Posted January 04, 2018
patrikc: Did you use any mods? I'm thinking about going back to the series, but I haven't tried neither Fixt, nor Restoration Project, although I've heard good things, especially about the latter. I usually install just the child patch for Fallout.
For Fallout 1 I apparently installed these according to some GOG recommendations, back in August 2016: 1. TeamX Patch 1.2
2. Fallout Children Patch
3. TeamX Patch 1.3.x
4. TeamX NPC Mod (f1npcmod)
5. High Resolution patch
For Fallout 2, I think I didn't install any extra fixes on top of what the GOG (Bethesda) version already has, but at the end of the game I wish I had installed the "Killap" patch because I encountered the "too many quest items" bug which made some areas inaccessible, e.g. I couldn't enter Chinatown in San Fransisco anymore, but luckily I had an old save game where I had not triggered the bug yet. Also some subquests were unsolvable because I didn't get some correct dialog options. These bugs have apparently been fixed by the "Killap" patch, so I'd really install it this time.
You didn't ask for Fallout Tactics, but I used the "Redux 1.3" mod with it. It fixed lots of irritating things in the game, but unfortunately it apparently altered the game a bit too (replacing some weapons and other stuff, and maybe making the game somewhat harder), but still with the fixes and workarounds it had, I think it was worth it.
Post edited January 04, 2018 by timppu