It’s then useful to create a folder on your hard drive called ‘Fallout New Vegas mods’ or something similar. To set it up, first download and install the program. This installs and uninstalls mods for you with a lot more ease than doing it manually. You’re probably going to want lots of mods installed though, so it’s best to use the Fallout Mod Manager. It’s best to make a backup of your Data folder before you start modding in case you need to return Fallout: New Vegas to its original form. Windows will alert you that you’re overwriting files, so press ‘OK’ to accept the changes. If you have the Steam version, typically this will be:Ĭ:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\Common\Fallout New Vegas\Data All you need to do is place the new files you’ve downloaded into the ‘Data’ folder of your Fallout: New Vegas installation. Nexus Mod Manager is fine, Mod Organizer is better IMO (although I'm not sure if it works with other Bethesda games and not only Skyrim), but it doesn't matter as long as you use one, as the organization advantage and the risk reduction they bring is just too good to pass up.Installing a single mod into Fallout: New Vegas is easy.
I HIGHLY suggest you to use a mod manager next time tho. It'll practically redownload the entire game and get you back to default. To do so, if you don't want to lose your mods, make a copy of your current data folder, then delete it and run local cache validation through Steam. The error message looks clear enough you're either missing that master file entirely, you're having a load order issue with it or something happened to it (corrupted, can't be read).įirst of all, make sure the FalloutNV.esm gets detected and loaded before anything else in FNVEdit, if it provides any load order setting function if it's already on top of the load order (lowest possible position), if it isn't detected at all or if it doesn't work, revert to a vanilla installation and try launching the game to see if it actually works like that at least. That's what happens when you don't use a mod ss up a little, insignificant single detail and stuff stops working entirely.