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Peter Huebner <no.one@this.address> looked up from reading the entrails
of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>In article <7fo5k8hdporbssl1a...@4ax.com>, 
>Xoc...@kingston.net says...
>> >
>> >I just installed Fallout 3 GOTY and that won't run with Asus Smartdoctor 
>> >installed .. so I had to take my monitoring program off. Fine by me, 
>> >really, my ears are good enough as monitoring program ;-)for the time 
>> >being. I may not last long with Fallout, the thing is so bug-ridden in 
>> >terms of crashes, it's just not funny. 
>> 
>> Quite odd.
>> Are you patched up fully and are you using mods?
>
>It's been a bloody saga. 
>
>First after install the game would always crash on startup (before I had 
>a savegame).
>
>Reset computer - copy protection wouldn't let the game start, starforce 
>I think, didn't like my blueray drive, crazy head hammering in there ... 
>downloaded hacked nocd patch .. 
>
>Crash due to some .dll pointer not working was next. Google. Downloaded 
>and installed FOMM (fallout mod manager) and used it to create a fake 
>.dll file. 
>
>Game started, but crashed again during new game setup. 
>Google.
>found the info about smartdoctor. Uninstalled that, and, for the first 
>time, I actually got through to the tutorial. I've still had the odd 
>moment - black screen during load, or complete freeze a few seconds 
>after zoning. Funnily enough, it's getting less frequent with the 
>crashes: I've managed to play 5 hours or so today without a crash.

Wow, sounds like you've had quite a time.

>I have all the mods, but haven't turned them on. I expect I'll play at 
>least to level 20 before I do that, if the game remains stable in the 
>meantime.

I have to ask, what GPU do you use?

>> Well it does take more ammo early on and it really does depend on your
>> character skills and if you are using the VATS.
>> Headshots if you can make them seriously cut down on the number of hits
>> required.
>> The weapon you choose makes all the difference in the world - accuracy
>> is so very very important if you want quick kills.
>
>Yes, I am very familiar with the headshot thing. In the original fallout 
>I built a character that could shoot the eye off a fly on the wall from 
>50m away or more {grin}. I haven't used the vats much for sniping yet. I 
>found the easteregg sniper rifle outside Megaton, so I'm just getting my 
>hand in there. Some friendly raiders in the supermarket donated a couple 
>of assault rifles for mid-range combat also. But I haven't really left 
>the environs of Megaton yet with my latest toon (3rd build, and getting 
>more effective than the first two).
>
>> I don't recall exactly when you get it, but Lincoln's Repeater is one
>> hell of a weapon, good damage and very accurate - it became my weapon of
>> choice for the time I got it right to the end of the game.
>
>will keep my eye open for it. Thanks.

Kinda funky that in a post apocalyptic world which includes weapons up
to and including laser miniguns, one of the most effective weapons is
from the 1860s.

Not so great if loads of things are coming at you at once, since it
doesn't hold a lot of bullets or fire that fast, but if you like picking
off unsuspecting enemies, it's golden.

Xocyll
-- 
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of 
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, 
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So 
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr