Re: Fallout London - coming soonish?

On Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:06:02 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Zaghadka wrote:

On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:49:44 +0100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
wrote:
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Well it looks like it. So for those that didn't know this is a free
mod/total conversion based on, you guessed it London, using FO:4. It was
due to be released a few months ago but then we had Fallout TV so we got
the FO:4 Next Gen (NG) update just before the FO:L(ondon) official
release. Obviously panic stations as NG wasn't just a few minor bug
fixes but instead a rather major overhaul meaning FO:L just wouldn't
work. To make it even worse the NG update was a bit buggy so there's
work ongoing meaning it can't be considered a stable platform (fixed).
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The good news though, the FO:L dev's took the decision not to go with NG
but instead the release they had used and have now finished the work for
a degrade tool for GOG and the one for Steam is almost complete. If
you're on Epic sounds like you're out of luck.
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Me, I really looking forward to it obviously and hope all the hard work
of the dev's has paid off.

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If you have FO4 on Steam, the best thing to do (if you consider time to
be money) is just buy it on GOG for $16 rn. Just downgrading FO4 took me
an hour on Steam, and then you have to manually install the mod, which is
where I gave up.
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I don't know how long it's on sale for, but all you do is install
FO:London on Galaxy. It makes a shortcut, no fuss.
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Then you have the updated copy on Steam and a separate London copy ready
to go. 34GB.

Oops. There was some fuss. If you install FO:London on Galaxy, it doesn't
install the dependency.

Also, not hard to install FO:London with the downgrade on Steam. You just
point it at the directory after launching it in GOG. Wish they had
pointed that out in the tutorial.

At least I know how to downgrade the bullshit "upgrade" on Steam and keep
it that way.

Since I'm still playing Far Harbor off-and-on, this still works out well
for me.

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Zag

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