Uploaded March 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Having never played Fallout: New Vegas or any previous Fallout game, I decided to record some of the experience and compile the clips of bugs and amusing situations into a video. Since this is my first experience with one of these games, I'm sure some of the glitches are well-known and well-documented, but hopefully it's entertaining.
The clips jump here and there throughout my playthrough. Unfortunately I missed quite a few interesting glitches because I wasn't recording the entire time, and I also lost a few funny clips along the way.
Despite completing all of the objectives required during the mission with President Kimball, he was locked at the podium and I could not finish it without attacking someone. Since attacking NCR people will result in mission failure, I messed around with this scenario for a long while, until I realized that killing the Legion trooper disguised as a mechanic causes the President to run, but doesn't fail the mission. For a major and important part of the game, it's ridiculous that doing all the objectives correctly can still result in game-breaking situations.
I should note that the Brotherhood of Steel mission was the most frustrating missions throughout the entire game, and I loathed it. It pissed me off how the developers gleefully railroad the player. As soon as the door closes behind you in the bunker, it strips your companions of all their equipment, which normally wouldn't be a problem because the game will force you into a conversation and quest that will place them inside a chest later on. But if you avoid the conversation to start with (which is one of the most ridiculous oversights I've seen--in that you can just walk around the trigger event), your companions will never get their equipment back.
So I decided to ignore the quest and burn every trace of it.
Having never played Fallout: New Vegas or any previous Fallout game, I decided to record some of the experience and compile the clips of bugs and amusing situations into a video. Since this is my first experience with one of these games, I'm sure some of the glitches are well-known and well-documented, but hopefully it's entertaining.
The clips jump here and there throughout my playthrough. Unfortunately I missed quite a few interesting glitches because I wasn't recording the entire time, and I also lost a few funny clips along the way.
Despite completing all of the objectives required during the mission with President Kimball, he was locked at the podium and I could not finish it without attacking someone. Since attacking NCR people will result in mission failure, I messed around with this scenario for a long while, until I realized that killing the Legion trooper disguised as a mechanic causes the President to run, but doesn't fail the mission. For a major and important part of the game, it's ridiculous that doing all the objectives correctly can still result in game-breaking situations.
I should note that the Brotherhood of Steel mission was the most frustrating missions throughout the entire game, and I loathed it. It pissed me off how the developers gleefully railroad the player. As soon as the door closes behind you in the bunker, it strips your companions of all their equipment, which normally wouldn't be a problem because the game will force you into a conversation and quest that will place them inside a chest later on. But if you avoid the conversation to start with (which is one of the most ridiculous oversights I've seen--in that you can just walk around the trigger event), your companions will never get their equipment back.
So I decided to ignore the quest and burn every trace of it.
![Infinite Stamina [glitch] - Dark Storm VR Missions](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4uY7A4_Up1w/mqdefault.jpg "Infinite Stamina [glitch] - Dark Storm VR Missions
Its possible to run continually using careful timing, likely based on animation.
At several points in your stamina bar, its possible to run past the point where you would fatigue. The most consistent point I could find was about 1/16 of the way down the stamina bar, so getting this consistently requires some effort and analysis.
I believe this is due to a problem with the running animation. Theres a period where the running animation resets (naturally), and it seems like that shift provides a temporary blindness to Ambers stamina. Once its ignored going to its minimum, it simply continues long past it. Alternatively, it could be some sort of mathematical miscalculation, which I unfortunately dont have enough insight into to reason out.
This glitch is great for high mobility speedruns and time trials, but its wildly inconsistent. It would require practice to hit the mark repeatedly, with the good news being that its easily accessible. Theres no complicated set of circumstances and actions to memorize, just hit Shift at the right time.
These clips were recorded in Prototype 0.6.7.
Despite the video, I actually enjoy this game a lot even in this pretty glitchy state, and Id love to see it finished. If it looks interesting to you, be sure to check out the Kickstarter or download the demo on Steam and try it yourself.
Kickstarter: [ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1201252455/dark-storm-ascension ]
Steam: [ http://store.steampowered.com/app/395150/ ]")
