iammagicmachine

i really appreciate the intent of this thread. i've successfully installed numerous mods on various games, including some texture packs, but it can be a challenge for those who aren't super into the mechanics of this stuff. however, the instructions provided here failed me for FALLOUT 3. i have been struggling for a week now and have yet to get NMC's texture pack to run. here's the history thus far: 1. downloaded FALLOUT 3 GOTY Edition off steam. installed successfully. 2. installed FOMM, the Unofficial Patch, and a couple minor mods, without issue. 3. edited the .ini file (mine's called Fallout_default.ini) as described above, and installed Archive Invalidated. 4. tried to install NMC's Texture Pack. the game worked fine, but the textures wouldn't show. tried reinstalling it, and installing it alternate ways. wouldn't take. just regular textures in-game. after noodling around trying many things and nothing working, i uninstalled the game completely and did a fresh install. that's around when i found this thread, so i tried exactly the steps described. 1. installed game 2. editing the .ini file and applied Archive Invalidtor. 3. put NMC's texture pack into the DATA folder (i.e., /Data/Textures) without adding anything further, i launched the game, and it simply crashed before i even got to the main menu. you get the opening screen, but around the time the mouse cursor loads, it crashes the whole computer. i tried adding the Unofficial Fallout 3 patch and the app that allows use of more than 2gb ram, but these made no difference -- the game now crashes every time i try to open it. i double checked the .ini file edits to make sure there were no typos, etc. checked my video card settings to make sure it wasn't trying to force anything unusual on the game. everything seems ok to my eye, but it won't work. tried launching through Steam, and independent of Steam. just crashes every time. can anyone help? i'm almost ready to give up, i dunno what else to do to get this texture pack working. for reference, i'm on an up-to-date Windows 7 machine, with 8 gb RAM, and an Nvidia GTX 470 fermi. thanks.

shoot, i apologize, this should have been posted to the mod "troubleshooting" forum probably. .

so i've googled on this since yesterday and cannot seem to find a resolution that works. i'm on a Windows 7 machine, with an AMD triple core and an Nvidia GTX 470, 8 gb ram. i downloaded a purchased copy of Fallout 3 GOTY Edition through the Steam store online. d/led and installed, no issues, all's well. opened a new game and saved in the vault area while you're still a child. installed FOMM. installed Fellout, DarnifiedUI, the Unofficial Patch, and attempted to install NMC's Texture Pack. however the texture pack clearly is not working. here's what i did: I extracted the textures to the Fallout data folder and overwrote the existing data/textures content. I "activated" the mod in the FOMM. i took a couple steps to insure archive invalidation was in place. i tried to follow all other tips i could find, tested conflict detection, etc. and yet, when i load up my game, it is all low-res blurry-ass craptastic textures. clearly the NMC content isn't working. i've tried deactivated and reactivation a couple times, i've overwritten the fallout data a couple times over -- it just doesn't seem to be taking. can anyone advise? is the NMC mod supposed to show up on the FOMM load order main list? it only appears in the package manager window. it's checked off and activated, but nothing actually happens. if anyone can help me pinpoint what i'm missing i'd be very grateful. i feel like i must be missing something minor. i don't have a lot of experience with mods but i've applied similar texture upgrades to other games like Oblivion before w/o issue. i've checked the setting for the Nvidia card, and they're all basically the default settings, nothing unusual going on. .