Fallout 3 Hints

Release Notes

• This is release 6 of the Fallout 3 hint file. It includes the following changes to the fifth release (10/21/09):
  
  * Several improvements made to the Ultimate Playthru Tips in the Character Development Tips
  * Added a way to make ESP files visible to the game launcher under Windows 7 to the info on changing the max character level
  * Added a new combat tip about how V.A.T.S. lets you attack with melee weapons from a distance
  * Added notes to the Followers List about Dogmeat and Sergeant RL-3 also having mega hit points if Broken Steel is installed
  * Put a note in the Merchant Lists about being able to pickpocket back money you pay for repairs
  * Added notes to the Unique Equipment lists about how Dogmeat can get the Victory Rifle and Smuggler's End weapons for you
  * Added tips for "giving" the traveling traders items to help keep them alive
  * Added a post-quest note to the misc. quest "Head of State"
  * Added "The Infinite Joke" to the Zone 4 undocumented quests
  * Added info on a third shed key to the Zone 8 undocumented quest "Strange Town, Strange Meat"
  * Expanded the pickpocketing notes in the Zone 8 undocumented quest "The Technology Trade"
  * More minor corrections and additions
  
  
  Release 5 included the following changes to the fourth release (5/14/09):
  
  * More information given in the Character Development Tips on leveling up past level 20
  * A couple of new items added to the unique equipment lists, plus a "reverse pickpocket" way to steal some equipped items
  * Put tips in the unique Alien Blaster weapon info for getting it if you have the Mothership Zeta add-on installed
  * Updated info on the unique Firelance weapon to more accurately state that it's still not quite as powerful as the regular alien blaster even with the Pyromaniac perk
  * Added a way to make edited game settings permanent to the PC Cheat Codes section
  * Added tips for getting onto the upper walkway of the Enclave soldiers' big room in the Taft Tunnel area to the main quest "The Waters of Life"
  * Put tips in the misc. quest "The Superhuman Gambit" for getting both unique reward items
  * Added angle-bracketed notes for special items like bobbleheads and skill books to all locations in the annotated map keys
  * Added tips and info regarding the five game add-ons in various places
  * The usual bunch of minor corrections and additions
  
  
  Release 4 included the following changes to the third release (2/8/09):
  
  * Added complete list of all perks and comments on each, plus an "ultimate" character build, in Character Development Tips
  * Put list of all rentable beds in Exploration Tips
  * Added question about exact effects of difficulty setting
  * Added lists of all merchants and potential followers
  * Finished unique equipment list, and added specific advantage info to all unique weapons
  * Improved hints on getting several of the unique weapons, including Miss Launcher, the Tenderizer, the Kneecapper, the Terrible Shotgun, and the Wazer Wifle
  * Added info to the custom weapon list about related skills and special features
  * Added list of optional things to do in the Citadel in the main quest "Picking Up the Trail"
  * Added post-quest notes in the Tenpenny Tower misc. quest
  * Simplified the hints for getting the bonus on the mirelurk-studying part of the misc. quest "The Wasteland Survival Guide"
  * Added list of nonrandom Chinese assault rifles to Zone 2's "Pronto's Inventory Problems" undocumented quest
  * Finished guided tours for Zone 9 underground metro areas and interior regions
  * Added list of pre-war books to Zone 9's "The Book Collector" undocumented quest
  * Added Zone 9 undocumented quests "The Lost Initiate" and "The Suicidal Senior"
  * Made many minor additions and corrections
  
  
  Release 3 included the following changes to the second release (12/14/08):
  
  * Secondary locations and Enclave camps added to all zone maps
  * Finished teleportation coords lists in the PC Cheat Codes section
  * Bobblehead list completed
  * Skill book lists completed
  * Custom weapon schematic locations all filled in, plus all work bench locations and places that have highest concentrations of component items
  * Lists for fat man weapons, mini nukes, stealth boys, unique equipment, and random encounters added
  * Questions for character movement speed and karma added
  * Finished Nuka-Cola Quantum list in "The Nuka-Cola Challenge" misc. quest
  * Added several new tips and options to most misc. quests
  * Several undocumented quests added to zone hint sections
  * Tip about hollowed-out rock added to Zone 8's Megaton Tour
  
  
  The second release included the following changes to the original release of 11/27/08:
  
  * Added new general tips sections for character development, looting, stealing, traps, skill books, traveling merchants, and an early development strategy
  * Put in more general exploration tips
  * Put in a general question about how to get a house
  * Filled in some bobblehead and custom weapon schematic info
  * Finished all misc. quest hints
  * Did a few other spiff-ups and additions
  
  
  Those who have contributed to these hints include:
  
  * Nikola Dobrota  (where Science bobblehead is)
  * Anita Halpern  (pointed out that game setting changes aren't permanent)
  
  
  If you have any tips or corrections for this hint file, you can email them to me at dunigase@yahoo.com. If you care about being given proper credit for your contributions, tell me what exact name to use.
  

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