New Fallout: New Vegas Patch Released for the PC Through Steam

Obsidian has just revealed a brand new patch for the PC version of Fallout: New Vegas, which promises to solve even more problems encountered by players while exploring the Mojave Wasteland in the post apocalyptic role playing game.

Fallout: New Vegas has been out for a few weeks, and users have been experiencing lots of glitches, problems and issues with either quests, companions or the non playable characters.

A series of patches were already released exclusively for the PC, as well as a more comprehensive one, patch 1.01, for all platforms: the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Now, before another bigger patch appears in the following weeks, Obsidian, the game's developer, has launched a PC exclusive patch through the Steam service.

In it, problems with companions, downloadable content, and different warnings are solved.

Check out the full list of fixes in patch 1.1.1 below.

- Companions now show up as waypoints on the map
- Companions will always fast travel with you, unless told to wait or sent away
- Fix: DLC error/save corruption
- Fix: Stuttering with water effects
- Fix: Severe performance issues with DirectX.
- Fix: Controls temporarily disabled after reloading Cowboy Repeater while crouched
- Fixed crash using the Euclid C-Finder while having the Heave Ho perk
- Fix: Entering the strip after Debt Collector causes crash and autosave corruption
- Fix: Using Mojave Express dropbox can cause DLC warnings
- Fixed crash when buying duplicate caravan cards from a vendor in a single transaction
- Crafting menu should filter valid (bright) recipes to the top of the list
- Fix: Sitting down while looking down a weapon's ironsights leaves player control locked
- Fix: If a companion is knocked unconscious with broken limbs they stay broken on respawn
- Fix for varmint night scope effect persisting in kill cam
- Fix for giving companions armor that adds STR does not increase their carry weight
- Fix NPC Repair menu displays DAM as DPS
- Having NPC repair service rifle with forged receiver decreases CND

Two days ago we revealed that a bigger patch is currently being prepared by Bethesda, and will be deployed on all platforms pending the review process of the actual platform holders, like Microsoft or Sony, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, respectively.