Good Endings Restored Mod

[dwaynegand]

So I've gone back to playing the vanilla game with the unofficial patches installed because I am a purist. I've also downloaded and installed the Good Endings Restored mod which allows you to get the good ending for the Hub and the Boneyard. Since I'm the kind of player who gets all the implants (unless my Endurance is already even, in which case I get no bonus from the implant), grind levels at the Deathclaw Warehouse, accomplish all quests (the good ones if good and the evil ones if evil), I'll need to change how many days until the invasion takes place so I'll have enough time to do everything and still get the good endings if good, but if I'm evil, then I'll still want to get the bad endings.

So I want to know what's a reasonable number of days to set both to so I'll have enough time to achieve all my tasks and still get the good ending, yet still get the bad endings if I'm evil. What date do most people tend to beat the game by?

[Mennan]

Well how many days(ingame) does it take you to complete the game normally?
Because i already forgot what the options of the mod are because i set mine to the earliest invasion timer just to see if i could beat it.

[dwaynegand]

It's 90 days for Adytum and 140 for the Hub. From what I remember, the last time I killed the Master was near the end of June. I made sure to get all the special encounters as soon as possible, including the Alien Blaster, once I was ready to level grind at the Deathclaw Warehouse.

[dwaynegand]

Recently, I downloaded and installed the 1.3.6 patch which contains all the unofficial patches, the Restoration Mod, and the Good Endings restored mod. I've enabled the mutant invasions.

Here is the list of locations until the mutants invade:

Adytum: 90 days
Necropolis: 110 days
Hub: 140 days
Brotherhood: 170 days
Junktown: 200 days
Shady Sands: 230 days

Apparently, there isn't enough time to get everything done I usually do in a game until the mutants invade. 20 days pass between the time Adytum is invaded and Necropolis is invaded. Then again, Necropolis is invaded 30 days after you kill the super mutants at the watershed. Thirty days pass between each location being invaded.

I've seen playthroughs where people installed FIXT and then spent over a year game time until they beat the game, and still got the good endings for each location. Then again, they don't use the unofficial patches, fixes, and the Restoration Mod. These people apparently like to explore the entire map so that every square is lit up. This however is completely time consuming, and unnecessary if you ask me.

What should I set the days for each location before the mutants invade so that I can level grind until 21 at the Deathclaw Warehouse, accomplish all quests for my karma route, so I can get the good endings for each location without the mutants invading, or get the bad endings for after the mutants invade? What is a reasonable number of days before each town is invaded?

[Mennan]

If you waste your level 6 perk on Pathfinder it'll save you a bit of time. Most good perks don't start appearing until level 9 and it only takes 40 points in outdoorsman.

The Deathclaws re spawn in 1 ingame hour so all you need to do is walk out of their area rest 1 hour and go kill some more. They give 1k exp each and 2-3 spawn each time thats 2-3k Exp each. So you just need to do math to figure out how much grinding you want to do. Usually by the time you finish junk town and hub quests your about level 10 i usually rush the Glow Since its alot of free xp for very little combat risk, you also get alot of goodies which makes rest of game easier.

If you really want to get all the surgeries then you need to account for the time your character is unconscious recovering.
STR=3 weeks PE=1 week END=1 week INT=3 weeks Agi = 3 weeks.

As for calculating for trying to roll the UFO random encounter is anyone's guess.

[dwaynegand]

I've already taken into account of the weeks I spend in recovery after surgery. It's 11 weeks.

[dwaynegand]

How many people actually use this mod? Is there a point to installing if all it does it allow you to get good endings for the Hub and Adytum?