bfchooch

Hey all- This is a great project; I loved vanilla New Vegas but F&L takes it to the next level. Props to EssArrBee and the community for the healthy amount of work they've put in. I learned a ton about modding while going through the guide; I also noticed some problems that some people may care about. I spent more time than I'm willing to admit trying to achieve my ideal F&L setup. ;-) Here are some things that I couldn't quite iron out or determine the root cause of: 1) Random NPCs not wearing armor/clothing. For examples, 2-3 NCR troopers wandering around the Mojave Outpost. And the merchant that hangs out in front of Jean Skydiving that Eddie asks you to take care of. This isn't a huge deal because I can use the 'resurrect' console command until they get a random loadout that looks right. I still would like to figure this one out at some point. 2) I was experiencing CTDs that weren't related to load order (at least as reported by FNVEdit). After much trial & error, it seems something about the JIP Companion mod and the latest ILO instructions isn't compatible. I was able to prevent the CTDs by extracting both mods BSA files. I'm assuming this is probably something specific to my setup, but it's worth noting for posterity. 3) Two of the installers don't install BSA files properly. One example is CaliberX; I can't remember the other offhand. I had to manually install the BSA file after I noticed a bunch of giant red exclamation points in game. I then systematically disabled mods until I figured out the cause. Using the 'manual' button in MO does properly install the BSA file. 4) The instructions to install More Perks may need tweaking (or perhaps I'm just a ******). But renaming things to 'More Perks.esm' doesn't seem to work because a directory with that name already exists. Moving the contents *into* 'More Perks.esm' does work though. 5) The instructions for WMX may also need tweaking (or my brain does). When I run the installer as instructed, WMX-POPMerged.esp doesn't get installed correctly; I have to do it manually. 6) A couple installers end with an error along the lines of "Mod XXX not found" but this doesn't seem to affect installation at all, at least not that I've noticed. In case anyone is wondering, my setup is nearly exactly as the F&L guide suggests, with perhaps two additional minor mods to take the annoying peep sights off a couple weapons. Take care and thanks so much for the guide; I'm very thankful to have it as a resource. -bfc