The mods will be downloaded from Fallout 3 Nexus, and you will need an account. In this case, this means two folders – one folder for Fallout 3, and one for New Vegas. You will want to make a separate Mod Organizer 1.3.11 program folder for every game you plan to organize. This makes the installation (and uninstallation!) of mods very straightforward should you want to start from scratch.įor both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, you will want to use the older Mod Organizer version 1.3.11 – more recent beta versions of the program (that support newer games, like Fallout 4 and Skyrim) unfortunately have some incompatibilities with the older games, and as such, I was unable to get them to work on the earlier games. It also uses a virtual data structure that stores your mods in a separate folder from your actual game files, keeping your actual game installation pristine. It has several key features: Most importantly, the program can be hooked to handle Nexus downloads. Mod Organizer is very powerful, reliable, and simple to use once you go through its built-in tutorial once. Although there are several good alternatives, Mod Organizer is, in my experience, by far the best application for the purpose today. Mod OrganizerĮvery Bethesda game modding process starts with the selection of a suitable mod manager. This tutorial operates under the assumption that you are on Windows, have all DLC (i.e., the GOTY edition), and are running Fallout 3 version 1.7.0.1. If you do want to follow this tutorial, either as your setup, or as a basis for adding on more modifications, for the purpose of playing and/or purchasing Fallout 3, I recommend the Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition on GOG.com – simply because it doesn’t have any of the Steam or GFWL dependencies. If you get too trigger happy, however, it can also be quite frustrating – much like the games themselves! Modding Bethesda games is pretty fun, as there are so, so many options. Modifications that work to make Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas more playable. I’m personally a fan of a “soft touch” style of modding, so the purpose here was to create a list of
In fact, I have actually written an article on Planescape: Torment (hilariously obsolete today, with the new Enhanced Edition out) before, and it’s a ton of fun to share this type of info! Since I have now spent an evening’s worth of catching up on, and customizing, each of the Fallouts, I figured I might as well put my lists out here.
To celebrate Fallout‘s 20th anniversary, I figured it would be fun to completely start from scratch and tool the Bethesda Fallout game series for new, fresh playthroughs.
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