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  • Fallout:London

    From DotNettie@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 3 10:55:15 2024
    I haven't been following the Fallout London stuff, but I just read about
    it and have a question. I have Fallout 4 on Steam, but am I to
    understand that edition is not going to work with "London". I need the
    GOTY edition? I don't see that edition on Steam.

    So, I have to go to GOG? I used to like that GOG, But I hate Galaxy. I
    moved my stuff from there.

    TY

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  • From DotNettie@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Sat Aug 3 14:43:02 2024
    On 8/3/2024 12:22 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Sat, 3 Aug 2024 10:55:15 -0400, DotNettie <DotN@noaddress.net>
    wrote:

    I haven't been following the Fallout London stuff, but I just read about
    it and have a question. I have Fallout 4 on Steam, but am I to
    understand that edition is not going to work with "London". I need the
    GOTY edition? I don't see that edition on Steam.

    So, I have to go to GOG? I used to like that GOG, But I hate Galaxy. I
    moved my stuff from there.

    TY

    No, you don't need to buy it from GOG.
    (and even if you do, you don't actually need to use Galaxy. Just
    download the installer directly from the GOG website).

    You CAN use "Fallout London" with the Steam version of "Fallout 4". It
    just takes a few more steps to achieve because the Steam version of
    "Fallout 4" automatically applies the "Next Gen" content patch, and
    you need to reverse that first.

    Note that you must own ALL of the DLC expansions for "Fallout 4". This
    means you either need to own the original, base game and have
    individually purchased the "Far Harbor", "Nuka-World", Contraptions Workshop", Vault-Tec", "Wasteland Workshop" and "Automatron" DLC, or
    own the Game-of-the-Year edition (which has all the DLC included).

    If you want to use "Fallout London" with the Steam version, here are
    the instructions at their most basic:

    1) download and install "Fallout 4" (plus all DLC) on
    Steam. A clean install is recommended; if you do have
    mods, remove them.
    2) download the Fallout London executables from the GOG
    web site
    3) download and run the "downgrader" tool from NexusMods
    https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4london/mods/1
    (you can also downgrade manually; that page has
    instructions but the tool is easiest)
    4) Run the Fallout London installer you downloaded
    in step 3. Point it towards your Fallout 4
    installation directory
    5) Play.


    Using the GOG version saves you a few steps.


    TL;DR: if you already own Fallout 4 GOTY on Steam, just use that.
    There's no need to spend an extra $40USD on GOG.
    (sorry GOG!)



    Spalls, thank you so much. I've got a couple of the expansions I got
    from Steam.This sounds like a lot of hassle for something I didn't care
    about all that much.I think after all the other Fallout games in the
    series, I did tire of the post-nuclear themes.

    D.

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  • From Rin Stowleigh@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Sat Aug 3 17:44:50 2024
    On Sat, 03 Aug 2024 12:22:52 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    TL;DR: if you already own Fallout 4 GOTY on Steam, just use that.
    There's no need to spend an extra $40USD on GOG.
    (sorry GOG!)

    They were selling FO4 GOTY for $15 right as FO London was released,
    I'm sure it will hit that price again at some point in the future.

    I didn't even attempt to load it yet, because I can only imagine the
    bugs.. and I'm still working through FO 76.

    And besides unless you spend hours trying to follow the unremarkable
    stories within it (I don't, I typically space bar through the dialog
    as its a waste of life otherwise), Fallout is pretty much Fallout.

    I will try FO London at somepoint though. I figured whenever I do get
    the urge, FO4 GOTY won't be on sale anywhere so better to lock in the
    discount while I could.

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu Aug 8 18:33:56 2024
    On Sat, 03 Aug 2024 12:22:52 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    3) download and run the "downgrader" tool from NexusMods
    https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4london/mods/1
    (you can also downgrade manually; that page has
    instructions but the tool is easiest)

    The tool requires your Steam pw.

    Ummmm... No.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri Aug 9 17:33:08 2024
    On Fri, 09 Aug 2024 11:00:51 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    You can manually downgrade the Steam version if you choose; it's a
    /bit/ more complicated (instructions lifted from here:

    I did all of it. It worked perfectly. It was a bit of a pain but took
    about 20 minutes. It was when a destructive install of the mod was about
    to occur that I just bought it from GOG. I'm still playing Far Harbor, so
    I'd rather leave my Steam install alone.

    But I would not recommend to anyone that they share their Steam account credentials with complete strangers. Ever.

    I cannot stress this enough, folks: DO NOT use the downgrade tool. You
    never know, and I don't know how they're getting past SteamGuard, but
    most people have it up.

    That's some real bad mojo.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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