Why is every clock in Fallout 3 and New Vegas stopped at 9:4 : Fallout: New Vegas

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:03 pm

If you look at all the clocks on the walls in Fallout 3 and New Vegas, they are all stopped at 9:47. Why?

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:34 pm

thats when the bombs fell

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:12 pm

Because they resued certian assets of Fallout 3. Shocking but true.

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:49 pm

Because they resued certian assets of Fallout 3. Shocking but true.

Yet they ignore time zones...

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:20 pm

In the future we solved the problem of time zones.

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:37 pm

Yet they ignore time zones...

Fallout is to cool for time zones. :disguise:

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:36 pm

Even though Vegas and the surrounding area was virtually untouched by bombs... I guess it took a few hours for the radiation to waft over and break all the clocks..

» Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:49 am

Clearly the Chinese attack was synchronized to strike across the US in one-hour intervals so that all clocks would stop at the exact same time.

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:31 pm

Clearly the Chinese attack was synchronized to strike across the US in one-hour intervals so that all clocks would stop at the exact same time.

You good sir are a genius. :laugh:

» Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:14 am

In the future we solved the problem of time zones.

:bowdown:

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:14 am

Even though Vegas and the surrounding area was virtually untouched by bombs... I guess it took a few hours for the radiation to waft over and break all the clocks..

But... but... it's the electromagnetic disruption of a nuclear blast that stops clocks. In Vegas they should all show different times depending upon when the batteries ran out, or for ones operating on the mains, when the power station failed - which would vary depending upon type of power station.

Yes I know I'm just being pedantic at this point

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:44 pm

But... but... it's the electromagnetic disruption of a nuclear blast that stops clocks. In Vegas they should all show different times depending upon when the batteries ran out, or for ones operating on the mains, when the power station failed - which would vary depending upon type of power station.

Yes I know I'm just being pedantic at this point

Let's not forget that even back then they had windup clocks that would keep working even with an EMP blast...

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:56 pm

Let's not forget that even back then they had windup clocks that would keep working even with an EMP blast...

The war is in the future. Robots...laser guns...plasma guns....

/bonk

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:46 pm

The war is in the future. Robots...laser guns...plasma guns....

/bonk

Do those clocks look futuristic to you? :stare:

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:46 pm

The war is in the future. Robots...laser guns...plasma guns....

/bonk

Yes, but if we still have them now and had them back then, I doubt they'd be completely gone in that time stream. Also, some knowledge/libraries/etc have survived and you have caravans that travel, so information could pass around. Could they really not get working clocks into settlements in 200+ years?

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:15 pm

In the future they are too awesome to care about time :intergalactic:

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:22 pm

They're on WT, wasteland time.

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:41 pm

They're on WT, wasteland time.

All they know is, when the Nightkin come out... it's time to go to bed. :lol:

» Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:46 pm

In the future we solved the problem of time zones.

:rofl: :clap:

» Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:10 am

I can't speak for the clocks in NV as I haven't gotten very far yet, but in FO3 not all the clocks stopped at the same time. There is information on the wiki to help explain why some stopped at different times.