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From: Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Fallout London - coming soonish?
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:16:25 -0500
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On Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:06:02 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Zaghadka wrote: 

>On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:49:44 +0100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
>wrote: 
>
>>Well it looks like it. So for those that didn't know this is a free 
>>mod/total conversion based on, you guessed it London, using FO:4. It was 
>>due to be released a few months ago but then we had Fallout TV so we got 
>>the FO:4 Next Gen (NG) update just before the FO:L(ondon) official 
>>release. Obviously panic stations as NG wasn't just a few minor bug 
>>fixes but instead a rather major overhaul meaning FO:L just wouldn't 
>>work. To make it even worse the NG update was a bit buggy so there's 
>>work ongoing meaning it can't be considered a stable platform (fixed).
>>
>>The good news though, the FO:L dev's took the decision not to go with NG 
>>but instead the release they had used and have now finished the work for 
>>a degrade tool for GOG and the one for Steam is almost complete. If 
>>you're on Epic sounds like you're out of luck.
>>
>>Me, I really looking forward to it obviously and hope all the hard work 
>>of the dev's has paid off.
>
>If you have FO4 on Steam, the best thing to do (if you consider time to
>be money) is just buy it on GOG for $16 rn. Just downgrading FO4 took me
>an hour on Steam, and then you have to manually install the mod, which is
>where I gave up.
>
>I don't know how long it's on sale for, but all you do is install
>FO:London on Galaxy. It makes a shortcut, no fuss.
>
>Then you have the updated copy on Steam and a separate London copy ready
>to go. 34GB.

Oops. There was some fuss. If you install FO:London on Galaxy, it doesn't
install the dependency.

Also, not hard to install FO:London with the downgrade on Steam. You just
point it at the directory after launching it in GOG. Wish they had
pointed that out in the tutorial.

At least I know how to downgrade the bullshit "upgrade" on Steam and keep
it that way.

Since I'm still playing Far Harbor off-and-on, this still works out well
for me.

-- 
Zag

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