Fallout: New Vegas 1.3 Patch Goes Live

[Andy Chalk]

Fallout: New Vegas 1.3 Patch Goes Live

The Fallout: New Vegas [http://www.amazon.com/Fallout-New-Vegas-Pc/dp/B002SU4QG4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1303853186&sr=8-3] patch meant to lead into the Honest Hearts DLC is available now for the PC, with PS3 and Xbox 360 versions expected to hit soon.

The Fallout: New Vegas version 1.3 patch is a surprisingly comprehensive update that adds numerous optimization and stability improvements and also overhauls just about every weapon in the game, making both guns and energy weapons more accurate and harder-hitting. Explosives have also been changed: dynamite now has a larger explosion radius, while grenades of all sorts have increased damage and the missile launcher and Fat Man have an improved zoom field of view and accuracy.

I'm not sure why there was a need to ratchet up the effectiveness of firearms since the game wasn't exactly the world's toughest shooter-RPG to begin with, but from the look of things this patch will have you killing with greater ease than ever before. Two perks have also been affected: "Splash Damage" now functions properly and "The Professional" now includes the 10mm pistol and SMG.

A full list of changes can be found on Honest Hearts [http://store.steampowered.com/news/5368/].

via: VG247 [http://www.vg247.com/2011/04/26/fallout-new-vegas-pc-patch-released-in-preparation-for-honest-hearts-dlc/]


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[Lost In The Void]

Glad to hear that; not so much for the patch since I haven't had many issues since launch, but the next DLC announcement is now going to be something I'm on the look for. God I can't wait

 

[RejjeN]

I think the reason guns and explosives were improved was because of how broken unarmed and melee is/was (Especially if you consider how easily you could shrug off ten people shooting at you if you had proper armor ), now you'll at least feel a sting if they do!

 

[AngryMongoose]

Good to see the Gobi rifle improved, since it was basically just a weaker sniper rifle that couldn't use a suppressor. That being said, improving the power of the sniper rifles was not necessary. If you at the right range for a sniper rifle, you can shoot someone in the leg and they won't noticed. Just keep taking shots and the Varmint rifle is good enough for anything. Except cazadores. Bastards always see me when I inevitably miss.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

Hows it do for overall stability, are random lockups and crashing still the order of the day?

 

[OldAccount]

Helpfully this is too make combat work better outside of VATS. I really hate using VATS but alot of the time standard combat just doesn't feel right.

 

[Vrach]

I think the reason guns and explosives were improved was because of how broken unarmed and melee is/was (Especially if you consider how easily you could shrug off ten people shooting at you if you had proper armor ), now you'll at least feel a sting if they do!

^This, keep in mind, mobs use those same weapons a lot of the time so it's not really a "making things easier" patch. Also, frankly, shit took too long to die in F: NV. Shooting something in the head 7 times is not even funny. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind, Anti-Materiel rifle with Incendiary ammo gets shit done, but when you're using pistols, it's just a fucking nightmare (or maybe I'm just biased cause I'm playing Dead Money with crap equipment after getting pimped out outside it)

 

[Wolfram23]

I just hope it doesn't cause issues with my mods, including the community bug fix patch.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

...Do I need PSN for this update? Just checking, if not then I'll do it over the weekend.

 

[FogHornG36]

i just want the dlc, im on pc, so i already have mods that have changed all of this stuff.

 

[Chuck Hamilton]

I just hope it doesn't cause issues with my mods, including the community bug fix patch.

My thoughts exactly. Except for the bug fix patch, which I don't have.

 

[Naepa34]

Awww, they nerfed .308 JSP rounds. No more silent insta-kill headshots on deathclaws.

 

[AngelOfBlueRoses]

This appears to be just for guns and not for any issues with crashing and other bugs. This makes me a sad, saaaaad panda.

What makes me happy, though, is the DLC announcment! Yay! <3

 

[Irridium]

Yeah, Steam downloaded this patch even after I freaking told it to not automatically update. And it did anyway.

If Steam's just going to keep resetting that setting, why the hell is it even there? There's a reason I don't want New Vegas to automatically update, its because I want to avoid Fallout 3's 1.5 patch from happening again. And unlike a non-steam game, you can't revert your Steam games to a previous version.

Dammit Steam...

 

[Rex Fallout]

PS3 updated the same day PC did.

 

[RaikuFA]

Hows it do for overall stability, are random lockups and crashing still the order of the day?

hopefully itll be fixed if they did a huge fix up like this

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

This appears to be just for guns and not for any issues with crashing and other bugs. This makes me a sad, saaaaad panda.

What makes me happy, though, is the DLC announcment! Yay! <3

They said it would fix some of the technical issues too (a lil bit before release)

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas_patch_1.3.0.452

Ive noticed a lil less in the freeze dept


And

Spoilers:
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Geerardr/Trophies_for_Honest_Hearts_released_on_1.5_patch_for_PS3.

but it says the PS3 owners can see these

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

Wow... They actually made the game easier. What the fuck.

You need to be some sort of retarded cripple to fail on very easy.

Can't say I'm noticing any optimisations either, the game still runs worse than Metro on very high. Gamebryooooooooooooo!

 

[Elementlmage]

I'm still pissed they trapped my at Hover Dam! The only reason I can still play the game is because I no-cliped out and found a fast travel glitch so I don't have to walk everywhere!

Also, I'm level 50 XD