Can't close the 3 valves (Dead Money)

[Lilium]

I'm at the part where you have to close the three valves before Dog/God blows himself up. But I noticed that my collar is beeping aswell. No matter how fast I am, I always end up exploding, even after calming/kiling Dog I still explode seconds after. How can I do this? Is this some kind of glitch?

[Valden21]

I can think of only two things. The first is that Dog sees you before you can shut off the valves, and if that happens, he removes his collar. In this case, you'll need to sneak up on him and talk to him while he's looking in another direction. This might be your best chance.

The second thing you could do is to play the command tape, the same thing you did to free him of his cell when you first found him.

[BM [PT]]

Use a stealth boy. or try not to be catched, when i did it, i remember i had almost all the time of the world (enough to close the valves), the problem or you are getting busted or is a glich.
Best way to do, is close a valve -quicksave-close a valve-quicksave.....

p.s- is this happening to you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yyoMrzq8FE

[Lilium]

Originally posted by Bruno Moreira PT:

p.s- is this happening to you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yyoMrzq8FE

Yes, that's exactly what happened to me. But I fixed it with the use of console commands. I used God Mode for this part so that the explosion of my collar wouldn't kill me. It ended up breaking my collar (didn't beep anymore when close to speakers) but it still appeared to be equipped on my character. I managed to beat the DLC and now I moved on to Honest Hearts.

[talgaby]

You did? If the collar explodes with god mode, the game usually flags you dead and the DLC end content doesn't play out. Strange.

[kellyfoll]

I have never let Dog out after the first time switching him, so I'm not sure how that would play out. If you have not switched him to God prior to this, you might be able to switch him before the automatic dialog begins.

But all else being equal, I never have needed a stealth boy. It's just a matter of timing - doing the first 2, then saving the one in the storage area for when God/Dog goes into the kitchen. After that it's a matter of passing a speech check, which is easily dealt with, just nab some wine or whiskey and don the sexy sleepwear.

[BM [PT]]

he is talking about god mode, not about god carachter. And must suck that a glitch/bug ruins the game experience. I'm lucky i didnt have any on missions.

[kellyfoll]

Originally posted by Bruno Moreira PT:

he is talking about god mode, not about god carachter. And must suck that a glitch/bug ruins the game experience. I'm lucky i didnt have any on missions.

Yeah I learned the hard way never to use console commands in Dead Money. Ended up with the collar still on and unable to leave the front gate and had to console-command my way out of the DLC. Served me right for trying to God mode my way out of the vault with all the gold heheh.

[BM [PT]]

Originally posted by kellyfoll:

Originally posted by Bruno Moreira PT:

he is talking about god mode, not about god carachter. And must suck that a glitch/bug ruins the game experience. I'm lucky i didnt have any on missions.

Yeah I learned the hard way never to use console commands in Dead Money. Ended up with the collar still on and unable to leave the front gate and had to console-command my way out of the DLC. Served me right for trying to God mode my way out of the vault with all the gold heheh.

there is a way of getting all gold, without using console commands xd. At first i wanted to do it, but it would destroy the game immersion, you would have all the money you want, and it wouldn't be fun anymore.
I got away with 5 gold bars, how many did you? xd

[kellyfoll]

Originally posted by Bruno Moreira PT:

Originally posted by kellyfoll:

Yeah I learned the hard way never to use console commands in Dead Money. Ended up with the collar still on and unable to leave the front gate and had to console-command my way out of the DLC. Served me right for trying to God mode my way out of the vault with all the gold heheh.

there is a way of getting all gold, without using console commands xd. At first i wanted to do it, but it would destroy the game immersion, you would have all the money you want, and it wouldn't be fun anymore.

Are you talking about sneaking up and dropping the gold near the forcefield? I tried that way once, but it didn't work for me, so I just decided to just "let go". Yeah, that one god mode incident taught me that it's not really worth it to try to get it all, as I never really needed to sell it anyway - the loot I brought back from the Sierra Madre was always enough to make me wealthier than God.

Originally posted by Bruno Moreira PT:

got away with 5 gold bars, how many did you? xd

My last playthrough I managed to get six. I had to dump most everything before even entering the vault.

[BM [PT]]

Originally posted by kellyfoll:

Originally posted by Bruno Moreira PT:

there is a way of getting all gold, without using console commands xd. At first i wanted to do it, but it would destroy the game immersion, you would have all the money you want, and it wouldn't be fun anymore.

Are you talking about sneaking up and dropping the gold near the forcefield? I tried that way once, but it didn't work for me, so I just decided to just "let go". Yeah, that one god mode incident taught me that it's not really worth it to try to get it all, as I never really needed to sell it anyway - the loot I brought back from the Sierra Madre was always enough to make me wealthier than God.

Originally posted by Bruno Moreira PT:

got away with 5 gold bars, how many did you? xd

My last playthrough I managed to get six. I had to dump most everything before even entering the vault.

there is a video on youtube, of a guy managing to do it, trough the forcefield tatic, and he does it legit. I had to dump everything to, only left with the unique weapon you receive when you enter the dlc xd.

btw, do you know if lockers on lonesome road, are safe? Cause i have like 2000 total ammo for energy weapons, and i want to save half in lockers. but i dont want them to dissapear.

[kellyfoll]

Originally posted by Bruno Moreira PT:

Originally posted by kellyfoll:

Are you talking about sneaking up and dropping the gold near the forcefield? I tried that way once, but it didn't work for me, so I just decided to just "let go". Yeah, that one god mode incident taught me that it's not really worth it to try to get it all, as I never really needed to sell it anyway - the loot I brought back from the Sierra Madre was always enough to make me wealthier than God.



My last playthrough I managed to get six. I had to dump most everything before even entering the vault.

there is a video on youtube, of a guy managing to do it, trough the forcefield tatic, and he does it legit. I had to dump everything to, only left with the unique weapon you receive when you enter the dlc xd.

btw, do you know if lockers on lonesome road, are safe? Cause i have like 2000 total ammo for energy weapons, and i want to save half in lockers. but i dont want them to dissapear.

The ones in the Hopeville Men's barracks are... I always use that a a home base where I stash or dump everything I'm not using. I use the locker next to the WC to store my armor, and the ammunition box behind the sandbags for ammo & weapons. Also the desk, where I usually put stuff like Wonderglue. I'm pretty sure the rest of the storage in that house are safe as well, although I haven't used them as much.

I did see that video you refer to, but like I say, it did not work for me and I couldn't be arsed to try again. By the time I get to that point I'm always just ready to get the hell out of the Sierra Madre. I do get the point of trying to get it all, though. It's a challenge that everyone's got to try at least once - like Mount Everest: "because it's there."

[BM [PT]]

Originally posted by kellyfoll:

Originally posted by Bruno Moreira PT:

there is a video on youtube, of a guy managing to do it, trough the forcefield tatic, and he does it legit. I had to dump everything to, only left with the unique weapon you receive when you enter the dlc xd.

btw, do you know if lockers on lonesome road, are safe? Cause i have like 2000 total ammo for energy weapons, and i want to save half in lockers. but i dont want them to dissapear.

The ones in the Hopeville Men's barracks are... I always use that a a home base where I stash or dump everything I'm not using. I use the locker next to the WC to store my armor, and the ammunition box behind the sandbags for ammo & weapons. Also the desk, where I usually put stuff like Wonderglue. I'm pretty sure the rest of the storage in that house are safe as well, although I haven't used them as much.

I did see that video you refer to, but like I say, it did not work for me and I couldn't be arsed to try again. By the time I get to that point I'm always just ready to get the hell out of the Sierra Madre. I do get the point of trying to get it all, though. It's a challenge that everyone's got to try at least once - like Mount Everest: "because it's there."

thanks man, the loot in lonesome road is worth a lot of caps.
I wanted to try too, maybe later xd
But to be honest my first feeling was pure greed, all that gold...

[function9]

Even when encumbered, you have enough time to sneak/walk out of the vault before the force field is reactivated. I've read you need either a stealth boy or 60+ sneak or Elijah will notice you. Can't say anything about that as I always have about 80 by then. Those Automatic Rifles can go for a good price too. There's a utility closet a bit East of the residential district with a workbench and toolbox. I use the toolbox to hold all my loot and just retrieve it after I'm out of the casino. Takes a little bit being encumbered, but even with some ghost people respawned, it's usually a clear shot to and from there.

But really, you don't even need any gold bars to get more caps than you'll ever spend. It's just nice to have them though. The free vouchers that accumulate after you complete it are worth far more than the gold bars.

I usually use the Hopeville Armory as a base during LR. But, the men's/women's barracks are safe too. I believe all the containers up in the Crow's nest are safe as well.

[barnacle balls]

its been years since this post has been up but i found out why the collar still beeps, i loaded a save before i auto saved in the kitchen and started hearing beeping and exploding every time i tried to turn the valves off and i made sure there was no beeping before i entered the kitchen using the emergency key, i was standing next to the toaster and the beeping stopped and i was able to go in

[Benzedrine]

Originally posted by symbiote:

its been years since this post has been up but i found out why the collar still beeps, i loaded a save before i auto saved in the kitchen and started hearing beeping and exploding every time i tried to turn the valves off and i made sure there was no beeping before i entered the kitchen using the emergency key, i was standing next to the toaster and the beeping stopped and i was able to go in

THANK YOU. I was stuck for ages and didn't know what I was doing wrong lmao