Important Health Warning About Playing Video Games Photosensitive Seizures A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these “photosensitive epileptic seizures” while watching video games. These seizures may have a variety of symptoms, including lightheadedness, altered vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. Seizures may also cause loss of consciousness or convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or striking nearby objects. Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any of these symptoms. Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above symptoms— children and teenagers are more likely than adults to experience these seizures. The risk of photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced by taking the following precautions: Sit farther from the screen; use a smaller screen; play in a well-lit room; and do not play when you are drowsy or fatigued. If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures or epilepsy, consult a doctor before playing.
ESRB Game Ratings The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) ratings are designed to provide consumers, especially parents, with concise, impartial guidance about the age-appropriateness and content of computer and video games. This information can help consumers make informed purchase decisions about which games they deem suitable for their children and families. ESRB ratings have two equal parts: • Rating Symbols suggest age appropriateness for the game. These symbols appear on the front of virtually every game box available for retail sale or rental in the United States and Canada. • Content Descriptors indicate elements in a game that may have triggered a particular rating and/or may be of interest or concern. The descriptors appear on the back of the box next to the rating symbol. ON FRONT ON BACK
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Continue Continue playin rom your most recent saved ame New ein a ne ame o allout e eas Load Allos you to select rom a list o previously saved ames Settings Taes you to the Settins Menu here you can adust your ameplay display audio and control preerences See p 24 or more ino Credits ie the allout e eas credits Downloadable Content ie any onloadale Content you have otained or allout e eas
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Clear triangle Indicates a location that you have not yet discovered Filled triangle Indicates a location that you have previously discovered uest arget I you have an active uest any uest tarets ill e displayed on your compass as a solid arro The uest taret ill lash aster and aster as you et closer to it Ma Marer I you have placed your on marer on the map this ill e displayed as a transparent arro Friend/Foe Marers People and creatures that you perceive are displayed on the compass as vertical ars ello ars indicate riendly people and creatures ed ars indicate enemies our Perception stat aects i you can “detect” them Crossair our crosshair ill chane henever you are ale to interact ith an oect Press to interact ith the hihlihted oect
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Pip-Boy Controls TAB - Enter/exit Pip-Boy. Left Click - Select Items/Tabs/Menus in Pip-Boy. Up/Down Arrows, Mouse Wheel, or Click-and-Drag croll ar - Scroll up/down through lists.
Rad Meter To the top let o your Pipoy is a personal radiation meter that tells you ho many ads you’ve currently taen in radiation damae Sections There are three main sections in your Pipoy 3 Stats – Inormation aout your character’s stats and ailities tes – All o the items your character is currently carryin Data – Contains your maps uest ino notes and access to any radio sinals you can pic up ach section is roen into dierent sumenus
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The Stats Menu has ive menus Status SPCIA Sills Pers General SAS The Status Menu has asic ino aout the health o your character ith the /Down Arrow eys you move eteen the three important susections or Status • CND – Shos the condition o each part o your character’s ody indicated y a ar The shorter the ar the more damaed that ody part is hen the ar is one that part is considered crippled and ill appear as a dotted line I you have any octor’s as pressin ill heal all o your lims I you have Stimpas you can heal a speciic lim y pressin S and selectin hich speciic one you’d lie to heal See Aid pae RAD – Shos your current level o radiation resistance and ho many total ads o • damae your character has taen I you have adAay in your inventory press A to use it to lush As out o your system I you have ad you can press to increase your character’s A resistance or a period o time • ou can e eposed to radiation either directly rom the environment or y inestin irradiated ood and ater A small amount o radiation ill not hurt you ut as your accumulated eposure oes up you ill ein to suer ill eects includin death eventually * R 2 a 00 diation Poisoning Effects rads: -1 EN * 400 rads: -2 EN, -1 AG * 600 rads: -3 EN, -2 AG, -1 ST * 800 rads: -3 EN, -2 AG, -2 ST * 1000 rads: Death! • FF – Shos all o the positive and neative eects you character is eperiencin This could e due to radiation damae certain clothin you have euipped Aid you may e usin and other eects
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our seven primary attriutes A to the riht o the numer indicates that attriutes is suerin a neative eect hile a indicates it is enoyin a oost Chec the CND section o your Status menu or more inormation SLLS Inormation on your sills RS Special ailities you can choose every other level NRAL ists your eputation ith the various actions in the Moave asteland Press to tole eteen eputation and a list o your many accomplishments hile playin the ame as ell as your current arma status and level See pae or more on eputation
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The Items Menu has ive sections eapons Apparel Aid Misc and Ammo Menu Controls Left Click – Equip, Unequip or Use the selected item. Right Click – Drop the selected item. R – Repair the selected item (see Repair, pg 13). X – Mod the selected weapon (see eapon Mods, pg 1). 1,3-8 keys – ot e the selected item (see elow).
te Caracteristics Items in your inventory may have a numer o characteristics that ill appear hen the item is hihlihted DAM – o much amae the eapon does the hiher the numer the etter DS – o much amae the eapon does per second the hiher the numer the etter D – The amae Threshold the hiher the numer the etter See ArmorApparel pae 3 W – o much the item eihs AL – The item’s value in ottlecaps CND – The current condition o the eapon FFCS – Any positive or neative eects your character ill eperience i the item is euipped eapons ill also display the calier Ammo the eapon uses alon ith the current rounds loaded and remainin rounds S In the Inventory Menu deine hoteys y holdin one o the nuber eys ecept the ey hich is used to sitch ammo types hile simultaneously selectin the eapon apparel or Aid you ant in that slot y Left Clicing the desired selection ote you can still chane menus ith the oteys open and the item ill e assined hen you Left Clic hile playin use the nuber eys to select any o your seven oteyed items
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The top portion o the ata section ill alays display your current location and the current date and time The ata section includes ive menus ocal Map orld Map uests otes and adio LCAL MA The ocal Map displays an overhead map o your current location as ell as any neary doors WRLD MA The orld Map shos an overhead map o the entire Moave asteland area and marers or any places that have een discovered durin the course o your adventures adventures ou can ast travel directly to any place you have previously visited y hihlihtin the location and Left Clicing on the map se the Mouse Weel to oom inout on the map Left Clic to move around the map Rigt Clic to move or remove your on marer on a ocal or orld Map SS The uests screen in your Pipoy’s ata section tracs your proress in every uest you have undertaen To the let is a list o uests those ith riht tet are active those ith darened tet have een completed or ailed our active uest is mared y a small o n the rihthand side o the screen are the oectives or each uest The active oectives have riht tet and are on the top o the list the completed oectives have darened tet and are at the ottom o the list ectives mared as “ptional” are not necessary to successully complete the uest NS Contains all uest related and miscellaneous notes you ind in the ame oth ritten and audio Left Clic to listen to an Audio note the audio ill continue to play even i you close your Pipoy menu Left Clic to tole eteen All otes and only Active uest otes RAD All the radio sinals you have discovered are listed on the adio screen in the ata ta o your Pipoy Sinals listed in riht tet are ithin rane and can e listened to Sinals listed in darened tet have een discovered ut you are no loner ithin rane – in order to listen to one o these stations you have to move ac into the sinal’s receivin rane
HaRDCoRe MoDe Ater creatin your character you ill e iven the choice to turn on ardcore Mode Separate rom diiculty levels this special ay o playin the ame creates a more strateic and comple eperience that is tailored or more eperienced allout players In ardcore Mode you ill have to eat sleep and remain hydrated Any damaed lims can only e healed usin octor’s as or visitin a doctor Ammunition is iven eiht in hardcore mode reuirin you to closely monitor your inventory at all times hile ast travelin via the Pipoy does still or in ardcore Mode you may not ast travel i your character ould die due to dehydration or starvation in the time it ould tae you to et there ou may tole ardcore Mode at any time via the ptions menu hoever in order to earn the ardcore achievement you must play the entire ame rom the point you are irst prompted until the endame seuence ithout ever turnin it o p anD leVelInG up
hen you reach the reuired numer o perience Points you ill level up automatically so lon as you’re not in comat very time you level up your ealth increases and you ain Sill Points to assin to your sills ou may choose a ne per or every to levels you increase Note hen levelin up the level or your sills is their natural level and does not include any onuses you may e receivin due to items or Chems
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As you mae your ay throuh the Moave asteland you may ind eapon mods or sale or in various containers ach o your eapons can accommodate up to three uniue modiications and these can add ne eatures lie enhanced oomin ith a scope additional ullets per clip or increased damae Moddin a eapon also increases its value to merchants To activate a mod select the eapon in the Items list o your Pipoy Then select the mod you ant to attach nce a mod is attached to a eapon it is indicated ith a sin in your eapons list ou cannot remove a mod once it has een attached Mods are speciic to each individual eapon so you cannot attach the siht or the mm Pistol to the 35 Manum evolver Melee anD unaRMeD aTTaCs ou can attac an enemy ith melee or unarmed attacs hen they are ithin rane o your character As you increase your Melee sill you may notice your eapons have uniue moves in ATS see pae 4 or more on ATS At hiher levels o the narmed sill you ill automatically use advanced unarmed attacs hile ihtin In addition there are several uniue unarmed moves that can e learned rom characters throuhout the Moave asteland Left Clic Perorms a melee attac old to do a poer attac that does doule damae Rigt Clic loc locin incomin melee attacs provides a lare onus to your damae resistance
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The Moave asteland is a danerous place and comat is a act o lie or all ut the most diplomatic o survivors Weapons eapons all into several cateories raned eapons melee eapons unarmed eapons renades and mines our eectiveness ith any eapon depends on your character’s sills the condition o the eapon and the amae Threshold o your opponents hen usin any eapon aim ith your crosshair and Left Clic to attac hen usin an automatic eapon holdin don the Left Mouse Button ill continuously ire our character ill automatically reload a eapon hen you use up your current rounds provided you have additional ammo availale To reload at any time you can press R amae is calculated y sutractin the AM ratin o the eapon you are irin aainst the amae Threshold o your taret’s armor ou ill alays cause some damae ut i you see a red shield it means you ould e etter o usin a dierent eapon I you see a shredded shield imae this means you are doin lare amounts o damae to your taret our accuracy and damae in comat is determined y your Strenth level as ell as the overnin sill or the type o eapon you are irin Guns nery eapons plosives etc eapon condition also aects ho much damae is done as ell as the chance the un ams hen reloadin epairin eapons can increase the amount o damae they do see “epairin eapons and Apparel” elo and reduce the chance o your eapon ammin Rigt Clicing ill allo you to aim and ire more accurately ut move sloly hen you are sneain press LCtrl your character ill move sloly ut has a chance o a snea attac onus on any taret that has not detected you or more inormation on Stealth mode see p
Lib Condition ney ealt The aultTec Assisted Taretin System or ATS allos you to pause the ame assess any comat situation tactically and taret the speciic ody parts o any enemies onscreen Lib Condition isplays the relative health o each part o an enemy hen the ar disappears the ody part is crippled A Action oints This ar ill deplete as you ueue up attacs The lashin part is the amount o AP needed to do an attac ney ealt o much health your taret has let Pressin and holdin ill pause the ame and scan the area o tarets To oom in on an enemy simply select it and release ou are no ale to taret the individual ody parts o that enemy hen usin a melee eapon or unarmed comat you ill need to e close to have a chance to hit oth melee and renades are “ull ody” attacs and you cannot speciy a speciic ody part I your Melee sill is hih enouh you ill see a uniue attac move listed on the screen very attac on a ody part uses up Action Points eavier eapons use more Action Points or every shot hen you’ve used up all o your Action Points and are ready to perorm the attacs press The numer o attacs you can mae is limited y your Action Points
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As you venture across the asteland you ill encounter riendly characters ho ill oer to oin you on your ourney At any time you can have one human or humanoid creature such as a mutant or houl and one nonhuman root or animal companion ith you avin a companion adds speciic onuses or each character such as increases to the eectiveness o healin items or stat increases These onuses are only in eect hile that character is ith you and o aay as soon as you dismiss them rom your party Companions also have uniue storylines to e olloed as you play throuh the ame Get to no them and they’ll reveal more aout themselves and the asteland