I got fallout 3 on the ps 3 a while back never finished it recently got goty for my pc i wanted to load fook or fwe was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as i am only going to load one mod or should i just finish the vanilla game and dlc's first

Betty and Veronica, I'd say. You should pull an Archie, go for both, and use the FOIP (Fallout Interoperability) plugins.

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both fook and fwe with fook - fwe merger, makes the game friggin awesome

...and weapon mod kits - don't forget that!

FWE, although I admit I'm biased because I both contribute to the mod and use it vigorously.

They're both "Overhaul", but they take the game in fairly different directions. It's really up to you to decide which you prefer (Or, as others have said, the third option).

FWE is more lore friendly.

I don't think this is a fair question, to be honest, considering they are both major overhaul mods that are well-accepted by the playerbase. You haven't even described what you might prefer to see vs. not. The information about what both of these mods contain is easy to find, it seems that one of them might have evidence of being more to your liking within that information.

It is also possible to try both, even one at a time.

It's also possible to use neither and go with something else entirely.

Yeah, I prefer smaller handpicked mods doing exactly what I want (Arwen's Realism Tweaks) over large overhauls myself, being used to Morrowind modding. But I'm sure they are very good. And going with a large overhaul is definitely easier (Well, I suppose compatibility can be a bit difficult if you want to use a lot of stuff along with them) especially if you're new to mods.

FOOK because FOOK is fun.

Why not both? Makes the game awesome!

I suggest trying the following first, I do not really like FOOK as much as I used to, and besides with FWE and WMK there are more than enough special weapons and armors around.

FWE + WMK = great combo

Other mods you may like

MMM
EVE
Enhanced weather
Dynamic Weather ( both of these are great, and when its a heavy rain the thunder shakes my floor! )

Street lights and its wasteland counterpart.
Existence 2.0
Faix fax house
Enhanced blood textures and splatter.
Rob-co certificated.

Thanks for all the replies i guess my only gripe with the game as is.. as far as i got in to it was the ai just seemed off and the degradation on weapons seems kinda crazy especially while using vats anyway im just trying to get the most realism/immersion out of the game without having to load a whole bunch of different mods ive read up a bit on fwe but not so much on fook just figured id see what you guys were into before i start loading stuff up ...also i am a complete mod noob and some of it seems a bit daunting

If you're going for immersion/realism I'd definately reccomend FWE, that's practically the mod's subtitle
That narrows your choices down to FWE and FWE-FOOK, so read up on the two

ok so im going with fwe i have downloaded everything that was recomended in the fwe post..... fwe calibr craft fose and fomm is there a certain order i should load this stuff in? anything special i should know? this will be my first mod so im trying not to jack anything up i have the GOTY edition

some of this will not apply to you, but you get the Idea, if you do not have th mod just ignore it.

Setup FOMM first, and use it ( package manager ) to install FWE and the other mods Craft and the ammo one Caliber, some times the package manager says not responding, just leave it alone, its working fine.

You will need to load the ESM's for the DLC and the ESM/ESP files for DLC that FWE needs, I do not have DLC so I can;t help you there. I will however have all DLC soon as I got the GOTY edition on the way, overnight even.


Fallout3.esm
CRAFT.esm
CALIBR.esm
DCInteriors_ComboEdition.esm
StreetLights.esm
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm
Mart's Mutant Mod.esm
DarNifiedUIF3.esp
FairfaxApartment.esp
Existence2.0.esp
DN_RecyclingMachine.esp
StreetLights - Wasteland.esp
CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp
CALIBRxMerchant.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Free Play After MQ.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Lvl 30 High Skills.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced.esp
RobCo Certified.esp
UPP - Pack 1.esp
UPP - Pack 2.esp
UPP - Quest Perks.esp
WeaponModKits.esp
WeaponModKits - FWE Master Release.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Feral Ghoul Rampage.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Hunting & Looting.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Increased Increased Spawns.esp (needs to load after the FWE FOIP patch because it has normal increased spawns in it)
Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Main.esp

thanks a ton one more question what about fose the fwe post said it was necessary but i noticed you didnt mention it