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• Matt Nelson

  

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  August 5, 2012 7:20 AM EDT

  Seeing as Steam are having a sale on FO i've decided to download it for my pc. Previosuly i've only ever played it on 360 so i have no experience with mods.

  I was wondering if I should install mods, and if so which ones? I dont want to break my game by downloading ones that arent compatible! Also does the Nexus Mod Manager work at installing mods into a Steam game?

  Any advice would be hugely appreciated!

• Dieter

  

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  August 5, 2012 8:02 AM EDT

  Nexus Mod Manager works at installing mods to the steam version of the game as well. I don't know if it automatically detects the Fallout 3 folder in that case but if it doesn't you just have to select it and everything should be fine.

  And what a coincidence, I was just downloading mods to get Fallout 3 ready for another run. I shall place the mods for FO:3 I'm tracking and downloading at the moment here.

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/621

  everything from this guy: http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/users/309068

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/1409

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/4457

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/3808

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/7670

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/10045

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/9497

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/14449

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/3388

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/2761

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/101

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/8886

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/13308

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/5573

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/8340

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/14773

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/17418

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/6938

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/17908

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/17939

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/17965

  http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/17992

  Warning, I haven't tested how these work together yet, but normally there shouldn't be to many issues. Some mods will probarly also conflict with eachother but there are many compatibility patches and if you follow the instructions there shouldn't be too many problems.

  I also want to make clear that not every mod will be installed correctly with nexus mod manager. You see the option to download with nexus mod manager everywhere but that doesn't mean that the folder structure of the mod is correct for it to work. If a mod contains a data folder when you unpack it it should install fine with NMM but otherwise you will probarly end up with some misplaced folders and broken mods. If you see folders named Textures, Meshes or Sound in your Fallout 3 base folder you should place them in the data folder, those are the most common issues you can have with Fallout 3 mods. These issues occur because many of the mods where made before the release of NMM and haven't been adapted to it.

• Todd

  

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  August 5, 2012 8:06 AM EDT

  Do you think perhaps we should have a group for other Bethesda games?

• Dieter

  

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  August 5, 2012 8:14 AM EDT

  This has been discussed before, I think we all agreed that the general discussion section of the forum was enough to keep everything fine.

• Todd

  

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  August 5, 2012 8:19 AM EDT

  Has it really? 
  
  I didn't know that.
  
  But still, it seems like recently there has been a lot of Fallout talk.

• Dieter

  

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  August 5, 2012 8:23 AM EDT

  Well, we would have to make a group for every game if we start going that way and we had a discussion about changing the name as well and the majority wanted this to be a more general RPG site but keep the name Skyrimblog because we all have Skyrim in common.

• Todd

  

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  August 5, 2012 8:24 AM EDT

  Well you could simply have a group called "Other Besthesda Games", which would probably be popular.

• Dieter

  

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  August 5, 2012 8:26 AM EDT

  Why? Everything is fine the way it is now if you ask me.

• lanep25

  

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  August 5, 2012 11:06 AM EDT

  I think it's just bother Emer for some reason. Anyway, there's already a Fallout centered site called "No Mutants Allowed". I've strolled their forums quite a few times and all they have are whiners, complainers, trolls, and all other unsavory types. I'd hate for us to attract some of those unwanted people over to our group <shudders at the thought>

• lanep25

  

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  August 5, 2012 11:06 AM EDT

  Thanks for the recommendations!

• RuneRed

  

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  August 5, 2012 11:15 AM EDT

  Everything doesn't have to be in a group.  (Sigh, I feel as if I barely have any hosting responsibilities anymore since most things have splintered off  into groups.)

• RuneRed

  

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  August 5, 2012 11:18 AM EDT

  They would be booted,  lanep25 - we get that type occassionally, but they don't last long.  We can keep Fallout in the gaming discussions for now, perhaps Paul may add a new 'topic' if it becomes popular, I just don't want to see a group for everything.

• Dieter

  

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  August 5, 2012 11:19 AM EDT

  I forgot about esp and esm files, they should be in the data folder too.

• lanep25

  

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  August 5, 2012 12:28 PM EDT

  Another great quest mod is Cube Experimental - http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/6270/

• lanep25

  

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  August 5, 2012 12:59 PM EDT

  And there's also the extended GNR playlist - http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/14946

• Dieter

  

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  August 5, 2012 1:03 PM EDT

  That's a fine mod indeed, but to be honest, I don't use those mods that add music and stuff because I like to play with my radio turned off to be able to hear the actual background music and sounds. With my new playthrough coming up I'll be sure to use this mod though.