Fallout Series Thread V14: When i entered this thread i was hoping there would be more gambling - Games

[QUOTE=QueenSasha24;40815843]So I was playing New Vegas and I managed to take a screenshot that makes for a pretty neat wallpaper. [img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/0_2013-05-26_00001.png[/img_thumb] I also made a texture replacer for the Sunset Sarsaparilla machines :v: [img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/0_2013-05-26_00002.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] I've always wondered what it is about real products in a video game, but for some reason it just seems totally impossible to insert them without them looking dodgy and fake. Even if it's all dinged up, the only way you can get away with it is being really subtle. It could literally look exactly like a Pepsi machine and it would still look odd.

[QUOTE=QueenSasha24;40815843] I also made a texture replacer for the Sunset Sarsaparilla machines :v: [img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/0_2013-05-26_00002.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] 90's Pepsi logo instead of a 50's one THIS IS NOT CANONICAL 0/10

Holy crap, the 50s Pepsi logo would fit perfectly into Fallout: [img_thumb]http://www.cutegecko.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Pepsicap.png[/img_thumb]

[QUOTE=Jamsponge;40816015]Holy crap, the 50s Pepsi logo would fit perfectly into Fallout: [img_thumb]http://www.cutegecko.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Pepsicap.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] If you'd like I could make a revised version with this logo :v:

I didn't find Veronica until I was 90% through the main quest. Never even knew about the I88 trading post until I checked which followers I was missing.

i solved my moral dilemma. i found out veronica was voiced by felicia day. i killed everyone in hidden bunker.

[QUOTE=Zethiwag;40817281]I didn't find Veronica until I was 90% through the main quest. Never even knew about the I88 trading post until I checked which followers I was missing.[/QUOTE] How'd you manage to miss the 188 when it's practically blocking your path to Vegas?

[QUOTE=Scum;40817780]i solved my moral dilemma. i found out veronica was voiced by felicia day. i killed everyone in hidden bunker.[/QUOTE] That is a silly reason.

[QUOTE=Jamsponge;40815913]I've always wondered what it is about real products in a video game, but for some reason it just seems totally impossible to insert them without them looking dodgy and fake. Even if it's all dinged up, the only way you can get away with it is being really subtle. It could literally look exactly like a Pepsi machine and it would still look odd.[/QUOTE] I don't know, real products tend to get me more immersed. Of course in a game like Fallout, they're really out of place. I also hate when it's clearly product placement and the only product in the game is something like batteries. :v:

[QUOTE=TestECull;40818849]How'd you manage to miss the 188 when it's practically blocking your path to Vegas?[/QUOTE] I have no idea but I remember coming towards the Strip at completely the wrong angle so I had to trek for ages to find the entrance. After recruiting Veronica, I gave her Pushy and she lost it to the casino weapons glitch so I never used her again.

I remember on my first playthrough it took me hours to try and find out how to get into the Strip and I realized you had to go through Freeside.

I found out about Freeside after I went to the strip, I went through McCarran because I was just dicking around, it was really just an accident.

[QUOTE=TestECull;40818849]How'd you manage to miss the 188 when it's practically blocking your path to Vegas?[/QUOTE] I've played through three times now, and I still have no idea what the "intended" path to new Vegas is. Maybe I have downs, but I have only visited I88 once because I found out about Veronica.

I remember it took me forever to get the 2000 caps I needed to get into the Strip but then I found out you could get into the Strip for free. Also is this [URL="http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/48848/?"]armor[/URL] too tacticool?

[QUOTE=Vantes14;40819954]I remember it took me forever to get the 2000 caps I needed to get into the Strip but then I found out you could get into the Strip for free. Also is this [URL="http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/48848/?"]armor[/URL] too tacticool?[/QUOTE] You can get into the strip for free? what the fuck I have ~250 hours on this game and I had no idea Oh, and that armor doesn't seem tacticool at all. I don't like it, but I'm not the one that'll be wearing it.

[QUOTE=WTF Nuke;40819672]I've played through three times now, and I still have no idea what the "intended" path to new Vegas is. Maybe I have downs, but I have only visited I88 once because I found out about Veronica.[/QUOTE] The intended path is basically for you to follow the highway south from goodsprings, east through nipton, then north through novac and the 188 to Freeside. I will admit that Boulder is in an out-of-the-fucking-way spot that I've missed a few times despite the main quest technically leading there, but by the time I get to novac I'm usually not paying the main quest much attention so I zing right on by. I've also all-but-perfected the art of going north from Goodsprings at level 2 and not getting mutilated :v:

[QUOTE=Tacosheller;40819985]You can get into the strip for free? what the fuck I have ~250 hours on this game and I had no idea [/QUOTE] If you have good NCR reputation, you can use the monorail in Camp McCarran to get into the strip for free.

2000 caps is really easy for me to get. I always tag repair though, and just repair the shit out of everyone's weapons until I'm selling pristine hunting rifles left and right for MADCAPSYO.

2000 caps is chump change in the world of bethbryo.

Wastelanders really should reconsider their economy and currency choices. Seriously, bottlecaps? Would you count each individual cap out, or would you have sacks of them bundled in tens and hundreds and the like? Do you keep these thousands of caps in your Gameplay-Convenient Black Hole Storage Container, or your Enchanted Anus of Holding? I recall the only mention of bottle caps externally aside from them being a form of currency was that Chalk guy from Honest Hearts saying something like "Why do you carry all those bottle caps around? They jangle like crazy." Why is he the only person able to hear this literal sound of money? I imagine having tens of thousands of small pieces of metal clacking around in a bag would greatly reduce any chances of sneaking undetected. Might as well just roll a grenade into a room that explodes confetti and blares the sound of trumpets before a recorded message says "Hello, I am actively trying to kill you while remaining hidden. Please stand still while I attempt to end your lives silently." The NCR really are being sensible with trying to enforce paper money. The Legion might as well be using caps if all they have are coins, though at least the coins have different cap values, unlike a single cap being just that, a single cap.

[QUOTE=Tuskin;40819044]That is a silly reason.[/QUOTE] whoops nvm

I started playing New Vegas after a hiatus so I didn't remember how I was supposed to get to New Vegas. I just had a bunch a chem length enhancing perks so I Stealth Boy'd my was through all of the Deathclaws. Straight line through the Quarry. Hard mode engaged.

[QUOTE=cdr248;40820604]2000 caps is chump change in the world of bethbryo.[/QUOTE] Well if you were like me I didn't pick up anything I killed I usually just killed the enemies and just left. So I was pretty broke in my first play through. [QUOTE=Tacosheller;40819985]You can get into the strip for free? what the fuck I have ~250 hours on this game and I had no idea Oh, and that armor doesn't seem tacticool at all. I don't like it, but I'm not the one that'll be wearing it.[/QUOTE] You could also get like 80 science and talk to the Securitron to get in free.

[QUOTE=TorrentR;40800200]I don't really get it why some people side with the Legion. I mean, it's a group of tribal Roman cosplayers who orbit some bald ex-Follower's dick. Once Caesar dies, pretty much every legionary will likely go apeshit and the whole faction will splinter like a dead man's last shitsession.[/QUOTE] If you kill Caesar, Boone tells you how one of his sons'll take over. It won't end the Legion although it'll most likely weaken it a fair amount.

[QUOTE=Aperture fan;40821404]Wastelanders really should reconsider their economy and currency choices. Seriously, bottlecaps? Would you count each individual cap out, or would you have sacks of them bundled in tens and hundreds and the like? Do you keep these thousands of caps in your Gameplay-Convenient Black Hole Storage Container, or your Enchanted Anus of Holding? I recall the only mention of bottle caps externally aside from them being a form of currency was that Chalk guy from Honest Hearts saying something like "Why do you carry all those bottle caps around? They jangle like crazy." Why is he the only person able to hear this literal sound of money? I imagine having tens of thousands of small pieces of metal clacking around in a bag would greatly reduce any chances of sneaking undetected. Might as well just roll a grenade into a room that explodes confetti and blares the sound of trumpets before a recorded message says "Hello, I am actively trying to kill you while remaining hidden. Please stand still while I attempt to end your lives silently." The NCR really are being sensible with trying to enforce paper money. The Legion might as well be using caps if all they have are coins, though at least the coins have different cap values, unlike a single cap being just that, a single cap.[/QUOTE] I'm surprised everyone went this long and set up a nice little economy using nothing but bottlecaps.

[QUOTE=Aperture fan;40821404]Wastelanders really should reconsider their economy and currency choices. Seriously, bottlecaps? Would you count each individual cap out, or would you have sacks of them bundled in tens and hundreds and the like? Do you keep these thousands of caps in your Gameplay-Convenient Black Hole Storage Container, or your Enchanted Anus of Holding? I recall the only mention of bottle caps externally aside from them being a form of currency was that Chalk guy from Honest Hearts saying something like "Why do you carry all those bottle caps around? They jangle like crazy." Why is he the only person able to hear this literal sound of money? I imagine having tens of thousands of small pieces of metal clacking around in a bag would greatly reduce any chances of sneaking undetected. Might as well just roll a grenade into a room that explodes confetti and blares the sound of trumpets before a recorded message says "Hello, I am actively trying to kill you while remaining hidden. Please stand still while I attempt to end your lives silently." The NCR really are being sensible with trying to enforce paper money. The Legion might as well be using caps if all they have are coins, though at least the coins have different cap values, unlike a single cap being just that, a single cap.[/QUOTE] I have a mod that gives them weight and often times I have to ditch the caps in massive piles, it wasn't until I got the pack rat perk that I could carry a modest amount without weighing myself down. I've tried exchanging them for NCR dollars but only a few places actually accept those.

[QUOTE=Tacosheller;40819985]You can get into the strip for free? what the fuck I have ~250 hours on this game and I had no idea Oh, and that armor doesn't seem tacticool at all. I don't like it, but I'm not the one that'll be wearing it.[/QUOTE] getting into the strip for free is actually rather easy, theres the [sp]atomic wrangler which'll pay for you to get in to hunt somebody a fake passport from mick'n ralph's hack the securitron the kings, final deal NCR's monorail only obtainable after doing all of their quests or just sneaking your way on kill a securitron and take a key sneak past the guards speech check i think theres also something from the followers something from the legion as well [/sp] theres more, im just not sure at the moment

Or just steal the NCR uniform in a footlocker in Primm, go to Camp McCarran and ride the monorail to the strip

[QUOTE=Aperture fan;40821404]Wastelanders really should reconsider their economy and currency choices. Seriously, bottlecaps? Would you count each individual cap out, or would you have sacks of them bundled in tens and hundreds and the like? Do you keep these thousands of caps in your Gameplay-Convenient Black Hole Storage Container, or your Enchanted Anus of Holding? I recall the only mention of bottle caps externally aside from them being a form of currency was that Chalk guy from Honest Hearts saying something like "Why do you carry all those bottle caps around? They jangle like crazy." Why is he the only person able to hear this literal sound of money? I imagine having tens of thousands of small pieces of metal clacking around in a bag would greatly reduce any chances of sneaking undetected. Might as well just roll a grenade into a room that explodes confetti and blares the sound of trumpets before a recorded message says "Hello, I am actively trying to kill you while remaining hidden. Please stand still while I attempt to end your lives silently." The NCR really are being sensible with trying to enforce paper money. The Legion might as well be using caps if all they have are coins, though at least the coins have different cap values, unlike a single cap being just that, a single cap.[/QUOTE] It's not because they want to, it's a necessity. In Vegas, he NCR and Caesar tensions are very high, and if one topples the other than the currency is useless. At least caps are universally established, and are difficult to reproduce, resulting in a stable currency. In DC, no other viable option has been introduced. Also it seems to be canon that nobody carries many caps on them, except for the player. When you kill a group of raiders, very few have any on them, if any. They're *likely* stored elsewhere, for the sound reason.

When I first got into the Strip, I used the gambling in that one bar in freeside. Game was easy to calculate how much chance you had to go to 21/win.