Skynet Is A Pacifist : Fallout Series Discussion

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:44 am

G'day guys, I recently started playing through Fallout 2 again, how I love that game

Anyway I managed to get Skynet into his robot body with the cybernetic brain and all was well. Then for no explicable reason the thing stopped using it's gun and started ineffectively [censored] slapping enemies instead. I've checked combat control and he's set to ranged, but whenever I tell him to use best weapon he just doesn't. It's driving me nuts, I went to all the trouble of getting the brain and all I've got for my trouble is metallic canon fodder. Any ideas what's up?

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:50 am

did you give him any ammo ?!

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:44 pm

He may be the master of all Terminator's, but damn man even Skynet needs bullets!

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:04 am

did you give him any ammo ?!

Only about a thousand rounds

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:08 pm

Did you try different types of ammo?

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:33 am

He's armed with the Pancor Jackhammer which only takes shotgun shells. But I have also tried different guns & ammo.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:41 am

mmmh so what's wrong here ? which brain did you choose ? the chimp one, the deformed one, the cybernetic one ? maybe that's got something to do with it. try fiddling then with the ombat control again, or give him another riffle. really don't know why the bugger is giving you a hard time. and if he's still causing trouble, give him a flower and throw pulse grenades at him, those work really well...

never liked the robot anyway...

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:29 pm

Actual I've had this problem in the past too now I think of it. Sulik wouldnt reload his SMG....Despite the fact he had like 500 rounds still...Worst time to go melee, whislt fighting the Enclave wearing Leather Armour... :S

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:37 pm

okay is this a patch issue ?! earlier versions of the game were riddled with bugs... you might want to upgrade your version then. but beware, old savegames will no longer be valid bwahaha

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:01 am

This happened to me when I had Kalip's patch....I doubt its a patching issue unless he missed it >.>

Probably just a flaw in the game AI.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:06 am

As I stated previously he has the cybernetic brain. I've tried giving him different guns and changing his combat setting from "ranged" to "ranged then melee", still no luck. My version of the game is patched and has no mods installed.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:46 am

Is the character overloaded?

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:21 am

No, he's only carrying the gun and the ammo.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:47 am

Is the character overloaded?

does that affect the npc ? i thought the npc just couldn't carry anymore stuff and couldn't run.

edit : maybe this could help, try reloading the pancor then giving it back to him when reloaded, i got that once as well now that i think about it... the lazy buggers just didn't bother reloading their guns then went bezerk on unarmed and melee.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:00 am

Tried giving him a different weapon? Maybe the coding in your copy of Fallout has mutated, and developed its own item degrading system!!!!

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:46 am

The solution has finally presented itself, and you'll probably all wonder the same thing as me "why didn't I bloody think of that", lol.

At some point without me knowing about it he ended up with a crippled leg (WTF! He has no legs!) and a crippled arm. I used repair on him and voila!!!

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:44 am

...

Why didnt I think of that...Wait...I know why....Cripled legs dont affect your ARMS.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:40 am

Cripled legs dont affect your ARMS.

Learn to read. Clawcity wrote Skynet had a crippled arm as well.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:05 am

Indeedy

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:37 pm

My bad.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:50 am

thought i'd bump this instead of starting a new topic...

i met skynet, and he told me to get him a brain.
fair enough. down the level 4, and i got the cybernetic brain. sweet.
i head back up, and when i talk to skynet i get "warning! file corrupted!" or something.
then all i can say is "ug" and i logoff.

... wtf?

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:25 am

Low intelligence character?

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:02 am

thought i'd bump this instead of starting a new topic...

i met skynet, and he told me to get him a brain.
fair enough. down the level 4, and i got the cybernetic brain. sweet.
i head back up, and when i talk to skynet i get "warning! file corrupted!" or something.
then all i can say is "ug" and i logoff.

... wtf?

Sounds like you've triggered the low int dialogue options.... Or you may just have a very low science score.

(If you're science isnt extremely high (100%-ish), I wouldnt bother with the skynet quest).

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:40 am

my INT is 5, and i had no problem up until that point...
i know about low INT characters but i've never had my guy that limited, lol.
my science skill is 120ish i think.

it's no big deal really. wasn't really even trying to get skynet.
just trying to experience everything i can with this character. thank you for the replies.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:17 am

(If you're science isnt extremely high (100%-ish), I wouldnt bother with the skynet quest).

Actually, if you don't have a science skill of 124% or more I believe you won't even be able to get the cybernetic brain, so getting Skynet wouldn't even be a possibility.