Variable worlds / mod sets

[7thsealord]

Please bear with me. Not sure how doable this notion is (or how well I can communicate it), but here goes.

 

Fo3 has a lot of mods, of which many are not necessarily compatible with each other, stylistically or otherwise. There are times when one may just feel like playing in a different world (ie. different set of mods), but that can involve a lot of switching around and fiddling.

 

For example, if I suddenly want to play a plain vanilla game for a change, I simply use FOMM to uncheck all the extra stuff and then carry on. No worries.

 

But if I want to switch my game between (for example) an Obscurum / WH40K mash-up and a Greenworld with all the extras, it gets messy - especially if I want to keep BOTH groupings for diferent gamesaves. The simple brute force option (as far as I can tell) is to have separate copies of the relevant 'Data' files, and physically swap these around in the FO3 folder.

 

Wondering, is there a better way?

[BlackRampage]

The simple brute force option (as far as I can tell) is to have separate copies of the relevant 'Data' files, and physically swap these around in the FO3 folder.

 

Why not simply rename the Data folder? That way you can have 2 copies in your Fo3 directory at the same time without have to copy/paste the entire folder every time.

[7thsealord]

 

The simple brute force option (as far as I can tell) is to have separate copies of the relevant 'Data' files, and physically swap these around in the FO3 folder.

 

Why not simply rename the Data folder? That way you can have 2 copies in your Fo3 directory at the same time without have to copy/paste the entire folder every time.

 

 

 

Yep, could certainly do that.

 

Was also thinking that this could be the basis for some kind of utility program. Give users quick access to a list of different FO3 "worlds" to play in, rather than having to Mark One Eyeball Check which long list of mods are actually in place. Just a thought, anyways.