i have bought fallout 3 via the downloader on gamestop.com (where you pay over the internet) anyway, i was wondering if it was possible to get all the expansion packs for it the same way i got fallout 3, i want to know if i need to get a phys. copy of said expansions of if i can just download them or something. please reply soon

I don't think you can get the DLC's on digital DL from gamestop.

However, you can get them all from steam.

I'm not sure if you would even need to make an account to get the DLCs.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/22300/

I'm sure you can figure it out from there.

PM me if you have trouble.

I thought the expansion packs for Fallout 3 began their life as Downloadable Content, so they should be available for download somewhere.

If you have to purchase each one separately though, you might actually find a better deal somewhere (online or in a mortar and brick store) for the GOTY version that includes all of them. I dunno.

One option might be to consider registering your game with STEAM and seeing what they charge for the downloadable content. Since Fallout New Vegas is entirely a STEAM release, I'd guess that Fallout 3 and the related expansion packs are also available there. But not sure either. Just throwing some suggestions out there.

EDIT: Oops, see someone beat me to the STEAM suggestion. Sorry.

you sure its compatible? i thought you had to buy fallout 3 off of steam to use the expansions from steam

I'm pretty sure (thought not comletely) that STEAM allows you to register games with them that you purchased elsewhere. I would think if you did that, then any modifications required for the STEAM version should take place automatically and all downloads from STEAM should work. But I'm just not sure. Hopefully someone with more knowledge can confirm/deny that.

thanks, im gonna do some digging around the internet and see, ill keep this thread up too.

The more I dig the more confused I am.

I feel like I'm in inception.


I think you need to make an account with "games for windows live" (aka an xbox live account) to use their marketplace.

This is bad news, I think it means you have to use MS funbucks.

I think there should be a link in FO3 when you run it.

http://bethblog.com/index.php/2009/01/13/get-ready-for-fallout-3-downloadable-content/

I gonna keep looking.

hey if i just get the GOYT copy from steam, could i just copy and paste my fallout 3 save files from my downloaded copy into the GOTY's folders?

SHOULD be able to.


I won't make any promises, but you SHOULD.

ok ill give that a shot, and if worst comes to worst i replay fallout 3. btw can you enable like all the expansions at once or is it one at a time?

It's all at once on Xbox & ps3 (I've owned both).

I'm sure you can activate them all at once on PC, too.



Cheers.

On the initial screen that comes up on a PC, there is an option titled DATA FILES. After you download and install all of the expansions, then they should all be automatically checked here and all will activate at once. If you would rather NOT activate them all at once, then I think when you click on the DATA FILES option of the main menu a box will come up with all of the options there (including the vanilla Fallout 3 esm). If you don't want to have them all activated at once, I suppose you could UNCHECK the boxes next to the specific add-on you didn't want to activate. I'm pretty sure they all get checked automatically upon install though. I know I didn't have to go into the DATA FILES option to check them in order for them to work on mine.