HumanAnnihilator

OK CSB that TOTALLY worked! I don't quite understand why, but I downloaded Fallout Mod Manager and opened it up. Broken Steel was not checked in the list even though it was in the Date Files etc. Like I said everything else was as it should be. Thank you so much, I'll be sure to send some hookers, beer and other goodies to your house as a payment...but I don't know who you are. So I guess I'll just say thanks again! I have no idea what happened with all of that but if *ban* worked!! Thank you so much.

I recently bought a retail copy of Broken Steel and Point Lookout. I installed as instructed, the patch 1.6 first and then the games. I fired up Fallout 3. Within 30 seconds I got the Point Lookout message telling me a boat was waiting near Rivet City. Great. 5 hours later no message telling me my level cap is now at 30 like it should be, hence I am still stuck at level 20 with MAX XP still present. I uninstalled the files, installed the 1.7 patch, installed the games again, checked the data files, both were checked/ticked and fired it up again. 30 seconds later, Point Lookout and again no Broken Steel message appears. I have no mods installed and all the data files are present in the Fallout 3 folder. I have followed numerous "fixes" and nothing seems to be wrong at all with what I have done. I have contacted Bethesda which was a total waste of time. I just got a long email that was copy and pasted from there websites helplist telling me everything I told them I had already done. I have read that it can take a while to start up Broken Steel but I have played the game for at least 10 hours since I bought these add ons and still no message. If anybody knows what I am doing wrong please help me!!