Introduction
Fallout 3 doesn't have the Mod Configuration Menu (MCM) mod that was added for Fallout New Vegas. Instead there are Control Panel menus accessed through the Pipboy Item menus and/or through hotkeys. The following is a list of all the menus added by the mods in theFallout 3 guide, and some recommendations on parameters that are worth changing from their default values.
The list of all Control Panel menus added and the mod that added the menu is provided below. In addition to the menus in the Item menus, the menus for some mods are available through a hotkey. Some Control Panel menus are available through both a hotkey and an item menu.
Control Panel Menu List
This table includes the mods with Control Panel Menus and how the menus can be activated.
Mod
- Advanced Recon: Apparel Menu < Adv. Recon Settings >
- Dynamic Crosshair: Apparel Menu < Configure Crosshair >
- Fallout 3 Wanderers Edition: Apparel Menu < FWE Control Panel >
- Flashlight: Apparel Menu < Flashlight Options > ; Hotkey (default is 'B', recommend changing to 'L')
- Triage (FWE): Apparel Menu < Triage >
- Powered Power Armor: Apparel Menu [PA] - config ; Hotkey (default is 'P')
- CASM: Aid Menu: CASM Options Menu
- Enhanced Weather: Aid Menu Enhanced Weather Settings
- Dragonskin Tactical Outfit: Aid Menu [DTO Bonus Menu] (available on Pipboy exit)
- RH_Ironsights: Aid Menu [Gun Oil]
- Bullet Time function (FWE): Misc Menu {Bullet time}; Hotkey (hotkey set in menu)
- Sprint function (FWE): Hotkey (hotkey set in menu)
- JIP Selective-Fire: Hotkey (default is 'B')
- JIP Realistic Weapon Overheating: Hotkey ('Shift' + 'Backspace')
- Stimpack Counter: Hotkey ('Right-Shift')
- Adjustable HUD (aHUD): Hotkey (default is 'F6')
- Immersive HUD (iHUD): Hotkey default is 'I' held 2 seconds)
- Darnified Menu Options: Main Game Menu DUIF3
Darn UI Combat Indicator
As mentioned in Arwen's Mod List for Fallout 3 this page DarnUI includes a Combat Indicator. The default for this indicator is off, but it can be enabled by changing the following line inDarnUI Support for FWE: menus\prefabs\DUIF3Settings.xml with Notepad++. This parameter is not available as an option in the DUIF3 menu, it needs to be changed in the settings file.
change
<_HUDShowCI> 0 </_HUDShowCI> to
<_HUDShowCI> 1 </_HUDShowCI>
Menu Comments
- Fallout 3 Wanderers Edition full description of FWE menu options
Recommended change
- Experience Control Panel Options ( > Character > Experience )
- Option 2 - Faster leveling (iXPBumpBase = 225), requires 35-40% more XP across all levels, balanced for Level 30 Cap. (recommended) or perhaps
- Option 3 - Moderate leveling (iXPBumpBase = 300), requires 60-90% more XP across all levels, balanced for Level 30 Cap. (alternate recommendation)
- Flashlight: Menu Options
- change flashlight color
- change hotkey (recommend changing hotkey to 'L')
