# Fallout Shelter **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 20, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985 "2015-06-20T00:22:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/21 "2015-06-22T19:51:24Z")
Am I the only one who is getting a lot of crashes? My iPad crashes all the time while playing this game. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/22 "2015-06-23T13:42:25Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Am I the only one who is getting a lot of crashes? My iPad crashes all the time while playing this game. Zippo crashes for me. Ipad Air. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/23 "2015-06-23T14:11:37Z")
I tried playing on my iPad 2, and it would go along - slowly - for about 10 minutes, then crash. No problems on my iPhone 5s, but I sure miss the bigger screen. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/24 "2015-06-23T15:22:26Z")
The game frequently crashes, especially when moving on to a different vault. But the iPad itself doesn’t crash. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/25 "2015-06-23T15:24:53Z")
I definitely get some stuttering when I’m loading up my vault and it has to deal with all the stuff that’s happened since I’ve been away, but I haven’t experienced any crashes. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/26 "2015-06-23T15:26:44Z")
People on reddit have been sending their wanderers out into the wasteland for up to 10 DAYS. One person told me better items come along after they’ve been out there 3 days or so. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/27 "2015-06-23T15:49:27Z")
Yeah, I’m trying to cycle some of my stronger dwellers through the training rooms so get them to around 7+ in everything, and then I intend to send one out with all the stimpacks/radaways they can carry and see how long they survive. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/28 "2015-06-23T17:15:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Yeah, I’m trying to cycle some of my stronger dwellers through the training rooms so get them to around 7+ in everything, and then I intend to send one out with all the stimpacks/radaways they can carry and see how long they survive. Does throwing them in training rooms at night count? I mean, when you wake up in the morning, does the time lapsed count for improving a stat? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/29 "2015-06-23T18:25:38Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > The game frequently crashes, especially when moving on to a different vault. But the iPad itself doesn’t crash. That’s what I mean. The game crashes. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/30 "2015-06-23T19:30:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Does throwing them in training rooms at night count? I mean, when you wake up in the morning, does the time lapsed count for improving a stat? Yup. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/31 "2015-06-23T19:37:14Z")
To clarify: all timers continue to tick down while you’re not in game, then stop at the “completed” stage. So you won’t get multiple improvements while you’re offline. This counts for pregnancies, children aging, exploration, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/32 "2015-06-23T22:19:37Z")
I went on my iphone and there doesn’t seem to be a way to sync up the phone and ipad games. Other games have seemed to work this out without a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/33 "2015-06-24T00:18:17Z")
Now that I have tried to play it a bit today I am losing patience. The game is crashing so often that it is hardly worth playing. Right now I have the chance to get a lunchbox if I put out 15 fires but every time I hit rush it crashes. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/34 "2015-06-25T03:15:26Z")
Boy, if it’s a crash-fest I guess I should be glad it’s not on Android yet. If they can’t handle a couple OS versions and a few types of hardware I can’t imagine the potential problems in the Android universe. I run a stock Nexus 5 and even then I’ve had crash problems with games. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/35 "2015-06-25T03:33:35Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Boy, if it’s a crash-fest I guess I should be glad it’s not on Android yet. If they can’t handle a couple OS versions and a few types of hardware I can’t imagine the potential problems in the Android universe. I run a stock Nexus 5 and even then I’ve had crash problems with games. Again, I’ve had no crashes. No idea what the problem is. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/36 "2015-06-25T11:09:06Z")
So I’ve broken 100 dwellers and have unlocked the last of the rooms. I don’t see myself playing much after this point except to check in on the explorers I currently have out to see if they get anything interesting. There’s not really anything left to do except continue to expand under the same parameters, except a lot more slowly since everything gets more expensive the bigger you get. I wish there were more buildings to unlock, or achievements that would unlock special stuff for new vaults. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/37 "2015-06-25T11:46:47Z")
Also waiting for an android version, looks amazing though! ---
**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:** [June 26, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/38 "2015-06-26T12:57:59Z")
Well, the game has pretty much locked me out. Skimming the online complaints, I think the deal is that my device can only deal with a certain amount going on at once, possibly due to memory usage, and once you hit that limit it crashes when you try to load your vault. Maybe it’ll get fixed, but it seems unlikely because surely inefficient use of memory is going to be too fundamental a part of the program to be straightened out now. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/39 "2015-06-26T13:57:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > So I’ve broken 100 dwellers and have unlocked the last of the rooms. I don’t see myself playing much after this point except to check in on the explorers I currently have out to see if they get anything interesting. Yeah, I’m at 61 right now and will hit 100 in the next week or so. Anyway, I hope they update the game some with new buildings and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985/40 "2015-06-28T16:15:04Z")
It got to the point that I could not load the game at all. It would crash during the load up screen. I deleted and started over. If it starts crashing again I’m out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter/722985.md?page=3)