Should I play with Fixt or not?

[adsaip]

and why?

[deathmaster snikch]

Fixt started my character with a stealth boy and a laser pistol and i installed the fix only with purist

[deathmaster snikch]

Originally posted by adsaip:

and why?

no man dont do it it breaks the ending even tho i used fixes purist only just play steam default

[Chrushop]

Ive been playing for a few hours on steam download only and it's just great

[BreakinBenny]

Originally posted by ☭T10M☭:

Originally posted by adsaip:

and why?

no man dont do it it breaks the ending even tho i used fixes purist only just play steam default

That's a small deal, just press the A key after dialogue ends with the Overseer…

[Monkey Magic]

It's really down to choice. The good news is that Fixt installs into it's own folder, leaving your Steam "default" untouched. This means, if you launch from the steam launcher, you will be playing the "steam default" version.

The bad news is, if you launch using the Fixt icon, you won't be running through the Steam client, so it won't keep track of your game time, and you won't be able to use chat. You could add the Fixt icon manually, but it still won't credit your gameplay for the Steam "default" version, as it sees this instead as the "non Steam game" Fallout Fixt.

Fixt offers some arguably nice perks, but if you are a first time Fallout 1 player, you might want to hold off. Even the "Fixes only" has it's issues with regards to game balance, as mentioned previously by another post. (ie: Max Stone starts with a Flamethrower, and I had a custom start off with a baton instead of the knife)

However, consider this: The Steam "default" is not the "true game" experience either.

As Steam's "deafaut" is an EU copy, it's has some minor content cut. Child violence reasons aside, this also effectively removes the Red Rocket BB gun from the game.

There is a patch available to fix this, restoring the children but there's some other steps required also. Rather than have to hunt around for this stuff though, here's a link with all the stuff you'll need and steps on installation: http://www.filedropper.com/fallout

Please note: The Steam "default" already comes with the resolution patch, so there's no need to worry about looking for that.

[J.B.King]

Did you mean the Red Ryder BB gun ? Cause both it and it's LE variant can be found on the same special encounter in the default steam version.

[Monkey Magic]

Yeah, I meant the Red Ryder BB Gun. But the difference is, special encounters require high luck, and even then it's not a sure thing. One of the children in Shady Sands, however does have one on their person. The damage sucks, by the way but it's a novelty. They also have a lot of rocks

Children can't barter, so you do have to steal from them. But it's less evil than killing them off. By the way, since the children patch doesn't add them back into the game so much as "restore" their opacity (the EU version just made children transparent) is stil possible to become a "Childkiller" with AoE damage in any case, so go figure.

[J.B.King]

Yea, I agree it's not a sure thing.

I am fascinated by the fact that they just made the children transparent though, thank you for sharing that.
Really sad to see to what lengths censors go to prevent us from seeing pixels when we only have to watch the news to hear about soldiers our own governments send somewhere to do real killings.

[BreakinBenny]

Originally posted by Squid:

No, don't, Fixt is ♥♥♥♥.

Have you told Sduibek about it?

[BreakinBenny]

Originally posted by Jarl Dalek Sec of Brennenburg:

Originally posted by Squid:

No, don't, Fixt is ♥♥♥♥.

Would you care to elaborate?

From previous posts, Kid-you're-a-Squid says the Glow quest makes his game crashy.

[Attorney-at-Meme]

Is this Fixt issue still a problem today?

And doesn't Fixt install separately from the Steam version? If so, uninstalling Fixt shouldn't help the Steam version run better.

[Muscarine]

Originally posted by Rezident Meme:

Is this Fixt issue still a problem today?

And doesn't Fixt install separately from the Steam version? If so, uninstalling Fixt shouldn't help the Steam version run better.

I just finished a run with Fixt after a very long time since my last FO1 playthrough and it was great in every way.

There are a few lingering issues such as Adytum vs Regulator where you still absolutely need to avoid friendly fire or they bug on you, but overall there is simply no reason why i'd want to go back to vanilla Fallout.
The few tweaks which really drastically modify the vanilla experience are mostly attempts to restore cut content you can toggle off during installation if you'd want to for whatever reason.

[Attorney-at-Meme]

^ Good to hear! I'm intending to start a new game with FIXT fairly soon.