r/Wasteland • u/Techpon • 1d ago
Wasteland 3 Decided to resume my playthrough since I just moved to Colorado lol
I forgot how much more fun this game is compared to Xcom 2
r/Wasteland • u/Ilikepie84 • Jun 10 '21
The Unofficial Manual to Wasteland 3: Everything I know from A to Z
LAST MAJOR UPDATE: 16/09/2021
CURRENTLY WORKING ON: 1.5.0 extensive testing
PAGES: 578
WORD COUNT: 64658
LATEST AND GREATEST UPDATES:
IMPORTANT! 1.5.0. UPDATE:
As of 1.5.0., one big confirmed but undocumented change is:
You can no longer use utility items to qualify for perks.
E.g. no more investing 4 ranks in Animal Whisperer and using the utility item to unlock/qualify for the rank 5 Spirit Animal perk.
This changes a lot of my builds, and working through those changes and getting the point values right again is a fair amount of work.
So until further notice, a lot of my builds will be inaccurate or short of points in the short term.
I do plan to update this soon, but I don't have a time-frame for that yet.
Shout out to inXile for creating a game I have enjoyed immensely. This Manual is my thank you to the Team, and made freely for all my fellow Wastelanders. If used as a resourced elsewhere, please give credit to Ilikepie84 from Reddit.
r/Wasteland • u/Techpon • 1d ago
I forgot how much more fun this game is compared to Xcom 2
r/Wasteland • u/stoneyix • 14h ago
Can someone please tell me how to do this quest?
I have Ivans governor but when I go to the EEG Hood Prototype, it will only let me do one of 3 things:
Steal BFs governor
Install Ivans
Step away
When I steal BFs, I'm not able to put Ivans in, it won't let me interact, save for a standard message saying the governor has been removed.
When I install Ivans, something happens (if you know then you know).
I'm trying to get Ivans quest reward. The only thing I can think of is that I'm at the wrong machine.
Please can someone put me out of my misery?
r/Wasteland • u/Maleficent-Sea7172 • 1d ago
Im so stuck at the game and I dont know what to do.
I wanted to try SJ, but the difficulty curve is very strange to me. I used the same party I'd used during my Ranger run (pre-hardest difficulty), and I didnt have any issue whatsoever, I just rolled the entire game and faced hard content only within Holy Detonation DLC due to debuffs I didnt know how to get rif of them,
That party, all 4 custom-created characters, is:
Problem is that Im stuck 3 hours late in the game, and I cant do ANYTHING. I barely defeat Fargo (or whatever the name of Little vegas chief), went to Hoon Manor... Dorseys eat me alive. TLDR, any location I go I cant do anything. Enemies never miss, they deal absurd damage (sometimes they can even oneshot my HEavy gunner with 20 armor with low level weapons), so it seems that cover works at all - Full cover gives 60% base chance to evasion, but even if I use 6 AP that gives extra 30% to it, so I have to have 90% base chance, they NEVER miss, literally. Its so dumb considering that they have far more shooting range than my characters, so to shoot back I have to move forward first, thus losing any chance to use APs to defence. EVen when it comes to random global map encounters, Im incapable to do anything, I just die within 1-2 turns. My sniper gets onetapped, thats understandable, but why my shotgunner with 9 speed (27% rvasion), Full Cover and 6 AP spent on Defense, that should give 95% evasion, gets hit no matter how far and no matter what weapon enemy uses? It so stupid with with HMGs, for example when enemy uses Bunker Buster that has 50% base hit chance, it doesnt matter, even if Im behind full cover at the EDGE of his shooting range, he still land all 9 bullets. Its a guaranteed oneshot (oneburst, whatever)... I dont know what did I do wrong, and I dont know whats good party for SJ. Could you help?
r/Wasteland • u/Who_is_Daniel • 2d ago
Almost finished the game, recently acquired the special alien armor from the toaster academy and put that on my brawler who has maxed out his strength and is level 28 who has a lot of hit points, I think his armor rating is 68 or 69 something like that.
At the wind turbine farm fighting a pack of Drools my brawler with just shy of 600 hit points was taken down in two hits from a non-elemental Drool, there's no indication that they are anything but standard hits. Do Drool claws get automatic +99 armor penetration?
In the speedway zone my brawler was taken down in three hits from a guy using a regular chainsaw sword and I thought that seemed strange.
I am playing on supreme jerk, and I know that's a lot harder and it's supposed to be (I'm not complaining, just training and seeing what's going on) I just thought with a 68 armor rating that would be getting more damage reduction.
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r/Wasteland • u/TheMMAxl • 9d ago
You can definitely see where these two media have a lot of shared themes. I can imagine at some point someone involved with the making of the video game, book, or film sas inspired by the other.
Worth checking out!
r/Wasteland • u/MaNKEYMaN37 • 9d ago
I played as a high schooler and went down I suppose the intended path of just being a badass winter cowboy and loved the game. However I came back with the intention of seeing the paths that I didn't take with a more cruel selfish character but instead I found that this games "reactive world" and "impactful player choice" are a sham. Basically all of the choices in the game are be nice, be nice but stay it mean, o,r be chaotic stupid, It's basically fallout 4 without the really fun combat and exploration.
That on top of the extremely easy boring combat where it boils to shoot first win or shoot second die, the crashes and crazy load times, and the relatively tiny length compared to other crpgs I would put in the ME Andromeda/fallout 4 tier of rpgs where they're fine and worth playing once but don't even scratch the best of the best.( Also holy detonation was probably the worst dlc I've played in recent memory I have a clip of me waiting 4 entire minutes for my turn where I took no damage and basically nothing happened. Every encounter felt like that I respect the attempt to mix up gameplay but they needed to do anything to speed up gameplay if they wanted those big endurance encounters)
r/Wasteland • u/DeekiNeedles • 10d ago
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I’m the solo dev of ApocaShift, a top-down post-apocalyptic survival/extraction game I’ve been working on for the last few years.
I recently added 2-4 player co-op, and the Steam playtest is open right now!
You can visit each other’s bases, build while your friend goes out on a raid, spectate them, or deploy together and try to make it back with whatever you can carry.
It’s still very much a playtest, so there are bugs and rough edges. I’m specifically looking for a few groups of people willing to jump in together and see what breaks / tell me what’s actually fun.
If Fallout 1/2, Project Zomboid, Zero Sievert, classic 90's isometric, or extraction games are your thing, you might enjoy it!
ApocaShift on Steam — the playtest is free to join. Click to go to the Steam Page.
If anyone ends up trying co-op, I’d genuinely love to hear how it goes.
r/Wasteland • u/JobSignificant4773 • 10d ago
Hey guys. I want to try Wasteland but I'm not sure if it's for me. I am more type of the player who likes story and playing CRPGs more yolo in terms of building characters (not into some hardcore build making. some CRPGs i finished: both Divinity: Original Sin, Baldur's Gate 1-2, Planescape:Torment, Fallout 1-2, Pillars of Eternity 1-2). So my (wide) question is: does Wasteland 2 have compelling story and writing or is it only a connective tissue that will get you trough the game and it's systems like for example Icewind Dale? (I maybe can get trough more difficult gameplay if it's worth it). Or should I just skip it and get into Wasteland 3?
Thanks for answers and sorry for my english.
r/Wasteland • u/Fakemeal • 10d ago
EDIT: big mistake in the title. I didn't realize it but my journal got broken before going to Aspen to get Vic. After checking each of my saves, it turns out that it's when I went to Santa's Workshop that any Steeltown-related mission got erased in my journal (I do still have all the equipment and stuff since I was there.) I didn't notice it at the time and kept going. So, I did Aspen, rescued the hostages, arrested Vic, went back to HQ where I got attacked by the Scar Collectors, Poultron assembled for that battle and joined the group, then I reported the arrest to the Patriarch and that's only when I realized that Steeltown missions has disappeared since I got a radio message from the Patriarch as soon as I left asking me to go to Steeltown and fix the situation...
It doesn't really change the problem though. I can't get the game to acknowledge that I'm done with Steeltown because my run is entirely broken now.
I tried all the fixes I could find so far.
Apparently, I could try the "World Map" jump start, where you run the normal version of the game, go to Steeltown, walk around hoping it updates the quest, save the game then reload your save at the Palace. "Occasionally, this forces Steam to remember your DLC licenses and pops the quest back into your current log" according to effing google's AI. I just tried that with the beta version. I was amazed to see I could interact with Crowe on the admin level, who sent me to the Spire again. For a second, there was hope. But when I got to the spire, the synths were already freed, there was no automated defenses to deal with and the quest is locked.
One last fix I could try is using the normal version of the game, reloading a save right before arresting Vic, make a fresh save, close and launch the game again, then load this particular save and of course avoid clicking "Continue". Seeing as Steeltown and anything related has disappeared from my journal, I don't see that happening. Besides, it is exactly what I had done to start with since I never use the "Continue" option on the main menu.
I'm afraid I broke my run. I've seen posts about the Vic issue but no solution I haven't tried or that concerns me.
So, is there any way at all I can get my game back on track or am I screwed once more? it's literally the 8th time I restart that game from scratch because of crap like that. I absolutely love that game but these bugs are just egregious. Any ideas or am I definitely screwed?
Note: this might not matter at all but since the very beginning, I've been unable to delete saves. When I click on delete via the game interface, it always freezes and forces me to alt+F4 it.
Very sorry for the length of the post. Any help would be really appreciated.
r/Wasteland • u/No_Piano_1857 • 11d ago
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Arkansas 2125 is a retro-style, turn-based post-apocalyptic RPG set in a ruined America in the year 2125.
Explore abandoned towns, talk to survivors, complete quests, fight mutants and other enemies, collect equipment, and make choices that can change how your story ends.
The game is heavily inspired by classic post-apocalyptic RPGs from the 90s, with a focus on exploration, dialogue, turn-based combat, and a retro visual style.
I’m a solo developer, and the game is currently in Beta 0.5, which adds a new alternative ending, new quests, NPCs, items, and a new location in Washington, D.C.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4546490/Arkansas_2125/
If you enjoy old-school post-apocalyptic games, feel free to check it out!
r/Wasteland • u/ShadowHunterHB • 12d ago
I would've done more but my only other custom Ranger was my Flamethrower guy and I didnt wanna do another Power Armor one. I made a post when I first start my playthrough asking for advice on making an NCR Ranger and, while I liked the advice I got, I found a design I liked better. I decided to for-go the gas mask on the NCR Ranger in exchange for the helmet. It has war writing on it like Randall Clark's helmet so I themed it after him (ignore the RPG on his back. Forgot to take it off before the screenshot and didn't wanna take another one). I'm not as happy with the Power Armor one but I think I did pretty good. No matter what, the power armor is always a little blue, regardless of the armor color you use but black covers it up the most so that's what I used. A decent alternative is the tank armor without the helmet but the in-game power armor looks closest to Fallout Power Armor so I stuck with it.
TLDR: I REALLY like Fallout 😅
r/Wasteland • u/ShadowHunterHB • 12d ago
I went to fight Deuterium and Iridium but I didn’t realize how my OP animal army would drag out the fight. Because I had destroyed some of the access hatches before the boss fight, there was a limited amount of cultists to step on the radiation platforms and my pets kept killing them all! 😅
Eventually they started ignoring my pets and going straight for the platforms but the boss fight was an hour long. It wasn’t difficult, just extremely annoying and tedious. Thought I’d do a quick rant. This is my first time playing Wasteland 3 and the first time playing the DLC so I didn’t have any idea. All of the big boss areas in this DLC were annoying but this one takes the cake.
TLDR: Animal Army goes brrr, but…
r/Wasteland • u/Zealousideal-Ad2296 • 12d ago
Asking for fun things to do that most players don’t do
r/Wasteland • u/johhnyoncrack99 • 13d ago
i was worried about doing my first supreme jerk play-through (even though i’ve recently done multiple play-throughs back to back) since people said on all sorts of posts about it that you need to and HAVE TO min-max everything etc when in reality you don’t. i barley had weapon or armour mods installed on my rangers. and with the ones i did they weren’t high level mods. i did have all my rangers wear power armour suits apart from iron and fish lips having chemtek and exo skeleton armour (when i got to yuma country) yes it was difficult and i died fully a few times through the game but that’s because of my skill and placement of where i put my rangers not because i didn’t min max everything.
I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND why so many people say you have to min max everything!! i mean if it’s perma death sure but with the majority of posts i looked at they didn’t specify supreme jerk with perma death on. and since supreme Jerk doesn’t have perma death on by default i assumed and still do assume they were talking about supreme jerk without perma death.
BUT it’s an amazing game. i can’t wait for wasteland 4.
r/Wasteland • u/QuietDetail1277 • 13d ago
I need help, this same bug has happened twice, its the reason I quit playing the game the first time and now its back. After the wife and husband show up and pretend to have bombs on them, then they attack when we split up.
I kill them, the then Kwon goes "hey i didnt sign up to kill innocents" and then he leaves. They attacked us first so im 99% sure this is a bug, but how do i fix/stop this from happening?
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r/Wasteland • u/LanguageCapital9295 • 16d ago
I know about all the questionable things he's done, and this was pretty much my third playthrough (second one I actually completed). Even knowing all of that, he still remained morally grey to me rather than evil until the very end.
The man dedicated his entire life to his dream of a civilized, stable post-nuclear Colorado. He also genuinely cared about his children, even though two of them are complete psychos and the third is a brainwashed fanatic who somehow manages to be both smart and the dumbest person alive at the same time.
In the end, we're taking Patriarch's life's work away from him, but hey - his time has come. He's dying, there aren't really any better alternatives to take his place (except us, the Rangers), and he's simply too stubborn to admit it.
I'm completely in favor of a peaceful transition of power, but the personal fate of the Patriarch and his family still saddens me. The man deserved to spend his remaining days surrounded by his family in his mansion, watching everything he'd built continue to prosper and thrive.
Instead, we basically get three options: brutally kill him at the end, throw him in prison like some low-life criminal, or exile an old, dying man from his own home.
r/Wasteland • u/Super-Monke-Laboons • 17d ago
is there a way to edit the money value easily? I just want money to recruit some recruits, when editing the raw xmlfile it breaks the save so is there some tool that exists that allows me to do that
r/Wasteland • u/Fakemeal • 18d ago
I just posted on an entirely different subject so I guess I feel emboldened to ask: is there a way to order the clone and the Provost to go back to HQ?
The Steeltown NPC that accompanies you through the factory asks you to send your pets away before entering factory level, which I did. But what about the clone and the Provost?
I think I'm nearly done with the factory (this is my first play through) so obviously I went in with them following me since I didn't know any better. During one fight, they killed a woman. The robot that tags along to direct you said after the fight something along the lines of "good, most workers will be able to go back to work". So, I take it I'm in the clear. And I don't expect my clone and the Provost to go on a killing spree and annihilate all the strikers on their path but I'm wondering how many kills you're "allowed" before it fails the mission or penalizes you in some way. Besides, I never meant to kill that poor woman so, regardless of the game play, I'd really like to avoid killing more innocent workers fighting for their rights. And beyond that, I'd just like to know if I can and how to do it if it's possible.
Being totally new to the game and having zero clue whatsoever as to what you're supposed to do with the Provost, I couldn't help but look it up. I'm actually amazed he made it as far as Steeltown (he died very early on and I just reloaded a save to get him back, since that he's like James Bond). But knowing that I'm in Steeltown at the moment, how far am I from discovering the place you're supposed to take him to (The Snowed-Inn Resort)?
r/Wasteland • u/Fakemeal • 18d ago
Help me please. I left Wasteland 3 close to finishing the main quest there (the strike thing) and I just booted the game, all my saves beyond the Reagan stuff are gone. Also, my characters can't do anything. I can't shoot, I can't interact with anyone or anything.
I tried launching the game again and this time Factory Fracas appeared, but only this one, and it was stuck at the stage "Get non-lethal weapons" which I of course already have. Still couldn't interact with anything.
I had already cleared the scrapyard, including the Ghost Army's secret lair, and basically finished all the quests I could get there (Next, the crate with a warbot, the crate of food, etc.).
Anyway, that's not the point, there's obviously a bigger problem.
Am I screwed? Do I have to restart the game? And does this happen a lot? Because even if I start another run, isn't this going to happen again?
I looked the problem up and checked OneDrive, all the saves are good. I checked my local folder, the saves are in there. The game obviously won't load them and in any case it won't let me interact or do anything. Steam doesn't say there's any conflict on their cloud.
It feels like I'm screwed, doesn't it?
Edit: Just realized I wasn't being clear. I can load any of my saves just fine. It's once I'm in the game that everything I've done is gone (including my current objective). And I can't do anything.
r/Wasteland • u/Zealousideal-Ad2296 • 19d ago
What ending is arguably best for everyone in the holy detonation dlc?
r/Wasteland • u/CasketTheClown • 20d ago
I asked my brother to double check the PC games he had from my late grandfather. He attended a computer club in the nineties and collected a bunch. He actually got my dad and me into Warcraft; I still have his copy of Warcraft Orcs and Humans.
I remember seeing this when we packed his stuff. My brother luckily hadn’t sold it, so it's joined my collection. Great momento to have.