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Fallout 2

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Developers
Black Isle Studios
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Bethesda Softworks
Engines
Fallout Engine
Release dates
Windows January 29, 1999
Mac OS (Classic) January 29, 1999
macOS (OS X) January 24, 2013
Fallout 2 on Wikipedia

Warnings

The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
Fallout
Fallout 1997
Fallout 2 1998
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel 2001
Fallout 3 2008
Fallout: New Vegas 2010
Fallout 4 2015
Fallout Shelter 2016
Fallout 4 VR 2017
Fallout 76 2018

Key points

The GOG.com version of Fallout runs the best on modern operating systems, but is no longer available for purchase.
It is highly recommended to install the Fallout 2 Restoration Project 2.3.3 (Unofficial Expansion) patch, unless you are on your first playthrough.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series
No Mutants Allowed Forum - General Fallout Discussion

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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GamersGate
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Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Green Man Gaming
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Humble Store
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Steam
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Windows only.
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Retail
DRM-free
US - uncensored, EU censored.
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Essential improvements

Fallout 2 Restoration Project 2.3.3 (Unofficial Expansion)

This package is the recommended package as it contains all recommend patches.
Contains:
Vault-Tec Labs Wiki - additional installation information.

Unofficial Fallout 2 patch

Fixes over 1000 bugs with the game past the last official 1.02 patch.[1]

Fallout2 High Resolution Patch

Modifies the game exe file to allow higher resolutions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38410/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38410/pfx/[Note 1]
Save games can be transferred between Windows and Mac OS installations of the game.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Italian

Issues fixed

Color Fixes For Older Games

See Rainbow color problems in older games for other solutions.
Instructions
Instructions

Error Initializing Video Mode 640x480

Instructions

Other information

Fallout 1.5: Ressurection

This is major game modification (fan made), basically whole new game with new gameline and quests, about 25 hours of gameplay. Due to the author's origin it's in Czech language, but English translation is in progress (about 1/3 done by 7/2014)

sfall

Use D3D9 for rendering for a much improved compatibility with never systems. Also allow to bind mouse wheel.

Fallout 2 Save Editor

Also known as F2se.zip.
Compatible with mods.[2]

Falche (Fallout Character Editor) v2.1 (FO2)

Not compatible with Fallout 2 Restoration Project 2.1.2b (Unofficial Expansion).

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, NT
Processor (CPU) Pentium 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 600 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 3.0a compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/38410/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (38410) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References