Help me improve my load order, my brain is fried

[Breaker82]

Hey everyone,

this is my first post on here, so i have no idea what to expect, but here goes;

I've spent the last couple of days loading FO3 up with mods after playing through it with FWE and WMK a while ago. I decided to scour FO3Nexus, and i basically decided upon installing the motherlode - FWE, FOOK2, WMK, MMM, Project Beauty and a whole bunch of other stuff. I think i've worked out most of the kinks, but there's still some stuff that doesn't work. So please check out my load order and the bugs i've listed below, i would appreciate any kind of feedback. I've got all the DLC and i've patched the game to V1.7. I've based this load order on OffKorn's load order (http://www.offkorn.com/blog/?page_id=519), seeing that was put together over a longer amount of time with some thought put to it.

 

Fallout3.esm

Project Beauty HD version.esm

ParadiseHome.esm

CALIBR.esm

CRAFT.esm

FOOK2 - Main.esm

FOOK2 - [*censored*] World And Neighbourhood Kit.esm

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm

Mart's Mutant Mod.esm

Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow.esm

StreetLights.esm

Anchorage.esm

ThePitt.esm

BrokenSteel.esm

PointLookout.esm

Zeta.esm

FOOK2 - [DIK] DLC Improvement Kit.esm

Mothership Crew.esm

MZAllAccessPass.esp

CASM.esp

Project Beauty- Broken Steel.esp

Project Beauty- Point Lookout.esp

Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow in Fallout.esp

Enhanced Weather - Weather Sounds in Interiors.esp

Enhanced Weather - Sneak Bonus during Storms.esp

Fellout-Full.esp

Fellout-Anchorage.esp

Fellout-BrokenSteel.esp

Fellout-PointLookout.esp

UWWUT.esp

UWWUT - The Pitt Addon.esp

UWWUT - Broken Steel Addon.esp

CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp

CALIBRxMerchant.esp

DarNifiedUIF3.esp

DUIF3Extras.esp

FOOK2 - Main.esp

FOOK2 - [EVE] Energy Visuals Enhanced.esp

FOOK2 - Mothership Zeta.esp

FOOK2 - [DIK] DLC Improvement Kit.esp

Shady Sam - Merchant 1.0.esp

3EFdrgplate.esp

NightvisionGoggles(Powered).esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced (BrokenSteel).esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Lvl 30 High Skills.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - FOOK Support.esp

FWE - FOOK DLC Support.esp

CRAFT - Workbench and Crafting Expansion combined.esp

CRAFT - WCE FOOK+FWE Patch.esp

CRAFT - WCE Warmonger Addon.esp

CRAFT -Zeta - Activation Perk.esp

CALIBR Ammo Schematics - CRAFT.esp

Stealthboy Recon Armor - CRAFT.esp

Dogmeat Leather Armor - CRAFT.esp

TinCanCRAFTing.esp

WeaponModKits.esp

WeaponModKits - OperationAnchorage.esp

WeaponModKits - ThePitt.esp

WeaponModKits - BrokenSteel.esp

WeaponModKits - PointLookout.esp

WeaponModKits - Zeta.esp

WeaponModKits - FOOK.esp

UWWUT - WMK Addon.esp

MTC Wasteland Travellers.esp

MTC Wasteland Travellers (Optional)- Crowded Cities less NPCs.esp

Sally Fix 2.esp

sunglassescollection.esp

Megaton Closes.esp

CONELRAD 640-1240.esp

Existence2.0.esp

GalaxyNewsRadio100[M].esp

GNRKarmaFix.esp

BrokenSteelFix-GNRAnnouncements.esp

MegatonContracts.esp

NotSoFast.esp

PLweightadjust.esp

HeirApparent.esp

Owned!.esp

UndergroundHideout.esp

UndergroundHideout-DLC patch.esp

MiniHideout.esp

FalloutShelter.esp

DTOMRC3.esp

Old Military Bunker 1.4.esp

ParadiseHomePlugin.esp

DCInteriors_ComboEdition.esp

Broadway_cinema.esp

UPP - Pack 1.esp

UPP - Pack 2.esp

UPP - Experience Perks.esp

WastelandMastery.esp

PreWar Book Titles and Perks.esp

Alternate Start - Roleplayers.esp

AS-R CALIBR Patch ONLY.esp

pip60.esp

Realistic Interior Lighting.esp

Realistic Interior Lighting - OA.esp

Realistic Interior Lighting - BS.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - No Floaters.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - No Geckos.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - No Wanamingos.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - FOOK2.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - FOOK2 - DIK.esp

FOOK+FWE+PB+MMM.esp

Choose your own hairstyle (load this last on FOMM).esp

Merged.esp

 

 

Bugs:

Project Beauty: The new hairstyles added by PB's expansion aren't showing up in character creation, instead i'm getting the familiar big red block.

Underground Hideout Related: Buggy textures on the righthand side directly behind the hidden door, and on the floor of the Armory, behind the gate with bars. Also: No T51 Armor stand, No teleporter.

Opening Hours for Rivet City seem very short. I think one of the Overhauls changes them, but i haven't yet discovered which.

 

I've cleaned up my merged patch with FO3Edit, and most of everything seems to look OK there. I've read through parts of Miaxs tome, and i think i understand some basics of how to resolve conflicts. I haven't had any CTD's with this configuration yet, but i haven't even seen combat or explored anything except Rivet City and the Underground Hideout. I've gone through several reinstalls of FO3 and my mods over the last couple of days, and i think i've come to the last leg of working out the kinks and actually playing. Please suggest any changes i should make, or some essential mods i've missed out on.

 

Also i'd like to ask if it would be wise to reinstall without the official patch, and go with unofficial one instead?

 

Thanks in advance for any and all help,

 

Best, Mike.

[csb]

First, load Broken Steel after the other DLCs. But that is minor.

 

Project Beauty is for NPC "beautification" mod, so the cosmetics probably wouldn't show for PC creation. Just a guess, because it has been some time since I had PB installed, but the resources might be set to "Not Playable."

 

Get Lings Finer Things for availability of cosmetics in character creature.

 

Insofar as mod utilities, there are two must-haves: Timeslip's FOMM (which I'm assuming you have by playing with your load order) and FO3Edit by ElminsterAU. The later is a must-have for detecting and resolving mod conflicts. You'll want Miax's great FO3Edit Guide - Web-enized

to learn how to use Elminster's invaluable utility.

 

First the downside ... with a bunch of mods already installed, the conflict resolution process can take a while at first. Basically it is setting the load order in FOMM and then checking conflicts in FO3Edit. Rinse, lather, repeat until you are sure that you're not going to get any further with just load order.

 

Then it's time to roll your sleeves up and get to work on serious conflict resolution following Miax's great guide.

 

Hope this helps!