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Fallout 3 HD Texture Pack Released

December 10, 2008 in Mods comments 24

Some of you are probably sick of me by now and my bragging about why I love getting the PC versions of some "specific" titles as opposed to the 360, PS3 versions (also have a Wii, but she is collecting dust).

This is why, the mod community I love and adore - it keeps PC games fresh, ensures more updates, and holds the promise of new content always in the works. I for one can't wait for the mod tools so you all get to experience a little adventure I've been testing using the old Oblivion TES toolset.

File this under “sweeeeeet.” Mod tools for the PC version of Fallout 3 haven’t even been released yet and an enterprising fan has already created something for the entire community to enjoy. The newly released Fallout 3 HD Texture Pack is a hefty 400MB download which improves the look of many of the game’s already-excellent textures. The download is free - it is fan-made after all - and easy to set up. Simply copy the contents of the texture pack ZIP into your Fallout 3 and edit the INI file (located on most PCs under My Documents/My Games/Fallout3) so that the line “bInvalidateOlderFiles=0” ends in a 1 instead of a 0. And if for some reason you want to change back to the old textures, just change that “1” back to a “0”.
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    ShadowJ Dec 10, 08
    lol "a hefty 400mb" Obviously these guys didn't get Qarls Texture Pack III for Oblivion, which was 1.2 GB XD
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    chautemoc Dec 10, 08
    Of course, if you're spending enough on your PC you can use mods like this...they'd better release em.
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      Daigoji_Gai Dec 10, 08
      My most recent upgrade (granted I already had two 8800 GT's, a case and DVD drive) only cost around $450 - for new cpu, mobo and memory... can run crysis at ridiculous resolutions... If you are into PC gaming, there are ways you can slide into some new upgrades without having to spend an arm and a leg on an entire new killer machine. Also helps I use my HD TV as my computer screen as well.
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        chautemoc Dec 10, 08
        Oh I know, Im not one of those people, hehe. But I'd read about the mod and knew it required a powerful system, something that would cost more than a PS3, say, in itself. So I just mean for that extra you pay, it works out well enough that you get mods like this.
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          Daigoji_Gai Dec 10, 08
          LOL! I see what you are saying now.

          Well, I've been checking out the screenshots, and it is a texture pack but thus far I'm not too impressed. Sharper yes, but a lot of that can be done by tweaking the ini file like with morrowind and oblivion.

          The good stuff won't come until Bethsoft releases the GECK mod toolset. I just hope I can port some of the things in the Oblivion toolset over - mostly all the dialogue trees I'm working on. *sigh*
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          ShadowJ Dec 10, 08
          Oblivion + Qarl's Texture Pack III (changed textures from 512 x 512 to 4096 x 4096 and made them more sharper and cleaner etc.) only needs a graphics card with 512MB.

          My X1600XT 512MB cost me £75 ($150) and runs them both with no problems.

          Of course Fallout 3 would need one of the latest graphics cards to get its full potential but we're talking Geforce 8 series and probably X1950 and HD series onwards.

          In other words, texture packs just use up a lot of the texture memory within a card. Meaning if it uses 512MB and you have a 256MB card then your game will be lag fest city while you sit and watch the slideshow.

          If that's reversed then the game will play with no lag, providing your computer fits the other requirements
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    Final Blade Dec 10, 08
    quote
    Some of you are probably sick of me by now and my bragging about why I love getting the PC versions of some "specific" titles as opposed to the 360, PS3 versions (also have a Wii, but she is collecting dust).

    This is why, the mod community I love and adore - it keeps PC games fresh, ensures more updates, and holds the promise of new content always in the works. I for one can't wait for the mod tools so you all get to experience a little adventure I've been testing using the old Oblivion TES toolset.
    You know, when I read this, I immediately though Shadow submitted this article for basically the majority of the reason you posted. I never knew you even bought PC games Daigoji_Gai, it just sounds like a Shadow-esque type statement.
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      ShadowJ Dec 10, 08
      How the hell can you get that confused with me?

      If I submitted this article I would have said:

      "Some of you would know me for being the SMART one to buy the PC version of Fallout 3 and other games...why is that? Well because of something called mods"

      oh...and I don't use words such as bragging
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        Final Blade Dec 10, 08
        No, you don't, it's just implied.

        Also I didn't even look at the submitter I saw just saw Fallout 3, and since you've submitted a good amount of them in the last week or 2, I immediately thought it was you. And saying buying the PC version, when you're a PC gamer type of guy, it sorta gave me the impression until I checked who submitted it.
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    Shadow of Death Dec 10, 08
    Lol, I admit, I thought it was you too ShadowJ XD

    Sorry for not thinking of you, Daigoji Gai >_>

    Yep, I plan to have a PC with Fallout 3 and Oblivion on it, inside a month or two....One of the things I want on it (aside from smoothly running gameplay) is high rez textures

    Seriously, whats-his-face in the PC oblivion forum makes me sooo envious of his epicly hawt girls he got with his rig and mods >_>
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      ShadowJ Dec 10, 08
      Haha you mean Floydian1, trust me, there are some on Fallout 3 that are using the Oblivion tools that give them the same results for Oblivion (or at least that's how I think they are doing it anyway)
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        Shadow of Death Dec 11, 08
        Ummmm *drools*?

        Now, just to spend a crapload of cash in one sitting, and get the two games as well >_>
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    Seeker X Dec 10, 08
    Is there any way that a PC enthusiast can possibly just..keep their ego to themselves or is that just impossible?
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      Onvacation Dec 11, 08
      Thumbs up for you xD
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      ShadowJ Dec 11, 08
      I'm afraid it is impossible and at the end of the day, I answer a question with a question.

      Why should I keep my love for the PC to myself when everyday I am forced to listen to the babble and drivel of kids that masturbate over the xbox 360 and/or the PS3 while they show completly false and/or no knowledge of the PC at all?

      By the way I have no ego...I just tell the facts of life
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        Onvacation Dec 11, 08
        Yes you do see that, But you don't see them all naming every individual component/spec of said ps3/xbox just for the sake of bragging rights do you?

        Oh i'm sure my Blu-ray, PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
        ,7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE, 7 x SPE @3.2GHz 512KB L2 cache,CELL chip ,GPU: RSX @550MHz with 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels PS3 can play this piece of lowtech shizzlemadiz

        :U
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          ShadowJ Dec 13, 08
          well you wouldn't have a reason to do that as the console's components never change after release unless you have interchangable hard drives. However the PC does change and has many variants worldwide.

          As to bragging rights? Other than stating we can afford technology that surpasses a console..nope no other bragging involved
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          Onvacation Dec 13, 08
          Is it that hard to just say your PC can run the game without listing all its damn components then?

          And you'll find console components do change quite alot over time~
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          ShadowJ Dec 13, 08
          Over time as in designing and releasing a new console, yes. Other than that when a console is released, their components don't change at all until a modder gets ahold of it.

          As to listing components, personally I just state the processor I have, my RAM and Videocard. I do not go into detail unless the forum topic has something to do with PC hardware or consoles being cheaper than PC's. To which then I list and show that consoles are just as expensive as PC's and in the long run it is cheaper to have a PC.

          I can not vouch for other PC gamers as I do know some of them do list their PC components
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        Seeker X Dec 11, 08
        quote
        Why should I keep my love for the PC to myself when everyday I am forced to listen to the babble and drivel of kids that masturbate over the xbox 360 and/or the PS3 while they show completly false and/or no knowledge of the PC at all?
        In here? I don't understand, WHO is jerking off over each console and spreading their own humus that they own "so-and-so" console? Much less WHO is comparing ANYTHING to the PC? I mean, people who own consoles talk ABOUT consoles and don't make it seem like its the best thing in the gaming world ever.

        BUT coincidentally, everytime there is some sort of PC/Consoles article, Lo and Behold there's always the typical "GAWD PC's are so much better, it's like you have NO idea" comments that are just not even necessary in the first place...and 9 times outta 10, those comments have NOTHING to do with said article/topic.

        See, it's not some personal vendetta with you, Shadow, it's just that I *bleep*ing hate it when people just bring these things up for NO reason whatsoever.
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          Final Blade Dec 11, 08
          Shadow's also stated this same thing, which you're saying Seeker, on a Bethesda Blog. Which virtually had nothing to do with the said blog in the first place.

          To me honest Shadow, I see the opposite. I see people who play PC games, talk more shit about the consoles and masturbates all over it's specs and how its "Superior" to console gaming, regardless of the fact PC isn't just a gaming platform like the consoles. So in that respect, imo, Consoles are superior cause they're design for games. PERIOD. PC's is more for internet and business purposes.

          Now you can say the current consoles, excluding Wii, can play DVD's and what not, which is true, it can multitask, but to be honest PC gamers are probably the biggest fanboys on the net compared to consoles. No matter how good a console is, the gamer has to come in with the same hypocrisy and bash their games and systems, but saying "I'm no fanboy, just stating facts". This isn't towards you, I encountered many PC gamers which are far more ignorant and fanboyish about console gaming then Console gamers on PC games.

          Which brings me back why PC gamers have to keep bringing this up? Why are you so defensive to defend PC games, or is it something much deeper as that you're threaten that console gaming has become so huge it will wipe out PC gaming? I don't know, I doubt the latter will happen.
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          ShadowJ Dec 13, 08
          You see, Seeker, I completely agree with you but not with FB. However you separate Gamegrep from Neo, whereas I just generally talk about everyone at once...that's where me and you are clashing heads.

          I am sick and tired of hearing the same old crap from the 360 and PS3 fanboys. Yet FB, you state you hear more shit from the PC side? Let me put this into perspective for you.

          Ever since consoles were made, they were designed to stay 3-4 months in front of the PC to appease to gamers. In the later years, PC has been able to close that gap to 1 month and completely eradicate the majority of the advantages of the consoles.

          Now before I continue, my comment in my other article was a jest, if you know then you know I hardly take anything serious and I am sarcastic...add that in to the fact I can pinpoint someones weakness (in this case stating my opinion out of the blue ) and there we have a massive uproar from a mere comment.

          At the time of writing that article, my mind flicked back to the many topics of console vs PC and the many times console gamers have come in and stated how much better a console is. So automatically I put it there.

          You see, with that article and even this article...there are only one or two people to blow it out of proportion...and FB it has been you both times.

          I understand the reason why (so tempting to place "because I feel sorry for you with having a PS3 and not a PC" but I shall not ) but what you don't understand is that I also have a PS3. I have played the games on it and in fact currently if it wasn't for Unreal Tournament III and Smackdown vs Raw 2009...it would be collecting dust or sold to a friend.

          That's not to say it is a bad console but most if not all of the games do not interest me, especially when most of the games I can get on my PC and the only exclusives seem to not be exclusive anymore and if they are...they still do not interest me.

          You see you state "Consoles are superior because they're designed for games"..how wrong can you be when the consoles are actually turning into PC's...PC's come in several categories, from being designed for home use all the way to pro-gaming.

          Place a pro-gaming PC against a console and then come back and tell me that consoles win because they are specifically designed for gaming.

          The only thing consoles have is that 4 people in the same room can play at the same time and they are portable. Years ago I would have said they were cheaper but not now...they are just as expensive as PC's and only reason no one sees that is because the hardware is cheap and the games are expensive.

          As to defending the PC...get off your damn high horse and stop looking down at me. Firstly, I was stating my own opinion which to clarify doesn't need a reason to be said, it can be said whether there is a debate or not a debate going on. Just like you can have your opinion and say it whenever and where ever you want, except I will reply for the other side unless I agree with you.

          Secondly, I have no reason to defend the PC, it is capable of showing you itself unless said PC is a decade old. Thirdly I have never been defensive about the PC, in fact find me the proof of me defending the PC and I shall apologize as everytime I have been involved in a console/PC debate I have only ever stated the facts as to why PC is better depending on the category put forth by the console owners.

          Anything else, yes ok I admit throwing out PC screenshots in 360 or PS3 forums but that has mainly been to get some activity flowing within the forums I mod, ontop of that it has always been within threads bitching about the PC, as to my way of stopping the bitching is to shut them up with a PC screenshot with a caption saying "Bet you wished you could do that on a console"

          So yeah maybe you picked the wrong PC owner to rant and vent at, however I am only defending myself and not my fellow PC owners as I can not vouch for them just like you can't vouch for the console owners as trust me, both sides are bad for arrogance and ignorance.

          The difference here is that you haven't seen what I have seen and I haven't seen what you two have seen. So lets agree to disagree and leave it at that
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    Onvacation Dec 13, 08
    Longest comment ever made^
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    Final Blade Dec 13, 08
    Shadow, I don't recall directing that personally to you. I was speaking in general. And to be honest I just skimmed your post since most of it had nothing to do with my point. I've been around forums for nearly 10 years, and I've seen alot of fanboyish shit. While console users have alot of it, PC fanboys are worse from my experience. Again I'm not calling you a fanboy, but I really don't see why you need to bring up the PC version superiority of something in an article regarding a company. But I digress I made my point. And fairly good one.

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