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General => Survival Guides => Topic started by: Strike on November 09, 2013, 03:47:28 pm

Title: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on November 09, 2013, 03:47:28 pm

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Client installation

Full Client (Includes everything you need to play)

1. Download Full Client (http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/files/dl_fullclient.php), unzip folder and move it into location where you have access rights, for example:

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C:\Users\USERNAME\FOnline Reloaded
OR
C:\FOnline Reloaded

2. Before you start to play game, use FOConfig.exe to set resolution and other settings.

Compact Client (MASTER.dat and CRITTER.dat files required to play)

1. Download Compact Client (http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/files/dl_compactclient.php), unzip folder and move it into location where you have access rights, for example:

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C:\Users\USERNAME\FOnline Reloaded
OR
C:\FOnline Reloaded

2. Copy MASTER.dat and CRITTER.dat from Fallout 2 CD and paste them into FOnline Reloaded folder.

3. Open FO2238Config.exe, choose "DataFiles" and show manually where MASTER.dat and CRITTER.dat are located.

4. Before you start to play game, use FOConfig.exe to set resolution and other settings.

Music

1. Copy "music" folder from Fallout 2 CD and paste it into:

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FOnline Reloaded\data
Additional key bindings

1. Open FO2238Config.exe, and go to "Bindings"

2. Press "Add" to add new key binding, select key binding and press "Remove" to remove key binding.

3. Select type of the key binding from the list (Aim, Reload, Fog of War, Use Items)

4. Select what keys you have to press, in order to activate key binding (Ctrl/Alt/Shift + Number/Letter)

5. Press "OK" to save key binding.

Modifications

1. Get modification from: "Tools and Modifications" (http://forum.fonline-reloaded.net/index.php?board=18.0)

2. Move modification package (.zip format) into:

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FOnline Reloaded\data
3. Open DataFiles2238.cfg with text editor and add lines under fallout.dat for each modification:

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fallout.dat
data\NameHere.zip

4. Save document and start game.

Screenshot format

1. Open FOnline2238.cfg with text editor and add next line under [2238] section:

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ScreenshotName=%SECOND%.png

2. Save document and start game.

NameColorizing

http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=NameColorizing (http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=NameColorizing)

How to get a tent?

Spoiler: show

How to follow players?

Spoiler: show

FAQ

Rules:
Game rules (http://forum.fonline-reloaded.net/index.php?topic=4.0) and Forum rules (http://forum.fonline-reloaded.net/index.php?topic=3.0)

Wiki is the best place to find information:
http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page (http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page)

Advice for beginners:
http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Advice_for_beginners (http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Advice_for_beginners)

Hotkeys:
http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Shortcuts (http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Shortcuts)

Commands:
http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Commands (http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Commands)

Explore

Find many interesting places in the wasteland:
http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=The_World (http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=The_World)

Quests and jobs

Quests:
http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Quests (http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Quests)

Jobs:
http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Jobs (http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Jobs)

Easy quests:
http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Easy_quests (http://www.fonline-reloaded.net/wiki/index.php?title=Easy_quests)

Tips for experience and caps

1. Sell your items for bartenders in towns (NCR, Vault City, The Den..)

2. With enough lockpick skill you can open footlockers in urban encounters and find some items.

3. Animals (Molerats, Dogs, Geckos..) are easy experience when you start playing. After you gain few levels and you have some good weapon, you should go kill some humans (Raiders, Trappers, Powder Gangers..) for better experience and some basic items.

4. Complete some quests or jobs for experience and caps.

Faction

Looking for faction?
http://forum.fonline-reloaded.net/index.php?board=9.0 (http://forum.fonline-reloaded.net/index.php?board=9.0)

Links

Nitue.net (FCP, FOnline Character Planner and FEF, FOnline Encounter Finder)
http://nitue.net/ (http://nitue.net/)

FOnline IRC channel (Web based IRC chat, choose name and join to the channel)
http://chat.forestnet.org/?channels=reloaded (http://chat.forestnet.org/?channels=reloaded)

Donations

Donate, right now!
http://forum.fonline-reloaded.net/index.php?topic=390.0 (http://forum.fonline-reloaded.net/index.php?topic=390.0)

Client troubleshooting

Windows

Spoiler: show

Linux

Spoiler: show

OS X

Spoiler: show

FOnline.cfg

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[Game Options]
Language= engl
WinNotify= False
SoundNotify= False
InvertMessBox= False
Logging= True
LoggingTime= False
FixedFPS= 60
ScrollDelay= 4
ScrollStep= 32
TextDelay= 3000
LangChange= 0
AlwaysRun= True
RemoteHost= 91.121.18.168
RemotePort= 2238
ProxyType=
ProxyHost=
ProxyPort=
ProxyUser=
ProxyPass=
ScreenWidth= 1024
ScreenHeight= 768
Light= 20
FlushValue= 100
BaseTexture= 256
FullScreen= False
VSync= False
AlwaysOnTop= False
Animation3dSmoothTime= 0
Animation3dFPS= 0
MusicVolume= 42
SoundVolume= 43
DefaultCombatMode= 2
IndicatorType= 1
CombatMessagesType= 1
DamageHitDelay= 0
Multisampling= 0

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Henry on November 09, 2013, 04:02:04 pm

Very nice layout. That is all good advice and direction for new players.

Minor correction: "4. If you have some rare times to sell, use forums." (should be rare "items")

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on November 09, 2013, 04:03:50 pm

Quote from: Henry on November 09, 2013, 04:02:04 pm

Very nice layout. That is all good advice and direction for new players.

Minor correction: "4. If you have some rare times to sell, use forums." (should be rare "items")

Yup, just saw that myself too :)
Thanks for reporting.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: S.T.A.L.K.E.R on November 09, 2013, 10:11:39 pm

Why 6 luck?

all my builds have 1 (except my sniper)

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on November 09, 2013, 10:41:17 pm

Quote from: S.T.A.L.K.E.R on November 09, 2013, 10:11:39 pm

Why 6 luck?

all my builds have 1 (except my sniper)

I see luck pretty important, I know that most of builds can survive with LK1 but I just want to make sure that there is less crit fails.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: S.T.A.L.K.E.R on November 09, 2013, 10:42:49 pm

Quote from: Strike on November 09, 2013, 10:41:17 pm

I see luck pretty important, I know that most of builds can survive with LK1 but I just want to make sure that there is less crit fails.

I hardly crit fail (almost never)

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on November 09, 2013, 10:52:05 pm

Quote from: S.T.A.L.K.E.R on November 09, 2013, 10:42:49 pm

I hardly crit fail (almost never)

What kind weapons you use? And does you just use crafted weapons with 100% condition?

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: KestreL on November 10, 2013, 01:11:41 am

This is good guild, Thank you Strike for making it.

4 LK / 6LK is perfect for starter alts
My first alt in old 2238 was one of luck and i can not begin to say how menny times i was hit in the head by a laser mutant from unity and bypassed for 200dmg
1LK = 50/50% chance to be bypassed on any part of body
Each 1+ to LK gives you a 5% higher chance of avoiding this issue

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: DocAN on February 14, 2014, 11:09:14 am

good job

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Mona on April 08, 2014, 03:49:07 pm

Something for the Linux section, troubleshooting.
I use Gentoo. Somehow FonlineGL is extremely slow and gives bad picture so I play via Wine. It's just perfect but when I encounter 3D critters, the game crashes every time. I have all the drivers installed.
To solve this:

1. Make sure you have 3D acceleration:

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glxinfo  |grep render
direct rendering: Yes
    GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer, 
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on i915 (chipset: 945GM)

2. Have DirectX installed:

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winetricks d3dx9_36Make sure you have this version, others most likely will not work.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: drot on June 27, 2014, 11:22:35 am

I would suggest adding how to specify additional key bindings via fo2238config since most new players don't even look at that part.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: b3nzay on July 09, 2014, 09:54:36 pm

Tried to play with the full client, but got this message: "The program can't start because d3dx9_42.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix it." Should I use the compact client instead? I own the game.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on July 09, 2014, 10:00:18 pm

Quote from: b3nzay on July 09, 2014, 09:54:36 pm

Tried to play with the full client, but got this message: "The program can't start because d3dx9_42.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix it." Should I use the compact client instead? I own the game.

You should download DirectX http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35 (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35), install it and try again.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: b3nzay on July 09, 2014, 10:16:25 pm

Quote from: Strike on July 09, 2014, 10:00:18 pm

You should download DirectX http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35 (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35), install it and try again.

Thanks! :)

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: bionixsamurai on July 14, 2014, 08:32:23 pm

Okay so I got the game today and I quickly skimmed over this so it might of went over this, but when it asks me for my Username and Password to play FOnline I do so and I made sure of it
then I press play and on the bottom left it says Username or password is wrong try again so I do and I make sure it's the right password and everything and it happens again? what do I do please help

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: S.T.A.L.K.E.R on July 14, 2014, 08:34:27 pm

Quote from: bionixsamurai on July 14, 2014, 08:32:23 pm

Okay so I got the game today and I quickly skimmed over this so it might of went over this, but when it asks me for my Username and Password to play FOnline I do so and I made sure of it
then I press play and on the bottom left it says Username or password is wrong try again so I do and I make sure it's the right password and everything and it happens again? what do I do please help

You have to create a character, it doesn't use your forum account

forum and ingame are separated

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on July 22, 2014, 01:22:49 pm

Update 22/07/2014

- Added "How to get a tent?" guide.

Update 12/07/2014

- Added "How to follow players?" guide, and fixed problem with character builds.

Update 27/06/2014

- Added "Additional key bindings" guide.

Update 21/06/2014

- Small update, different pictures and few typo fixes.

Update 13/06/2014

- Fixed and improved guide a lot, there was many typos.

Update 05/06/2014

- Small fixes for "Client troubleshooting" guide.

Update 14/04/2014

- Updated "Modification installation" guide

Update 08/04/2014

- Added "More 3d linux troubleshooting help by Mona" guide

Update 11/03/2014

- Little tweaks to "Game Options"
- Removed some unnecessary text from "Client troubleshooting"

Update 22/02/2014

- Fixed link to "Mac OS" guide.
- Removed lot of unnecessary text from guide.
- Updated code for "Change quality of ingame screenshots" guide.

Update 14/02/2014

- Removed some unnecessary code from "Game Options"

Update 10/02/2014

- Removed ghouls from "Tips to get more caps and better experience" as new update reduced their experience.

Update 05/02/2014

- Cleaned some text from guide and some random typos.
- Removed how to disable DEP (Data Execution Prevention) guide.

~~Update 04/02/2014~~

Update 29/01/2014

- There was lot of typos, fixed them.

Update 23/01/2014

- Added link to donation topic, you can go and check info how to support Reloaded.
- Made builds as images with FOnline Character Planner, and added them inside spoilers.
- Few fixes to Pure Evil Interface installation guide.
- Cleaned some unnecessary text.

Update 22/01/2014

- Added "How to run FOnline Reloaded under Mac OS" guide.
- Little fixes for guide, more is coming soon.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: S.T.A.L.K.E.R on August 12, 2014, 03:53:13 am

The builds are terrible, please change them.

Sadly noobs will use those

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on August 12, 2014, 02:33:38 pm

Added "Experimental character builds" text and did few changes to Small Guns, Energy Weapons and Thrower builds.

Edit: "FAQ" does have now hotkeys link to wiki.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on September 03, 2014, 09:40:08 pm

Update 04/09/2014

- Improved "Client troubleshooting" guide

Update 22/07/2014

- Added "How to get a tent?" guide.

Update 12/07/2014

- Added "How to follow players?" guide, and fixed problem with character builds.

Update 27/06/2014

- Added "Additional key bindings" guide.

Update 21/06/2014

- Small update, different pictures and few typo fixes.

Update 13/06/2014

- Fixed and improved guide a lot, there was many typos.

Update 05/06/2014

- Small fixes for "Client troubleshooting" guide.

Update 14/04/2014

- Updated "Modification installation" guide

Update 08/04/2014

- Added "More 3d linux troubleshooting help by Mona" guide

Update 11/03/2014

- Little tweaks to "Game Options"
- Removed some unnecessary text from "Client troubleshooting"

Update 22/02/2014

- Fixed link to "Mac OS" guide.
- Removed lot of unnecessary text from guide.
- Updated code for "Change quality of ingame screenshots" guide.

Update 14/02/2014

- Removed some unnecessary code from "Game Options"

Update 10/02/2014

- Removed ghouls from "Tips to get more caps and better experience" as new update reduced their experience.

Update 05/02/2014

- Cleaned some text from guide and some random typos.
- Removed how to disable DEP (Data Execution Prevention) guide.

~~Update 04/02/2014~~

Update 29/01/2014

- There was lot of typos, fixed them.

Update 23/01/2014

- Added link to donation topic, you can go and check info how to support Reloaded.
- Made builds as images with FOnline Character Planner, and added them inside spoilers.
- Few fixes to Pure Evil Interface installation guide.
- Cleaned some unnecessary text.

Update 22/01/2014

- Added "How to run FOnline Reloaded under Mac OS" guide.
- Little fixes for guide, more is coming soon.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: joebeans on September 07, 2014, 01:15:00 am

The how to follow people needs to be added to the wiki, also the player interface needs to be explained on the wiki. For example what are all them icons for and what do they doo?

These are questions new players will be asking. Not everyone who will come to Fonline reloaded will have played FO1 or FO2.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Henry on September 07, 2014, 01:20:45 am

On what page do you suggest we add that info about the follow option?

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on September 07, 2014, 01:23:36 am

Please use this topic for wiki discussion:

http://forum.fonline-reloaded.net/index.php?topic=266.0 (http://forum.fonline-reloaded.net/index.php?topic=266.0)

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: joebeans on September 07, 2014, 10:30:11 am

Quote from: Henry on September 07, 2014, 01:20:45 am

On what page do you suggest we add that info about the follow option?

I would make 2 new pages on the wiki one called interface, explaining all the in game icons. How they work and what they do.

Then a second page all about team play. Explaining how to team up with friends, how to setup gangs and that sorta stuff.

I understand how hard it is to write a wiki. I wrote most of the origins wiki...

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on October 10, 2014, 08:56:28 pm

Added one more thing to "Client Troubleshooting" guide (Windows), possible fix for some errors with client:

Quote

7. Right click on the FOnline.exe, select "Run as administrator"

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on December 08, 2014, 07:48:51 am

Added "Windows XP/2000 Driver Archive for older Nvidia graphics" link to Windows troubleshooting guide.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on December 28, 2014, 07:09:40 pm

Added smaller pictures to "How to follow player?" guide.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on September 15, 2015, 05:02:52 am

"Wine Staging" added to Linux troubleshooting guide.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Corosive on September 15, 2015, 06:07:13 pm

fun to read, good job!

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on December 04, 2015, 10:28:41 pm

Removed "Character builds" section, waiting for wipe :)

Edit: "NameColorizing" section added, Minor style changes.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Strike on February 20, 2016, 12:10:34 pm

Bump

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: kitka on August 07, 2016, 03:27:53 pm

Thanks for not mention not use blueprints as long as you don't have required profession :facepalm

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: zekromo on August 07, 2016, 03:40:23 pm

Quote from: kitka on August 07, 2016, 03:27:53 pm

Thanks for not mention not use blueprints as long as you don't have required profession :facepalm

I believe they stay with you and you can access them when you do get the required profession. Only time you lose the ability to craft already read blueprints is if you reroll.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: killer1986chris on August 07, 2016, 03:48:19 pm

Quote from: zekromo 👑 on August 07, 2016, 03:40:23 pm

Quote from: kitka on August 07, 2016, 03:27:53 pm
Thanks for not mention not use blueprints as long as you don't have required profession :facepalm
I believe they stay with you and you can access them when you do get the required profession. Only time you lose the ability to craft already read blueprints is if you reroll.

You are correct friend, I have used BPs before having the profession and on getting the profession it was there in my fixboy.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: kitka on August 07, 2016, 04:07:30 pm

Quote from: zekromo 👑 on August 07, 2016, 03:40:23 pm

Quote from: kitka on August 07, 2016, 03:27:53 pm
Thanks for not mention not use blueprints as long as you don't have required profession :facepalm
I believe they stay with you and you can access them when you do get the required profession. Only time you lose the ability to craft already read blueprints is if you reroll.

thanks for the info my mutated friend!!, i've almost lost passion to the game ) It's not that upset when someone leads you to his hideout to kill and loot rather than to show how to fill the water bag. but dissapearing of stimpack and dynamite blueprints would be horrible.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: Editor on April 04, 2017, 08:55:50 pm

I can't do changes to 1st post anymore, because I deleted my old account (Strike), so this guide doesn't get updates anymore even there will be wipe, you are free to copy my unfinished writings, and do even better guide for next season, if you are interested to help community.

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: runboy93 on September 01, 2017, 11:24:01 am

Download links are outdated, wait until they come here:
https://forum.fonline-reloaded.net/index.php?topic=1.0

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: DolskSWE on June 18, 2019, 02:38:21 pm

Hi i just downloaded the game and im in the menu, but the mouse cursor does not show? how to fix that?

Title: Re: New players guide by Strike
Post by: DolskSWE on June 18, 2019, 03:08:20 pm

Never mind i added fallout.dat in Datafiles, problem solved

FOnline: Reloaded

General => Survival Guides => Topic started by: Strike on November 09, 2013, 03:47:28 pm