Help me understand VATS

[water]

hi everyone,

I've played Fallout 3 completely. Now I have Fallout 4.
Despite the fact that fallout 4 has a bad ego shooter part, please help me understand:

If I'm pressing the VATS button I can select which body parts I want to attack.
Ok.
Now I can choose how many times I want to hit.
1) - Why is this so different? Why can I sometimes choose to hit 4 times and sometimes only 1 attack?
Apparently this does not depend on the distance between me and the enemy.

When I close Vats and the attack is performed I press VATS button again.
2) - Why can I sometimes choose VATS again and sometimes not?
Does this depend on the number of hits of the first VATS attack? Or is it required to wait a certain time to choose VATS again? Or should I walke away from the point of my last attack?

[Veggiemancer]

The bar on the right side of the screen is your action points. Every weapon uses a certain amount to use in vats. Your agility stat determines how many action points you have.

[DjPufnStuf]

also I'm confused are you saying fallout 3's shooting mechanic is better and more realized then fallout 4?

[SuperBobKing]

1. Different weapons need a different amount of AP per shot (I think some weapons mods affect it too), and AP is used by things other than just VATS so you might not have full AP when opening it. The AP bar is the one in the bottom right, and when in VATS red bars will show up when you select a target to show how many action points are taken up per shot.

2. Maybe VATS won't open if you don't have enough AP for an attack. I know it won't open if there aren't any enemies nearby, but you can hold the button to force it to open.

You didn't ask about it, but there is a critical function in VATS. Every hit will charge the crit bar, and when it is full you can press space to make an attack crit, which does additional damage and guarantees the attack will hit.

You can disable the fps limit in the ini files if you want to. There isn't a setting in options because if FPS goes too high in this game things start breaking.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by rowdycat:

the textures of the body parts are low res. This is no gore. This is pseudo gore for the german intolerant anti-violence gaming market. This is s***

What in the ♥♥♥♥ does Germany have to do with the limit of violence in a video game? That is like saying my apple juice tastes bad because oranges grow in Florida.

[xabungle]

low res? no gore? Whatcha talkin bout Willis?

[Pyro Penguin]

You played through fallout 3 completely and have no idea what action points are?

[Veggiemancer]

This guy must be a synth..

[Salamand3r-]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by rowdycat:

the textures of the body parts are low res. This is no gore. This is pseudo gore for the german intolerant anti-violence gaming market. This is s***

What in the ♥♥♥♥ does Germany have to do with the limit of violence in a video game? That is like saying my apple juice tastes bad because oranges grow in Florida.

Games released in some countries must conform to more rigorous standards in order to avoid a ban.

Quite a few more violent games have been banned in Germany (and other countries) over the years, resulting in localized low gore versions or no game at all. Some companies have blamed reduced gore overall on high localization costs to hit certain markets, although Bethesda has made no such claim for FO4.

I doubt that was the case in Fallout, seeing as Doom got a full release and Bethesda seems to have a good handle on getting it past censors at this point.

It is possible, but more likely enhanced gore was simply a lower priority than other systems.

[ghpstage]

Originally posted by SuperBobKing:

1. Different weapons need a different amount of AP per shot (I think some weapons mods affect it too)

Your choice of weapon mods does have a large impact on AP cost, but some legendary effects can reduce, or even increase it too.