Sunny Smiles' dog Cheyenne is a red triangle...

[7shots]

So I decided to reinstall Fallout New Vegas awhile ago, and I had saved my entire data file before I uninstalled it last year. After reinstalling the game I copied and pasted my data file from my flash drive to the data file on my PC. I did this because I didn't want to have to reinstall all my mods again, and I thought this would be a good idea. Well now when I go to the Good Springs saloon Cheyenne is the annoying red triangle with the exclamation mark.

 

Now I know what you are going to suggest, " Verify integrity of your game cache. " But I had done that twice, and still got the error. The second thing I thought was it had to do with my mods... and I hope that isn't the case, and none of my mods have anything to do with Goodsprings, the saloon, or anything with Cheyenne. So, how could it be my mods?

 

Here are my current mods:

FalloutNV.esm

DeadMoney.esm

HonestHearts.esm

OldWorldBlues.esm

LonesomeRoad.esm

GunRunnersArsenal.esm

Community Bugfix Compilation Patch.esm

More Perks.esm

CFWNV.esm

Improved Lucky 38-Suite 2.0.esm

NVR-Strip.esm

Brahmin Bess.esm

Lings.esm

Mission Mojave - Ultimate Edition.esp

Community Bugfix Compilation Patch.esp

1000th addon (more containers).esp

1000th patch 2.1.esp

1000th addon (new walls n floors 1.1).esp

1000th addon (balcony 1.1).esp

Laurens_Bathroom_poetry.esp

Lucky38MarkerV3.esp

NVR-NPCs.esp

NVR-Version_10.esp

PerkEveryLevel.esp

R.A.C.E. Station.esp

PAMQ_v1.esp

Four Traits v1.esp

Camon Cavalry Revolver (Crazy Horse.Sam).esp

More Perks Update.esp

QS_Blackwolf_NV_Backpackmod.esp

NewVegasBounties.esp

Desert Armor.esp

dressup.esp

ACF Brighter Days and Darker Nights v5 - Dark.esp

Glove_be_gone.esp

Seeker Armor.esp

Essentialplustweaks.esp

ED-E avoids traps.esp

[atomic mods] follower_max_nv_1.0.esp

Novac Motel - Couriers Room.esp

Novac Motel - Exterior.esp

Companion Sandbox Mode.esp

NVWillow.esp

Veronica.esp

VeronicaFix.esp

LFox Bottle That Water.esp

Raging Bull.esp

WeaponJamming.esp

 

I know this has to do with some missing meshes/textures/models whatever you may call them. I have no idea how to fix it...

[therocko101]

You're using Archive Invalidation right?

[7shots]

This probably a newbie answer, but I never really knew what it was. :wallbash:

Feel free to kick me in the head.

 

I did some research on Archive Invalidation, and what I read it just covers up the red triangle error. I want to fix the problem, not just cover it up. I also hear it's outdated...

 

If I read wrong please correct me. I'm open to any solution besides reinstalling all my mods...

 

I do have FOMM.

 

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*Ten minutes later*

 

Ok so after investigating some more I do have Archive Invalidation activated in FOMM. But what does that have to do with anything?

Edited February 14, 2012 by 7shots

[7shots]

Alright, don't know what I did but I guess I got it working. Thanks.

[therocko101]

Archive Invalidation is just a tool that will override the use of the default textures, meshes etc. in the games .bsa's so that you can use other ones. (the ones you put in your data folder) So it's completely necessary and without it you'll usually get those red exclamation marks. So no it's not just to remove those but to fix the problem. But either way I'm glad you fixed it. texture issues are just massive headaches sometimes.

 

PS: Do you use a mod manager? because those come with built in archive invalidation which might explain the sudden fix. Also, it could have been the number of plugins you have installed. I just learned myself that 140 plugins or over will cause FO:NV to freak out for most folks and have strange texture errors.