elder scrolls 6? They're speculating the release date to be 2019. Wow...

agent8
Yeah, after some recent changes with how AVG sends it's info and with it's constant barrages to upgrade, I ditched them on all builds I am doing and moved to Avira. CCleaner is great though as long as you know what you are doing. We had someone use it on a work computer that junked some important registry entries as well as some other small things that were checked and thought of as junk. Thankfully, all of our systems were imaged and it wasn't even worth trying to fix what this guy did.
 Anyway, I hope next time around, they do a totally different Fallout game. I love the idea of waking up or having to go into a Fallout shelter with something happening. I love the combat system, crafting and weapons/armor. What I wish they would do different is another take on the characters. The companions were a great add-on but some of the characters seem tired to me. Deathclaws, mirelurks, radscorpions, eyebots and the raider-types as well as the Revolutionary war type stuff just feel over used. The synths were a great addition and I understand there can only be some many variants after a fallout.
 
Sometimes I also wish they would cut down on all the text on terminals and backstory stuff. Some of it was interesting reading logs and emails but I lost track of who was who and everything else. I think it would be cool to have one set in the LA area with a destroyed Disneyland where you could go inside all the inner workings of the park and roam around Compton. I know that's far out but I think it would be cool.

If they had kept on the Fallout canon storyline, LA is a smoking pile of rubble.  But with Fallout 3 Bethesda kind of did their own thing and pretty much set things in a new Universe.  Then Fallout 4 came out and everything took an abrupt left turn.   I agree that things need to get changed up a bit.   Especially the whole feral ghoul thing.   Ghouls were rare, ferals rarer still.  But according to Fallout 4 about 50% of the human population has apparently been mutated into feral ghouls.   

Going insane? I'm already there and past the point of no return. I like it here and I'm not coming back! Fittings are still sitting in Phoenix. I think Amazon is punishing me for not renewing my Prime membership.

Zuhl3156
Interesting tutorial on the 'Mods' option in the Fallout 4 menu. I know I need to try out that Mini Nuke Minigun. LOL
 
 

whaaaaaaaat? Where is this "mods" option?

Dukman
Okay had to skip past a bunch of posts because you guys are farther into the story than I am, despite the length of time I've been playing this.  
 
One thing I will hand to Bethesda, they can make it difficult to stay on task.   Im constantly saying that I intend to pursue the story line, only to get side tracked by somehing else entirely.    This time it's more settlement building.  Or to be more specific it's building my workshop/storage building in Sanctuary.  
 
As for Dogmeat, he has his own personality.   Just watch him when your kicking around a bit, that's when it'll show up.  And despite his obvious limitations in combat, it is kind of nice to not have someone chattering on and on and on about the same old things over and over.
 
 
@Whiskers, Stalin and Zuhl
 
If you are curious about a mod or mods, let me know which one(s).  I'm currently running a total of 90 mods.  So chances are Im probably already using it and can tell you about stability.   Many of the mods Im running aren't affected by the updates and patches while others are.  Yes, if you get one of those mods it will require you to update the mod itself after the game is changed, but if you use a mod manager, it's not that big of a deal.  And it's only really the big mods that need updating.  Alot of your others are simply "set it and forget it" as they tend to affect things that patches don't need to fix.
 
I personally don't hesitate much when it comes to running mods in a game and I accept the risks and frustrations of doing so.   Personally, I think it takes mods to fix all the stupid crap that Bethesda did or didn't do to the game.   
 

What mods are your using for visuals/ graphics?
I've been looking at the Enhanced Color Correction mod.  I'm curious to know if the visual/ graphics mod are worth it?  I personally feel that the vanilla Fallout 4 looks pretty awesome at 1440p.  But then again I thought Skyrim couldn't look any better and boy was I wrong!
Also, any recommendations on weather mods?  Thanks.
 

spyderrico

Dukman
Okay had to skip past a bunch of posts because you guys are farther into the story than I am, despite the length of time I've been playing this.  
 
One thing I will hand to Bethesda, they can make it difficult to stay on task.   Im constantly saying that I intend to pursue the story line, only to get side tracked by somehing else entirely.    This time it's more settlement building.  Or to be more specific it's building my workshop/storage building in Sanctuary.  
 
As for Dogmeat, he has his own personality.   Just watch him when your kicking around a bit, that's when it'll show up.  And despite his obvious limitations in combat, it is kind of nice to not have someone chattering on and on and on about the same old things over and over.
 
 
@Whiskers, Stalin and Zuhl
 
If you are curious about a mod or mods, let me know which one(s).  I'm currently running a total of 90 mods.  So chances are Im probably already using it and can tell you about stability.   Many of the mods Im running aren't affected by the updates and patches while others are.  Yes, if you get one of those mods it will require you to update the mod itself after the game is changed, but if you use a mod manager, it's not that big of a deal.  And it's only really the big mods that need updating.  Alot of your others are simply "set it and forget it" as they tend to affect things that patches don't need to fix.
 
I personally don't hesitate much when it comes to running mods in a game and I accept the risks and frustrations of doing so.   Personally, I think it takes mods to fix all the stupid crap that Bethesda did or didn't do to the game.   
 

What mods are your using for visuals/ graphics?
I've been looking at the Enhanced Color Correction mod.  I'm curious to know if the visual/ graphics mod are worth it?  I personally feel that the vanilla Fallout 4 looks pretty awesome at 1440p.  But then again I thought Skyrim couldn't look any better and boy was I wrong!
Also, any recommendations on weather mods?  Thanks.
 

I'll start with the weather mods.  
 
 
True Storms - It increases the weather frequency and also adds stuff like fog.  Nothing like stumbling through downtown Boston at night in the fog.
Rain - Improves the overall look of the rainstorms.  Can possibly conflict with True Storms.  Load True Storms first and then Rain and allow Rain to overwrite files. 
 
 
As for the visuals, Im running a bunch of texture mods.
 
A Little Bit of Green - Makes things green and adds leaves to the trees.  
Commonwealth HQ Landscape Overhaul: It looks like that mod is no longer on the Nexus.
Enhanced Blood Textures - Better blood spatter and spray
Eyewear and Mask Retexture - Makes those items look so much better.
Fallout Texture Overhaul: Power Armors - Adds a more realistic/textured look to the power amors.
Fallout 4 Seasons: Summer - In conjuction with A Touch of Green.  Makes everything nice and green.  But there is also Spring, Fall and Winter as well.  But since I hate snow, winter is out.
Faraway Area Reform - Increases the amount of visible objects/buildings at distance.
Langleys HD Textures Workshop
Optimized Vanilla Textures
Piper Face Retexture: Freckles - Makes Piper look even better.
Raider Overhaul WIP + 4K Textures: 2 Separate files. - Totally changes up the look of the armor that the raiders are wearing and can add additional armors with the use of the Armorsmith Mod.
Vivid Fallout: Landscape
Vivid Fallout: Trees
WET - Improves the look of water.
 
Im not running and ENB settings yet.  Nor did I in Skyrim.  I just didn't want the hassle of mucking about with the files that much.  
 
I didn't know about the Enhanced Color Correction Mod, but just downloaded it.  So I can check back in and let you know what I think.    
 
@Stalin - I'm running Craftable Ammo with no issues.  It looks like you can make just about every ammo type in the game.  Haven't done so because like I said, Ive got ammo coming out of my ears.  (Like 10k fusion cells at the moment)

whiskers54

stalinx20
WOW... I'm disappointed. I mean, I should have expected that they would this, but I'm totally disgruntled by it. No Fast travel in survival mode??? LOL. Talk about serious overkill.  I guess they weren't kidding when they said they like to mess something up when it's not broken. "Hey, let's do this and see if the people like it!" No, I don't like it, I want it back the way it was. lol
 
You can't revert back to another difficulty once you set it to survival. If you do, you lost the ability to go back to survival mode. you have to eat and drink to stay in good condition. And the ammo adds weight. Guess they were not joking. . .
 

I think I am going to pass on this and wait until I get to a lot higher level. Who knows, they may change it again.

To compromise, for now, I went to very hard, and just got my butt kicked in a gun fight by a single raider with a laser pistol. So, this will suffice. I am no tank, but I can dish out a lot of damage, more like a glass cannon lol.

Zuhl3156
I installed the Mini Nuke Mini-Gun mod yesterday and it works great. It will come in handy for Defending the Castle. There is an Alien Rifle too. I might try that next and mod it out for sniping.

It's raining nukes, and bombs going off. The ultimate exploitation, enough to put some heat onto the computer?!

Zuhl3156

stalinx20

Zuhl3156
I installed the Mini Nuke Mini-Gun mod yesterday and it works great. It will come in handy for Defending the Castle. There is an Alien Rifle too. I might try that next and mod it out for sniping.

It's raining nukes, and bombs going off. The ultimate exploitation, enough to put some heat onto the computer?!

You can chuck those Mini Nukes a long long way too. I did notice that when I make a 'Save' now it has a (M) prefix in front of it. I hope I can still use that Save to Load a previous spot in the game if I remove the mod.

As cheesy as this will sound, I still have to say it. Makes me think of that song  "It's raining men" and change it to "It's raining nukes"

I rubbed out some Raider for Desdemona and after the mission I decided to walk back instead of quick travelling and I suddenly got a message saying I was now at war with the Railroad for not reporting back to Desdemona. I reloaded a save and continued by fast travelling to the Railroad HQ. I don't think I'll be doing any more missions for them since it looks like somewhere along the line I'll be at war with them anyway.

stalinx20
How do you go at war with a faction?

Apparently it is pretty easy to be at war with The Railroad if you get Desdemona upset. I could take them on and win against them hands down but I am afraid of losing Deacon as a companion. I have him running supplies right now and can hook up with him again later. Piper is getting on my nerves. She is always walking into my line of fire and I usually end up damaging her Power Armor. I think it's time to give MacReady a shot at least until I get my special 'perk' from him. Preston still wants to have that 'Special liitle talk' with me and I have no idea where he is going with it but I get scared at seeing that 'Romance' option in the dialogue menu in bright red letters. IDK what romancing Preston is going to do for me besides make me want to puke. Maybe I'll see what happens later and hope I don't lose a perfectly good lunch. LOL

I kept giving him cartons of ciggs and he always tried to bum some more from me. Talk about a chain-smoker!

Zuhl3156

stalinx20

Zuhl3156
Interesting tutorial on the 'Mods' option in the Fallout 4 menu. I know I need to try out that Mini Nuke Minigun. LOL
 
 

whaaaaaaaat? Where is this "mods" option?

You need to have 'beta' enabled until the official release of this patch. I going for it, beta or not.

 

 A rookie with a mini nuke gun. What could go wrong? Two rookies with mini nuke guns. Say goodbye to the neighborhood.

stalinx20

Zuhl3156

stalinx20

Zuhl3156
I installed the Mini Nuke Mini-Gun mod yesterday and it works great. It will come in handy for Defending the Castle. There is an Alien Rifle too. I might try that next and mod it out for sniping.

It's raining nukes, and bombs going off. The ultimate exploitation, enough to put some heat onto the computer?!

You can chuck those Mini Nukes a long long way too. I did notice that when I make a 'Save' now it has a (M) prefix in front of it. I hope I can still use that Save to Load a previous spot in the game if I remove the mod.

As cheesy as this will sound, I still have to say it. Makes me think of that song  "It's raining men" and change it to "It's raining nukes"

 
And another settlement bites the dust. What's worse, 2 rookies with mini nuke guns or 2 companions with the same weapons? LOL

Zuhl3156

stalinx20
How do you go at war with a faction?

Preston still wants to have that 'Special liitle talk' with me and I have no idea where he is going with it but I get scared at seeing that 'Romance' option in the dialogue menu in bright red letters. IDK what romancing Preston is going to do for me besides make me want to puke. Maybe I'll see what happens later and hope I don't lose a perfectly good lunch. LOL

 
This guy has got it in for you and you're going to break his little heart. Just call him your personal, on call, Rotor Rooter. Service with a smile. LOL  Ducks in foxhole for cover.