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  1. kristakahashi
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    Tales from the Commonwealth:
    Just a reminder I will not be providing support or visiting/replying to comments on this page, because it's easier for me to manage all my mods from a single website, one that also happens to have a mini-wiki that will answer many basic questions for you.

    Wiki for TFTC
    Here you will find info on quests and companions as well as random NPC encounters. It is also recommended you play the Fallout 3 Mods (bundle download from the header) for additional backstory on NPCs, in particular companions Audrey and R4-04.

    The Built-In Quest/Location Finder:
    You don't need to rely on the wiki, however, or random chance. There is an easy way to find many of the quests and locations in the mod (although not all of them). It's by completing the short, You've Got Mail quest by visiting the post office in Nahant. The reward you get for completing it will put many other locations on your map.

    Bug Report, Troubleshooting, and General Help Section
    Any bug reports or troubleshooting questions should be searched for before being asked. If your question is new or you can't find an appropriate answer in the database (or the wiki) then feel free to ask a new one. I will get an email notification and answer within 24 hours.

    Notes on Atomic Radio:
    I had to take down the file with custom music, will upload a safe version with only vanilla music, to add your custom tracks, you'll need to enable loose files and add tracks 01.wav, 02.wav, all the way to 44.wav (or 01.xwm if WAV isn't working for you) to this folder:

    Data\Sound\fx\mus\radio\atomicradio\FM\

    ***If you want to download the version with custom music added, you have to go to, you guessed it, http://3dnpc.com.***

    Twitter:
    If you like, you can follow me on twitter here. Nothing to do with mods though. I'll also be posting some trailers and content on my Patreon page.
  2. rannixh
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    i need help rad x starts attcking me and everyone else after icomplete like a goodneighbur quest i cant turn in the quest because they start attacking me evrytime i do 
    1. Moksha8088
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      The radiation medication starts to attack you?
    2. rannixh
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      i actually fixed it some how the lady was getting kiled by the robot so i teleported her away and it started the quest
  3. Apis4
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    What is the console to set Mara/R4's affinity to max?

    Been travelling with her for ages, months in game, weeks irl.... and there just are NOT enough terminals to hack, synths to rescue, or people to rescue and share items with, for it get there. 

    I adore her, her VA is amazing, and the voice itself enthralling, and the character interesting, with a great personal quest, and secret mission..... but I just have too many companions for such a weak like/love list. 

    I personally think ALL companions should ALWAYS have at least ONE like/love that is dead easy: Smoking, killing raiders, chems, drinking, sleeping, etc etc....because I am not dedicating massive chunk of my playthrough to her, when I have 17 other companions, between vanilla, and mods, to get perks from. 

    So if someone could tell me how to use console to max her affinity that would be great. 
    1. Charvelx04
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      If I remember correctly.. .and if I don't, please do correct me... but if you use the console's "getav ca_affinity" command and see 0.00, I'm guessing the NPC has a custom affinity and you cannot adjust it manually.

      For example, like I'm sure you're aware... I can manually change Valkyrie's (mod) Piper or Cait's (vanilla)... I couldn't change Ivy's. Nor would I try for Ivy anyhow... that mod is probably the largest NPC mod out there and you don't want to rush that one anyways. Not sure if you can tweak Heather.. .but then again, another mod you really want it to play out naturally. 
    2. Apis4
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      Thanks I will try it, I think Birdie, R4 and Aubrey use the vanilla framework, like Valkyrie, Darlene and the indigenous companions, so it SHOULD work. 

      But how do I set it? 
    3. Moksha8088
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  4. SirRoachMan19899
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    Is there any way to get the companions from this mod to shut up? Got them at my bunker and every few seconds i walk by they keep talking to me asking if i am ready to head out etc, kinda drives me nuts how i can't so much as walk from my kitchen to the bedroom without them addressing me both ways, it is way to frequent. 
    1. Moksha8088
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      Uncertain, have never heard of that one before.
    2. Apis4
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      Happens all the time, but there is nothing you can do about it. They just love you. They want to be with you. Regular companions do it too, but it seems these do it from further away, and more regularly. 

      I just take it as Mara being besotted with me, Birdie feeling like he finally has a friend, and GhoulyMcGhoulface desperately trying to be relevant, even though she is not.. and smells :P
  5. Yondertadpil
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    crashing when approaching hangmans alley in any way
    1. Moksha8088
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      I remember that being discussed before.  Might search this forum and see if there was a resolution.

      Also, try this:  https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/53726
  6. Sigismundo
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    Love & Peace seems to be broken for me. I choose to save crystal but when we get back to fiddler's green she just stands over cosmos. the quest still shows not completed, and I can not get her to talk or get whatever is supposed to finish this quest to happen? It's my undertsanding there's supposed to be a choice to bury the hippies? As it stands I rescue this kid and just have to leave her stranded staring at her dead family. pretty cold even for the commonwealth. Any ideas to trip the ending? 
    1. Apis4
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      No ideas, just wanted to say how much I despise and loath that mission, and think it is stupid they put it in. There should always be a happy ending option, even if hard to get. Always. 

      It is probably better she is left like that.... she will live forever, locked in her loop.... not a bad way to survive the Commonwealth. 
  7. GreenHat7
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    Hi y'all. I'm trying to do the full exposure quest and got all the way to the dark room where I'm supposed to develop the film. I can shoot out one of the lights but the other won't break. what do I do?

    I picked all the glowing stuff and deactivated the radio already. But no matter how much I hit the large light it won't go out. 
    1. Moksha8088
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      Use the search function for this forum to see what has been written about this quest.  Also, check out the playthrough videos on YouTube.
    2. GreenHat7
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      I'm aware I'm supposed to shoot the lights, but one doesn't go out when shot. The larger one specifically 
    3. onimale2
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      The search function is disabled, I am having this same issue
    4. Moksha8088
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      The knowledge of how to manually search back through 5 to 6 pages has been lost to mankind.  The same applies to watching YouTube play-throughs to gain game-solving hints.
    5. virtualblues
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      youtube video of full exposure quest
      I just watched this one - at 10:07 dude literally just shoots out both lights. Doesn't explain why some users of the mod are unable to shoot out one of the lights. 
      I also used the search function (it's back up now), and there are just a bunch of posts of other users having the same issue, and no answers or suggestions for how to fix.  With so many people having this issue and  no support from the author to help users, this is gonna be a hard pass for me.
  8. flusherDude
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    I'm confused  about the downloads, why have a radio mod, a settler mod, and what is essentially the Fo4 version of Interesting NPCs all on the same page?
    1. Moksha8088
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      Kris originally had just the Radio mod, but I was pushing for him to put Tales on Nexus as well. He told me to go ahead if I wanted to do it, and he granted me access to this page.  He later added the wonderful Settlers mod as well.  Doing it this way has always seemed better than having everything handled from 3DNPC.com.

      Tales is totally different from Interesting NPCs.
  9. Devlin9211
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    Instead of a wiki,you can make a holotape with instructions.
    1. Moksha8088
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      There is way too much information for a holotape.
    2. Devlin9211
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      2 holotapes?:)
  10. Flamehead5
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    Is there a way to disable the commercials/ads? I love the songs but the several minute long ads that play after every song have made it so that I literally never listen to atomic radio anymore 
    1. LordCragLorn
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      I agree, I like the commericals but they play more often then they should.
  11. boogerballs67
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    I installed the radio mod by itself with none of the other quest or settlement addons for this mod, I mostly just wanted a channel with some additional songs to listen to while playing the game. As I listen to atomic radio there is a massive overabundance of these fan made commercials that play which are incredibly annoying and distracting to listen to. I didn't expect this radio station to mostly play these psas and ridiculous talk show radio blabber, i guess its my fault for not looking more closely at the mod but seriously who wants to listen to this? some of them are super weird aswell like this commercial about this high school girl who has sex with a bunch of students and no one likes her or something... its just really weird lmao. overall just wondering if this is safe to uninstall and if not then i guess ill keep it installed but dang i guess i respect the time an effort that went into creating all these but its just not for me.
    1. Clievile
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      huh? the constant fast paced blabbering is more like TikTok than just listening to pure 50's music like the comments is wishing for.
    2. Flamehead5
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      *Someone brings up a valid criticism for this mod*

      "GO BACK TO TICTOK IDIOT YOU'RE SO DUMB YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT FALLOUT IS ABOUT!1"

      Very mature dude. Being a modder for other games myself I'd just have made a version with the commercials cut to potentially appeal to a wider audience, especially since it's not crazy to think that a lot of people playing this game would add a modded radio station for the music specifically. Btw I've been playing fallout since the 90's, have multiple Fallout Tattoos, have never had a tictok, and I still would rather hear the music over these ads. Just some things to consider. 
    3. Moksha8088
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      There are other radio mods without commercials, as well as TikTok.  Quit being a troll.