I've never downloaded an entire game before. So this question shows my inexperience:

Do I have to download it to the harddrive or can I download it to a CD, or does it need a DVD?

Rowan, you can download the game to your hard drive; after that, if you want to back up the game on a CD or DVD, you can do that, as well. Good Old Games has more information about downloading on their website.

Hagatha, there is a wrench at the Morningstar Mines, It is in the room with all the beds at the top of the room in a locker. Sure you went to the right mine headquarters? I'll check the chop shop if I can remember where it is. I thought in New Reno.

Edit--the chop shop is out. Need a car to get there.

Found one in the New Reno Arms too. Take stairs down in NW room (hard to see, look behind the shelves) It is on the first table in the basement. There is also a Dean's Electronics in one room.

Thanks. I did find it , after a long slog. Now I have a car with a trunk full of loot! I've just raided Vault 15, got somuch stuff my party can barely walk, and am just unloading in NCR to lose some weight. I traded a lot of extra guns for the power cells for the car. I figure those will come in very handy. I'd hate to get stranded in the desert.

Vic really isn't very useful, is he, but I need all the firepower I can get!

I even have Lenny with me. I was going to drop him from my party, but it seems to me that his weight-bearing capabilites are much higher than everyone else's, so I use him as a pack mule. He almost never gets wounded, which is helpful. In the last two battles he's actually taken out a pistol and used it, so he isn't a total flop.

Actually, Cassidy isn't all that great, either. At least 65% of the time he misses his shots in combat. Not sure why. The only reliable shot is the PC, who is now at 100% in Guns.

I'll see who else I can pick up as an NPC. I can take at least five, and maybe six, though I've never tried picking up a sixth. Any suggestions?

I liked Marcus. He can take a lot of damage and also do a lot of damage with his big gun. I don't think I could handle more than three, especially when I have to tell them all to wait. There is also a deathclaw you can pick up. I think you are limited to 5 companions.

I plan on picking up Marcus as soon as I'm able to. I guess I need to get Cassidy a better gun, though I don't know wich would be best for him. He currently has a hunting rifle, which the PC uses to deadly effect in combo with the .223 pistol. Sulik is fine with his hammer and the Sharpened Spear. I've got Vic using the submachine gun -- as long as I give him strict instruction not to shoot the PC, he's been reasonably good.

I'm just topside selling the loot from Vault 15 right now, though I'll have to stash most of it in the car for the time being. Then I'll go down and finish off the Vault and start cleaning up some of the town quests I missed all over the place. The only problem with the car is missing out on the encounters, so I may take some time to do a wildernes crawl now that I can handle multiple enemies. I'm only at level 10, I think, so there must be a whole lot of game left.

Aha. I've managed to find a most unusual companion. Not sure I trust him, entirely. But he's more interesting than little Lenny the Ghoul and will probably be more useful in combat...if he doesn't turn on me....it's sort of creepy, the way he throws off that robe just before attacking.

Yay! Combat Armour. I've got enough for a second set for Cassidy, but I think I'll wait for a while. He seems to fare pretty well in combat with the metal armour and combat shotgun. Sulik has the special Leather armour, and Vic has Leather Armour 2 and a scoped hunting rifle. Overall things are going well, at level 14.

I'm getting to the point in the game where I have to start making serious decisions. I'm leaning towards NCR, since they seem to be the most sincere overall -- but they're also an obvious choice, which disturbs me. New Reno is a town full of thugs and murderers, and the Vault is a slaver town. I still have time to wander around and gain experience, so I may take an extended road trip.

Now I have a question. I completed the Vault 15 area and got the spy holodisk for Tandi, went back to talk to her and Gunthar in NCR, and then went on to Vault 13. On returning to look for a voice recogntion part, one of the merchants will no longer talk to me, and neither will Tandi. Is this normal? The walkthrough says nothing about it.

Also, I can;t get to the Ranch in NCR. I had a quest for it -- a cattle drive -- but as I can;t get to th ranch past the forcefield, I can't do any of the related quests. How do I get through there?

Do you need Tandi for anything? Did you get the computer parts for her? I had a problem with the ranch too. I got in the first time but couldn't get back in once I left. Did you talk to the sheriff?

The trader outside the town won't deal with you at night.

Tansi won't talk to me now that Ive done her quest, and the sheriif never would talk to mte.

I spent hours cleaning out the Wanabago mine, wandered around for hours, then got all my quest points, and went to New Reno to pick up the things I needed for other quests, and the car disappeared. It was parked within the city limits, and I went back and forth to it a couple of times, but once I left the immediate are to buy stuff and later went back for it it was gone. Just lost three hours pf playing time. Not impressed. There should be no reason for that to happen -- it's never happened in any of the other towns. I am seriously (Blip) off. The Wannabago mines are a maze, and I'll never recreate everything I did in there. I don;t like it when games are ornery just for the sake of it.

hagatha,

It's no mater how much time you spend in new reno just walk through a load screen and your car is gone.
But you can get it back
more what to do

Hagatha, I believe you are the victim of a scripted event and your car has been stolen. Check to see if there is evidence, a trail of some sort. Also, there is someone you can talk to that will help you out.

Yep, you don't have to go very far for clues...

However, should the car disappear in any other location, you need to reload the game, sadly. It doesn't happen often, but it can happen that the car simply disappears. Very annoying.

This is good news. Uh, sort of.

I have lost the car -- really lost it -- before, and as a result have always saved just before travelling, just in case. But once it's safely parked, it's always been there when I've come back. I have thousans of credits in stuff in there just waiting to be sold.

The combination of Combat armour, .223 pistol and Sniper Rifle is deadly. Not much can get past Barashipi now. I'm just about to go complete a couple of quests, and then go looking for a little trouble in the desert. Money is no longer a problem; with a Stealing skill of 60% I can usually pickocket successfully.

I think I'll ditch Vic now and get Marcus. Then I'll have Cassidy, Sulik, Marcus and whatsisname, the Deathclaw.

Ooh, ooh, and before I leav eNew Reno -- I have some sort of Power Fist that should come in handy in that boxing ring.

One question, though. I can't figure out how to go up and down stairs in New Reno. After clicking madly I managed to go down one staircase but could not get back up so I had to reload that sequence.

You mean in the Desperado Saloon? Move your character to the bottom of the stairs and right click to bring up the hand icon and left click. He will appear at the top of the stairs. On the second floor, the stairs are behind a partiton, so move your character so you can see the top of the stairs and use the right mouse button again.

I had all kinds of problems with the car too. It can be glitchy.

Thanks. I know there's someone up there I need to see.

Now you've made me want to start F2 again...and yesterday I restarted Ps:T. What is it with all these classics?

Just goes to show how good the story is behind these games. Planescape; now there's one I'd like to see brought into an updated graphics format. There are a number of good PnP stories out there for the game that they could use. Just a reminder to any development houses who might be reading our posts...

We now return you to our regularly scheduled topic....

I've started Fallout 2 and have made it to Arroyo village. Where do I find my inventory stuff from the temple? I've been back to all places in the temple but can't find anything there.

Also how do I rest and get my health back? I don't want to just use up my hard-to-get healing powder (which is somewhere in my missing inventory anyway).

Rowan, did you try I for inventory? You can get your health back by opening your Pip Boy and finding some timer settings. One is rest until healed. You can rest anytime there are no enemies around.

In case anyone is interested here is a link to the full Fallout 2 game manual. Pages 160-161 is an appendix of commands for the game. You might also want to check out page 159, which has a recipe for "Carrion Kabobs"

Fallout 2 at Duck and Cover

hagatha, best way to get money is to raise gamble skill to about 80 and play on all gambling tables or machienes IMO (in my opinion).

Rowan, to get your inventory back go to the room where you fight another tribe man find a chest (trunk, footlocker) open it and there is all your stuff. Also dont count to many on healing powder it reduces your perception and that makes you loose your accuracy.

Your inventory is in the chest in the room where you fought the tribe member.

TM, did you know there is a "Widescreen mod" for Ps:T? I'm playing the game in 1280*1024 (don't want to play in higher resolution because there's still a bug in the mod that makes dialogue and menus small) now. Quite refreshing.

Ok, back to topic. Sorry.

Rowan, I used Doctor as one of my tag skills. That was probably a beginner's mistake, but it's served me well because at level 90%, my character can heal herself pretty well, and it's much faster than resting - which for a badly wounded character can take days. As a consequence of having both high level Doctor and First Aid skills, I've only used healing powders and stims during the very worst battles, when my character is almost dead.

I haven't tried gambling, but since I'm restarting the New Reno sequence again I think I'll invest some points in that skill next time I level up. Barashipi and Co. are able to take on large numbers of foes at this point, so I can start to increase other skill stats.

When I'm finished this game I think it might be time to load up PsT again. I played it twice last year, once as a fighter type and once as a mage. The thing I love best about the game is that it's not very combat-intensive; the story is everything. PsT has arguably the best character interactions of any game out there -- and certainly the most poweful ending, in my opinion.

Thanks, all. I found my inventory. I finally figured out how to use the pip-boy and can now rest.

Hagatha, I've chosen Doctor, Small Guns, and Lockpicking for my major skills. I just hate coming across a container or door in my travels that I can't open. If that happens, especially early on, I I have been known to forget about them. I hate missing out. For my first perk I've chosen the one that awards extra experience points.

Do all books give bonuses or are there some that are a waste of money? I found one book already and benefitted in a skill, although I don't remember how I read it. I hope I know what to do next time. I read it accidentally. One of the merchants has a book about cats for sale. Is it a skill book to buy, or is it a money waster?