The Aces

The Aces is the theater in the Tops casino in New Vegas.

Layout
The Aces is set up like a traditional lounge theater. There is a bar in the left corner where drinks can be purchased, and tables for the audience facing the stage in the front. There are usually a number of gamblers as well as Tommy Torini and the members of the Rad Pack. Any of the acts recruited in the quest Talent Pool will be there as well.

Performing acts
New acts can be found for the manager, Tommy Torini, by completing Talent Pool. The acts follow a set schedule. At the beginning of the game, only The RAD Pack performs, but as other acts are recruited, they will start performing at their scheduled times, and their names will appear on the marquee outside the Tops along the main Strip.

To see a particular show, go to the Aces Theater, and use the wait command to wait until just before or a little after their start time. By waiting until shortly after the start time, the performance will begin from the beginning without needing to arrive at the exact time. The schedule of acts includes:


 * 1:00 PM Hadrian, the ghoul of Guffaws.
 * 4:00 PM Billy Knight, the "King of Zing."
 * 6:00 PM The RAD Pack Song and Dance Revue.
 * 8:00 PM Singing Sensation Bruce Isaac.
 * 10:00 PM The Lonesome Drifter.

Appearances
The Aces appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes

 * The Rad Pack is a reference to the real world Rat Pack, a famous Las Vegas group consisting of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, and Dean Martin that performed in Vegas during the 1960s.
 * The Lonesome Drifter's and Bruce Isaac's songs are all performed by game director J.E. Sawyer, who also wrote or co-wrote the songs.

Bugs

 * If the player has completed Talent Pool successfully, but one of the performers won't perform at the correct time, or one is stuck on stage and won't leave, it may be possible to reset the performance scripts using the console. While in the Aces theater, activate the console and type . Leave the console and see if things have returned to normal. Wait for one of the performances to start and see if it starts correctly. If not, go back into the console and continue. Type . You'll see a list of variables for the performance quest. If one of the variables is 1, set it to 0 using, for example, . Exit the console and wait to see things have returned to normal. Wait for one of the performances to start and see if it starts correctly. Using the console disables achievements for the rest of that play session, so if things appear to be fixed, save a new game, exit the game completely, then restart and reload the save so you'll continue to get achievements.
 * If the player kills the Lonesome Drifter or Bruce Isaac while he is singing, the song will continue to be played to the end after the performer's death.