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Fallout 2

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Fallout 2
Fallout 2 cover
Developers
Black Isle Studios
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
OS X MacPlay
Digital distribution Bethesda Softworks
Engines
Fallout Engine
Release dates
Windows September 30, 1998
macOS (OS X) July 31, 2002
Fallout 2 guide on StrategyWiki
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 game has two major fan-made patches and it is highly recommended to install one of them (NOT both). The Unofficial Fallout 2 Patch fixes large number of bugs remaining in the game even after official patches. Fallout 2 Restoration Project combines these fixes with major modifications and additions and is closer to mod than patch
The majority of veterans recommend Restoration Project only after playing through the vanilla game at least once, so Unofficial patch may be a better choice for beginners
The GOG.com version of Fallout runs the best on modern operating systems

General information

Official game page
The Vault - A huge wiki for the series
No Mutants Allowed - General Fallout Discussion
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
US - uncensored, EU censored.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Fallout Classic Collection
Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Previous Interplay-published version supported OS X as well. Comes configured with the Fallout 2 High Resolution Patch and sfall.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Comes configured with the Fallout 2 High Resolution Patch and sfall.
Windows
Fallout Classic Collection includes Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel.
The digital release of the Mac version is actually a DOS version which uses DOSBox in order to play it, though the retail version was a true native port.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.02 updates the game to the latest version.
Unofficial Fallout 2 patch fixes over 1000 bugs with the game past the last official 1.02 patch.[1]

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.

Fallout 2 High Resolution Patch

Modifies the game exe file to allow higher resolutions, windowed mode, and various other enhancements
Included with the GOG.com and Steam releases

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38410/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\SAVEGAME[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Fallout 2/saves/
~/Library/Application Support/GOG.com/Fallout 2/saves/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38410/pfx/[Note 2]
Save games can be transferred between Windows and OS X installations of the game.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Syncs up to 953.67 MB of game data (maximum 1000 files).

Video settings

In-game video settings (GOG.com version).
In-game video settings (GOG.com version).

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Windowed

Edit config file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Edit ddraw.ini.
  3. Under [Graphics], set Mode to 5

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Local retail version only.
Russian

Issues fixed

Color Fixes For Older Games

See Rainbow color problems in older games for other solutions.
ddraw.ini mode[citation needed]
Only works in a limited number of cases.
  1. Open ddraw.ini.
  2. Find the [Graphics] header.
  3. Change mode=0 to:

mode=4 for fullscreen dx9 mode or mode=5 for windowed dx9 mode.

Install the High Resolution Patch[citation needed]

Install the Fallout 2 High Resolution Patch.

Error Initializing Video Mode 640x480

Custom Resolution[2]
  1. Create a custom resolution of 640x480 with 60Hz refresh rate and 8 bits per pixel.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9 Requires the Fallout 2 High Resolution Patch or sfall.
DirectDraw 3.0a, 7 DirectDraw 7 support requires the Fallout 2 High Resolution Patch.
OpenGL
OS X only.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Fallout 1.5: Resurrection

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 done as well.

sfall

Use D3D9 for rendering for a much improved compatibility with newer systems. Also allow to bind mouse wheel
Included with the GOG.com and Steam releases

Fallout 2 Save Editor

Also known as F2se.zip.
Compatible with mods.[3]

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

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

System requirements

Steam

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 565 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
Sound (audio device) DirectSound or SoundBlaster Compatible

Disc Version

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, NT
Processor (CPU) Intel 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 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 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