No mods work with my Fallout 4

[fdjw88]

Hello

 

I have installed Fallout 4 script extender correctly, i follow the instruction that comes with the zip file folder to the letter. which is putting three files into the fallout 4 root folder, the dll file, the f4se.exe file and the steam loader file.

 

but no mods work in my game, here is my load order:

 

GameMode=Fallout4

Fallout4.esm=1

CarryWeight2000.esp=1

CarryWeight25Strength.esp=1

please help me.

[StormWolf01]

Hi Fdjw88.

From the sounds of it, it sounds like you are new to playing with mods with Fallout 4.

After installing the mods, you have to start the game, using the f4se_loader.exe, with administrator privileges. In order to set that up, you need to right click the f4se_loader.exe, then choose properties. That will open up a gray window. At the top of the window are some tabs. Click on the one that says Compatibility. On that screen you will see some options. Put a check on the one that says Run this program as an administrator. Then click the button that says OK.

Now, to make things easier for you. Right click on the f4se_loader.exe file again, and this time, choose Copy. Minimize your fallout4 folder, and right click on your desktop. Choose Paste Shortcut. That will place an icon on your desktop for you to click on, so that you don't have to keep going into your fallout folder every time to play.

[Edit- you want to do this anyway. Don't run this game from the Steam loader. Fallout 4 + Steam loader = BAD. [/edit]

 

Now start up the game, and you will see your options. Choose MODS. After that, choose LOAD ORDER. Tick any of the mods that you want to be active, when you play. Then go back to your game screen, and choose to either Continue, Start a new Game, or Load.

 

The mods should work now :smile:

Edited November 10, 2019 by StormWolf01

[fdjw88]

Hi Fdjw88.

From the sounds of it, it sounds like you are new to playing with mods with Fallout 4.

After installing the mods, you have to start the game, using the f4se_loader.exe, with administrator privileges. In order to set that up, you need to right click the f4se_loader.exe, then choose properties. That will open up a gray window. At the top of the window are some tabs. Click on the one that says Compatibility. On that screen you will see some options. Put a check on the one that says Run this program as an administrator. Then click the button that says OK.

Now, to make things easier for you. Right click on the f4se_loader.exe file again, and this time, choose Copy. Minimize your fallout4 folder, and right click on your desktop. Choose Paste Shortcut. That will place an icon on your desktop for you to click on, so that you don't have to keep going into your fallout folder every time to play.

[Edit- you want to do this anyway. Don't run this game from the Steam loader. Fallout 4 + Steam loader = BAD. [/edit]

 

Now start up the game, and you will see your options. Choose MODS. After that, choose LOAD ORDER. Tick any of the mods that you want to be active, when you play. Then go back to your game screen, and choose to either Continue, Start a new Game, or Load.

 

The mods should work now :smile:

 

i followed the steps, and when i was in the game menu, i saw that there is a check mark in front of my carry weight mod, which means the mods is installed and applied to the game. but when i load my save, the game still shows that my carry weight is 250, instead of 2000 which i was what i chose when i installed the mod. this is very weird.

[StormWolf01]

Were both of the .esp files from the same mod?

Can you post links to the mod(s)? I ask, because it looks like they may do the same thing. I want to see if they do, and whether or not it's possible they are in conflict.

[fdjw88]

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/214

 

Were both of the .esp files from the same mod?

Can you post links to the mod(s)? I ask, because it looks like they may do the same thing. I want to see if they do, and whether or not it's possible they are in conflict.

 

here is the link. btw, i also edited all the .ini files to make sure that the game allows mods installation.

Edited November 11, 2019 by fdjw88

[StormWolf01]

Heya fdjw, thanks for posting that link. Reading through the comments, I see that it's a crapshoot as to whether the mod works or not. Some people can get it to work, other's can't. And that it sometimes requires you to do things in game, which alter your carry weight.

So on this one, based off the replies in the comments, I'm gonna say that it's the mod itself.

Because you're describing a problem that other's have posted almost exactly the same.

(Not to mention that it hasn't been updated since 2015!)

 

I use a mod from the bethesda mods, that works 100%, all the time. (Except in power armor, but that's a game issue, not a mod issue).

BUT, it includes a LOT of other cheat options. I mean, seriously cheating options. Naturally, whether you use those or not, is all up to you. But the enticement of them, in extremely hard to resist, once you've tried them.

If you're interested, I'll tell you the name of the mod, and you can find and download it through the built in mod functions of the game.

 

[Edit] In the meantime, I'm going to teach you how to make a very simple little mod for yourself, called a batch file.

 

Open up the folder that you have your fallout 4 game installed in. RIGHT click on an empty part of the screen, and from the drop menu, choose New and then Text Document.

After windows creates the new file, double click on it, and it will open itself up in notepad, by default.

 

Now copy this, by highlighting the code, and hold CTRL and C, on your keyboard. Now switch back to the notepad doc, and press CTRL and V. That will paste the text into the doc.

player.modav carryweight 2000;

(You can set that to any number you want. I just set it to 2000 because that's what the mod you're trying to use is set for, I think?)

Now go up to the menu options for notepad, and choose File and then Save

 

Now, after it closes, Right click on the new text document, and chose Rename. Make it something easy to remember, and something easy and fast to type. weight.txt might be a good one to use. Also NO CAPITAL LETTERS OR SPACES in the name!! And make sure you leave the .txt at the end. Then click whatever windows tells you to, if it tells you.

 

Now, start the game, go in game, and press the tilde key on your keyboard. it looks like this: ~ and is usually located in your upper left hand corner, right above your tab key.

That will open the developer console. It looks like a small transparent rectangle in the bottom of your screen. Type in

 bat weight

or whatever you named the file, and then press your enter key on your keyboard. Then tap the tilde key again, and you should see that the console gives you a message. Check your pipboy, and your weight allowance should be for whatever you set the bat code for.

Edited November 12, 2019 by StormWolf01

[fdjw88]

Heya fdjw, thanks for posting that link. Reading through the comments, I see that it's a crapshoot as to whether the mod works or not. Some people can get it to work, other's can't. And that it sometimes requires you to do things in game, which alter your carry weight.

So on this one, based off the replies in the comments, I'm gonna say that it's the mod itself.

Because you're describing a problem that other's have posted almost exactly the same.

(Not to mention that it hasn't been updated since 2015!)

 

I use a mod from the bethesda mods, that works 100%, all the time. (Except in power armor, but that's a game issue, not a mod issue).

BUT, it includes a LOT of other cheat options. I mean, seriously cheating options. Naturally, whether you use those or not, is all up to you. But the enticement of them, in extremely hard to resist, once you've tried them.

If you're interested, I'll tell you the name of the mod, and you can find and download it through the built in mod functions of the game.

 

[Edit] In the meantime, I'm going to teach you how to make a very simple little mod for yourself, called a batch file.

 

Open up the folder that you have your fallout 4 game installed in. RIGHT click on an empty part of the screen, and from the drop menu, choose New and then Text Document.

After windows creates the new file, double click on it, and it will open itself up in notepad, by default.

 

Now copy this, by highlighting the code, and hold CTRL and C, on your keyboard. Now switch back to the notepad doc, and press CTRL and V. That will paste the text into the doc.

player.modav carryweight 2000;

(You can set that to any number you want. I just set it to 2000 because that's what the mod you're trying to use is set for, I think?)

Now go up to the menu options for notepad, and choose File and then Save

 

Now, after it closes, Right click on the new text document, and chose Rename. Make it something easy to remember, and something easy and fast to type. weight.txt might be a good one to use. Also NO CAPITAL LETTERS OR SPACES in the name!! And make sure you leave the .txt at the end. Then click whatever windows tells you to, if it tells you.

 

Now, start the game, go in game, and press the tilde key on your keyboard. it looks like this: ~ and is usually located in your upper left hand corner, right above your tab key.

That will open the developer console. It looks like a small transparent rectangle in the bottom of your screen. Type in

 bat weight

or whatever you named the file, and then press your enter key on your keyboard. Then tap the tilde key again, and you should see that the console gives you a message. Check your pipboy, and your weight allowance should be for whatever you set the bat code for.

 

thanks for the help. i there is another mod that i have download which also don't work this:

 

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/16718

 

this mod was last updated in Mar 2019, so it is relatively recent, but somehow i cannot open the esp explorer window in game. i also downloaded some character presets, and i realized some of the present works, and some don't.

[StormWolf01]

hey FDJW - Even after the new release ESP Explorer is also a mod that either does, or doesn't work. You really need to start reading through the posts, before you download ;)
Did you try the unofficial fix, that was linked in the posts section for ESP Explorer? The fix got it working for some folks. I myself, am one of the people that I really wish it worked, but it doesn't do anything on mine.

 

Face presets. There's several different forms of presets.

1) json presets. Those are presets that you download and install into the presets folder for LooksMenu. Those are accessible through the LooksMenu program itself.

2) esp presets. Those are a bit tricky. And can be load order specific. a) You can't have more than ONE face preset .esp active in your load order at once. 2 or more at once will cancel each other out, and usually the one at the lowest end of your load order wins. B) Some of the body preset mods that work with the body triangle (Not with BodySlide, or LooksMenu) also use some of those same files, and they can cancel the presets out.

3) Savegame presets. Those are save files. They're either meant to be used to go ahead and play that character, use a program called FaceRipper to copy the face morph settings and copy it to an esp face preset file. OR to use LooksMenu to save the morphs as a new json preset.

 

One thing about presets, is that some of them, have dependencies. Either skin files, makeup files, HAIR FILES, or even Head files, that must be active in your game. In a lot of cases, if those files aren't there, you just get areas that don't look like they do in the pictures. In some cases, you can have areas that are blacked out, because you don't have the dependent files in your game. In some cases, things are just missing, or you can't make the mod active.

 

What I recommend doing, if you are using esp face presets. Get and install LooksMenu. However, with LM, you HAVE to start the game with f4se in order for LM to work. On My system, I dunno if other's have the same problem or not, but after I start the game, I have to manually make LM an active mod again.

But... what I do with esp presets, is that I start a new game, load the presets, and then make json presets of them, with looksmenu. Then I can either deactivate the esp, or delete it. And still have access to the presets via the saves I made in LM.

 

Hope this helps. Sorry I couldnt help with ESP explorer. Maybe somebody who's got it working, can help with that one.

[G4M3W1NN3R]

1. F4SE - you need to also copy the Data and Src folders that is included with F4SE Otherwise No F4SE plugin Will Work. you Must Copy all 5 included files to your fallout 4 installation folder: Data Folder, Src Folder, f4se_1_10_138.dll, f4se_loader.exe, and finally f4se_steam_loader.dll <-- all 5 are included in F4SE archive.

2. said Carry Weight mod does not require F4SE it is only ESP files, Only 1 of them ESP files must be active at any given time, not all of them, having more then 1 of them ESP files active, will override each other and thus cancel each other out, which will make the mod completely redundant (it wil not work) installing through a mod manager will automatically enable every single 1, unless of course said mod includes a fomod with an option to only pick 1 file, which it might do, i dont know however as i dont use the mod myself. but based on checking the file preview i can see a lot of ESP files.

2a. you need to equip something so that the Carryweight Modifier works, Value Modifiers Dont always immediately work, they require something to trigger them. such as when increasing weapon damage through perks, the weapon damage will not immediatly update until you equip any weapon, that has been affected by said perk.

3. as for Esp Explorer, you need to also download the Linked Updated Dll file, that somebody did, it is located in the Post Section, download it, and copy it to Fallout Installation Folder/Data/F4SE/Plugins - Folder

 

3a. once done, load the Game via F4se_Loader.exe - in game Press F11 <-- this will trigger ESP Explorer, and thus present you with a list of all your mods, in which you can click on to retrieve content from any mod, including Fallout 4 itself and its DLC

[fdjw88]

 

Heya fdjw, thanks for posting that link. Reading through the comments, I see that it's a crapshoot as to whether the mod works or not. Some people can get it to work, other's can't. And that it sometimes requires you to do things in game, which alter your carry weight.

So on this one, based off the replies in the comments, I'm gonna say that it's the mod itself.

Because you're describing a problem that other's have posted almost exactly the same.

(Not to mention that it hasn't been updated since 2015!)

 

I use a mod from the bethesda mods, that works 100%, all the time. (Except in power armor, but that's a game issue, not a mod issue).

BUT, it includes a LOT of other cheat options. I mean, seriously cheating options. Naturally, whether you use those or not, is all up to you. But the enticement of them, in extremely hard to resist, once you've tried them.

If you're interested, I'll tell you the name of the mod, and you can find and download it through the built in mod functions of the game.

 

[Edit] In the meantime, I'm going to teach you how to make a very simple little mod for yourself, called a batch file.

 

Open up the folder that you have your fallout 4 game installed in. RIGHT click on an empty part of the screen, and from the drop menu, choose New and then Text Document.

After windows creates the new file, double click on it, and it will open itself up in notepad, by default.

 

Now copy this, by highlighting the code, and hold CTRL and C, on your keyboard. Now switch back to the notepad doc, and press CTRL and V. That will paste the text into the doc.

player.modav carryweight 2000;

(You can set that to any number you want. I just set it to 2000 because that's what the mod you're trying to use is set for, I think?)

Now go up to the menu options for notepad, and choose File and then Save

 

Now, after it closes, Right click on the new text document, and chose Rename. Make it something easy to remember, and something easy and fast to type. weight.txt might be a good one to use. Also NO CAPITAL LETTERS OR SPACES in the name!! And make sure you leave the .txt at the end. Then click whatever windows tells you to, if it tells you.

 

Now, start the game, go in game, and press the tilde key on your keyboard. it looks like this: ~ and is usually located in your upper left hand corner, right above your tab key.

That will open the developer console. It looks like a small transparent rectangle in the bottom of your screen. Type in

 bat weight

or whatever you named the file, and then press your enter key on your keyboard. Then tap the tilde key again, and you should see that the console gives you a message. Check your pipboy, and your weight allowance should be for whatever you set the bat code for.

 

thanks for the help. i there is another mod that i have download which also don't work this:

 

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/16718

 

this mod was last updated in Mar 2019, so it is relatively recent, but somehow i cannot open the esp explorer window in game. i also downloaded some character presets, and i realized some of the present works, and some don't.

 

Wolf thanks a lot for staying with me and answer all my questions patiently. your recommendation for downloading that extra file for esp. explorer actually makes it work now. thanks a lot!