FWE using FOIP Videos + extra mods and Load Order

[Narcio]

The reason why I am writing this is to hear from anyone else who is running a similar set of

 

mods and has any comments on the compatibility of these different mods, the order of

 

activating them in FOMM, and the load orders, etc. I am not an expert at FO3 mods by any

 

means, though I have spent quite a long time looking up all of these mods, trying to read

 

the instructions of each mod, etc. Maybe others trying to install a similar set of mods

 

might find this info useful too, but be warned, I haven't thoroughly tested this setup and I

 

reiterate that I'm far from being a FO3 mod expert. It would also be nice to hear about any

 

compatibility issues etc before I invest a large amount of time playing the game with these

 

mods.

 

 

My goal is to run Fallout 3 with FWE (Fallout 3 Wanderer's Edition) with some common mods

 

like EVE, WMK, MMM, etc. For starters, I'm working with Fallout 3 version 1.7 and all of the

 

DLCs.

 

 

I have followed the 4 basic instruction videos from FOIP

 

(http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4968) for installing these mods using

 

FOMM, FO3Edit, FOSE, and all of that stuff including toggling invalidation using FOMM. You

 

can watch those tutorial videos I mentioned above for more details, because I pretty much

 

followed them exactly. However, as of this date (22 Oct 2010), many mods have been updated

 

from the versions used in the foip video. In all cases where I have found a newer updated

 

version of a mod referenced in the FOIP videos, I've used the most up to date version except as noted.

 

In addition to this, I want to install the following extra mods (many of these are

 

recommended by FWE):

 

-Robco Certified

-Realistic Interior Lighting

-Pipboy Light Mod

-Fallout Street Lights

-Enhanced Weather

-Xepha's Dynamic Weather

-Exnem's FO3 Nude Body Replacer

-Exnem's FO3 DLC outfit patches + Tobar outfit

-More Where that Came From (extra radio songs)

-Patch for More where that Came From for 100 songs version

 

 

Below, I've outlined the steps I took to created two patches, one for the basic mods

 

suggested from those foip instruction videos, and another one incorporating everything from

 

the first plus those extra mods that I just mentioned above. The main point in doing the two

 

different merged patches was mainly just to test it out with the basic foip mods and make

 

sure its working before proceeding into some of the extra mods. In the end I just want to

 

use the second patch.

 

 

I proceeded to download all of the mods, created a Fallout3 Mod dir, and copied the mods /

 

fomod files into their own directory in the Fallout3 Mod directory. I added each mod into

 

FOMM using the package manager. (See those foip videos again for details)

 

 

Order of Activated Files:

 

Unless otherwise specified, any time a request to replace files was encountered, I clicked

 

"yes to all." So, in case of redundant files, a file from a mod lower down the list is given

 

higher priority.

 

 

Darnified UI F3 alpha

Martigen's Mutant Mod 1.0 RC 6.1

Weapon Mod Kits 3388

Project Beauty HD ESMs 6341

Project Beauty HD Main 6341

EVE 096 Beta Main 8340 (NOT the latest version, I've used this version for foip compatibility instead of the newer 097)

FWE 6.0 Part 1 (yes to all for replacing files)

FWE 6.0 Part 2 (yes to all for replacing files)

FWE 6.03 HOTFIX (yes to all for replacing files)

EVE Operation Anchorage (yes to all)

EVE 096 Beta Important Update 8340

DarnUI Support for FWE 6.02

FOIP EVE and FWE 6.01 - 4968

FOIP MMM and FWE 4968

FOIP Project Beauty and FWE 4968

FOIP Weapon Mod Kits and FWE 4968

 

Change load order following instructions from foip and the various mods themselves.

(see final load order below)

 

Run FO3MasterUpdate

Run FO3Edit to create a merged patch

Add merged patch into Load order of FOMM at the end.

 

Can now run the game with base FWE + core mods from foip videos. Gave it a test run and

 

everything seems fine.

 

Now I'm going to add the rest of those "extra" mods by Activating them in FOMM:

 

Robco Certified v2-42-712

Robco Certified Patch Pack v1-41-712

Realistic Interior Lighting v8 - 9250

Pipboy Light Mod by Xionanx

Fallout Street Lights v2 - 8069 (make backup first and then change settings in Fallout.ini

according to the readme for Fallout Street Lights v2)

Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow v2 with hotfix b (I disabled radioactive rain and sneak

bonus during storms)

Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Main v2.2 10607

Xepha's Dynamic Weather - v2.21 patch 10607 (say yes to overwrite)

Xepha's Dynamic Weather - DLC addon 10607

Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Broken Steel update 10607

Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Sandstorm 10607

Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Rain 10607

Exnem's Fallout 3 Nude Body Replacer v1.1.0

Exnem FO3 Tobar Outfit 9003

Exnem FO3 Mothership Zeta Outfits

Exnem FO3 Point Lookout Outfits

Exnem FO3 The Pitt Outfits

More Where That Came From ESP and Ad Tracks (all music packs downloaded so use 100 version)

GNR100 3 Fixes Buster Patch 14936 (overwrite)

CASM v1.2.3 - 3729

NMC's Performance texture pack

 

Set load order, see below.

 

(make sure old merged patch is not selected anymore)

Run FO3MasterUpdate again

Run FO3Edit and create a new merged patch

Add new merged patch into load order at the end.

 

Run Fallout3 from FOMM, everything appears to work with my initial test.

 

This is my tentative load order. I've tried to use the suggestions from foip and each individual

 

mod for the best load order. So here it goes:

 

[X] Fallout3.esm

[X] Anchorage.esm

[X] ThePitt.esm

[X] StreetLights.esm

[X] BrokenSteel.esm

[X] PointLookout.esm

[X] Zeta.esm

[X] CRAFT.esm

[X] CALIBR.esm

[X] Project Beauty.esm

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod.esm

[X] Companion Core.esm

[X] RobCo Certified v2.esm

[X] Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow.esm

[X] Xepha's Dynamic Weather.esm

[X] DarNifiedUIF3.esp

[X] Project Beauty- Broken Steel.esp

[X] Project Beauty- Point Lookout.esp

[X] GalaxyNewsRadio100[M].esp

[X] PiPBoy White Light.esp

[X] PiPBoy Light Range x4.esp

[X] CASM.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced (BrokenSteel).esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Alternate Travel.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers (automatics only).esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty (Followers Enhanced).esp

[X] WeaponModKits.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - FWE Master Release.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - OperationAnchorage.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - ThePitt.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - BrokenSteel.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - PointLookout.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - Zeta.esp

[X] EVE.esp

[X] EVE Operation Anchorage.esp

[X] EVE - FWE Master Release.esp

[X] EVE - FWE Master Release (Follower Enhanced).esp

[X] EVE Anchorage - FWE DLC Anchorage.esp

[X] EVE - FWE with WeaponModKits.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release + DLCs.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release + Project Beauty.esp

[X] Companion Core DLC Addon.esp

[X] RobCo Certified v2 Zeta Addon.esp

[X] RobCo Certified v2 Omnipatch.esp

[X] Realistic Interior Lighting.esp

[X] Realistic Interior Lighting - OA.esp

[X] Realistic Interior Lighting - BS.esp

[X] Realistic Interior Lighting - PL.esp

[X] Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Main.esp

[X] Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Anchorage.esp

[X] Xepha's Dynamic Weather - The Pitt.esp

[X] Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Broken Steel.esp

[X] Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Point Lookout.esp

[X] Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Sandstorm.esp

[X] Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Rain.esp

[X] Merged Patch - 22 Oct 2010 - FWE + core mods + extras v4.esp

 

Questions? Comments? Feedback?

 

-Narcio

[rickerhk]

With FWE you want to use EVE .96 and the important update for .96.

The FOIP for .97 isn't available yet.

Then re-create your merged patch.

[Narcio]

With FWE you want to use EVE .96 and the important update for .96.

The FOIP for .97 isn't available yet.

Then re-create your merged patch.

 

Thank you for pointing that out, rickerhk. I will revert that back from 097 to 096 for the time being.

 

NOTE: I've updated post 1 to reflect use of EVE .96 instead of .97.

[Nabeshin604]

Were you able to run them in the end? im trying to get mine to work but i think my problem is fomm didnt compressed and extract the files properly...

[Narcio]

Were you able to run them in the end? im trying to get mine to work but i think my problem is fomm didnt compressed and extract the files properly...

 

These mods seem to work beautifully for me. I haven't played a huge amount yet (just in Megaton) but so far so good. I will also note that I started using NMC's extra textures performance package. I tried NMC's full texture pack, but I was getting lots of consistent crashing when I used those. I suspect my video card doesn't have enough ram for them (ATI Radeon 4870 with 512mb only.)

 

Note: First post has been updated to include NMC's Performance texture pack.

[Narcio]

After having played some more with the settings I described in the first post, I can confirm that everything seems to be working fairly well. The only problem I have had is a couple of crashes (I think a total of 3 or 4.) After reloading my savegame everything seemed to work fine and I was not able to reproduce the crashes even if I tried to engage in the same behaviour as before. I think I had a similar number of crashes when playing the game without mods, so this doesn't concern me.