SpudBug

I give up, i've deleted everything. this guide doesn't work and is a huge waste of time.

Ive fixed the issue with the missing model. Now my game crashes to desktop after loading a game within 20 seconds. I think i'm just done with this.

Same problem after checking the local cache. I have no idea what to do with this problem. It's the only issue i have after the STEP guide.

it seems like no matter what i do this problem will continue. might as well use a red box remover mod and hope for the best.

it looks like FWE is affecting it, and CALIBR.esm. I reinstalled and made sure to follow the directions for the xCALIBR ammo mod. What's weird is the guide says to move CALIBR.esm to optional mods but when i do that the game crashes. I had to enable it even though the guide says to disable it.

This is an imgur album showing the red box in game. https://imgur.com/a/HX8z7

Ive completed the STEP guide for modding Fallout 3. Im using almost all the mods from the clear and present danger guide. Only a few of the mods related to some optional clothing i skipped. The only issue i have is that anyone that has a .32 pistol equipped also has a large red box indicating a missing texture or mesh. I've isolated it to this weapon because when i kill an NPC and take the pistol from their inventory, it's gone. When i equip the pistol, it appears, and when I drop the pistol, there's a red box over the item on the ground. How can i resolve this? should i just use a mod that removes the red boxes, and ignore this low level weapon?