Fallout 3: ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated!
24.12.2008
By Quarn
1.) First open your FALLOUT3.INI which is located in My Documents\My Games\Fallout3 and search for SArchiveList, once found add "ArchiveInvalidationInvalidated!.bsa" to the list before "Fallout - Textures.bsa".
What it looks like before adding the new BSA to the list:
SArchiveList=Fallout - Textures.bsa, Fallout - Meshes.bsa, Fallout - Voices.bsa, Fallout - Sound.bsa, Fallout - MenuVoices.bsa, Fallout - Misc.bsa
What it looks like after adding the new BSA to the list:
SArchiveList=ArchiveInvalidationInvalidated!.bsa, Fallout - Textures.bsa, Fallout - Meshes.bsa, Fallout - Voices.bsa, Fallout - Sound.bsa, Fallout - MenuVoices.bsa, Fallout - Misc.bsa
2.) Search for bInvalidateOlderFiles and change it from 0 to 1.
3.) (optional) Find SInvalidationFile and change it from ArchiveInvalidation.txt to nothing, this will stop Fallout 3 from loading the ArchiveInvalidation.txt which you don't need anymore.
4.) (optional) Find the [General] section of the Fallout3.ini and add this new line in: bLoadFaceGenHeadEGTFiles=1 This will allow skin/face colors to work properly.
5.) Save Fallout3.ini.
6.) Place ArchiveInvalidationInvalidated!.bsa into your \Fallout 3\Data\ folder.
7.) All done!
Important Notes
- This will work with all versions of Fallout 3.
- On some computers setting bInvalidateOlderFiles to 1 in the ini will cause the game to crash on startup, at the moment it is unknown why this happens and there is no solution yet, unfortunatly you'll have to do without ANY modified content since bInvalidateOlderFiles needs to be set to 1 to use any.
Links
Visit ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated! at Fallout 3 Nexus.