# Fallout 4 Countdown **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 2, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450 "2015-06-02T16:36:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/281 "2015-11-05T12:34:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > I’ll sometimes use the technique of randomizing and then tweaking. Not rarely, I’ll spend an inordinate amount of time generating a face, though I rarely see it except during those slow-motion V.A.T.S. scenes where you’re grimacing as you look down the length of your gun barrel. They should let you see your V.A.T.S. face while you’re designing your look. I tend to randomise then tweak, myself. I like to create a(n even more) haggard version of my own face, to look like a grizzled wastelander. I’ve been browsing the Bethsoft Fallout 4 discussion board in recent weeks, just to keep my hype levels up. But it’s such a relief to return here to civilisation, where spelling, grammar, humour and civility haven’t been eradicated long ago by an atomic blast. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/282 "2015-11-05T14:53:52Z")
Guess I’m taking some of my bonus to Micro Center next month. Just checked and, while my GPU is above minimum, the memory ain’t. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/283 "2015-11-05T16:28:18Z")
Thinking about getting a 6MB GeForce 980 Ti, that way I shouldn’t need to upgrade anything for quite some time. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/284 "2015-11-05T17:20:49Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Thinking about getting a 6MB GeForce 980 Ti, that way I shouldn’t need to upgrade anything for quite some time. Should be good at least until December. 😛 🆒 I fall above the minimum and below the recommended specs (i5 4670K and 3GB GTX 660 Ti). Here’s hoping it doesn’t blow up my PC when the hi-res mods come out. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/285 "2015-11-05T18:48:33Z")
Good tool for planning your character builds, think [this](http://www.nukahub.com/tools/special?s=1&p=6&e=1&c=1&i=6&a=7&l=6) is how I’m gonna go initially. Planning a sneak/sniper/one shot one kill build since it’s served me well in 3 and NV. First perk I’ll get is Better Criticals, Ninja after that, then Night Person for the extra INT/PER. Want to add a few PER points for Sniper, after taking the Rifleman perks. Agility has a whole lot of useful perks, Sneak and Mister Sandman particularly. Eventually want a few points in CHA for Lone Wanderer, I likes the sound of +25% damage, along with Bloody Mess 3 giving +15%. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/286 "2015-11-05T21:12:12Z")
Anyone heard when we can start downloading the game from Steam? And when they are planning to unlock? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/287 "2015-11-05T21:16:21Z")
> [@XT](#): > > And when they are planning to unlock? Approximately 104 hours from now. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/288 "2015-11-06T00:16:05Z")
But I want it now! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/289 "2015-11-06T01:28:38Z")
It’ll give you plenty of time to work on your haggard look at work so that you can safely call in sick for the week after release. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/290 "2015-11-06T01:28:39Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > But I want it now! Enough, Veruca. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/291 "2015-11-06T02:06:38Z")
[New trailer](https://youtu.be/X5aJfebzkrM), now showing some plot details and a female Vault Dweller. > [@Mr.Kobayashi](#): > > Good tool for planning your character builds, think [this](http://www.nukahub.com/tools/special?s=1&p=6&e=1&c=1&i=6&a=7&l=6) is how I’m gonna go initially. Where was this like a week ago when I was working this out in Evernote? Well, I suppose I have no cause to complain about this attractive and useful free public service. Maybe soon they’ll toss in a leveling planner. Apparently, you can already download the [Pip-Boy app](http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/5/9674274/fallout-4-pip-boy-app-iphone-android), with no game to sync it to. You have to put it in Demo Mode if you want to screw with it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/292 "2015-11-06T19:37:24Z")
Another Fallout 4 build planner. The fact that it doesn’t show what perks you’re unlocking makes it less useful, though still more useful than pencil-and-paper and Wikia page. > **[RPG Gaming - Fallout 4 - Character Builder](http://www.rpg-gaming.com/fo4.html)** > > Will your character be a stealthy sniper, charming buiser, or an idiot savant pistol weilding cowboy! You decide! Build and share your character now! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/293 "2015-11-06T20:37:57Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > [New trailer](https://youtu.be/X5aJfebzkrM), now showing some plot details and a female Vault Dweller. I saw a couple coverages of the game who proudly announced that “you could be a female for the first time.” :rolleyes: Sadly, they only implemented that in… Fallout 1!? Did not do the research. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/294 "2015-11-06T21:17:49Z")
I just jumped in for a pre-order from GMG; saved $12. Apparently my Steam keys are in my email inbox. I hope, and expect, that this will make up for the last dozen games I bought on sale that got near-zero play. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/295 "2015-11-06T21:21:43Z")
Preloading on Steam right now. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/296 "2015-11-06T21:53:14Z")
Preloading to my SSD, can;t wait! Hearing some bad things form German community forums - Frame rate drops, texture pop-in, crashes on PS4, frame rate issues but more stable on Xbone. Hoping to hear about the state of the PC version. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/297 "2015-11-06T22:03:23Z")
Yeah, just started my download. This is a big sucker. Gonna take until tomorrow to download at least…not that it matters, since it doesn’t unlock until Tuesday anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/298 "2015-11-06T22:42:50Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Yeah, just started my download. This is a big sucker. Gonna take until tomorrow to download at least…not that it matters, since it doesn’t unlock until Tuesday anyway. I’ve got god tier internet. Took me 25 minutes to download, and I thought it was a bit small for a big open world game. The Witcher 3 was 45 gigs I think. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/299 "2015-11-07T04:51:18Z")
45 minutes or less (I didn’t watch it the whole time), with “nothing special” internet (Charter). Unless you’re on satellite or dialup(?), it shouldn’t take forever unless something is wrong with your router throttling or something. Console has mods now, but I take it PC will have more? I am particularly thinking of Skyrim Script Extender type things, or those that require console. Still, I’m not a PC supremacist, I hope console friends enjoy themselves. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450/300 "2015-11-07T05:37:36Z")
I’m guessing the mods available to console will be a limited, curated list of things that don’t drastically modify the game. It’ll probably mostly be game modifiers that are essentially newgame+ type of modes that change something about how the world works. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-countdown/721450.md?page=16)