Where's some safe storage lockers?

[fishhooks]

...topic...namely, where can I find a locker or storage bin of some kind that I can put my 'collectibles' (i.e. stuff for crafting, extra ammo, armor, etc.) I'm assuming there are probably several in various safe houses I may get later on, but just starting out, is there any place in Goodsprigs?

Thanks

[Mobro]

Behind the saloon there are 5 empty crates that I used for storage. I then started playing the 'Old World Blues' dlc and was using the Sink to be a base. Only problem is you have to get rid of your companions. (A pain in the xxx) So I'm now using a mod called a 'A Vault for Two' mod. Not bad..a few minor drawbacks, but so far stable. I hope this helps
Mobro

[Son of Simon]

I've been useing the hotel room in Novac. The dead sheriff's house in Primm works too.

[fishhooks]

Thanks for the tips. So far, I've been using one of the foot lockers in Doc's house in Goodsprings, and so far, so good.

I'm thinking the School house safe might be a good short-term storage, since I don't believe the safes will respawn items, once they've been opened...what do you think?

I remember that FO3 allowed me to go into the console and re-set any container so it was mine, which prevented the respawning of items (and subsequent loss of anything I had stored there), but I haven't seen anything like that in this game.

[ubik]

The storage crate for Honest Hearts is probably a safe bet.

[OutsidR]

Nexis: Goodsprings Shack mod, Has plenty of storage, clean running water, bed, etc.

[fishhooks]

Originally posted by OutsidR:

Nexis: Goodsprings Shack mod, Has plenty of storage, clean running water, bed, etc.

Is that the overhaul mod? like the FO3 mod Wanderer (iirc)?

[talgaby]

The only unsafe containers are firdges outside the designated player houses (Novac, Lucky 38, Sink) and amaybe an occasional ammo box or two. Everything else is non-respawning.

[fishhooks]

OK...thanks for the info. I'll sleep better tonight, knowing that my 'stuff' is not gonna disappear when I start out tomorrow. lol

[talgaby]

Also, if you want temporary storages only, the game resets the respawning containers every 72 in-game hours. So you have three in-game days to haul a load to a safe spot then go back. Considering how small the map is, this means several turns, and almost nothing in the desert gives you this much loot apart from trying to move your DM earnings to your current house.

[EolSunder]

containers in fallout 3 and NV, the normal random loot ones you find about (boxes, cabinets, etc) can spawn items once. Once those containers spawn random loot their "switch" is turned off, so they won't re-spawn items. If you want to store items in a container and not be worried about losing stuff, etc then just make sure to store items in a container that already had items in it. So if you go into a room that has 6 boxes, and 2 of those boxes have random loot already and the other 4 are empty, then those 2 boxes are safe to store items since their "loot" switch is turned off.

If you re-enter that cell such as fast traveling away and back, the game re-checks each time you enter the cell for containers to see if they spawn items. So when you re-enter that cell it will look at the 6 chests again, see that 2 are turned "off" and ignore them, then check the remaining 4 for chances to spawn random loot.

So store stuff anywhere you want just make sure the container already had items in it and your good.

[fishhooks]

OK...thanks. In FO3 I had occasional problems with containers that I had looted already respawning items a second (or even multiple) times...and I'm pretty certain on that, so I don't know if the "switched off" idea applied across the board in that game. Even in this game, I've pulled loot out of the dumpsters next to the store in Goodsprings twice already, as well as a couple of the mailboxes. So I'm not sure the "switch off" is an absolute.

But I know the safes definately apply, so I've just been storing items there.

Thanks for all the helpful tips, guys.

[Swagna]

The sink locker/safe.

[talgaby]

Originally posted by fishhooks:

In FO3 I had occasional problems with containers

FO3 had a lot more respawning containers. Obsidian didn't have time to make these small fine tunes in the game with their dev time cut by a year, this is why most NPCs don't have daily routines outside Goodsprings and McCarran either.