I always remove the fusion core when I leave mine, probably got taken by somebody if you left the core in the armour.
Btw I did read somewhere they can be stolen if you leave the core in.
Does Preston always use his laser musket? I removed the laser musket from his inventory and gave him a much better laser rifle and told him to equip it. he does, and it shows him holding the new laser but minutes later he has the laser musket again. I check his inventory but there is no laser musket there???
on a different note - the Hallucigen factory was pretty funny
Companions have invisible default weapons that you can't remove, and that weapon requires no ammunition. In Preston's case, it's a laser musket.Does Preston always use his laser musket? I removed the laser musket from his inventory and gave him a much better laser rifle and told him to equip it. he does, and it shows him holding the new laser but minutes later he has the laser musket again. I check his inventory but there is no laser musket there???
Good explanation.Companions have invisible default weapons that you can't remove, and that weapon requires no ammunition. In Preston's case, it's a laser musket.
Companions will equip whatever weapon does the most damage per second, but only if they have ammo. Giving Preston a laser rifle won't do any good if you don't give him fusion cells. It doesn't matter if the invisible default weapon normally uses the same kind of ammunition as a visible weapon, the visible weapon still needs ammunition.
Unlike Settlers, companions can make the decision to equip a weapon on their own. It appears they base this on DPS - they'll use a low damage, high fire rate weapon over a slow-firing weapon with slightly better damage per shot. They won't adjust tactics to the situation, so they'll fire a shotgun at a long range target instead of switching to a longer-range but lower damage weapon.
They do use up ammunition. Handing them an automatic weapon is generally a good way to burn through a lot of ammunition in a hurry. If you give them several different types of ammo, they'll switch weapons once they're out of ammunition for the first weapon.
Note that Settlers need ammunition for any weapons you give them as well, but they don't use it up. A few Fusion Cells will last a Settler with a laser rifle forever, but if they don't have any Fusions Cells they won't use it.
for those that played FO 1/2
game looks pretty nice in isometric
I havent gone wither yet. Why? Still doing so much stuff everywhere else!Why haven't you gone to Diamond City? It has a few interesting quests/companions there.
I haven't really experimented with trying to get a companion to use a melee weapon, since I don't want them getting in my line of fire. But logically, yes, they can always use melee weapons since those don't need ammo. I'm not sure what the rules are - will he only use melee if you make him equip a melee weapon? I don't know.Do you think it is because it does not require ammo?
Oddly enough, ever since I had Nick don a power armor frame he's been running around like his shiny metal ass was on fire and his head was a-catchin', including repetitively running back and forth across my field of fire. Total buttnoid act. He never did that before.I haven't really experimented with trying to get a companion to use a melee weapon, since I don't want them getting in my line of fire. But logically, yes, they can always use melee weapons since those don't need ammo. I'm not sure what the rules are - will he only use melee if you make him equip a melee weapon? I don't know.
As for "picking stuff up on his own," companions should only do that if you told them to Inspect something that was lootable. Otherwise they should only have what you give them.
Why haven't you gone to Diamond City? It has a few interesting quests/companions there.
Diamond City?! How can I leave Ten Pines Bluff and Sanctuary alone? There are always more people! And they need stuffZ!
Why haven't you gone to Diamond City? It has a few interesting quests/companions there.
Charlestown? The game slows to a crawl every so many minutes in there. Its terrible and doesnt happen anywhere else ive been yet.I "have to" liberate the rest of the Wasteland...
Speaking of, my computer hates Boston central. It keeps crashing to desktop in the city. To add insult to injury, I can't open it right back up because Steam has to sync.
Is there a mod that changes the gatling laser to use fusion cells instead of cores? It uses ammo way too fast to use with cores. But I have a huge excess of fusion cells that I never used because I've out-leveled the usefulness of laser weapons.