So, here's the story. I had read about TTW and decided to install it; I went and found my Fallout 3 discs, installed that and basically just ran into it with my already modded New Vegas client. (WMX, EVE, JIP CCC for those interested) I downloaded all the compatibility patches and got my game running. I started a new game and played for a bit, but all along the way I was experiencing issues with missing meshes on various weapons (apparently FO3 weapons that do not have NV counterparts, even though things like the Railway Rifle worked fine). I decided it was symptomatic of the intersecting spheres of influence of TTW, WMX, and EVE not agreeing. I was able to ignore it for the most part, but while playing Broken Steel unfortunately I ran into a portion where you're supposed to retrieve an item, and lo and behold I am missing the mesh for said item. So with what I saw as a mod conflict or some other modded weirdness, I decided the best course of action would be to just do fresh installs of FO3, NV and TTW with no external mods for the best results.
I tried to start a new game and ended up in Goodsprings. That's when I decided to look to the forums for help, but in the middle of writing this thread I decided to try booting up my old save, fully expecting it to fail or crash. Oddly enough, I got in and the critical quest item mesh is still missing.
So here I am with two absolutely vanilla installs of both games missing meshes and starting new games in the wrong place. Also, oddly enough when running the installer, it read the BSAs as having already been constructed. I had already checked my Data folder before running the installer to make sure it had installed cleanly from Steam, and there were none of the requisite files there until after installation.
I ran BOSS on my load order, that's pretty much it.
Using NMM v0.46
Fallout 3 GOTY Edition on Disk
Fallout NV on Steam
[collapsed title=Load Order]FalloutNV.esm
DeadMoney.esm
HonestHearts.esm
OldWorldBlues.esm
LonesomeRoad.esm
GunRunnersArsenal.esm
Fallout3.esm
Anchorage.esm
ThePitt.esm
BrokenSteel.esm
PointLookout.esm
Zeta.esm
TaleofTwoWastelands.esm
ClassicPack.esm
MercenaryPack.esm
TribalPack.esm
CaravanPack.esm
TTW_StashPackOptions.esp
TTW_Bobbleheads.esp
TTW_MoreCookingItems.esp
TTW_XPReduction.esp
TTW_SuperMutantRebalance.esp
TTW_AnchorageCustomization.esp[/collapsed]
[collapsed title=System Specs] Windows 7
Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.4GHz
8 GB of RAM[/collapsed]
[collapsed title=Install Log][1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] System Architecture: Intel64 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
[1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] 64-bit architecture found. [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] Building checksum dictionary using C:\Users\Joshua\Desktop\resources\\TTW Data\TTW Patches\TTW_Checksums.txt [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] TaleOfTwoWastelands.bsa = BA4906CF3AB218545E76842D0A1BD3C1 [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] Anchorage.esm = 209639897C5AD1361E75485E8D444ECF [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] BrokenSteel.esm = AFC9CA58AF0FB206157D888BAE324B9F [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] Fallout3.esm = 37C5DA1ED64F003F88B3D9418344BCE7 [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] PointLookout.esm = A65A464169D6570AF606C270D6825C77 [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] ThePitt.esm = A3B7CE448DA21ED51AD665D44A326E75 [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] Zeta.esm = AA1C1917F75093A3348F0086C3AE57CA [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] Done. [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] Looking for Fallout3.exe [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] Found. [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] Looking for FalloutNV.exe [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] Found. [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] Looking for Tale of Two Wastelands [1/22/2014 12:37:54 PM] Default path found. [1/22/2014 12:37:58 PM] Checking for required files. [1/22/2014 12:37:58 PM] All files found. [1/22/2014 12:37:58 PM] Creating FOMOD foundation. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] Fallout3 - Misc.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] Fallout3 - Meshes.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] Fallout3 - Textures.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] Fallout3 - Sound.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] Fallout3 - MenuVoices.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] Fallout3 - Voices.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] Anchorage - Main.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] Anchorage - Sounds.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] ThePitt - Main.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] ThePitt - Sounds.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] BrokenSteel - Main.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] BrokenSteel - Sounds.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] PointLookout - Main.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] PointLookout - Sounds.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] Zeta - Main.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] Zeta - Sounds.bsa has already been built, skipping. [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] Patching TaleOfTwoWastelands.bsa... [1/22/2014 12:37:59 PM] Applying patch C:\Users\Joshua\Desktop\resources\TTW Data\TTW Patches\TaleOfTwoWastelands.bsa.E981BE049D7299F21E1ED1B08917FA4E.BA4906CF3AB218545E76842D0A1BD3C1.diff [1/22/2014 12:38:00 PM] Patch successful. [1/22/2014 12:38:00 PM] Patching Fallout3.esm... [1/22/2014 12:38:03 PM] C:\Users\Joshua\Documents\My Games\TTW\Main Files\Fallout3.esm is already up to date. [1/22/2014 12:38:03 PM] Patching Anchorage.esm... [1/22/2014 12:38:03 PM] C:\Users\Joshua\Documents\My Games\TTW\Main Files\Anchorage.esm is already up to date. [1/22/2014 12:38:03 PM] Patching ThePitt.esm... [1/22/2014 12:38:04 PM] C:\Users\Joshua\Documents\My Games\TTW\Main Files\ThePitt.esm is already up to date. [1/22/2014 12:38:04 PM] Patching BrokenSteel.esm... [1/22/2014 12:38:04 PM] C:\Users\Joshua\Documents\My Games\TTW\Main Files\BrokenSteel.esm is already up to date. [1/22/2014 12:38:04 PM] Patching PointLookout.esm... [1/22/2014 12:38:04 PM] C:\Users\Joshua\Documents\My Games\TTW\Main Files\PointLookout.esm is already up to date. [1/22/2014 12:38:04 PM] Patching Zeta.esm... [1/22/2014 12:38:04 PM] C:\Users\Joshua\Documents\My Games\TTW\Main Files\Zeta.esm is already up to date. [1/22/2014 12:38:04 PM] Copying Fallout3 Music [1/22/2014 12:38:07 PM] Done. [1/22/2014 12:38:07 PM] Copying Fallout3 Video [1/22/2014 12:38:38 PM] Done. [1/22/2014 12:38:40 PM] Building FOMODs. [1/22/2014 12:41:13 PM] Done.
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