FOMM and free memory huge problems

[WorldWarTheThird]

Hi everyone, I've recently decided to re-install Fallout 3 and New Vegas.

After some modding, I just noticed that the free space on my System C was too little.
I didn't know that stuff would've happened since I thought to select mod destination in another hard disk J.

Right now I don't know what to do since I tried uninstalling some mods but memory space instead of growing continue to lowering.

I use FOMM and it reallly eats up so much space.

What should I do?

edit: Absurdly it says, "insufficent free space, mods will not be uninstalled" :sad:

[jjb54]

Why are you using FOMM? NMM ( No not Vortex ) does an excellent job taking care of FO 3 & NV.

>> I've been using even with my recent games of FO-3 , FO-NV, Skyrim SE and FO-4.

[dubiousintent]

FOMM works still fine, and was also specifically written for Fallout games. (Most people tend to become quite partisan towards the first mod manager they initially spend a lot of time getting familiar with. This occurs regarding other tools as well, such as "text editors".) But FOMM does place the files from the game and mods in the game "Data" folder. Newer managers like MO/MO2/NMM/Vortex can (if configured to do so) place them in a different drive/folder and only place a minimal "symlink" in the Data folder for each needed file. This approach permits multiple configurations without consuming as much disk space. However, it does add some conceptual complexity requiring you to more carefully read the documentation.

 

* Did you install Steam to it's default location? If so, please see the wiki "Installing Games on Windows Vista+" article for why the original default Steam behavior of installing games to the "C:\Program Files" or "C:\Program Files(x86)" folder tree was bad (they learned better, and don't do that any more but didn't change it for older games); and why "disabling UAC and running as Administrator" is NOT sufficient, with instructions how to move it. This is the single most important thing you can do to fix and protect yourself against problems in the future. As much of a PITA as that is, it's never going to be any easier than now. System updates often cause issues with games installed to these folder trees. With the game moved out of the default location you will not need to be running it as an "Administrator Account", which is safer. Please see the 'Restoring to "Vanilla"' section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article as well.

Disabling "User Account Control" (UAC) only stops Windows from prompting you to grant "administrative" credentials to an application that the system says must have a "UAC elevation". Disabling UAC does not automatically then enable the permission for such applications. Instead, (for all intents and purposes) it automatically denies them. (Please read this MS article on how it works in Win10. The basics have been there since the inception of UAC with Vista.)

If you did move Steam out of the default location, then likely any access privilege problem is one of "File and Folder permissions" on the parent "root" folder under which you installed the games. If this is not set correctly to allow at least "System", "Administrators", and "Users" to have "Full Control" then you can't overwrite other files or make changes. You then (while logged in as an "Administrator Account") need to enable the "Properties | Security | Advanced | Change Permissions" setting of the parent folder to enable the box: "Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object", so those changes get applied to the existing files and sub-folders.

 

As for "insufficent free space, mods will not be uninstalled", that suggests to me your "trash can"/"recycle bin" is not being emptied. Files you just "delete" by moving to the "trash can" still remain on the disk drive. See "How to Empty Your Computer’s Recycle Bin".

-Dubious-

Edited April 6, 2020 by dubiousintent