Download fallout-ce.vpk file and install it to your PS Vita.

Copy MASTER.DAT, CRITTER.DAT and DATA folder from the installed Fallout game folder into to ux0:data/fallout/. Copy fallout.cfg too, if you're using non-english Fallout version (or make sure that language setting is properly set in it (language=german, language=french, etc)).

You can change the control mode of front or rear touchpad by editing ux0:data/fallout/f1_res.ini and changing FRONT_TOUCH_MODE and REAR_TOUCH_MODE parameters.

Following touchpad modes are supported:

0 - Touchpad disabled

1 - Direct control (front touchpad only)

2 - Trackpad control

In trackpad control mode you can use double tap to "click" left mouse button in the current cursor position and triple tap to "click" right mouse button.

You can change the game resolution by editing ux0:data/fallout/f1_res.ini file and modifying SCR_WIDTH and SCR_HEIGHT parameters. Recommended resolutions are 640x480, 848x480 and 960x544.

Cursor speed can be changed with MOUSE SENSITIVITY slider in game preferences.

Fallout CE is still in early stages of development, so all kinds of bugs and crashes are to be expected.

Fallout Community Edition is a fully working re-implementation of Fallout, with the same original gameplay, engine bugfixes, and some quality of life improvements, that works (mostly) hassle-free on multiple platforms.

There is also Fallout 2 Community Edition.

You must own the game to play. Purchase your copy on GOG or Steam. Download latest release or build from source. You can also check latest debug build intended for testers.

Download and copy fallout-ce.exe to your Fallout folder. It serves as a drop-in replacement for falloutw.exe.

Use Windows installation as a base - it contains data assets needed to play. Copy Fallout folder somewhere, for example /home/john/Desktop/Fallout.

Download and copy fallout-ce to this folder.

Install SDL2:

NOTE: macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) or higher is required. Runs natively on Intel-based Macs and Apple Silicon.

Use Windows installation as a base - it contains data assets needed to play. Copy Fallout folder somewhere, for example /Applications/Fallout.

Alternatively you can use Fallout from MacPlay/The Omni Group as a base - you need to extract game assets from the original bundle. Mount CD/DMG, right click Fallout -> Show Package Contents, navigate to Contents/Resources. Copy GameData folder somewhere, for example /Applications/Fallout.

Download and copy fallout-ce.app to this folder.

Run fallout-ce.app.

NOTE: Fallout was designed with mouse in mind. There are many controls that require precise cursor positioning, which is not possible with fingers. Current control scheme resembles trackpad usage:

NOTE: From Android standpoint release and debug builds are different apps. Both apps require their own copy of game assets and have their own savegames. This is intentional. As a gamer just stick with release version and check for updates.

Use Windows installation as a base - it contains data assets needed to play. Copy Fallout folder to your device, for example to Downloads. You need master.dat, critter.dat, and data folder. Watch for file names - keep (or make) them lowercased (see Configuration).

Download fallout-ce.apk and copy it to your device. Open it with file explorer, follow instructions (install from unknown source).

When you run the game for the first time it will immediately present file picker. Select the folder from the first step. Wait until this data is copied. A loading dialog will appear, just wait for about 30 seconds. The game will start automatically.

NOTE: See Android note on controls.

Download fallout-ce.ipa. Use sideloading applications (AltStore or Sideloadly) to install it to your device. Alternatively you can always build from source with your own signing certificate.

Run the game once. You'll see error message saying "Could not find the master datafile...". This step is needed for iOS to expose the game via File Sharing feature.

Use Finder (macOS Catalina and later) or iTunes (Windows and macOS Mojave or earlier) to copy master.dat, critter.dat, and data folder to "Fallout" app (how-to). Watch for file names - keep (or make) them lowercased (see Configuration).

The main configuration file is fallout.cfg. There are several important settings you might need to adjust for your installation. Depending on your Fallout distribution main game assets master.dat, critter.dat, and data folder might be either all lowercased, or all uppercased. You can either update master_dat, critter_dat, master_patches and critter_patches settings to match your file names, or rename files to match entries in your fallout.cfg.

The sound folder (with music folder inside) might be located either in data folder, or be in the Fallout folder. Update music_path1 setting to match your hierarchy, usually it's data/sound/music/ or sound/music/. Make sure it match your path exactly (so it might be SOUND/MUSIC/ if you've installed Fallout from CD). Music files themselves (with ACM extension) should be all uppercased, regardless of sound and music folders.

The second configuration file is f1_res.ini. Use it to change game window size and enable/disable fullscreen mode.

Recommendations:

In time this stuff will receive in-game interface, right now you have to do it manually.

Here is a couple of current goals. Open up an issue if you have suggestion or feature request.

Update to v1.2. This project is based on Reference Edition which implements v1.1 released in November 1997. There is a newer v1.2 released in March 1998 which at least contains important multilingual support.

Backport some Fallout 2 features. Fallout 2 (with some Sfall additions) added many great improvements and quality of life enhancements to the original Fallout engine. Many deserve to be backported to Fallout 1. Keep in mind this is a different game, with slightly different gameplay balance (which is a fragile thing on its own).

The source code is this repository is available under the Sustainable Use License.