Greetings to you all.
Having finished off my oblivion bliviongate: and morrowind modlists to a crash free perfection I've finally gotten around to dusting off my copy of Fallout 3 GOTY. :fallout:

Now I've played the vanilla game to death so I'm looking for all the bells and whistles when I install this weekend.
So I'm looking for mod advice, whats good, whats not and whats absolutly essential.
I prefer to roleplay my games and enjoy wandering.
So please advise

Other questions?
1)Hows the compatability of the "larger" mods like FOOK and FWE?
2)Is there any comparison to Oblivions BOSS programme? (so veryveryvery useful)

Many thanks

Boss-F Better Oblivion Sorting Software for Fallout.

I recommend my own Strength Requirement for Big Guns mod. The thread is on this page.

Fellout is very good.

FOOK and FWE do not play well together at the moment. I have, in the past, been able to make them work together in my game, but last night after updating them, http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1095717-facepalm/.

Getting them to work together will take some hacking, and some features will be lost from each, but "it can be done"... (click heels together three times and repeat).

Yes, Fellout is a must.. Makes the atmosphere more realistic and the game feels better with it. http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=7705 is a good mod, I liked it. http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=10346 is another good one.

My must haves

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=10100

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2672

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=7806

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2456

:goodjob:

Many thanks for your replies, going to make installing a lot smoother with some prior knowledge.

Some more mundane ones you'll probably want -


http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=640 - Must have for anyone using mods.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3729 - Say goodbye to the buggy autosave function.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8606 - many mods require it anyway, so you may as well get it.
http://ui.darnified.net/wip/F3/dui_f3a11.zip - complete overhaul of the Pip Boy display and HUD.

Boss-F! :celebration: :celebrate: :celebration:
I used it in Oblivion, didnt know one existed for FO3! Great tip

A few others to consider:
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2761 (already listed, but my favorite )
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2553
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4118
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3388
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=7702 (gets rid of the annoying remarks you hear from looking at a locked obect, also gets rid of the remarks you hear from npc's for bumping into something)
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3211
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4968 (helps some of the well known mods play together nicely)


EDIT: :facepalm: Just saw the Relz for BOSS on the front page. My brain just never made the connection and I never looked at that thread :blush2: