
Leaving a few dollars can really make their day, but do consider at least leaving a comment and endorsing their work. Modders create and release extra content for fun and for the love of scripting, but leaving an endorsement or even a donation can provide much-needed feedback, especially if you've enjoyed hours of entertainment because of said mod(s). Mod authors generally offer information in mod descriptions on the Nexus should their files require to be configured in a set order, and there are even tools available that can check to see if there are any problems with your setup.ĭownload and install LOOT, which we strongly recommend you run each and every time you edit your load order or install/remove a mod. Making sure that you don't install mods in the wrong folder though, for obvious reasons. The default is C:>Program Files (x86)>Steam Library>SteamApps>Common>Fallout: New Vegas. reviewing over the mod manger again it has now been updated to work with windows 7 64bit operating systems here I a link to their website. This list is important because some mods and files need to be loaded by the game in a specific order. First make sure that you know the location of your Fallout: New Vegas.

Once you have a few mods downloaded you may notice the load order start to populate.


Explains how to properly used MO2 as well. Here is a link to the guide I've used a few different times this year. Don't worry, this is easier than manually installing the mods. This means you will have to install the mods with MO2. For example: Select the new entry so it highlights in blue, then hit the green check mark. So, to get around this, MO2 creates a virtual filesystem that New Vegas will read from, instead of the files actually being in the New Vegas Directory. A menu will open up, click on the mod file then hit open. You CAN install mods by just dropping the contents in the Data folder, but this can get messy if you start installing a lot of mods and need to troubleshoot.

It's located on the top toolbar and then you just select the zip file that you manually downloaded. If the file has to be downloaded manually, then you will install it with the "Manually Install Mod" button in MO2. For me, this is D:/Games/Fallout New Vegas/Data, but may be different for you depending on where you installed the game.Īs for not being able to download the mod through MO2, if the file doesn't begin downloading automatically, I just have to pause/resume the download and it will start downloading. The Data folder is located in your New Vegas Root Directory. Once you download the mod and open it there will usually be a 'read me' notepad that tells you where the files should be placed.
