Can you install Steam FO4 and GOG FO4 at the same time?

[T-1001]

I was wondering if it is possible to install the Steam version of FO4 with the Next Gen patch loaded (and maybe some other mods), and on the same PC have the GOG version also installed, both able to be run and used. I would like to keep my Steam FO4 as it is now and only use the GOG version for Fallout London.

Does anyone know for certain if this is possible or not? I was thinking about possible clashes with save game files or are there any Reg Keys for the Steam version that may be over-written by the GOG version, for example?

Thanks

[patrick68794]

yes, you can also just move your current FO4 install folder to a new location outside of your steam library folder and download a "fresh" Fallout 4 install to use for London. No need to buy the game twice

[hardbop]

Or even better. Just keep your Steam installation where it already is and just install the GOG version in a new path.
I did this and it works just fine. They will share the same savegame and INI file directory, but I found this convenient as I didn't have to reconfigure my settings again.

[patrick68794]

Originally posted by hardbop:

Or even better. Just keep your Steam installation where it already is and just install the GOG version in a new path.
I did this and it works just fine. They will share the same savegame and INI file directory, but I found this convenient as I didn't have to reconfigure my settings again.

You don't need to buy both versions, that's a waste of money. You can have two different installations of the Steam version just fine.

[Xenon The Noble]

Yes.
I have done it, and Im not the brightest kid on the block.
I will use GOG for Fallout London (once all the fan boys download it because the download is at 25 m/s and its' 33 g/s, says "Two days" to download And steam for 198.) to play with the old FO4 mods without the 198 update
Fallout London takes over your game, so if you play it, your'e done with FO4

[Lord Nighthawk]

Backup your documents\mygames\fallout4 folder and you are good to go with 2 installations.
I also have an actual modded steam version and the previous version on gog for folon now.

[T-1001]

OK all, many thanks for your replies, it looks like I should be able to do it then and have two options. I'll back up the save games and FO4 folders I have as a precaution before hand, but there should be no Reg Key issues.


1 Duplicate Steam installs: (saves money)
I've never done two installs of the same game from Steam before, but from what you are saying I can just move the existing FO4 folder out of Steam folders and reinstall the game into the steam folders once more. So I have the old 'Next Gen' version outside of Steam folders and a new one for London inside, is that correct?

If so, will the one outside of the normal steam location still be listed as a playable game in the library or do I have to manually add it back to the steam library or start it from a shortcut? And will both still be maintained by Steam IF there are any future patches?

2 Install GOG as well: (costs more)
Just purchase the GOG game and install it in separate GOG folder outside of Steam.


Thanks (unless I've misunderstood something)

[-={LG}=-]

Absolutely. It's not going to be any issue at all. Neither game is more expensive than the other game if you wait for the sale. They all collude on pricing, which goes up and down at exactly the same time as with any other monopolistic price-fixing scam. In today's market, entirely controlled by Steam.

The real question is, why? If you can run a game absent a client and without being coerced to update it, why would you choose any other option? Just so you could have the craptastic update with the shoddy CC content when you're not even using a console? It boggles the mind.

[LostInThyme]

I got Fallout 4 London for free on GOG without having to buy Fallout 4 on GOG.

[Bored Peon]

Save files can be sorted out by changing the INI to a different save destination.

[TheOrangeBox]

Here's instruction:
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https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/fallout-london-how-to-install/

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by TheOrangeBox:

Here's instruction:
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https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/fallout-london-how-to-install/

That article sucks.
- It immediately starts bashing Bethesda for updating their game. How dare a developer update their own game. An update that was known to be coming for close to a year.
- It blames the late release of Fallout London on Bethesda. News flash if Fallout London is using the old version then there should not have been a THREE MONTH delay. DUH.
- Then the article tells you to go install a mod which wants to use your user name and password. Let me guess the mod was made by a exiled Nigerian prince who wants to reclaim the throne.

Why should any mod user have to take such elaborate jumps through hoops to get a mod to run? Jumping through those hoops only encourages that such behavior, passing until they make a stand alone version like Enderal is the best thing to do.

[patrick68794]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by TheOrangeBox:

Here's instruction:
-
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/fallout-london-how-to-install/

That article sucks.
- It immediately starts bashing Bethesda for updating their game. How dare a developer update their own game. An update that was known to be coming for close to a year.
- It blames the late release of Fallout London on Bethesda. News flash if Fallout London is using the old version then there should not have been a THREE MONTH delay. DUH.
- Then the article tells you to go install a mod which wants to use your user name and password. Let me guess the mod was made by a exiled Nigerian prince who wants to reclaim the throne.

Why should any mod user have to take such elaborate jumps through hoops to get a mod to run? Jumping through those hoops only encourages that such behavior, passing until they make a stand alone version like Enderal is the best thing to do.

PC Gamer has had some weird Bethesda hate fetish for a few years now, the site as a whole has gone to ♥♥♥♥ the last five years or so

[Krtas]

Sorry just for the slower among us:

I have the pre-next gen install in my Steam folder. That lousy excuse of an update never touched my files.
If I copy the Fallout 4 folder from Steam somewhere else, will I be able to direct the installer to this non-Steam folder copy and launch the game from there?

Or will this copy simply be a back up for once I am done with FOLON?

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by patrick68794:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

That article sucks.
- It immediately starts bashing Bethesda for updating their game. How dare a developer update their own game. An update that was known to be coming for close to a year.
- It blames the late release of Fallout London on Bethesda. News flash if Fallout London is using the old version then there should not have been a THREE MONTH delay. DUH.
- Then the article tells you to go install a mod which wants to use your user name and password. Let me guess the mod was made by a exiled Nigerian prince who wants to reclaim the throne.

Why should any mod user have to take such elaborate jumps through hoops to get a mod to run? Jumping through those hoops only encourages that such behavior, passing until they make a stand alone version like Enderal is the best thing to do.

PC Gamer has had some weird Bethesda hate fetish for a few years now, the site as a whole has gone to ♥♥♥♥ the last five years or so

They are just butthurt because the internet broke their monopolization of game patches in their magazines.

[T-1001]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Save files can be sorted out by changing the INI to a different save destination.

Could you explain how please, what is altered and where.
I'd like to get Steam saving in one folder and the GOG version in another separate folder.

Thanks