Fallout: New Vegas

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Hjv May 26, 2024 @ 10:19pm
Fallout 4gb patch
So I can't seem to play FNV anymore since reinstalling or verifying the files doesn't seem to remove the patch at all. All I get is an error when I try to launch the game. Is there a way to remove the patch?
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cheshirm May 27, 2024 @ 1:38am 
game is small (less than 10gb) so perhaps lets start with a vanilla game.

uninstalling/reinstalling games/mods uninstalls/reinstalls downloaded files ONLY. the process does NOT remove any folders/files created when the game runs. I recently uninstalled Fallout 4 - in the steam game folder I found a .dll library and a .ini file that I had been experimenting with and had forgotten about.

go to folder
....\steam\steamapps\common
rename fallout new vegas folder something else like falloutnvOLD

go to folder
c:\users\yourWindowsLogin\appdata\local
rename FalloutNV folder something else like FalloutNVOLD

go to folder
Documents\My Games
rename FalloutNV folder something else like FalloutNVOLD (your save files are in this folder)

now steam verify game files. steam will download and install just the game files into new empty folders. start a new game and see if just the vanilla game works. if so, move the save files from the old Saves folder to the working Saves folder

all your old files are still in the FalloutNVOLD folders so if something goes wrong, you can restore everything.
Vex Hilarius May 27, 2024 @ 7:15am 
4gb Patcher is a foreign file, you have to manually delete it out of NV's folder. Verifying the files only makes sure any file from when the game was added on steam gets reacquired.

Simply clicking on the patcher.exe will apply the 4gb Patcher again. If the game fails to load it's another issue unrelated to the patcher.
Last edited by Vex Hilarius; May 27, 2024 @ 7:17am
Seven7 May 27, 2024 @ 7:46am 
fun-made 4Gb patch not only remove 2Gb limit, but change heaps so game work better with 4Gb and big mods \ more than 127 mods

Defender and other AV interfere with binary patchers, always, even if it developer's patchers, signed. - exclude \ disable folder and file \ process from online (on the fly) protection BEFORE patching ORIGINAL file :2017cat:
Last edited by Seven7; May 27, 2024 @ 7:46am
Idk why this has to be rocket science. 4GB patch creates a backup exe when you use it. All you had to do was remove the exe your patched and renamed your falloutnv exe to whatever it's supposed to be called without the - copy on the end of it. Or you could have removed both of them then verfied files to redownload doesn't matter. Steam wont redownload a patched exe that doesn't even make sense.
Last edited by Уединение; May 27, 2024 @ 8:30am
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Date Posted: May 26, 2024 @ 10:19pm
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