Thanks buddy
I have to say, I effing love this game, it just gets better and better..... GTA IV has not even been dusted off since the (extended) install.
I'll try not to spoil anything, but when you find it, go into the Dunwich building. It has a good story inside and lots of action, its also pretty damn scary (though I was playing it at night with headphones on). Take lots of ammo..... and guns..... and meds..... and a few mines.
I've only just got through the first level of this building, and I have found the door to go deeper, but I am seriously considering backing out and stocking up first. I got ambushed by 5 pretty fast mofo's and just ran back the way I came dropping Bottlecap mines (wish there was a rearview mirror!!). I ended up hiding in a store-room, with my last mine in the hallway outside as a kind of alarm, and I could hear the survivors breathing and running around looking for me. I used my little panic room to sort my inventory and heal up before going back out.
Anyway, one piece of advice is get this game, second piece of advice is don't rush through the story and beat it in ten hours, thats not the point. Explore.
I will admit I am already running about 10 (mini) mods and lots of my own tweaks... mostly those that make the game harder, with less loot, trader supplies, meds, ammo, etc. You really have to scavenge. When I am happy with the balance I might just release it for anyone on here (private use only as yet again I don't have all credits).
As an example, in my first playthrough before the crashes started, I never once had to eat radiated food, or drink radiated water to survive. My radiation meds were purely for bartering with and never needed. Tonight I had to use one of my four radiation meds when I got radiation poisoning, only four collected in about a weeks play!!