Can't get replacement skins/meshes to work

[rawritsabear]

I'm using the steam version.

 

created and edited archiveinvalidation.txt with the appropriate paths.

 

I couldn't find a fallout.ini to change bInvalidateOlderFiles, but there was a fallout_default.ini that had it, so I changed that. Just in case, I copied it and renamed it fallout.ini, so that might be the problem but I have no idea what else I could do.

 

Whenever I try to replace a skin/mesh, the game doesn't respond at all and makes no change. I've tried this with a number of them, and none of them have worked. I tried with all other mods off, on a clean install, no matter what I do, I can't get it to work. Has anyone experienced/remedied this before? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Guest]

got the same problem, tried to give clover new face and dogmeat into a Yao Guai, nothing happened to meaty and clover has her good ol collar and punker hair :wallbash:

[Nox Angelus]

I'm using the steam version.

 

created and edited archiveinvalidation.txt with the appropriate paths.

 

I couldn't find a fallout.ini to change bInvalidateOlderFiles, but there was a fallout_default.ini that had it, so I changed that. Just in case, I copied it and renamed it fallout.ini, so that might be the problem but I have no idea what else I could do.

 

Whenever I try to replace a skin/mesh, the game doesn't respond at all and makes no change. I've tried this with a number of them, and none of them have worked. I tried with all other mods off, on a clean install, no matter what I do, I can't get it to work. Has anyone experienced/remedied this before? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I've been banging my head against these same issues. I have tried

• Using the GECK to take the new .dds files I've made and turn them into a texture set
  
• using a texture replacement program to switch out the old texture for the ones created
  
• prayer
  
• using FO3Edit to switch in the new textures
  
• making sure I generate mipmaps when I save the texture files
  
• burnt offerings
  
• adding all the new texture files to the ArchiveInvalidation.txt
  

when I do any of the above things, the model looks great in the GECK render window, but once I'm in game, it seems to just pick a random texture, this will then change depending on the angle of viewing to another random texture.

Any help that can be contributed would be greatly appreciated as I would like to get this mod out in time for the holidays (its a gift).

[UlrikS]

You need to change the bInvalidateOlderFiles in the FALLOUT.INI-file, wich is located here: My Documents/My Games/Fallout3

:)

 

And I'am using Steam too, so i can confirm that it works with it :P

[Nox Angelus]

Woohoo! Thanks a ton, that did it for me!