Beginners guide to using mods? Got some questions

[Pastortom]

Hey guys, I need help.

 

Just started with mods for Fallout 3, and I have some basic questions maybe you can answer:

 

1) Ive installed several mods so far, and I wanna see them in action, texture mods for females and children in the game, but it seem the textures doesnt actually work. Is there a way to see if the mod is working other than the successful start of FOMM and 0 mod conflicts?

 

2) How do I find a list over all items and npc's a mod brings? Ive understood how to spawn items, and that I need the FormID's. Ive tried googling how to list them inside a mod, and the only way Ive found is through GECK, but geck always crashes for me when I try to open the specific mod (it tries to open the entire fallout package it seems).

 

3) Also is there a way to find the FormID from an reference ID? Because the code I see ingame when I click things while console is open doesnt work with spawning.

 

4) is it possible to have endless companions? If so, how do you make more than 1 companion loyal to you? I tried the Alicia companion, and I spawned 8 versions of her, the first one works, but the other ones act ilke Ive already gotten them as companions, but when I click "See inventory" she just tells me to go f**k off :tongue: So I guess they arent actually registered as companions yet, though the chat suggests otherwise.

5) Are there built in reaction/moves into NPC's? And if so, how do I make a certain NPC act a certain way? Other than ofcourse "hostile". Like dance, laugh, clap, jump, spread her legs etc :tongue: If its not built in, are there mods for that?

6) Is there a way to manipulate and move certain limbs of NPC's? Move them to a certain spot and make them sit, lie down, etc.

7) If I add a location mod, with a weapon room, or similar, how can I find the CoC code for that specific location if its not stated in the mod info? So I can teleport there with the coc-command?.

 

8) Ive managed to find a sexy bikini armor that I try to wear, but it seems the "underwear" on my player char bugs out, and doesnt get removed properly when using the bikini. So it shows a brown color where the underwear would normally be. WHy is that? Ive seen people on youtube using this exact same outfit without texture bugs. Anyone know how I can fix this? I guess I need a body replacer without underwear to replace the original bodY? (also why I think some of my mods doesnt work, because I already have a female body replacer installed) Shojo Race replaces bodys too right, when I choose Shojo at the birth?

 

9 ) Is there a guide out there that covers many of my questions and gives beginners advice on modding Fallout 3?

 

As you probably understand from many of these questions, yes Im a perv :D , and I wanna learn how to use the Fallout 3 mods to have tons of sexy girls following me around as companions while I complete the game a second time. I really love Fallout 3 and New Vegas, and I wanna complete them both again, but with a nice distraction when things get boring. ^^

 

On beforehand thanks :smile:

Edited September 2, 2014 by Pastortom

[M48A5]

Answers to the best of my ability:

 

1. Any time you add textures to the game, you have to toggle ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated! off then on again. Since you are using FOMM, depending on the version, you will find it under the tools submenu or as a button on the right of the GUI.

 

2. You can use FO3Edit to get the base id of anything that is added by a mod.

 

3. You will need FOSE installed to do this. Open the console (~), left click on the item/npc and the name and number will appear at the top of the screen. Type "GBO", press enter and the base ID will be displayed.

 

4. Yes/maybe. If you use Fallout3 Wanderers Edition, there is an optional plugin titled "Followers Enhanced" which allows you to have unlimited companions. I have never tried to have more than one of each companion, so I don't know how it would work with mutiple copies of the same companion.

 

5. Yes/no. Some movement is programed through the idle animations. There are pose mods and others that will allow different animations. Search in the "Catagories".

 

6. Again, yes. I think the Groovatron allows this to be done. I haven't used it yet so I can't be certain.

 

7. Don't know.

 

8. When using a body replacer, you need to toggle ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated, as explained in #1. You cannot have nude children.

 

9. See http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/652876-fallout-3-modding-and-you/ and http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1465357-installing-fallout-3-with-windows-78-and-xp/

 

Hope this helps.

[Pastortom]

Thanks ALOT! :)

 

some more,

10) I just saw an female NPC take a shower, and talking with other NPC's, so would there be a command list for activating certain NPC actions like that too? Or do I need groovatron or idle animations mods like u talked about?

 

11) My biggest problem so far has been with showracemenu bugging. Where the picture is extremely dark/next to black, I can see small lights where their eyes are, but everything else is black. Is this corruption bug or something? Do you know how I can fix this?

 

Oh and I think you misunderstood me, I wasnt talking about nude children :P Maybe I misunderstood some mods. I just wanted to play a nude female char without texture bugs ^^

[M48A5]

10. There are no nude sceens in the vanilla Fallout (it would not get the M rating) Any nudity in the game would be added by a mod. There are some companion mods that have the companion get nude when in contact with water, be it in a shower, a river, pool or a hot tub. And there are housing mods that do the same thing. RRCompanions vault have the females get nude when they swim in the pool or take a shower.

 

11. I don't know. I never used the "showracemenu".

 

Since I don't use Shojo Race, I did misunderstand what you meant.