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Emerald Triangle Feb 11, 2017 @ 10:25am
Installing Mods PLEASE help.
I got a .esp file and don't know where to put it. It is a mod that makes companions have infinite ammo. I put it in the fallout 4 data folder but it does nothing. I equipped a short assault rifle to Piper and gave her at least 1 ammo for that weapon. She just shoots the gun once and reverts back to a pistol. Am I installing the mod right? I did extract it into my fallout 4 data folder. Thanks!
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gamertaboo Feb 11, 2017 @ 10:45am 
It might help since you seem sort of new to this stuff to just download a mod manager. Like Nexus Mod Manager for example, found here[www.nexusmods.com].

Download and install that. Launch it, let it find Fallout 4 and then click the green check mark. Go into there and drag and drop the mod into Nexus Mod Manager. Find where the mod is in Nexus Mod Manager and right click it, select enable mod. Launch the game and enjoy playing with mods...

This should make it somewhat easier for you to handle any mods you go with.
Last edited by gamertaboo; Feb 11, 2017 @ 10:46am
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Emerald Triangle Feb 11, 2017 @ 10:50am 
Thank you gamertaboo. It is just a simple esp file on its own. Is there a way to drag and drop it into a folder for it to work?
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gamertaboo Feb 11, 2017 @ 11:05am 
Originally posted by Sanic:
Thank you gamertaboo. It is just a simple esp file on its own. Is there a way to drag and drop it into a folder for it to work?
As far as I know dropping it into the Data folder is how you do it. But some mods have a sort of "options" menu that you have to select things in and stuff, which I think only works with a mod manager.

If you dropped it in the Data folder and it's not working, I'd say try the mod manager.
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Emerald Triangle Feb 11, 2017 @ 11:10am 
So weird. I used nexus mod manager and it works fine. I thought dropping the file in the data folder would do it but it didn't. Stupid and weird haha. Thank you!
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gamertaboo Feb 11, 2017 @ 11:12am 
Originally posted by Sanic:
So weird. I used nexus mod manager and it works fine. I thought dropping the file in the data folder would do it but it didn't. Stupid and weird haha. Thank you!
Haha no problem man, ya I'm not sure why it wouldn't work on it's own. Very weird.
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SPARTAN117B01 Feb 11, 2017 @ 12:39pm 
Originally posted by Sanic:
I got a .esp file and don't know where to put it. It is a mod that makes companions have infinite ammo. I put it in the fallout 4 data folder but it does nothing. I equipped a short assault rifle to Piper and gave her at least 1 ammo for that weapon. She just shoots the gun once and reverts back to a pistol. Am I installing the mod right? I did extract it into my fallout 4 data folder. Thanks!

1st off Fallout 4 doesn't nativly support mods. You must edit the Ini files to enable mods, then it's best to use NMM to install mods as it makes it much easier to update and remove them in the future. Also simply droping the .esp file into the "Data" folder isn't enough to get some mods running. You have to enable the esp file and NMM comes in hand for easly doing that as well.

Setting up Fallout 4 for Mods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgUbpIzdpGY&list=PLE7DlYarj-DcsUoIH2gzYt7u6WSh07m4A&index=3

Installing and Using NMM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWDjdimWoMQ&index=1&list=PLE7DlYarj-DcsUoIH2gzYt7u6WSh07m4A

Installing F4SE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S46KHM2zBM0

Additional Info to Optomize Fallout 4: http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Fallout_4
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