AndalayBay

After discovering I owned Fallout 4 and playing it for the first time recently, I've decided to go back and give FO3 another go. I hated it the first time. I think it was the shock. I was heavily into Oblivion at the time and the planes of Oblivion were nothing compared to the desolation of Fallout. I also didn't play with any companions because there are no companions in Oblivion and if you do get some, they are a pain in the butt and don't help any. This time I'll definitely play with companions and hopefully that will make things a little easier. I loved the companions in FO4. I actually loved FO4 overall. It's been a bit of work getting FO3 set up, but I think I'm good to go. I own the original GfWL version on disk and only have the Broken Steel and Point Lookout DLCs - which I've never played, until now. I was so keen on Bethesda games at the time, I bought the Collector's Edition so I have a Vault-Tec lunchbox and bobblehead, along with an actual paper manual!!

Ironically, F12 doesn't work for me. Only Print Screen does. I had F12 mapped to Fraps, but I changed it and F12 still won't work. I have WinSnap, so when I press Prt Scr, it minimizes the game and opens the WinSnap window so I can save the screenshot because I don't have autosave turned on. It's a pain tbh, but it works. I wonder if it's minimizing the game so you can paste the screenshot into an editor to save it.

What version of Windows are you running? Windows 11 24H2 update is causing issues for MO2. They are working on it. I don't use MO2, so just passing the info along that was posted when we were testing the new version of Wrye Bash.

That's an oxymoron.

Are you on Windows 11? Did you get the 24H2 update? If so, it could be related to this, although I thought it was strictly a Python issue. The MO2 team is working on it. I don't use MO2, so I'm just passing along what I saw when I was helping test the new Wrye Bash release.

It's the only mod manager I use, even for Fallout 4. It also supports the newer games. The OP said he's an old gamer returning to the scene, so I figured he was familiar with WB already and I was just letting him know that it's still a thing.

Wrye Bash is also still an option and it just got updated.

There's a new release of Wrye Bash in the works. 313.RC3 is available on Nexus. NOTE: There is a current issue with some programs like Bash being launched from MO2 on Windows 11. Apparently the 24H2 update broke file checking. Any issues should be reported to the MO2 team. A ticket has been opened and hopefully they will look at it soon.

You also said "SKSE" in your post on the previous page. That Skyrim's got you stuck. LOL

Well if their character is escaping from Helgen, then clearly that's the issue. But yeah, as jjb suggests, start enabling mods 1 or 2 at a time after leaving the vault to find the culprit.

Wrye Bash also has a list of installers, which include almost everything. The only thing you can't install via WB is F4SE itself. Just sayin'!

And leave your judgy companion outside.

I think you misunderstand. It's a single trunk that I added from the workshop for spare gear that I don't want to carry around all the time. Why would I want an entire basement for that? If you're referring to the OP, I think they were just looking for a place to store extra gear as well.

Thanks for confirming that. I keep seeing posts saying that it doesn't work, so it had me wondering, but I had one flamer, one fat boy and one missile launcher so if any of the settlers took anything, I'd know. Since then I've been collecting laser and gauss weapons to hand out and the settlers didn't seem to be taking those either. I put mine right next to the workshop in Sanctuary. Very handy for keeping extra gear.

Yes, that's correct. I'm pretty sure the mod explains that as well. I had accidentally sent one of my companions to Sanctuary and wanted to be able to send him home. Companions Go Home fixes that.