Having trouble with .ini's. Mods arent working.

[roguebolt0]

Hey guys I just started trying to mod fo4(not including bilagos config tool) now that i beat it vanilla once. However after following the ini change instructions mods weren't working. game was still vanilla. now the .ini's arent quite the same as when i installed the config tool. I have puu.sh es showing what they look like.

 

http://puu.sh/mK6FF/5b194a3303.png

 

^the instructions im following.

 

http://puu.sh/mK6fl/d2c0b14bd8.png

 

^This fallout4custom.ini already has the archive invalidation in there. i assume it is because I have bilago's FO4 config tool installed. This is because for some reason fo4 can't properly detect my video settings and doesn't give me the option for the proper resolution. the config tool allows for archive invalidation as well.

 

http://puu.sh/mK6E3/a34d91bb9a.png

 

^a picture of fallout4.ini showing the archive section there

 

http://puu.sh/mK6Ie/184339afdd.png

 

^and this is fallout4prefs.ini. again the lines are already there. and launcher is not at the bottom. again likely because the config tool works as a launcher.

 

If anyone could tell me what needs to change from what is seen in these to what they need to be i would be most grateful.

[ma1025]

Well, in your Fallout4.ini, bInvalidateOlderFiles is set to 0. Change it to 1. Also remove STRINGS\ from sResourceDataDirsFinal. Do this in both Fallout4.ini and Fallout4Custom.ini. (or remove the line about Invalidation in Fallout4.ini and make the following changes in Fallout4Custom.ini)

 

So it should read:

 

[Archive]
sResourceDataDirsFinal=
bInvalidateOlderFiles=1

 

Set the .ini files to Read Only afterwards to keep them from getting changed.

Edited January 26, 2016 by ma1025

[roguebolt0]

Well, in your Fallout4.ini, bInvalidateOlderFiles is set to 0. Change it to 1. Also remove STRINGS\ from sResourceDataDirsFinal. Do this in both Fallout4.ini and Fallout4Custom.ini. (or remove the line about Invalidation in Fallout4.ini and make the following changes in Fallout4Custom.ini)

 

So it should read:

 

[Archive]

sResourceDataDirsFinal=

bInvalidateOlderFiles=1

 

Set the .ini files to Read Only afterwards to keep them from getting changed.

this worked perfectly thank you very much. now if only i could get the resolution i want without using a mod...

[ma1025]

In Fallout4Prefs.ini, under [DISPLAY] there should be (or you can add) some settings for your resolution. Here's mine:

 

bTopMostWindow=0 <- Fallout 4 always on top / set to off
bMaximizeWindow=0 <- Bordered windowed mode with window fully maximized / set to off
bBorderless=1 <- Borderless mode / set to on (use this plus your monitor's resolution below for Borderless Windowed Fullscreen)
bFull Screen=0 <- Default fullscreen / set to off
iSize H=1080 <- Resolution height
iSize W=1920 <- Resolution width