Hints and tips for Fallout players!

C ombat can be tricky. Here are some general ideas that you should always follow. They can save your life and help you end the lives of others!

• Have a weapon ready in one of your slots, but have the active item button set to the other slot. This way you don't have to waste time drawing a weapon from inventory at the start of combat, but you will generally not anger as many people by holding a gun in your hand.
• If you have a couple spare action points, reload your gun as often as you can. You never ever want to run out of ammo.
• It's often better to run away from an attacker instead of converting your left-over action points into armor class.
• Use cover. Try to be out of the line of sight of your enemies at the start of combat, move out and shoot, and then move back behind cover. Make them run up to you.
• If you have to heal yourself in combat, open Inventory (cost 4 AP), and use as many Stimpaks as necessary. Be sure to reload your gun while you are there (no extra AP cost.)
• Don't stand between one of your friendly NPCs and his target. Especially if you've armed your friends with burst weapons.

Name: Sniper Rifle Damage: 14-34 Range: 50m Min ST: 5 AP cost: 6 Ammo: 6 x .223 Value: $2200 Long Range Weapon

• Use the proper weapon for the job. A grenade or rocket works well for large groups of people, but can be a waste on a single target.
• Never, ever forget targeted shots!
• The closer you are to your target, the better your to-hit number (and his!)
• If you are too weak to properly use a weapon, it will only cost you -20% to hit for each point of ST below the minimum. A high skill will get rid of this penalty easily.
• It doesn't matter how good your armor is - a critical hit will take you out. Save often before entering dangerous areas...

Name: Combat Armor Armor Class: 20 Normal: 5/40% Laser: 8/60% Fire: 4/30% Plasma: 4/50% Electrical: 2/50% Explosion: 6/40% Value: $6500

T hat should help you out in combat. Now get out there and take care of those mutants!
H ere at Fallout Central, we got a lot of hint and gameplay related questions. Some of these questions start to look very familiar as time goes on. We've decided to answer them here. But at the same time we have to be concerned about giving away any information that may spoil your adventure...

S o to protect you from unwanted spoilers, you will need to click on the question to take you to the answer. Some of the questions themselves may be spoilers. You have been warned. Now, enjoy!

• Where is the water-chip?
• How do I get into the Glow?
• How do I lower the force fields in the Military Base?