Firstly, thank you for taking the time to read my thread! It is much appreicated and has been noted down in my kudos memory :foodndrink:
Right hi guys, So i had a great father in my life, not because hes a great guy but because he bought Fallout 1 when it came out and i would watch him in awe every friday as we played through the game (I wasn't really playing, but for the nostalga and atmosphere i like to remember it as a 50/50 share) Anyway, so yeah i played all the orginal Fallouts on the PC. Anyway... Years past, i learnt santa wasn't real, i got spots everywhere and suddenly i liked girls a lot more and Fallout 3 came out. But like the obnoxious idiot i am, i bought it for the PS3 and then went on to purchase Fallout New Vegas on the PS3, depsite seeing countless threads about modding. :whistling: Anyway here i am guys, Bought myself a swanky new gaming machine and Fallout 3 to begin with and a few mods, 16 to be exact.

tl'dr (Too long didnt read) ^ just a boring nostalga entrance.

So is the Whole zombie apocolpyse mod(s) a good place to start to introduce me to modding and the benefits of it? Or should i start smaller and play the vanilla game with a few mods (Ive completed both games countless times on the consoles) Has anyone played the whole zombie experience?

Have a nice day/evening/night guys and girls? :thumbsup:

Hey, welcome aboard!

I would personally suggest using just a few mods to start out with, but take to heart that modding can take a little bit of effort and time to be done successfully. Since you have played the game vanilla already, you probably at least have an idea of some aspects you would like to see changed at this point.

ZA, from what I know, is a pretty cool mod, but it is something that will DRASTICALLY change the game and how it plays. In this case, I might suggest running two separate installs of the game so that you can run ZA with one, and leave it out of the other. This way you can setup a LO that is still somewhat FO like, and one that is absolutely not.

I see, smart idea thanks. How would i do that? Is it a pretty simple google search. Im guessing i'd have to do all sorts of crazy computing like turning mods of etc etc?

Its as good a mod as any to start with really. Assuming you are using Fallout Mod Manager ( i highly suggest getting it if you haven't already), its pretty much a piece of cake when you get used to it.

I occasionally switch it on when I'm looking for a good shoot em' up time.

Bethesda games are pretty slick in that you can simply copy and paste the entire directory (the Fallout 3 folder in whole) and that will give you two installs of the game. This can, though, be a little tricky with the tools as they will use the registry and think the game is installed elsewhere, but most of them have the option to set this manually (and you can even have multiple copies of the tools if needed).

If you need any suggestions regarding other possible mods you may be looking to try out, feel free to post it up and I'll do my best to answer.

Fallout Mod Manager will not let you do multiple installs, but http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1210451-rel-mtes4-manager-thread-3/!

Designed for Oblivion ... but works with Fallout3 too.

Automates the process of renaming folders and all that.