Fallout 3 Hints

PlayStation 3

* Susie Mack's Test results sometimes skips completely and she walks out of the room (also on PC).
* When you have two followers, a follower (Jericho, Clover, Fawkes, Charon or Cross) and Dogmeat, there is sometimes a problem when entering a building that results in them not following you in. 99% of the time, this will cause the game to freeze or crash when you try to exit. It should be noted that the game will autosave when you exit, therefore there is the possibility of corrupting your data if you turn the PS3 off. The only solution to this problem is to reload a previous save before exiting the area. The only prevention is to keep Dogmeat at home, as it only seems to freeze when Dogmeat accompanies another follower. You can also turn the autosave function off so it won't corrupt your data if this bug occurs.
* When at the birthday party, your father will ramble on, and when the Overseer is supposed to give you the Pip-Boy 3000, the game will not crash but everyone will just stand there and you will remain in the fixed position. This cannot be solved by reloading; instead, turn off the system properly and wipe the disc.
* Watch out if people stop using voices. This will cause the dialogue text to skip by very quickly, and the player will miss out on whatever was being said. A possible solution to this is to simply restart the PS3.

Graphics glitches

* In the Birthday scene, Officer Gomez's left eye may stretch over the entire viewable screen and follow his head and eye movements.
* While in third person mode, if you back up into a wall (forcing the camera to zoom in and your character to become invisible), it will glitch if you walk out of it slowly and your body will become invisible (except for your head and your weapon). Reversible by switching in and out of third person and first person mode.
* Random objects blocking both PC and NPCs. If outside, fast-travel; if unable to fast-travel, load a previous save.
* PipBoy moves up a little in the screen each time you view it. Repeatedly viewing and hiding PipBoy will eventually render the whole PipBoy screen invisible. Keep opening and closing eventually will reset to normal.
* When shopping at Lydia Montenegro's at Tenpenny Tower, the merchant window lags; exiting results in pinwheeling or complete blackout. Restarting the game and reloading the autosave from entry into Tenpenny Tower usually fixes this.

V.A.T.S.

* Sometimes saving (or autosaving) while in motion or firing your weapon may make the player unable to fire a weapon or reload it after loading the save. The gun will begin to fire randomly and it persists no matter what weapon used and the same thing happens when unarmed or with a melee weapon. V.A.T.S. becomes inoperable, it will enter slow mode but the weapon will never fire. The only way to fix this is to reload a previous save or to prevent it from happening by never saving while in motion or firing/fighting/jumping etc.
* If the game is started with the controller set to Controller 2, 3, or 4, the game will still be playable, but L2 and R2 will fail to function. This makes it impossible to enter V.A.T.S. or switch views. Restarting the game after reconfiguring the controller will fix this problem. Also, holding the PS button, turning off the controller, and turning it back on seems to help.
* V.A.T.S. will freeze before showing percentages.
* Time slows down during V.A.T.S., but your opponents can still attack you in between shots. Assume there are two Fire Ants on screen; one close, and one far. If you target the close one, he may have a chance to respond, which freezes up V.A.T.S. while he breathes fire. Afterward, you take your last few shots in V.A.T.S., and the game returns to normal. However, in the off chance the far away Fire Ant gets an attack opportunity, the game freezes until that distant ant crawls (very very slowly) up to you and breathes fire. This has happened twice.
* When switching in between enemies body parts will not highlight. Switch back to last enemy and wait for the parts to highlight, then continue.
* When you are about to kill an enemy (when the screen turns black & white), and the enemy moves behind an object, the game will occasionally stay in V.A.T.S.. The only way out is to reload the game.

(Note that most of this has never happened to the majority of PS3 users).

This is the greatest glitch , thus far.......

1. Go to a shop keeper in any city and trade with them

2. Look at the vendor's inventory and make sure they have at least 2 of the same item. Alternatively , you can sell the vendor one item from your inventory that they already have in stock.

3. Buy the cheaper of the 2 items and sell it right back (nothing happens the first time usually by the second or third try the glitch happens), you will lose a little money but don't worry you'll get it back.

4. After the second or third try , you will notice that the item you have purchased and sold back is now full repaired!!! Meaning you can sell it for a very nice profit. Once you sell it , you will also notice that the item is back to its original condition in the vendor's inventory (also at the original price). However , if you buy it back at the low price , it will once again appear fully repaired in your inventory!! This is a wonderful way to buy everything in the shops in every city for FREE.

5. To repeat , wait for 4 days for the shop's inventory to replenish and do the glitch all over again for infinite ammo , caps , meds , chems ....everything!!

6. Repeat as many times as you desire....


NOTE :

This is also a great way to get good , fully repaired , armor and weapons. Instead of selling the weapon or armor , simply keep it (after emptying out the shop of course) and use it in combat.

If you have 100 repair , and you have several versions of the same customized weapon , this is a good way to fully repair it without losing the second version (as you would while repairing it yourself) , however if you have less than 100 repair , using this glitch will get it repaired as high as your current repair level.

With this glitch there is no more worries of running out of precious .44 or .308 ammo , or any other ammo you give to your followers , simply wait for the shops to replenish their inventory and rob them blind using this glitch , to keep your followers ammo stash high.

I tried this with the following : Hunting Rifle, 32 Pistol, Scoped Magnum, 10mm SMG, Laser Pistol, Laser Rifle, Baseball Bat, Brass Knuckles, Chinese Assault Rifle, Chinese Officer Sword, Chinese Pistol, Combat Knife, Combat Shotgun, Sledgehammer, Lead Pipe, Minigun, Missile Launcher, Police Baton, Pool Cue, Power Fist, BB Gun, Sawed-Off Shotgun, Sniper Rifle, Switchblade, Knife, All common clothing, All common armor, All common helmets. The glitch worked every single time.

You can also do the same with outcast/enclave/brotherhood power armor/helmet that you find in the wastes , just make sure you have at least two of the same , sell them both , buy back the cheapest one , after a few tries you have a fully repaired power armor/helmet. The same can be done with raider gear , talon armor , regulator dusters anything , basically , that you have two of.

Enjoy .....

1) gain access to paradise falls
2) get bad enough karma so that a slaver will randomly approach you with "your cut"
3) now that you know what he looks like you can repeatedly engage him in coversation for more random items such as ammo or meds...etc.
4) Repeat as needed , you can get several hundreds of each ammo , and stimpaks etc. for absolutely no charge.
5) sell the rest that you won't use for a great amount of caps.


NOTE :

I did this for 30 minutes and received around 500 5.56mm ammo , 200 10mm ammo , 200 5mm ammo , 100 shotgun shells , 100 .32 ammo , 50 .44 ammo , 50 .308 ammo , and 100 stimpaks.

Since the items given to you are random , you will get several food supplies and nuka-colas that you will probably have to sell , good news is that with a large amount of these items , you can rack up a nice amount of caps.

You will need bad karma in order for the slaver to appear , if not then very bad karma.

If you have a follower they can help carry some stuff , since you will probably have too much to sell , and you will probably empty out the clinic and "lock n' load". (this depends on how long you perform this glitch).

Since the Slaver will appear on numerous occasions , you can repeat this glitch many times , allowing you to have an infinite amount of free ammo , and stimpaks , as long as you keep a bad or very bad karma.

1) complete "reilly's rangers" . and find the "holotape to moonbeam"
2) complete "stealing indepence" and speak with sydney (she has to survive)
3) give her the "holotape to moonbeam" and she will give you her "ulta" SMG and 50 .10mm bullets.
4) the speech pattern can be repeated indefenitly allowing to receive unlitmited "ultra" SMG's and .10mm ammo.

NOTE:

it is recommended to get the holotape before reaching the rooftop of the stateman's hotel , although you can return at any time.

it is recommended that you give sydney the holotape right after comepleting "stealing independence" since on her way to underworld she has a knack of getting killed , and the option will no longer be available.

Her "ultra" SMG comes fully repaired , and is quite powerful. Its condition however , decreases extremely quickly , which is why it is recommended to have several copies of it (25+) , so instead of repairing it , you simply swap for a new one. Keeping the extra copies in your home.

Having a follower is also advised , as they can carry hundreds of pounds of this weapon , since the SMG only weighs 5 pounds you can easily get 50 copies totalling in 2500 bullets as well.

You can sell the extra copies as well , allowing you to have a substancial ammount of caps at an early stage of the game.

The easiest way to find the crash site is to fast travel to MDPL-13 power station , and find the power lines heading north. Follow the power lines until you pick up the "Recon Craft Theta" radio signal. Then turn facing east following the power lines. When you start taking radiation (1rad/sec) you should be close enough to see the crash site. The alien craft is easier spotted during the day.

NOTE:

At the crash site , is a very powerful alien weapon "alien blaster" and 110 alien power cells. These cells are very rare to find in-game.

Since the crash site is available any time during the game , it makes for a very attractive place to discover at the very beginning of the game , and could be the first destination after reaching megaton. Making the strenght of the weapon extrmely useful for low-level characters allowing you to breeze through the first half of the game.

The radiation coming from the crash site is rather low , and shouldn't become a problem since finding the crash site and the items will be done rather quickly , radiation poisoning shouldn't be a problem.

Dogmeat can be used to retrieve the weapon and ammo.

1) get 60 in sneak by level 10
2) choose the "mr. sandman" perk (available at level 10)
3) go to andale , and wait for the children to go to sleep
4) sneak up on the sleeping child and use the "murder" option
5) since kids cannot be killed , you can repeat step 4 for unlimited sandman kills and EXP. that comes with it.
6) repeat until you reach level 20.


NOTE:

the children (and parents) go to sleep at midnight and wake up at 5 a.m. it is recommended to have auto-save enabled , since it is possible for the game to glitch while utilizing this method and sending you to "never-never land" unable to return. The auto-save is handy while waiting the 19 hours for the kids to return to bed.

It is possible after waiting the 19 hours , that the child dosen't return to bed , if this happens , leave the house go to the neighbour's and repeat on the other child.

although it's "unlimited EXP." the cap level is 20 after that no more exp. will be gained but the sandman kills will still stack up.

no karma will be gained or loss , since the murder does not register.

it is a very quick way to get to level 20 , but you will not get the ammo , weapons and caps that you would normally gain from reaching level 20 by "legit" means.

Firelance is a very powerful alien weapon that can only be acquired after a "U.F.O. random encounter" is triggered. There is a way to trigger this encounter at the very beginning of the game.

1) go to whilem's wharf.
2) save on the pier closest to the shack.
3) to the east near anchorage memorial is one of many places that trigger random encounters.
4) swin across the waters , to east , towards anchorage memortial.
5) looking at the map on your pip-boy , you should see and island where anchorage memorial is situated. On the very western edge of this island , where there is a stone straicase , is where the random encounter is triggered , swin there.
6) look to the sky (preferably during daylight) and look for and explosion , if nothing happens then re-load your saved game. (be prepared to re-load a half a dozen times)
7) if the explosion is triggered then simply go look for the weapon , there are also 24 power alien cells that drop from the crash.
8) with this powerful alien weapon , the early part of the game is extremely easy. Go do some questing.

NOTE:

it is very important to save before crossing the river , otherwise you might receive a different random encounter or simply nothing at all. With a little patience you will eventually get it , it took me 7 re-loads , on the 8th try the explosion was triggered.

the explosion is very easy to see in daylight , you will see a long trail of black smoke in the sky , followed by a loud bang , and an explosion in the sky. You will probably see the weapon fall as well.

firelance desintegrates rather quickly compared to other weapons , but even at poor conditions it is still much more powerful than other weapons at early levels.

coupled with the "alien blaster" you should breeze through the early half of this game.

Dogmeat can also be used to retrieve "firelance" and the alien power cells.

This is a very nice .44m rifle, you can find it in the museum of history, when you first enter, go straight into the huge room with the mammoth in it, and turn left, you'll c a door, enter it, but b4 u do, u might want a machine gun, and a .32 rifle, theres alot of feral ghouls and glowing ones down there, so bring alot of ammo. when you enter the door you'll c sum stairs, after u kill all the ghouls, go up them and you'll c wat looks like a lunch room, go left and down the hall, you'll come up to hole in the wall, enter it and turn right, its in the display case. have fun with it.

They're in fort independence (south, SW of megaton). its in their weapon vault, one thing, u have to pick the lock to it, its hard so, u might not b able to do it. but once u get in there, take a left and turn into the only door u can and go down the stairs and enter the door at the botttom, then you'll come up to a door the nedds to be hacked, jus go into the desk nect to it and get the access code thats in it, also, they're going to attack u on sight, that also means n e outcasts u might find in the wastes 2, go down the spiral stairs and go through another door, then you'll come up to a split in the hallway, if u have good hacking skills take a left and find the turret control conseol, and deactivate it, but if not jus take the right and shoo them wahen u get 2 them. the armory is at the bottom of the stairs and is the right door, the left door is some doctors room. once you pick the lock to weapon armory, you'll find alot of guns along with the alien power cells found in the ammo boxes on the table.

Dog meat is found in scrap yard. On the world map is on the top right corner of the square that is two squares below the mine field. Follow the clear triangle on your compass if you are having problems finding it. Go into the scrap yard and look or listen for fighting. You will find dog meat fighting a Raider. Once the Raider is dead you can talk to dog meat and ask him to join you.

Go to the deathclaw sanctuary and stand up on a big rock and sometimes when you stand there a deathclaw might jump for you and then it will fly into the sky.

First u have to get the sandman perk and be at least level 10. to get the sandman perk you have to have at least 60 to your sneak skill. there are some kids in the game who can't be killed. so go to andale go into one of the main houses at about 1 o'clock and sneak into one of the houses. use the murdering perk that comes with the sandman perk on one of the kids as many times as u want . u get 50 EXP. everytime u use it. it is helpful earily in the game but can help anyone .

/SPECIAL BOBBLEHEADS
strength: break into sherrif lucas simms house in megaton. You'll need a lockpick skill of over 50.
perception:It's in the republic of dave, in the museum of dave.check the bookcase on the right
endurance:look at the table next to the rotting corpse inside the deathclaw sanctuary
charisma:check inside the cloning lab in vault 108
intelligence: have a look at Dr Li's table in the Scuence lab in rivet city and you'll find the head
agility:make sure you've got a good amount of protection as you'll find this head inside a small and highly radioactive office in Greener Pastures Disposal
luck: head to the arlington cemetery north and go into the basement. It's on a shelf under the stairs in the northern house

/SKILL BOBBLEHEADS
barter:Head over to the evergreen mills and go to the market bazaar. find the raider trader who doesnt attack you and look on the shelf behind, where its at the top-right
big guns:in fort constantine, go to the basement of the CO quarters and look inside the wall safe
energy weapons:this ones in raven rock on colonel autumns desk
explosives:its at the WKML radio station head through the door to the sealed sewage tank
lockpick:go to the bethesda ruins and go to the east section . Its on the top floor near the door to the bridge
medicine:when you are 16. check on your fathers desk in vault 101
melee weapons:just before leaving the underchambers in the dunwich building in the bottom left of the whole map look on the floor by the door
repair:this bobblehead is in arefu, in evan kings house. You'll need enough skill to pick an 'average' lock
science:go to the living quarters in vault 106.It's in the left corner, in a room with a brightly lit bookcase. Look at the middle right section of the shelf
small guns:head to the training room of the national guard depot. Walk through it and the offices to the main room. flick the power switch on the left to enter yhe armoury and you'll find it on the shelf
sneak: get to the yao guai tunnels and search a metal box in the den.It's on the right side of the map beside some water
speech:It's on a table in the eulogys pad in paradise falls
unarmed:go west from casey smiths garage in rockpolis. You'll find it by argyles body, under some tattered banners

and thats all of them
Note:if you need help finding the locatians just ask and i can try help you find them