Where do the Roads OUT of the Capital Wasteland Lead? (Fallout 3)

[@nvRanger]

Timestamp to get to the ROADS! 6:50 Here is a video on the Mojave Wasteland as well, if you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJKpk42nhMykZ7c

[@XnerzTheNerd]

I tried to get out of bounds in the mojave outpost and now when i look back into the outpost i am all alone, everyone is gone

[@nvRanger]

the key is somewhere in the sand

[@byron2FZ]

The lore for Megaton as given in Fallout 3 is that it was a somewhat sheltered area where people began bringing scrap from an unnamed airport, possibly Dulles. Hence the planes and jet turbine on the construction of the town.

[@nvRanger]

Honestly a great setup for a mysterious and alien wasteland. The inhabitants probably have no idea what a plane does despite living in a graveyard of plane parts and tetanus

[@nikoladedic6623]

​@@nvRangerWe can have companion reactions to crashed planes in 4. Oh, also in my headcanon the missing airport was at the Jury Station. Too much big open space there in the middle of nowhere for seemingly no reason.

[@nvRanger]

its been a while since I have played Fallout 4 with companions, do they seem to know what the planes are? Also, I think you are right about the Jury Station. It's Just west of Megaton as well.

[@nikoladedic6623]

@nvRanger My headcanon is that the bomber crashed at Megaton after getting struck by the nuke while launching. Most of them do, though some question the possibility of the planes flying at all.

[@ToxicWhiteoutGaming]

I'm always of the mindset that a 1:1 to real life is not needed, but it is way cooler if they can manage to do it. It's amazing how real feeling New Vegas's road systems feel. Kind of like Fallout 3 walked so New Vegas could run. I hope Bethesda takes as much care as Obsidian did with future Fallout releases.

[@nvRanger]

I'll probably follow up with a F4/Boston video is this one performs well and see how they did there. I was honestly surprised to find many of the locations do pull from real world spots in Fallout 3, but they are often mixes of places with inconsistent map scaling. You're right though, New Vegas is so good I know way to well where I am if I am there based on a video game map 😂

[@diablodelatorre]

Fallout 3 walk so fallout new Vegas can run? Bro obsidian had many veterans that created the fallout franchise itself. Don't care if your a Bethesda fanboy put some respect to the creators

[@nvRanger]

He’s not wrong at all, no prior Fallout game got as close to a recreation of a world space as Fallout 3 prior to its release, no less in 3D. New Vegas followed up and did a closer representation, but it came afterwards. So what he said makes sense

[@qwopiretyu]

Interplay crawled so Bethsoft could walk

[@newdawnsets7076]

@@diablodelatorre New Vegas fans just can't be normal about anything

[@ZeDitto3]

Bethesda’s philosophy with its in game representations is that they are highly stylized, scaled down, “theme parks”. Lots will be missing, especially from in between points of interest but the same situation applies not only to the real locations, but also to fake ones. Skyrim is dramatically scaled down with many cities and villages missing, locations within cities that are missing, cities not being to scale, etc. It’s like spark notes but for your eyes.

[@nvRanger]

Great explanation, and you also gave me they idea to explore the cut locations that should’ve been in Skyrim and where they would’ve been

[@ZeDitto3]

@@nvRanger Note some of the places that are in but kind of twisted, reinterpreted, retconned, or dilapidated like Greymoor.

[@nvRanger]

Right, not dissimilar from what they did in Fallout 3 with some spots.

[@limecatcher1482]

hopefully modders take note from these videos and use it as a reference for making quest mods

[@nvRanger]

I would love that

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@nvRanger i second this, as a wannabe modder, i am gonna take notes. XD

[@ChristianPlus-cc3hi]

Fallout 3 is like end of the world vibes, fallout New Vegas is like right, wrong, the survival of man.

[@nvRanger]

3 is definitely a more frightening wasteland and its not even close. New Vegas is cozy

[@drkalowski256]

Maryland would be such a great location for a Fallout game, a lot of military testing there. pointlook out is cool

[@nvRanger]

For such a small state it is really dense for potential Fallout material

[@Commrade-DOGE]

@@nvRangerfallout new Baltimore

[@nvRanger]

Gimme Fallout New Balt, even rhymes

[@lonneansekishoku8288]

Fallout 3's map was so memorable. I second what you said about increasing the map to include the dlc areas within one map. Hopefully, they would add the missing "more-than-half" that was cut off in the D.C. ruins.

[@nvRanger]

That would be awesome as well and almost necessary if they were going to include the DLC locations. Throw in Baltimore while their at it

[@travispagan3824]

This is a great video I love your stuff, I really appreciate how knowledgeable you are on the older games but you don’t necessarily put down the newer ones. Great work!

[@nvRanger]

awesome of you to say, thanks. I love to compare but there is a lot to appreciate is these games. Returning to Fallout 3 just wandering around reminded how good it is.

[@maryjames8433]

Could you also do monorails and train tracks? Ive been having a heck of a time hunting down this one piece of track thats near a crossing.

[@nvRanger]

For sure, it’s on the list. Love this kind of stuff in games

[@nvRanger]

Did I miss any roads? Train Tracks DON'T count!

[@FOChamp]

You never miss anything Ranger, you're the goat..

[@nvRanger]

@@FOChamp so sweet

[@nicko4348]

Fairfax is also a county that spans east of where you marked Annandale as on the map

[@nvRanger]

I see Fairfax hills, but I don't quite see Fairfax county overlapping with Annandale, not sure what I'm missing.

[@nicko4348]

@@nvRanger Annandale is inside fairfax county, but fairfax city is not. fairfax is an independent city. so you could technically say that fairfax ruins could be another part of the county that is closer to Annandale. just thoughts from a local to the area

[@nvRanger]

Awesome, definitely a possibility and why they named it “Ruins” so it could technically be any part of what’s left of city/county.

[@LowQuatsSquats7529]

Its absolutely wild seeing a video about a videogame referencing places roads towns and areas that I grew up in. It was surreal hearing Olney like a mental flash bang.

[@nvRanger]

That’s great, it’s so cool to live in a location recreated in a game, especially fallout where everything is changed and altered. Almost like a look how your town or city is thought of by others

[@RainytheNB]

fuck yeah NVranger upload

[@nvRanger]

🙏

[@jeffreyhunter6229]

It was so fun as a kid growing up in Fairfax county playing this game. It made me feel so cool diving into a post apocalypse world and finding where my house would be👍🏻😂

[@nvRanger]

that must've been awesome, especially if you didn't know a lot about the game before hand

[@Aaron_Red_Ran_Anger]

Family Guy is the alienated essence of man's labor and life; and this Fallout essence dominates him as he worships it. -Das Kapital 1867. It is ever the conclusion that justice is family guy and injustice is it’s neglect - Seth MacFarlane 1899

[@nvRanger]

Seth McFatLane wasn’t born until 1941 you grifter. not a true Familia Hombre

[@kylewest4212]

Really happy to have people like you and mutant mods still making fallout content in 2024 I still love this series sm

[@nvRanger]

He’s awesome, love the a single player series can maintain a strong niche. Fallout will have a presence on YT for a while to come I think

[@lillydwight]

I think it would be pretty neat to see if there are any out of state roads for 76 - and if they are, where they would go, if possible! Bethesda for the game had the brilliant idea of cramming a state that decidedly *wasn't* square, in to a map that was XD

[@nvRanger]

lmao yea I am curious about that one for sure because it covers so much territory seemingly

[@kaycee7651]

I love the idea of BosWash. It really is one of those unique places in the world that, when looked at from anywhere else in the US, is a true marvel of the modern world.

[@nvRanger]

BosWash? Brotherhood of Steel Washington? Boston Washington?

[@kaycee7651]

@nvRanger The megalopolis, stretching from Boston to Washington. Apologies for vagueness

[@nvRanger]

@@kaycee7651 oh gotcha, np

[@nikoladedic6623]

Now I want this for 4. I would love to see how would the Boston roadways would lead into.

[@nvRanger]

Definitely next on the list

[@NCR_vet_ranger2347]

This seems high quality. Why doesn't this guy have more attention?

[@nvRanger]

We’re building, only been consistentish for a couple months or so and it’s a competitive space. Lotta good Fallout youtubers

[@lonneansekishoku8288]

0:35 You say that as you show the exact place which made me think that. I always wanted to venture beyond that gate.

[@nvRanger]

I had a feeling I wasn't the only one

[@MoldycheeseJr]

I’m of the opinion that the pip boy maps are using pre war road network data which is why roads that have been obliterated by time are gone but present on the map

[@nvRanger]

Agreed, but I’m curious how consistent they maintain that though because the world is so different and the map has to be tailored to the world the player experiences on some level.

[@MoldycheeseJr]

@@nvRanger true, like you said sometimes they take a location from way off of the dc area and slap it closer by like Canterbury commons they could be very warped

[@nvRanger]

right but I mean the destruction accidentally being represented on the map at times. Like the Jeff. Memorial land where the Potomac park was. Fallouts map shows that missing, plus if you zoom in really close on the DC ruins it looks like rubble. Check the interactive map in the description if you want a quick ref

[@MoldycheeseJr]

@ hmm, it might be a bethesda moment then LOL

[@Gonzotron3030]

Woo-hoo Durham NC gets a mention. Bull City, "Keep it dirty, Durham."

[@edwardbaeg7141]

In my playthrough…… The Lone Wanderer infects the water, destroys the citadel, and turn the capital wasteland into a Jurassic park infested with albinos, deathclaws etc.

[@nvRanger]

as long as you leave those roads how you found em', we good 👍

[@SamuraiTex84]

Comparing in game maps with ones irl never gets old for me. In fact I'm currently driving myself up wall trying to find where the Temple of the Union would be on a real map.

[@nvRanger]

hard to say cause its near canterbury commons which is way outside of DC irl, but still just south of Olney

[@101Phase]

24:30 the missing airport might be the same airport that the founders of Megaton scavenged the planes and parts from. When you talk to Manya she mentions that the old airport is no longer visible

[@nvRanger]

yes I think you're right, a couple others have mentioned that. I hope that was intentional, and it would be near Megatons location

[@RedRangerFan]

The world's biggest religion is family guy: Peter is our god, Seth is our priest, tvs are our temples, and watching is how we express our worship. -The Religion of Capital 1887

[@nvRanger]

No gods, no masters. Seth McFartStain is in shambles. I carry Familia Hombre with pride

[@Nuniixo]

I remember a video or an article that Fallout 3's D.C. was supposed to be largely exact, 1:1, recreation of that particular corner of Washington. A lot of it still somewhat exists in the game, as roads outside the playable area etc.

[@nvRanger]

I don't doubt it in regard to its layout, that seemed to be the much more consistent or accurate part of the map. Many more alterations were made out in the suburban/rural area it seems.

[@Nuniixo]

@nvRanger Just to confirm we're on the same wavelenght, I am talking about the mini-world environments like Chewy Chase, L'Enfant etc. I think those city and urban areas were supposed to be entirely in one big city wordscape but got cut up due to engine and console limitations and it was supposed to be actually, truly 1:1 at least street layout wise to reality. Iirc in the retail, it's not the case, but there's placed road models et cetera beyond the many ruins and rubble piles that actually do somewhat match up

[@Nuniixo]

Also, the 'eviscerated airport' is mention in the game, it's been buried under soil, and the planes were scrapped to build Megaton, according to Nadya's story (the old lady in Megaton)

[@nvRanger]

Ohhhh I follow ya now. That makes a lot of sense because I recall as a kid being so confused roaming around endless Metro's to get to those different pockets. It would have been so much better if it was like two separate entirely open worlds, downtown DC and then the capital wastes.

[@Jacob_Tribal]

Fallout 3 was my introduction to Fallout. I love how absolutely destroyed the city is, But the roads, river, and metro always confused me as a kid.

[@nvRanger]

those Metros as a kid were just a maze of chaos, ghouls, and cannibals

[@funrun07haan50]

Amazing video

[@nvRanger]

Appreciate you saying, thanks

[@funrun07haan50]

​@@nvRangercant wait for the next one like this 😁

[@quantusmillenius718]

0:31 I understand that fully especially playing the Fallout games. I’m always curious and wanting to know what’s out there. Where do the roads go and are there any new cities and pre war areas waiting to be discovered.

[@nvRanger]

right, its a bit of thinking about what could be next but I also like that we don't know much as well, adds intrique

[@UltimateGamerCC]

never thought of trying to map out the game's location and see what isnt playable before now. it's honestly a mistake on my part.

[@nvRanger]

Yea I had never thought about Baltimore being so close before working on this. I saw some fan map that had the Republic of Dave in the Baltimore suburbs and I had to do some digging.

[@venator-fb7yy]

​@@nvRangerBaltimore must've been conquered and completely leveled by the precursor administrations of the superpower known today as The Republic of Dave. 😅 But seriously you did good on your video!👍

[@nvRanger]

I hope the next Fallout game makes a least a small dialogue ref that "there's a large nation under a man they call Dave back east" or something.

[@venator-fb7yy]

@@nvRanger lol, BTW to help you out Watoga in 76 may not exist in the real world since I had asked some native West Virginians about it and non of them knew of such a name.

[@IDKatThisPoint-n9g]

I think the roads on the map and roads in-game not aligning perfectly adds a bit to the tech lore of the games. The maps we see on the Pip-boy aren't current maps, they were made before the Great War and you yourself add the markers independently. The Mojave is accurate because Mr. House disabled or deflected most of the nukes headed for the region, causing damage to be minimal. Meanwhile the DC area was hit with hundreds upon hundreds of nukes, completely destroying and/or reshaping much of the landscape.

[@nvRanger]

It’s a great point but now I am curious how consistent the maps in modern Fallouts try and represent the pre-war structure of things vs their actual playable state. I think you’re right that they are meant to mimic pre-war, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there are many inconsistencies. For example, Megaton is supposedly made from the Washington- Dulles airport, but Dulles isn’t shown on the map cause it vaporized in the Great War.

[@surprisedchar2458]

@@nvRanger maps in Fallout aren’t really the best at accurate placement. It goes as far back as the first game where Bakersfield is just straight up in the wrong place in California.

[@anthonylandin6788]

I love for a fallout game to take place in Seattle or New Orleans also maybe a fallout game could take place outside the mainland US which could be Honolulu or Anchorage

[@nvRanger]

The south is so untouched in Fallout, NO would be a great location for fallout, so much material to use. Give me radioactive hurricanes and little makeshift boats to get around flooded areas

[@exmaarmaca]

I would love to see a Fallout game take on Texas, it has big cities like Dallas, Houston or San Antonio, its capital Austin and all the border towns with Mexico as Laredo or Mcallen.

[@nvRanger]

I think Fallout BoS was in Texas but that’s barely a fallout game. We definitely need a Texas set game at some point.

[@becauseforeverended8861]

This is a really cool idea would like to see a similar concept but with Los Santos from GTA V and LA or the PS spiderman games new York to real new york

[@nvRanger]

Great ideas, would love to do this kind of thing with different games.

[@tankgod5176]

25:54 LINKIN PARK MENTIONED!

[@nvRanger]

CRAWLING IN MY SKIN

[@tankgod5176]

​@@nvRangerTHESE WOUNDS, THEY WILL NOT HEAL!

[@caseymacgregor8089]

Regarding what you said at 17:40 - Rather than New York, I'd rather see Toronto (Ronto) in the next northeast Fallout game. I know Bethesda said they are keeping the series in the US, but Canada is of course annexed as US territory in-universe shortly before the bombs drop. It would be cool to see an alternate version of a Canadian city forced to (unwillingly) assimilate into American culture. I'm picturing the place plastered in propaganda posters, some humor about having to abandon the metric system, bilingual stuff converted to English-only, etc. Niagara falls could become a place of strategic value like Hoover Dam. The place was hinted at in Fallout 3 much like The Pitt and the Commonwealth, but we have never been able to visit it. What do you think- am I crazy or would that be cool?

[@nvRanger]

If they announced a Fallout in Ronto over NYC I would be more excited because it probably means they would get more creative with the material and lore situation that you described. NYC is a layup and perhaps should wait until another generation of tech cause that place is not Boston or DC or Vegas, it’s a real concrete jungle. We can’t have downtown F4 Boston performance problems in a game that’s only has downtown.

[@Jacob_Tribal]

Damn I’ve got to play Fallout 3 modded.

[@nvRanger]

This is tale of two Wastelands just to be clear

[@boltlinked]

You know for my whole life, I’ve been advocating for family guy content . But when I got a taste I’ve felt empty and lost. As if my life meant nothing all along.

[@nvRanger]

Now what, there’s even another slurp in this video?

[@boltlinked]

@@nvRangerjust one more hit, maybe will change how I feel?

[@nvRanger]

@@boltlinked you've already gotten 2 in the last 5 videos now. If you're gonna be greedy I'll cut the supply off clean

[@boltlinked]

@@nvRanger NO, PLEASE I DIDNT MEAN IT!!!

[@boltlinked]

@@nvRanger I dont mean to question you master but i have detected no reference to family guy!

[@byron2FZ]

What if instead of Fallout 3 it was called Freakout 3 and it was set in Washingtoes DC.

[@ethanledford938]

Well where do all the spys go you just cant accurately map out a nations capitol it might be useful for training

[@nvRanger]

you're gonna get me in trouble 👀 If i die it was an inside job!

[@ethanledford938]

@nvRanger don't worry that's basic stuff for all military people

[@ethanledford938]

@nvRanger like your video by the way

[@nvRanger]

@@ethanledford938 good to know. appreciated, thanks

[@dcross6360]

Fun video

[@nvRanger]

Thanks, I had fun making it.

[@theshenpartei]

Can you do the roads of fallout 4

[@nvRanger]

For sure, I’m excited to

[@theshenpartei]

@@nvRangergreat

[@Slipperysquid433]

What mods do you use to make fnv and fo3 look so good and because I love that hud and the gunplay looks so clean

[@nvRanger]

there's a lot going on to be honest. there are links to specific mod and a mod list linked in the desc of any of my recent modding videos. Primarily New Vegas Reloaded and Desert Nat Weather are making the broader game look pretty. HUD is MUX + OX Toolkit and MAPMO largely. Enhanced movement and enhanced locomotion makes the gun sway nice, and the gun itself is from the Wasteland AR Pack

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

Honestly a unified Fallout 3 world with all the content being on one playable map with no loading screens is as far as I know possible today... Just would only be playable to people likely me who have beyond top of the line of the past 5 years PCs and atleast 10TB of fast SSD storage... Also easly the hardest part would be the resorces needed to develop it and it would have to be a remake not a remaster... Because I highly doudt Fallout 3's game engine and code could handle such an endavor... Although Bestda with Microsofts money could do it if they wanted to when their current roadmap runs out as I can't see why in 10+ years my PC won't be common enough. And game development technique so advanced to make it not only possible but common in RPGs... So yeah the only reason why it couldn't happen is if no one actuly does it.

[@nvRanger]

Why would you need a crazy pc? We have games like Fallout 4 even but more specifically the Witcher 3, RDR2, Cyberpunk and so on. Giant open worlds, minimal loading screens (not including F4)

[@illirei]

What a ridiculous question; they lead to Rome, like all of them do.

[@nvRanger]

maybe if they left one of the dang airports in we could get there

[@richardthompson776]

I toil all my life for family guy........ I get one small family guy segment..... was my life worth it?

[@nvRanger]

Absolutely not

[@gono4806]

Roadout

[@nvRanger]

Loadout

[@Peroskiller]

@@nvRangerDollout

[@venator-fb7yy]

Fallout 76's map is completely butchered. For example Grafton is south of Morgantown in real life, not north of it. I know because I lived in that region for a period of time. Bethesda may have said they modified it a little but the differences ain't little!😆

[@nvRanger]

😅maybe the graft on Monster picked it up and moved it north. I’ll have to check that map out after Fallout 4

[@venator-fb7yy]

@nvRanger good luck sir.

[@nvRanger]

im gonna need it, especially with no console commands or mods