Hi everyone, long time no see! It's amazing to hear from folks still playing Alton so many years later. It truly means the world that you all have stuck around this long.
If you enjoyed Alton, IL, check out my WIP Fallout 4 project. Five years in the making, A Better World tells the story of two women on the run from the Institute: Jo and Liz, and their mission to create a better, safer world. Click the image to go to the forum page!
every time I roll across this mod it shocks me. I grew up in Illinois and my dads home was right next to it. Always think of the pisa bird when I hear Alton. consider creating that monstrosity of a monster and this dlc mod will be spot on.
When siding with the Underground Railroad, the minute I exit Vault 95 I get a Mission Failed on a quest called Lost Lovers. Had no idea what that even was until I reloaded it again. Seems to be some NPC that wants you to track down her husband. Any advice?
The UR questline worked fine for me. However, I tried to do the Plague side, but had some issues. First, Stephen Clark keeps returning to his starting location in Belleview instead of staying in Vault 59. Second, this behavior continues in the assault on the UR, so he never confronts Hartrick - he just keeps wandering away. Finally, the door to Hartrick's tent is inaccessible, so I can't enter. Any ideas on how do I fix these? I also have AltonAddon loaded.
david's voice lines doesn't play for whatever reason, it could be a conflict from one of my other mods that i have installed but im not really sure. (i have the revoice mod installed btw.)
Played the TTW version of this mod. Posting my short review from that page to this page.
This a really impressive mod for one that was released in 2011. It has an entirely new detailed worldspace with tons of areas to explore, main quest with 2 endings, multiple side quest, voice-acting for important NPCs, as well as new armors and weapons! Overall, it was pretty enjoyable!
However, some flaws become noticeable a few hours into the mod:
Weak story or rather how it was executed. I feel like the factions weren't fleshed out enough to get an emotional attachment to either of them, making the part where you have to make the faction choice kind of awkward. Plague armors were nice though but there's no explanation for their faction attires. In addition, there's a lack content related to the Outcasts and Brotherhood, which is odd due to how the mod starts off.
Player house unsafe containers. Some containers, such as the Refrigerator in player's room, are not marked as safe containers and thus will reset after 3 in-game days. I lost a ton of consumables and nuka cola quantums because of this issue and it was very discouraging. Also, a certain faction choice completely locks the player out of the room forever and there is no player housing equivalent for the other faction.
Early 2023, I really wanted to revisit this mod after almost 11 years since first experience. Not so clean and polish as some projects from Fallout 4 modding scene but , as other commentators said, Alton is still one of the best new lands mods that can literally be compared to official DLC from developers. The main story isn't top notch writing but author tried to give players something new with faction based endings and that's a major improvement after weak Fallout 3 BoS ending and no proper way to join the Enclave side. New map of Alton can be sometimes very strange from the landscape perspective, where some bits of map received very good content and some feels like an empty hole without anything interesting to find aside from some generic enemies. As for me personally, this mod is way better than official DLCs like Mothership Zeta, Operation Anchorage or The Pitt (yes, immersion and design of Pittsburgh is good, but it has very little amount of locations and to complete all objectives you need only 4-5 hours). Also I need to warn you about potential bugs which was never fixed in mod like CtD when wandering Alton or some not activated scripts in main quest. But pretty much for all of these problems you can find solutions in this comment section. Some forum search, tcl-ing, save/load and everything is gonna be okay. And I really suggest to you to use Alton Overhaul by DarknessSquall, which greatly fixed many original bugs, random CtDs and scripts problems from the original mod (my full review of can be found in comment section of overhaul) Read full description on Nexus page to know all the changes. Should you try this mod in 2023? If you feel like you want more new locations and tired to visit ruins of D.C. - Alton may be your best option for Fallout 3 modding experience.
finish the main quest with Railroad . After return to DC , got the new quest available cutscene. Return to Alton to talk to Tom Howard but he does not give the "Eviction notice" quest. Running the latest version with the patch and the voice rework mod btw
i can't fix the boiler i press e but nothing happens. Also, i can't intercept the plague squad that carrying explosives. i enter the building and exit the otherside, just a loop.
Hey, I had the same issue - I at first tried using the console to complete the quest, but after checking my Misc. Notes, I saw you have to have one piece of scrap metal, two wonderglue and a lead pipe. Then it will be fixed! I hope that helps!
I assume you are playing on a Win10, multi-core machine? Fallout 3 does not work well with the newer computers, without some changes to the configuration files. If you have the GoG version, the changes are already there. If you are using a retail or Steam version, you have to manually make the changes. See if the contents of this article will help: https://steamcommunity.com/app/22370/discussions/0/537405286651594722/
I've tried comparability mode and the multicore .ini fix among other things i can't remember right now. I've reinstalled windows since i last tried to run it. I'll give it another shot.
I've never had a cleaner playing experience than with a Vanilla install on a current era rig. Just because it wasn't designed to use more than 2 cores does not mean it runs worse on a 10 core machine. That thought track is just silly.
Given the large number of people that were having issues with Fallout 3 on systems with more than two cores, that had most of, if not all of those issues mitigated by restricting the number of cores accessed by the game, I would say it was/is an actual issue. Especially since one of those people was me.
As long as my retail copy remains viable, I am not paying for a digital version, just to avoid making changes to my .ini file(s). Otherwise, its GOG for the win!!!
Try this mod. https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/21888. it makes the engine multi-core aware as well as allowing the engine to access 4GB of your RAM and up to 2GB of VRAM. You can't get any more than that however because the Fallout 3 engine is only 32-bit and 4GB is the limit. Anyway, hope that helps. i have been using this with my Ryzen 9 and had no stability issues. Highly recommended.
I actually found a fix around this, just install both the hotfix here as well as the "Alton Fixes" restoration mod. Oh and make sure your unofficial patch is up to date.
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If you enjoyed Alton, IL, check out my WIP Fallout 4 project. Five years in the making, A Better World tells the story of two women on the run from the Institute: Jo and Liz, and their mission to create a better, safer world. Click the image to go to the forum page!
This a really impressive mod for one that was released in 2011. It has an entirely new detailed worldspace with tons of areas to explore, main quest with 2 endings, multiple side quest, voice-acting for important NPCs, as well as new armors and weapons! Overall, it was pretty enjoyable!
However, some flaws become noticeable a few hours into the mod:
Not so clean and polish as some projects from Fallout 4 modding scene but , as other commentators said, Alton is still one of the best new lands mods that can literally be compared to official DLC from developers.
The main story isn't top notch writing but author tried to give players something new with faction based endings and that's a major improvement after weak Fallout 3 BoS ending and no proper way to join the Enclave side.
New map of Alton can be sometimes very strange from the landscape perspective, where some bits of map received very good content and some feels like an empty hole without anything interesting to find aside from some generic enemies.
As for me personally, this mod is way better than official DLCs like Mothership Zeta, Operation Anchorage or The Pitt (yes, immersion and design of Pittsburgh is good, but it has very little amount of locations and to complete all objectives you need only 4-5 hours).
Also I need to warn you about potential bugs which was never fixed in mod like CtD when wandering Alton or some not activated scripts in main quest. But pretty much for all of these problems you can find solutions in this comment section. Some forum search, tcl-ing, save/load and everything is gonna be okay. And I really suggest to you to use Alton Overhaul by DarknessSquall, which greatly fixed many original bugs, random CtDs and scripts problems from the original mod (my full review of can be found in comment section of overhaul) Read full description on Nexus page to know all the changes.
Should you try this mod in 2023? If you feel like you want more new locations and tired to visit ruins of D.C. - Alton may be your best option for Fallout 3 modding experience.
Also, i can't intercept the plague squad that carrying explosives. i enter the building and exit the otherside, just a loop.
Just because it wasn't designed to use more than 2 cores does not mean it runs worse on a 10 core machine.
That thought track is just silly.
it makes the engine multi-core aware as well as allowing the engine to access 4GB of your RAM and up to 2GB of VRAM. You can't get any more than that however because the Fallout 3 engine is only 32-bit and 4GB is the limit. Anyway, hope that helps. i have been using this with my Ryzen 9 and had no stability issues. Highly recommended.