Stuck in Mutant Base Level 4

[JoeHempel]

I'm sooooo close to finishing this game, and I can't drop that yellow force field that leads to the VAT room.

I've got the little device that drops it, and I've tried to blow it up, but nothing......I AM running FIXT with this.

Or if anyone has a save I can use that loads up right before this, that would be great too!

Thanks!!

[BreakinBenny]

Have you tried the Mr. Handy? Have you tried repairing the forcefield emitters?

[devilhs]

You can disable force fields using Repair skill.

[BreakinBenny]

Originally posted by devilhs:

You can disable force fields using Repair skill.

I just said that a while ago.

[JoeHempel]

I don't get the option to try and use my repair skill, it doesn't even show up.

I also killed Mr. Handy -- I have one save that is able to load....every other save crashes when I try to go to any other error :/

[JoeHempel]

Well I just played again, starting a couple hours before the mutant base and I'm still having issues. I tried to repair Mr Handy and the game crashed....seriously??

[JoeHempel]

Just tried to blow up the gate, and it tells me that it blew up and the force feld dissipated, but it's still up and I can't get past it......does anyone happen to have a save game? I really have no desire to go through the entire game again...it's been incredibly buggy for me thus far.

[BreakinBenny]

Originally posted by JoeHempel:

I don't get the option to try and use my repair skill, it doesn't even show up.

I also killed Mr. Handy -- I have one save that is able to load....every other save crashes when I try to go to any other error :/

Press the 8 key on your stupid keyboard then, after that aim on the emitter.

[JoeHempel]

OMG that worked!

THANK YOU!!!!!

[JoeHempel]

And I watch the base blow after escaping.....CRASH.....same error.....ugh.

[JoeHempel]

Un-installed and then re-installed and now the games don't even load......any help on this one would be great.....So close to the end, but I can't seem to get out of the base after it blows up...goes to world screen and CRASH

[BreakinBenny]

Start from the executable, try Fallout Fixt if you really have to.

I have *never* had the game crash on me when I went to the worldmap at the end of the game, are you playing with compatibility settings?… Also, there's an edit button so you won't have to make new comments every time, it looks like a pencil and appears when your mouse cursor hovers over a comments of yours.

[JoeHempel]

LOL.

Yeah forgot about the editing.

I ended up finding ONE save game somewhere.....looking at his savegame vs what I had, apparently my problems started really early on because the data discs that I had never showed up in the PIP Boy screen. I had opened them through the inventory, gotten the experience points, but they just never showed up, which meant I didn't get a lot of the data I think.

I used my GOG version to load the savegame I found and ran it with that minus FIXT and it worked. The only difference is I hadn't gotten to the cathedral yet because I couldn't get information on it at the BoS base.

The other differences were I didn't let the Mutants overrun anything, and this game pretty much had them overruning everywhere.

Thanks for all the info and trying to help....your advice did save some head pounding with the shortcut key of 8 for the forcefield!

[BreakinBenny]

So I get this: you tried another person's savegame on this Steam version, and then tried the GOG version which actually was compatible.

Heartly welcome, by the way! Remember what F1 on the keyboard does, too. That is a good little help menu for what keys do what.

[JoeHempel]

I tried the game on the Steam Version, it didn't work, wouldn't even load.

Then I tried it on the GOG version without FIXT installed and it worked.

Thanks for the F1 hint too, didn't know that! I just kind of dove in with two feet and said screw it. LOL

I started over about 4 times before I really figured it out, looks like I didn't touch the tip of the iceberg either haha.

[BreakinBenny]

Yeah whatever, what a way to spend more money when you already got the original Trilogy for free at the time. Also, the manual is what many new players overlook when they dive into old games, mostly because they're used to today's games holding their hand through the tutorials.