Couple of questions from a PS4 player

[JackTrenton]

Okay first, do you think Sony will eventually cave on external assets? I've waited an entire year for mods and 6 months beyond their XB1 release only to have the experience gutted by this arbitrary and archaic ban on external assets. There are still good mods, but it kills it not being able to use new weapon or armor mods.

 

Second, if they don't cave then I am considering purchasing it for PC like I should have from the start. However I have amassed over 300 hours on PS4 and am very partial to my character. I don't want to start over. I want my progress to match what I have done on the PS4 as closely as possible as if I were picking up where I left off. Is there any way to raise my level and perks? Most importantly can I jump to the same point of progress in the quest lines (and side quests) without have to replay everything?

[Banzai Babe]

Got myself into a writing mood. :tongue:

 

I'm not even sure about what game you're asking here. Is it Fallout 4 or another Bethesda game? Then you can probably use the console for it, even with their new engine. If you're into modding, avoid Playstation or XBox.

 

Fallout 3, New Vegas or Skyrim, for example, all use the same engine, so the console commands are roughly the same. For levelling up you can use <player.rewardxp amount>, for adding perks or traits you use <player.addperk base id>. If you want to to reach a special point in a quest, you have to find the quest id, the respective stage of the quest, and then you use the console to get to this stage. However, this is a bit more complicated, and you can possibly screw up your game, so do a save or a backup before you start messing with the quest stages.

 

My advice is to go the wiki of the game you're playing and search for an entry for console commands. If you really don't want to repeat the quests, you should find enough console commands to get your new character to the point where you've stopped playing on your Playstation. And even if not, there are worse things than replaying those quests and killing all those bad guys again.

[iXenite]

I would like Sony to bring modding on PS4 to the same level as Xbox One, but I seriously doubt it will happen at this point. As for your other question, I would highly advise against doing that. While here are console commands and probably mods that can do some of those things, it's generally better to just play the game. Especially when it comes to messing with the quests and stuff. It's all possible, but I personally wouldn't do it if I were you.

[JackTrenton]

This is the Fallout 4 forum, so I'm clearly talking about Fallout 4.

 

I would like to hope that Sony eventually changes its tune. The lack of true mod support will make them a big loser against Microsoft. Especially when the next gen consoles are released

 

And I just don't want to play 300 hours of the same game again.

Edited November 21, 2016 by JackTrenton

[Banzai Babe]

Alright, I didn't see the header: thus, I wasn't sure about which game you were talking about as you didn't refer to it neither in your title nor your text. Just think about this for a moment, sweetie: it's one thing to ask noob questions, it's another to be rude to those people you've just asked for help, biting the hand that feeds you.

 

DaddyDirection is right. I don't know how many quests you've already finished in your 300 hours, but let me just show you how to use the console in order to avoid replaying all of it, then you can think about whether this is really what you want to do.

 

1.) Looking up the quest in the Fallout 4 wiki and getting the quest ID. You have to know the name of the quest to do that.

2.) Open the console (either by pressing ~ or ^, depending on your keyboard).

3.) Type <completequest QUESTID> to fully complete a quest.

4.) If you haven't finished a quest yet, it's a bit more difficult. On a PC you could simply type <getstagequest QUESTID> to get your stage and then <setstage QUESTID STAGE NUMBER>. But as you play on a Playstation, you have to look up the stage of that quest in the wiki. Then simply repeat the latter console command to set the respective stage.

5.) The tricky part is the relation to the different factions you've gained by doing all those quests. You have to manually adjust it for every single faction by using the console again. Thus, you'll have to look up the faction IDs in the wiki. I'm not sure if this still works for Fallout 4, but the console command for the previous games was <setreputation FACTIONID x y>, with x being either 1 for positive or 0 for negative and y the percentage of reputation. You have to experiment a bit to find the exact value you need.

6.) You probably have to rebuild your settlements. I don't own the game, so I cannot help you here.

 

You have to do this for every single quest you've already completed and every single faction you've already encountered.

There is huge potential for messing up your game by doing so! :wallbash:

If Fallout 4 is as unstable as its predecessors, manipulating quests should always be a last resort for totally bugged or broken situations.

 

Manipulating your character is much simpler.

1.) If you want to add a certain item, simply look up the item ID in the wiki and type <player.additem ITEMID AMOUNT>.

2.) To modify your SPECIALS, you can use <player.modav VARIABLE AMOUNT> or <player.setav VARIABLE AMOUNT>.

3.) To level up, you can try <player.rewardxp AMOUNT>. This worked in the previous games. If this doesn't work, try <player.setav experience AMOUNT>.

4.) To advance in a certain skill branch, find the respective ID in the wiki and type <advancepcskill VARIABLE> to advance one point.

 

This is rather simple, and you shouldn't run the risk of messing up your game with these console commands. However, save often, just in case you mess it up anyways.

 

You probably see by now that this is quite some work. In addition, there are already over 15,000 mod files for Fallout 4. If you start looking for mods, you'll probably end up with dozens of them, or even more. I've got roughly 80+ mods for New Vegas and 100+ for Skyrim. These will change your gameplay dramatically, so replaying those 300 hours isn't perhaps such a bad idea compared to looking up all the IDs, console commands, and to risk messing up your game.

Edited November 21, 2016 by Banzai Babe

[bmt12]

I don't see Sony ever doing so, they're not the same company today that once had official support for linux distributions on the PS3 and the whole hacking thing has scared their PR people into cracking down even more.

 

As demonstrated above you certainly can use the console to advance to where you left on in quests but it's an incredibly tedious problem, one probably more so than just redoing them all. You can also use a number of commands to advance your level but that you should be prepared to have your starting equipment become woefully inadequate so that will require more cheating. I have to agree with the other poster who said that with the wealth of mod material though that it would be worth playing through again just for the added experience, I actually ended up playing though the Fallout 3 and New Vegas as well as Oblivion and Skyrim on my PS3 before I finally rebuilt by gaming computer and then I still put even more hours into each on that side.

Edited November 21, 2016 by bmt12

[Bernt]

Not much to add here. But I'll try anyway - if nothing else then with a couple of links: Fallout-Wiki will help you with all sorts of things - not least ID numbers on this and that. http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout

 

FO4 Console commands: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_4_console_commands

 

One specific command is very helpful in getting an ID of something - especially if that something is added by a mod. "Help item 4" In which ´"item" is whatever you're looking for whther that be some new fatigues or the vanila 10mm pistol.

 

As for mods: There's a 255 mod limit - which I'm constantly banging my head against. Just can't help it :facepalm: There's so much good stuff out there and always new mods are popping up. Stables on my load order are however terrain and weather replacers. Graphic enhancers in other words. And also quite a few replacers for vanila clothing making fabric look like fabric and metal like metal etc. Btw - the good thing about replacers is that they don't take up a lot in your loadorder.