Forum:Access to Various Rooftops in Goodsprings

Hi, today whilst playing Fallout: New Vegas on my Xbox 360 I discovered an interesting feature of one particular building in the town of Goodsprings that I though people might want to hear about. If this has been posted elsewhere already, please feel free to say so and I will remove this page. So, without further ado, here it is:

You can get onto the roof of the Goodsprings Gas Station. These are the steps that you must follow:

-Grab a crate from the side of the Goodsprings General Store

-Go to the Goodsprings Gas Station (Ringo, the caravan trader hides there during the quests 'Run Goodsprings Run', and 'Ghost Town Gunfight'.

-The right hand part of the building is a garage with a ruined flat-bed truck parked in it, go there

-Place the crate on its side (the way it appears in game) on the roof of the truck, you may need to jump onto the back to do this

-Once the crate is in place, walk round to the front of the truck and climb on (move forward and spam the jump key)

-When you have made it onto the roof of the truck, jump onto the crate

-From there you should be able to jump through the skylight onto the roof

-It is also possible to pass items up through the skylight to assemble your own cache/fort on the roof

-It is very easy to jump across onto the roof over where the fuel pumps used to be as well

Enjoy!

--Grammarlad 16:15, April 6, 2011 (UTC)

P.S. I have also discovered that you can get onto the Prospector Saloon roof by piling up crates and barrels on top of the small raised part on the west side of the building. You can also get onto the roof of the Goodsprings general store by placing one crate on top of the bins on the west side of the building and then jumping from there to the air conditioning output unit onto the roof. I will try to find more rooftops throughout the Mojave Wasteland that can be easily accessed; I may even consider some sort of Roleplaying concept which could incorporate these findings. As always, I'd be grateful for any feedback or additions that you may have.

--Grammarlad 17:34, April 6, 2011 (UTC)

Just thought I'd let you know, I'm quite fascinated with this concept, and dangit, were I not needing to sleep, I'd try it right now. It seems like a wonderful base; unless items on the ground disappear over time? I'm not sure how that works... However you oughta be able to get one of those Sarsparilla crates up there with some creative use of moving. GiMpLiE 04:52, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

Or you could drop the Marked Cards which are found at Aerotech Office. They float in the air, and you can jump on them. That being said, there's really no point in going on the roof, you can't do anything except snipe, and after the quest is over, there is no one to snipe except the people in the town, and why would you want to do that?Pappy002 06:00, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

It's fairly easy to pass up crates and barrels, but anything smaller than those can be a bit tricky. Any items that you place from your inventory should stay in that location indefinitely, but the crates and barrels may move back to their original locations after 3 days if you don't visit the cell that they are in. One of the main advantages of using the roof to make a base is that those pesky NPCs won't wander in and push everything over when they're trying to walk round. Some of the roofs of the other houses around Goodsprings can be accessed as well, but each one takes a good deal more precision and a large number of boxes, so they aren't really worth it. At the moment I'm trying to develop some kind of 'Goodsprings Militia' character, but one of the issues that I have encountered is that there simply aren't enough boxes to get onto. I'm also looking into what inventory items can be used to build walls etc. for us console players who can't just open up the construction set and put a real one in. At the moment I've created a small wall using crates, but that only leaves me with just enough to get onto the general store and salloon. It should also be noted that there is a bed in a trailer to the north of the general store which can be used for that authentic 'living rough' feel. Here's how to get crates and barrels up onto the gas station roof, from where they can be thrown accross onto the secondary roof:

-Place the crate/barrel on the bed of the flat bed truck

-Get onto the roof of the cab

-Grab the crate/barrel

-Lift it up and turn around 180 degrees

-Lift the crate/barrel above head height and tuck it just onto the roof

Please note: This took me 2-3 goes each time so you may want to save often whilst attempting this!

In response to Pappy002, it was simply an idea I had which could be used in some sort of roleplaying situation, and does have very little practical use in the game. You can also jump from the cliffs above the gas station if you have an agility of 10, but I got onto the roof using the way I detailed first with an agility of just 5.

If you need anything explained to you, then just ask. Thanks for the comments, keep the responses coming! :) --Grammarlad 16:55, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

Here is an image which shows the way to access the rooftops, really sorry about the poor quality but I took it on a camera as I play on Xbox 360.

I've also found some items that could possibly be used to create walls. They are: Carton of cigarettes, the boxes from the shotgun ammo 20 Gauge Round, Paperweight; the following ones are lees realistic (either too rare, expensive, or a large number would be needed): Nuka-Cola truck, Weapon repair kit, Box of detergent, Abraxo cleaner, and some large books. Feel free to comment as always! :) --Grammarlad 19:18, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

5mm boxes! =DGiMpLiE 01:17, April 9, 2011 (UTC)