Issues with New California

[Starling Fox]

When I press the "New game" option in the start menu, I never get the "Choose Game To Start" box. I just wake up at the Doctor M's place. I get the New California back splash and dialog box theme, but I can't seem to start the story-line. I can't think of any of the mods that might be causing issues. It said it was only incompatible with mods like "Alternate Start."

I am using MO. I am using BETA 213 version of New California. I bought New Vegas from steam. I have all the DLCs. I don't know what the issue is.

Edit: I disabled all the mods, and I still don't get the option to start the New California. I wake up at the Doc's.

[Ez Duzit]

I don't believe mod organizer works with new california although MO2 is supposed to. You might be better off just switching to Vortex.

Also if you've completed New Vegas, especially if it was modded, you might want to try completely uninstalling NV and then reinstalling NV and New California for a fresh start. That way you only install the mods you will use for New California which will minimize problems.

[Starling Fox]

Originally posted by Ez Duzit:

I don't believe mod organizer works with new california although MO2 is supposed to. You might be better off just switching to Vortex.

Also if you've completed New Vegas, especially if it was modded, you might want to try completely uninstalling NV and then reinstalling NV and New California for a fresh start. That way you only install the mods you will use for New California which will minimize problems.

I played TTW, so I completely uninstalled absolutely everything. For some reason, MO2 can't find my FNV binary. I create a new instance and go to the default steam library folder that has the game's .exe file, not the data folder, and it just ignores it. I don't get it. It worked fine for FO4 and SkyrimSE, but FO3 and FNV won't work.

"No game identified in 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam?steamapps/common/Fallout New Vegas'. The directory is required to contain the game binary."

[Ez Duzit]

I use Vortex not MO2 so can't offer help if ur using MO2.
All I can offer is that Vortex works fine with FNV and New California.

[Starling Fox]

Originally posted by Ez Duzit:

I use Vortex not MO2 so can't offer help if ur using MO2.
All I can offer is that Vortex works fine with FNV and New California.

I tried using Vortex before. I honestly prefer MO's format. Thanks for the help though.

Update: Okay, so I figured it out. You have to manually install it to your folder. The installer version will not pick up on the game's binary for some odd reason. Download the file with the "Archive" in the title, then use 7-zip to extract the all the files into FNV's directory. Boom, it works...or not. Let me try reinstalling everything then get back with you on this. MO2 doesn't seem to realize I have any DLCs.

UPDATE: YES, it seems to be working now. I don't know why it didn't recognize my DLC before, but it is in the plugins tab now, which it wasn't before.

[Ez Duzit]

Nice! Glad you figured it out. Plus it's always more rewarding when you figure it out yourself.

[RedSaintNino]

I am having this issue with vortex. Ideas?

[wicked lester]

It certainly works with MO2 - that's what I use.

[策渊鱼]

I use MO2 and the mod does not work, too.However,when I loaded an archive from another mod manager--fmod,I successfully made it work.So, just download another mod manager and create an archive for MO2.Hope it is useful the same to you!

[RealmWanderer]

I use MO2 and it's important to follow the New California installation instruction [docs.google.com] specific for MO2.

The brand new MO2 profile I created (let's call it "New California") was used to install the mod. You install the mod by running the installer exe within MO2 per the instruction. Starting a new game from the new profile works correctly (i.e. with both "New California" and "New Vegas" options available when starting a new game).

If I use a different profile and turns on the "New California" mod, starting a new game will just go straight to "New Vegas" in Doc Mitchell's house.

But you're not limited to using only the "New California" profile to play the game. You can use MO2 profile management popup to copy the "New California" profile to create a new profile. Profiles created from the original "New California" profile work fine too.