Fallout-Next
OFFICIAL
FALLOUT PATCHES
If you have the initial release of Fallout (v.1.0), then you should get
the Fallout v.1.1 patch. The patch fixes many bugs, improves stability, and increases
the game’s overall performance. It is about a megabyte in size for Macintosh,
while for Win32 and DOS platforms the sizes are 556 and 644 kilobytes,
respectively. A GeoCities mirror has been added for the Win32 patch because of
wait lines for both FilePlanet and Interplay servers.
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Win32 v.1.1 patch (566 kb)
[Interplay FTP] [FilePlanet HTTP/FTP] [GeoCities HTTP]
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DOS v.1.1 patch (644 kb)
[Interplay FTP] [FilePlanet HTTP/FTP]
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Macintosh v.1.1 patch (1088 kb)
[Interplay FTP]
[FilePlanet HTTP/FTP]
Version 1.2 (the European release) features the same bugfixes as patch
v.1.1 but also removes children from the game.
USEFUL
FILES
Some files are needed for Fallout (2) to run. They include:
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Microsoft DirectX: The latest version can be found at Microsoft’s
DirectX website here. It is required for the Win32 version of Fallout. The
website is located at www.microsoft.com/directx.
Fallout requires DirectX 3.0a to run. Computers running under Windows NT 4.0
Service Release 3 (and later incarnations of the NT kernel) as well as Windows
98 (and later incarnations of the Win95 kernel) have DirectX embedded within
the kernel. Windows 95 DOES NOT have DirectX instructions and it needs to be
installed.
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DOS/4GW: This is the extended-mode binary that is needed for the DOS version of
Fallout to run.
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CWSDPMI: Yet another extended-mode binary for DOS, this is needed for the DOS
version of the Fallout character editor.
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Win-Zip by Niko-Mak: This is an excellent archiving utility that is
needed to unzip practically all of the files on this website! You can download
Win-Zip at www.winzip.com.
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StuffIt Expander by Aladdin Systems: Similar to Win-Zip (except that this
utility is for the Macintosh), this utility can extract compressed files with
the .hqx extension. You can grab it at www.aladdinsys.com.
HACKED
CHARACTERS
There are two hacked characters available for download. Here is the
lowdown on both of them:
Vanessa,
a 21-year old female, and Robert, a 26-year old male, are “outworld” initiates of
the Brotherhood of Steel (BOS). Their status indicates that they operate
covertly and are not doing anything “official” for the BOS, nor are they
“actual members” of the BOS. Their mission is to destroy the mutant threat
plaguing California but, as a cover for their actual quest, they are searching
for a replacement water chip for Vault 13.
Vanessa
is extremely capable in combat, but she is best suited for affairs which call
for diplomacy. Robert, on the other hand, has better training in the ways of war,
but has more than adequate knowledge where nonviolent matters are concerned.
As
far as equipment is concerned, both Vanessa and Robert have more than enough
weaponry to deal with any threat, real or imaginary. Both have specialized
suits of T-51b Powered Armor (a variant which removes the Brotherhood insignia
and features a tougher exterior “skin”) as well as a Rocket Launcher, a
semiautomatic Combat Shotgun, a Sniper Rifle, a sledgehammer engineered by the
BOS, as well as lots of miscellaneous paraphernalia that can aid them whenever
needed (lock picks, healing chemicals, etc.) Vanessa and Robert have also
undergone medical operations that include the fitting of dermal armor and the
strengthening the body to better cope with radiation and chemicals.
NOTE: Extract the zipped files into the
directory (root Fallout directory)/data/savegame/slot0x. Both of the characters
start the game outside of the Brotherhood of Steel base and have 148 days to
retrieve the water chip (as opposed to 150). And yes, you do not have to
search or find the water chip. Destroying the mutant threat will enable you to
beat the game.
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Vanessa, Hacked Character for Fallout (56 kb)
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Robert, Hacked Character for Fallout (55 kb)
FALLOUT
DEMO
An early build of the Fallout demo is available for both Win32 and the
Macintosh. You play as Max Stone in a town called Scrapheap (reminiscent of
Junktown). There are two gangs, the Fools and the Crypts, who are trying to
gain control of Scrapheap. Help the gangs by joining one and killing the other.
There is also an extremely small subquest.
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Win32 Demo, zipped file (19.6 megabytes)
[FilePlanet HTTP/FTP] [Interplay FTP]
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Macintosh Demo, binhexed file (28.8 megabytes)
[FilePlanet HTTP/FTP] [Interplay FTP]
FALLOUT
CHARACTER EDITOR (i386 binaries)
Khor Chin Heong has written an excellent Fallout character editor, which
essentially is a trainer that lets you edit virtually every single aspect of
your character’s statistics via a saved game. This utility should be used under
your own risk, as it can invalidate your saved game files! (Note that this is
unsupported software, so use at your own risk.) Khor’s Fallout Character Editor
website is located here.
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FALCHE v.1.20 (Fallout) for Win32, zipped (150 kb)
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FALCHE v.1.11 (Fallout) for DOS, zipped (50 kb)