Fallout 3, GTA IV (and Arkham City PC, on the list), were originally released with Games for Windows Live, which counts in on the listIceForce said:That's not the only anomaly... "GTA IV PC" is listed under the XBL list.Corey Schaff said:...Fallout 3 is listed twice on the Xbox Live list![]()
Still, I assume the Steam listing is largely correct, and as of now it tells a very Fallout-y story.
OT: Kind of silly to make a news story out of this. As long as you have to use a console command to get into the room, you might as well just console give yourself unlimited caps or any other item. Had this room however been available through some obscure in-game means, like opening a certain locked door in a remote location with a secret passcode under the moonlight, sure that would be newsworthy, but console command? Not so much.Xbox Live: Xbox 360, XBLA, and Live-enabled Games for Windows games most recently played, as listed on Gamercards.
I think their point is that it isn't a secret. It's existed for more than a decade in nearly every game they've ever made.rosac said:Jeez guys, chill out. I've played a few bethesda games and had literally no idea this was a thing. Just because this is a gamer forum doesn't mean everyone is on your level. This is pretty neat.
True, but I'm sure there are plenty of things I don't know about the games I've played, but that doesn't mean it ought to be published as news.rosac said:Jeez guys, chill out. I've played a few bethesda games and had literally no idea this was a thing. Just because this is a gamer forum doesn't mean everyone is on your level. This is pretty neat.
Seconded. These rooms are curiosities; nothing more. Unless you can get there on consoles then their utility as a cheat is eclipsed by the very commands used to access them in the first place.RJ 17 said:Just as a point of clarification: these rooms have never been a cheater's cache...considering that they're absolutely redundant to anyone who wants to cheat. If you're going to be using console commands to get into the place, you can certainly just use console commands to give yourself any item in the game while remaining in the comfort of your character's home...or your character's neighbor's home...or out in the middle of the wasteland...or anywhere else in the game. Rather, these rooms are developer caches that are used during development for various testing on items. Considering the existence of console commands, the only cheats actually worth reporting or mentioning are cheats that work on console versions of the game.
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(Edit) Also: IGN reported on this "secret room" last week.![]()
"QA" almost certainly stands for "Quality Assurance". As for "SMOKE", I honestly have no idea.SolidState said:What does "QASMOKE" actually mean / stand for?
That doesn't make it newsworthy, however.rosac said:Jeez guys, chill out. I've played a few bethesda games and had literally no idea this was a thing. Just because this is a gamer forum doesn't mean everyone is on your level. This is pretty neat.
Right, you basically get a room where you can play around with all the assets in one place but one that has the same physics as the rest of the environment to test their functionality. So a QA engineer hops in here and tests out the crafting system and such.Corey Schaff said:Probably Smoke Testing; it's the preliminary tests you do to make sure the most basic functions are at least working.IceForce said:"QA" almost certainly stands for "Quality Assurance". As for "SMOKE", I honestly have no idea.SolidState said:What does "QASMOKE" actually mean / stand for?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_testing_(software)
That is completely true. I also imagine it could have been partly a joke, you know, a play on words for "QA smoke room" where it could be an actual physical room for smokers people who are in the QA department and also the room that is used for smoke testing by QA.Corey Schaff said:Probably Smoke Testing; it's the preliminary tests you do to make sure the most basic functions are at least working.IceForce said:"QA" almost certainly stands for "Quality Assurance". As for "SMOKE", I honestly have no idea.SolidState said:What does "QASMOKE" actually mean / stand for?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_testing_(software)
yes, every Bethesda game from Morowind on up has the room.Corey Schaff said:I've actually never heard about this; is there also such a location in Fallout 3?
the fact that player.additem is easier to use?Zydrate said:I might have to use this. I play on easy and I'm dieing around every corner. I have already had to TGM my way through several encounters just to save myself 20 minutes of wasteland wandering (IE: reloading) so what's another cheat to the bucket of failure.
Indeed, I used it to re-claim the Fork of Horripilation from Sheogorath. A terrible price I paid for it too, never try and take Forky from The God of Madness.Coach Morrison said:How is this news or even a secret? Are we going to see a news post next week saying a magical cheat to get infinite caps has been discovered only for it to be the console command for adding caps?
Talk about consoles becoming restricted gaming PC's, fnar fnar![footnote]As an aside, I don't know, but I wouldn't wager money on it.[/footnote]Willinium said:This is going to be a realy fdumb question but has anyone ever decided to plug a keyboard into their console to see if they can get it to work on console? I am earnestly curious/
Actually I've played Bethesda games since Elder Scrolls Daggerfall and I'm actually slightly embarrassed to say: I didn't know this room existed. I'm also no stranger to console commands having used them quite a number of times (second+ playthroughs only of course). So this was actually kind of nice to see, maybe not front page news worthy but quite an interesting thing for those unenlightened such as myself.Nergui said:This is hardly news to most people, but I imagine there are people who are new to Bethesda games.
I don't have the game yet, but I know these two commands will also work.
player.additem f 100 (give 100 caps)
player.additem a 100 (give 100 bobby pins)
How do I know this? Because those commands do the same thing in Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas and Skyrim.
This one should work as well.
coc toddtest