Fallout 2 (Unofficial Expansion) Iron Man Challenge

Active players/Roster
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     Player         Character          Desc/Archetype          Gifted?          Level

1. dagorkan         Ragnar             Jack-of-all-trades      No                 6          DEAD!
2. Mr Happy         Elwood             Medic/diplomat?         Yes                2
3. dolio            Ziggy              Mechanic/brawler        Yes                5          DEAD!
4. ?                ?                  ?                       ?                  ?

The Wieners
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   Name          Game             Alignment          Gifted           Favorite Ending

1. ?                F2:KM
2. ?                F2:KM
3. ?                F2:KM
4. ?                F2:KM

The Losers
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   Player    Character      Game       Gifted      Level     Cause of Death

1. dolio     Ziggy          F2:KM      Yes         5         Killed in a scuffle with customs in Vault City
2. dagorkan  Ragnar         F2:KM      No          6         Slapped to death by a Jet Whore in The Den
3. ?         ?              F2:KM      ???         ?
4. ?         ?              F2:KM      ???         ?

The Holodisk of Shame
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   Player    Character      Game       Gifted     Cause of Death

1. dagorkan  Ragnar         F2:KM      No         Slapped to death by a Jet Whore after barely surviving Tyler's gang
2. ?         ?              F2:KM      ?
3. ?                        F2:KM      ?
4. ?         ?              F2:KM      ?

The Board of Fallen Heroes
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Fallout 2: KM
NPC          # of Deaths    # of Survivals
Sulik             1               N/A
Vic               1               N/A
Miria             1               N/A
Davin            N/A              N/A
Cassidy           1               N/A
Lenny             ?               N/A
Marcus            ?               N/A
Myron            N/A              N/A
Skynet           N/A              N/A
K-9              N/A              N/A
Goris            N/A              N/A
Cyber Dog        N/A              N/A
Dogmeat           ?               N/A

-Where can I get Fallout 1&2?-

You mean you don't have it already!? :gonk: You missed out on fine gaming, my friend. For those of you who cannot find your old copies or have never played the game, Interplay released a game pack shortly before they tanked with both Fallout RPGs and Fallout Tactics on one DVD, all optimized for Windows XP which you can find on any game distribution webstore. Chances are you'll get the International version which had children removed but don't sweat it, there's patches for that.

If you haven't played before I wouldn't recommend playing Iron Man until at least one playthrough, and I suggest starting with Fallout 1 first. If you can't wait for package delivery and want to get them some other way... I don't give a shit.

For those of you installing from the original CD copies use this handy dandy guide for installing 1&2 in Windows2000, NT, and XP. Mac gamers *snort* need not apply.

If you're worried about being able to run it, the games were made in 1998 and 1999. They're 2D, and anybody can run them. You'll have to live with a fixed 640x480 resolution, but the art is so good you shouldn't care.

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-Where can I get Killap's Mod-

Edit: Follow NMA instructions, and see fifth post of this thread

<s>Bugged, don't download

All the files from a fast host, includes latest Fixes and children patch for non-US version. Tell me if it there are any problems with it.</s>

edit: You'll also need this )just unpack into your Fallout directory)

Alternatively, go here (NMA thread)

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-Da Rules-

1. Save often and alternate between saves. If one file becomes corrupted you'll need that other one to fall back on.

[Note: especially true for Killap's mod, I had a nasty crash just when I entered Klamath, luckily I'm obsessive-compulsive about saving (though I haven't reloaded except to start the game), and I had a save in an empty random encounter just before arriving - reloading and entering Klamath seemed to get rid of that bug.]

2.Fallout 2 players should use this patch, which solves the high processing issue with map travel and increases encounters to the normal rate.

3. DON'T RELOAD FAGGOT! Ctrl+L sissy boys aren't welcome. If Dogmeat or any other follower bites the dust, tough shit. Post about it and get mondo cool points. If you die, then that's just a faster trip to the board.

4. Don't use your screename as your character name. You're probably gonna die. It wouldn't do to have your name going up on the board multiple times, so be creative.

5. No Speedrunning. Under absolutely no conditions are you to speedrun through your Iron Man. That's just gay. Don't go to Navarro to get the Power Armor early, don't do anything that would throw off the natural progression of the game. If you want to avoid combat and come back when you're ready, that's fine. To prove that you didn't speedrun, do the following:

6. Update your character's progress using screenshots either via the Print Screen button (not recommended) or by using F12. When saving a screenshot with F12, a .bmp version of your screen will be saved to the game directory. Convert it to JPEG, host it, and post it. Give a description of what's going on and how you're progressing, and don't bore use with how many times you fucked Mrs. Bishop, just tell us about the cool stuff or present it in a humorous or interesting way. If you avoided a major combat then get a screencap of proof, preferably a dialog screen. If you don't have image hosting then use Photobucket.com or any other crappy and free hosting service. If you can't keep up with all the necessary screens, don't sweat it, it's just more interesting this way.

7. Be sure to preface your description of every NPC death with the smiley so that I can spot them and add to the tally Board of Fallen Heroes. Make sure to take a screenshot of their beautiful corpse.

8. "I died, what now?" Post about it, Meathead! When your character dies use this picture:

or:

for the appropriate games. Describe how you died, and your name goes on the Board of Losers (but you're a winner for being honest), and if you died in a particularly stupid way, it'll go in the Holodisk of Shame. Once you're done with all the info, it's time to make another character in either game, and start anew!

9. "What if I don't die? What if I win?" THEN YOU A WINNER! CONGRATURATION! You get on the Wieners Board. Just be sure to mention whether your character was primarily good or evil, which NPC followers survived, and which one of the multiple endings you're most proud of.

Now GET CRACKING CRACKAS!

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dolio said:

Yeah, there's at least one I haven't done yet (find some dude).

On a possible upside of my ineptitude, I found a couple pieces of lewt I'd missed my first time through the rat maze. On the downside, I can't for the life of me find the pistol I found the first time through, so I don't have enough money to buy the leather armor this time.

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Edit: I don't know if this is the unofficial expansion or not, but I can't travel anywhere without getting several encounters, most of which totally obliterate my party (I uninstalled the encounter booster, but that didn't seem to do anything). For instance, I'd say 75% of the encounters around Vault City are either raiders, who always kill at least someone, or a Vault City patrol fighting raiders, which, since my party is plunked smack in the middle of their battle field, always results in both groups accidentally shooting my people, and becoming hostile, and proceeding to wipe me out. Add to that the fact that I can't really afford to buy anything, and things are getting rather frustrating. Can't say I remember things being this nasty before (and Fallout, which I just got done playing, doesn't hold a candle to this).

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