Modding help for a newbie

[GunVolt47]

Ok, I’ll get right to the point… I’m new when it comes to modding FO4 unlike minecraft or for Steam games which are relatively easy modding wise (for me anyway). FO4 on the other hand you need mods in order to make other mods even work. I have the 6 baseline mods you need in order to make many of the other ones work (Fallout 4 Script Extender, Mod Configuration Menu, Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch, Armor and Weapon Keywords Community Resource, Armorsmith Extended & Valdacil's Item Sorting) but I’m still getting “straight to desktop crashes” whenever I try to trade with a companion or store my extra junk in a chest, suitcase, desk, ect. I have just under the 255 mod limit for NMM (235 active) an I’m not sure if it’s due to some conflict between 2 of em or if some of the older ones I’m using are causing it and need a patch to fix but I rly could use some help. I’ve been at it for a week now an I’m starting to hit my limit.

EDIT: my mod list

Sleep Together Anywhere

Animation

Black Widow Armor and Pipboy (Pip-boy)

Armour

Chinese Stealth Suit

Armour

Chinese Stealth Suit - CBBE

Armour

Commonwealth Prosthetics - Synthetic Arm

Armour

Concealed Armor for Far Harbor and Nuka World DLC

Armour

Concealed Armors

Armour

Courier's Long Coat (The Bad-Ass Long Coat Retex)

Armour

Deathclaw Armory

Armour

Deathclaw Hunter Armor CBBE

Armour

Deathclaw Hunter Armor for Vanilla-EVB

Armour

Deathclaw Skull Helmet

Armour

Enclave Nano Suit ( V2.2 Male and New BodySlide and Craftable Base outfit )

Armour

Heavy Institute Armor Corpus Praesidium

Armour

Robo Leg Outfits

Armour

Skeleton Armor CBBE

Armour

Skeleton Armor for Vanilla-EVB

Armour

Incursion VATS Critical SFX (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Audio - SFX

Appealing Moles

Body, Face, and Hair

Caliente's Beautiful Bodies Enhancer -CBBE-

Body, Face, and Hair

Commonwealth Cuts - KS Hairdos - ApachiiSkyHair

Body, Face, and Hair

HN66s and XAZOMNs Distinctive Teeth for FO4

Body, Face, and Hair

Curie Is Inspirational - Fix Companion Missing Perks and Fall Damage

Bug Fixes

Elevator Buttons Fix (Contraptions)

Bug Fixes

Midwest Power Armor Evolution - Right Arm Fix

Bug Fixes

Piper Interview Restored

Bug Fixes

Guard Towers

Buildings

Ploppable Houses

Buildings

Powered Concrete

Buildings

Chris Redfield (RE5) LooksMenu Preset

Character Presets

Red (Transistor) preset

Character Presets

Cheat Terminal

Cheats and God items

SunKat's Kimono Conversion

Clothing

The Bad-Ass Vault Dweller Long Coat

Clothing

Backpacks of the Commonwealth

Clothing - Backpacks

Lore Friendly Backpacks

Clothing - Backpacks

AmazingFollowerTweaks

Companions

Automatron Expanded Weapons System

Companions

Better Companions - No Conflicts

Companions

Companion Accuracy Boost

Companions

Companion Infinite Ammo

Companions

Deathclaw Follower

Companions

Deathclaw follower attacks

Companions

More Smarter Companions Mod

Companions

Nora Spouse Companion

Companions

Nora Spouse Companion - NoraSpouseV1.0.1 LooksMenu Add on

Companions

Unlimited Companion Framework

Companions

Crafting Framework - Ammo . Armor . Junk . Legendary . Weapon

Crafting - Equipment

Skinning in the Commonwealth - Deathclaw Armor

Crafting - Equipment

Build Your Own Pool

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Craftable Balcony Supports

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Craftable Castle Wall Patches REDUX

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Custom Concrete Walls with Window Glass

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Farming Resources

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Flags of the Old World

Crafting - Home/Settlement

G2M - Workshop

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Generator - Fusebox-Powerbox with 3-5-10 and 100 energy

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Heavens Four Poster Beds

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Just some Curtains and Rods

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Minutemen Morale Pack

Crafting - Home/Settlement

No more gaps under junk fences

Crafting - Home/Settlement

NorthlandDiggers Resources - Animals - Landscape - Garden and more...

Crafting - Home/Settlement

OCDecorator - Static Loot

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Rebuild - Modular Sanctuary Pre-War and Post-War Build Set

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Reginalds PreFab ShackFest

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Renovated Furniture

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Snappable Junk Fences

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Thematic and Practical - Workshop Settlements - Structures and Furnitures

Crafting - Home/Settlement

V's Community Art

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Xnjguy Filled Mods All-In-One plus New Mod

Crafting - Home/Settlement

Graf's Glue - More Adhesive Recipes

Crafting - Other

Anatomically Correct Feral Ghouls

Creatures

D.E.C.A.Y - Better Ghouls

Creatures

Female Deathclaws of Fallout 4

Creatures

Institute Centaurs

Creatures

RustBelt Flora (Unsupported)

Environment

RustBelt Flora Replace

Environment

Vivid Fallout - All in One

Environment

Wasteland Illumination

Environment

Wasteland Water Revival

Environment

We Are The Minutemen

Factions

Beast Master - Creature Companion Overhaul

Gameplay Effects and Changes

Bullet Time - Slow Time

Gameplay Effects and Changes

Live Dismemberment

Gameplay Effects and Changes

Player Marriage - Marry Your Romanced Companion

Gameplay Effects and Changes

Sleep Intimate

Gameplay Effects and Changes

Sneaky Kills

Gameplay Effects and Changes

Syringer Overhaul

Gameplay Effects and Changes

Unarmed Gameplay Overhaul and SLIDE KICK

Gameplay Effects and Changes

CWSS Redux v2 - Craftable Working Showers Sinks Baths Toilets Urinals Kitchens etc

Immersion

Immersive Generic Dialogues

Immersion

Immersive Vendors

Immersion

Welcome to Fallon's

Immersion

Working Visible Weapon

Immersion

- Institute Sky -

Locations - Vanilla

Better Goodneighbor

Locations - Vanilla

Better The Third Rail

Locations - Vanilla

Diamond City Expansion

Locations - Vanilla

Sanctuary Hills Overhaul - REDUX

Locations - Vanilla

No wandering Guards - The Castle

Miscellaneous

Settlement Menu Manager

Miscellaneous

How to (Easily) convert ESPs into ESLs using xEdit

Modders Resources and Tutorials

Quick Conversion Of ESP To ESL Using The Creation Kit.

Modders Resources and Tutorials

Settlement Keywords Expanded

Modders Resources and Tutorials

Female Deathclaws

Models and Textures

Kirs freckles

Models and Textures

Real Troughs - New Brahmin Feeders (standalone)

Models and Textures

The Eyes Of Beauty Fallout Edition

Models and Textures

Valkyr Female Face and Body Textures

Models and Textures

WX Hair Colors

Models and Textures

Minigun Emplacements - Includes Buildable and placed Enemy Spawns

NPC

Moddable and FIXED Professor Goodfeels (Automatron)

NPC

Immersive Scrapping

Overhauls

Looks Menu Customization Compendium

Overhauls

VIS-G Item Sorting

Overhauls

Backpacks Of The Commonwealth VIS Patch

Patches

LOST AWKCR VIS-G Patches

Patches

Project Valkyrie Sorting Tags

Patches

Ruse's VIS-G and Armorsmith Extended Patches

Patches

Vanguard's VIS-G and AWKCR Patches (and Menu patches too)

Patches

VIS-G And Immersive Gameplay Patch

Patches

We Are The Minutemen - VIS-G - Armorsmith Extended Patch

Patches

Fallout 4 FPS and Performance Fix

Performance

Blitz 3

Perks

Ninja Perk Fix - Ninja Use Fist Too - Immersive

Perks

PerkPointsPerLevel

Perks

Special Agent

Perks

Strong Back Perks

Perks

Aloot's Home Plate

Player Homes

Rockin' Red Rocket

Player Homes

All Settlements Extended

Player Settlement

Clean and Simple - Oberland Station Startup

Player Settlement

Clean Shacks

Player Settlement

Craftable Turret Stands

Player Settlement

Gruffydd's Signs and Posters

Player Settlement

Hangman's Alley Interior Apartments

Player Settlement

Homemaker - Expanded Settlements

Player Settlement

Housekeeping - Scavenging Deluxe

Player Settlement

JCW Builder

Player Settlement

More Powerful Windmills

Player Settlement

NavMeshFixer ( Do It Yourself NavMesh )

Player Settlement

Port Royal

Player Settlement

Red Rocket Reborn

Player Settlement

Repairable Sanctuary

Player Settlement

Sanctuary Hills Overhaul

Player Settlement

Sandbag Fortifications

Player Settlement

Scrap Everything

Player Settlement

Selectable Mark I-VII Machinegun Turret

Player Settlement

Settlement Supplies Expanded

Player Settlement

Shaikujin's Better warning for settlements being attacked

Player Settlement

Simply Modular Housing

Player Settlement

Snap'n Build 2.0

Player Settlement

SnapBeds - Usable Bunk Beds - Mix and Match Beds

Player Settlement

Snappy HouseKit

Player Settlement

The Cabin in the Woods

Player Settlement

The Castle Fully Restored Inside Out V2

Player Settlement

The Master Plan

Player Settlement

Vault 88 - More Vault Rooms

Player Settlement

Wall Pass-Through Power Conduits

Player Settlement

Workshop Rearranged

Player Settlement

Midwest Power Armor Evolution

Power Armour

NX-6 Avalon - Custom Gundam Power Armor

Power Armour

Children of Ug-Qualtoth

Quests and Adventures

Combat Zone Restored

Quests and Adventures

Fusion City Rising - Quest Mod Plus

Quests and Adventures

Outcasts and Remnants - Quest Mod Plus

Quests and Adventures

Project Valkyrie

Quests and Adventures

The Bleachers - A Diamond City Story

Quests and Adventures

The Hollow

Quests and Adventures

Swingin Baby - Electro Swing Radio Station

Radio

The Cat's Meow -Atom Cats Radio-

Radio

Better Living Underground - A Vault 88 Blueprint v2.7

Transfer Settlement Blueprints

Cullens Finch Farm

Transfer Settlement Blueprints

Digi-Fu's Hangman's Alley blueprint - Restoring the Commonwealth

Transfer Settlement Blueprints

Digi-Fu's Oberland Station blueprint - Restoring the Commonwealth

Transfer Settlement Blueprints

Edmond's Starlight Drive In Vanilla Blueprint

Transfer Settlement Blueprints

The Castle Minutemen HQ Reborn - Settlement Blueprint

Transfer Settlement Blueprints

The Ultimate Vault 88

Transfer Settlement Blueprints

Transfer Settlements - Shareable Settlement Blueprints

Transfer Settlement Blueprints

DEF_UI

User Interface

Extended Facial Sculpting - now with 90 percent less beta

User Interface

Full Dialogue Interface (NewDialog English and CN-DE-ES-FR-IT-JA-PL-PTBR-RU translations)

User Interface

Game Configuration Menu

User Interface

LooksMenu

User Interface

BodySlide and Outfit Studio

Utilities

Fallout4.exe Auto-Backup

Utilities

The Red Wave V2 (Far Harbor Update) - Personal Traveling Boat

Vehicles

Better Workshop Street Oil Lamps

Visuals and Graphics

CROSS Crit Gore-verhaul

Visuals and Graphics

Enhanced Lights and FX

Visuals and Graphics

Eye Normal Map Fix Fallout 4 Edition

Visuals and Graphics

10mm SMG

Weapons

AE-86 Seiryuu Beam Katana

Weapons

Archimedes-II

Weapons

Ardent Blade

Weapons

Blade Runner Shotgun

Weapons

CROSS PlasRail

Weapons

CROSS_Blades

Weapons

CROSS_Cryolance

Weapons

Crossbows of the Commonwealth

Weapons

Dual Wield Melee

Weapons

El Cazador Armor

Weapons

Fusillade Grenade Launcher

Weapons

Handmade Anti-Materiel Rifle (REDUX)

Weapons

Kendall Ballistics Karma-45

Weapons

M2045 Magnum Revolver Rifle

Weapons

Modular Assassin Sword

Weapons

Modular Infantry Energy Rifle

Weapons

MTs-255 Revolver Shotgun

Weapons

Pancor Jackhammer

Weapons

The Widow Shotgun

Weapons

Weapon Expansions - Leveled List Crafting and More

Weapons

Zombie Slayer

Weapons

Boss Chests Contain Legendaries

Weapons and Armour

Mutant Hunter Armor

Weapons and Armour

Vivid Weathers - Fallout 4 Edition - a Weather Mod and Climate Overhaul

Weather and Lighting

Edited May 4, 2020 by GunVolt47

[pepperman35]

So applying some basic troubleshooting: 1) When was the last time it ran stable; 2) What mods have you added since it was last stable 3) Disable those mod and see if it resolves the problem.

[GunVolt47]

1: the game runs stable up until I either try and trade with a companion or store my extra junk in a chest, suitcase, desk, ect then it "straight to desktop crashes"

2: I started a new game with all the mods I had listed active

3: still troubleshooting, disabling mods and seeing what works since I 1st posted this

Edited May 4, 2020 by GunVolt47

[GunVolt47]

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[themoondoggie1]

I've been using Vortex/Nexus, why two names? for months or longer. I have learned very little or just enough to get in trouble and start having Fallout 4 just DUMP

right out of my computers memory which shouldn't be happening, but does. Why it shouldn't? I follow the modders instructions as best I can with my limited

knowledge of this very confusing interface. I got to the point where following the modders instructions I install the mod, if I have and issue after installing the mod

I remove the mod and move on to another mod. I have tried troubleshooting a mod that has issues when the modders instructions clearly state there are no

REQUIREMENTS. It's just to irritating and time consuming. I end up spending hours trying to get a mod to work that should just work according to the mod creator.

I enjoy the 140 or so mods that have been working in Fallout 4, but I don't enjoy having my game dump out of memory recently, often and randomly.

I recently validated the Fallout 4 files on steam and the validation found a corrupt or altered file and restored it to the original file.

I'm hoping that was the reason Fallout 4 was dumping from memory, but unfortunately that's not the only reason.

I'm not a modder, I'm not interested in creating mods or troubleshooting the mods I install according to the modders instructions.

 

I'd like to suggest that Nexus and or Vortex tighten the modders requirements when publishing mods here.

If a modder says there are no REQUIREMENTS then there should be absolutely NO requirements what so ever.

Example: Diamond City mod.

I installed it, went to Diamond City and it was all messed up, clipping, stuff appearing and disappearing, WHY?

I followed the modders instructions. I reluctantly spent time searching for WHY? and it took a lot of time.

I found ONE, just one of many comments in the author posts telling just one person the solution, this solution

should have been suggested in the authors description and files download areas because it's a REQUIREMENT.

suggest to, "Move the mod lower in the mod list", was the solution.

 

It would really help everyone get more enjoyment from Nexus/Vortex listed mods if the authors instructions were complete.

 

I've had to remove more then a dozen mods that I wanted to use in Fallout 4 because they simply just didn't work as

advertised, the mod conflicts with other mods or mod files are duplicates or a mod needs to be loaded before or after

another mods. Using the "Manage files" and selecting "suggested" doesn't work 95% of the time.

 

I do enjoy the mods! Thank You very much MOD Authors and Vortex/Nexus.

 

Mike