Fallout 2 pick-up items bug

[tomer-k]

Hi.
I started playing Fallout 2 not long ago, and all went great until this mission against Tyler's gang in The Den. After killing Marc with Lara's gang, it's not possible to pick up his items. I understand that there's a known bug that occasionally interferes with the game, but I wanted to know if there's a way to pick up those items despite it. If not, do you recommend installing the unofficial patch or the restoration project? Will I have to start my game again from the beginning?

 

[ZooBis]

I recommend installing the restoration project from the resources section since I had very few technical issues with it (besides the 2 crashes), unlike the vanilla Fallout 2 Steam version, where it would constantly stutter and crash.

 

[tomer-k]

I recommend installing the restoration project from the resources section since I had very few technical issues with it (besides the 2 crashes), unlike the vanilla Fallout 2 Steam version, where it would constantly stutter and crash.

Thanks for your answer. Do you know if installing it will prevent me from loading my save game, and I'll have to start the game over again?

 

[ZooBis]

Thanks for your answer. Do you know if installing it will prevent me from loading my save game, and I'll have to start the game over again?

I am not sure, but I am going to recommend you start over if using the previous save isn't possible, because I find it essential to play Fallout 2 with project restoration to get the full experience.

 

[tomer-k]

I am not sure, but I am going to recommend you start over if using the previous save isn't possible, because I find it essential to play Fallout 2 with project restoration to get the full experience.

Do you recommend installing the unofficial patch, too?

 

[ZooBis]

Unofficial patch isn't necessary since project restoration already includes patches or replaces the unofficial patch.

 

[tomer-k]

Unofficial patch isn't necessary since project restoration already includes patches or replaces the unofficial patch.

Last question - I know the Sfall is already installed on the restoration project, but might you know how to make it work like in Fallout 1 Sfall?
I mean, not only highlight items you can pick up in yellow, but full containers in blue, which, after emptying them, become white?

 

[gustarballs1983]

Fallout 1 sfall by Crafty is a separate thing not related to official sfall branch, however the highlighting features you speak about can be configured in an additional combo mod called fo2tweaks..

you need to aquire the mod, unpack it to mods folder of your fo2 game, add fo2tweaks.dat to "mods-order" file within the "mods" folder and configure fo2tweaks.ini . there are other features in there that you may consider as cheating, so enable/ disable them at your desire.. the fo2tweaks highlighting mod is fully configurable you may change any color to your desire..

just remember you need to disable the highlighting mod in sfall-mods.ini as it will overwrite the one from fo2tweaks.

 

[tomer-k]

Fallout 1 sfall by Crafty is a separate thing not related to official sfall branch, however the highlighting features you speak about can be configured in an additional combo mod called fo2tweaks..

you need to aquire the mod, unpack it to mods folder of your fo2 game, add fo2tweaks.dat to "mods-order" file within the "mods" folder and configure fo2tweaks.ini . there are other features in there that you may consider as cheating, so enable/ disable them at your desire.. the fo2tweaks highlighting mod is fully configurable you may change any color to your desire..

just remember you need to disable the highlighting mod in sfall-mods.ini as it will overwrite the one from fo2tweaks.

Thank you for the reply, but before I installed the Restoration Project, it worked fine without the fo2tweaks. I don't know how it was possible about a year ago, cause as much as I tried doing it now, I am not able to do it again. I tried to search for it in the fo2tweaks, as you suggested, but didn't find those capabilities. I had a weight display to know how much I can carry, and items were highlighted using the left shift key. But not only items, but also containers and corpses. The colors changed from blue, before I searched in them, to yellow, after I searched in them and left items in, and grey, if I picked up all the items and left them empty. Is there any chance you know how I can do it again?

 

[kokeeby]

Thank you for the reply, but before I installed the Restoration Project, it worked fine without the fo2tweaks. I don't know how it was possible about a year ago, cause as much as I tried doing it now, I am not able to do it again. I tried to search for it in the fo2tweaks, as you suggested, but didn't find those capabilities. I had a weight display to know how much I can carry, and items were highlighted using the left shift key. But not only items, but also containers and corpses. The colors changed from blue, before I searched in them, to yellow, after I searched in them and left items in, and grey, if I picked up all the items and left them empty. Is there any chance you know how I can do it again?

You were using crafty's sfall, it has weight display in the inventory and the blue/grey highlighting. The sourceforge sfall can highlight containers and whatnot, but the "greyed out" functionality is not there.