How do I save mods to FOMM? : Fallout 3

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:14 am

I really need help with this. :cryvaultboy:

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:01 pm

When installed correctly, FOMM automatically detects the mods you have in your data folder. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question...

» Sat May 28, 2011 6:51 pm

It's Windows 7, so he probably installed Fallout 3 to the wrong (aka default) directory. UAC is a pain isn't it?

» Sat May 28, 2011 6:53 pm

It's Windows 7, so he probably installed Fallout 3 to the wrong (aka default) directory. UAC is a pain isn't it?

I'm having a extended moment of dumb here, but I've seen "UAC" several times and have no idea what it means. :blush2:

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:35 am

I'm having a extended moment of dumb here, but I've seen "UAC" several times and have no idea what it means. :blush2:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=UAC

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:27 pm

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=UAC

I'm just not having a very good day here, it seems. :bonk:

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:37 pm

UAC = User Account Control. It's a security feature introduced in Vista that can cause problems with modding games if you've installed them in the default C:/Program Files folder. It prevents someone from actually writing anything to there unless you turn it off or run as an administrator. It's recommended that you install any games like Fallout, ones that you're going to be adding mods to, into a seperate folder outside Program Files, something like C:/Games, so you can avoid those security measures altogether.

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:33 pm

UAC = User Account Control. It's a security feature introduced in Vista that can cause problems with modding games if you've installed them in the default C:/Program Files folder. It prevents someone from actually writing anything to there unless you turn it off or run as an administrator. It's recommended that you install any games like Fallout, ones that you're going to be adding mods to, into a seperate folder outside Program Files, something like C:/Games, so you can avoid those security measures altogether.

Thanks for the reply - I knew that, but I was just having a major "senior moment" there. And I actually did install my FO3 in a C;\games folder on my drive to avoid probelms with the default install location.

I'm going to put on a bib now so I don't dribble tapioca pudding down the front of my shirt. :blush2:

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:05 am

so how do i move my game from UAC

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:42 pm

Ok guys UAC is not a problem if you know what your doing... Simply run the geck as administrator and it will save properly. Problem solved. Run geck as admin (Right click desktop icon and say Run AS administrator) then save your mod, then its good. Just run it as admin every time. (RightClick desktop icon->Properties->COmpatability-> check always run as admin-> OK) Then it will always save properly and your issue is solved.