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If they don't actually disappear, then it's ok. Actually, Tandi did wander off the map after I brought her back to Shady Sands. Yes, I noticed that, too.

Sometimes NPCs that have random walking patterns wander off-map. Do they return or do they get lost forever? How do I get them back?

OK, it turns out the differences I noticed were because of different difficulty levels. When you install Fallout and start a new game for the very first time, you start on easy or normal (I don't remember which one) and you get more items that way compared to hard difficulty (which was the...

What determines whether you get certain starting items or not? Some characters I created got lock picks while others did not. How come? All the stats/skills were the same.

Does reputation increase/decrease only by completing quests or is there a way to gain it in other ways (random encounters maybe)? I noticed that Fallout does not credit my character for positive actions if I did not talk to someone before to give me the quest to do them (SPOILER: I killed Decker...

How is the bonus ranged damage (+2 damage) added with this perk in F1? Say, you do 10 damage and happen to score a critical hit x3. What will the overall damage be (before armour/resistance modifiers)? 1. (10+2)x3 = 36 2. 10x3+2 = 32

That would explain it, too.

:lol: Actually party members do that kind of stuff pretty often - I've been taking friendly fire in my back more often than I thought was neccessary :). They don't hesitate hitting friendly people either such as attacking helpless hostages (nothing like seeing a half-alive hostage in a gunfight...

There's a busy cook in Shady Sands whom you can compliment and get +1 reputation. What I noticed is that if you do it before Ian joins you, you will be able to talk to her and compliment her, but if Ian is already in your party, you won't (the dialog screen won't open and she will simply respond...

OK, thanks. It must be a bug then.

Hm, after searching the web a bit, it seems that children can steal stuff from you. Does this apply to Fallout 1? If yes, does the game provide any indications that you were just been robbed? There are a few children in Shady Sands so I'm wondering if it was them who stole my stuff.

I created a new character and upon starting the game I got lock picks as one of the starting items. I haven't played much with that character besides visiting Shady Sands (cleaned Radscorpions), V13 and V15. What I noticed is that my lock picks are missing now for some reason. I certainly did...

Do dead bodies that have some items in their inventory disappear after some time or do they stay on the map permanently?

All right, thank you.

In some cases (when entering a new area, for example) you'll get some extra info about things in the log window as you character notices stuff. I'm playing another character with identical attributes (10 PE) as before but he did not notice the locker near the cave entrance of Vault 15 while the...