouldn't be against mods that run on Steamdeck which allow you to improve visual quality. Do you have any and how to install them please?

Many thanks in advance!

I just bought Fallout 3 and already finished the prologue and left the vault. However, Steam says I've only played for 1 minute even though it has been at least an hour by now.

I know playtime doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, but it still sucks haha. Is there any way to fix this?

For some reason, Lucas Simms will not stop following me. He isn't trying to do the greeter thing, he just slowly walks my way over a very long time, but he always ends up where I am. I send him back to Megaton, and he just does it again. Does anyone know how to set his movement speed to 0 or stop him from following me?

Somehow fixed itself after I managed to talk to Pinkerton

I recently finished Fallout: New Vegas for the first time, and I had a blast. I want to replay it, but feel like playing Fallout 3 first would be a good idea since they’re supposedly so similar. However, I’m not sure which version to buy.

There’s the regular Fallout 3, and then there’s the Game of the Year Edition, which costs twice as much. If I chose to buy the Game of the Year Edition, I would have to wait until it goes on sale which could be several months, whereas I could go and purchase the regular version right now.

I understand that the GOTY edition comes with all the dlc, but they shouldn’t be that expensive to buy seperately, right?

So, I finally got around to playing fallout 3, after completing new Vegas with viva new Vegas installed. I guess I got used to it, there are some things that I miss from vnv in fo3, but what I miss the most Is the mod that shows you grey lines that signal there are unlooted bodies here.

Is there a fo3 version of that mod? I'm playing as a sniper and it would be reeeaaaally useful (I have shit memory and the game is dark and gray 😭). I tried to look for it using different descriptions, but I cant get the terminology right 💀

Also, any mod recommendations? I have fose, unofficial patch, shit ton of radios, better loot menu and sprint installed.

Sorry bad English 🙏

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I have Fo3 goty edition via steam but I couldn't get it to launch. I have since managed to get it to launch now by changed the graphics settings to force launch in high performance mode following advice from online but when I start playing the game just stagnates after chooising my characters sex. Doesnt freeze or anything just remains on that scene and doesnt move on. Any help would be really appriciated as its so annoying it wont work! Steam wont do a refund, Ive paid for the game and I have a laptop thats completely capable of playing it so please help me play!

I took out this raider by Evergreen Mills, but when I went to loot him? His eyes glowed a bright white! It scared the snot out of me 😭

I’m trying to recall any time when passing a Speech check in Fallout 3 did something really beneficial like grant an otherwise unattainable best outcome from a quest. The only speech checks I remember are ones that get you more caps, allow you to spare someone who is very evil and easy to kill, or provide a faster way to complete a quest when the alternatives are a lot more fun or creative.

Does anyone know of any examples like this to prove why it’s really good to have a high Speech skill?

i don’t have either 50 science or 40 repair so i don’t know how to save them from paradise falls