Getting started : Fallout 3

» Tue May 17, 2011 4:33 am

I am trying to get into GECK. I downloaded GECK and the 1.5 patch. I installed GECK and applied the patch. I had planned to follow the tutorial and create a vault 74 file. I clicked on the GECK icon and got a message telling me that SSCE5432.dll is missing.

Any advice???

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:18 pm

Maybe you didn't install it in the Fallout 3 folder?

» Tue May 17, 2011 11:11 am

And if you have Win7 or VISTA and you installed the game in the default 'program files' folder, you will have more problems with making mods...

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.