General Modding question

[bben46]

Before dropping any cash, make sure your computer can run the game.

 

Using the computer you plan to play the game on

Go here to see if your computer can run the game

http://www.systemreq...tslab.com/cyri/

 

You will find the various game we support

Oblivion listed as 'The Elder Scrolls IV, Oblivion

Fallout3 as Fallout3 PC

Dragon Age listed as Dragon age

Fallout New Vegas as Fallout: New Vegas

Morrowind is not listed, However if you can run Oblivion at all it should run well on your system.

 

Note: TES V - Skyrim is not listed yet as no one knows what the final requirements will be yet.

[NorthWolf]

One more question:

 

How often does a save file corrupt and how often does the game crash and you have to do a hard reboot? I know it probably depends on your computer but I have a decent computer so what are your guys's experiences?

To its credit, I've had Fallout: NV crash two dozen or so times when I tried to save it... not a single save was corrupt, even though the game crashed. In short I've never suffered a corrupt save. As for the hard reboot, I've actually found it depends on my reflexes, go figure. So long as I CTRL+ALT+DEL before it locks my system up I have access to the task manager, and I can just kill the process normally through that. I'm learned to just do this whenever the game freezes even for a second. Before I started doing this I'd get a crash every 2 - 6 hours, which is annoying, but oh well.

 

Also, yes, do not get any version other than the Steam one. You can get it on disk or download it directly off of Steam.

Edited June 16, 2011 by NorthWolf

[deu58]

Yeah my experience is pretty much the same as North Wolf and I do my own amature modding that causes its own little problems from time to time :) The big complaint from most people having problems is the game simply closes and leaves you sitting there staring at the desk top wondering what the heck happened.

[CouncilOfDave]

A few things not mentioned that I thought I would add.

 

Download and install Fallout Mod Manager. It's much easier to use than the splash screen to load mods into the game. It's a safe program.

 

Also, don't install a bunch of mods at once (at least not starting out). Load one mod, and play with it for a while. Then load another one, etc.

 

READ THE DOCUMENTATION. Many times the person who made the mod will list specific install instructions, and at times give you a heads up on other mods that don't play nice with it. Usually this is a readme.txt file in the folder you download.

[Blackboltz]

Another quick question but i'm not entirely sure if this the right forum.

 

Would you guys reccomend Fallout 3 or Fallout: NV on the PC if you had to pick one?

[NorthWolf]

I'd actually get them both. I owned Fallout 3 for the 360, sold it, but now I'm considering buying it for the PC. Anyway, from a non-technical perspective, I find that both of the games have enjoyable stories, but Fallout: NV has more interesting and different factions and characters, whereas Fallout 3 has more interesting dungeons and unmarked quests.

[Blackboltz]

But if you had to pick one?

[NorthWolf]

As I said, Fallout NV has a stronger main story, whereas Fallout 3 has stronger wandering/random dungeons. That's my opinion. I'd go with Fallout: NV nonetheless, I suppose.

[Blackboltz]

Any other opinions?

[TehBuddha]

I think Fallout 3 has a more, fallout-ish feel. I'm not sure why, I guess its because it was my first experience of the series. I also felt more emotionally involved in the main story line than I did in New Vegas, and there's more enticement to explore in Fo3 than NV.

That said, New Vegas is still a great game, But my personal preference would be Fo3.