Fallout 2 Editor: Better late than never

Aleck · April 12, 2003, 11:30am

Just a heads up – BIS has released the Fallout 2 Editor (available online at http://fallout.blackisle.com/).

Now while I have a grudge against Fallout2 (I played the game for a good 40 hours before getting to a game-stopping bug, which was fixed in a subsequent patch that was incompatible with my save games!), and hence am a little biased, doesn’t this editor seem to be coming a little bit late? I mean, Fallout2 was released back in 1998, if memory serves.

Is there a story behind the delayed release? Or is this a matter of one of the developers just finally getting around to it (which is fine – they don’t OWE anyone a game editor).

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anonymous_user · April 12, 2003, 11:37am

I would imagine they wouldn’t want to release an editor like this while the game engine was still commercially viable.

Now that the technology is obsolete, they can do so as a treat for die-hard fans without fear of it interfering with their commercial goals.

anonymous_user · April 12, 2003, 12:30pm

It’d be nice to see someone fix Fallout 2 with the editor. Plaudits to JE Sawyer and Chris Avellone for getting this out.

DrCrypt · April 13, 2003, 2:14am

I still haven’t played Fallout, because I lost my copy of that great spiral-bound manual it had, and I found it hard to figure out without it. Anyone have a PDF of that or anything?

Erik_Andersson · April 13, 2003, 3:31am

I have a PDF manual if you haven’t found one already.

system · April 13, 2003, 10:14am

FUCKING PIRATES ARE EVERYWHERE! INTERPLAY!!! HERE ARE TWO PIRATES WITH PDF MANUALS!!! KILL THEM!!!

anonymous_user · April 13, 2003, 10:43am

Or they just bought the repackaged dvd case/duel case versions that came with PDF manuals…

Supertanker · April 13, 2003, 10:44am

What if they made their own PDF manuals from paper manuals they legally bought, but they used pirated copies of Acrobat?

Kool_Moe_Dee · April 13, 2003, 11:59am

Depends on whether or not Windows was pirated, too. :)

anonymous_user · April 13, 2003, 12:37pm

You can dowload the manuals from interplay for free

XPav · April 13, 2003, 1:03pm

What if you have a pirated web browser?

anonymous_user · April 13, 2003, 1:03pm

You can dowload the manuals from interplay for free

That settles it then. Waste 'em.

Kalle · April 13, 2003, 1:15pm

Is there such a thing? Sure, Opera is Shareware but you have full functionality, pirating would be pointless.

anonymous_user · April 14, 2003, 1:20pm

Didn’t Fallout have the manual in PDF on the CD?

Erik_Andersson · April 14, 2003, 2:16pm

I bought the dvd case of Fallout 1/2, and it had only PDF manuals.