Fallout 3

[Steve Evil]

I'm loving what I've played before, hasn't strayed far from the series' roots which is good for me.

I do seem to be a go-to guy at the moment though, have had three seperate people request chats with me for help and advice (half the time I've not done the particular quest in question) but I don't think GI Jnr was too pleased with my recommendations last night.

[:J:]

Password Help Needed !!

When you hack the terminals, you need to pic which one of the hex dump is the actual password. I have so far been going on luck alone, but surely there must be a method or way to work it out ?

What am I missing ?

Thanks.

[Steve Evil]

:J: said:

Password Help Needed !!

When you hack the terminals, you need to pic which one of the hex dump is the actual password. I have so far been going on luck alone, but surely there must be a method or way to work it out ?

What am I missing ?

Thanks.

Well first off, pick a word, it will then come up with something like 1/5 correct, so if you picked WOODS then one of those letters is correct and in the right place, so if you then pick CHIPS and it says that 4/5 is correct then you know that the S from WOODS was right, and you've got another 3 letters correct. Looking through the remaining list of words you can see that only one other word has 4 letters in common with CHIPS and that is SHIPS, so SHIPS is the right word.

Another way to help out is to look for pairs of brackets facing each other on the same line, selecting the first of these brackets and inputting that as the password will either top up your chances to the full 4 or get rid of one dud word, so:

<^~£(">%$!" on one line will work if you select the < as it has a > facing it later in the line.

()!"$("!( selecting the ( will work as it has a ) facing it on the same line, as will any curly or square brackets {} or []. You'll know when you have a set of brackets as when you highlight the opening one it will highlight the section of code included in the brackets and you're safe to input this.

[:J:]

Steve Evil said:

:J: said:

Password Help Needed !!

When you hack the terminals, you need to pic which one of the hex dump is the actual password. I have so far been going on luck alone, but surely there must be a method or way to work it out ?

What am I missing ?

Thanks.

Well first off, pick a word, it will then come up with something like 1/5 correct, so if you picked WOODS then one of those letters is correct and in the right place, so if you then pick CHIPS and it says that 4/5 is correct then you know that the S from WOODS was right, and you've got another 3 letters correct. Looking through the remaining list of words you can see that only one other word has 4 letters in common with CHIPS and that is SHIPS, so SHIPS is the right word.

Another way to help out is to look for pairs of brackets facing each other on the same line, selecting the first of these brackets and inputting that as the password will either top up your chances to the full 4 or get rid of one dud word, so:

<^~£(">%$!" on one line will work if you select the < as it has a > facing it later in the line.

()!"$("!( selecting the ( will work as it has a ) facing it on the same line, as will any curly or square brackets {} or []. You'll know when you have a set of brackets as when you highlight the opening one it will highlight the section of code included in the brackets and you're safe to input this.

I have just discovered what noise my brain makes when it fizzles out and gives up

I think I get it, once in practice, I am sure it will make even more sense.

Thank you

[TheCaseAce]

Steve Evil said:

:J: said:

Password Help Needed !!

When you hack the terminals, you need to pic which one of the hex dump is the actual password. I have so far been going on luck alone, but surely there must be a method or way to work it out ?

What am I missing ?

Thanks.

Well first off, pick a word, it will then come up with something like 1/5 correct, so if you picked WOODS then one of those letters is correct and in the right place, so if you then pick CHIPS and it says that 4/5 is correct then you know that the S from WOODS was right, and you've got another 3 letters correct. Looking through the remaining list of words you can see that only one other word has 4 letters in common with CHIPS and that is SHIPS, so SHIPS is the right word.

Another way to help out is to look for pairs of brackets facing each other on the same line, selecting the first of these brackets and inputting that as the password will either top up your chances to the full 4 or get rid of one dud word, so:

<^~£(">%$!" on one line will work if you select the < as it has a > facing it later in the line.

()!"$("!( selecting the ( will work as it has a ) facing it on the same line, as will any curly or square brackets {} or []. You'll know when you have a set of brackets as when you highlight the opening one it will highlight the section of code included in the brackets and you're safe to input this.

Whoa. I think I need to read that a few times, slowly.

I have completely failed to hack anything yet.


Found a "Fat Boy" rocket launcher with 5 mini nukes last night. Can't wait to have a go of it... take THAT, radroach!

[Steve Evil]

TheCaseAce said:

Found a "Fat Boy" rocket launcher with 5 mini nukes last night. Can't wait to have a go of it... take THAT, radroach!

Reminds me of that Monty Python sketch where they're hunting mosquitos with rocket launchers.

Edit: Another tip for hacking is if you get down to one attempt left, press B (or circle for you PSers) to exit the terminal, then enter it again and have another go, you'll have to start from scratch again, but you'll have your 4 attempts left.

Edited by Steve Evil on Monday 3rd November 10:47

[mrobertshaw]

8 hours into the game I've only ust realised that the bottle caps are currency! I've missed out on so much money and feel very stupid.

[Fabric 2.2]

ouch!^


woot, newest look, it's all the rage.

[Mroad]

I've picked up some lovely Assault armour but it won't let me wear it, says I need training. Where do you get that? At an Armoury? Or is it a points needed thing? It's a pain in the ass lugging it about when I can't wear it.

Also do terminals that get locked due to a failed password get reset after awhile?

Quite involving this game, I was only going to go on it for an hour tonight....4 hours later!!!

Edited by Mroad on Tuesday 4th November 00:50

[madrob6]

Picked this up last night and loving it so far.

Also just read this guide on hacking on gamespot which explains it pretty well http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fallout3/show_m...

[Fabric 2.2]

Mroad said:

I've picked up some lovely Assault armour but it won't let me wear it, says I need training. Where do you get that?

It's at the Citadel (Pentagon) afaik you only go there as part of the story, you cant waltz in of your own free will, but its worth getting. That stuff weighs a bloody ton to carry about as well, you're best off just ditching it as they offer you armour when they train you (learned this the heavy way).

[rhinochopig]

Nooooooooo - Dog Meat is dead. You may have been useless and disappeared to not return for an hour and then spontaneously died whilst waiting in safe location, but you were my virtual pet.

[RemaL]

just bought this today for the PS3. shall have a blast tonight if I get chance to get on the main TV.

[Gun]

rhinochopig said:

Nooooooooo - Dog Meat is dead. You may have been useless and disappeared to not return for an hour and then spontaneously died whilst waiting in safe location, but you were my virtual pet.

I've found Dogmeat really useful, he acts as an early warning device for any gits trying to sneak up behind you and can draw attention away from your character allowing you to get in some good critical hits.

[...Mole...]

Where do you find Dogmeat? still yet to come across him.

[Gun]

...Mole... said:

Where do you find Dogmeat? still yet to come across him.

In a scrap yard just south and east of Minefield

[:J:]

I finished Scientific Research last night, and didn't get the achievement for it

Anybody else had this ?

[WildCards]

Can you lot please stop talking about this game, i'm still playing Oblivion and i've promised myself I won't get immersed in another similiar game until I've finished or at least most of it.

[Gun]

WildCards said:

Can you lot please stop talking about this game, i'm still playing Oblivion and i've promised myself I won't get immersed in another similiar game until I've finished or at least most of it.

You know you want to!

[Matthew_Eames]

Ok, so where is the best place to get this from, I'm sold on it from reading what you lot have to say about it