Phatose on 5/11/2008 at 04:34
Well, the physics did, sure.
The Vault-Tec to hit probability calculator is fucked though.
KoHaN69 on 5/11/2008 at 04:46
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
Sounds like it worked perfectly. You were standing behind the tree, so you hit the tree.
but the percentages were high, not 0%, if i was truly behind the tree, the percentage would say 0%, but this was different, I could hit them in manual, but when the character automatically readjusts its aim in VATS, all the shots hit the tree.
icemann on 5/11/2008 at 06:29
A patch that only fixes 1 mega minor bug of the game crashing when going to exit the game. And the patch is being released only because of Microsoft requesting it, according to the forums over there.
It doesn`t fix any of the major bugs in game currently.
242 on 5/11/2008 at 10:02
Quote Posted by Renzatic
The textures aren't low res, they just suffer from an overabundance of parallax mapping, which makes some textures look somewhat...er...chunky (I guess that's as good a word as any).
Well, compared with Clear Sky I played recently, the F3 textures are really low-res, it's very noticeable to me.
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As for it being an ugly game, I find it to be quite the opposite. At times, I find it even better looking than Oblivion, or even Crysis when it comes down to it.
It's not ugly, just not that great as it could be if the game was designed for PC (UI also greatly suffers from its multi-platformness). Scenery from a distance looks good, but when I come closer it's not so detailed or hi-res as I'd like.
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I'm finding the game to be quite a huge improvement over Oblivion. I haven't noticed much copy/pasting just yet (granted I've only clocked in 9 hours so far), and the quests and NPCs are far more lively and interesting. The UI does kinda suck, though. I'll give you that.
It's big improvement, yes. But sometimes it reminds me modded Oblivion more than Fallout 3, it borrows more of Oblivion that it should, IMO. F.e. the level cap and auto-leveling are plainly bad, why should I aim to improve my stats if enemies become adequately stronger. Copy/paste is more apparent in the undergrounds and Metro, it's not so bad as in O. but still noticeable.
Rogue Keeper on 5/11/2008 at 11:01
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I deleted just about all the new music and replaced it with old Fallout tracks. It made things feel even more Fallouty, and improved immersion by a good 46%.
So I did in Fallout Tactics and while it's original music wasn't bad, original Fallout music improved the atmosphere greatly. Morgan's ambient themes are superior. Just when I listen to the original eerie menu theme it makes me imagine a wasteland scorched by bright sun.
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too low-res textures
I expected the textures will be of lower quality similarly like Oblivion's were of worse quality than Stalker's. Oh so what if it won't make 512MB video memory sweat, it's still beautiful scenery to look at.
People want a modern looking game and at the same time something TRUE to the legacy of the original games. Now make a game for such people... But it's true that multiplatforming can botch a lot.
Thirith on 5/11/2008 at 12:11
Does anyone know whether the UI is identical on PC and the consoles or whether they made certain specific changes for the PC version?
Rogue Keeper on 5/11/2008 at 12:28
I saw a PS3 gameplay video where the typical green color UI elements were reddish, but I've read you can set the UI color to your liking (kinda like Deus Ex?).
Also the main menu is animated on console versions. I presume they decided to keep the classic Fallout style main menu showing a dude in power armor exclusively on the PC version?
So much for minor aesthetic differencies.
Matthew on 5/11/2008 at 12:32
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it's a pain in the ass to search for some item in inventory or even check stats or map, because every time player needs to seek what he/she needs in PIP boy's hierarchy.
They're pretty well separated, I thought.
Judith on 5/11/2008 at 12:33
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The textures aren't low res, they just suffer from an overabundance of parallax mapping.
I'd say that they suffer from compressed normals, as much as Oblivion suffered from it (nice textures with some blocky "surfaces" on them). Sometimes textures are too low-res (512 or even 256) It's strange, game is 5,5 GB after instalation, so DVD capacity wasn't a problem here, they could easily fit better stuff on it.
242 on 5/11/2008 at 13:07
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They're pretty well separated, I thought.
They are separated and available through a tree. Let's suppose you have a map previously selected and you want to check what items you have. First you click TAB, then you click Equipment, then you click either Help or Misc., then you scroll through lots of lines because its window can contain only 10 or 15 lines.
To make it worse it's all text, player needs to concentrate on it every time, and considering the juggling with the PIP boy is a big part of the game (it's RPG after all) it tests player's endurance limit. Also, why when player points on an item in the world, the UI doesn't show the item's characteristics? Player needs to pick it up, then navigate through the PIP boy's tree to find the item and learn if it was worth to be picked up or not. For weapons it could show damage points at least and defense points for suits.
This UI just distracts from actual gameplay too much.
