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The Jester

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How can I play Fallout 2 in 800 x 600 resolution without the game stretching itself? I want to have black bars on the sides of the screen.
 

NecroLord

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How can I play Fallout 2 in 800 x 600 resolution without the game stretching itself? I want to have black bars on the sides of the screen.
High res patch mod.
It is also included in the Restoration Patch Project.
 

The Jester

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How can I play Fallout 2 in 800 x 600 resolution without the game stretching itself? I want to have black bars on the sides of the screen.
High res patch mod.
It is also included in the Restoration Patch Project.
Nevermind it was my nvidia setting.
NvidiaControlPanel.png
 

Saldrone

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The last time i was finishing Fallout 2 i didn't have the option to turn the turrets on against Horrigan unless i had 100% Sicence (I had the presidential key and for some reason it didn't work)
If this a glitch? i had the Unofficial Patch and i don't want it to happen again.
 

Late Bloomer

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The last time i was finishing Fallout 2 i didn't have the option to turn the turrets on against Horrigan unless i had 100% Sicence (I had the presidential key and for some reason it didn't work)
If this a glitch? i had the Unofficial Patch and i don't want it to happen again.

Gamefaqs says
You can reach the Access Key options no matter your Science skill, as long as you have the Intelligence to use the computer. If you don't get the option to log on (Science 100% or LK 8), just choose "Help", "Yes" and "Back to log on" and you'll have the option to log on using the Presidential Access Key
 

Jigby

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The last time i was finishing Fallout 2 i didn't have the option to turn the turrets on against Horrigan unless i had 100% Sicence (I had the presidential key and for some reason it didn't work)
If this a glitch? i had the Unofficial Patch and i don't want it to happen again.
You need either Science 100+, or Luck 8+. That's also vanilla behavior. In vanilla, you could bypass those checks by entering the "help" menu on the turret terminal and returning back to the main menu, but this time without any checks. Killap's Restoriation/RPU etc. changed it so that the checks are retained.
 

NecroLord

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You need something like 150+ Science to hack the turrets, I believe.
Just grind some levels before heading for the Oil Rig, focus on the turrets first, THEN kill Horrigan.
It's what I do.
You should have 12 Action Points by then.
 

Hydro

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I am thinking about replaying the first one at some point, but I want to play it differently to how I used to do it back then i.e. going after power armor and turbo plasma. Is there any fun other than that? I mean playing a pacifist character doesn’t seem like a lot of fun to me, same goes for an overly suboptimal builds.
 

Late Bloomer

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I am thinking about replaying the first one at some point, but I want to play it differently to how I used to do it back then i.e. going after power armor and turbo plasma. Is there any fun other than that? I mean playing a pacifist character doesn’t seem like a lot of fun to me, same goes for an overly suboptimal builds.

You are really limiting yourself if you can only play the most optimal build. Pick a build that you havent played, it doesnt have to be pacifist, and stick to it. You might surprise yourself and have fun that way. Or you can nope out. It's not that long a game anyways.
 

Saint_Proverbius

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MrHuu. He's single handedly done most of the source ports for the 3DS. Everything from DOSBox to UAE, to eDuke32 to Blood, Tyrian, Diablo(using DevilutionX), and so on. The only problem is that he's prolific with his ports, but seems to lose interest and moves on before they're as awesome as they could be. Here's a direct link to the files for those 3DS people who want to snag it:

https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Fallout_1_CE_3DS

I kind of wish he'd add analog stick mouse with the bumpers being the mouse buttons in addition to his touch interface, but I haven't tried the new version. The last version I tried was a beta between 0.1 and the 0.2 release.
 

NecroLord

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I am thinking about replaying the first one at some point, but I want to play it differently to how I used to do it back then i.e. going after power armor and turbo plasma. Is there any fun other than that? I mean playing a pacifist character doesn’t seem like a lot of fun to me, same goes for an overly suboptimal builds.
Unarmed build?
A Big Guns build (Flamer, Rocket Launcher or Minigun)?
 

Jigby

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I am thinking about replaying the first one at some point, but I want to play it differently to how I used to do it back then i.e. going after power armor and turbo plasma. Is there any fun other than that? I mean playing a pacifist character doesn’t seem like a lot of fun to me, same goes for an overly suboptimal builds.
You can do the route where you're captured by Harry and fight your way out. IIRC you're going to need both unarmed and energy weapons skill for that one.
 

Ryan muller

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I am thinking about replaying the first one at some point, but I want to play it differently to how I used to do it back then i.e. going after power armor and turbo plasma. Is there any fun other than that? I mean playing a pacifist character doesn’t seem like a lot of fun to me, same goes for an overly suboptimal builds.
unarmed + fast shot + high sequence

basically, endgame will be 12 hits by turn, if enemies attack you first, you will have 24 due to high sequence score.
 

Hydro

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You are really limiting yourself if you can only play the most optimal build. Pick a build that you havent played, it doesnt have to be pacifist, and stick to it. You might surprise yourself and have fun that way. Or you can nope out. It's not that long a game anyways.
It’s not that I am a big fan of uber builds, it’s just that the one I’ve described has the most fun i.e. obtaining the best armor and weapon in game through the nicely done quests.
Unarmed build?
A Big Guns build (Flamer, Rocket Launcher or Minigun)?
Kinda too gimmicky to my taste. I was thinking pistols build or small guns build, since there are some associated perks/feats there IIRC.

By the way, does the game allow previewing the locked out perks/feats?
 

Baron Dupek

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Was looking for an older version of Lootable Armor mod that let you grab Adv Power Armor MK2 from bodies (especially those at crashed verbird in Klamath), but for some reason is absent in recent version. Something about "balancing" or whatever... in a game where MK1 PA is available in the first hour if you are lucky with random encounters.
Turns out it's in the vanilla Restoration Project, not upgraded one from github.
 

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