Fallout 3 question, any answer appreciated.

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savandicus

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I think a rather simple answer is that the water is far more buyant than pre apocalyspe water. The radiation and other effects have caused the water to be like the dead sea where everything floats without effort.
 

Scizophrenic Llama

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There was supposedly space for them to play baseball in the vault. I wouldn't say it is impossible for one to assume they had a pool, but water is always an issue with that kind of setting, so I don't see that happening.

It would be like LOTR as AllHailTheAltmer stated, or it would be like Two Worlds where you have to train up you swimming skill and are slow as fuck because you didn't.
 

Slaingod

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Most new born babies can swim without be taught anything. It is figured that humans mostly have a natural ability to swim. Probably something that was ingrained into our genetics or something. Especially since we live on a plant covered primarily by water, you think there might be a little natural ability.
 

Kajt

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Genetic memory?

They probably had a book on it somewhere in the vault.
 

Omikron009

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It's not particularly difficult, but you're right. It is weird. What I want to know is how you swim while wearing power armour. It weighs like, a ton, and would probably short out or something. Wild stuff.
 

AkJay

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Cajt said:
They probably had a book on it somewhere in the vault.
Another thought of mine based on that, they do not have a pool, and the whole idea of the vault is "no one enters, no one leaves" so if they don't have a pool in the vault, why have books on swimming in the first place?
 

Kajt

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AkJay said:
Cajt said:
They probably had a book on it somewhere in the vault.
Another thought of mine based on that, they do not have a pool, and the whole idea of the vault is "no one enters, no one leaves" so if they don't have a pool in the vault, why have books on swimming in the first place?
Pass on knowledge for future generations?
 

MiracleOfSound

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Jesus! IT'S A GAME!

He can swim because it's programmed that way, when have games ever made sense???
 

The Jono

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Look, if we keep picking holes like this, I think we're just going to end up ruining it. It's only a game, after all. Anyway, you can hardly take Fallout 3 at face value, I mean, since when does massive radiation cause anything other than immediate and painful death?
 

Darknacht

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You know how to swim because it would piss players off if you did not could you imagin standing at the edge of the river knowing if you could just swim the 20 ft to the other side you could be get to your destination right away but you cant because youll drownd so its going to take you 30 mins to walk around to the nearist bridge. Besides if this is the departure from reality that bothers you the most in FO3 then you have not played it very much.
 

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notoriouslynx said:
The vaults probably have purified water pools. They have baseball in the vaults, they could of other sports.
I doubt they'd let people go swimming in their only water supply. You had to find a water chip in the first one for a reason.
 

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Nice question, maybe if they put a tutorial how to swim in the vault would be cool and innovative. Then other games can follow in that aspect so in games like Assasins creed or you won't drown everytime you step in a puddle. You have goto think though about the time in-between flashbacks. True there is no mention of a pool but that does not mean there isn't one.
 

MrDutch

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Wel some things in games just make no sense at all. But don't forget that every vault has a basic learning program. If you ask the kids of Lamplight Caves how they know stuff, they reply by saying that they stole some vault educational holotapes.
 

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DYin01 said:
skcseth said:
Internet Kraken said:
Survival instinct?
This.
I doubt that. Your survival instinct isn't big enough to instantly learn something unnatural like swimming. While it's natural for a baby to be able to swim at birth, this ability gets put away and has to be relearned at older age when not maintained.
Maybe they teach it to you in school while your in the vault and the reason you don't find any books about it, is because they are some of the burned ones.