theonetrueraven Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 hey all, Im new to playing fallout on a pc, however im also new to adding MODS to it, anyone wanna explain to a lowly fallout loving n00b how to get mods to run with fallout 3?i cant quite seem to get my n00bish head around it :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somerandomsheepthathops Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Basically, Download the Mod you want, and drag the Esp file, and the Folders it comes with (Folders are: Meshes, Textures, sounds, etc.) To your Data folder. Install path should be something like this: C:/Programfiles/bethesdasoftworks/Fallout 3/Data If you have it for steam: C:/Programfiles(May vary, in my case its C:/Games)/steam/steamapps/common/fallout3/data After that Launch the game and activate them in the Start up Menu. Or of course Download FOMM And enable them that way (HIGHLY Recommended) After that the mods should show up in game. Enjoy! PS: Some mods will require Such things as: FOSE, Archive invalidated, And FOMM. And Mods will not Work on Pirated copies of Any Bethesda games (I am NOT Accusing you of piracy, merely mentioning that) PSS: Heres a video that should better explain installing mods: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NuBZNWZ6Jc&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonetrueraven Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Cheers Dude thats epic! :dance: :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M48A5 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 As stated elsewhere in these and other forums, Fallout 3 runs much better if it is loaded on your hard drive in a location outside of the program files. This is especially true if your OS is Vista or Windows 7. Loading outside the program files gets the game out of the UAC. For loading mods, download and install FOMM, FOSE and B.O.S.S. FOSE is Fallout Script Extender. A lot of mods require this to run properly. FOMM is Fallout Mod Manager. This makes loading and activating mods very simple. B.O.S.S. is Better Obilivion Sorting Software. This make setting up your load order very easy. Make sure you read the read me that comes with each mod. This will make installation and activation very simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patton171 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 It is indeed recommended not to install your game in program files, it caused a lot of problems with mods that didnt work for me.. untill i reinstalled it in an other folder and they worked perfectly fine Other than that it's like the other guys said.. just drag and drop those files in your data folder and tick the corresponding .esp or .esm in your fallout3launcher (or in the modmanager) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonetrueraven Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 thanks for the help guys :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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