Installer can't find Anthology F3's required files

Post by **No Bark Noonan_Novac Crazy** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:58 am

Hello, yes, I am having a problem installing TTW (as in, I can't even get the installer to find Fallout 3). I have installed TTW on another computer before (it was Windows 8.1, bleh), but trying to do that on my desktop (Win7) has produced no results whatsoever. My edition of 3 is from the Anthology (the collection in the mini nuke Bethesda was selling awhile back), and it is not the same game disk from the previous install. When I run the installer, it cannot find 3's executable nor BSAs, esms, or other required data, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW FOR A FACT THEY ARE IN THE DATA FOLDER. (C:\program files(x86)\Steam\Steamapps\common\Fallout 3\data). I should probably add that Fallout 3 was installed as "Fallout 3 goty". This is a clean install (of both 3 and NV). Does anyone know what my problem is?

Post by **Puppettron** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:23 am

are you running in administrator? are the files read-only? did you manually point the installer to the files? post your install log, it can be helpful to us.

Post by **No Bark Noonan_Novac Crazy** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 9:27 pm

Yes, I am running the installer with administrative privileges. However, it still doesn't find the executable when I manually point to it. I would provide the installer log, however one wasn't created... (Experience screwing about with manually installing things would tell me GFWL might have something to do with it...)

Post by **Puppettron** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:30 am

if you pointed it to the file, then clicked install, and then it aborted because it couldn't find the files, then there is an install log in my documents > my games > tale of two wastelands.

Post by **Risewild** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 1:14 am

I am quoting my post on another user's thread that had the same problem, although Puppettron already covered some of these points.

Just a few things:

Make sure you're running the Installer "As Administrator"

Make sure your antivirus and firewall are not blocking the installer from accessing your Fallout 3 files

Make sure all of your Fallout 3 files and folders are not marked "As Read Only" on their "Properties"

Make sure all your Fallout 3 files are proper and not corrupt by using the "Verify Integrity Of Game Cache" on your game's "Properties > Local Files" steam option

Make sure your Fallout 3 game is in English language

Quoting TrickyVein:

This person had a similar issue but solved his by using a different program to extract the installer.

Hope you can install it soon

Post by **No Bark Noonan_Novac Crazy** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 12:10 am

Sorry I haven't been on (lost power for a week, at least I think it was a week), but I do have some news of progress. After revalidating the game through Steam (a few times), I managed to get the installer to find the executable and the files needed. However, now my problem is the recommended fomod installer (FOMM) gives me an error, saying I need a newer version of the software to install TTW. Likely a stupid question, but where can I find the latest version of Fallout Mod Manager?

Post by **Puppettron** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 12:37 am

probably on LL. since the fomods for TTW are pretty simple though, and there's not a whole lot of things out there that also need latest FOMM, you could also follow the manual install directions if you don't feel like updating your FOMM