made/wrote this for new players: (it's not the most organized and etc: too lazy, but it's still pretty helpful) ------------ probably got (at least some of) this stuff figured out already, but here you go: ------------ F1 for seeing the controls screen (doesn't tell what they do though) ------------ in the game settings screen (ESC key for game menu options or press the alphabet-letter ’o’ key or press the UI button with the white-yellow circle on it: it's the button below the 'INV' button on the UI, and then choose the 'preference' option): have combat speed on fastest (it's extremely slow otherwise) have it set on 'walking' as the default (running cancels/ends being in sneak mode) ----------- hold shift key when you need to run (running cancels/ends being in sneak mode), or if you double mouse (left) click, it will run too (if you got the 'always run' on as the default, then it's reversed: holding shift key causes you to walk) ----------- inventory screen: 'i' key or press the 'inv' game UI button character screen: 'c' key or press the 'cha' game UI button pipboy screen (has quests, time/date, and etc info/stuff): 'p' key or press the 'pip' game UI button sleeping/resting controls: press the 'z' key or go to the pipboy screen and then press the alarm/bell icon at the top -------- end turn in combat: 'spacebar' key or press the 'turn' in the lower right corner's game UI little square box or use up all of your APs (action points) end combat: 'enter/return' key or press the 'combat' in the lower right corner's game UI little square box, note that you can’t end combat as long as you’re still detected by some hostile ------- skill usage selection: press the right red button on the game UI or press the 'S' key or directly use the specific skill via pressing the '1-8' keys (the top row of number keys) (see below) 1: sneak (toggles sneak mode on/off) 2: lockpick (unlock) 3. steal/plant 4. traps (disarm trap) 5. first aid 6. doctor 7. science 8. repair ------- right click (keep pressing to toggle through them: see below) to change mouse pointer: A. the big red outline hex pointer (movement) B. the arrow pointer (hold down the left click for the different action/command icons: examine, use item, use skills, etc) C. the small red target pointer (attack) ------- to enter into combat mode: get detected/seen by hostiles (automatic) or left click on the big rectangle in the middle on the bottom of the screen of the game UI or press the 'A' key ------ attack types (depends on weapon): melee: 1. swing 2. thrust 3. throw (some weapons can work as both melee and throwing) 4. aimed/targeted attack (this is the forerunner to the VATS system of later fallouts) (this can NOT be done if you chose the 'fast shot' trait) throwing: 1. swing (some weapons can work as both melee and throwing) 2. thrust (some weapons can work as both melee and throwing) 3. throw 4. aimed/targeted attack (this is the forerunner to the VATS system of later fallouts) (this can NOT be done if you chose the 'fast shot' trait) firearms: 1. single shot 2. aimed/targeted shot (this is the forerunner to the VATS system of later fallouts) (this can NOT be done if you chose the 'fast shot' trait) 3. burst shot (not every firearm can do burst shot, only some firearms got burst shot) and while not an attack type: 1. reload (to put more bullets into the gun), costs 2 AP (I think) ---------- to change attack type: right click (keep right clicking to cycle through them) on the big rectangle on the bottom of the screen of the game UI or press the 'N' key -------- to switch weapon slot: press the left red circle button on the game UI or press the 'B' key ------ important: you can either click on (right click to get the arrow pointer: hold left click and select the 'use' or 'skill icons) the target and select the item/skill to use on them, or, you can select a skill and then select a target to use the skill on, or you can click on (right click to get the arrow pointer: hold left click and select the 'use') the item and them select what target to use the item on ----- IMPORTANT: in the barter (and/or steal, I think too) screen(s), you can press the mouse cursor on the number box, and type in the amount you want (even though there’s no indication that you can do so unfortunately, I myself never knew I could do this for quite a while myself, pressing the arrow/+/- game UI buttons, gazillions of times, wasn’t fun, lol) the amount per item-unit can’t exceed ‘999’ though, so say you want to barter 1998 bottle caps: move bottle caps item-unit over to its barter/exchange box, press the mouse cursor on the number box, and type in 999, then again move the bottle caps item-unit over to its barter/exchange box, and click on the number box, and type in 999, and you’ve successfully bartered over 1,998 bottle caps bottle caps item-unit #1: 999 bottle caps item-unit #2: 999 = 1,998 bottle caps ------- companions (except for dogmeat) have infinite storage to give items to companions, use their barter screen, as they'll gladly take your items for free, lol (and this also bypasses the normal character weight restrictions that they have) to take items back from your companions: just use 'steal' on them, and steal back whatever you want ----- the dots/circles (green/red and bright/dulled) above the big box in the center of the bottom of the screen) are your APs (action points) and the vertical bar between the big box in the center of the bottom of the screen and the HP and AC boxes, is your bullet amount remaining in your gun’s magazine ------ during combat: sequence determines the turn order of all characters/npcs/monsters/etc: highest sequence to lowest sequence who ever initiates the combat mode and combat, goes first (if you get detected, the detector goes first, otherwise you go first), and then sequence is applied (unless you're no longer detected, allowing you to get to go first again, by ending combat mode and then re-entering combat mode, without getting detected, if able, this can be keep being repeated) going into the inventory screen costs 4 AP, unless you got the quick pockets perk (each quick pockets perk, reduces the cost by 1 AP), once in the inventory screen, you can do as much as you want (no AP cost per individual action once in the inventory screen, you can keep using stimpaks until healed, reload your guns, and/or whatever else you want/need to do, for an example) you can kill all hostiles, but combat doesn't end automatically, so you'll have to manually end combat, don't shoot the "civilians/neutrals/non-hostiles", lol just because it shows a target as red, doesn't mean its hostile... so be careful... sometimes you can do the 'end turn' (or use up all your AP) and combat will end, but not always.... ------- criticals: criticals can happen on their own (using single shot or burst shot), but they're more likely to happen if you use the targeted/aimed shot positive criticals: x2 damage x3 damage x4 damage (eyes only) instant kill crippled (leg/arm only) blinded (eyes only) knocked out (temporary coma/unconscious) knocked down ignores armor negative criticals: (too lazy) ---- targeted/aimed attack/shot: the 'torso/body' is the same as doing a single shot, you'll notice it has the same percent chance, the 'torso/body' body slot is the default shot location the other body slot choices have lower percent chances, but that means they have better chance of doing the greater/better criticals and have a higher chance of them occurring (if you can hit the target) ------- accuracy factors: skill level PE (perception) stat (for firearms) distance (all weapons are most accurate right next to target: no penalty for far distance weapons shooting target right in front of them, but the farther distance weapons can shoot from farther away without any or with less penalty than the shorter distance weapons) light/darkness level various perks and/or traits ----- the 3 hidden 'ignores defense' ability weapons: 1. power fist (unarmed) 2. .223 pistol (small guns) 3. ripper (melee) (there's other powerful/useful weapons too, along with doing criticals with any weapon, but these will always work well against the more armored targets) ----- the sledge hammer and super sledge both do knock-back ----- spear, sledge hammer, super sledge, and maybe a few more melee weapons have a 2-tile reach, and I think the accuracy is the same for either 1-tile or 2-tiles, and am not sure if any of these can hit 2 enemies (an enemy on 1st tile and an enemy on 2nd tile behind it) or not (too lazy to test it) ----- damage types: 1. normal/physical (all weapons except what's listed below under the other damage types) 2. fire (flamer: flame thrower, maybe: motolov cocktail: this might be explosive instead, not sure) (deathclaws are the least resistant to fire damage, out of all of the other damage types) 3. explosive (rocket launcher, frag grenade, dynamite, plastic explosives, maybe: motolov cocktail: this might be fire instead, not sure) 4. electrical (cattle prod and alien blaster) (electrical works well against everything, but is especially powerful against machines/robots) 5. laser (laser pistol, gatling laser, laser rifle) (laser doesn't do well against the highly resisted power-armor/metal/tesla armored targets, but I think it works well against unarmored super mutants, maybe deathclaws, and etc creatures) 6. plasma (plasma pistol, plasma rifle, turbo plasma rifle, plasma grenade) (plasma works well against everything) 7. EMP: this damage type only damages robots/machines and nothing else (pulse grenade), so it's different from the electrical damage type, which does damage everything

fallout 1 character builds: ---------- character creation: +7 stats (+1 STR, +1 END, +1 PER, +1 AGI, +1 CHA, +1 INT, +1 LUK), but less skill levels and skill points at level up (though you should have plenty of skill points, unless doing a "dumb" game, and/or at the harder game difficulty and/or combat settings), with gifted trait (there's really no reason to not use/get gifted, at least on the 'easy' game difficulty and/or combat settings) +1 stat (+1 AGI), but reduced carry weight (this doesn't matter if you don't mind with having and "exploiting" your companions), with small frame trait (and this does allow for using aimed/targeted shots, as you're not getting 'fast shot' trait, assuming you are getting gifted, lol) +2 stat (+2 STR), but -2 AP, with bruiser trait (this is really a horribly bad trait, don't really see how or for what character build where'd it be useful, lol) --------- in-game: there's also chem usage, but this is ignored, except for the INT operations at the BoS --------- +stats in-game: totals: +4 STR +1 PER +1 END +1 CHA +2 INT (or just +1 if you don’t “cheat” with using chems) +1 AGI +2 LUK (or just +1 if you don't "cheat" with the scripting bug) breakdown: +1 STR: brotherhood operation +3 STR: equipped with: power armor or hardened power armor +1 PER: brotherhood operation +1 END: brotherhood operation +1 CHA: celtic bard singing guy special random encounter +1 INT: brotherhood operation ("smart" = at 4 or more INT) +1 INT: brotherhood operation ("stupid" = at 3 or less INT) (you must do the "smart" INT operation first, in order to then do the "stupid" INT operation to get its +1 INT for the total of +2 INT, otherwise, you'll only get +1 INT) (you should have 4 or more INT, unless doing a "stupid" game/character, but if not, just take mentat/s, and then after you do the "smart" INT operation, take psychos to drop INT to below 4 to do the "stupid" INT operation) +1 AGI: brotherhood operation +1 LUK: fortune teller guy in adytum (boneyard), but you can take advantage of a scripting bug with the dialogue choices (got to choose the correct dialogue choices in correct order, read up on it for how to do it), to get another +1 to your LUK (for a total of +2 LUK) +1 LUK: fortune teller guy in adyton (boneyard), by taking advantage of a scripting bug with the dialogue choices (got to choose the correct dialogue choices in correct order, read up on it for how to do it), to get this 2nd +1 to your LUK (for a total of +2 LUK) -------- weapon STR requirements (HOWEVER being under the STR req only causes a chance in an accuracy penalty and/or a chance of negative effects/criticals, so, you can still always use the weapon, even without meeting its STR req): 1 STR for using all unarmed (unarmed: punches and kicks, brass knuckles, spiked knuckles, power fist) 2 STR for using the knives (knife and combat knife) (melee) 3 STR for throwing knife, frag grenade, motolov cocktail (throwing) 4 STR for cattle prod (melee), ripper (melee), spear (melee), pulse grenade (throwing), plasma grenade (throwing) 5 STR for using all small guns (one-handed: handguns, and two-handed: shotguns and rifles) and super sledge (melee) 6 STR for using ALL weapons (unarmed, throwing, small guns, big guns: flamer and rocket launcher, and energy weapons), except for the minigun (big guns) 7 STR for using the minigun (big guns) -------- skill books: (can only raise up to 91 on 'hard' game difficulty setting, or, 121 on 'easy' game difficulty setting) (you can use the trick of changing to ‘hard’ game difficulty setting, if not using it already, when you’re using the skill books, to get more of an increase from them, and then when done, switching back to ‘easy’ or ‘medium/whatever it called’ game difficulty settings) (using the game difficulty setting trick, does not work with small guns in regards to only that: it won’t go from the 91 on hard to 121 on easy, it will stay at 91 on easy) outdoorsman small guns first aid repair science

I prefer MIB88 over RP for Fallout 2. Iv been talking to MIB88 here and there. So, he plans to incorporate RP into Megamod. itll be slow. but, its the plan.

fallout 1 character builds (continued) ----------- stats ("SPECIAL"): (chem usage is ignored/excluded, except for mentat/psycho for the INT operation/s at the brotherhood) ---------- key/legend: # = base stat pts (#) = with gifted trait [#] = with small frame trait = with bruiser trait {#} = with in-game stat bonus/boosts ---------- for new players: 1. gifted 2. small frame (this is so new players can try out aimed/targeted shots, seeing if they like using it or not: preferring the 'fast shot' trait, also aimed/targeted shots go really well with, hunting rifle and then sniper rifle, with small guns, getting lots of deadly/fatal critical hits, from super afar, this setup easily competes with energy weapons, and is able to carry you through the entire game, even the end game, but you can also switch over to energy weapons as well too for the end game if need/want to do so) STR: 4 (5) {9} // 5 STR let's you use all small guns with no accuracy penalties and/or negative effects/criticals PER: 8 (9) {10} END: 6 (7) {8} CHA: 1 (2) {3} INT: 7 (8) {10} AGI: 7 (8) [9] {10} LUK: 7 (8) {10} 1. speech 2. small guns 3. energy weapons clvl 3: toughness clvl 6: toughness clvl 9: better criticals clvl 12: bonus rate of fire clvl 15: action boy clvl 18: sniper clvl 21: action boy -------- for new players: (if you don’t care for aimed/targeted shots, you can do 6 single/normal shots with the Turbo Plasma Rifle) 1. gifted 2. fast shot STR: 4 (5) {9} // 5 STR let's you use all small guns with no accuracy penalties and/or negative effects/criticals PER: 8 (9) {10} END: 5 (6) {7} CHA: 1 (2) {3} INT: 7 (8) {10} AGI: 8 (9) {10} LUK: 7 (8) {10} 1. speech 2. small guns 3. energy weapons clvl 3: toughness clvl 6: toughness clvl 9: better criticals clvl 12: bonus rate of fire clvl 15: action boy clvl 18: sniper clvl 21: action boy

fallout 1 character builds (continued 2): ------------- veteran gun build 1: this is very powerful and allows for maximum diversity of both and all big gun and energy weapon choices, and whether to do aimed-targeted shot or not, including using burst shots/weapons or not 1. gifted 2. small frame (this enables you to use aimed/targeted shots if you want to, at the cost of having fewer shots, due to not having the 'fast shot' trait) (and you have a final STR of 7, allowing you to use the minigun without any chance of accuracy penalties or negative effects/criticals) STR: 2 (3) {7} PER: 8 (9) {10} END: 8 (9) {10} CHA: 1 (2) {3} INT: 7 (8) {10} AGI: 7 (8) [9] {10} LUK: 7 (8) {10} 1. speech 2. big guns 3. energy weapons clvl 3: toughness clvl 6: toughness clvl 9: better criticals clvl 12: bonus rate of fire clvl 15: action boy clvl 18: sniper clvl 21: action boy until hub, will have to rely mostly on Ian with SMG (and then with also Tycho with hunting rifle or shotgun, and dogmeat, while in junktown), as you'll be limited to a knife and with low melee skill and no +damage from (high) STR --------- veteran gun build 2: this is arguably the most powerful build, as you can do 5 shots with the turbo plasma rifle (ignoring you being lucky and finding/getting the special alien blaster) 1. gifted 2. fast shot (you can NOT do aimed/targeted shots, but you do get more shots due to having the 'fast shot' trait, you will not have 7 STR for using the minigun without any chance of reduced accuracy and/or negative effects/criticals) STR: 1 (2) {6} PER: 8 (9) {10} END: 8 (9) {10} CHA: 1 (2) {3} INT: 7 (8) {10} AGI: 8 (9) {10} LUK: 7 (8) {10} 1. speech 2. big guns 3. energy weapons clvl 3: toughness clvl 6: toughness clvl 9: better criticals clvl 12: bonus rate of fire clvl 15: action boy clvl 18: sniper clvl 21: action boy until hub, will have to rely mostly on Ian with SMG (and then with also Tycho with hunting rifle or shotgun, and dogmeat, while in junktown), as you'll be limited to a knife and with low melee skill and no +damage from (high) STR --------- melee build 1: 1. gifted 2. fast shot STR: 1 (2) {6} or 5 (6) {10} PER: 8 (9) {10} END: 8 (9) {10} or 4 (5) {6} // use a buffout for getting the 'toughness' perk CHA: 1 (2) {3} INT: 7 (8) {10} AGI: 8 (9) {10} LUK: 7 (8) {10} 1. speech 2. unarmed or melee 3. sneak clvl 3: toughness clvl 6: bonus hth attacks clvl 9: better criticals clvl 12: action boy clvl 15: action boy clvl 18: slayer clvl 21: silent death --------- melee build 2: 1. gifted 2. jinxed or one-handed // able to do aimed/targeted attacks STR: 1 (2) {6} or 5 (6) {10} PER: 8 (9) {10} END: 8 (9) {10} or 4 (5) {6} // use a buffout for getting the 'toughness' perk CHA: 1 (2) {3} INT: 7 (8) {10} AGI: 8 (9) {10} LUK: 7 (8) {10} 1. speech 2. unarmed or melee // not sure if the ripper (melee) is one-handed or two-handed 3. sneak clvl 3: toughness clvl 6: bonus hth attacks clvl 9: better criticals clvl 12: action boy clvl 15: action boy clvl 18: slayer clvl 21: silent death --------- melee build 3: 1. gifted 2. small frame // able to do aimed/targeted attacks STR: 2 (3) {7} or 5 (6) {10} PER: 8 (9) {10} END: 8 (9) {10} or 5 (6) {7} // use a buffout for getting the 'toughness' perk CHA: 1 (2) {3} INT: 7 (8) {10} AGI: 7 (8) [9] {10} LUK: 7 (8) {10} 1. speech 2. unarmed or melee 3. sneak clvl 3: toughness clvl 6: bonus hth attacks clvl 9: better criticals clvl 12: action boy clvl 15: action boy clvl 18: slayer clvl 21: silent death

Also works for the boxing matches in fallout 2!

I never thought of doing that because i always played an unarmed character with the bruiser trait (-2 AP, +2 STR) and low AG, so i could manage like 1 attack per turn if i didnt do anything else and could easily be outrun by most enemies, and wasting stims stopped being a concern after i found i could save scum my way to pickpocketing well over 100 of them from the guards at adytum, in the boneyard. And in fo2 i always had sulik there there to make sure enemies were always a good distance from me thanks to his sledge/super sledge.

That helps, it’s made it much more bearable. Cheers.

Thank you! I was having a bad time with those wretched rats.

Your comment should be pinned at the top tbh that is great advice for new players

Same

same it took me about 30 minutes to an hour haha

Took me 5 min to get used to it XD.

haha

I was surprised when Tim Cain did not know how to use a stimpack when he was streaming Fallout 1. ;D The interface might be hard for new people.

lol i always do this "stealing thru hub city" "dicking down oil rig" "vault city ASSHOLES"

I always have a backup save (because my save data got corrupted once), and when I'm about to go storm Mariposa or the the Cathedral, I always have a secondary save titled "Suicude Run".

This comment is old, but fuck yeah, i always do that playing Morrowind and now Fallout.

“Backup incase the fucker catches me - Bunker”

Yesssss. I’ll do that in my fourth Fallout 1 playthrough

Thanks!

@@TKsMantis your welcome, also love your content

@@TKsMantis fallout 1 is fine I beat that but damn fallout 2 kicked my ass

Gooooood shit man! Hope you enjoy these treasures.

Yeah, it’s pretty dark. I hope you enjoy. I played it first... over 20 years ago, it was a revelation. Having windows of opportunity you could miss because you just don’t have the skills to even know there’s another option. Playing as Groo the Wanderer because you wanted your low intelligence character to feel legit stupidly dangerous. Good Times. . It’s aged. It has its own ... “feel.”

It most certainly is haha

It’ll be worth it, patience is the key tho

@@osiris_the_great6861 kinda reminds me of one time where I read several novels

remember to give ian the 10mm smg

@@lopez4292with machine gun he is op

@@lopez4292 yeah he is very accurate and definitely won't shoot you by accident. No risk.

Yeah that's..... how it works in 3 and NV

all of the fallouts really lol

But it's not actually a set amount... it's directly related to your barter skill... which comes from Charisma. Charisma, in later FO games would largely be silly. But if you want to break FO1 or 2, be amazing at gambling or barter. Great barter skill, you can buy stimpacks at a shop, and sell them for more. Great gambling, you've got a greater than 50% chance of doubling your money. (The nature of these is far worse than my implications, but honestly, for RP purposes, its sort of perfect in my book.) But in FO1 if you have a 20% barter skill, armor might be 10,000. At barter of 40% it may be 5,000. Huge difference. Barter was actually a very useful skill. Which makes sense... because of source inspiration. Who runs Barter Town?

That’s called bartering, and it’s in every game.

I much prefer gates like this. Makes the world fear more real.

He who fights and runs away... can live to run another day!

I prefer this old way of doing it. Sick of the level scaling it feels like you achieve nothing. These old games made you feel like a god when you gained such a high level you could 1 shot everyone

Facts!

It was the combat that pushed me away but ill give them another shot.

I play them all but guess what there is no way to do it now Microsoft won't let me load my old CD they even made it so that windows had delete my drivers and I have to do a bunch of impossible Bullshit to make something work that I paid money for

I just got the game, already installed, but im affraid to choose character without Watching this 😂

@@smellyhusband pretty sure fallout 1 and 2 are free to download online now

GET BACK IN YOUR ROOM GRANDPA!!!

@@burzarec And set combat movement speed to fastest and difficulty to hard, no other way to play it then that.

Proud of ya kid

"The rush of making your character more powerful and discovering new settlements has got me addicted." - Isn't that what RPGs are for. Better yet going out and doing it in real life?

@@anon2034 real life costs me 15$ just for fucking lunch bruh. I’m escaping into video games every second I get. Look around and look real hard Lmfao. Really you wanna go participate in that cesspit? all you g

Yeah for real its really not that hard

It took me 3 attempts at starting fallout 1. I caved and looked up tips and tricks, which allowed me to actually play the game and then it became very fun and enthralling.

Any askers?

@@JDG-hq8gy booo

@@JDG-hq8gy bruh why u assho

Or the eyes... or my personal favorite, the groin.

​@@JDG-hq8gyme

Calm down Mud

I mean, video games are meant to be entertaining, and if you arent entertained...

​@@hmmm.74To add on to this, in regards to reading, some people might struggle. Maybe dyslexia, ADHD, etc. All the text could be difficult to focus on depending on the person

Not quite as tragic as spending all of ones money on collectible customizable trading card games like say... Tragic the Gathering, for instance. (Sorry for the necro-post, but I had to take the low-hanging fruit.)

I'm just grateful I'm into this kind of game

LMFAO never expected someone to mention him, he's a good content creator but he sucked at the game lol, but thats understandable because im exactly like that when i first played

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You can, you literally have a skill called sneak

You can hide behind the corner to avoid getting shot. You can sneak attack and there are perks making sneak damage higher.