#HOW TO INSTALL MODS ON FALLOUT 3 HOW TO#
#HOW TO INSTALL MODS ON FALLOUT 3 FOR MAC#
#HOW TO INSTALL MODS ON FALLOUT 3 MOD#

ATI/Nvidia graphics driver (I won't explain how to do this, it would take a lifetime) FO3Edit (for making merged patches and cleaning mods): GamesForWindows LIVE Disabler (To make everything work right): Fallout Script Extender (For mods that require it):

#HOW TO INSTALL MODS ON FALLOUT 3 MOD#

Fallout Mod Manager (For load order management): WINE (PlayOnLinux will ease the installation process for some things but you don't have to use it if you don't want to) Fallout 3 GFWL DVD (I don't have nor will I cover Steam FO3)

#HOW TO INSTALL MODS ON FALLOUT 3 FOR MAC#

A Linux distribution (This should work for Mac too) and PlayOnLinux 4.0.14, the process differs from distro to distro but it's basically the same thing with slight changes.Д«efore we begin you'll need to gather some stuff, so here's what you need: I'll be explaining the process for setting up the game and modding tools on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise with WINE 1.4. I only gave possible solutions I discovered working for me, not definite answers set in stone. Every Linux distribution is different and will this work depends on a bunch of factors. NOTE: While everything I'm about to explain below works perfectly for me, that does not mean it will work perfectly for you as well. It's pretty simple, no hacking stuff or 'super terminal skills' needed. I know that there are a bunch of videos and tutorials mentioning how to run Fallout 3 on Linux using WINE/PlayOnLinux, but none of them explain how to maintain your load order or how to get the mod-required tools/programs/utilities to run in WINE.ДЄnd after seeing that people have problems making Fallout 3 capable of running mods effectively in WINE and/or PlayOnLinux (especially having troubles with FOSE), I thought I should post the way I managed to make everything work right.

10 Problems and advantages/disadvantages.

Thankfully NMM can do this for you and is quite good at it.

Learn about the 'sorting' utility within Nexus mod manager, Beth mods NEED to load up in a particular order alot of the time, if you dont load them like that, they will break.

Try and use common sense to look for compatibility issues, if you are looking at a mod that changes weather and see another mod that does are likely not going to get along.

Only install a few mods at a time before testing, to make trouble shooting easier.READ EVERYTHING seriously, some mods need to be installed in a particular way or have compatibility patches/compatibility mods DO NOT OVERLOOK THIS.After your run around and see if everything is as it should be/mods are working test make a backup of the whole game somewhere so you can restore if things go horribly wrong (and they can go horribly wrong, like break everything and need to redownload levels of wrong.(if you don't understand what I mean by the vault play the game and you will) I will boot at least 1 of these saves up (depending on the mod im testing) to see how stable things are, for example if you are getting a char creation hair pack mod, I test from the VERY start, if im testing a weather mod of course I test when outside, AND just before leaving the vault to see if that 'transition' causes a crash After installing every few mods do a quick run around test to look for anomalies (I use 3 saves, one at the VERY start of the game, one just before exiting the vault and one RIGHT after exiting the vault.Use the Nexus Mod manager, or Fallout Mod Manager it will save you much frustration, the diffrence is FOMM will be more compatable with FO3 mod installation, but its not as feature rich as NMM, NMM isnt as compatable since its newer then ALOT of FO3 mods.That being said for the love of god read you installation notes, use FOMM and learn how to mod FO properly.

I have used all of these other then 'errors corrections' so you shouldn't have compatibility issues. 'The Nexus' is love, 'the Nexus' is life.ДЇallout Script extender: (needed for some mods)ДЇallout Stutter remover: (FO is unplayable to me without this)ДЇake Fullscreen Mode Windowed: (iirc fixes some instability issues)

How to install mods on fallout 3