I've confused myself. Where am I going wrong?

[wemdog1]

Both Fallout 3 GOTY and New Vegas are via Steam.

 

Windows 7 64 pro on a system that well exceeds recommended specs for all of these games. Patched, latest drivers, latest everything, etc. etc.

 

 

 

 

Fallout 3 GOTY install mod issue:

 

 

I'd taken some time off from F3 and then came back recently for some replay goodness with all these great mods that are out. :)

 

What I'm seeing on replay is that, at least for me, installing mods and getting Archive Invalidation to behave and everything doing as it should isn't as easy it's supposed to be.

 

 

I've installed a lot of mods per instructions successfully on Oblivion, Fallout 3, and New Vegas but for some reasons F3 GOTY via Steam is really giving me some extra headaches.

 

 

Example: Two simple mods like high res color map and No Scan Lines for the Pip Boy. What I mean by simple is: All you're doing is copying and pasting meshes and textures folders. But I can't get them to "take.":

 

I have A.I.I. It's been activated for some time here.

 

 

If I understand it right, you're supposed to have AI flipped on when you install any number of mods especially those that changed and overwrite textures, meshes, and the like yes?

 

 

If I leave AI on, either checked on in FOMM, or manually set in the .ini file via bInvalidateOlderFiles to 1 the game will crash on startup right before the menu shows up every single time. I can't play Fallout GOTY with AI left on. That's all there is to it.

 

 

So what's the magic formula here that I'm missing to get install mods correctly, use AI and/or AII correctly, and be on my merry way? I have the latest FOMM, FOSE, NVSE (for Vegas), you name it.

 

I'm assuming user error but I just don't know where I've gone wrong. It should be as easy to install mods as it is for me on Oblivion or New Vegas but it's not. At least for me. There's some extra wrinkle or detail here I'm apparently screwing up.

 

 

 

 

 

Fallout New Vegas issue unrelated to above:

 

In contrast, I install mods easily on New Vegas. AI is left checked on in FOMM all the time, I follow instructions, they install like a piece of cake as they should. Couldn't be easier.

 

 

 

The only problem I have with Vegas is that damned New Vegas Launcher crashes almost ALL the time when I fire up the game and it doesn't matter which way I try to fire the game up. It takes me sometimes up to 12 tries before the launcher doesn't crash and I finally can get into the game. I've looked around and it seems like that's a fairly common problem. Any workaround or solutions? It doesn't seem like there's anyways to outright bypass that launcher whether you're using FOMM, NVSE, or hitting .exe files directly out of the folder.

[Fonger]

just a guess

 

but did you install steam to the default location

 

putting it inside your program files directory

 

causing this to be a simple UAC issue

 

 

Solution - steam has a forum, this forum has a thread, this thread gives instructions on moving steam in one simple easy motion.

[wemdog1]

just a guess

 

but did you install steam to the default location

 

putting it inside your program files directory

 

causing this to be a simple UAC issue

 

 

Solution - steam has a forum, this forum has a thread, this thread gives instructions on moving steam in one simple easy motion.

 

Good suggestion but nope, I have Steam on a different hard drive entirely from my Windows install.