Trying to get a mod to work

[moonlightoverwater]

My mod isn't working properly! I hope I've followed the instructions correctly. I've only just got this game for the PC on 31st August, although I've played Morrowind, Oblivion, and Fallout 3 to death on the PC with lots and lots of great mods. I've never experienced Steam before, and I've never used an OMOD. But the game has been playing well, with several other nice mods, before I installed this mod.

 

I downloaded the mod "Cass and Veronica Shojo restyled" http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=40991 and the description says to download Shojo Race Vegas http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35097 so I downloaded that and installed it first. Shojo Race Vegas says I also need the update to avoid problems, so I downloaded that and installed it as well, (to SteamApps\common\fallout new vegas\Data of course.)

 

Next the description for Cass and Veronica restyled says I need Children of the Wasteland on http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1903 so I downloaded that and installed it next.

 

Then the description for Cass and Veronica says I need Anthony Lings Coiffure on http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35352

 

The description on Anthony Lings Coiffure says "To prevent crashes with custom eyes, pick a stock hairstyle first, choose your custom eyes, THEN pick a custom hairstyle." I couldn't see any hairstyles or eyes in the download, he probably means when you're starting each game. (My English is good but not perfect.)

 

The installation instructions of Anthony Lings Coiffure says to *first* download the previous Anthony Lings Coiffure (for FO3) from http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8942 and to install *only* the BSA, texture folder, and mesh folder from that (not the other files).

 

Then he says to install the .esm file from *this* archive. I'm guessing by *this* archive, he means the one on http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35352 not the previous FO3 version on http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8942

 

On the FO3 version, he was quite specific about the load order, so I know I've done that correctly. But when I started the game and met Cass and then fast travelled to Veronica, parts of their skin stretched as far as the nearest wall, and then the whole screen was dominated by long triangles of pale colors, seemingly from the horizon to the side of the screen. Boo-hoo!

 

I've just tried uninstalling and re-installing the whole thing, without my mods, but now the game keeps crashing to desktop on start-up! Oy! I shoulda made a back-up data folder before installing, like I normally do.

 

Help me please! What am I doing wrong? What should I do?

 

Edit: I think there may be a problem with the mod "Children of the Wasteland". I tried downloading it again, and I'm getting error messages as I unpack it. It looks OK to me, but my computer won't let me move it to the Data folder or delete the previous copy. It's especially complaining about the 'eyes' folder - the names of the files in there being too long or something.

 

2nd Edit: Moving the texture sub-folders of the mod into the data/textures folder gives the error messages "are you sure you want to move the system file 'thumbs' into the textures folder?" and "Cannot move '01hair'. A file with the name you specify already exists in that folder."

 

3rd Edit: Yeah, there's a little *folder* in the data/textures/characters/hair folder called 01hair.dds, containing about 90 hair files. I wonder which mod that belongs to?

 

And the textures/effects folder of the mod *looks* empty, but contains 5.5 kbs, so there must be a hidden 'thumbs' system file in there. How weird!

 

4th edit: I got Steam to re-install the game from the disc. Still crashes to desktop on start-up.

 

Then I tried reloading the game without *any* mods. Still crashes to desktop on start-up! Ay-yi-yi!

 

5th Edit: I uninstalled the whole game, then deleted all remaining folders, then re-installed the game. It's a pity that I cannot use the mod, and no-one has been able to help me with it, but at least the game is finally working again. Bye!

 

Moonlight Over Water

Edited September 4, 2011 by moonlightoverwater