Waiting

Waiting is an action in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. It can be used to wait for a period of time. Waiting is useful for getting into stores that close a specific time, and waiting for the sun to come up or go down. In the PlayStation 3 version, it is done by pressing the "Select" button, the "Back" button on the Xbox 360 and the "T" button (by default) for the PC.

In certain circumstances, there may be times when you are unable to wait. You cannot wait while enemies are nearby, when trespassing, while in the air, if you are being irradiated, during dialog, or in water.

Bugs

 * Sometimes when you wait, the game clock will go forward, but then go back one hour and stop.
 * If you wait during while addicted or sleep deprived, after you have waited, the screen may turn black for 10-15 seconds.
 * If your controller disconnects on a 24 hour waiting session the arrow will still go. If the waits ends with controller disconnected the game may freeze.
 * As soon as the countdown starts on the wait screen, if the player presses the directional button to wait an extra hour, it will immediately go forward then back allowing a free hour in Hardcore mode without any ill effects such as the dehydration that would have happened by actually waiting or playing that extra hour.