sothpaw Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hello, I have a copy of FO3, the original on my pc installed, playable, and heavily modded. This afternoon I purchased a download from Game Stop Online for the GOTY Edition. Before I do this download, I was hoping to receive some guidance involving preserving my saved games and mods. I'm trying to avoid a many hours long 'do over'. Is there a method I can use to keep my saved games and mods intact to port over to the GOTY Edition I am about to install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzisparis Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 First, make a backup of the Data folder of your current installed version.Uninstall the current version (your saved games will remain intact where they are, so don't worry about them), then install the GOTY version.Finally, merge the backed up Data folder with the same folder of the GOTY installation. Don't overwrite existing files.If you were using FOSE, you will need to re-install it, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sothpaw Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Thank you for your response :) I started the process this am after monitoring the thread for awhile yesterday. Unfortunately, it seems I may have made some errors. I've already uninstalled my Original FO3 version, and ran CCleaner. However, it's likely that I have a backed up copy in my portable drive that I can use for the merging that you described in your post. It may well reduce the amount of reconstituting I have to do. So I'll try that. Apparently, this is a Steam download. So it's putting all of the relevant files into it's apps folder. I'll now have to find a way to point NMM to it. Hopefully, it will simply be a matter of closing and running it again. Either way, I have a long morning ahead of me. I wish I would have seen your post sooner, Jazzisparis :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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