Can You Complete Fallout 4 Using Only California-Compliant Weapons?
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This is a horrible run to undertake and I don't suggest that anyone else should do it. This was 90 hours of learning the true extent of California Compliance in the Wastelands of Fallout 4. It was cool that I became a space marine though.
Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:43 A brief summary of the rules
0:05:39 A minute of appreciation
0:06:32 How bad can this be?
0:11:30 This is bad
0:17:53 Hydration quest
0:24:20 Making friends
0:27:32 Getting a (better) gun
0:32:01 Feral ghouls might be a problem
0:36:04 Feral ghoul hell
0:39:53 Don't touch the power armor: the ammo run from hell
0:43:33 Charl vs. Hubris Comics
0:48:08 Cooking segment: pastrami burger
0:51:36 My cursed technique
0:54:36 Another settlement needs my help
0:59:54 Strength means nothing when everyone has rocket launchers
1:02:01 I am California Compliance's strongest warrior
1:08:05 Fort Hagen (finally)
1:11:13 I should probably start finishing the story
1:14:00 SPACE MARINE TIME!!!
1:17:32 loose ends
1:21:12 Endgame
1:24:42 Final thoughts on this run
1:30:04 Cat video: Frisk is preventing me from folding laundry
Wow! I was not expecting this much of a positive response from this video! I guess I'll go ahead and say now that I'd be crazy NOT to do another one of these challenges in Fallout: New Vegas so yeah, it's happening now. It's not gonna be for a while though as I've gotta get ready for my yearly Halloween in July event plus the vids I mentioned at the end of this one like Transformers and Pathologic 2. Also, please understand that there's no way I can fill a Mitten Squad-shaped hole in your hearts: no one can replace him and I'm not going to try. Challenge runs are a lot of fun and I'd like do do more of them every once in a while, but in no way am I just gonna start only doing those now. My love is still Immersive Sims and weird little horror games. But hey, I can balance those two things so I'm sure I can throw an occasional challenge run into the mix as a treat. Maybe like, one or two a year.
Hey man, take your time, this video was pretty fun to watch, and as for Mitten Squad, no one can replace him, no one will, and I don't think anyone is expecting you to replace Mitten Squad.
@@Bucket_Of_Spamton True, I mainly bring it up because I want to be crystal clear about it after seeing a lot of Mitten-related talk in the comments. I don't wanna just ignore it and let it potentially snowball into something I don't intend.
The California Legal idea is a really fascinating idea, I wonder how many different games it could work in... Far Cry, GTA... what a fun idea this is
@@Racing_Is_Not_An_Addiction Yeah, I *could* see this me trying to apply this to other games like Cyberpunk 2077 as was suggested in the comments, BUT I don't want to do this to death. If I just do the CA compliant challenge on every game it isn't special anymore; it's just a gimmick. After New Vegas I'd probably spend time working on a new, even sillier challenge ruleset. Hopefully my few remaining brain cells will be able to make something novel again in the year's time it will take to get around to that.
Good to know, but don't burn yourself out
Furiously googling Power Fist compliance laws in California
I think those fall under Penal Code 21810
Wait, I know you.
power fisting is mandatory
Not concealable, but it's technically a demolition tool, so using it would be outside of it's intended use. It'd be like using a sledgehammer for self defense. Sure, it works, but you are at legal risk using it as such
@@atomicanachronism8849 what if you just put a big oven mitt on it? Totally concealable
Man it's fucked up that certified lawyer Charlatan Wonder made this video in part as a way to give legal advice.
Unbelievable. Don't they know that I'm going to immediately act on this tangible legal advice? Think of the chaos
No dignity.
why is this funny af😂😂
@@Mr_Fugnug chew. what a beautiful pastrami.
Can confirm he’s a charlatan I tried all of this and now I’m in prison
Just here to say that Mama Murphy calls Dogmeat Dogmeat. You have to ask if he's her dog when she mentions him, but she responds with something like, "Dogmeat is his own man" and then implies that it's a good sign of character if he likes you.
Doesn't Nick also call him Dogmeat?
@@exittieronehe does! In the Kellogg quest and also will say 'Hey, Dogmeat's hurt' if the doggo gets downed while all 3 of you are together. Really sweet tbh
Came here to comment this
Also, if you use a Vault-tec Population management system to track dogmeat, the Overseer's Most Wanted quest will call Dogmeat "Dogmeat"
I swear the player character can also call him Dogmeat at one point, maybe when dismissing or re-recruiting him? I remember being caught off guard seeing as I had assumed he was just “dog” in Fo4.
"Mitten Squad is gonna have a field day with this one" Damn. He would have. RIP.
He ain't dead he's just not uploading anymore, he still makes community posts every once an a while
@@Fatahhcat No, he died late last year.
@@yankeedude252 oh dang, rip, loved that guys vids
@@Fatahhcat Yeah, he was a legend for sure. Shame he couldn't lay off the sauce.
@@Fatahhcat Paul of Mittensquad, aye - if posts are made, then it's others within said squad that does. Though it's his iconic voice and being that we track back to the name. I can only guess that he wasn't the only one working under the banner (their youtube name)... but yeah, if any videos ever dropped then it wouldn't be by good ol' Paul. :( I miss him too, RIP.
Rest in peace mitten squad, this makes me think of him
That's why I clicked.
Rip to the legend
He will be missed but his legacy will live on.
@@Lasershark666what happened?
@@pinheadious17he died a while back
If a handgun is 50 years or older, it's automatically a c&r handgun and exempt from the roster, which every handgun would be 200+ years old, unless it's a newer pipe gun.
Fun fact, if it wasn't for the psychotic ramblings of legislators, the 'scary ar-15' is actually almost old enough to be considered "relics and curios" coming up in a few years.
if it's 200+ years old, it is legally an antique and no longer counts as a firearm, even if it works
@@vantablack6288 honestly I wouldn't be surprised I heard some early Soviet models are still in circulation today.
For an antique gun this may be false sadly, because they put a specific date of made before January, 1899.
@@Coconut-219 7 years? IIRC
funnily enough, california listing a cannon as an example of a destructive device is the most ironic thing in existence. This is because one of the explicit examples given by the founding fathers for a weapon that shall never be limited was, in fact, a cannon. You are even explicitly noted as being able to use one in notarized legal documents.
I mean its California, the constitution is just a suggestion.
I live here and yeah california hates fun
> Be Californian > Buy Cannon > Cali government throws a hissy fit and fines > Sue the state > Watch it fly to Supreme Court > Obvious unconstitutional law is overruled by Supremes > Gavin cries > Cali is saved!!!
Do you have a source on that? While cannons were not explicitly illegal at the time and civilians could own one, I can’t find anything where the fathers explicitly cited a cannon as something “that shall never be limited”.
@@bradenculver7457 look up the responses of the founding fathers when asked about naval limits for civilians.
The funniest part is that the original inspiration, a messed up obrez, is expressly illegal by CA law
“Ignorance of the law is not an excuse. Now pay 200$ a month to read about all the stuff we are charging you with”
Sounds like the US
@@Bob-bs9ok Sounds like everywhere, Europe is worse off than even Cali is.
You do realise that you, as a citizen of the state, are expected to be conversant of the laws that you yourself enacted? And that ignorance of a law is not a defence. That's pretty much the the whole of the law past Magna Carta.
@@Akheloios Then they can make the law readily available and human readable. But then they wouldn't be able to get away with the shit they want to (puninive slavery [allowed under US law] and loopholes for the rich).
@@AkheloiosTell that to the millions of people who voted against all these gun laws
Until the very end I was afraid that ATF will come and shoot dogmeat 😢
Ruby ridge joke WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Don’t shoot me down Don’t shoot me down Got a wife and kids on Ruby Ridge Please don’t shoot me down
The Ruby Ridge guy was a PoS. Doesn't give the ATF the right to run down and kill women and children though. Just like how Waco having a whacko child loving doomsday cult didn't justify forcefully reclassifying them as a death cult much less saving the children from assault by IMMOLATION! They also could have gotten the guy they wanted at any time, especially since they were not just welcomed in, but the freak would make regular jogs.
When I do this run, I'm going to go to the BADTFL office and pay 200 caps every time I want a silencer or a mg.
@@jediknight1294 anytime you get shoes with laces you have to pay 200 per lace. Also, none of the MGs in the gun would be compliant. They are from after the law. You could however, if a male Character, say you could only use MGs when wearing the Minutemen armor, or a US military power armor. You could theoretically have been called back into service. You however could not store said weapon and ammo with the rest of your belongings.
WOAH! I was not expecting this to get anywhere near a million views! Thank you all so much!
No, thank you! I don't mean this in a disrespectful manner, but don't hold yourself to the view count as there is a Fallout hype wave. Regardless, you're hilarious, entertaining and dedicated to what you do. I love it and you've gained a sub! 🤌
Damn, that minute of appreciation actually really touched me. That's honestly really sweet of you to include as a simple way of brightening our day.
Hate to be that guy but: Penal Code 399.5 is the California statute that makes it a crime for a person to own a dog that is trained to fight, attack or kill, provided that he knows the dog is dangerous and: the dog bites a person, on two separate occasions or more, or. the dog bites a person once and causes a substantial injury.
So it's only illegal the second time?
Pretty sure body armor is illegal as well
@@PhoenicopterusRit isn't a warcrime the first time.
I feel like power armor also falls under some armor related laws, and they'd probably twist some tank related laws to hit you with something extra.
@@homeonegreen9 it isn't a warcrime if its done by a country the west approves of
Fallout 4: *takes place in and around Boston* Charl: *follows California laws*
KZhead comments: California no longer exists.
Should've done it in 1 2 or NV I guess?
Following Boston laws wouldn't make it as challenging. That's why he chose Commiefornia.
@@vxicepickxv It does exsist. It became the California Republic, or, as some call it, New Texas, because its officers gave guns away to defend themselves.
@@SailTheShip Hey, don't insult us commies. We want the working class armed.
As soon as you said "Let's take a minute for ourselves because I'm not into sponsorship", I subbed.
6:17 good reminder, I was having a bad day but today I did see several birds returning for spring so that was nice
"I cannot afford to legally defend myself adequately but at least I'm extremely well hydrated" yeah I'm not familiar with california but sounds pretty accurate
Hit the nail on the head except for the last part.
Noon stop water conservation expectations
California has been doing better with water availability on account of the recent wet and rainy/snowy winter seasons here, so the drought notices have been lifted, and if you're outside of the urban centers, there aren't any water conservation measures.
*looks at 20+ year long drought* Yeah about that
@@thecommentpolice8115 Them atmospheric rivers fucked the state up lol. I remember seeing a giant sink hole on the 78
“Today we’re doing a California compliance run!” *sighs deeply* *unequips all items that aren’t clothes*
Oi, mate, you got a loicense for them combat boots?
depends on the clothes too, raider clothes are a no-go.
No, take those off too. According to California, they contain compounds that may cause cancer.
or black tar heroin
Doesn't California have a body armor law too?
It's a lovely day to remind people that "THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS *SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED*"
considering he not only joins a state militia, but also rises to the highest rank of that militia, he follows the idea very well. Especially since the BoS is a direct offshoot of the US Army. Okay, an offshoot that officially seceded, but still the closest we get outside of the Enclave.
people who are genuine earn kudos in my book , the fact that you didnt hit us with an add but instead chose to use that moment to be wholesome is the reason why i subbed , thank you for being you
jesus
GAAAÆEEEEEE
Nick Valentine was a Law Enforcement Officer. He could have used his old Service Weapon. EDIT: Local, not Federal
He wasnt federal he was state
@@ldeal319 Not even that. He was Boston PD.
@@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 have you seen what the BPD has access to? motherfuckers have tanks
He also was arguably _not_ that, as a robotic duplicate. I don't think california's regs say anything either way about doppelgangers...
But does he count as a person? Like, in continental law (Hungary for example) legal capacity only begins at live birth. And well he is not really born... also being a "machine" or a "clone" is also interwsting since we generaly made it easy by outlawing them and that'sit.
With one simple restriction he turned the game from post nuclear roleplaying to a normal day in LA simulator
didn't have to do much
not enough crackheads and skillless rich people
@@ciangriffin9630If anything Fallout is safer and you don't have to wait in traffic!😊
I don't know, man... you're less likely to be drenched in excrement by a homeless man with his trusty bucket in the Wasteland.
This isn’t LA simulator, as a lot of the criminals, gang members and homeless drug addicts don’t follow the law(surprised pikachu face)
5:39 more videos need this. This right here is the innovation I, a consumer, crave
The whole “minute of appreciation” was very nice. Thanks for that. Few channels have gotten me to subscribe 5 minutes into the first video I watch
"this is not a battle, this is a formality" is a line that actually goes so hard.
As a writer, I wanna use that for one of my characters. Sounds perfect for a guy so desensitized to combat that he just sees it transactional at this point.
@@mitchellbarton7915 Bonus points if this character represents a government organization.
@@mitchellbarton7915 double bonus points if the person is a neutral party that switches sides based on what benefits them rather than for ideological reason (not dog whistling, I just like that type of character).
@@mitchellbarton7915 I think it also works for a character who holds such a massive upper hand that it is extremely obvious what the outcome will be.
@@mitchellbarton7915Would work for a great and menacing commander, or badass commando.
“In the grim darkness of the future, there are only California compliant weapons” is just so f ing hilarious
Pretty sure the onlyones who would be ok with that are the Dark Angels
I have seen a lot of fallout content creators of different calibers and I have been on KZhead for many a year. I have never even seen a Charlatan Wonder video before but I have never subscribed so fast to a channel as I did once we got to the minute of appreciation. That was amazing and you are an amazing person
This is the first video of yours ive seen. Just wanna say i love your commentary. Keep up the good work!
I know a guy that got 24 years in prison in California for getting drunk and shooting an AK-47 in the air, the average sentence for murder in CA is 7 years
Wow, 24 years seems a bit excessive for that. but that 7 year number is odd. You may be thinking of the voluntary manslaughter charge of 3-11 years, rather than the second degree murder charge which is a minimum of 15 years, or the first degree murder charge which has a minimum sentence of 25 years. Voluntary Manslaughter is for unplanned, isolated, heat of the moment violence that results in someone's death. For example, walking in on your partner cheating on you, and attacking the other person. Second degree murder is when you kill someone without premeditation, differentiated from Voluntary Manslaughter in that it usually involves committing some other form of crime like armed robbery. First degree murder is the premeditated of another person. Not sure how you came to the average of 7 years for a murder charge, but I'd be curious to hear it.
I can get getting arrested for shooting an AK into the air as the bullet could have hit someone but that is just cruel and unusual punishment
I smell bs
@@JohnPabloEsposito Theres a body cam video from a couple years back where a guy was shooting a rifle in the air in his backyard at night on new years eve (or 4th of july I dont recall) and the cop peeks through the wooden fence and then mag dumps on the man, killing him. Didn't announce he was police or make his presence known at all. Dumb situation all around but the point here is going to jail may not even be the worse of it.
@@Liberty_Bull police trying not to mag dump anything and everything they see
1:07:38 Junkie's Harpoon Gun actually sounds like a real legendary weapon drop in real world California
I probably would have nicknamed it something like "The Huntington Beach Special"
@@CharlatanWonder Hell yeah
Sheit, more like the junk cannon. Take 100 steps in any direction and you'll find infinite ammo courtesy of a homeless encampment
the San Francisco special
@@CharlatanWondersan Bernadino more fitting
Amazing video, I loved the randomness of having a cooking segment in the middle. Exactly my brand of chaos! Im going to go see what other videos you have after this :D
Thank you for doing this in honor of Mitten Squad. You are such a fantastic youtuber, and I love all of your videos. Looking forward to the next one.
I love that while still in the spirit of the Cali challenge, Char immediately extended the barrle on spronglo and threw a stock on it... breaking the National Firearms Act.
I mean, if he demilled it and then reserialized it as a rifle with all the paperwork then it would be legal. I assume that fits into "doing the paperwork offscreen".
@Enderborn272 True True. Tbh, as fucked as Cali law is, it's hilarious to me that it's at least more logically consistent than the NFA. I mean, it doesn't work, but somewhere in all the mag bans and shit is at least a thought process rooted in limiting an active shooter's access to a semiauto with a decent mag. The NFA by comparison is like "Yeah, best I can do is make sure the kiddos are getting clapped by a 16" barrel. But can you imagine if it was a 13" barrel? 😱"@@Enderborn272
No, it is legal to convert pistols into rifles, as long as the barrel is 16 inches minimum. Rifles can not be converted into pistols without a sbr tax stamp.
@@Enderborn272 A pistol can be made into a rifle without issue, it's a rifle that *can't* be made into a pistol. This is going off federal law, California is probably different
@wolfgang_h3t unless something has changed, realistically only Hollywood can aquire NFA items in California. California requires a permit, and only gives them out to buddies.
I love how this all a sudden turns into 40K references - excellent 😂
Somehow my favorite part was the appreciate your day at 5:39. That made me smile so much! Seriously THANK YOUUUUU
CHALLENGE Mode: Complete this challenge while obeying legislation on LASER devices, pressurized gas containers, high-energy industrial devices with EMI risk (like Gauss Guns and Plasma Weapons) and all OSHA regulations in settlement construction. NIGHTMARE mode: INCLUDE BUILDING LEGISLATION.
This reminded me of a Resident Evil 5 co-op run I did with a friend. I like to point out OSHA violations and health&safety risks when we play for fun and one of the most memorable things was a bulkhead door we found which could only be operated from one side. One side leads to a researchers room, the other to a kennel housing mutated dogs. The mechanism for opening/closing/locking the door was inside the kennel...
No matter what your opinion on gun laws is... I think everyone can appreciate laser laws. The first thing you need to know about poorly handled lasers- you can go blind just from the sideglow. So it is very easy to go with the idiot combo of blinded and then stumbling into the path of the beam.
@@lemeres2478 let the idiots fail. Only the strongest will survive. When we need "for external use only" warning on HAIR CURLING IRONS, I lose sympathy.
ULTRA NIGHTMARE, simulate an HOA in Goodsprings.
@@Mario_bland Instructions Unclear: I am now Goodsprings's number 1 serial killer.
"Do you have any idea how expensive a WestLaw or LexisNexus subscription is?" Yes. Yes I do. I was a Paralegal Studies major for my first few years of college. I know JUST how bad it is, and I find it anti-citizen that ordinary people just straight up DO NOT HAVE ACCESS to the majority of the laws of the country they live it. And no, you cannot blame laywers as a whole, as they don't like it either. The ONLY people who like how pricey access to the law itself is are WestLaw, LexisNexus, and every politician (and potentially lobbyist) in the country.
I think an argument could be made that only laws whose text is readily and freely available should be enforceable. i.e. states that paywall the text of their laws (which could be seen as similar in function to a Poll Tax) would effectively invalidate the laws that they have paywalled. This may be a controversial opinion. edit: I'm aware that I specified state and not country. But historically the word "state" has been used to mean effectively the same thing as country/nation. Example: United States of America.
@@kevbu4 Sounds perfectly legit A paywalled law is such a copout idea, wonder why the country is not voting to open it up for the public. I'd even expect it to be used to hide illegitimate politics
Thats weird
"ignorance of the law is no excuse!" Hides it behind paywall
In brazil, everyone has free access to any and all legislation by simply going to the fed gov website or their local municipality, including any and all daily changes Now then, that american hassle sounds like a possible loop hole, how can someone be expected to follow the law, if you need to pay an expensive subscription to have access to legislation?
I liked and subscribed JUST because instead of a ad break it was a moraly uplifting dialogue ❤️
I don't know, "I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice"? Sounds like something an attorney would say.
specifically one explicitly trying to provide legal advice
As any DnD player would tell you: Constitution (Endurance) is never a dump stat.
It’s always charisma
@@gusgilmanreal you've never played a narrative or political intrigue campaign, have you?
@@almachizit3207I have! Still never dump con
@@ryanblakely5786 especially when you have the option of Wis or Int. I've yet to encounter any reason why a character would ever need both.
If you aren't doing survival, dumping endurance is actually a good idea.
Damm, I was having a bad day today and your minute of apreciation made me feel much better. Thanks !
Incredible work man, what a hilarious premise
Just pointing this out in case someone else hasn't already: Dogmeat is referred to as Dogmeat if you travel to Mama Murphy in the Museum of Freedom with Dogmeat in your party. And then he gains the name 'Dogmeat'. I thought this was well known by now, but I suppose not. The more you learn, though!
hes also called dogmeat by valentine. i think regardless of if you knew his name or not
"I thought this was well known by now" The douche factor is off the charts-- ew
@@zgSH4DOW There are a lot of points in this video that suggest the creator is actually quite new to Fallout 4 as a whole, or isn't very familiar with the setting. Which is fine! I didn't mean to come off like a 'douche', but with how old the game is now, it genuinely caught me off guard that it wasn't better known.
@@zgSH4DOWyour comment was 100x times more douchy
@@zgSH4DOWYour comment is a zillion times worse.
Never, ever, EVER, leave fusion cells in your power armor. When you get out of it, you remove the cell. Every time. No exceptions.
It’s like leaving your keys in your car and parking it in the street overnight.
It's like storing a loaded gun. Don't do it.
It's been a while since I played fallout 4, but can't enemies and settlers steal your power armor?
@@SleepyMatt-zzz They can. As long as it has a fusion core installed, anyone can just hop into a vacant suit. My working theory is some jackass disseminated power armor training manuals en masse throughout the Commonwealth. Must have been on holotape, too, because literacy is not an obstacle in operating these things.
@@MHurley21 plot twist: power armor training is just "ok so you can see the controls here clearly, just hop in, aaaand good to go. yep. that's it. the old military just pretended they are complicated and dangerous to use in order to discourage theft, but they were designed to be extremely intuitive and simple to use in case local militias would need them in a worst case scenario level invasion"
I just subscribed because of that little reminder to think of the good things in life no matter how small! That was such a nice note!
I appreciated the minute of positivity, thank you.
14:06 You got into a high speed car crash right there. Cars are physics objects and deals damage based on relative velocity and weight on impact. Sprinting into a car is thus considered a ton of metal hitting you at decent speed, prop-killing you.
It's actually just the back end of the car. Those deal several thousand damage a second at the wrong angle because of geometry errors
@takotratheratking7411 the equivalent of stubbing your toe on a shrapnel grenade
I think they call him Dogmeat after Valentine tells you the name is Dogmeat during the Kellog quest.
I think you can learn it earlier if you talk to Mama Murphy during the Museum of Freedom quest
@GetiniToo I’m pretty sure that it also only happens if you have dogmeat as a companion at the time also
Either then, or after meeting the minute men since mama Murphy will say his name to you without you talking to her.
Yeah, it's a rule that every dog in fallout (unless it's rex) is named Dogmeat. I guess it was probably a famous dog in the fallout universe and now people just name their companion dogmeat (it's a refrence to an irl movie which i can't remember the name of, a boy and his dog or something)
Your character calls him Dogmeat while commanding him, Mama Murphy calls him Dogmeat, Valentine calls him Dogmeat, and a ton of companions refer to him as Dogmeat when you swap with him. I have no idea what he meant when he said no one calls him that in game 😭
this is one of the funniest fallout runs i have ever seen. well played.
The level of research required for this video is frankly insane. Props to you
Post apocalypse achievement unlocked: "Playing by the rules" Score 100 kills with a cali compliant rifle
Dogmeat will only acquire the name if you talk to Mama Murphy in the museum of freedom the first time you meet her while he’s your companion. Weird, but that’s the only way he gets named Dogmeat
Incorrect. You also learn his name when Nick Valentine calls him over to track down Kelogg.
@@TheOriginalJphyper Dogmeat will always have his name before the end of the game because Reunions is essential to the main story.
@@TheOriginalJphyper 🤓
@@WesleyyIsMe bro I didn't know there were mirror emoji's how do you do that I wanna know what I look like too
@@Gyovali Cornball
In lieu of no ads, here’s my thanks for that helpful gratitude reminder 🙏
Awesome video! And great message at the end too.
fun fact if you were to do this with new jersey laws, you actually wouldnt be allowed to carry any weapons at all without a "legal reason" for it. Self defense is not considered a legal reason in new jersey. This is why having a swiss army knife(or anything that could be used as a weapon) in your pocket while on a walk is a crime punishable for up to 5 years in jail. Oh also slingshots are completely banned here for some reason lol.
In my local area of Ohio it's very similar. Simplified, something along the lines of carrying in self defense implies premeditated intent on harm which MIGHT not be equal to the level of assault.
So The DMV isn't the only thing bad about Jersey
@@digital_u4iaOhio is a constitutional carry state where in Ohio?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't you also legally have to leave your settlement if it was attacked/taken over by Raiders?
@@GibsMeMoneytrue! If you had a route out, you'd be legally required to vacate.
I guess California is more memeable, But doing Boston/Mass laws in FO4 and Cali/NV for FONV could be "fun." New Vegas could be done a couple ways, but it would be torturous if you had to drop all your good stuff as soon as you enter NCR territory. Since there seems to be ongoing litigation over some of the laws in the past couple years, I'd go with the most restrictive iteration. Without going into too much detail, california defines "assault weapons" by a number of arbitrary features, but as it happens, most weapons in game are disqualified by minimum mag size or being innately full auto, so you don't really need to go into it. List of possibly legal weapons (Theoretically possible to posses and carry with requisite permits): - Revolvers - Flare gun - Hunting Rifles* - Lever Actions* - Manwell Rifle* - Double Barrel Shotguns** - Syringer (Probably? it is akin to dart guns used for animal control, although if you want to be strict, darts that do direct damage probably contain poisons/controlled substances) - Paddle Ball (lol) - All bladed weapons except switchblade, as long as they are not concealed*** - All blunt weapons - Boxing Gloves *Barrel >16" or overall length of >26" **Barrel >18" or overall length of >26", ***If you want to be really strict you could say that it is concealed if it is not currently equipped, which would basically make every edged weapon over 5" illegal and anything not a handgun, i.e. revolver. Iffy: - Pipe guns/Handmade Shotgun (homemade, so transfer would be illegal, but if you made the receiver from scratch and immediately modified it to legal spec) - Triple Barrel Handmade Shotgun (Iffy for being handmade as before, but also the ATF defines automatic as firing more than two rounds with a single pull of the trigger, so current multibarrel guns have a mechanism so all barrels must be fired in sequence, so as long as it meets ** requirements and only fires barrels in sequence it should be fine.) - Railway rifle (might be a destructive device, nobody really knows how it works.) - Cryolator (Same as above) - Gauss Rifles (Similar to above, but it probably would be legal as long as it adheres to *, being a rifle) - Flamer (Seeing as the fuel appears to be a gas, it could be considered a tool, like a blowtorch) - Most fist weapons probably fall under the category of Brass/Metallic knuckles, which are illegal Impossible to configure to legal requirements: - Combat Shotguns (Since it has a detachable magazine, it is a "Category 3 assault weapon" in california) - 10mm Pistol, all kinds (>10 round minimum mag size.) - Radium rifle (Radioactive) - Lasers/Plasma/Alien (Probably has output beyond civilian ownership, they'd find some way to arrest you for it, but most also have "assault weapon" features) Basically any outlier semiautomatic rifle configuration would break one or more of the "assault weapon" characteristics. Essentially a long winded yes, but you'll basically be pigeon holed into using fud guns and blunt force/melee, both of which are valid play styles for a modern Fallout. Fallout 1 & 2, would be much harder and a game like STALKER would likely be nearly impossible.
You're actually pretty close to my own considerations for a sequel run for this challenge run. The main reason I picked 4 was because I would be able to modify most weapons to fit the ruleset. FNV however has a lot of weapons that are fine out of the box, but there are also other things that I'll talk about towards the end of the video
I think a Sniper-barrel Laser or Plasma weapon MIGHT be legal if we assume the laws are updated to include lethal energy weapons (as in-universe, the ATF counterpart also regulates Lasers, but plasma weapons don't enter civilian use before the War and therefore probably don't have any laws tied to them). The Sniper barrel in particular should work wonders for this, since in both cases it lowers the "magazine" from 30 to 9 just on its own. This precludes going over the Maximized receiver, since the Overcharged receiver will boost you back up to 12 shots, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem for Survival difficulty. Would "microfusion cells" still count as ammo or would they just be batteries and thus unregulated? Though you would definitely have to get them as Rifles. The Laser Musket COULD be legal if it's purchased from Ronnie Shaw or manufactured from an Energy Weapon Forge. However, both of these are, of course, late enough in the game to make the Laser Musket of questionable utility though a six-crank one is still quite punchy.
@@CharlatanWonder you'd basically wind up doing a cowboy build. Fun fact, California's limit of 10 rounds is exempted for tubular magazines, so a fully upgraded Cowboy repeater (11 rounds? 12?) Would still be okay.
Fun fact, in Michigan, brass knuckles would not be allowed. There might be an exception if you're a bouncer or something like that but I'm not certain.
@CharlatanWonder hey, just wanted to say, as far as your settler problems at 1:16:00, just take out the fusion cores and store them in the workshop. Only specific NPCs can spawn with fusion cores, and everybody except followers needs them to work power armor, so it's kinda like taking the car keys out of a car. Second tip though, companions can use power armor without fusion cores
I’ll be sure to show the judge this video! Thanks again my favorite attorney 🙏
You lured me in with the fallout hype and silly video and made me subscribe with the think of something nice bit.
9:30 They actually do! If you meet Mama Murphy with Dogmeat as your companion, she tells you his name
I was coming to the comments to post this
doesnt dick valentine also say it just before you get dogmeat to smell the cigar and get to Kelogg®
@@Steven-ec4ys Same
nick does too if you dont meet dogmeat yourself before entering kelogg's home
came to comment this
I'm surprised tire irons are allowed to be carried and not be considered "burglary tools" and combat knives aren't banned for being too long or something. Plus putting spikes into a baseball bat probably violates several California laws too.
Technically because of the raiders and other threats, in extenuating circumstances youre allowed to carry things like tire irons for self defense, so thats fine, but ya the baseball bat being modified is illegal (might even fall under the "billy club" ruling), and the knife is fine i think so long as its not concealed, which is defined as having at least the handle be visible.
I actually think wrapping a baseball bat in barbed wire and walking around in public with it is illegal in most of the US.
@@cutthroatink1590bludgeoning weapons are illegal in California. No baseball bats. You can get arrested for using one in home defense.
@@irmatroll but not self-defense. Property equals not okay beating someone to death. Personal safety equals perfectly okay. And I think even though pets are considered property by the law, If you did beat someone to death for trying to kill your dog, the jury would never find you guilty. You just have to have a cute dog/Cat/pet.
@khrishp all home invasions are self defense situations, and it's really illegal to use a bludgeon weapon for self defense too.
Thank you for your hard work, this was a great video
Hey Mr Wonder, i dunno if you read these, but this is the first of your videos ive watched and i just got to your minute of appreciation, thats the coolest thing ive ever seen a content creator add to thier videos, Bless you for being you sir, i look forward to the rest of your content ❤️
Low hanging fruit joke incoming in 3... 2... 1...: "What nuclear apocalypse? This is just what regular California looks like under Gavin Newsom."
Don't be ridiculous, there was nowhere near enough raiders in this video for it to be California.
@@teagame1011way too many homeowners to be under Newsom.
But oddly enough, enough tarp/tent/scrap metal houses to be so.
Address him by his property title, at least - Reichsmarshall Newsome
Guys it's been like that since the 90's
Nice door at the Castle. The bad part about the Defend the Castle quest is that the enemies spawn inside the Castle.
Yea Oxhorn did a video about settlement attacks, building a fortified settlement doesn't matter. In fact, if you fast travel and show up 'late' it will sometimes even have enemies already be spawned in non normal places, ike for example you can have a Deathclaw inside a building that it would have no way of getting inside the room.
@@ragabashmoon1551hence why you litter the settlement with turret towers that enemies cannot target easily, but they can target them at nearly any area~
@@AmaryInkawultso build a medieval Star Fortress that eliminates all dead zones for turret angles of fire?
4 months but almost a million views. Your hard work paid off 👍🏼
If Charl's following California law he can steal as much as he wants as long as it doesn't exceed 950 caps in each instance.
California Penal Code 459.5 describes the crime of shoplifting as entering an open business during their normal hours with intent to steal merchandise valued at $950 or less. shoplifting is always a misdemeanor crime and punishable by up to six months in a county jail and fine up to $1,000, unless the defendant has one of more prior convictions. Crazy what a single Google search can show you!
@@thesnowmiser6728 Really? So if you steal while the business is closed then it's free real estate?
@@thesnowmiser6728 Crazier still is what reality will show you.
@@thesnowmiser6728Don't need a Google search to know that if you don't enforce the laws their intricacies become moot.
@@stephenschuster9929 wow, it's almost like petty crime gets overlooked all the time and everywhere because devoting manpower and attention towards people who, very likely, are suffering from poor material conditions as is would be inefficient and a bad look. Like, if you're already gonna have a system that makes being poor miserable, the least you can do is not make it that overt.
The game does refer to dogmeat by name, either talk to mama Murphy while you rescue them from concord and nick valentine calls him as such when you need to track kellogg's scent, either also changes his name in the hud from dog to dogmeat
the minute of appreciation was amazing. earned my subscription
great video! loved it. reminds me so much of MittenSquad, RIP Paul.
Piper uses a default 10mm, which has a magazine capacity of 12, making you an accomplice to an illegally modified firearm owner
He corrects this later, in case you didn't continue watching
@@cakeyeater7392 He didn't correct it; he got her to not fire her non-compliant firearm at anyone, but she's still carrying it around, so he's still an accomplice to possession.
@@JohnDoe-nq4du you can take their weapon, can you not? I haven't played 4 in a while, and I don't play with Piper as my companion, so I'm not sure
@@cakeyeater7392 You cannot. I'm currrently in the process of my first playthrough of 4 (only played NV before and didn't even finish that in the slightest), and you can only give her a different weapon to use, not take hers. Even if you have her equip a different gun, her standard weapon will not appear in her inventory, thus not enabling you to take it.
Do we know if Piper has any form of license to own and operate that 10mm pistol?
I actually took that minute of appreciation seriously. Not many people online anywhere have reminded me to do such a thing, and I thank you for it.
pin this ^^^^^
Thank you for that minute of appreciation. And not an ad
6:00 that’s chill asf you just tellin me to think about how good my day was
So if I'm understanding this video correctly, if I were ever to visit California and aquire a sledgehammer, I would be the most powerful entity in the state?
yeah that sounds about right
Only amongst law-abiding citizens. Which is very few.
As a cali resident, no you would not. You would instead be killed on the way to the shop due how bad the drivers are here.
Did you notice how all the raider gangs ignored the laws passed by the NCR and carried whatever gun they wanted to, only affecting Charlatan as a law abiding citizen?
@@timothymarzelli3874 Lot of criminals in this video, I bet they didn't buy and register their guns at licenced vendor. They still didn't stand a chance against the sledgehammer.
You know the laws are bad when it takes 2 weeks of research to get a vague idea of what the rules are.
That’s intentional. Cali doesn’t want you to buy guns. They still made that you buy a gun there. Even if it is a trans gun. A firearm that identifies as a club.
@@robertreynolds561You're so proud of this below average joke that you've repeated it like four times in the same comment section.
@@khrishp Cut him some slack, the dude's clearly ESL
@@khrishp idk saying below average is giving to much credit
@@khrishp yep. You’re the weirdo for noticing comments not meant for you.
You have no idea how much i enjoyed that minute of appreciation
14:05 this one's funny. Fallout 4 has a bug where sometimes, if you touch a car, you die. That's it. You just sometimes die while touching cars. 18:20 Yup. Very common LOD loading bug.
I am so proud to see you become the greatest warrior California can legally field.
JJK season 3 will diverge from the manga and take place in North Orange County. Get ready for The Disneyland Incident.
@@CharlatanWonderthat implies a Mickey Curse exists and that would be terrifying
Bruh
@@dartoney The Mickey Curse exists already, he's a special grade named Disney
@@dartoney Just wait till the Mickey curse and the Mario curse start fighting
I love the slight role play you add in. Setting up Nordhagan Beach as a staging ground for the BoS's arrival. Like in my recent run, I was saying I was an NCR Ranger who was sent east to see if they could set up a foothold there and then expand our way back west. And he was using the Minutemen to help take the commonwealth and would fold them into becoming the East Coast NCR. Stupid, I know. But I had fun with it.
All right you completely called me out and im glad to have learned something seriously about pastromi burgers
A handy way to keep settlers and vendors from stealing your power armor by -not leaving the keys in it- removing the fusion core.
This is how I end up with 23 partially used fusion cores in my inventory lol
Getting a legendary ripper and calling it "FOR THE EMPARAH" was something i never thought I'd needed to see.
when was was this i need my 40k references
@@Nemeia9821:13:18 Is a good place to start as he gets it here
@@theswarmstorm nice dude thanks
Great video, the title reminded me of the goat mitten squad❤
Ya know I was listening to this video bc I love Fallout 4 challenge videos and your voice sounded familiar but I couldn't put my finger on it. Looked back at where I thought I'd heard you before and I was like "Oh this is the same guy that made that long Command and Conquer video talking about the series as a whole." You my friend have great taste in games. And burgers.
I'm not going to lie, I'm new to this channel and the cooking section was so jarring. I thought auto play had changed my video for a moment. Absolutely worth as it got my attention to see my poor CA compliant citizen make himself a delicious sandwich I'm definitely not stealing the recipe for as I type this. Subbed
While I *do* have all the exact recipes as a patron reward, I always try to make it clear in the video itself so that people who are so inclined can reverse engineer the cooking segments for free. That being said, I forgot to show myself adding a heft squirt of siracha to the ground beef for flavor, don't forget that.
Mitten was man. Mitten is now a Legend forever more. Never forget the man. Great video.
This is my first time watching a video of yours and i was so pleasantly surprised to see that you look identical to the character you designed 😂
I find it basically impossible to take time out of my day to reflect on good things without someone prompting me to, thanks for that I needed it
thanks for that minute of appreciation. i was able to appreciate that today, my wii remote arrived and i got to play one of my favorite wii games for the first time in about 5 or 6 years
Which game was it?
Is the game chicken shoot?
I know right mercury meltdown revolution is a banger
13:44 "the next nearest vendor that sells weapons is in covenant" bro completely forgot about drumlin diner
Drumlin diner would be more like an alley way gun seller. Covenant is an upstanding Governed land that does absolutely nothing wrong in the shadows. 😅
@@RaidBu13Just like Claifornia😊
@@RaidBu13 if the neighboring farmwife at abernathy counts, then the local roadside store would count.
5:39 Genuinely one of the nicest things I’ve seen this week. Definitely one of the nicest things I’ve seen on KZhead, thank you sir
Dude ngl the reflection time before we go down the vid got me to subscribe W moment, Thank you so much
"Completing Fallout 4 while adhering to California gun laws"... Seems like a fancy way of saying that one is doing a melee only build HAH!
Its CA man, I wouldn't be surprised if they classified a pocket knife as a rifle. T~T
@@festivebonk4376iirc the atf tried to have shoelaces classified as machine guns
@@MrRedpanda2442that pisses me off. My shoestring M80 shooter is NOT a machine gun. It's a grenade launcher.
@@MrRedpanda2442 That's fine, I have a belt loop and a finger.
@@MrRedpanda2442 they didn't "try" anything, they literally classified a string as a machine gun because it was possible to tie it around a firearm such that it kept firing. Then they imprisoned a man for selling a sheet-metal credit card with an engraving on it. Oh yeah, then they sent a shit ton of guns to the mexican cartels in Fast & Furious. Then there was the strange oddity that they didn't seem to ever investigate anyone for the whole "we left afganistan and gave the taliban billions of dollars of world class armaments" thing even though a whole hell of a lot of firearms and explosives illegally changed hands there. (yes, I'm aware that wouldn't technically be in their jurisdiction, I'm making a point about the hypocrisy of a government that literally gives the taliban billions of dollars worth of world class weapons saying you can't own a rifle with a magazine) Oh, right, then there was that time that they seem to have not actually read the NFA, because if they did they'd know that the definition of a machine gun, as defined by law, is that it must fire several rounds via a "single function of the trigger", yet a ideal state-machine like the FRT where the entire gun's state is completely reset between each round, is a machine gun to them. Oh yeah, and for the record, by their own rules STL files are machine guns too. If the FRT is a machine gun, and *_anything_* that can be readily converted or be readily used to convert another weapon to a machine gun is, itself, a machine gun, that means an .STL file for the supersafety is, itself, a machine gun... *_YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A MACHINE GUN_*
Another California angle: none of the bad guys care about the law. You're WAY outgunned :)
Just like real life 😃 someone help me Gavin newsom’s armed security is holding me hostage
yeah gun control has NEVER worked, if anything it makes the problem worse not better.
There was a gang busted in the Bay Area recently for assault. Guess what police found at their residence. Firearms modified for automatic fire, 30+ round magazines, home assembled firearms, stolen firearms, illegally purchased firearms. About two dozen. I’m thinking that I should go sell bridges to people arguing on social media that gun control in California works.
I am not ready for this, but I'm here for it. Let's goooo.
Your little moment of appreciation just made me a life long fan
I love how every bethesda game playthrough, no matter how hard you crank the difficulty, endgames/midgames with you being basically untouchable.
Honestly it’s one of Bethesda’s strong suits. That no matter your build, as long as you are actually building towards something, you will be powerful by the end of the game.
@@metronicmagician1816 That's really not a strong suit, it's just very casual game design philosophy. Pretty much any game not explicitly designed to keep challenging the player will end up in that situation, whether it's Minecraft, Skyrim, or Stardew Valley.
@@userequaltoNull I’m going to guess you’ve never played Skyrim on anything but easy then cause that game can be annoyingly difficult on harder settings. Besides fallout 4 survival (which is what this play through is on) is incredibly challenging. Seriously game adds so many extra hurdles and roadblocks that actively challenge you, and the damage taken/received makes the game very difficult while not just being a damage sponge. Hell you saw the ghouls 2 tap this guy throughout the entire play through. This game is difficult if you choose a harder difficulty. It’s just Bethesda’s way of making games that you will eventually be god incarnate by the end because they want you to feel powerful. If you don’t believe me to start up a survival play through, try to get to Diamond city, and take now of how difficult that can be.
@@metronicmagician1816 Skyrim is nowhere near as difficult as you're making out to be. There are hundreds of challenge run on Legendary and Survival that prove this. Skyrim can and WILL hold your hand through the easiest of quest objectives with quest markers and essential companions who will sometimes just randomly join you cos the quest demands it. Companions that get the same damage scaling and spongy health bars as the enemies, by the way. Fallout 4 is much the same. Try Morrowind if you want a challenge.
@@arifhossain9751 ok you’re clearly not listening to me, and I doubt you’ll ever actually listen. We’ll I guess go live in your world then,
5:39 Man, I'm crying now. I was honestly expecting a "HAHA, you fucking FOOL! RAID SHADOW LEGENDS" cut halfway in. It's so nice to see someone being genuine for once and not just making moneygrab content. Thank you.
It was really refreshing honestly and I think we could all benefit from taking a second to appreciate the good things in life.
It was really refreshing honestly and I think we could all benefit from taking a second to appreciate the good things in life.
I couldn't hit subscribe fast enough!
I searched for this comment just to leave my like, this should be up at the top❤️
Sponsorblock solves the problem. It's tagged filler.
please do more of these. very well done!