Radiation Death

Post » Sun Feb 14, 2016 4:09 am

When you bring someone back to life with caps, their radiation damage remains. What happens if their radiation damage hits 100%? Do they turn into a ghoul, or are they permanently dead? If neither, does it let you resurrect them and then they immediately die again?

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Killer McCracken
 
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Post » Sun Feb 14, 2016 4:34 am

If you keep your water and food levels topped off, dwellers automatically recover energy and lose radioactivity.

You might get a lower grade for letting resources get into the red and because dwellers don't heal instantly.


In fact, I only use my medic and stem packs for quickly heal ing vital oncall staff, ie, vault door guards, or for outgoing explorers to carry.
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Mark
 
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Post » Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:29 am

I am aware of that Novice. However I'm curious what happens when you send someone out into the waste with 0 radaways and a lot of Stims and let him max out on Radiation damage. How does the game handle it?

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Sarah Evason
 
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Post » Sun Feb 14, 2016 10:57 am

I've had this happen. I was able to revive them and return them home without problem except that they have a full radiation health bar. Don't know how that's possible but it worked.



I'd attach the screenshot but I can't figure out how! :-/



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Sammykins
 
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Post » Sun Feb 14, 2016 4:14 am

Well thanks for entertaining my curiosity Jaymondoc. Apparently you can't die from radiation poisoning. It just reduces your usable health pool.

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stevie trent
 
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Post » Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:45 pm

I think somewhere in the future we will have ghouls... and Super Mutants (I know they are made by the FEV but they are radiation resistant which is why I mentioned them)... and various other radiation afflicted encounters. I think they are doling them out to keep the game fresh.



There are a bunch of things about the game that shout "OPEN ENDED GAMEPLAY... FUTURE DEVELOPMENT BY VAULT-TEC WILL BE COMING HERE... SOON!TM "



EDIT: Oh yeah and the radiation limiting the health pool is going to be used in Fallout 4 as well. Maybe they are using Fallout Shelter to teach us new ideas about the main game too.

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