Getting FO3 To Work With Mods and FOSE

[Killerbuddy]

SOOOOOOOO, after not playing the Fallout games for a while, I got bored with Skyrim( mainly I just wanted to play Fallout games since they were a different atmosphere, and the amazing mods that have been compiled for them are numerous, and would add a whole lot of gametime to them ). I First started off with FNV, which I modded heavily, and had a good understanding of how to do so. After a while, I missed the D.C. Wasteland, since I felt it had a whole different atmoshpere than the cowboy-esque Mojave Wasteland. So, I just bought FO3 off of Steam, modded it heavily, but when I started a new game, the game froze after birth. Messing with deactivating mdos would either give me a short amount of time extra before the game froze, or less. So. I decided to run the game without FOSE and figured out that is what was causing an issue. I rechecked my installed files, and found out I had installed FOSE incorrectly. I had pull all of the version .dll files into the game directory( lol ). So, I deleted them and let the one that my game version is. Now I believe my game version is 1.7.0.3, because I checked properties on the Fallout3 application. So, I deleted all the other .dll files. My .dll files in my Fallout game directory are fose_1_7.dll, and fose_editor_1_5.dll. I also have the fose loader with them of course. When I did that, I played the new game until after I enter the room to take the G.O.A.T. exam, where the game freezes again. I took a guess that Steam was messing with FOSE, so I exited Steam, which got me to play more of the game until after I need to escape from the vault. I go help Butch's mother, and right after I save her the game freezes. Now I now it has something to do with FOSE not running correctly or something, because I play the game fine, and everything happens like it is supposed to with the vanilla game.

 

Here is my load order:

 

[X] Fallout3.esm

[X] Anchorage.esm

[X] ThePitt.esm

[X] BrokenSteel.esm

[X] PointLookout.esm

[X] Zeta.esm

[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch.esm

[X] CRAFT.esm

[X] CALIBR.esm

[X] xCALIBR.esm

[X] Project Beauty.esm

[X] DCInteriors_LEnfntPl.esm

[X] DCInteriors_Takoma.esm

[X] DCInteriors_SewardSq.esm

[X] DCInteriors_Georgtown.esm

[X] DCInteriors_Mason.esm

[X] COMM.esm

[X] CubeExperimental (EN).esm

[X] Alton, IL.esm

[X] Abbreviated Effects.esm

[X] RH_IRONSIGHTS.esm

[X] EVE.esm

[X] Apocalypse Armory.esm

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod.esm

[X] Companion Core.esm

[X] RobCo Certified v2.esm

[X] PowerOfTheAtom_FOOKandFWE.esp

[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Operation Anchorage.esp

[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - The Pitt.esp

[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Broken Steel.esp

[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Point Lookout.esp

[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Mothership Zeta.esp

[X] Project Beauty- Broken Steel.esp

[X] Project Beauty- Point Lookout.esp

[X] CASM.esp

[X] GalaxyNewsRadioFix.esp

[X] Responsive Kill Reactions.esp

[X] MTC Wasteland Travellers.esp

[X] Billboard Camps.esp

[X] PowerOfTheAtom.esp

[X] Newoffice.esp

[X] NewMall.esp

[X] Shadows and Dust - Southwest DC - Public.esp

[X] NotSoFast.esp

[X] AQFH.esp

[X] dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

[X] UniqueItems_1.1_ENG.esp

[X] RH_IronSights_Basic_VanillaPlugin.esp

[X] RH_IronSights_Basic_AnchoragePlugin.esp

[X] RH_IronSights_Basic_PittPlugin.esp

[X] RH_IronSights_Pitt_NewRifleSights.esp

[X] RH_IronSights_Basic_BrokenSteelPlugin.esp

[X] RH_IronSights_Basic_PointLookoutPlugin.esp

[X] RH_IronSights_PL_NewItems.esp

[X] RH_IronSights_Basic_ZetaPlugin.esp

[X] EVE.esp

[X] EVE Operation Anchorage.esp

[X] RH_EVE_Bridge.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory - CRAFTing.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory - CALIBR.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory - xCALIBR.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory - DLC Enhancements.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory - Optional Historical Names.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory + EVE.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced (BrokenSteel).esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty.esp

[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty (Followers Enhanced).esp

[X] RH_FWE_Bridge.esp

[X] AA_FWE_xCalibr+EVE.esp

[X] EVE - FWE Master Release.esp

[X] EVE - FWE Master Release (Follower Enhanced).esp

[X] EVE Anchorage - FWE DLC Anchorage.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Master Menu Module.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release + DLCs.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release + Project Beauty.esp

[X] Companion Core DLC Addon.esp

[X] RobCo Certified v2 Mechanist's Edition.esp

[X] RobCo Certified v2 Zeta Addon.esp

[X] Mr Smith's Scrapyard.esp

[X] WeaponModKits.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - OperationAnchorage.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - ThePitt.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - BrokenSteel.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - PointLookout.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - Zeta.esp

[X] RH_WMK_Bridge.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - FWE Master Release.esp

[X] EVE - FWE with WeaponModKits.esp

[X] F3ProjectRealityMkI.esp

[X] xCALIBRammo_FWE.esp

[X] MyPatch6_21_2012.esp

 

I am currently re-installing the mods by using a backup of my directory files I made prior to modifying the game. This was my load order before I deleted the directory, and when I could not get past saving Butch's mother.

 

Any help would be appreciated. I did not expect FO3 to be even more sensitive than FNV =) If there is a guid for installing this, please direct me to it. I have looked through the pinned guides at the beggining of this Fallout 3 Technical Support, but that seems to be for an old 1.5 update so it does not apply to me.

 

I am running Windows 7 x64, I just installed the Fallout 3 GOTY edition yesterday off of Steam, and as I said before, I beleive my current version is 1.7.0.3.

Edited June 22, 2012 by Killerbuddy

[eric31415]

Sounds like the multi-core bug.

 

Open the fallout.ini, find the line that reads "bUseThreadedAI=" set the value to 1.

 

Right below this line, add this one - iNumHWThreads=2

 

This should take care of the freezing.

[Killerbuddy]

Ah! Awesome. Your post also lead me to go find a Fallout 3 mod tutorial on the FWE page, so I also saw some other tips in there to help me about. Thank you very much! I appreciate it!

[eric31415]

Happy i could help.