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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: Fallout London - coming soonish?
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 18:43:09 +0100
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On 01/08/2024 17:06, 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.
> 

I have downloaded the mod and am probably just going to buy the GoTY on 
GOG as that seems the easy route not to mention the cheaper one.