Arrrgghhh!!!!!!! Can Someone Give Assistan

[Usief]

Hi,

First off this is my first thing here, am not big on forums etc so pls bare with me.

 

O.k, I played FO3 quite some time ago, Pure Vanilla Very Good Karma Char. Now i want somthing differant (Oh noooooo!! another noob askin How)

 

Anyways, I got told there were some really good mods for the game, and bein unemployed and having been for some time, I decided. Why The Hell Not.

 

The majority of mod's I got were from the Fallout 3 Nexus site (soooooo.... many choices) But I suppose the main ones are including FOOK2, FWE, MMM, PB-HD & CRAFT

Now I'm Not gonna pretend I know much if anything atall about the technicalities of modding this game (Although I managed to get a crapload of mod's working with Morrowind in the past) so I'm just gonna try to explain what I've done/managed to do so far.

 

1: Followed the Overhaul Load Order detailed readme by Streetstar 5 ( think this came with FOOK2, not certain, but it didn't work) I'll be attempting again.

2: Installed FOOK2 on a fresh Updated Vanilla Install (seemed fine)

3: Added FWE along with some merger bits (can't recall if they came with FOOK2, FWE or if they are the actual merger package) anyway's seems alright, but I noticed a texture glitch or two, even using archive invalidate.

4: Added PB-HD (this one I'm not to sure about, I've noticed some irregularities with the skin textures differing on the same character ie: Hands not matching face and arms/legs being another completely differtant tone)

 

CRAFT made it in there somewhere, tbh none of what I wrote is 100% they way it happened, my heads a bit fuzzy with all the downloading and re-installing I've done.

 

The thing is now the game just doesn't work. Can run around the wastes around megaton, Megaton itself is texturly glitchy but seems fine, However, RIVET City Crashes every time.

 

WHAT I'M ASKING:

How and in what order do I do it so that these mods work together ????

 

Are there any other mods that ppl have got to work with above ????

 

If anyone out there has a kick-ass install/load order of any mod's that actually work can they give me direction???? PLEASE????

I didnt mention a few of the mod's advised in the affore mentioned readme, such as DarnUI, EVE(says it's in FOOK2), CALIBR(also in FOOK2), and UWWUT

 

Basically I am a NOOB. I won't pretend otherwise. I know I don't know what I'm doing. I just want a wholey new game experience that works and looks Fekking Awsome.

 

P.S I do have the Apps every page I see advises of, ie: FOMM, ArchiveInvalidate, FOSE, FO3E, oh an yeh i have the GECK.

(dunno why really, only use FOMM to sort the load order, Havn't a clue what I'm doing with FO3E)

 

FINALLY: If anyone reads this and feels they want to take pity, pleae do so. I've read in places that modded this can give everything that New Vegas intends to and more.

 

That's t from me atm, Hoping that Someone out there can either help, or just lemme know what works and how to do it.

 

BTW. I did mention am a NOOB right???

Usief.

[Fonger]

first off, please excuse me for this, but if you are truly a noob

 

why are you trying so hard to UBER mod this game?

 

 

But best advise is to start with FOOK

get that running properly then add whatever else you want

and confirm that everything works each and every step of the way before adding anything else

 

http://www.fookunity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1008

 

http://www.fookunity.com/wiki/FOOK_FAQ

 

http://www.fookunity.com/fook2/

[Usief]

first off, please excuse me for this, but if you are truly a noob

 

why are you trying so hard to UBER mod this game?

 

 

But best advise is to start with FOOK

get that running properly then add whatever else you want

and confirm that everything works each and every step of the way before adding anything else

 

http://www.fookunity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1008

 

http://www.fookunity.com/wiki/FOOK_FAQ

 

http://www.fookunity.com/fook2/

 

Thanks for your reply Fonger. I can only say that when i heard what the game could be like, and saw it all over YouTube. Only one thought was in my mind and has been lurking there ever since.

 

MUST HAVE!

 

So i looked and i saw, i downloaded. As for UberModding, i wan't aware that these were considered Uber. Tbh the impression i got was that almost everyone in the FO3 Modding community was using FWE-FOOK-MMM along with PB & various other availables.

 

Thnx for the links you've posted. Will be sure to check them out.

[Fonger]

So i looked and i saw, i downloaded. As for UberModding, i wan't aware that these were considered Uber. Tbh the impression i got was that almost everyone in the FO3 Modding community was using FWE-FOOK-MMM along with PB & various other availables.

any single one of them wouldn't have been uber

 

but then again

 

almost any mods before you've actually played the game is not a great idea

 

you'll never get any idea about how the game was "intended" by the authors

 

 

in any case

 

you're attempting to add ALL the super mods at once

 

what else but UBER would you call that?

[Usief]

So i looked and i saw, i downloaded. As for UberModding, i wan't aware that these were considered Uber. Tbh the impression i got was that almost everyone in the FO3 Modding community was using FWE-FOOK-MMM along with PB & various other availables.

any single one of them wouldn't have been uber

 

but then again

 

almost any mods before you've actually played the game is not a great idea

 

you'll never get any idea about how the game was "intended" by the authors

 

 

in any case

 

you're attempting to add ALL the super mods at once

 

what else but UBER would you call that?

 

Can only say I was under the impression this was "standard"

 

I have played the game, extensively. So much so I got that bored of having nothing new to do. I stopped playing it. Didn't even consider mod's untill I was told there were Craploads.

I read about FWE's realism with the daily needs (I think thats awsome btw)

I read about MMM's creatures and spawn control (not somthing i'd want 100%)

I read about FOOK2 bein pretty much just awsome (can't say i've looked at everysingle thing it has, doin that now cause i might not want it)

I read that PB just makes some ppl look a lot better (cause some of the faces were just a bit crap)

& i read about a few more so..

 

I went on google and searched for load orders, can't say i found much. But http://www.offkorn.com/blog/?page_id=519 this dude uses FWE and FOOK, and i already mentioned the readme by Streetstar 5. Also with the ease of availability and download rates of the merger files. I just assumed this was the norm.

 

l got the things it said i needed to have, got confused when it said i had to do stuff with FO3E (found a PDF Manual kinda thing for it now though) Nothing seems to be certain on which orders to do things in, so i thought i'd ask.

There are obviously ppl outhere that have these working together, i was hoping that some one would be able to advise on a correct (hopefully simplistic) working method to get it so.

[Usief]

Back Again, I Looked and seems FWE & FOOK are compatible with almost all the major mod's, be it through merger's r whatever. FWE has the advantege of having compatibility with PB also.

 

FWE adds Playability to a played out game, the whole survivor thing with the daily needs and stuff just seems like a really good idea.

FOOK2 adds weapons, some armors, some Weapons, A few obtainable NPC companion, some weapons, a cple of other bits and bob's and yeh, more weapons

 

Where FOOK2 wins in content, I feel FWE wins in sheer playability.

 

Like Fonger said i think i was biting a bit more than i could chew, so i'm gonna avoid FOOK2 atm and go with FWE and try to get the MMM/WMK&PB to work with it. TBH after looking at the actual content of FOOK i feel that i'd benifit more from FWE (for the way i wanna play the game), and possibly can add on the individual bits i like the look of that are in FOOK later (that would be mainly the armors)

 

So basically what i'm saying now is FEK FOOK (atleast in the meantime), FWE seems more my style, appears to have better compatability and features (if not as many "extras")

By no means am i going to ignore FOOK completely, i feel it has a lot to offer, but it will have to wait atleast untill theres a viable "do this and it works thing" or untill my brain stops hitting brick walls.

 

Lolifications. "You cannot give yourself Kudos (you loser)"

Edited May 31, 2010 by Usief