Hello Escapist.
I recently purchased a brand new gaming PC after realizing upgrading my old one to Win 7 would mean replacing too much anyway, and I'm very proud of it, except for a few factors.
The first being that a lot of games and other programs are extremely temperamental. They either work perfectly or not at all, and each program switches between those states.
The second is that I absolutely cannot get it and my old Windows XP to talk to each other via crossover cable. It's like a college professor trying to get through to a bucket of retarded pies.
This brings me to Fallout 3, and I am amused at having just been able to turn two glaring problems into a fun little roleplay.
The first being that attempting to fast-travel results in the game crashing, so I can't use it. That's fine, I like walking anyway - and I now have more than enough hardware to enjoy the long treks without stuttering or incomplete textures.
The second, something keeps causing the game to crash, and I've narrowed it down to the sound of a cricket chirping at night - during the day is fine, but at night it just dies.
So the amusing thing I wanted to share is this:
I have to plan my days in the Wasteland so that I'm indoors by sundown, or I will die. It actually makes the game much more exciting, because I keep looking at the time and realizing I have to run like fuck to find shelter before the crickets come out. There's plenty of places in the Wasteland where access to an indoor cell isn't possible on short notice.
That said, if anyone has any ideas on how to unfuck the fast-travelling or cricket-chirping crashes, I'd appreciate some advice... but I wanted to share my new roleplay feature.
Cave was right, but in this case, I made lemonade.
I recently purchased a brand new gaming PC after realizing upgrading my old one to Win 7 would mean replacing too much anyway, and I'm very proud of it, except for a few factors.
The first being that a lot of games and other programs are extremely temperamental. They either work perfectly or not at all, and each program switches between those states.
The second is that I absolutely cannot get it and my old Windows XP to talk to each other via crossover cable. It's like a college professor trying to get through to a bucket of retarded pies.
This brings me to Fallout 3, and I am amused at having just been able to turn two glaring problems into a fun little roleplay.
The first being that attempting to fast-travel results in the game crashing, so I can't use it. That's fine, I like walking anyway - and I now have more than enough hardware to enjoy the long treks without stuttering or incomplete textures.
The second, something keeps causing the game to crash, and I've narrowed it down to the sound of a cricket chirping at night - during the day is fine, but at night it just dies.
So the amusing thing I wanted to share is this:
I have to plan my days in the Wasteland so that I'm indoors by sundown, or I will die. It actually makes the game much more exciting, because I keep looking at the time and realizing I have to run like fuck to find shelter before the crickets come out. There's plenty of places in the Wasteland where access to an indoor cell isn't possible on short notice.
That said, if anyone has any ideas on how to unfuck the fast-travelling or cricket-chirping crashes, I'd appreciate some advice... but I wanted to share my new roleplay feature.
Cave was right, but in this case, I made lemonade.
