Fallout

What works

Everything. Also tried it with the resolution patch and that works fine, too.

What does not

n/a

Workarounds

What was not tested

Played through it twice and completed most of the available missions in the process, so most everything was tested.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

Does occasionally lock up during game start-up, but infrequently. When that happens, CTRL-ALT-FnX to a new terminal and kill the process and reset your res and you're back to normal. Once into the game it's flawless. I installed the largest option from CD, then applied the semi-official 1.2 patch and unofficial 1.35 patch as available and recommended on NMA, as well as the NPC patch that improves control of NPCs and lets them level to stay useful longer. N.b. installing these patches required modifying the case of some filenames. I will find a place to host a superpatch to bring the game to this level and provide a link here. The only special concession it needed to install or run was to specify Win98 in wine config. Admin note: rating changed to conform to the rating definitions.

Installation Instructions

Set up or run everything below with a 32 bit prefix, set to Windows 98

1. Insert your fallout CD-ROM
2. Run setup.exe, _setup.exe or autorun.exe (in the autorun folder) and select Install
3. While Fallout fails to detect your full disk size, you should still select HUMONGOUS installation. This will install all the game files to your hard drive, so you don't need the game disc inserted at all times. if you can't, see Troubleshooting.
   • After the installation, it'll play a preview for another Interplay game. At this point, you are safe to close the application (there is no key to skip the preview; alt + f4 and similar commands are your only option.)
4. Go to the install location (PATH_TO_WINE_PREFIX/drive_c/Program Files/Interplay/Fallout/ by default) and open fallout.cfg. Delete the line containing "art_cache_size="
5. You can now run the game, in falloutw.exe
   • If you have the 1.0 version, and want to patch it, you can install the official 1.1 patcher here.
     There's a zip file inside the zip file. Extract this nested zip's contents into the fallout folder in your wine prefix, replacing and merging all files, then run the new executable when you want to play.

Troubleshooting

Fallout thinks my disk is too small for the humongous installation

Do the small installation, and go to the game's folder in your prefix's C drive (./drive_c/Program Files/Interplay/Fallout). Copy in the following files and folders from the disc to your installation, replacing any duplicates as you go: master.dat, critter.dat, the entire data folder, and the entire ereg folder.

Checking Version

You may need to check your game's version at some point, if you get into the modding scene or want to use the 1.1 patcher. The easiest way to check is to start the game, and look at the lower right corner of the main menu. In faded white text, the version number will be there. Linked is an image of what it will look like.