miranshortcake Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I have Fallout 3 and all 5 DLCs currently installed at the moment. My Fallout 3 was retail and the DLC were all obtained from various sources.At the moment I have them manually copied/pasted into the Data folder to bypass the GFWL thing. I've gone kind of overboard on the FO3 mods and am working on backing my DLCs up, in case I need to do a fresh install sometime. And I won't have to deal with downloading the DLCs again. Do I only need the stuff right there in the Data folder? Or is there more? I don't remember. 2 weeks later.bikAnchorage - MainAnchorage - SoundsAnchorage.esmB09.bikB27.bikB28.bikB29.bikBrokenSteel - MainBrokenSteel - SoundsBrokenSteel.esmPointLookout - MainPointLookout - SoundsPointLookout.esmThePitt - MainThePitt - SoundsThePitt.esmZeta - MainZeta - SoundsZeta.esm Anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rational314 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Care to explain what those various sources might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miranshortcake Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 I got Anchorage and Pitt straight from Live, which was an ordeal. I got Broken Steel and Point Lookout from Direct2Drive, which has now been absorbed into Gamefly. Dun recall where I picked up Zeta. Not the issue here though. Stay on topic ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichikoUnknownFox Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Generally speaking mods and modding won't modify the DLC files anyway, so you don't really need to back any of that up. But, if you're paranoid like some of us, you can make a copy of your entire Fallout Data directory (or the Fallout root directory, if you're REALLY paranoid like me) before reinstalling your mods. I don't like having to go through Steam's re-downloading of the huge game, so I have at least one backup of the fresh unmodded FO3 at all times. I haven't had to use it so far, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miranshortcake Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 So all the folders inside the Data directory, I can just delete?All the Fallout 3 and DLC files should be within the BSA packages. Folders are just for mods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichikoUnknownFox Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 That seems about right. Again, to be sure, you can make a backup of the entire Data folder without any issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blove Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Vanilla with DLCs Data folder has Music, Shaders, and Video sub-folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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