Regime
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Yep great review. My only real complaint was it felt too much like Tactics which everyone hated for sucking ass.
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Cybsled
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Ya, I was using a .50 cal sniper rifle until I discovered a fully kitted out assault rifle. Holy fuck, it is so fricking OP compared to the bolt action snipers. It's like an auto-sniper in counter strike with like 0 recoil.
I also found a good companion outfit...only takes killing an asshole to get it, too!
Urlithani
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On vacation so I can't test it, but I saw on reddit that holding down the VATS button activates it in a free roam mode.
Apparently it is handy for finding Synths in your settlement (Synths will have energy resistance where normal people have none). Also Synth Brahmin are possible?
Apparently it is handy for finding Synths in your settlement (Synths will have energy resistance where normal people have none). Also Synth Brahmin are possible?
Agreed, but the stagger and its magnitude should be based upon the mass of the body: a .308 should make a molerat go fucking flying while a super mutant would keep coming.
Vorph
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Post sweetfx_settings.txt in a spoiler tag and I can tell you what's turned on that probably shouldn't be. The one I'm using now is Lumasharpen, Levels, Tonemap, Vibrance, Curves, and Dither, and it has no noticeable FPS hit.
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Semi-related, for visual enhancement that also improves FPS over vanilla, the best setup I've found so far is:
Optimized Vanilla Textures
Vivid Fallout - Landscapes
Vivid Fallout - Rocks
FAR - Faraway Area Reform
Darker Nights (no darker than Medium, because of the next mod below -- I use Light/Vanilla/Vanilla/Vanilla.)
Realistic Lights (indoor/outdoor & also note that this mod kind of looks like ass in the screenshots, but try it anyway because it really does improve the game's lighting, especially indoors)
Ceano's SweetFX - RL (edited to remove SMAA and tone down lumasharpen because they fuck up the game's text horribly, and remove Bloom because bloom is garbage and it has a pretty significant performance hit too)
FPS dynamic shadows - Shadow Boost (this mod dynamically adjusts your shadow rendering distance based on current frame rate, makes a big difference in downtown areas)
Tried both of the mods that add shadows to pip-boy light and headlamps, and deleted them immediately because the game engine is broken and does not render those shadows correctly. No idea why they are popular or how anyone can stand to look at shadows that look like a ghost hovering behind characters instead of an actual shadow on floors, walls, etc.
I also type "cl off" into the console every time I start the game now. Don't know of any way to do this in a mod at the moment, short of using ENBoost which is a big NOPE.
That rumor got started because Green Rag Hat has 10 energy resist as an Item Effect instead of as a normal armor stat. No idea why, there's no reason to do it that way. Regardless, it's not immediately obvious that the character has 10 ER because of that and some dude just happened to find a synth wearing that item and was fooled by it, and it snowballed on reddit from there.
There's no way to use VATS/Awareness to find synth spies in your settlements.
Vorph
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I agree. It's another thing (like ballistic weave) that feels like someone had an interesting idea -- "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if the Institute replaces settlers and they start causing trouble!" and then the person who implemented it worked on it for an afternoon and then never looked at it again. It's stupid that you have to save scum to find the synth, then when you kill it it's considered murder by everyone else, and no one--not even your own character--even acknowledges that there was a synth component found on the body.
No way to do anything to the system via modding without the full GECK either.
No way to do anything to the system via modding without the full GECK either.
Your SweetFX changed significantly since last you posted it? I'm still using the settings you posted last.
Please share what you end up with. Just installed the mods you mentioned above. Had some of them, but not the dynamic shadows, vivid mods or realistic lights.
Would net you, but keep getting the spread around message
Vorph
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Here's an indoor shot to show the effect of Realistic Lighting and the new SweetFX. In third person to show the 'cl off' console command effect as well.
Edit: Imgur was shitting all over the image, from 2.5MB down to under 200KB. Replaced it with a direct link to my dropbox. Right-click, View Image to see it in 1080p.
Edit: Imgur was shitting all over the image, from 2.5MB down to under 200KB. Replaced it with a direct link to my dropbox. Right-click, View Image to see it in 1080p.
Big Phoenix
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The endings, or really the last quest lines of each faction were incredibly disappointing. DLC will probably be competently unrelated to the main games story.
My ending thoughts.
It feels like Bethesda tried to copy New Vegas's factions but ended up Bethesda'ing the shit out of it. I played all the factions up to the point of no return and it all basically boils down to go brutally murder and betray the people you have just spent 50+ hours befriending.
Railroad is full of a bunch of good do'ers that don't seem to give a shit about humanity, just want to save robots even if it means murdering the shit out of tons of humans. I also found it odd that they were so willing to destroy the only place that can create this new form of life. They also seem to push for complete mind and personality wipes. How is that much better than death?
Brotherhood is your normal crazy fascist bros we have all come to love/hate. Huge assholes ready to jump at any chance to murder the living shit out of anyone who even remotely challenges them or their ideas. But at least they actually help people by clearing out threats. Their last quest chain is just a shittier version of Fallout 3s. A overly patriotic giant robot is fun and all but it's just the same shit, do something new. And why blow up Institute, so much useful tech in there.
Institute wasn't nearly as bad as people thought. They did some shady shit, but outside of doing some experiments on the surface they don't really give a shit about them. I don't even really know what their goals are. They just want more power so they can dig a bigger hole and do more science while letting the surface go to shit? They force you to murder everyone so that's not so great, but it was sort of out of defense. They did kill your wife, but that was 60 years ago so it's hard to hold that against them. They're a few years away from a massive slave synth revolt but you're their leader now so you can fix all that. In theory you could fix all the weird ass shit they do. I mean why the fuck are they so obsessed with making synths in the first place. It seems like 90% of their resources are devoted to making synths, but why?
Minutemen are pretty neutral to the point of being nonexistent and even they turn into innocent murdering crazy people at the end.
They all exist pretty heavily in a grey area, so much so that none of them really deserve the whole hearted slaughter your forced to rain down on them. When everything was finished, no matter what ending I picked I felt like I was forced to make decisions I didn't want to make. Also the lack of the end game slide show detailing what happened to each location is crap.
Railroad is full of a bunch of good do'ers that don't seem to give a shit about humanity, just want to save robots even if it means murdering the shit out of tons of humans. I also found it odd that they were so willing to destroy the only place that can create this new form of life. They also seem to push for complete mind and personality wipes. How is that much better than death?
Brotherhood is your normal crazy fascist bros we have all come to love/hate. Huge assholes ready to jump at any chance to murder the living shit out of anyone who even remotely challenges them or their ideas. But at least they actually help people by clearing out threats. Their last quest chain is just a shittier version of Fallout 3s. A overly patriotic giant robot is fun and all but it's just the same shit, do something new. And why blow up Institute, so much useful tech in there.
Institute wasn't nearly as bad as people thought. They did some shady shit, but outside of doing some experiments on the surface they don't really give a shit about them. I don't even really know what their goals are. They just want more power so they can dig a bigger hole and do more science while letting the surface go to shit? They force you to murder everyone so that's not so great, but it was sort of out of defense. They did kill your wife, but that was 60 years ago so it's hard to hold that against them. They're a few years away from a massive slave synth revolt but you're their leader now so you can fix all that. In theory you could fix all the weird ass shit they do. I mean why the fuck are they so obsessed with making synths in the first place. It seems like 90% of their resources are devoted to making synths, but why?
Minutemen are pretty neutral to the point of being nonexistent and even they turn into innocent murdering crazy people at the end.
They all exist pretty heavily in a grey area, so much so that none of them really deserve the whole hearted slaughter your forced to rain down on them. When everything was finished, no matter what ending I picked I felt like I was forced to make decisions I didn't want to make. Also the lack of the end game slide show detailing what happened to each location is crap.
Had tons of fun playing. Just the last 5% was shit.
Can you post your sweetfx settings again?
I am using all the mods now, but it doesn't quite look like that. Sharpness or something looks off compared to yours. Darker Nights + realistic lighting is a must though. Turned nights more into nights than purple tint.
Cybsled
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I agree, although I disagree regarding the DLC potential
The fact they -really- shoehorn you in to wiping out the other 2 factions based on your choice lends a lot more weight to the fact at least one, if not more, of the DLCs will deal with the aftermath. It just makes it easier to develop the storylines if you only have a finite number of possible outcomes. Of course, it's even easier to do instance based stuff (plz do Western Mass DLC!), but there is still so much more they can do with the storyline in Boston.
That being said, the Institute ending feels like the "real" ending, especially since it is the only ending with a slightly different slideshow (the crib and deathbed images) and it ties into the main story the most. I also think that storywise, you can do a hell of a lot with the Institute wins ending. You can explore the Synth stuff more, explore the issues with unrestrained science with eroding moral compass, and even after you win they still hint at another major secret project. You can mine that overall arc and even focus on the companions coping with the aftermath (esp Nick and Piper, since they seem to be the most impacted by the Institute winning...everyone else seems neutral or somewhat cautious at best). I did like how Piper was furious with you right after the airship went down, then after a day or so passes, she prints her newspaper take on events and seems to rationalize that the Institute winning might not be the worst thing ever since you're the one leading it now and she trusts you, although she still isn't 100% sold. I'd love it if they continued to expand on these themes and flesh out the companions more.
Railroad never had a real plan and BoS was just interested in maintaining the status quo for everyone except their enemies. At least with the Institute, you have a ton of potential tied with a ton of risk, and that just makes for good storytelling. Plus the BoS needs a kick in the balls so that they can re-evaluate how they are handling shit. If they hadn't abandoned Lyon's ideals for the East Coast chapter, I probably would have felt different.
That being said, the Institute ending feels like the "real" ending, especially since it is the only ending with a slightly different slideshow (the crib and deathbed images) and it ties into the main story the most. I also think that storywise, you can do a hell of a lot with the Institute wins ending. You can explore the Synth stuff more, explore the issues with unrestrained science with eroding moral compass, and even after you win they still hint at another major secret project. You can mine that overall arc and even focus on the companions coping with the aftermath (esp Nick and Piper, since they seem to be the most impacted by the Institute winning...everyone else seems neutral or somewhat cautious at best). I did like how Piper was furious with you right after the airship went down, then after a day or so passes, she prints her newspaper take on events and seems to rationalize that the Institute winning might not be the worst thing ever since you're the one leading it now and she trusts you, although she still isn't 100% sold. I'd love it if they continued to expand on these themes and flesh out the companions more.
Railroad never had a real plan and BoS was just interested in maintaining the status quo for everyone except their enemies. At least with the Institute, you have a ton of potential tied with a ton of risk, and that just makes for good storytelling. Plus the BoS needs a kick in the balls so that they can re-evaluate how they are handling shit. If they hadn't abandoned Lyon's ideals for the East Coast chapter, I probably would have felt different.