On 11/12/2015 08:44 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> OK, so I made the mistake of buying Fallout 3.
>
> (No, that's not a typo. Fallout 4 has just come out, and is insanely
> popular. But that means that Fallout 3 is now old hat, and thus very
> much cheaper.)
>
> All things considered, it's just as well I did! Because every time I try
> to play the game, I just get my arse handed to me on a plate.

Oh, and did I mention the part where the game crashed in the exact same 
spot in the 10-minute intro sequence *six times* until I finally went 
and manually edited the game INI file with some settings from a game 
forum somewhere?

Fortunately, after that it worked perfectly... [So far!]

> I did have a look at an online guide to Fallout 3. It didn't really help
> that much.

> One thing the guide didn't explain, which I desperately wanted it to, is
> what the *hell* all the damned abbreviations mean! Given the setting, I
> presume "RAD" is the obsolete pre-SI radiation dose unit. But what the
> heck is "CND"? "WG"? "DR"? "VAL"? "STR"? "EFF"??? Why is the entire UI
> in code?!

Holy hell, it turns out there's an official manual online! (Why is this 
not accessible through Steam anywhere?)

Sadly, although it does explain a few important details, even the manual 
fails to explain what all the codes mean. (Apparently "EFF" is 
"effects". And yes, "RAD" is radiation. But what is all the other stuff?)

Apparently when you target using V.A.T.S., it actually gives you a 
damage amount and *hit probability* for each potential target. Somehow I 
missed that information. So you can auto-target something, but there's 
no guarantee at all that you will actually *hit* anything. Which makes 
me wonder why you'd even bother? It seems like a complete waste of 
time... Shooting normally also results in most shots missing, due to the 
extreme bullet spread.

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