Fallout 2 mod Fallout Sonora 1.15 and Sonora Dayglow 1.15 Vanilla Translation

I have one more question before starting the game, and I’d be grateful for an answer (preferably without spoilers).

When planning a character, a very important aspect is whether there are bonuses to stats.

Are there bonuses like in F1 and F2, where you can get +1 to each stat, or not?

Grok, when asked about this, says that:
  • there is a permanent bonus to Luck from an unmarked quest,
  • other stats: you can obtain a coupon for +1 to any SPECIAL stat in a special encounter and in Dayglow (e.g., winning at arcade games). Implants can also boost stats, but usually, you can only get one. There’s no confirmation that every stat has a guaranteed way to get +1, but Intelligence, Luck, and a few others have confirmed bonuses.
So how is it? Which stats can be increased by +1 during the game?

Thank you in advance for your response.
 
th44 said:
I have one more question before starting the game, and I’d be grateful for an answer (preferably without spoilers).

When planning a character, a very important aspect is whether there are bonuses to stats.

Are there bonuses like in F1 and F2, where you can get +1 to each stat, or not?

Grok, when asked about this, says that:
  • there is a permanent bonus to Luck from an unmarked quest,
  • other stats: you can obtain a coupon for +1 to any SPECIAL stat in a special encounter and in Dayglow (e.g., winning at arcade games). Implants can also boost stats, but usually, you can only get one. There’s no confirmation that every stat has a guaranteed way to get +1, but Intelligence, Luck, and a few others have confirmed bonuses.
So how is it? Which stats can be increased by +1 during the game?

Thank you in advance for your response.
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Your Gork ain't wrong on this actually..

+1 Luck Bonus.. confirmed it's obtainable
one +1 to one Special stat of choice (except Luck) from a special encounter ( didn't work 4 me actually)
one +1 to one Special stat of choice ( agin except luck) from a DLC's minigame. ( agin didnt work 4 me)

also there are items boosting stats such as CHA shade glasses , and if using Foxx's version you can aquire +1PE glasses and a trinket slot to keep 1 trinket item in them i.e. either CHA glasses or PE glasses, though in no foxx's version PE glasses serve different purpose, and don't work for the player's dude

Finally if you decide to join the technologically superior faction, and deciding to join them, by picking the correct rank one can get eye-gizmo that seposedly increses intelligence and perception, but due to a bug it decreases PE by one and increses science skill by 10% instead of raising INT or so i remembered..

I don't think there are other bonuses than that beyond perk picking..
 
When starting a new game, I've been getting this bug.

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I can't scroll in any direction but I can still walk into the black area and interact with objects in it. I just can't see it.
 
gustarballs1983 said:
also there are items boosting stats such as CHA shade glasses , and if using Foxx's version you can aquire +1PE glasses and a trinket slot to keep 1 trinket item in them i.e. either CHA glasses or PE glasses, though in no foxx's version PE glasses serve different purpose, and don't work for the player's dude
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What is „Foxx's version”? Additional slot for trinket and CHA/PE bonus looks quite yummy.
 
Dr. Sep said:
When starting a new game, I've been getting this bug.

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I can't scroll in any direction but I can still walk into the black area and interact with objects in it. I just can't see it.
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the above is because You've used default F2-res.dat with Fo:Sonora.. those two are incompatible.. hi res map edge files a.k.a .edg files are incompatible to be precise, as Sonora natively use Fo2 map names to be fully compatible with the game's engine even without sfall..

yet usng same names for maps as in Fo2 cause problems with edge files.. in this particualr case Sonroa starting map gets the .edg file of arroyo temple entrance, which cuts off the Villa starting map from all four sides.. try downloading Foxx's version to get proper map edges, or use Fallout2_CE

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@Dr. Sep don't install Fo:Sonrora over Fo2 installation.. Fo:Sonora hasn't been fully made into a Fallout 2 mod yet, it's more of a standalone game as for now.. yeah i know it's sort of shady in western world terms, however in Russia where Fo:Sonora came to existence the intelectual property rights are rather.. different..

just look at the guy that invented tetris game.. he was a Russian, if it wasn't for Russia don't giving a fuck about intellectual proerty rights he would have died a multimillonare, yet he died poor..

th44 said:
What is „Foxx's version”? Additional slot for trinket and CHA/PE bonus looks quite yummy.
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Foxx's version is an alternative Fo;Sonora release bundled together with some Quality of Life options tailored to use from the get go such as sfall ( He used alternative sfall branch made by long left NMA member Mr.Stalin) Inventory filter mod, and lately he added trinket slot mod ( a russian made additional slot mod), the Foxx's version only the Bookseller mod.. that adds a skillbook vendor to one of the towns.. etc stuff..

Foxx has based his version download on rutracker.org a russian torrent site.. though the file itself is available rather by magnet link than a torrent, hence why not everyone finds it..
 
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gustarballs1983 said:
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@Dr. Sep don't install Fo:Sonrora over Fo2 installation.. Fo:Sonora hasn't been fully made into a Fallout 2 mod yet, it's more of a standalone game as for now.. yeah i know it's sort of shady in western world terms, however in Russia where Fo:Sonora came to existence the intelectual property rights are rather.. different..
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That is why, thank you.
 
Dr. Sep said:
When starting a new game, I've been getting this bug.

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I can't scroll in any direction but I can still walk into the black area and interact with objects in it. I just can't see it.
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Mother of God, are you playing on a large monitor / television or what? That’s so big it needs its own zip code.

Edit:

I recommend you ascertain that the Sfall item highlight hotkey is enabled in the configuration file, if I recall correctly players can highlight objects on the ground by holding the "LShift" while playing the game. It'll be quite handy, especially if you're not using the party control add-on, friend.
 
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Okay so I have a fresh install of Sonora and it is running fine now. Is there a way to play with hi res? Even after using the Fallout CE executable I am getting messed up borders once I use the original hi res patch.

Zaius238 said:
Mother of God, are you playing on a large monitor / television or what? That’s so big it needs its own zip code.

Edit:

I recommend you ascertain that the Sfall item highlight hotkey is enabled in the configuration file, if I recall correctly players can highlight objects on the ground by holding the "LShift" while playing the game. It'll be quite handy, especially if you're not using the party control add-on, friend.
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I'm only on a 1920 x 1080 monitor, don't know why the screenshot ended up so big.
 
I have a question about recommendations for creating a character. Which non-strength skills choose.

Besides Speech, which always dominates in all parts (F1,2) and mods (Ressurection).

First Aid, Doctor, Lockpick, Science, Repair, Barter, Outdoorsman.

What do you recommend? I want to go with ST 5, PE 8, EN 6, CH 2, IN 10, AG 10, LK 6 (Gifted) and focus on criticals (Toughness, More Criticals, Better Criticals, More Criticals, Bonus Rate of Fire).

I’ll tag Small Guns (I know two-handed weapons moved to Big Guns), Big Guns (to have a wider choice of weapons for shooting), but I’m not sure what to tag for a non-strength skill. I don’t want Speech because I want to go more for a forceful approach, without talking my way through. Probably something from the Lockpick, Science, and Repair triad, but I’m not sure which would be the best. Please advise without spoilers :).
 
Repair, Science, and Doctor are all used moderately frequently. Steal and Lockpick are also used, though mostly for better loot (and you need high Steal skill to get good loot, unlike F2). Note that there are items that allow you to pass Repair, Lockpick, and Doctor checks more easily. Speech is, if anything, more powerful than in any other Fallout game.

Other than those, Gambling and Barter have more use than in F2 (+ a bit of Traps). First Aid is as useless as it is in F2.

Note that there are no skill books in the game unless you're using mods. There are a few quests that slightly bump skills. There's +1 LK and +1 to a stat of your choice in the game (there's actually more than this, but you'd need a pretty specific build to access them).

Re combat skills, there are quests that allow you to +10–20% most combat skills. If you want to be combat focused, Energy Weapons are worth considering given the power they have (and you do get an energy weapon relatively early compared with F2). Small Guns are weak, but almost always allow you to fire 2x a turn. Big guns all require high AP and you'll only fire once even with 10 AG.
 
Item Highlighting did not work with Fallout CE version for me, so I came here.
Found the guide on page 31 and now its working (without using CE), however my sound is crackling whenever a sound effect "should" be played. Googling for this has been incredibly hard, as it looks like FO3/4/NV seem to be suffering from this issue too, and are flodding all my results, so hoping someone here has an idea.
 
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@Euchale I used to have sound crackling with CE, and it went away when I rebooted my device.

I'm interested in helping getting it working better for you if you're willing to serve as a guinea pig. What hardware are you using? Are you using the latest release from https://github.com/fallout2-ce/fallout2-ce/releases/tag/continious (or one in the last month or so)?
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For Clarification: I was using Fallout CE version, which worked fine with SFall for everything except Item Highlighting.
I then added Fallout Tweaks, every teak worked, except Item Highlighting (I did set Item Highlighting to 0 in sfall, as the config tells me to).

I then followed this guide: https://www.nma-fallout.com/threads...-1-15-vanilla-translation.222396/post-4528440
Which ends with using Fallout2HR.exe, using this one item highlighting works, however I now have crackling mostly when a sound effect is being played, or when leveling up, or on the world map.
 
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Dr. Sep said:
Okay so I have a fresh install of Sonora and it is running fine now. Is there a way to play with hi res? Even after using the Fallout CE executable I am getting messed up borders once I use the original hi res patch.


I'm only on a 1920 x 1080 monitor, don't know why the screenshot ended up so big.
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@Dr. Sep
Dude If you want to play without shenanigans just use Foxx's version from rutracker dot org, that's the easiest way.. and don't switch sfall5 to standard sfall branch, if you don't know how to do it, and don't overwrite the Foxx's f2_res.dat nor any .dat that is related to ddraw.dll.. even if trying to update sfall5 itself.. certain .dat files have the nessecary .edg files that have exactly the same names as in Fo2 but differ in settings, hence why artemple.edg for Sonora is different than artemple.edg for Fo2, Sonora just uses same map names as Fo2 yet the maps are different, Fallout2_CE doesn't have hi res map boarder control implenmented yet, so stick to foxx's version.
 
Just noticed a bug in Santa Ana: if the player has the Hot-blooded trait (i.e. Bloody Mess with Spanish knowledge), talking to Lucia cannot advance "Speak with the villagers about the holiday" quest.
In CCNina.ssl:
Code: 
procedure NodeFstDialog107 begin
   bitDialogExp(bit_1,100)
   if (getQuest(GVAR_SANTAANA_QST_DIALOG) == qStart) then begin
   //!!! квест поговорить с жителями +1 + сообщение
   end
   Reply(217)
   NAnswer(218,1,Node999)
end
The empty IF block should be replaced with "dialog_qst_SANTA" macro (see NodeFstDialog103).

Also, in HCRunchA.msg, this line should have msg number 360 instead.
Code: 
{260}{}{«Exactly. Never seen anything dumber.»}
 
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@NovaRain - That CCNina.ssl had a lot of issues. The macro already contains the check for GVAR_SANTAANA_QST_DIALOG, so I think the whole if block can be replaced by the macro, unless I am missing something.

This script also has two somewhat mutually exclusive paths, the spanish and english ones. I need to make sure the macro doesn't cross them over.

Nice catch on the '260' also. - fixed now.
 
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