I reinstalled FCOM again and have it running but I have several questions regaring FCOM and other mods related issues.

1. Do I need to rename Francesco's creatures and items resource-items.bsa to FCOM_Convergence_FraNewItems.bsa?

2. If I'm using QTP3 redimized + patch, do I still need to use Qarl TP3 UOP342 compatibility patch?

3.I'm using wonderful Tweaked ENB by astrob0y. But I've noticed it's too dark at night/saturated. What ini setting do I need to play around?


Thansk, everyone and modders!

1. Issue: The game crashes when leaving the sewers.
Solution: Almost always caused by missing resources. Make sure that the MMM.bsa is renamed to FCOM_Convergence_Mart's Monster Mod.bsa. Also, make sure that the resources from Francesco's get loaded, either by registering FraNewItems.bsa in the Oblivion.ini during install or by renaming it to FCOM_Convergence_FraNewItems.bsa.

2. yes
3. no clue

1. Huh? There's no crash. The game is running fine as it is. I've already changed the name for MMM.bsa to fcom_convergence mart monster mod.bsa before this post was written. The question was only regarding Francesco's creatures and items resource-items.bsa. Do I still need to rename it to FCOM_Convergence_FraNewItems.bsa? Because I no longer see this particular instruction.

To make the game load a BSA, either you put its name in the sArchiveList of the Oblivion.ini (not recommended), or easier, have an .esp (not an .esm) loaded named like it, or like the part before any " - " in its name. So you could rename those BSAs to some other .esp file active in your load order, even have a single .esp load them both by renaming them the same and appending different stuff to each one's name after a " - ".

NOTE: just in case, BSAs need the file extension ".bsa", I meant the name that comes before the file extension. Maybe not a problem if you use Windows 7.

I know you guys are trying to help but call me thick skulled. I still don't understand what you're saying. Please specify clearly whether I need to change the name. Once again,1. Do I need to change Francesco's creatures and items resource-items.bsa, which came from franc's V5B1.7zip to FCOM_Convergence_FraNewItems.bsa? Or do I leave it as it is?

Do you have a file named "Francesco's creatures and items resource-items.esp"? If yes, you don't need to rename it. If no, see below.
Do you have a file named "FCOM_Convergence_FraNewItems.esp"? If yes, rename the BSA to "FCOM_Convergence_FraNewItems.bsa". If no, rename it to .bsa, and it should do the trick.

I have "Francesco's creatures and items resource.esp" but not "Francesco's creatures and items resource-items.esp"