Fallout 4 Beginners Guide

[gromulos]

This is not the right thread for this kind of topic this is a thread for beginners only please try to find another thread. I'm not trying to brush you off but I don't want to confuse beginners with advanced knowledge there's plenty of people in the Nexus chat room on discord that will help you

[xXtrousasnakeXx]

Ok so

I have been modding for a little while, Had a lot of success with Fallout New Vegas!!!

Fallout 4 on the other hand was a total Nightmare.

First, I loaded my mods with the suggested folder and only about half of them would appear In the Games Mod Menu, No matter what I did, nothing would fix it..

I took it into my own hands and Decided to make my own folder... BIG MISTAKE... After an hour I was Finally able to revert my mod folder back to the Suggested Folder ( After Deleting all my mods to speed up the Process)

But now it seems I have messed everything up.

I have no Idea if the Folder was setup Correctly this time, not to mention It won't suggest a Downloads folder anymore and don't know where I should set it.

PLEASE SEND HELP, I done Goofed and I can't Find a single video where someone actually shows them setting up the Files

Any Help would be appreciated :)

[gromulos]

1) delete the folder for fallout 4, then let steam re-install it

 

With that many broken mods this is your only safe option

 

2) I don't know which mod organizer you are using but the ONLY one i suggest is NMM, (nexus mod manager), which is still being updated by an outside team

 

Located here for download - https://github.com/Nexus-Mods/Nexus-Mod-Manager

 

As for instructions, here ya go, below, - Ignore what Gopher says about where to download it ( use the link i provided ) , Nexus has moved on to Vortex, which I do NOT recommend

 

You might want to watch episode 2 of that by Gopher also, i think it will explain a lot to you :)

 

Edited August 28, 2022 by gromulos

[Bigmustachelo]

Good Day I have recently downloaded A Story Wealth for FO4, I got to play about 4.5 hours of the game and since then I have had nothing but issues trying to load the game again? Please Help! I really enjoyed what I got to play and see in the Sims Story and would really like to complete A Story Wealth for FO4. Thank you! 

Issue: I launch the game either with F4se or with Vortex and all I get is a black screen with a load circle. Then when trying to shut it down I have to log out or restart my PC.

[gromulos]

@Bigmustachelo

#1 Did you follow every step of the guide? Because it sounds like you  don't have the bashed patch in place, or activated.

If you do then it's most likely a mod conflict

[steviex34]

Hello everyone. Fallout 4 is loading my loose custom textures correctly, but when i pack them all into one .ba2 file, then it fails to load those textures altogether. This is what i did so far but nothing has worked yet -

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Thank you very much. 

[Frogzilla82]

  On 3/26/2024 at 11:22 PM, Bigmustachelo said:

Good Day I have recently downloaded A Story Wealth for FO4, I got to play about 4.5 hours of the game and since then I have had nothing but issues trying to load the game again? Please Help! I really enjoyed what I got to play and see in the Sims Story and would really like to complete A Story Wealth for FO4. Thank you! 

Issue: I launch the game either with F4se or with Vortex and all I get is a black screen with a load circle. Then when trying to shut it down I have to log out or restart my PC.

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If you have mods running, it might be a mod locking it up. and reopening a post almost 3 years old doesn't help. Better to just create a new post.

[KrisTianG15]

If you’re having trouble packing your textures into a single .ba2 file, the first step is to make sure each texture works fine on its own. Test them individually in-game to rule out any broken files.
Once you’ve confirmed all your textures load correctly, use tools like Bethesda Archive Extractor (BAE) or FO4 Archive Tool to pack them properly into a .ba2 archive. These tools are designed specifically for Fallout 4 archives and help avoid common issues.
Also, double-check your folder structure inside the archive—everything needs to be in the right place, or the game won’t recognize the files. If the structure’s off, your .ba2 might just get ignored or cause crashes.
After creating the .ba2 file, make sure you load it correctly with your mod manager (Nexus Mod Manager, Vortex, etc.) or manually add it to the game’s load order so Fallout knows to use it.
Do it right, and your textures will load smoothly from a single archive, which makes modding cleaner and can even boost game performance.