Mod guns invisible with no sound but work otherwise

[ni1giccas]

I've spent two days looking online. I've installed my mods through Vortex. All the other mods I've tried work but the weapon replacer mods end up being invisible in my characters hands. They fire, but there's no sound and the guns are missing.

 

I've tried the following:

Normal and custom installs of Vortex.

(In both, the mods are installed on the same drive as Fallout 4)

F4SE is an active tool in Vortex.

Copy pasted into the Custom ini

[Archive] bInvalidateOlderFiles=1 sResourceDataDirsFinal=

What am I doing wrong?

 

 

 

 

[YouDoNotKnowMyName]

I have had that issue too a few times.

It means that the game can't (for whatever reason) load the archives that contain the 3d models, textures and sounds needed for the mod to work properly.

 

Weapon replacer mods are one of those things you need to look out for!

 

Why?

 

Because the "replacer mod" only replaces the original weapon with the new one.

It does NOT contain any data, 3d models, textures, sounds, nothing.

Just an "instruction" for the game: "Hey, replace this with that".

 

You need to install the "mod that adds the new weapon to the game" as well, not just the "replacer".

Check the "requirements" section of the replacer mod, it should be listed there.

 

I hope this helps ...