Caravans

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:20 pm

Anyone know's what cause the reddings caravans to not appear sometimes ?
I know they appear at 1 , 11 and 21 of each month , but sometimes they dont appear at all.
Right now using my current character I dont see any of the caravans , and it's 1 of may there should be a caravan there... I tried a new game with Narg and voila there was a vault city caravan . Are there any triggers or certain conditions for the caravans to appear ?

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 3:37 pm

I have no idea. Why bother with Redding, anyways?

MurPHy · Post by **MurPHy** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:17 pm

The caravans are buggy as hell. Sometimes wierd shit like that happens.

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:44 pm

I find it easier to get random encounters rather than roaming around and the wasteland , and you also get paid for it

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:50 pm

Yeah, they can be at some times be really good for that purpose. But they're still just a minor side of FO and buggy as hell, so I wouldn't be so worried about them being teh sucky sucky.

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 5:17 pm

random encounters in the wasteland are pratctically impossible to get.
and if one get one its always like 7highwaymen, reallyreally early in game.

as I recall it used to be easier though.....
mebbe since travelspeed has gotten all weird on newer computers random encouters has been affected too.

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:08 pm

Mismatch wrote:random encounters in the wasteland are pratctically impossible to get.
and if one get one its always like 7highwaymen, reallyreally early in game.

as I recall it used to be easier though.....
mebbe since travelspeed has gotten all weird on newer computers random encouters has been affected too.

That's why I wanted to know the triggers for the caravans. Usually you just get 3 raiders with knifes and a gun trying to kill you. But in the caravans routes you get alot of cool random encounters : Supermutants fighting other caravans , ncr rangers fighting gangs , I even got supermutants fighting deathclaws once. Sometimes the battles turn into huge massacres with each faction fighting against their own allies due to some lost shot .

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:02 pm

I think the caravan encounters just depend on your level... if not, then the content is completely random. I've encountered dogs and plants when I was like lvl 20.

I find it especially funny when a stray shot hits an opposing caravans brahmin, and my team's NPC guards don't end combat until they kill every last one.

fallout ranger · Post by **fallout ranger** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:35 pm

Fucking triple

I've had the same thing happen to me on several occasions, also with a custom char.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:21 am

Yeah 3+ factions all hostile to each other is really great fun. Raiders, marauders, your caravan and possibly Supermutants. That's what I got once, boy was it sweet. TEH DRAMA indeed.

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:56 pm

is it possible to alter some value in a ini file or cfg or summit to get more encounters (normal ones, not special)?

Temaperacl · Post by **Temaperacl** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 1:22 am

For Caravan encounters ,you'd probably have to edit the script for the caravan (not positive, just a guess). For normal world-map random encounnters, the information is stored in DATA/data/worldmap.txt