User:Kelmych/Fallout3 Changelog

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The following instruction changes have been made to the guide since the last update:

May 24, 2019

April 3, 2019

April 2, 2019

March 30, 2019

August 17, 2018

August 10, 2018

March 2, 2018

February 10, 2018

February 3, 2018

January 30, 2018

January 15, 2018

    1. Removed National Guard Armory Refurb, mod made significant changes to vanilla gameplay; these were not mentioned in Nexus page

January 13, 2018

January 7, 2018

January 3, 2018

January 1, 2018

November 11, 2017

November 4, 2017

September 2, 2017

August 7, 2017

July 12, 2017

    1. Revised Pre-Installation Checklist, added a stronger warning against using game overlay programs.
    2. Updated xEdit download location since the most recent version of xEdit is now always available in the FO3 Nexus site.

July 1, 2017

June 5, 2007

June 2, 2017

May 29, 2017

May 1, 2017

February 2, 2017

January 11, 2017

January 4,2017

    1. Added alternate download source and instructions for DarnUI.

November 6, 2016

October 14, 2016

September 5, 2016

August 24, 2016

August 19, 2016

August 17, 2016

July 2, 2016

    1. Reorganized the Do You Feel Lucky? section on weapon mods for better clarity
    2. Updated download site, installation instructions and notes for 20th Century Weapons since the Game Front site is no longer available.

June 12, 2016

June 6, 2016

March 31, 2016

March 22, 2016

March 13, 2016

March 11, 2016

March 9, 2016

March 5, 2016

March 4, 2016

February 27, 2016

February 9, 2016

January 27, 2016

January 16, 2016

January 13, 2016

January 6, 2016

December 30, 2015

December 1, 2015

November 22, 2015

November 15, 2015

October 21, 2015

October 16, 2015

September 25, 2015

September 23, 2015

September 21, 2015

September 20, 2015

September 13, 2015

September 7, 2015

September 2, 2015

    1. Added comments on use of administrative privilege for utility mods
    2. Added comments on use of MO to manage archives (in the Archives tab)
    3. Expanded the Potential Quest and Location Mod Additions section by adding quests and separating the quests into Large quests and Small quests

August 29, 2015

August 28, 2015

July 22, 2015

July 21, 2015

July 20, 2015

July 14, 2015

July 4, 2015

July 1, 2015

June 28, 2015

June 25, 2015

June 19,2015

June 10, 2015

June 1, 2015

May 30, 2015

May 25, 2015

    1. Added HD Mist, higher resolution mist

May 23, 2015May 23, 2015

May 12, 2015

May 8, 2015

May 7, 2015

May 3, 2015

May 2, 2015

April 22, 2015

April 17, 2015

April 15, 2015

April 7, 2015

March 27, 2015

    1. Added Patches List to simplify selecting among some of the optional patch files mentioned in the guide

February 25, 2015

February 19, 2015

February 15, 2015

    1. Updated installation instructions for RH_IronSights - FOSE to remove the use of the RH_Ironsights to EVE Bridge patch
    2. Updated installation instructions for 20th Century Weapons to add an alternate download site
    3. Updated installation instructions for Blackened to use the new optional RH_Ironsights patch
    4. The userlist.yaml file mentioned in the Run LOOT section was updated

February 10, 2015

January 30, 2015

January 29. 2015

January 28, 2015

January 29. 2015

January 28, 2015

January 24, 2015

January 21, 2015

January 20, 2015

January 17, 2015

    1. Changed installation instructions for An Evening With Mister Manchester; recommendation for installing "FasterMorePowerfulMines.esp" was eliminated since the plugin interferes with several compatibility patches.
    2. Updated the Texture Optimization section to discuss using the improved version 2.8 batch files for optimizing the vanilla Fallout 3 textures.
    3. Separated the weapons mods by Millenia into a separate subsection named Millenia's Weapons.
    4. Revised the instructions for RH_IronSights - FOSE to add instructions to allow the 10mm pistol to use replacer textures.
    5. Updated installation instructions for Robots HD Retexture to list specific textures to be hidden if EVE is used.
    6. Updated BSAs and Mod Organizer to add some specific recommendations on which BSAs to leave as unextracted.

January 14, 2015

January 12, 2015

    1. Added a note to The Mantis Imperative about not removing UDR records from the The Mantis Imperative - Mantis.esp when cleaning the plugin with FO3Edit.

January 10, 2015

    1. Updated the version of Mod Organizer to 1.2.17 and modified the notes about the problems with handling fomod scripts.
    2. Updated the notes in FWE - FO3 Wanderers Edition since MO is again able to install this mod.
    3. Updated the notes for LOOT and Wrye Flash; Wrye Flash doesn't automatically import bash tags from LOOT. This is expected to be added in the next Wrye Flash update.
  • January 8, 2015
    1. Updated the version of Mod Organizer to 1.2.16; this version now includes improved script support for FOMM scripts.
    2. Removed Mod Organizer - Legacy Script Support since it is no longer available; version 1.2.16 of Mod Organizer now includes a similar capability
    3. Added Dragonskin armor for FWE v2014; a more up-to-date FWE compatibility patch for DTO
    4. Modified the installation instructions for T3TForFWE to remove the use of the AntistarDTOForFWE patch for Dragonskin Tactical Armor since this patch is replaced by a more recent alternative (see above).
  • December 31, 2014
    1. Updated installation instructions for Dynamic Crosshair, and also moved the installation of a basic crosshair to be right after this mod in the guide.
    2. Added Metro_Map_Replacer as an optional Metro map replacement mod
    3. Added some additional optional mods with Type 3 armor and clothing from Exeter
    4. Added Bornagain fo3 t45d power armor; inadvertently left out
  • December 30, 2014
    1. Changed guide to use UIO - UI Organizer vs. Unified HUD for managing the installation of UI mods.
    2. Updated instructions for all mods in the main UI section for use with UIO - UI Organizer.
    3. Updated the version numbers and file descriptions of all the UI mods developed by Gopher since these were modified to make use of UIO - UI Organizer.
    4. Added JIP Companions Command and Control
    5. Added UIO - UI Organizer
    6. Removed Unified HUD Project; replaced by UIO - UI Organizer

December 9, 2014

  • October 10, 2014
    1. Updated instructions for Realistic Interior Lighting, to note that only the merged plugin is needed
    2. Updated instructions for Big Town Overhaul, only one file is needed
    3. Updated instructions for Temple of The Union Overhaul, to put the rifle texture in the proper folder
    4. Updated instructions for Better clutter and furniture pack, to put the mod textures in the proper folder
    5. Updated instructions for Vertibird Re-textured, to put the mod textures in the proper folder and to install later (higher priority) so the textures are not overwritten
    6. Updated instructions for Better High Detail map and Icons, Pipboy HUD color needs to be set to white
    7. Updated instructions for Delay DLC, to suggest not installing the plugin for The Pitt as it's unreliable.
    8. Updated instructions for 20th Century Weapons, added comment to remove the xCALIBR plugin since it is provided elsewhere.
    9. Updated instructions for BatteriesPlus, removed instructions for installing the MF cell
    10. Moved Skykappas Water Bottles to install later (higher priority) so the textures are not overwritten
    11. Moved Nuka-Cola Hi-Res Retexture to install later (higher priority) so the textures are not overwritten
    12. Moved Retex_Gore to install later (higher priority) so the textures are not overwritten
    13. Removed Sandbag Retexture since NMC has better textures
    14. Removed Hi-Res Historical Documents since textures are already in the Better Clutter and Furniture Pack
    15. Removed Fallout Character Overhaul - Races since it is currently incompatible with Fallout Redesigned and provides only the new races, so it needs another mod to work with it that makes use of these races. When the NPC changes become available this mod will likely be added back to the guide
    16. Entries specific to this guide for a LOOT userlist.yaml are now provided to augment the LOOT masterlist; see the Run LOOT section.
  • October 5, 2014
    1. Updated Mod Organizer, updated to version 1.2.14
    2. Updated instructions for Better High Detail map and Icons, to make it clear the the instructions are based on using the Omnis Pip-Boy mod
    3. Updated instructions for Fallout Stutter Remover, the bHookLightCriticalSections and bReplaceGetTickCount parameters were missing in the ini file instructions
  • September 26, 2014
    1. Updated Arlington House Restoration, new version requires a clean save
    2. Updated ENBoost, new version changes the d3d9.dll and some ENB files but not enbseries.ini or enblocal.ini
  • September 20, 2014
    1. Added A World Of Pain for Fallout 3 AWOP4FO3, quest mod that adds new locations, enemies, quests
    2. New optional file for Dynamic Weather added that reduces the game's green tint.
    3. Revised ControlPanelMenuSettings with FWE and Powered Power Armor additions
    4. Error in the Blackened patches noted
    5. Additional troubleshooting information added
  • September 14, 2014
    1. Added Zealotlee Adaptive Combat Rifle Script Bugfix, fixes scripting bugs for the ACR, one of the more interesting weapons in FO3
    2. Changed instructions for all the mods related to Zealotlees ACR.
    3. Initial work on a revised compatibility patch for FWE and Zealotlees ACR.
  • September 11, 2014
    1. Unremoved Creature Companion Fixes, portions of mod were not included in Updated Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch
    2. Removed Enhanced Night Sky, included in Enhanced Weather
    3. Added Fallout 3 DLC Item Descriptions
    4. Added Fallout 3 Interface Color Changer
    5. Added Fixes for Crimson Caravan v1_3
    6. Added The Crimson Caravan v1_3
    7. Changed instructions for Enhanced Weather, Puce Moose Quest mods overview, An Evening with Mister Manchester, Pipboy Item Descriptions, Existence 2.0, MMM, krzymar HI-RES Moon, Advanced Recon Trap Detection, and Blackened.
    8. Added note about the Fallout 3 Radio Stutter Fix
    9. Bash tag recommendations removed. LOOT has been incorporating the bash tag recommendations I've created, along with the plugin cleaning results, so the bash tags should be automatically be applied when you use LOOT. In addition, and specific plugins needing cleaning will be noted.
    10. Changed cleaning indicator color to yellow so it is more noticeable
  • August 30, 2014
  • Added indicator for mods that have plugins in need of cleaning with FO3Edit
  • August 20 2014
    1. Added The_Pitt_Fixes.
    2. Added Vault 106 Fixes
    3. New indicators added to denote the approximate resolution of the textures provided in mods.
  • August 18, 2014
    1. Added ENBoost. provides additional system memory to Fallout 3 game.