Forum:I can't see past this guy!

Hi all. I've been playing the game since the release day, but until yesterday, had never gone very far with the main questline, ie. finding Dad, plus. Thus, I had never had a character wear powered armor until I played through the Anchorage DLC. Anyways, so last night, or rather early this morning, I wore Enclave armor for the first time, which is cool and all, but... it takes up the whole lefthand quarter of the screen! He's blocking a lot of view, with those huge shoulder epaulettes, even with the view pulled back all the way.

I know some of you will say, "just play in first-person mode". Maaan, I am so over 1st person view games. I've been playing those since, oh jeez, Castle Wolfenstein 3D, maybe. The original Doom, certainly. I don't recall which was the first of this type, maybe something else was. I've been a video gamer since PONG, maybe longer since I've been playing arcade games forever. I assume the arcade video games came before Pong. Anyways, whatever, the point is, I'm not going to play 1st-person, except very briefly trying to pick stuff up in difficult places. I'm playing on the 360. Is there anyway I can do this on it? Cause I like this Tesla armor, its cool, it just needs to move to the left a bit. As always, thanks for the assist,

--Wally 04:57, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Too bad you can't zoom out. Big McLargeHuge 05:19, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Right, I zoomed back as far as I could, and it still takes up, actually almost half the screen! UGH!

--Wally

Play in first person mode.--72.65.215.29 12:22, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

C'mon man, I LIVE in first person mode! Why would I wanna play a game that way? UH?

Third person mode is like yer mother-in-law, in the back seat, telling you to slow down, to pass that bastard, to turn left you schmuck, no, not THIS left!, to speed up, etc... Yeah. *cough* That's much better! (anyone gotta noose I can borrow?)

--Wally 20:57, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Play in first person mode.--72.65.227.35 22:44, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Ain't gonna happen, Buttons. As I said, the only time I use that is when I'm in a tight space trying to pick-up or move an item.

--Wally 00:48, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

The only real way I can see for you to fix your problem here is by going into first person before starting conversations and ONLY conversations,considering your (rather strange, imo) refusal to go into first person during all other forms of gameplay. Just go into first person before conversations and go back to third person after the conversation ends. That's the only real solution to your problem I can think of. It doesn't work, or you refuse to do even that, then I apologize.--72.65.201.179 23:41, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Um, but when I have a conversation, the game automatically goes into 1st person view, and zooms in on the conversant, ie. a talking head.

--Wally 00:22, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Go into first person mode. I'm just kidding. =P The only option you have is to not wear Power Armor, since you are playing on the 360. Anyway, Pong was not the first video game, but it was one of the first to be released, way back in 1972. If you were playing other arcade games before Pong, then it had to be some time after this. --MadDawg2552 19:42, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, interesting, but I'm pretty sure Pong was the first, as it was created by a nerd-before-there-were-nerds =) on a military computer, probably a mainframe. There were only mainframes in those days, I think. (I remember going to the office with my Dad, when I was knee-high to a grasshopper, and enjoying monkeying around with the, uh, punch-card programmed mainframes. I used to type-up little messages on those cards. *sigh* Ah the good ol' days [and I love being a nerd/geek!]). In any case, Pong took on a life of its own, as these things do, and we have the first video game sensation. If this is not true, I would love to know what I'm not remembering.

But, I do recall all the hooplah when Space Invaders came out, and then Pac Man was like the Beatles arriving. heh

Anyways, sorry, getting off Fallout 3 topic here. Yeah, I have been switching to 1st-person more, but only to do delicate stuff like mine-finding, getting stuff out of those damned boxes and pails and such, and lord knows trying to, eh, "interior decorate" my house. But also, since the Anchorage DLC came out, the game returns you to 1st-person mode when you come out of zooming-in with the scope of either the sniper rifles or the gauss rifle. Haven't seen if the .44 does it, yet. Sometimes I don't notice until combat ensues and then quickly switch back back to 3rd person. And then, once again, its like trying to get out of a crowded elevator from the back, "Come on, move aside, get out of the way, MOVE!" heh heh heh

--Wally 20:44, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Play in first person mode. If you don't like how the armor looks in third person, then don't wear it. End of discussion. PlasmaFox 21:33, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Play in first person. Gsmikem 22:08, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

"End of discussion?" HA!! He don' know me vewwy well, do he?

--Wally 22:10, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Well, one way I'm coping is to zoom the character out a bit so he's small enough to not obstruct the view, about far enough to see most of him, head to thigh, but also a lot around him. One advantage of this is to be able to observe the coolness of his outfit and weapons, etc. This is another reason I prefer 3rd person view, to a lesser extent. In 1st person, you don't see him/her at all, just that rather misplaced weapon sticking out in front of you in a rather phallic way, hardly moving as well. (SO realistic!) In any case, I am using this view a bit more than I did previously or with my other characters, especially when trying to pick up and manipulate items, as stated previously, but also as I stand back and let Charon (in Enclave armor) and Star Paladin Cross go after the enemies. Its a cinematic view of the battle. heh, after doing this in Those! I definitely had Springsteen's I'm on Fire running through my head.

--Wally 21:20, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Well, if you MUST play in 3rd person, there's only one logical suggestion. Stealth Boys! Lots and lots of stealth boys. LVTDUDE 08:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

For the love of GPI, play in first person. Is it really that terrible? Play in first person. Do not play in third person. If you are not content with third person, then play in first person. You do not have to play in third person. It is not a requirement to play in third person. You are fully capable of playing in first person. Therefore, if you are having troubles with third person, you should play in first person. There is no negative effect to playing in first person. PlasmaFox 10:53, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

No. I dun wan'to an' I dun haf'to. So there, nyeah. Seriously, I posted here looking for help in the matter. Obviously I'm aware of *sniff* 1st-person, been there, done that. But if I thought that was the only solution, I wouldn't have posted. If you don't have an alternative, please don't waste your time. Not to be snarky, but I know typing that takes up your precious, Could-Be-Playing-Fallout minutes. Hmm, and I'm missing it too. Gotta run!

--Wally 20:31, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

P.S. What's GPI? It sounds like a radio station. Or, isn't that a VW?


 * Wait, wtf. You can zoom out, like way far out. You can zoom as far out so your guy looks teeny-tiny. On the PS3, i just hold R2 and use the 2 joysticks to rotate the camera and zoom in and out.