New Vegas patch this week

[Rabidredneck]

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog ... _this_week

Massive changelog, might be too big to post here. Some of the interesting ones

New feature: system save is automatically created prior to endgame sequence. After credits, user is prompted to load save game. This will allow single save players to play DLC without creating a new game.

Fixed issue where Minigun audio could get stuck/keep playing indefinitely when fired out of VATS.

Script fix to restore destroyed ED-E. This should address issues players have with attempting to use certain companions (e.g. Rex) or when the player needs to clear his or her companions before entering an area (e.g. Zion / Honest Hearts).

Arms no longer lifted above head when sneaking with certain weapons.

Massive world optimizations in major areas for better stability/performance with multiple DLCs installed.

Navmesh fixes/NPCs no longer getting stuck.

Extensive world optimizations for Hoover Dam.

Fixed NPC AI packages so they don’t get stuck at HD.

Fixed bug where upgraded ED-E could be killed in non-hardcore mode.

Fixed navmesh on HD Observation Deck.

Improvements to navmesh and pathing in Great Khan Longhouse. Fixes crashes.

Extensive optimizations in McCarran.

Optimized NPC packages at Camp Golf to improve performance. Misfits now stay in a normal radius.

And a hell of a lot more at the link. I'm actually looking forward to seeing the results. There is one thing tho...

Repair kits can no longer repair to 100% condition.

 

[Metro]

Like it's that hard to go to a vendor with 100% skill and pay for it?

 

[malko_sundervere]

New feature: system save is automatically created prior to endgame sequence. After credits, user is prompted to load save game. This will allow single save players to play DLC without creating a new game.

How . "Single save players" in the first place - lulz, how confident you have to be in the game, second: It gives you this "are you sure you want to continue" prompt before you start the endgame mission. What a silly addition. Not that I'm complaining about it, it's just that I have to imagine some retard complained about how he couldn't continue the game after he beat it.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

You shouldn't be able to repair to 100% condition by spamming weapon kits. Good fix.

Looks very nice.

 

[Renegen]

Aw great, will my mods work? I hate these automatic Steam patches. I also approve of making repaiir kits less powerful. I liked the way repair was in Fallout 3, your skill determined the maximum condition. In NV, the repair skill is mostly useless for repairing items. And amazingly I couln't find a mod that fixed it.

 

[Pony King]

I don't even remember using weapon repair kits before dead money. It's not like New Vegas was a hard game that challenged your ability to manage resources.

 

[Roguey]

Removed “Intelligence” flag from Int<=2 check at REPCONN HQ, as engine doesn’t support checks that low.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

^hehe, yeah, that was kind of funny.

And really, "single save players"? I get that it helps against the temptation to load if something doesn't go as intended (I think it's just laziness), but what if it gets corrupted, or deleted by mistake? Do people ENJOY losing hours of playing time, or something? I bet that these are the same people that go "Oh man, the game crashed and my last save is from 3 hours ago" on the internet.

 

[villain of the story]

Repair kits can no longer repair to 100% condition.

Why do they have to give us bullshit while fixing the game? Game developers have a great deal to learn from modders. How about making gameplay changes optional, right?

Removed “Intelligence” flag from Int<=2 check at REPCONN HQ, as engine doesn’t support checks that low.

 

[Crichton]

Repair kits can no longer repair to 100% condition.

I'm on the fence on this one. On the one hand, it makes the scavanging aspect of the game more important. But on the other hand it makes life even worse for any characters without "Jury Rig" (I wonder if anyone ever completed the game with such a character?) and it really discourages the use of weapons in unusual catagories like the grenade launcher and grenade rifle.

 

[Overweight Manatee]

^hehe, yeah, that was kind of funny.

And really, "single save players"? I get that it helps against the temptation to load if something doesn't go as intended (I think it's just laziness), but what if it gets corrupted, or deleted by mistake? Do people ENJOY losing hours of playing time, or something? I bet that these are the same people that go "Oh man, the game crashed and my last save is from 3 hours ago" on the internet.

I pretty much never have more than one save. I don't think I've experienced a corrupt save game in the past decade. F:NV has also yet to crash a single time for me.

Repair kits can no longer repair to 100% condition.

Why do they have to give us bullshit while fixing the game? Game developers have a great deal to learn from modders. How about making gameplay changes optional, right?

Because parts that cost 10 caps to purchase and could repair a gun that would cost 1000 caps to repair with an NPC is a bit stupid? It would be different if it was some kind of 100-level repair perk, but pretty much anyone could craft them from about level 5. Given the parts used, its obviously a jury rigging fixup instead of an absolute repair of the weapon so its makes sense not to go to 100%.

TL;DR Deal with it bitch.

Adjusted Deathclaw fatigue to make them less exploitable with certain attacks. Inconsistent health values for Deathclaws were also corrected (in favor of stronger Deathclaws).

 

[Metro]

^hehe, yeah, that was kind of funny.

And really, "single save players"? I get that it helps against the temptation to load if something doesn't go as intended (I think it's just laziness), but what if it gets corrupted, or deleted by mistake? Do people ENJOY losing hours of playing time, or something? I bet that these are the same people that go "Oh man, the game crashed and my last save is from 3 hours ago" on the internet.

Pretty much. I rotated through a good ten or so because I had it happen a lot with FO3 (yes, I played it... shamefully).

 

[OSK]

That entry is a bit misleading. It will repair the weapon to 99.9% CND. The problem is that the engine treats 100% CND weapons in weird ways and it can cause bugs. Since weapons max out in effectiveness long before you reach 100%, the loss for the player is extremely small.

Now quit your fucking bitching.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Either way, nerfing repair kits would make it so the Repair skill is more valuable. Wouldn't that be a good thing?

Then again, one guy in the comments is complaining that now characters who don't pick up Jury Rigging will be at a disadvantage compared to characters who...don't pick up Jury Rigging. Crazy, huh? It's almost as if that's the whole point of a perk system, or something

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

No mention of fixing that GOD DAMN BUG IN VATS WHERE IT MAKES YOUR CHARACTER HERP DERP AND MOONWALK BACKWARD WITHOUT FIRING WHILE ENEMIES KILL YOU TO DEATH RAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE

Patch means Old World Blues is coming soon though.

 

[Oriebam]

^hehe, yeah, that was kind of funny.

And really, "single save players"? I get that it helps against the temptation to load if something doesn't go as intended (I think it's just laziness), but what if it gets corrupted, or deleted by mistake? Do people ENJOY losing hours of playing time, or something? I bet that these are the same people that go "Oh man, the game crashed and my last save is from 3 hours ago" on the internet.

Until the New Vegas there never was much of a issue with corrupt saves, the first patches fixed it and it's a console game. Do I need to say more?

Also I just started playing it and I murdered vulpes and his bros, for some reason my reputation with the legion is neutral, am I going to miss too much content? I also killed everyone in the prison near primm, try not to spoil anything p. please

Patch means Old World Blues is coming soon though.

WOW IT IS REALLY ALREADY THE TIME FOR A NEW DLC?

 

[Jaesun]

Until the New Vegas there never was much of a issue with corrupt saves, the first patches fixed it and it's a console game. Do I need to say more?

Fallout 3 has no corrupt saves problems?

 

[Oriebam]

Until the New Vegas there never was much of a issue with corrupt saves, the first patches fixed it and it's a console game. Do I need to say more?

Fallout 3 has no corrupt saves problems?

I played Fallout 3 for a really long amount of time(yeah, I enjoyed it, at the beginning anyway) without any patches never having any corrupt save and this doesn't look like the kind of issue that varies widly between players and rigs.

Just having a dialogue box was mind-blowing for me at the time.

Anyway, back to the point I was going to make : single save players are probably common, and there's not much of a reason to despise them or something.

 

[CorpseZeb]

I always suspected, that those SSP'ers (single save players) just don't understand very idea of “save” at all, being educated on checkpoints. But, on the other hand, SSP'ers SSP'ing is somewhat hardcore idea (you fuck something? You are fucked forever...), that is, if we forget about autosaves...

Ps. Now that is a nice idea - SSP'ing without any As's...

 

[Zarniwoop]

Script fix to restore destroyed ED-E. This should address issues players have with attempting to use certain companions (e.g. Rex) or when the player needs to clear his or her companions before entering an area (e.g. Zion / Honest Hearts).

So does this mean the robot will stop disappearing instead of going back to the Lucky 38 every time? I left him outside Caesar's camp because he always get blown up almost instantly, but then he never goes back, not even the vault elevator trick works.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

For what its worth steam just started updating New Vegas.

 

[Merkwürdigliebe]

Yeah I forgot to turn of auto update and check if it's save compatible. Hopefully I can continue on my old save, though I only got an hour in it would still be annoying to have to replay that.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

I don't know if I particularly care if some of the fixes require a new game. My 19 hours-in save loads up fine so I'm going to just continue as soon as the script extender is updated.

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

Chances are nobody's going to notice half those bugfixes.

How about stopping weapons from clipping through certain armors in OTS cam?

 

[Andyman Messiah]

People use third person mode?