Post by: gir on December 25, 2009, 03:57:00 AM
This post has been edited by gir: Dec 25 2009, 12:00 PM
Post by: Downcastnut on December 27, 2009, 02:57:00 AM
Post by: gir on December 28, 2009, 11:15:00 AM
Anywhos... I then connected the hd to my computer where I used xextool to patch the xex to the latest version using the method outlined here.
Then, I edited the fallout3.ini as instructed by the "manual" instructions from this.
Then I took the contents of the mod and put them in their respective places in the fallout 3 directory.
I had noticed earlier that the title update container had an esp file in it so, i figured what the heck? Its a longshot, but ill give it a try. So....
Then, I used this guide to help me make a live container for the mods files. Im not sure what all I needed to put in it, so I just put everything in. The esp file and the folders. Just make sure you fill out the gameid and other stuff for fallout 3. Also, instead of telling it youre making a demo, select the "content" option. When that was all said and done, I had a shiny new live container. I just dropped it into the retail hd with the rest of the expansions.
After getting everything put back together, I loaded up fo3 through xexloader and what do ya know? My little "House Mod" showed up in the downloads list.
The first save I tried was a later save and it took a couple tries to get it to load. It wasnt until I tried an early one that everything seemed to load up and actually work.
Thats it! I hope someone can take this, make some sense of it, clean it up and streamline the process.
Have fun!
Post by: Downcastnut on December 28, 2009, 05:17:00 PM
Post by: red_ring_of_box on December 30, 2009, 01:53:00 PM
Post by: gir on December 30, 2009, 03:14:00 PM
QUOTE(red_ring_of_box @ Dec 30 2009, 10:53 PM) 
was this using Fallout 3 with the latest patches? I assume so because you also have all the dlc but I figured I'd ask anyway.
Post by: Illumimodmi on December 30, 2009, 03:52:00 PM
Post by: red_ring_of_box on January 03, 2010, 01:04:00 AM
Post by: lithium210 on January 04, 2010, 05:20:00 PM
QUOTE(red_ring_of_box @ Jan 3 2010, 12:04 AM)
1 more question... what did you do with update.esp?
i'd like to know the same thing.. trying to figure this mod thing out.
Post by: brando56894 on January 04, 2010, 05:31:00 PM
Post by: gir on January 04, 2010, 07:07:00 PM
QUOTE(lithium210 @ Jan 5 2010, 02:20 AM)
i'd like to know the same thing.. trying to figure this mod thing out.
I didn't do anything with it.
QUOTE(brando56894 @ Jan 5 2010, 02:31 AM)
Thats pretty sweet. On a side note how can I get the DLC on my xbox without going on live to download them? Im in the process of JTAGing my console and definitely dont want to go on live to download them. Im assuming I might be able to download the content on my roommates unmodded 360 and swap the HDD over to my xbox and copy it to its respective place or no?
You can do that or you can use the expansion disks.
Post by: farntheplaya on January 05, 2010, 01:54:00 AM
well being a big halflife2/teamfortress2 fan the thing that makes those games is mods
after extracting the image of half-life 2 Orange box the structure is VERY similar to your steamapps folder on your PC. I think adding maps should be as easy as copying however I havent attempted no time ATM
i'll try it tommmrow. this opens up possiblites for more maps in portal etc!!
the possibilites are endless!!!!
Post by: lithium210 on January 05, 2010, 02:40:00 AM
QUOTE(gir @ Jan 4 2010, 06:07 PM) 
I didn't do anything with it.
You can do that or you can use the expansion disks.
If i want to apply new textures, how would i do that? I downloaded some but its just two folders (meshes and textures) and there is no bsa or esp.
Post by: red_ring_of_box on January 05, 2010, 02:05:00 PM
Though it still has some bugs namely you can't package more than 1 one sub directory full of files with version 1.0.0.9 so it can only be Fallout 3 mods that have .esp or .bsa and pretty much no sub directories. Even so its free and from what I understand legal to use. I'd be willing to upload some mods I repackaged with a moderators ok first.
The only thing that irks me is that my Fallout 3 game will freeze a lot even on XBR_Falcon_9855_3a I can only squeeze in maybe 10 minutes of gameplay before I get a freeze or dirty disc error. Anyone else getting this/fixed it?
Also Gir just for reference if you open up your title update for fallout 3 in a hex editor(which is the way I found the title update) it said that the version of my update was:
CODE
F.a.l.l.o.u.t. .3. .T.i.t.l.e. .U.p.d.a.t.e. .#.3
was this the version of your update or do I need an older/newer update.
Hopefully this freezing issue with FO3 can be resolved soon.
This post has been edited by red_ring_of_box: Jan 5 2010, 10:06 PM
Post by: lithium210 on January 05, 2010, 02:14:00 PM
QUOTE(red_ring_of_box @ Jan 5 2010, 01:05 PM)
hey thanks for the input Gir I also found something out, you don't need to edit the Fallout 3.ini at all for the mods to work, you also don't need to add the archive invalidation manual install instructions at all. Just repackage your mods in a live container using the same file structure you that you downloaded the mod in. I also repackaged some mods from fallout3nexus already and packaged them with the free legal alternative to XLAST called Le Fluffie App.
Though it still has some bugs namely you can't package more than 1 one sub directory full of files with version 1.0.0.9 so it can only be Fallout 3 mods that have .esp or .bsa and pretty much no sub directories. Even so its free and from what I understand legal to use. I'd be willing to upload some mods I repackaged with a moderators ok first.
The only thing that irks me is that my Fallout 3 game will freeze a lot even on XBR_Falcon_9855_3a I can only squeeze in maybe 10 minutes of gameplay before I get a freeze or dirty disc error. Anyone else getting this/fixed it?
Also Gir just for reference if you open up your title update for fallout 3 in a hex editor(which is the way I found the title update) it said that the version of my update was:
CODE
F.a.l.l.o.u.t. .3. .T.i.t.l.e. .U.p.d.a.t.e. .#.3
was this the version of your update or do I need an older/newer update.
Hopefully this freezing issue with FO3 can be resolved soon.
Fallout 3 Title Update #3 is the latest update at the moment. This sucks you can only use esp or bsa files, i want to do some texture changes but its two folders with many sub folders & files.
Post by: red_ring_of_box on January 05, 2010, 05:14:00 PM
and ya I've been clearing the cache whenever I add/edit my mods, but I had freezing even before on the retail disc, might I have an idea why though... my Drive is flashed with liteon ix1.6 firmware, I wonder if that is the problem.
Post by: lithium210 on January 06, 2010, 03:17:00 PM
Post by: gir on January 06, 2010, 03:44:00 PM
QUOTE(lithium210 @ Jan 7 2010, 12:17 AM)
skin textures are working! I just did the "ArchiveInvalidationInvalidated!" manually and edited fallout3.ini like it said then copied the meshes & textures folders into the data folder of fallout 3 from my usb hdd. dont have to create them as bsa or anything.
Nice! Was wondering about that. Id like to try some higher res textures on the environments but dont really know how well the 360's hardware would handle it.
Post by: xboxbman on January 10, 2010, 07:54:00 PM
http://www.youtube.c...feature=related
if fallout mods can work, hopefully this will, cause it looks dope
can you post another link for the method you used, the link you posted is dead
Post by: aznfreak353 on January 12, 2010, 07:41:00 PM
QUOTE(xboxbman @ Jan 11 2010, 03:54 AM)
this have motivated me to try and get this going :
http://www.youtube.c...feature=related
if fallout mods can work, hopefully this will, cause it looks dope
can you post another link for the method you used, the link you posted is dead
http://dwl.xbox-scen...E dashboard.pdf
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also If anyone makes a working container would you be so kind and upload it?
i made one, it appears in the xbox 360 dashboard (memory tab), but fallout 3 freezes on the loading extra content :\
thanks
Post by: Downcastnut on January 13, 2010, 12:49:00 AM
QUOTE(red_ring_of_box @ Jan 5 2010, 04:14 PM)
oh that was/is for custom textures? Lol well I haven't gotten the chance to package anything that has skins in it so I guess I can't completely confirm that it works without archiveinvalitation, but when I followed the manual install to the letter then tried to play I would get a dirty disc error.
and ya I've been clearing the cache whenever I add/edit my mods, but I had freezing even before on the retail disc, might I have an idea why though... my Drive is flashed with liteon ix1.6 firmware, I wonder if that is the problem.same deal here. freezes (dirty disk) after editing the ini
but i will try tomorrow with just packaging the mod into the container
im currently working on getting Cube Experimental working.
so now there are two methods? one is just puting the files into there respected directory and the other is packaging the mod into a LIVE file then putting it in "Content/'your profile id'/425307D5/0000002"?
or "Content/0000000000000000/425307D5/0000002"?
Post by: irishwhip on January 13, 2010, 07:46:00 AM
QUOTE(lithium210 @ Jan 6 2010, 10:17 PM)
skin textures are working! I just did the "ArchiveInvalidationInvalidated!" manually and edited fallout3.ini like it said then copied the meshes & textures folders into the data folder of fallout 3 from my usb hdd. dont have to create them as bsa or anything.
would you mind uploading your ini file?
No matter what i try, i can't get textures to load. meshes are working fine though.
Post by: MTWomg on January 16, 2010, 04:59:00 AM
There's the grass mod working.
Post by: Sunstarx55 on January 16, 2010, 01:01:00 PM
Does this work with oblivion?
Post by: irishwhip on January 16, 2010, 05:38:00 PM
Post by: dylan_snyder09 on January 17, 2010, 09:54:00 PM
3.) (optional) Find SInvalidationFile and change it from ArchiveInvalidation.txt to nothing, this will stop Fallout 3 from loading the ArchiveInvalidation.txt which you don't need anymore.
works fine for me after i excluded that step.
Post by: Clockwork BETA on January 22, 2010, 04:10:00 PM