Fallout 76 Glitches and Gameplay Issues

Fallout 76

The game Fallout 76, by Bethesda Studios has received many criticisms for glitches and bugs. I have the game on PS4 and have encountered some of these gameplay issues, which are detailed below.

3 Gameplay Issues that Make Fallout 76 Less Fun

1. Being Overencumbered: The biggest issue that I have personally dealt with playing Fallout 76 on PS4 is the problem of being 'Overencunbered' - which means in the game that you have collected too many items over your maximum capacity, and it negatively affects your character in the game. It means your character can run, and it drains Action Points (AP) just to walk anywhere. There are three possible solutions to this that is really burdensome to do if you still a low level.

First solution: Drop a bunch of your junk on the ground. This is not a great solution because the whole point of this game is to run around West Virginia and loot and collect junk.

Second solution: Spend time finding armor with pockets for 5 capacity increases. This is challenging to do, however if you make any high level friends, you can increase your carry capacity by +5 for every pocketed armor, or get yourself a power armor. The lowest level power armor (including the armor) is for a level 15. Otherwise, you can start wearing a power chassis immediately. The only problem with wearing a power armor is that you only start with one power core. You would have to continue to collect power cores to use it regularly. As a low level, this is not a viable solution.

Third solution: Get yourself a pocketed armor and take advantage of a glitch that allows you to push the maximum carry capacity into the negative by pressing X repeatedly. This works sometimes, but other times it takes a LONG time to work.

Next, being overencumbered makes way for a glitch called the Respawn Glitch. I have personally dealt with this glitch on numerous occasions. It is quite annoying. If you die while overencumbered, it will often only allow you to respawn at Vault 76. During another gameplay, it wouldn't even give me a respawn point at all, and I had to quit the game and log back in many times before it would respawn me in the game. This was extremely annoying.

2. Cap Limit at Robot Vendors: The cap limit at robot vendors is quite annoying. It is generally starts at 200 caps or less at the start and every time you sell junk back to the vendor, the caps decreases until it hits zero. At that point, you cannot sell anything back to the robot vendors. This goes across all of the factions. Your next NPC to sell to is the wandering vendor named Grahm with his bull.

Solution: Have one giant marketplace that all players on the server can place items for sale. It is way to cumbersome to try and trade or buy and sell with individuals.

3. Lag Experienced Trading with Vendors: Regardless of the Vendor, there is often a considerable amount of lag experienced when buying and selling with NPC vendors.

Solution: Turn all animation and NPC dialogue off during vendor transactions to reduce lag in game.

Fallout 76 Endless Loading Glitch

As I tried to enter the Power Station, I clicked to enter through the door and it went into an endless loading screen. It never loaded and I had to turn my PS4 off in order to end the loading sequence.

Fallout 76 Level Up Glitch

There is another Fallout 76 glitch in the game that allows a player to level up with the right perk card equipped, if the player stands in fire and repeatedly taps a button on the controller. I have seen it done, but have not done it personally.

Fallout 76 Miner Miracles Glitch

I went down south on the map to the Miner HQ and received a message: "WARNING: Miner Miracles cannot be completed until you've reached Level 25." I now receive this warning message every time I enter the game. This is an obvious glitch.


Editor's Note: Bethesda Game Studios has posted patch notes for their upcoming patch on December 4, 2018 and none of the gameplay issues or bugs contained in this post are addressed by their upcoming patch.

MIT Flies Aircraft Powered by Ionic Wind that has No Moving Parts

MIT ion powered aircraft

MIT has successfully created and flown an ionic wind powered aircraft prototype that has no moving parts. Yes, that is correct. It has no moving parts and flies.

This eco-friendly aircraft prototype stays in the air with wires that are charged by ions at 40,000 volts. It works by taking the negative charged electrons from air molecules, as they are attracted to the electrodes (negatively charged) at the back of the flying ionic wind powered aircraft. This scientific process described above allows it to fly with no moving parts required.

MIT was able to successfully create a custom power supply capable of generating the right output to successfully stay in the air. This technology still needs to be developed further, but it looks very promising for eco-friendly aircraft. This prototype was flown across a gym floor, which was approximately 197 feet.

This ionic wind powered aircraft with no moving parts created by MIT is quite a fascinating accomplishment that is sure to expand upon existing aircraft technology.

Kim Kardashian Visits San Quentin State Prison as Fires Rage

Kim Kardashian; photo by Luke Ford

TMZ.com posted an article about Kim Kardashian traveling to San Quentin State Prison on Thursday, November 8, 2018. They report that she was there for several hours. She had previously met with Governor Jerry Brown to re-evaluate the case of death row prison inmate Kevin Cooper - accused of murdering four members of a family in 1985. It is unclear if Kim Kardashian was able to meet with Kevin Cooper during her visit to San Quentin State Prison on Nov. 8.

The survivor of the murders has publicly said that Kevin Cooper was not the killer. The witness says it was three white or hispanic men that committed the murders. Kim Kardashian continues to fight on his behalf, which is very admirable.

Kim and Kanye Hire Private Team of Firefighters

The wildfires continued to burn in California, so Kim Kardashian and Kanye West hired a private team of firefighters to prevent the fire from burning their Hidden Hills mansion. Preventing the next door field from burning was smart, and kept the whole neighborhood from burning from the Woolsey wildfire.

Asteroid Oumuamua Could be of Alien Origins According to Scientists

'Oumuamua' Asteroid in space

Alien conspirators, here's the best theory yet. There are scientists that speculate that the elongated asteroid named 'Oumuamua' (Hawaiian) spotted in our solar system in late 2017 could very well be a scout ship from an alien race.

What made it unique was the unusually elongated shape, and being reddish in color, as it flew in a accelerated trajectory that was atypical of most asteroids. Scientists published in the November journal of Nature (article here) that this asteroid did originate from outside our solar system. This theory is compounded with the thought that it is alien in origin, with the possibility of being a scout vessel.

The authors of the Nature article believe that the Oumuamua alien asteroid is dense, possibly being high in metals, with no indication of dust on it (as most asteroids have). New estimates believe the asteroid was at least 1,300 feet long. Light reflected off of Oumuamua as it passed through our solar system at an estimated 45-60 km/s, according to C Stuart Hardwick on Quora.

Harvard Astronomy Expert Weighs in

Avi Loeb, chairman of Harvard's astronomy department (an co-author of a paper on Oumuamua) said, "If Oumuamua is a lightsail, one possibility is that it was floating in interstellar space when our solar system ran into it like a ship bumping into a buoy on the surface of the ocean." Loeb is an advisor to the Breakthrough Starshot initiative designed to send a fleet of laser-powered lightsail craft mechanisms to a nearby star system. Loeb and Shmuel Bialy maintain this theory that Oumuamua could be an alien scout ship passing through our solar system.

What Powers 'Oumuamua'?

According to this article by RT.com, Oumuamua could be powered by sunlight reflected onto its surface. This is where some experts believe it is an advanced lightsail, that was either once attached to an alien ship or could be a complete ship.

What does 'Oumuamua' mean in Hawaiian?

The name Oumuamua is Hawaiian. 'Ou' means reach out for, and 'mua' means "first or in advance of" (repeated twice for emphasis. Interpreted, Oumuamua means a 'scout or messenger sent from the distant past to reach humanity'.

Watch the video below from Seeker for more on this asteroid, which is still up for debate if the alien scout ship theory is true.

Do aliens have blue blood?

Great question. Humans can have blue blood.

Human with Blue Blood diagnosed with Methemoglobinemia

That is a great question. In a rare case, a 25-year old human woman went to the Emergency Room in Rhode Island, with shortness of breath, fatigue, and general weakness in her body. Doctors looked at her and she was visibly turning blue. Her condition was diagnosed with methemoglobinemia - a condition where the blood stopped carrying oxygen to the tissue. This is caused by certain medicine, such as benzocaine. Benzocaine is found in numbing medicine, often found in cold sore and tooth numbing treatments.

Patients exhibiting methemoglobinemia have blue blood, even though the oxygen levels are high.

The treatment for this condition is methylene, which is also blue in color. When this blue blood goes over 50% in the blood, it can cause major health risks, such as comas, or heart or brain conditions. When it goes over 60%, it can even cause death.

Ridley Scott Making Gladiator Sequel

One of my favorite movies of all time has to be Gladiator (2000) featuring Russell Crowe, and directed by Ridley Scott.

Gladiator the movie was about a Roman general that was stripped of his rank and position due to corrupt politics, and sought out revenge from the emperor responsible for the death of his wife and child.

Moviefone and other news sources reported on Nov. 1, 2018 that a Gladiator sequel movie is in development. This project is being financed by Paramount studios, with a possible funding partnership with Universal studios. According to the article, Ridley Scott has wanted to do a sequel to Gladiator for years.

The sequel would now follow Lucius, the son of Lucius Verus in the original movie.

Editor's note: I assume that Lucius grows up to become a gladiator, inspired by Maximus, played by Russell Crowe in the original Gladiator. Ridley Scott did an amazing job with the first movie, and I can only hope the sequel is as good as the first. It is unlikely that Russell Crowe would actually be in new footage for this sequel, but they may do some flashbacks using cut scenes from the original Gladiator movie from Lucius' memories as a young boy.

Watch the IGN News video clip about Gladiator 2 below:

One Million Butt Lady is Cleaning up Auburn California

Sally Dawley is the One Million Butt Lady

The cigarette butt lady from Auburn, California has picked up a million butts. That should impress you, enough to want to take action. Yes, she picked up one million cigarette butts on her own during her walks. Her name is Sally Dawley, and she is doing a great service in Auburn, California. Perhaps Sally Dawley and her mission to clean up Auburn will become an inspiration to others across the U.S. and the world.

One Million Butt Lady is Not Plogging

It almost sounds like the new trend called "Plogging," which is a fitness craze growing in Sweden. It is essentially picking up trash while jogging, so it is healthy and good for nature. While it sounds similar, the Auburn cigarette butt lady is not actually jogging, she is walking and picking up cigarette butts while doing it. She has picked up so many that she has surpassed one million cigarette butts and is still going strong.

However, as we can see, the plogging trend is not just taking place in Sweden. For example, a 36 year-old lady from Hoboken, NJ has gottten involved. Laura Linberg, as reported by CityLab, is also taking part in the trend. She picks up garbage during her morning runs.

Are Cigarette Butts Trash?

Some smokers may not consider cigarette butts trash, but they sure do make public places look trashy. Responsible cigarette smokers dispose of their cigarette butts in proper receptacles that will not catch on fire, or leave the butts in ashtrays. Sally Dawley has taken a responsible role in the clean up of public areas in Auburn, California and her mission is very admirable.

Her shirt reads: "1,000,000: YES THAT IS ONE MILLION BUTTS YUCK!"

Z. Love's Entertainment Blog respects your efforts and your mission. Thank you Sally Dawley!

Watch the video below to see a news story on her: