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I'm currently playing through Fallout 2 for the first time. I'm at the point where I need to repair the oil tanker's nav computer in order to get out to the oil rig. To do this, I understand I need the navcomp parts. A shopkeeper suggested I look in one of the old vaults, and I checked 15, finding no closed lockers or other such things. Vault 13, on the other hand, has a room full of locked lockers and footlockers. Upon returning to 13, I found all of the deathclaws had been killed by the Enclave except for Goris. My lockpick skill is only 25%, so picking the locks on the lockers is ineffective. I tried planting explosives in front of them to blow the locks off, but that didn't work either.

I eventually tried looking up a walkthrough which said that the parts were indeed in one of those lockers, and it also said that after helping the Deathclaws repair the Vault computer the lockers should be open to me. I'm playing V 1.02 of the game, not sure if it's 1.02a, d, or what have you.

Is this a bug in the game? Does anyone know how I might get at the parts? Thanks in advance, and sorry if this is a stupid question.

Pantsman wrote:I'm currently playing through Fallout 2 for the first time. I'm at the point where I need to repair the oil tanker's nav computer in order to get out to the oil rig. To do this, I understand I need the navcomp parts. A shopkeeper suggested I look in one of the old vaults, and I checked 15, finding no closed lockers or other such things. Vault 13, on the other hand, has a room full of locked lockers and footlockers. Upon returning to 13, I found all of the deathclaws had been killed by the Enclave except for Goris. My lockpick skill is only 25%, so picking the locks on the lockers is ineffective. I tried planting explosives in front of them to blow the locks off, but that didn't work either.

I eventually tried looking up a walkthrough which said that the parts were indeed in one of those lockers, and it also said that after helping the Deathclaws repair the Vault computer the lockers should be open to me. I'm playing V 1.02 of the game, not sure if it's 1.02a, d, or what have you.

Is this a bug in the game? Does anyone know how I might get at the parts? Thanks in advance, and sorry if this is a stupid question.

Buffout+Crowbar sometimes works.

Or:

Do a bunch of leveling up, put the points into lockpick.

Use lockpick tools - especially the improved lockpick set.

You can cheat by putting a set of lockpicks in each hand - the bonuses will stack. Just use one of the two by clicking on one of the weapon slots.

Also, you could join the hubologists in SF and use psycho to make your character very stupid so when you ask for your reward for finishing their mission, they take pity on you and set up the tanker for you- No Parts Needed, not even the FOB.

If you can't do the Hubber missions I hope you can get the lockers open or have savegames from earlier...

You could also just use Falche to give extra points to lockpick.

Here's the link: Fallout 2 Character Editor

My gratitude is immesurable. Although, buffout + crowbar? You mean take some buffout, and then use a crowbar on the lockers?

Redeye gains +10 Karma.

crowbar= greatest fallout item

Redeye wrote:You can cheat by putting a set of lockpicks in each hand - the bonuses will stack.

This will be your best bet IMO. Double Improved Lockpicks will give you whooping +80%

Pantsman wrote:My gratitude is immesurable. Although, buffout + crowbar? You mean take some buffout, and then use a crowbar on the lockers?

Redeye gains +10 Karma.

Yup. Crowbar doesn't always work, but its good to try it on various things.
You never know when the developers might have tagged an openable thing to work with the crowbar.

Crowbar just gives +1 strength for opening stuff, that's all. No special magic about it

Tell that to Gordon

Thor Kaufman wrote:Crowbar just gives +1 strength for opening stuff, that's all. No special magic about it

Omg does that also work for the jammed doors in Vault City's vault lvl2?

Frater Perdurabo wrote:

Thor Kaufman wrote:Crowbar just gives +1 strength for opening stuff, that's all. No special magic about it

Omg does that also work for the jammed doors in Vault City's vault lvl2?

Yes, you can only open them if you're strong enough. I think, either 8ST or 7ST+crowbar should work, use buffouts/jet as suggested, if you need it

Thor Kaufman wrote:

Frater Perdurabo wrote:

Thor Kaufman wrote:Crowbar just gives +1 strength for opening stuff, that's all. No special magic about it

Omg does that also work for the jammed doors in Vault City's vault lvl2?

Yes, you can only open them if you're strong enough. I think, either 8ST or 7ST+crowbar should work, use buffouts/jet as suggested, if you need it

Damn, in my last game I actually waited until I got the Power Armor -_-

Thanks for clearing that up.

Or gulp Buffout.

Koki wrote:Or gulp Buffout.

Does Buffout stack? I.e. Will taking 2 Buffouts increase my STR by 4?

Frater Perdurabo wrote:

Koki wrote:Or gulp Buffout.

Does Buffout stack? I.e. Will taking 2 Buffouts increase my STR by 4?

You can take 2 of each drug. That's the max. I think.

Free buffout is available in one of the easier to open rooms in the Vault City Vault.

Probably just one, though.

A free crowbar or wrench, too.

Ok, it doesn't matter now any more, since I just got power armor (yes, I am playing the damn game again).