Starting Operation Anchorage...

[Migel]

Now, this is the GOTY edition and I activated the 'anchorage' add-on in 'data files'. According to the wiki I should pick up a trasmission as soon as I leave the vault (Not level-dependant). But the only radio I can get in enclave, news and vault 101 (static noise).
How do I start the mission?
Another thing, when I activated the files it only said that 'broken steel' was enabled and requires lv. 30. I didnt get a message about Anchorage.

[Migel]

Well, I guess nobody plays this game anymore...

[jballar]

I have just started playing the game over the weekend (first time, also GOTY). As soon as I left vault 101 and waited approx. 10 seconds, all of the add-on's quests started. If I remember, the quest name is not operation anchorage, but something else. Have you looked at your active quests to see what is available? I would rely on the active quests more than the radio signal.

If none of that works, before you start the game, in the Steam library screen, make sure all the DLC is checked. Maybe it is as simple as that.

[Migel]

My only quest is the standard daddy quest. All addons are checked though I will try to disable, start, reenable and leave again. Thanks for the answer!

[Migel]

No... didn't work either.

[Migel]

It seems to be Games for windows life blocking my dlcs...
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/1086/?

[SeriousCCIE]

Oh that is bogus about the GTFO from Windows.

I was otherwise going to suggest you made sure that the launcher had the tick boxes ticked (or checked, I guess). When I started, I didn't realize I had to enable them manually. I figured it was going to be automagically enabled.

[Metadragon]

Sometimes it can take a few minutes for the signals to be loaded. I remember my latest playthrough where they didnt start up until I got to Megaton.

[JOSEZELAZNOG]

I have the GOTY edition as well but none of the DLCs appear in the game. What should I do?

[EolSunder]

again just based on the minimal info given..

at menu screen check data files make sure everything is checked. When you exit the prologue vault you'll start getting all the dlc signals.

Of course you might give more info. Like you don't have the steam version you have a hard copy, or you are trying to get them to load up from an already started game and not a new game, but since no such info is given, ill just post the basics.

[Metadragon]

Originally posted by EolSunder:

again just based on the minimal info given..

at menu screen check data files make sure everything is checked. When you exit the prologue vault you'll start getting all the dlc signals.

Of course you might give more info. Like you don't have the steam version you have a hard copy, or you are trying to get them to load up from an already started game and not a new game, but since no such info is given, ill just post the basics.

Windows 10 blocks certain CD and DVD exes from running sometimes. So unless its a Steam copy you may have to crack your game in order to play it. Didn't even think of that until you mentioned he didn't have the Steam versions.

So OP do you have W10?

[Migel]

Sorry for not updating but I had made another thread. I downloaded the 1.7 patch and used
Fallout3ng.exe in the fallout directory instead of the normal executable. The DLCs work fine.
Modding still doesn't work for me. Most mods crash the game at launch, and if I install FOSE it still sais I am running 1.0.0.4...
I did check the marks of the DLCs in the data files list before I opened this thread (played skyrim so that was the obvious thing to do)

I think what might be causing the problems is that I have the german censored (No gore) version. (sucks, I know.) On the FOSE page, it sais it would be compatible with the newest patch and also the censored version.

However, I got operation anchorage working and played trough it, which was quite fun. I don't think I'll be playing this game a lot anyways because these old fallouts just feel weird. Graphics aren't up to their generation and guns feel like they just shouldn't be in the game.
It also looks the exact same like Fallout NV (No surprise), maybe even a little better.
Combat is not very fun, especially if crippling and gore was disabled by your goverment.


I have seen Fallout 4 gameplay, and as it seems they fixed everything I don't like about the old games: Remade combat, updated graphics and a whole new, better looking world.

I am looking forward to Fallout 4, though 3 was pretty much a disappointment to me.
What I am afraid they didn't change in Fallout 4 is the boring questing, which I think is the biggest weakness of these games: I know where he was, but I only tell you if you get me that thing. Then you get the thing and return a hour later to be sent to the next guy...
This is - as the main story of the game too boring to really capture me and I don't think I will ever finish the game, just like Fallout NV, which I basically stopped playing after I reached New Vegas and starting messing around with mods

Well. I have no Idea why I made that a review.
Thank you guys for your answers!

[yonder]

Originally posted by Migel the sloth viking:

Sorry for not updating but I had made another thread. I downloaded the 1.7 patch and used
Fallout3ng.exe in the fallout directory instead of the normal executable.

That did it for me. Thanks!

[Spills51]

Originally posted by SeriousCCIE:

Oh that is bogus about the GTFO from Windows.

I was otherwise going to suggest you made sure that the launcher had the tick boxes ticked (or checked, I guess). When I started, I didn't realize I had to enable them manually. I figured it was going to be automagically enabled.

This. As soon as I did this they all started appearing in game. Make sure you have that part done.

[Migel]

Yeah, actually, I think everyone who has played Bethesda games does that. It wasn't the problem for me, even though I can imagine some people forgot to do it.
As said earlier, patching the game and using another executable seems to be the only way it works for me.

[EolSunder]

yea the NG (no gore) executable sometimes works when the regular exe doesn't because for some reason the NG.exe gets patched to current update and the regular .exe doesn't. Always a good thing to try running the no gore exe instead of you have trouble running the regular .exe.