Is there a key to highlight all pickable items?

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Fab

First time out of the vault
Is there a key to highlight all pickable items in fallout? (Like Alt did in Diablo.)

The manual doesn't mention it.
 
Not as far as I know, but the number of sprites for items are generally limited and not that hard to spot in my opinion. I never have found such a function to highlight all the on ground items, but I could be wrong, in which case someone please correct me.
 
No, but a pickable item will be highlighted once you position the cursor over it.
 
Any tips on how to spot items?

I am playing in 1024x768 (Hires mod) and at that resolution I am worried I am missing a lot of items.
 
Items only infrequently lie on the ground, usually you will be able to find them by looting containers and bodies.

Notable exceptions affecting the game include the Junk in the Necropolis tunnels, also the gold watch in Modoc in Fallout 2. You might refer to Per's guide to learn the specifics, but don't worry about it in advance.
 
I've added the yellow highlighting to all the items that can be picked up, which makes them easy to spot. Should be useful for the plant spike-throwing characters. Not all of the frms have to be used; you probably don't need the power armor ones, but they're included for completeness. Any files you want to use go in art/items/ .

http://mysite.verizon.net/kanhef/highlighted_items.zip
 
Thanks a million Kanhef!

Will give it a try.

/Edit

Most helpful, already discovered a couple of items I missed.
I noticed the ammo boxes in the first vault are not highlighted, are there other items your pack doesn't include?
 
Show interactive items on screen?

Is there a button you can press that will highlight all interactive items on the screen?

I beat all the fallout games AGES ago but have completely forgotten how to do this... I went through the manual and couldn't find a reference in there either.

It's possible that fallout 1/2 never had this feature and I may just be remembering this from NWNs... but that would suck. Please tell me I don't have to sweep the mouse back and forth over the screen in search patterns... It will make me cry. :cry:
 
You've got the ITEM HIGHLIGHT option in the preferences screen, but the items will only be 'highlighted' if you move your cursor over them (if I'm not mistaking).

I think that's all.
 
thanks... so I can't hold down a given key and make all the interactive items glow or something?


*cries*


that's a serious flaw in this game... objects that you can see right out there aren't a big deal because you'll probably guess to check them. But sometimes things are hidden behind stuff by the camera angle.


Bah!

Ah well... let me know if there's a mod or something that adds this feature. :(
 
Well, I wouldn't call it a serious flaw. Just check all containers and you won't miss out on much. I know there's a valuable gun on the floor in Vault 15 which is hard to find (valuable at that point in the game, mind you), but for the rest, there just isn't much to be found just laying around, not stuffed away in some sort of container.

Maybe some other member knows the secret button to push to highlight all items, but I don't think there is one, to be honest.
 
this is a problem for me too im noticing. I play on a 1920 X1200 monitor.. the high res patch makes everyting TINY even on a 24" screen. Ive tried loading it on my older comp with its 1680 rez and smaller monitor (20") but even then stuffs pretty small and hard to see =( ah well
 
Oh, right. I've forgotten about the res patch. But well, if he uses it, why not kill it so that it's 800x600 again?
 
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