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About this mod
Collection of patches that forward UUFO3P records or parts thereof to mods that were made with only the unpatched Vanilla Fallout3.ESM as Master.
Why? Because playing an unpatched Bethesda game is like installing a Nuke on your PC.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
- Donations
BACKGROUND
The modding scene in Skyrim has a few years of technical progress on FO3 modding. There, it is imperative and an unwritten law to make mods based on the Unofficial Patches. It appears that this good modding practice hasn't made it's way to Fallout 3 yet. Modding on an unpatched game reverts records that the mod touches back to the often fragile, dysfunctional or neglected vanilla state. I mean..COME ON GUYS!!!!!
Anniversary Patcher, UFO3P vs. UUFO3P
I patch any mod i install on the go and upload the doable patches here. Some patches require Goodies - I consider (U)UFO3P and Goodies base-game Material. Some patches will work without Goodies, but...i didn't remember which ones. In doubt, LOOT/Vortex will tell you.
COMPATIBILITY & OUTLOOK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mods i attempted to patch but cannot:
Mods that do not need a patch:
Dirty mods that I recommend to xEdit QuickAutoClean:
Random notes based on my findings during Patching:
MORE MODS
FOR AUTHORS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CREDITS
The modding scene in Skyrim has a few years of technical progress on FO3 modding. There, it is imperative and an unwritten law to make mods based on the Unofficial Patches. It appears that this good modding practice hasn't made it's way to Fallout 3 yet. Modding on an unpatched game reverts records that the mod touches back to the often fragile, dysfunctional or neglected vanilla state. I mean..COME ON GUYS!!!!!
Anniversary Patcher, UFO3P vs. UUFO3P
- This collection does not replace the Anniversary Patcher. Follow the guides, then install mods, then come back here.
- There's the old Unofficial FO3P and there is a newer Updated Unofficial FO3P. This mod patches toward the newer UUFO3P
I patch any mod i install on the go and upload the doable patches here. Some patches require Goodies - I consider (U)UFO3P and Goodies base-game Material. Some patches will work without Goodies, but...i didn't remember which ones. In doubt, LOOT/Vortex will tell you.
COMPATIBILITY & OUTLOOK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mods i attempted to patch but cannot:
- Marts Mutant Mod - Too complex and too deeply woven into the base game. Too many native records that carry the same unpatched blank references as the base game. This one must be done by the author to make sure it's done conforming to their vision. Also...S*** ton of work, nope.
- Bound in Steel - Brotherhood Revisions - I do not recommend using the BRev module. From the patch-side of things it doesn't look like it adds much to the game, but it undoes a ton of UFO3P changes. I will not give it a try ingame, so my assessment here is tentative.
Mods that do not need a patch:
- All mods that have no .esp, e.g. pure texture or sound file replacers
- All Outfits 2k FO3 and TTW
- Collision Meshes FO3 - Main version v1.6.6
- Dead Wilderness - A Grass Overhaul - 2/4k v1.0
- GNR Enhanced - Patches a number of simpler things like sex- or quest stage conditions just like the UUFO3P, but goes far beyond. Changes are too extensive to retrace, but do look deliberate and carefully made as a whole. This mod is a patch itself, and doesn't need any forwarding.
Dirty mods that I recommend to xEdit QuickAutoClean:
- all of them, generally, but i remember these ones:
- ATMOS - many ITMs and deleted references
- Animated Microfilm Machines - 1 ITM
Random notes based on my findings during Patching:
- Load <Fallout 3 Lod.esp> after <Much Needed LOD FO3.esp>
- Using <Fallout 3 Lod> makes Arefu LOD FO3 obsolete
MORE MODS
- Hotkeyed Night Vision - Improves night vision on the Peepers (cut content in Goodies), and adds it to other helmets. Keeps compatibility settings from all patches here.
FOR AUTHORS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Brothers, You may already have covered some combinations - no offense if I overlooked a patch. I didn't readily find any and just went patching myself.
- I hate duplicates. If you happen to patch your own mod, let me know. I'll take down my patch here to keep the Nexus clean.
CREDITS
- hairylegs222, Quazzy, and all who helped with the Unofficial Patches. They are the heroes the games deserve.
- hairylegs222, the current author of (U)UFO3P & Goodies, for helping a lot with the Amata Patch.
- mrphresh for finding the bad NIF and cause of crashes in EVE.