im running my computer on windows 7 right now and fallout 3 installed by default in program files (x86) in a bethesda softworks folder it created
i then installed the geck in the fallout 3 folder in the bethesda folder in program files (x86)
when i tried doing the getting started procedure on the geck wiki, the file vault64.esm, which i saved at the default location the geck saves into, never appeared in the data files tab on the fallout 3 launcher
i have no clue why it wont work, nor do i have any idea of what to do, but i could guess that either the geck needs to be installed elsewhere or the modded distributable that is vault64.esm needs to be saved elsewhere, any ideas anyone
id really like to get this set up well so i can actually start modding, so if anyone could give me a good idea as to what to do then that would be much appreciated

Your making a Vault64 mod? :blink: I am making one, check my signature line.


If you have Vista or Windows7, AND you installed your game in the default directory, then you will never see the mod in the data folder.

The GECK is NOT part of the game so the OS sees it as a virus or trojan program trying to change FO3 game files. This is not allowed by the OS.


Solution? Pick "one" of these:

1. Install your game to your Root C: drive. Like C:\Games\Fallout3\ or another drive entirely if you have one.
2. Remove the security from your OS and then you can join the XP computer ranks and become a Zombie computer.
3. In your \Fallout3\Data\ folder, look at the top right. There should be a button called 'Compatibility Files'. Click that to find your mod. You can then copy it from there to your Data folder.
4. Run the GECK in Administrator mode. Right-click on the icon and select, Run as Administrator.


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Now, if you want to install the Fallout3 game somewhere else per #1 above without loosing your current mods you have installed, you can do this:

1. Move your existing \Program Files\Fallout3\ to your C root drive in a new folder that you need to create called C:\Games\ It should look like this after the move: C:\Games\Fallout3\
2. Rename the folder you just moved in step 1 to C:\Games\Fallout003\
3. Uninstall the game. Check the option to keep your save game files. This will clear the registry and not remove any game folders because you moved them somewhere else.
3. Re-install the game to C:\Games\Fallout3\
4. After the reinstall is done, DELETE the just installed folder at C:\Games\Fallout3\
5. Rename the folder from step 2 above to C:\Games\Fallout3\

If done right, this will change the Registry to the new game folders location, plus keep everything you currently have in the protected folder location.

WARNING: If you are not computer saavy, then find someone who is to do the above for you. Or ask more questions.

thanks, im gonna try the first idea u suggested, and i dont think im going into that much detail as u did with ur vault 64, im just doing the tutorial thing on bethesda's wiki to get a hang for this, then im starting work on a mapping/quest line thing outside of the capital wasteland, almost like the pitt the way it is so separate from the main quest line and the main land mass

I think he maybe meant 74? As thats the number they use in the tutorial. Also I strongly recommend option number 4, you simply run the geck as administrator. Its quick, easy, and fixes the issue. No need to reinstall anything, or any of that garble.

:blink:

Yup, Garble. I am coining the term as of now.

'Garble - Vb. : The needless reinstallation of a product in order to circumvent Windows UAC.'

:D