Best FO3 Mods?

[Cookeh]

"Fallout 3 mods" into Google. Wowzers! http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=e...&q=fallout+3+mods&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Im lazy
And I hate google.
And google throws up tonnes of crap and not prepared to shift through tonnes of junk for one or two stuff that are good.
Why not just ask people who obviously know?

 

[MystaEB]

Ah, was looking for something with look down sights

Is it any good? Or is it buggy / off in any way?

The latest release is near perfect, with the occasional glitch when aiming while crouched. It mods all vanilla weapons, and there are quite a few other weapons available that are compatible. Also has in-game settings for hand drift, etc.

Here's my battered up M4 in action:



Improves the game by a huge margin, makes weapons like the pistol and hunting rifle a lot easier and more fun to use.

 

[Richdog]

Im lazy

Why not just ask people who obviously know?

Sigh.

 

[Evilsod]

can you give us a few instructions all this merged patch stuff is confusing

Basically just dl everything from the Fallout Nexus. Make sure you also get the Fallout Mod Manage (FOMM), Fallout Script Extender (FOSE) and Fallout 3 Edit (FO3Edit). I'm not sure its necessary, but i think its supposed to help with stability or something... tbh i'm not sure i'm doing it right.

Essentially you just add everything in the order it says on the FWE page on Nexus since it includes the load order for FWE, EVE, Project Beauty, WMK, MMM and DarnUI and tells you where to activate any other mods. Think WMK is included in FWE so no need to dl it.

[X] Fallout3.esm
[X] Anchorage.esm
[X] ThePitt.esm
[X] BrokenSteel.esm
[X] PointLookout.esm
[X] Zeta.esm
[X] CRAFT.esm
[X] CALIBR.esm
[X] Project Beauty.esm
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch.esm
[X] DCInteriors_ComboEdition.esm
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod.esm
[X] Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow.esm
[ ] Xepha's Dynamic Weather.esm
[X] DarNifiedUIF3.esp
[X] Project Beauty- Broken Steel.esp
[X] Project Beauty- Point Lookout.esp
[X] CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Operation Anchorage.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - The Pitt.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Broken Steel.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Point Lookout.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Mothership Zeta.esp
[X] DCInteriors_DLC_Collectables.esp
[X] CASM.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced (BrokenSteel).esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - UFP Support.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty (Followers Enhanced).esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Alternate Travel.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional VATS Halftime.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Free Play After MQ.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional VATS Realtime.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Worn Weapons.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers (automatics only).esp
[X] WeaponModKits.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - FWE Master Release.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - OperationAnchorage.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - ThePitt.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - BrokenSteel.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - PointLookout.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - Zeta.esp
[ ] WeaponModKits - FWE Optional Worn Weapons.esp
[X] EVE.esp
[X] EVE Operation Anchorage.esp
[X] EVE - FWE Master Release.esp
[X] EVE - FWE Master Release (Follower Enhanced).esp
[X] EVE Anchorage - FWE DLC Anchorage.esp
[X] EVE - FWE with WeaponModKits.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty + FWE.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Corpse Flies.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No DLC Increased Spawns.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Floaters.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Geckos.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Ghoul Raise.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Size Scaling.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Skeleton Decay.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Wanamingos.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Feral Ghoul Rampage.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - Hunting & Looting.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - Increased Increased Spawns.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Increased Spawns.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - Reduced Wasteland Spawns.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn.esp
[X] Enhanced Weather - Radioactive Rain and Snow Plugin.esp
[X] Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow in Fallout.esp
[X] Enhanced Weather - Sneak Bonus during Storms.esp
[X] Enhanced Weather - Weather Sounds in Interiors.esp

 

[Cookeh]

Sigh.

Sigh indeed.
If you'd actually bothered to read the post you'd know I was asking about mods that others would recommend, as many people have done.

Kindly refrain from posting any more rubbish cluttering the thread, if you have a mod to recommend do so.
kthnxbai

 

[Cookeh]

The latest release is near perfect, with the occasional glitch when aiming while crouched. It mods all vanilla weapons, and there are quite a few other weapons available that are compatible. Also has in-game settings for hand drift, etc.

Improves the game by a huge margin, makes weapons like the pistol and hunting rifle a lot easier and more fun to use.

That looks really good, thats on my prioirty list

 

[Evilsod]

Gah i'm been a tit, i was loading everything up in FO3Edit (which on the bright side at least lets you check if things conflict or are incomplete) but i wasn't creating a merged patch, thought something was up.

Hopefully it should make things more stable.

 

[Cookeh]

How do you install mods?
IronSights in particular has me confused.
And MartsMod has me worried with the crashes if done incorrectly and possible issues with Vista.

So, a mini-walkthrough would be cool
Thanks

 

[AJRimmer]

Some quality mods mentioned here, shame my install bodged when I went to windows 7. I'm hoping to see them make a comeback for New Vegas

 

[Evilsod]

How do you install mods?
IronSights in particular has me confused.
And MartsMod has me worried with the crashes if done incorrectly and possible issues with Vista.

So, a mini-walkthrough would be cool
Thanks

Most mods = Copy entire folder to the Fallout 3/Data folder and merge/replace everything. (that means .esm, .esp, texture, mesh, etc files. common sense can hopefully be applied if the folder is named 'data')

FOMM files put in the Fallout 3/fomm/mods file and activate through FOMM and the package manager.

 

[Tefal]

meh crashes on start up

 

[Evilsod]

meh crashes on start up

Did you run FO3Edit?

And as Josh said, export the load order from FOMM and copy it here.

 

[LeJosh]

meh crashes on start up

What order do you have your esm. esp. etc?

 

[Tefal]

Fallout3.esm
Anchorage.esm
ThePitt.esm
BrokenSteel.esm
PointLookout.esm
Zeta.esm
CRAFT.esm
CALIBR.esm
Project Beauty.esm
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm
Mart's Mutant Mod.esm
Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch.esm
DarNifiedUIF3.esp
Project Beauty- Broken Steel.esp
Project Beauty- Point Lookout.esp
CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp
Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Operation Anchorage.esp
Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - The Pitt.esp
Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Broken Steel.esp
Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Point Lookout.esp
Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Mothership Zeta.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced (BrokenSteel).esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty (Followers Enhanced).esp
WeaponModKits.esp
WeaponModKits - FWE Master Release.esp
WeaponModKits - OperationAnchorage.esp
WeaponModKits - ThePitt.esp
WeaponModKits - BrokenSteel.esp
WeaponModKits - PointLookout.esp
WeaponModKits - Zeta.esp
EVE.esp
EVE Operation Anchorage.esp
EVE - FWE Master Release.esp
EVE - FWE Master Release (Follower Enhanced).esp
EVE Anchorage - FWE DLC Anchorage.esp
EVE - FWE with WeaponModKits.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty + FWE.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Increased Increased Spawns.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn.esp
tefal1.esp

Total active plugins: 57
Total plugins: 59

 

[LeJosh]

oh have you used archive invalidation invalidated?

damn you've got a lot, I'm researching lol

Have craft straight after Fallout 3.esm

Project Beauty will conflict with any other mods that edit NPCs apparently, you have the mmm atleast.

 

[Evilsod]

[X] Fallout3.esm
[X] Anchorage.esm
[X] ThePitt.esm
[X] BrokenSteel.esm
[X] PointLookout.esm
[X] Zeta.esm
[X] CRAFT.esm
[X] CALIBR.esm
[X] Project Beauty.esm
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch.esm
[X] DCInteriors_ComboEdition.esm
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod.esm
[X] Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow.esm
[X] DarNifiedUIF3.esp
[X] Project Beauty- Broken Steel.esp
[X] Project Beauty- Point Lookout.esp
[X] CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Operation Anchorage.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - The Pitt.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Broken Steel.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Point Lookout.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Mothership Zeta.esp
[X] DCInteriors_DLC_Collectables.esp
[X] CASM.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced (BrokenSteel).esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - UFP Support.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty (Followers Enhanced).esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Alternate Travel.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional VATS Halftime.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Free Play After MQ.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional VATS Realtime.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Worn Weapons.esp
[ ] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers (automatics only).esp
[X] WeaponModKits.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - FWE Master Release.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - OperationAnchorage.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - ThePitt.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - BrokenSteel.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - PointLookout.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - Zeta.esp
[ ] WeaponModKits - FWE Optional Worn Weapons.esp
[X] EVE.esp
[X] EVE Operation Anchorage.esp
[X] EVE - FWE Master Release.esp
[X] EVE - FWE Master Release (Follower Enhanced).esp
[X] EVE Anchorage - FWE DLC Anchorage.esp
[X] EVE - FWE with WeaponModKits.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty + FWE.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Corpse Flies.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No DLC Increased Spawns.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Floaters.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Geckos.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Ghoul Raise.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Size Scaling.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Skeleton Decay.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - No Wanamingos.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Feral Ghoul Rampage.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - Hunting & Looting.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - Increased Increased Spawns.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Increased Spawns.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - Reduced Wasteland Spawns.esp
[ ] Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn.esp
[X] Enhanced Weather - Radioactive Rain and Snow Plugin.esp
[X] Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow in Fallout.esp
[X] Enhanced Weather - Sneak Bonus during Storms.esp
[X] Enhanced Weather - Weather Sounds in Interiors.esp
[X] CompleteMergedPatch.esp

Aside from a couple in a different order early on the only thing i can see missing is the Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch support (UFP Support.esp) for FWE. If that doesn't work try saving the load order and loading up with vanilla + DLC, and add in some of the big patches like FWE and MMM and see which 1 is failing to startup.

 

[LeJosh]

You'll need to use this if you havn't - ArchiveInvalidationInvalidated

 

[Evilsod]

oh have you used archive invalidation invalidated?

damn you've got a lot, I'm researching lol

Have craft straight after Fallout 3.esm

Project Beauty will conflict with any other mods that edit NPCs apparently, you have the mmm atleast.

Fallout 3 Interoperability Patch (FOIP) stops that. Thats why MMM has a couple of files named project beauty. There shouldn't be any problems with those working together, nor any others.

AII comes with recent versions of the FOMM (or FOSE) as far as i know so that shouldn't be a problem.

Edit: Hmm i can't seem to find it anymore... i swear my AII came with something because i remember downloading it and not needing to use it.

 

[LeJosh]

Yeah I noticed the .esp relating to them after I said PB will conflict.

Archive is a must apparently for PB. Not sure if FOIP sorts that.

 

[Evilsod]

Seems my DC Interiors is working after all, just with so much of DC it took a while to find an area that had been done. In the end i had to fight through Capitol Building and into Seward Square.