How much longer is this patch going to take? To be frank, I bought it 1-2 months ago, and I expected to start playing in 1-2 months ago. But I can't, and tbh, im not going to play the first 4 hours of the game over and over and over again.

Why do you have to play the first 4 hours repeatedly?

I think suits at Bethesda are maliciously delaying it till right before the christmas.

This

it sounds like a personal problem to me. The patch will come out at the same time as the DLC, so you've got 18 days or so left. just play the game, not everyone has glitches. There's already been one patch, maybe 2.

Are there any patches for PS3 and if so how do I download them? Are they just at the PS Store?

Yea their a few bugs when it comes to dialog when it comes to certain mission that can't be completed like delivering the shipment to that head fiend dude but the dialog option to tell here your stuff won't pop up just like with the Benny quest the bartender never would allow me to tell him here he is you can hire him etc.

The gun pop up glitch is still present

Long loads after long sessions of play

ps3 patches, like xbox pataches, should automatically be applied when you start the game, assumng that there is a patch out. I know there was one for the Xbox, but, alas, I play not on the PS3

This is [censored].. its been like 2 months since release and i still havent played beyond Novac

i refuse to ruin this game by playing it buggy so ill be a good idiot really devoted fan and waith for patch.. but i think its horrid to exploit us fans this way...

Becouse this game... is really really really buggy

I, suprisingly, have only come across 1 or 2 bugs. I'm telling you right now that no matter what patch comes out there'll still be bugs. It's a great game, but to each his own.

I don't understand why a patch should come out when the DLC comes out? What's the logic behind this

Normally there will be a patch when a DLC comes out to deal with problems created by the DLC, but there should be a patch to fix problems in the core came before then. While I certainly won't play the role of drama queen and proclaim that I'll never buy a Bethesda or Obsidian game again (I enjoy them too much), I definitely won't be buying one on release day anymore. I'll give the next one time to get the kinks worked out. And who knows? Maybe the price will have gone down by then too.

but...there;s already been a patch...

The upcoming patch will be for all platforms and will be applied, assuming your console or pc is online and signed in (if that is needed for consoles to patch)




Yes they are working on the second one. I would guess that it will be out earlier than the DLC. Obsidian wants to get this game patched as soon as possible.

Not a clue, but at least I should be able to pick up a used copy for less now. *rolls eyes*

I’m glad there weren’t any preorder bonuses (I mean something real not a ingame armor/weapon) or I probability would’ve preordered and be stuck with an unplayable paperweight that just depreciates in value.

The game patch should be out before the DLC. As you said, usually the DLC patches the game but it is usually in a minor way to enable new content or scripting.

There is something to be said about waiting for the kinks to be worked out for most games.

Very true especially regarding working the kinks out of the game.

Hopefully the patch will be out before the DLC, although having said that another game released again recently had DLC available before the patch was.

There is something to be said about producing a product that works as intended off the shelf.

Sorry, but a few of us are experiencing 'game-breaking' issues...despite the fairy tale existence of some of the doubters.

This patch has been too long coming.

I'm giving it a week or so then the game becomes a drink coaster...at least it should work at that....

I've always felt bad for the people who have these problems out of the box. People who say that this is the buggiest beth product id have to disagree. Oblivion crashed far more often for me but not only that the amount of bugs was mind boggling. Everyone has different problems with different games, your best bet is to be patient and wait. And keep in mind a lot of this seems to be hardware specific some xboxs seem to crash or freeze often and others not often or at all, this is because microsoft has changed its hardware on the xbox numerous times over the years.

Better luck next week?

If the big wonder-patch shows up a few scant days before the DLC it'll be too little, too late. The sand at the bottom of the hourglass is starting to look awfully full now.

I hope the patch would be released before the DLC comes out but I doubt it and I wouldn't want that because I wanna make sure that they get everything right.

I honestly love the Fallout series, but when you can't be sure of how long you are going to be playing, it's a real buzzkill.

You could play for hours with only minor glitches, or you could play for half an hour and freeze when walking somewhere.

Even when the game isn't breaking (ie: crashing or freezing), VATS doesn't work, guns don't fire/reload, and all the similar stuff that was fixed in Fallout 3 is back again to annoy us.

All of these bugs were apparent in Fallout 3, this isn't a new engine, it's THE SAME ONE FROM BEFORE.

So when Bethesda grabs their old engine and gives it to Obsidian to make a new game with, and they come back with a game that is buggier and worse off than the original game code that was used, that is saying something awful about Bethesda's quality control.

Doesn't matter if Obsidian knows all of the canon in Fallout, all the best wishes aren't going to make Bethesda's horrible engine work.

It's a shame really, because Fallout is the best post apocalyptic rpg I can think of, and it just doesn't get the justice it truly deserves because Bethesda forget that their job is to publish a game that is a step forward, and not a step backward.

Yea, this is getting a bit ridiculous. I am sorry - but I have doubts when I see significantly smaller companies releasing more than one substantial patch in the time frame it takes beth/obsidian to release one patch to address game breaking issues.

I understand not everyone is having these problems, but the bottom line these issues do exist and its frequently happening for people who are paying for a product they expect to play through when they see it sitting on store shelves.

I love both obsidian and beth for the games they make, but c'mon now...

I have to say, it's quite refreshing to see a newer member of the forums post something that is exactly along the lines of what actually happened. I'm so used to seeing newbies post flames at Obsidian because they think it's their fault that the game came out as buggy as it did, whenever it's Bethesda's fault for not providing enough time for bug testing by possibly delaying the release date by a matter of weeks.

Props to you, good sir. :tops: :foodndrink:

As for an ETA on the patch, I imagine it's going to be sometime before the DLC. I'd say about a week or so before it. The only patch that will be coming out WITH the DLC will be the one that adds achievements/trophies for it.

Except in this case the game already has plenty of problems before the DLC is added. I don't see why you wouldn't run two teams: one team working on the DLC content, and the other working on fixing the game engine and the baseline game content. Or even, if I might be allowed to be so heretical and revolutionary, devote *all* effort toward fixing the game engine and the baseline game content before you think about adding more ingredients to the soup. The fewer the variables you are working with, the easier that bugs are to find and kill.

As far as "there's already been a patch", there's actually been two. The first one was sent out about a week after the game was released, a common symptom of inadequate beta testing. The second patch was released later, and broke about as much as it fixed including the infamous lever action bug (which existed before, but got much much worse). At this point it'd probably be better to run the base game, plus the first patch, plus the community-developed patch, if you could somehow make that happen.

The last information posted by Gstaff on the patch was 19 November...it's now 5 December. From the looks of it, the proposed patch was a failure and they have had to go back to the drawing board.

I think that it is time that people stopped being apologists for the companies, and started facing the reality of what is occurring. Sure, we know some people aren't having problems (reputedly), and we know a lot of people are. Every discussion on the problems have been hijacked by the apologists, in some cases in a manner which is little short of spamming. Insults and flaming has occurred, and a lot of bad blood has been seen on the forums.

I'm actually wondering if some of the apologists aren't plants by the company to try and deflect the blame...some of these people can't be as sycophantic as they appear, surely? Particularly when the proof is looking them in the face...

Personally, I got F3 on day one, as I did with FNV. As soon as the DLC went to disc, I got it all (less that spaceship rubbish) on day one, I thoroughly enjoyed it. With FNV, in a relatively short time from release, I'm simply checking Steam for the patch update and these boards to see if any advice has come out....I can't finish the game unless a patch comes out to resolve the more game-breaking issues.

My personal view? This game is a failure. It will be a cold day in hell before I get any DLC for it, unless they virtually give it away, and only then if the game performance actually performs.