How to Start Modding Fallout 4 in 2024 (MO2 + F4SE Tutorial)
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Crazy how far you can get when the dude doing the tutorial assumes you actually know nothing about computers.
@@ButteryEvolution. You know what else is easy? Not being a condescending judgmental asshole to strangers. And yet here you are, trying your best to feel like you're better than someone else over something that doesn't matter and nobody cares about. Loser.
This is the video I used to get started--- thank you *so* much. Would love to see you do more beginner tutorials like you mentioned near the end (regarding mod order stability, etc.), but either way, I'm enjoying watching your mod bundle videos too.
HOLY CRAP. This is by far the best and most helpful modding video I have ever seen. Thank you so much!
I just needed to give you a shout out for doing this vid. Ive been playing and moding both Skyrim and FO4 for some time. I even learned a couple new things from this. So thank you for making it. I would defiantly like to see more from you.
Hey, Dak! I wanted to thank you for creating such an amazing tutorial; this video was extremely easy to follow! This is my first time adding modifications to a game, so your guide is much appreciated!
Been a while since modding, really helped me get the rust off getting back into it. haha
This helped hugely cause I always wanted to play on PC, and always would crash on Xbox had enough. Saved enough money get good gaming PC and now watching this learning how to set up is don't get vortex or nexus mod manager is big! Thank you and hope others find this video helpful.
I've been poking cautiously at MO2 with a stick -- nice to see a good solid video on how it works and what mods look like within it!
I'm a beginner, I've searched many ways to install the mod without NMM, I hope to be good at modding soon. Big thank for this Tutorial.
Modding is super fun when you really get into it, I hope it's going well!
What about Vortex?
@@zZiL341yRj736 I feel like vortex now adays has more issues especially once you get a ton of mods on any one game.
@@titoorkl1147 can confirm, I would rather use any other Mod Organizer than Vortex any day. Witcher 3 with Vortex is a pain in the arse
Thank you for this, I've just recently moved to PC from Xbox so it was nice to find an updated modding tutorial that I could easily follow
Absolutely fantastic tutorial, I rarely mod games as I often run into conflicts etc that I find troublesome to fix. This is due to my lack of experience and difficulties finding proper information that isn't solely catered towards people who already understand how to mod. This step by step was not only easy to understand but also explained some of the basic things noobs like me simply don't know, like being able to delete certain files after installers have been downloaded for instance. Thank you for putting this together I am going to give Fallout 4 another try now lol.
This video is awesome. I've just got a pc and need all the help I can get. Thanks for putting so much time and effort into this video
im so so so happy i found your guide, for some reason if i use anybody elses i can never get my mods to work AT ALL but with yours theyve worked both times ive had to reinstall, saved me so much headache after losing everything to a faulty HDD
Absolutely incredible and comprehensive tutorial. Simple, Clear, and to the point.
definitely not simple
Fucking 20 minutes is not to the point lmao.
@@twistedlight3432 its step by step, you cant get more simple than that
@@twistedlight3432 dont worry, you're just not that smart that's all.
Amazing tutorial. I've watched many Nexus, MO2 and other tutorials and this is the best. I played FO4 extensively using a Nexus mod manager but removed everything a while ago because the game was buggy and I was tired troubleshooting it. I Downloaded Skyrim SE and MO2 to mod that game using a different tutorial and it worked Okay, but was set up as a portable instance based on the tutorial. Thank you for this video, the best I've seen on mod management.
Thanks a lot for this guide. I'm fairly new to PC gaming and Fallout 4 was a much more difficult game to understand PC mods than any game I've played, I spent hours and didn't feel like I learned anything but this guid helped so much, thank you a ton!
Thanks, I used to actually make my own mods for FO4 but it's been so many years since I've touched it I'd forgotten everything. This video was a perfect refresher course to jump back into this game again.
That last bit was a huge life saver for me. Thanks bro
I always comeback here when my modding time of the year comes back. Amazing tutorial
You went straight to the point, just what I wanted to know, and of course it would be great to find a LOOT tutorial for F4 made by you.
A Very, Valuable Tuturial! I will be keeping, this as a go- too for when I set up my Rig. You made it, as easy to understand as possible.
A great job! with this Vid Dak. And it's, Much appreciated my friend. Cheers - Jass.
Thank you. I was having real problems understanding why some Mods would throw up errors or show the RED warning text in Manual section. I do personally prefer the Manual Install feature though obviously that will be avoided with FOMOD Installers, which then just means a few right choices of what I want as it goes through each specified section. Understanding the FO4 Load Order, in comparison to my previous experience with Skyrim SE, was a bit problematic in the beginning. But I did watch one of your recent videos detailing that. So thanks for that one too. Very Helpful Channel.
amazing video, just watched the show and wanted to get back into this game and this video was a great start, thank you!
Man, I had a lot of problems with NMM to the point where the game literally would not even start up, now with Mod Organizer 2 it's working flawlessly, thanks a lot for the tutorial and god bless 🙏
Tried Vortex?
Hey Dak,
this video is so helpful. I'm completely new on pc an F4 ist my favorite game so I thought I start modding. Ur video made it actually possible for me. Thanks a lot and greetings from Germany.
Very informative. Thank you! and yes, A stabilization video would be great!
Thanks, I was trying to figure out an issue with Vortex before finally giving up. Thanks for the concise and simple tutorial.
Same, vortex really depends on the user so if you are a new it’s difficult to get started since it automatically manages everything so you can’t really change easily some files locations or things like that
Solid video.
Thanks! I'm sure there's a lot of people who'll benefit from this guide.
thanx dude you helped me so much i followed another tutorial on skyrim and missed something and found it here by you ! thanx man
Was an absolute help, i realized upon installing F4SE that it wouldn't detect probably, but thankfully this was a very simple, cleaan explanation to solve that issue!
Thanks for the help on using the organizer
I was struggling for install F4SE, until I found this video. Everything now just work like a charm! Thank you!!!
drop a rating, nice way to put it, and a separate kudos for asking at the end of the video. I hate when other creators ask me to "smash the like button" before the video has even started. Good content that even I can follow, despite not playing this specific game. Great job, I'll be looking through he rest of your content, and if there's more stuff for me I'll be subscribing!
Thank you so much dude, I find it really hard to find some good noob friendly videos about modding bethesda games in general. Thanks to you, I'll be having a nice fresh run at Fallout 4 with bug fixes and performance boost this time. I'm reallt glad I found your channel.
thank you very much i can never wrap my head around this kinda stuff i appreciate your soul
Thank yo so much! I got the mods working for me! Using the Vortex is a pain in my ass because my Vortex launcher refuse to download ANY mods at all every time I use it and I have to manually download the mods the hard way. Thank you so much!
I used to use MO2 to mod Skyrim, (but new update on steam totally shattered SKSE, so no more mods) This video was super comprehensive for me, nor did I feel like I needed to skip through or anything! Absolutely, incredibly, straight forward, very informative, and well made. Thanks a lot for this tutorial!
wait, can you explain no more modding? I am having trouble with mods right now and am new to it all
@@SoftServedKiki ah just for skyrim. Or at least I think. I updated my skyrim on steam, and the latest update integrated itself with windows or something. So SKSE is struggling to update with the latest version of Skyrim (anniversary edition btw). However, I don't know how, at all, but apparently there's a way to downgrade your skyrim an update or two. Up im just about too lazy to try and figure it out. MO2 does work for any other games
Skyrim is functional on the current steam version, and SKSE is working, it's what I'm running (and modding) right now. The only difference between the Anniversary Upgrade and the Special Edition (with the current up to date version as if you downloaded them from Steam right now) is the extra CC content, which act like mods and so can conflict with other mods (A lot of mods have patches at this point though). Just make sure any mods that run scripts or require SKSE say they work with version 1.6x
Thanks man I'm new to all the modding stuff this sure helped me a lot with what to do now
Even after 4 years, this is still so helpfull and has helped me multiple times! best modding guide!!
Thank you for a nice updated mo2 tut!
Thank you for the step by step help. I'm jumping back into the game years after beating it. Putting some quality of life mods to my new run 👍
i cant get it to work? my f4se folder wont open HELP!!
Thank you for this well informed and easy to follow video
A video on mod stabilization would be much appreciated
Thirdeded
Beginners
Bingo
Yes please do this, my last save file kept CTDing and i don't want that to happen again but i still like playing with big load orders.
fourthed
THANK YOU SO MUCH i was having sm issues and this helped me do a complete reinstall of everythng fresh and properly and it worked!!!
love how thorough this was!
Just a note, the list on the left is used for organizing as well as overwriting different mods. It's very important for solving conflicts between mods. Great video though!
Finally decided to mod my game after seeing the sim settlements 2 trailer. I hope it works.
Edit: Nice, the mods work! Thanks man!
really good guide, very well presented, clear and straight to the point. keep up the awesome work m8
Yeah 20 minutes of talking is definitely to the point....
@@HU1212ICAN3 16 minutes actually
Valdacil's Item Sorting mod wasn't working for me but setting the data directory saved me some headaches, thanks Dak
8:30 earned my like. Such a good tutorial. I wasnt sure if i should do it, and thought maybe i should chance it with the space i have, since my C drive is small as you said, then you mention it right after lol. great tutorial
Ay man im bout to start modding the shit out of f4 and ur video was super helpful, cheers man!
Thanks for the tutorial. really need a video on this topic. Cheers!
Amazing step by step, you deserve some gamer supps!
Excellent video - really well explained. Thank you!
This is awesome as I'm going to transition from xbox to pc thanks bro
Thanks for the tutorial Dak, very easy to follow and super usefull!
this was actually very helpful, thank you
This helped me get into modding - Thanks man
You can still change the pathing for the base directory after you've installed mods actually. All you need to do is create a profile of the your load order and when you move all your mods to a new hard drive, make sure to move the profiles too so that you retain your original load order. And don't forget your overwrite files incase you have anything in there.
Yup, that’s what I had to do with mine. Just encouraging most people not to mess with it too much, assuming most people looking for the tutorial are newer to the process
@@DegenerateDak Totally understand that. Just putting it here incase any one else has the same problem and help them not to do anything rash like uninstalling all their mods like I did with mine before
How do I fix the overwrite section
Good of you to do this tutorial, I can see how it might be daunting for new gamers to start modding their games, and there are too few decent tutorials to be found.
Definitely should do a vid covering LOOT installation and how important it can prove for people starting to more heavily mod their game
Another amazing vid from Dak
So simple and easy to learn, Thank you!!!
Great tutorial! Thanks man! - subbed
Thank you so much I thought it was gonna be complicated but nah this helped so much.
Not a bad video for beginners. I'll have to remember this one for people I know that may have issues with MO2.
This is a pretty nice video for new MO2 users . The only correction I'd mention is the load on on the ight actually does have some effect to your game and you can actually see this in your video bases on the conflict lightning bolts with +/- symbols
What ever is lowest in the right will overwrite any conflicting files above it.
An example
Mod 1 makes Nuka cola blue
Mod 2 makes Nuka cola red
Mod 2 is lower than mod 3 so Nuka cola will be red.
Besides that pretty good.
Do you mean Mod 1, not Mod 3? In your sentence "Mod 2 is lower than Mod 3 so Nuka Cola will be red." That's what I didn't understand, at first... thank you.
Came here to say this.
Very excellent tutorial! Clear and concise. I, for one, would love to see a tutorial for LOOT as well.
If you have alot of mods installed, then dont use loot to sort your load order! :)
@@myusername00 WTFNOT?
Please don't simply say don't use loot and not give a reason.
In MO2, under 'plugins', I have the option to allow LOOT to do the sorting, so that's what I've been doing.
How many mods do you consider "alot"?
You say "don't use loot to sort your load order"; Is that the same as using the mo2 'sort plugins using loot'' feature?
IOW is sorting a load order the same as 'sorting plugins'?
Yup. Give us the load order guide, would help big time.
OH MY GOD I've redownloaded FO4 like 8 times in the past 2 weeks. Did NOT know that the left side of MO2 was just for my organization and that the plugins on the right was what I needed to organize xD
Super clear explanations, thanks!
sweet intro lol i just started a new game for the first time in years so that tripped me out
Congrats 5k!!! Loot tutorial and load order, textures, fps fixes, weapons, armors, quest mods, animation changes, and on and on what groups go first, 2nd, 3rd and so on, from top to bottom... PLEASE?? So much conflicting info out there, and my load order has drove me nuts at times, with textures showing up purple and bugs... Thank you great tutorials...
oh boy I'll get to a lot of that over time haha, if you want a rough guide for the order of mods, check out my full load order vid. I have all my mods categorized in the basic order they should be placed
@@DegenerateDak I'll watch it for sure, I've just built a new rig and made some mistakes cloning data, and starting fresh but kind of waiting on Nexus' changes on mod packs to see how that plays out...
@@dougpeters3907 I don’t know if I’d wait. Lots of good mods are getting pulled. You may want to grab them while you can
@@DegenerateDak I know I'm working on it now, it sucks, what are a few of the notables getting pulled??
@@dougpeters3907 I don’t know of any that are going to be pulled. I only find out about them after they’re gone
years ago modding was hard, it was slow...very slow, but nowadays there are so many software options that you can begin modding without having much knowledge to do so, i recommend modding to anyone with any or most games
THANK YOU! Very thorough.
Great vid!
To save some trouble for others; !!! MO2 also does a virtual instance of the FO4 ini files !!!
So if you're wondering why your non-esp mods aren't working, its because you need to alter the ini files in "yourdrive":\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Local\ModOrganizer\Fallout 4\profiles\Default
IGN has a good youtube tutorial on how to alter them accordingly, I basically altered both the main FO4 ini files and the virtual ones MO2 made, now every mod I installed with MO2 works!
You just saved me a uninstall and reinstall
Thanks man big help when I get my pc
Thank you for this video! Subbed!
Thorough and detailed guide, thank you so much, helps people who are dumb like me.
Thanks, I'm starting to mod fallout 4 again thank to you. Maybe you can make another video about the other steps. Really appreciate your vids
Nice work. Very helpful. Thanks.
I was ready to give up modding... then I found this video
Thank you
I've only ever used Vortex (and NMM before that). I guess I've gotten comfortable with it. LOOT built in. But I've noticed I have to compromise what mods I want to use, Vortex never seems to get load order right and it's a pain to manually reorder your plug-ins. Vortex has a "I know best, trust me" problem it seems. Thank you very much for this 🙏 I think I'll be moving to MO2 for my next playthrough. Oh, and use SSD people!
I believe with Mod Organizer 2, the left-side list of mods is where you can sort it to choose conflict winners as well. If two mods accidentally edit the same texture, for example, place the one lower that you want to have its texture used in place of the one higher up. This is useful if you want 2 sets of texture mods, where one retextures stone and dirt, and the other just stone. You want mod 1's dirt but mod 2's stone. So you let mod 2 win the conflict/overwrite mod 1, and you will have mod 1's dirt and mod 2's stone.
Simple hypothetical used as an example.
Thank you for your work, this is one of the eaiser to understand Tutorials for a console peasant like I. Didnt know there was so mush admin when it came to PC mods. On PS5 you only get acces to whats on the ingame mode menu
Great vid, very helpful. If you havent already, I would like to see a LOOT video. Also...if you have FO4VR, I would really look forward to a video focused on that. Still need to get mods working for VR...most especially CHEAT TERMINAL. A tutorial for installing THAT would be GOLD.
This was very helpful, thank you
Appreciate the video for MO2 as I was considering switching to it when I reinstall FO4 next. Vortex has always been fine for me but the load order organizer is just frustrating and tedious, even when you properly know how to use it.
One note though, LOOT is pretty much useless with FO4. It won't even detect basic level conflicts in many cases, you can see this as soon as you open FO4Edit and apply filter by conflicts. I'm assuming you check everything with FO4Edit since you know your stuff but you didn't mention that in that last section which might give people the impression that LOOT is the only tool needed for conflict resolution.
LOOT definitely isn't the only solution lol, but assuming that most people looking up a tutorial are pretty new to modding it can be a useful tool in their arsenal. If it's their first time modding on pc I wouldn't want to send them straight into FO4edit. I may look into more advanced tutorials in the future though, thanks!
This was a very well made tutorial, very thorough and easy to follow! You get a sub from me for that! Channels that make tutorials easy to follow are a God send honestly!
Thanks a billion mate, getting Fallout reloaded preparing for Fallout London getting released. Back into the rabbit hole
Best, most complete, most user friendly MO tute I have come across, and the first to make the transition from Vort doable for tech-inept me. THANK YOU!
THank you for this, I wanna start modding and need good fundamental. Thank you for this
thank you i mod fnv before but with F4 its really different so keep up the good work
I used to use Vortex but the organization is terrible and this one is perfect. Thank you.
I'd Like to see that Extended Stabilization guide!
Incredible tutorial, thank you
God fucking damn first time actually making a comment saying thanks, but thank you so much for this. Some mods just assume you had already figured all of this out.
This was the tutorial that helped me finally FUCKING finish trying to set up MO2 and Fallout VR after 3 hours and 12 other videos. Thanks a lot bud, very helpful video. Just a little bit pissed that TH-cam decided to show me every video other than yours Lmaooo only way I found it was through FRIK's reddit page
looks like It's finally time for me to say goodbye to good ol' NMM.. You did good pal, see you on the other side
On the other hand, Thanks for the simplified guide. Good man
Yeah i switched a year ago, its so much better
BethINI would have been a perfect addition to this tutorial as it is another essential tool for the ease of ini tweaks without having to actually open the .ini. Regardless of adding it or not this is a great video.
haven't used that one, that being said I should've mentioned that mo2 has its own ini editor that stores it as a separate copy as a backup
@@DegenerateDak it does have its own ini tweaks ability but bethINI does so much more
This really helped, baller video
thank you! great video!