need help installing New Vegas Script Extender

[EnglishGentleman]

so i'm in the process of installing NVSE and i'm little lost at the moment

 

this is the first step 1. Copy the .dll and .exe files to your Fallout NV directory.

 

i've got .dll files but i can't find the .exe file(s)

 

i feel like i'm being blind and its staring me in the face but i'm not seeing it

 

thank you putting up with me EnglishGentleman aka village idiot

[WastelandAssassin]

have you extracted the contents of the NVSE archive you've downloaded , or are you moving them directly from the archive?

if it's the former , I would check the quarantine of your antivirus system . I don't know if it would flag the NVSE executable , but maybe it would.......

if this doesn't solve the issue , please look inside the archive you've downloaded . if the file isn't there , please provide a link to where you've downloaded it from , and a picture showing the contents of the archive as you see it (one that shows the files that you can extract , if it has an interior folder structure)

[EnglishGentleman]

yep ive extracted the file i'm in the process of as it says copying the .dll and .exe files to thee Fallout NV directory. but i cant find thee .exe files i got the download from the mod requirements tab which sent me an off site (which it states as an off site link) what looked a XML/readme style page complete with the actual NVSE download link i've downloaded extracted it using winrar, do you think i'll alright just coping the .dll files and treat it as a typo?

[WastelandAssassin]

most certainly not

I just checked the NVSE download , and you should have 4 dll files and one executable (along with other files , but these are the relevant ones)

I downloaded it from here http://nvse.silverlock.org/

you should see nvse_loader.exe inside the archive . and you need that file to launch NVSE , otherwise any mod that requires it won't work

[EnglishGentleman]

thats where i got it from as well and this is want i'm looking at in order (sidenote thank you for patience)

Data (file folder)

src (file folder)

nvse_1_4.dll

nvse_1_4ng.dll

nvse_editor_1_4.dll

nvse_loader

nvse_readme

nvse_steam_loader.dll

nvse_whatsnew

 

so what am i missing?! :confused:

[WastelandAssassin]

oh.......

I'm such an idiot......

 

your PC is probably set to hide known extensions

thus nvse_loader.exe is just nvse_loader for you

it's the same file , but your operating system just doesn't show the extensions

you can change it , just google it and you should find the way to do so

[EnglishGentleman]

thank you so much

 

btw you're not an idiot

[WastelandAssassin]

I know :laugh: I'm just surprised I didn't think of this.....

it's a really common issue that people don't see extensions

but now I know that dll isn't a known extension , so we learn something new every day :cool:

 

glad we fixed the issue , and I hope you get the game to work properly

[EnglishGentleman]

well it "seemed" to fire up properly only time will tell i'm even one lucky s.o.b or i've broken my game oh this is going to be fun

[WastelandAssassin]

welcome to modding Bethesda games (I know New Vegas isn't technically one of them , but it's based on the same fun engine and all , so close enough.....)

yeah , this could be hell , but hopefully you won't run into too many issues , and the gaming experience will be worth it at the end

hopefully :happy: