Help!

[hcor54]

ok im new to the sight and ive tried downloading things to use. But after ive downloaded i have no f***in idea wat to do. anyone can ya help?

[WastelandAssassin]

well, there are quite easy tutorials on installing mods

and you should also find installation instructions in most of the mod pages of the mods you've downloaded

 

however, i can try and get you started

first of all, make sure that you are using the latest patch for the game (i think it's version 1.7, but i may be wrong here)

after this, you need to download and install two things

the first is FOSE (just google it, and it should be the first result), which you will need for some mods, and to run the second thing

the second thing is FOMM (which you can download from this site)

both are quite easy to install, and should also have instructions on how to do so, if you don't understand it yourself

after you have done this, you will need to also get Archive Invalidation working

as far as i know, you can use the FOMM version of it, without a problem (in FOMM, from the main toolset, click Tools, and check Archive Invalidation)

 

after you have done all this (which is really quite easy and fast, so don't get intimidated by this), you are ready to start installing the mods

now, there are two systems for installing mods, which depends on how the mod comes

if the mod comes in as a fomod file, just double click on it, and it should open it up with FOMM, in which case just follow the process that FOMM does, which is very easy

 

however, most mods come as archives (zip, rar, 7zip etc)

to install these, just follow the simple instructions:

open the archive, and extract to a temporary folder (you will move the files from there, to your game)

now, open the folder where your game is installed, and you should see a Data folder inside of it, open this folder

look at the extracted archive of the mod: inside it, you should see plugins (esp and esm files), it could be just one esp file, or it could be several of them, and it's fine in all cases

you should also see folders like Meshes, Textures and such

now, click on all the contents (all the folders, and the plugins), and either copy or cut them (depending on if you'd like to keep a back up), and paste them inside your Data folder

if you already have such folders, then your computer will ask you if you want to merge, so click Yes

if it asks to overwrite a file, decide yourself (but generally saying yes is what you need to do)

 

after all this (which again sounds long and hard, but actually takes only a few minutes at worst), open FOMM, and on the left side of it, where you see your load order, you should see the plugins that you have just added

just check them (click on them, and make sure that the box is tagged), and then you can run the game (run only through FOMM, otherwise it won't add the mods)

and then, all you have to do is enjoy the game :)

 

i hope this helps, and is easy enough for you to follow

if you need any more help, or have any questions, you are welcome to ask