guide Fallout IV for Beginners - V3.2.9 (Outdated)

[jaeos]

4 hours ago, tommysparks said:

Ok, all of that is fixed. I feel dumb.
I had not edited my MO2 specific ini files for modding.


I know it was asked before but has anyone come across issues using Tactical Tablet? I could not find a definite answer although I do not think it works with Vault girl mods

 

I've been testing it out for about 3 weeks as an alternative to pip-pad, no issues so far as far as tactical tablet goes, keywords and icons.. different result. But yeah TT is a valid replacer for pip-pad

[jaeos]

4 hours ago, tommysparks said:

I had not installed the pre done ones. I corrected that. I still do not see them nude in Looksmenu. I must have a conflict since the eyes are not changing properly.
I play a male character, are the pre done for Bodytalk and FG?

You are not forced to use the predone bodyslides. If you like the way aylis has her body set up then by all means use it, I personally prefer more of a swimmer look (smaller breasts, more muscular) than most, so i create my own. (ok.. yeah.. and i have clothing mods not listed...) like vtaw 6 and a few others..

[tommysparks]

I definitely need to look into Bodyslide. I play a male and prefer a muscular build with a small waist. More of a V shape body. I dont want all of the NPCs to be built just like my character.

I like the screenshots of the Josie Body that is on nexus but when I load it she looks nothing like the screenshots. She has torpedo looking boobs and fat thighs

[Aylis]

@tommysparks

Try this predone file for the male PC/NPC:

BT3 - Nude.7z

 

If you want to separate your PC from all other NPC you'll need a separate mod for that.

 

But 'ZeX-ZBG' should already take care of bodies as it gives NPC differently weighted bodies based on the used preset.

Edited May 8, 2022 by Aylis

[XIss]

Someone has tried Immersive Animation Framework ? It seems nice and apparently there are a lot of patchs available.

[Aylis]

22 hours ago, XIss said:

Someone has tried Immersive Animation Framework ?

Yep, but i wasn't happy with the used objects in the animations.

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Bethesda offers paintjobs for 'Gunners' for free. Grab them if you're interested.

 

They also have a Nuka Cola pack (450 Atoms). The included branded t-shirts are good (i use them here). the set for Nuka Cola is nice for builders and the included paintjob isn't too bad either. This is one pack from the CC i can recommend at this price.

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The statues and eggs from LC's UHD are very nice and i'll add those. His creatures are not important for us (at least the ones i checked).

Edited May 9, 2022 by Aylis

[DarthNyriss]

The Fallout 3 remake is alive and well - and one of the re-created DLCs is in closed beta.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtYbeDSOIi0

 

And speaking of remakes - add Fallout 1, Fallout 2, Fallout London...I think it's time to invest in bigger game drives.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-6XjJ0QXos

 

 

[Aylis]

Almost done with the armors. When the base work is done i start to sort them a bit more (and maybe combine some).

 

I made the 'Converse Shoes' non-optional. Its keyword for crafting is required to (later) move all craftable shoes and boots into 'Clothing - Shoes'.

 

'VTAW Wardrobe 1' will propably become non-optional too. I could use its keyword for 'Clothing - Wardrobe' and add all craftable non-armor clothing to it.

 

In the long run i'd like to get something like this:

Armor - BoS

Armor - Children of Atom

Armor - Raider

...

Clothing - Accessoires

Clothing - Shoes

Clothing - Sportswear

Clothing - Underwear

Clothing - Wardrobe

 

I'll definitely need Calc to keep track of what gets where. ?

 

In regards to weapons i decided to give most melee weapons the same tag. Quite a few have no fitting icon so this will solve that issue and it will be a lot easier to create a patch for new mods. 

Edited May 10, 2022 by Aylis

[DarthNyriss]

Something a little unusual for the smokers out there - Cigarette Cards (anyone remember those?):  https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/37798?tab=description

 

A suggestion for weaponry...I found this which could, if Aylis agrees, could cut down significantly on the mod count -

Combined Arms - Modern Weapon Pack:  https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/50505?tab=description

I believe there's an expansion to this as well.

 

 

[Aylis]

@DarthNyriss

That one might be interesting, i'll take a look.

 

Not all of the weapon animations work with FG. I'd love to reduce/combine the weapons but that mod is, until we get a patch, not the way to go.

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Note: changes so far.

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'K9 Armor' moved from 'Utility' to 'Equipment - Tactical Accessory Compendium'

'D98R Light' moved from 'Utility' to 'Equipment - Tactical Accessory Compendium' Separate entries for 'Nightvision', 'Glasses', 'Flashlight' and 'Watch'?

'Tactical Gloves' moved from 'Utility' to 'Equipment - Tactical Accessory Compendium'

'Tactical Flashlights' moved from 'Utility' to 'Equipment - Tactical Accessory Compendium'

Added 'Equipment - Gasmasks'

Moved special gasmasks from weapon mod to 'Equipment - Gasmasks'

Renamed keyword 'Clothing - Converse Shoes' to 'Clothing - Shoes'

Moved 'Worn Boots' from 'Atom Girl' to 'Clothing - Shoes'

Moved 'Trainers' from 'TCS' to 'Clothing - Shoes'

Renamed keyword 'Armor - Precursor Suit' to 'Clothing - Underwear'

Moved underarmor and jacket from 'Armor - Precursor Suit' to 'Equipment - Tactical Accessory Compendium'

Moved 'Comfy Old Boots' from 'Wardrobe 1' to 'Clothing - Shoes'

Moved 'Overknee Socks' from 'Wardrobe 1' to 'Clothing - Underwear'

Moved 'Panties' from 'Utility' into 'Clothing - Underwear'

Moved 'Nuka Grenade' from 'Atom Girl' into 'Weapons - Grenade'

Moved 'Fishnet' from 'Atom Girl' into 'Clothing - Underwear'

Moved 'Panty' from 'Atom Girl' into 'Clothing - Underwear'

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'Better Drumlin Diner' got officially rereleased on Nexus (and has instructions how to modify 'Hunkered Down').

 

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Foundation for the armors is finished. Now the real fun starts, sorting everything in that group... 

Edited May 11, 2022 by Aylis

[DarthNyriss]

A little something for settlement and immersion fans:  Fishery - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/51436?tab=description

 

[XIss]

Many new features for FallUI and FallUI Map are available. And the update for the M8r98a4f2's Complex Item Sorter is available. I think this is a very good tool for item sorting and icons for all the languages and mods installed. I use it and it works very well !

[Aylis]

@XIss

Make a guess what i use here and i still have to edit almost every single entry...

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Mods to be removed

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Anton Hair                                                                            Clipping with almost every sort of hat or helmet.

Butterfly Glasses                                                                   We already have three good glasses in TAC. And it bloats the construction menu.

AKM - Assault Rifle                                                               Workaround not needed anymore

AKM - HandmadeRifle Replacer with Tactical Sprint            Not needed anymore

 

Mods to be added

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Atom Cats Drag Race Start Fix                                             Bugfix

LC's UHD Commander Statue

LC's UHD Deathclaw Egg

LC's UHD Fountain Ornaments

LC's UHD Fountain Statue

LC's UHD Mirelurk Eggs

LC's UHD Statues

(Optional) LC's UHD Bloatfly                                                I like this one more than the one we got atm.

Real Handcuffs                                                                      Even if you don't use other mods from here this is at least an immersion mod.

Marine Helmet with Tactical Hood                                       Bugfix

Osare Undies Set                                                                   Just a small addition.

[Bodyslide] Osare Undies Set - FG Body Slide                      Preset 

New Sounds - Pull Pin                                                          Bugfix

Modern Weapon Replacer - AKM - FOMOD Installer          Got the icons of this headache working (and naming works too)

Better Drumlin Diner

Better Drumlin Diner - Hunkered Down Patch

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Fallout 4 - Point Lookout just dropped! This is one mod i've been waiting for! Ouch, thats a big one... aaand i have to start a new game. ?

 

Hey, Hellgate Fallout London, we're waiting... 

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Note: changes so far.

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23 patches integrated in 'Armor Icon Patches - Combined'

32 patches integrated in 'Item Icon Patches - Combined'                 WIP

21 patches integrated in 'Weapon Icon Patches - Combined'

 

Moved 'K9 Armor' from 'Utility' to 'Equipment - Tactical Accessory Compendium'

Moved 'D98R Light' from 'Utility' to 'Equipment - Tactical Accessory Compendium' Separate entries for 'Nightvision', 'Glasses', 'Flashlight' and 'Watch'?

Moved 'Tactical Gloves' from 'Utility' to 'Equipment - Tactical Accessory Compendium'

Moved 'Tactical Flashlights' from 'Utility' to 'Equipment - Tactical Accessory Compendium'

Added 'Equipment - Gasmasks'

Moved special gasmasks from 'S58' to 'Equipment - Gasmasks'

Renamed keyword 'Clothing - Converse Shoes' to 'Clothing - Shoes'

Moved 'Worn Boots' from 'Atom Girl' to 'Clothing - Shoes'

Moved 'Trainers' from 'TCS' to 'Clothing - Shoes'

Renamed keyword 'Armor - Precursor Suit' to 'Clothing - Underwear'

Moved underarmor and jacket from 'Armor - Precursor Suit' to 'Equipment - Tactical Accessory Compendium'

Moved 'Comfy Old Boots' from 'Wardrobe 1' to 'Clothing - Shoes'

Moved 'Overknee Socks' from 'Wardrobe 1' to 'Clothing - Underwear'

Integrated 'Osare Undies' into 'Armor Icon Patches - Combined'

Moved 'Osare Undies' from 'Utility' into 'Clothing - Underwear'

Moved 'Nuka Grenade' from 'Atom Girl' into 'Weapons - Grenade'

Moved 'Fishnet Body' from 'Atom Girl' into 'Clothing - Underwear'

Moved 'Panty' from 'Atom Girl' into 'Clothing - Underwear'

Moved 'Nuka Grenade' from 'Atom Girl' into 'Weapon - Grenade'

Made 'M84 FlashBang' non-optional

Integrated 'M84 Flashbang' into 'Weapon Icon Patches - Combined'

Integrated 'FGEP' into 'Weapon Icon Patches - Combined'

Moved 'Bile Grenade' from 'FGEP' into 'Weapon - Grenade'

Renamed 'Weapon - MP5' to 'Weapon - SMG'

Made 'VTAW Wardrobe 1' non-optional

Integrated 'VTAW Wardrobe 1' into 'Armor Icon Patches - Combined'

Renamed 'Clothing - VTAW Wardrobe 1' to 'Clothing - Wardrobe'

Renamed 'CAMPING GEAR' to 'Equipment - Camping Gear'

Moved 'Stockings' from 'VTAW Wardrobe 4' into 'Clothing - Underwear'

Moved boots from 'VTAW Wardrobe 4' into 'Clothing - Shoes'

Moved clothing from 'VTAW Wardrobe 4' into 'Clothing - Wardrobe'

Renamed 'TCS Sportswear' to 'Clothing - Sportswear'

Moved bikini from 'VTAW Wardrobe 4' into 'Clothing - Sportswear'

Moved underwear from 'Clothing - Sportswear' into 'Clothing - Underwear'

Moved 'Long Coat' from 'Utility' into 'Clothing - Wardrobe'

Renamed 'CRIMSONRIDER'S ACCESSORIES' to 'Clothing - Minutemen Accessoires'

Moved boots from 'Clothing - Minutemen Accessoires' into 'Clothing - Shoes'

Moved masks from 'Clothing - Minutemen Accessoires' into 'Equipment - Gasmasks'

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I'll be off for a few hours. The long awaited package from the US finally arrived (so it didn't vanish, but they did use a rowboat to get it here ?).

 

Thanks A LOT Steve

 

Got to integrate the new hardware and the new fans, which also arrived today. 

 

Computer purrs like a cat (aka is working fine) and the upgrade of the CPU and the RAM is quite noticable.

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The crafting menue at the chem bench looks much cleaner now and a lot of the mixed submenues have already been 'fixed'. There's still much work ahead, but i'm getting there even if it is a headache inducing work. 

 

'Point Lookout' got a few visual glitches (vanishing walls in the commonwealth) and the selection of the answers is problematic too. I'm trying to find a way to fix both.

Edited May 18, 2022 by Aylis

[jgrant1332]

Hi, for whatever reason CridowSkin and Natural 2k face textures is causing Ivy to get the brownface bug. I'm not really sure why but it's definitely a combination of those two because removing them caused Ivy to look normal

 

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Edited May 13, 2022 by jgrant1332
following rules!

[jgrant1332]

Doing some more digging, it looks like it's because it's 2k, not 1k. When testing with Radiation Queen 1k, it looks totally fine. Is there something I can do to make this work with Cridow?

[Aylis]

@jgrant1332

This happens if you have mismatching textures. Either everything for the face is using 1K or everything is using 2K.

 

Also make sure that your LO is correct. This guide is made in a way that the mods are layered on top of each other.

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Btw. Same rule as for my guide for SSE. Pics belong in spoilers.

[jgrant1332]

That looks like my load order. Does that mean that there's an issue with Ivy as a companion with 2k textures? 

 

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[Aylis]

Looks like something got overwritten which shouldn't or you accidently installed a mismatching version of a mod.

 

My Ivy with 2K textures.

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[jgrant1332]

Ahh - i think it's one of the moles/eyeliner/lipliner masks and removing them fixed the issue. I must have downloaded the wrong resolution. Thanks for the help!

[Aylis]

Found a solution to the problem with the dialogue of 'Point Lookout'. Adding instructions to fix this to 'Vault Girl Interface - Neo's FOMOD Version'.

Edited May 13, 2022 by Aylis
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[llyarc]

I'm just curious what the reason is for not using Look At Me - Brotherhood Of Steel Edition

[Skag]

On 5/9/2022 at 4:12 AM, Aylis said:

But 'ZeX-ZBG' should already take care of bodies as it gives NPC differently weighted bodies based on the used preset.

 

Does this not cause issues with pre-existing bodyslides? I thought you'd need to rebuild everything with the zeroed body for it to work properly? 

[Aylis]

7 hours ago, llyarc said:

I'm just curious what the reason is for not using Look At Me - Brotherhood Of Steel Edition

1. There's no bodyslide preset for the used combat armor.

2. I don't like the used combat armor.

 

1 hour ago, Skag said:

 

Does this not cause issues with pre-existing bodyslides? I thought you'd need to rebuild everything with the zeroed body for it to work properly? 

1. We were talking about the male body.

2. I might work further on a slim version of predone files later (but the icon patches gobble up a lot of my free time).

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Added Better Drumlin Diner and Better Drumlin Diner - Hunkered Down Patch to the list for the next update.

Edited May 14, 2022 by Aylis

[DarthNyriss]

Point Lookout requires Extended Dialogue Interface, which is probably why the answers were bugged.

 

I asked this question once but I wasn't terribly clear what I was asking.  About Bashed Patches...is one being created in this build and, if so, which files are involved.  I have a feeling this is something basic that I've been overlooking all this time.

[DarthNyriss]

On 5/13/2022 at 8:45 PM, Aylis said:

Looks like something got overwritten which shouldn't or you accidently installed a mismatching version of a mod.

 

My Ivy with 2K textures.

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What's your Ivy wearing?