How to obtain the Cryolator gun

[daleslad]

While reading a game guide on the Gamepressure.com website I came across a FAQ list. One of the questions was "How to unlock Cryolator early in the game". According to the guide you can use Dogmeat to get the gun for you. Unfortunately it's not working for me, Dogmeat is supposed to go with you down the elevator and find the gun. The dog starts out with me on the lift and by the time I get to the bottom it is no longer there. I've tried this 4 times and made sure dogmeat was on the pad with me when it started going down.
Has anyone else successfully managed to do this.

[GoreTiger]

I've beaten the game and nearly all the relevant quests and never had it where I can't go back down into the vault.

[The Inept European]

Originally posted by Agarillobob:

downgrade the game to a prior version

Extremely bad idea.

If you want the Cryolator that bad just spawn it from the console.

[The Inept European]

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

I've beaten the game and nearly all the relevant quests and never had it where I can't go back down into the vault.

Well, maybe it's BS, I just heard it recently on this forum.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

It's not a strawman argument, Considering the glitches we were talking about were relevant on ALL versions of the game, And what YOU mentioned is only relevant to a single one.

Yet here you are arguing about it on a PC forum.

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

Peon has a habit of just wanting to stick his nose in the air. ?

It was YOU that started it, or did you forget already?

You brought up someone completely irrelevant in a PC forum just to contradict what I said.

Do I need to tell everyone I help with their technical crap that the fix only works on PC? Simply because according to you such comments are needed.

Originally posted by The Inept European:

Well, maybe it's BS, I just heard it recently on this forum.

Someone confused Fallout 76 with Fallout 4, again.

[Jouchebag]

Originally posted by The Inept European:

Originally posted by Agarillobob:

downgrade the game to a prior version

Extremely bad idea.

If you want the Cryolator that bad just spawn it from the console.

Or walk up to the case, open the console, select the locked case, and type "unlock"

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by Jouchebag:

Originally posted by The Inept European:

Extremely bad idea.

If you want the Cryolator that bad just spawn it from the console.

Or walk up to the case, open the console, select the locked case, and type "unlock"

I wonder....

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Originally posted by The Inept European:

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

I've beaten the game and nearly all the relevant quests and never had it where I can't go back down into the vault.

Well, maybe it's BS, I just heard it recently on this forum.

Looks like it is BS. I just tried to confirm it. Looked all around. I am pretty sure I saw it on the wiki page listing all the quests. As a note for the end of chapter x. But nothing is there now. Either it was removed or I had another strange nightmare after eating pepperoni pizza too close to bed time. Sometimes those ronis are too peppy. And they fight back.


EDIT: I was looking for something else and I just found this on the mod page for Amazing Follower Tweaks:
17) Save your Spouse
Your spouse was shot in the head, but then immediately frozen. If you
visit your spouse with Curie before the power in Vault 111 runs out (at
the end of Act 1 hint, hint), you can save them.

So this sounds like what I remember about why you can't reenter the vault because the power is out. I think. I still can't find anything in the wiki.

[GoreTiger]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

It's not a strawman argument, Considering the glitches we were talking about were relevant on ALL versions of the game, And what YOU mentioned is only relevant to a single one.

Yet here you are arguing about it on a PC forum.

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

Peon has a habit of just wanting to stick his nose in the air. ?

It was YOU that started it, or did you forget already?

You brought up someone completely irrelevant in a PC forum just to contradict what I said.

Do I need to tell everyone I help with their technical crap that the fix only works on PC? Simply because according to you such comments are needed.

Originally posted by The Inept European:

Well, maybe it's BS, I just heard it recently on this forum.

Someone confused Fallout 76 with Fallout 4, again.

Once again, Let me repeat myself: Console people tend to come on PC forums asking questions about games too.
And considering that the website OP posted isn't a pc-exclusive site either, It's perfectly plausable to bring up Console too, Especially considering what you said.

I didn't start anything. You mentioned console commands, I mentioned they don't work for the PC version. We were talking about a UNIVERSAL glitch that allowed you to get the cryolater early that WASN'T exclusive to the PC. YOU are the one crying like it is. What I said was relevant to the glitch we were talking about, What you said isn't.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

I wonder....

Answered. You kept your mouth shut when these people said similar things about console command usage:

Originally posted by The Inept European:

If you want the Cryolator that bad just spawn it from the console.

Originally posted by Jouchebag:

Or walk up to the case, open the console, select the locked case, and type "unlock"

Now you are attacking the relevance of MY console comments (once again ignoring the other people who ALSO made console command comments.)

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

What I said was relevant to the glitch we were talking about, What you said isn't.

Consoles were irrelevant to the conversation until YOU brought them up.

Console commands ARE the biggest PC exploit. Patching exploits in a single player game is a stupid waste of time, especially when the console command exists. Which was the point I was making and a point you OBVIOUSLY missed.

By the way...

I was waiting to see if anyone else would catch this, because it is far more fun to share embarrassing someone who is talking @#$% and dont know @#$%.

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

Doesn't on Consoles unless you're using a mod to access it.

Consoles do not have access to console commands, even with mods. If you were even half as familiar with the amount of console posts you claimed to be familiar with you would have known this.

Dont start @#$% if you dont know @#$%.

[Jouchebag]

Steam is not a place for discussion of console games. No one here assumes people are using any method other than Steam itself to play the games.

GameFAQs is a great place to go for console help.

So is Bethesda's forums. You know. The people who make the game.

[DouglasGrave]

When it comes to the game on other platforms, I don't think it's completely wrong to mention how it might behave on them since it's not at all unreasonable to think people will occasionally be present. One thing I personally like about using exploits (rather than mods or console commands) is that it's generally applicable to every case, regardless of platform.

But it's also not the primary focus of this forum; it is a Steam forum after all.

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Console commands ARE the biggest PC exploit.

I wouldn't call console commands an exploit at all, since when you use them they're basically working as intended (bypassing or altering normal game settings and such).

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by DouglasGrave:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Console commands ARE the biggest PC exploit.

I wouldn't call console commands an exploit at all, since when you use them they're basically working as intended (bypassing or altering normal game settings and such).

Not falling for that obvious trollbait. @#$% off and go find someone else to argue with.

[DouglasGrave]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by DouglasGrave:

I wouldn't call console commands an exploit at all, since when you use them they're basically working as intended (bypassing or altering normal game settings and such).

Not falling for that obvious trollbait. @#$% off and go find someone else to argue with.

That's more a problem with you seeing any kind of vaguely different viewpoint as a personal attack.

An exploit implies that you're somehow gaining an advantage that goes beyond what was intended. That's not true of console commands, since bypassing normal restrictions is part of their design.

[IvantheFormidable]

Originally posted by DouglasGrave:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Not falling for that obvious trollbait. @#$% off and go find someone else to argue with.

That's more a problem with you seeing any kind of vaguely different viewpoint as a personal attack.

An exploit implies that you're somehow gaining an advantage that goes beyond what was intended. That's not true of console commands, since bypassing normal restrictions is part of their design.

I would say that using CC to get your hands on something that you aren't normally able to get your hands on is an exploit, whether it's spawning a powerful gun or using it to bypass perk requirements. It's done outside of 'normal gameplay'. But to each their own.

[DouglasGrave]

Originally posted by IvantheFormidable:

Originally posted by DouglasGrave:

That's more a problem with you seeing any kind of vaguely different viewpoint as a personal attack.

An exploit implies that you're somehow gaining an advantage that goes beyond what was intended. That's not true of console commands, since bypassing normal restrictions is part of their design.

I would say that using CC to get your hands on something that you aren't normally able to get your hands on is an exploit, whether it's spawning a powerful gun or using it to bypass perk requirements. It's done outside of 'normal gameplay'. But to each their own.

Sure, it's outside of normal gameplay, but with a console command that's by design.

An "exploit" implies you're exploiting something to produce a result that isn't part of its design. It's the same reason a third-party mod isn't an exploit if you're using it to do what its maker intended.