Duck and Cover

You see, a problem I have with Fallout 2 is that travelling on the world map goes too fast. And the day/night wheel spins like a propellor. It took me half a month to get from Modoc to The Den, and the whole time I only got one random encounter because I move too fast. Also, it took me two and a half days to get from Modoc to the Ghost Farm, rather than the usual three hours on my Junker PC. I would play Fallout 2 on that computer, but I cannot go to Reno because it just runs way too slow.

I remember back in my old 100MHz days, that the trek between The Den and Modoc was one of the most dangerous for a lower-level character because of all the Highwaymen. Now it just sucks. I hate to think of what's going to happen when I get the car...

Is there a way to slow travelling time and the time that elapses while travelling down?

Ah ha! I posted that this happens to me, but everyone just looked at me quizically and reported no such problem. So now it proves that I'm not insane.

BTW, do you have the same issue with FO1, because I don't.

No, I don't think I have the same problem with FO1, come to think of it.

I want help. It really sucks travelling so fast.

I'm experiencing the same problem. I also don't have it with F1.

I am oddly not getting this problem at over a gig.

I get that prob. too, on my dads comp. It seems harder to get random encounters, which is disappointing when trying to level up.

Most excellent! We have successfully established that a lot of us have this problem.

Now solve it.

Okay... well, since I don't have the problem, tell me what I might have different that prevents me from getting it, and then check your system out.

a slower processor?

I think that you just have rolls that don't have you get ant extra encounters. I had a 1.8 Ghz and some times I had no encounters, and sometimes I had a lot.

I played Fallout 2 on 3 different systems, a 486 DX2 66 Mhz (yes it was very slow), a p2 400 Mhz, and a p4 2.0 Ghz. To me it seems that the faster the computer the less encounters you get (on the 66 Mhz i got 10 encounters getting to Klamath, on the 2.0 Ghz i can run from north to south without any encounters).

I heard that there are programs that can slow down your processor. Perhaps one of those could help solve this problem. I never used any of them though, and don't know where to find a good one.

That' s really strange; I have an AMD 2,200 and it seems to run fine and I get a rather normal amount of random encounters.

Are you guys sure you checked the right compatibility?

What OS is everyone using? Can we find a common thread between behaviour and OS?

I heard that there are programs that can slow down your processor. Perhaps one of those could help solve this problem. I never used any of them though, and don't know where to find a good one.

You might try CPUKiller. I haven't used it much recently, but it worked fine as far as I can recall from when I did use it..

I'm using 2000 myself.

hvkasteren wrote:To me it seems that the faster the computer the less encounters you get.

Sweet Enola Gay! You've solved the murder!

Temperacl wrote: What OS is everyone using?

Good point. I'm on XP; I'll change the compatibility mode next time I play.

CPUKiller didn't do the trick, it just cause Fallout2 to crash whenever I tried to use it.

I am on XP, tried all the settings of 95 and 98 and it still runs fast for me. I have a 1.6 gig.

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Guess we'll just deal with it, eh? Also, my game seems to go fast if i go in a certain direction, like on the world screen if i got up and to the left(our left) it goes faster than normal.

So... AMD processors work, Pentium processors go fast?

Blizzard wrote:my game seems to go fast if i go in a certain direction, like on the world screen if i got up and to the left(our left) it goes faster than normal.

Probably due to terrain, ie flat desert vs. mountains.

I've had this problem on both a 2.39GHz Pentium, and a 1.69GHz AMD, both with XP on 'em.