Contents: FakePatch_v1.4.0.6.esm and FakePatch_v1.4.0.6.txt

Description: This is simply an .esm file containing all the official edits to date applied to Fallout3.esm from the consecutive official patches. It allows the user to have their game effectively patched to 1.4.0.6 minus the VATS changes seemingly introduced in the newer Fallout3.exe's, a quick fix for the interim until a newer patch is released. This allows for, if used properly, use of DLC, FOSE, and the last Fallout version which VATS worked as intended with, namely *http://files.filefront.com/Fallout3+v10015+Englissixe/;13418243;/fileinfo.html, and all in tandem.

*Note: Linked v_1.0.0.15 patch is the US version. I'm not sure where to find it for other regions.=\ (I'll add links if anyone can lead me to them)

Installation: Extract contents to Fallout\Data and activate via *http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=640 making sure that it loads directly before http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3808, which you should have if you don't already. If you have DLC(s), however, load it directly after Fallout3.esm.

*Note: FOMM/FOSE will not load Fallout v1.0.0.15 if you're using FOSE and do not have the appropriate fose_1_0.dll. Also, you might notice FOMM will want to load other plugins before Fallout3.esm, so you'll also want to redate your .esm before playing. See more below...

http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=963756: If using Fallout Script Extender, grab http://fose.silverlock.org/beta/fose_v1_1_beta2.zip and the http://fose.silverlock.org/beta/fose_v1_1_beta2_10015.zip to accompany the .exe from patch v_1.0.0.15.

Redating your .esm or mods: After any official patch, your Fallout3.esm will be replaced. You'll either need to make your mods' dates newer (all different timestamps) or make your .esm's date older to keep everything working properly after setting up any given patch/reinstall. Use this http://www.petges.lu/ to do so, just make sure you check ONLY the "modify date and timestamp" box and NOT the "Archive" or "Index" boxes which are checked by default.

DLC compatibility: Although the official patch is needed to acquire the DLC, the content, if http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=959505&st=0&p=13872813&#entry13872813, does not need the 1.1.0.35's patch to work provided you manually add the DLC .bsa's to your Fallout3.ini as described below. Imagine fully functional VATS in the simulator! To purchase the DLC, you must patch to the needed version, DL, then revert to 1.0.0.15, so I suggest backing up your 1.0.0.15 .exe and .esm in a "1.0.0.15" folder. After acquiring the DLC content through LIVE!, yank the 1.4.0.6 .exe/.esm and replace them with the 1.0.0.15 .esm/.exe

Note: Some have reported problems getting O:A to work properly unless FOSE was installed. If you have tried everything else to get O:A to work to no avail and don't have FOSE, I recommend installing it as there's everything to gain and nothing to lose by having it.

IMPORTANT - Manually adding archives to your Fallout3.ini: SArchiveList=ArchiveInvalidationInvalidated!.bsa, Fallout - Textures.bsa, Fallout - Meshes.bsa, Fallout - Voices.bsa, Fallout - Sound.bsa, Fallout - MenuVoices.bsa, Fallout - Misc.bsa, Anchorage - Main.bsa, Anchorage - Sounds.bsa

If ever you download a mod which contains a new .bsa, you must manually add it to the sArchivesList= entry in the same manner as the DLC's.

Xbox LIVE! compatibility: Don't know and don't care. This does not add achievements to GFWL or do anything to it for that matter.

Patch changes to Fallout3.esm included in FakePatch_v1.4.0.6.esm (Bethesda edits)

• "Don't allow NPC Fall Damage" flag added to Megaton World
  
• New game setting added, sDownloadsNotAvail [GMST:0007EA19] with the Value/Data "View Downloadable Content"
  
• Updated NavMesh data
  
• Fixes for Big Town robots
  
• Fix for Fort Bannister Mr. Gutsy
  
• Various Dialog changes
  
• Ink container weight and value edits
  
• 12 minor edits to NPC's
  
• Changes to quest MS09
  
• 5 edited scripts

Future: Hopefully the next patch won't exhibit any problems so this temporary fix will eventually be unneccessary. IF the next patch either introduces new bugs or does not fix current bugs, I'll be sure to make an updated version of FakePatch available asap.

Thanks: ElminsterEU for FO3Edit, the tool with which this was made, the FOSE team for kicking azz in general and providing support for v_1.0.0.15, Bethesda for the game and numerous fixes listed above, Quarn for fixing so much other stuff in UF3P and figuring out the O:A .bsa solution, and, of course, God for making us all.

Feedback/help: If you encounter any problems with installation or getting everything working post here and I'll do my best to help or, if necessary, make changes to the FakePatch.esm or install instructions. I've tested with the newest version of FOSE including the the fose_1_0.dll with Fallout3 v_1.0.0.15 .exe/.esm and O:A and all works fine.[/b]

Whoa! Have you tested this and can you actually play with the DLC? If I have updated my game to 1.1 or 1.4? Do I have to have patch 1.4 for this or will the prior patch work? Will I have to do anything special(besides like you said just installing and loading correctly) or will this work perfectly fine?


As soon as those questions are answered I am downloading this and trying it out.

Whoa! Have you tested this and can you actually play with the DLC? If I have updated my game to 1.1 or 1.4? Do I have to have patch 1.4 for this or will the prior patch work? Will I have to do anything special(besides like you said just installing and loading correctly) or will this work perfectly fine?


As soon as those questions are answered I am downloading this and trying it out.

At first I thought you were going to link directly to the official patch, and calling this 'Fake Patch 1.4.0.6', take a well deserved stab at Bethesda for the patch that didn't actually fix anything it was supposed to, and so isn't a patch at all!

Then I read your description -- good work! A good idea and well implemented.

I'd use it, but I'll have to stay on 1.1 for the SLI fixes in the .exe :/

At first I thought you were going to link directly to the official patch, and calling this 'Fake Patch 1.4.0.6', take a well deserved stab at Bethesda for the patch that didn't actually fix anything it was supposed to, and so isn't a patch at all!

Then I read your description -- good work! A good idea and well implemented.

I'd use it, but I'll have to stay on 1.1 for the SLI fixes in the .exe :/

If this can be installed straight from disk copy of Fallout 3 that'd be great, the patch before Anchorage crapped out activated the Securom in Fallout3 and broke my disk drive, I fixed it now but don't want to risk that happening again!

I want to be able to use DLC's but I'm just pretty annoyed that every patch Bethesda releases doesn't fix known bugs and actually introduces loads more! oO

And the one official patch I installed aggravated the inbuilt antipiricy [censored] that comes with the game!

The only reason I installed it in the first place was because the Fallout3 mod mangers don't work on the origonal build of the game... and most mods are made with the latest patch in mind...

There were SLI fixes? So SLI got fixed but HDR and VATS (and other stuff) got borked?

That is why I am all for them getting rid of this stupid GFWL.

I think I am not even going to update to download the Pitt simply because it isn't available through other means. If I could get it on disk or some other way to download it then I would, but GFWL can take a flying leap.

Unfortunately, Microsoft seems to basically own them in functionality if not in fact.... They aren't allowed to release DLC for ps3, their distribution channel suddenly changed to the brahmin-feces GFWL....

:shakehead:

@JustinOther
Sorry for my ignorance, but if I've already installed 1.4.0.6 patch and replaced the exe with 1.0.0.15 one, I don't need the "Fake Patch" right? Since the patched esm should have all the edits? (updated NavMesh, Megaton/Big Town fixes, etc.)
BTW, can you give me some instructions about how to play O:A with older exe? I've tried to extract all the data from O:A BSAs and with FOMM archive invalidation toggled. But I have to use new exe to load a pre-1.1 save, save in a new save, and use old exe to load the new save, otherwise the O:A mission won't work properly. If I directly load a pre-1.1 save, I can't get the Outcasts signal. And if I just go to Bailey's Crossroads & VSS facility (Outcasts Outpost), I can't enter the simulation pod even I already put on the Neural Interface Suit. :\