New to Fallout 3 mods; is this initial setup correct?

[MagicBB]

Hi,

 

Though I played Fallout 3 to death when it originally came out on X360, I bought the Fallout 3 GOTY edition on Steam during the Summer sale, to play the game again on PC and with mods.

 

I'm a little overwhelmed by the numbers of mods and apps to get started and I'd appreciate some guidance.

 

I'm actually going to write an article on getting started with Fallout 3 mods to go on my website, so any help will benefit more than just myself.

 

Let's see:

 

1. Installed FOSE (http://fose.silverlock.org/) to my Fallout dir.

2. Installed the Fallout Mod Manager.

3. Ran "ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated!" and activated it.

4. Installed FOOK 2 to my Fallout dir.

5. Initially I ran FOSE (fose_loader.exe), went to Data Files and ticked all of the modules I want (virtually all of them), then started the game, but then I realised that I should have ran Fallout Mod Manager first and changed the load order. I played the first 5 minutes of the game then went back and ran the FOMM instead, I presume this is fine. see attached for exact orde.

 

Is that it? Is there a way to tell that the mods are functional? I guess I'll know by the HD graphics and the content in the wasteland?

 

Edit: PS - I did see the stickied FAQ with a link to the modding tutorial (http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/articles/article.php?id=43) but the link is not working...?

Edited August 19, 2013 by MagicBB

[M48A5]

FOMM has ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated! built in. If you downloaded and installed the standalone version, do not use the one in FOMM,

You should try this article: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/652876-fallout-3-modding-and-you/

And this one: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/120735-how-to-install-mods-for-fallout-3/

Since you are just getting started, you should use BOSS: http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/10193/ to sort you load order and you should get FO3Edit and the training manual. You will need both.

FO3Edit: http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/637/

Training Manual: http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/8629/