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.

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.