Issues with radiation resistance in FNV

[bjornk]

While wandering around Searchlight (which seems to be an area with +1 rad/s or +2 rad/s), I've noticed that my radiation level increases from zero to red almost within one or two minutes, even though my displayed rad resistance level is above 130% (13% base + Adv Recon Breather + Space Suit + RadX) and both RadAway and RadX wear off really fast and RadAways seem to remove only a tiny percentage of radiation, probably because of this.

 

I can think of two reasons for this. First, my timescale is set to 5 and hunger etc. rates are set to scale with timescale. However, the level radiation exposure does not scale with the timescale, so this may be a problem. The other reason is probably the fact that, even though my rad resistance is displayed as 130%, my actual rad resistance is capped at 85%.

 

- How can I increase the max rad resistance to 100%? Is there a specific game setting for that?

- Is there anything I can do to scale down the radiation exposure rate to match the timescale of 5?

- Anyway to increase the effectiveness of RadX and RadAway?

 

I also use SCR and it has a drug duration setting but I assume that it wouldn't affect vanilla drugs such as RadX.

 

PS. I play in Hardcore mode.

[Halstrom]

I also use SCR and it has a drug duration setting but I assume that it wouldn't affect vanilla drugs such as RadX.

SCR drug duration onlyeffects the drugs and alcohol in SexoutDrugging

[OneWayVector]

1) Max Radiation Resistance is hard capped at 85%, there is no way around this limit in New Vegas.

3) To increase the effectiveness of Drugs / Meds; increase your Medicine Skill.

RadX (Med 10) 30% for 4 minutes, (Med 100) 75% for 4 minutes.

RadAway (Med 10) -60 Rads / -6 for 10 seconds, (Med 100) -150 Rads / -15 for 10 seconds.

[bjornk]

1. Yes, there is a way to increase max rad resistance cap. Simply set fPlayerMaxResistance to 100 to maximize rad resistance (100%).

 

2. In my game, the duration of RadX is an hour now, and RadAway lasts for 15 minutes (which is still pretty short being an intravenous drug) and it removes 1 rad every second. Also, advanced radiation suits (such as the space suit) fully protects you from radiation. Much more realistic compared to the vanilla mechanics.

 

The fact that things like weapon damage, medicine effectiveness etc. are tied to certain skill levels is idiotic, it's one of the many annoyances in this game. That mechanic basically suggests that an aspirin would be more effective if a doctor puts it into your mouth.