Mods - Stable configuration / file loading order

[wened]

Hello.

 

Recently i decided to play Fallout3 again but this time i wanted to use some Mods. I downloaded "XFO Fallout 3 Balance Overhaul", "Marts Mutant Mod - BETA 4" (MMM) and Fallout Overhaul Kit FOOK because according to XFO's author they are compatibile.I installed everything according to his guidelines, but it turned out that this configuration was too unstable to play (crushes, missing textures, weird looking enemies). Then i decided to try XFO+MMM or XFO+FOOK. Did not worked either. XFO+MMM was crushing and XFO+FOOK did not displayed new items (only some red boxes). I hecked in redme files and i cant find what im doing wrong. It seems that i can play only with XFO alone (no problems soo far).

 

If anyone out there is playng XFO + MMM or FOOK and it works properly, can you please post what is your file loading order in Mod Manager?

 

 

And if anyone is playng FOOK (with XFO or not) can you tell me where did you unziped its files? (FOOK_Main_Files_Part1, 2, 3 and FOOK_Retextures) I did as it says in the redme but it does not work.

 

 

Thank you.

[IceDragon987]

Since it sounds like you are very new.

 

Please, for your own saftey so you won't kill yourself trying to make it work, download and install the Archive Invalidate Validate program on the Top 50! It automaticly adds what you need to the archive invalidate.txt so you won't have to, it also removes whatever lines were associated to anything you added in the DATA folder when you remove the items itself.

 

That should take care any and all of the "!" red boxes.

 

As well FOOK XFO and MMM are compatible.

 

EDIT: Fook, XFO, MMM and a few other Overhaul kits have joined forces for compatiblity, search for FOIP and read up on it. It will make life easier.

 

Load Order!:

 

ALL FOOK FILES!

ALL XFO FILES

ALL MMM FILES

ALL XFO-FOOK.esp (That you want)

Martigens - XFO + FOOK.esp (FOIP compatability :D read thier readmes!)

 

Hope this helps :D

[TGBlank]

Make sure you're unpacking the files where you should too. Specially for fook (since it haves lots of files). Follow the guidelines on fook's readme for that.

[wened]

Thanks for help. I managed to make it work (xfo + mmm).

 

I playng for few hours already and im thinking about using "MMM improved spawns"

Do you think it is going to bug my game if i ad it now (without starting over).

 

thank you