
Open the following files on your computer in notepad or something similar:.bsa file in your \steamapps\common\Fallout New Vegas\Data folder Download the manual version of ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated at Link(make sure it is the manual version and not the recommended) and place the.bsa files.īefore doing the following make sure you save a copy of your save game files and copies of the files that you are editing for that JUST IN CASE situation. Put Fallout - Voices1.bsa" as the first entry, then the fake. bsa to be the first on the SArchiveList entry. Update the ini files to reflect this change.
Rename your the fake BSA to - "Fallout - ArchiveInvalidation.bsa". Attachments Fallout - ArchiveInvalidation.For everyone having trouble with archive invalidation and the new patch here's how to get things working. I was having problems with Robert's Type IV body replacer before I did this and now it displays properly. Also, all bsa files FO:NV uses have to be in that archive list, otherwise you'll get pink screens, screwy body textures, and other weirdness. You may need to clear the read only flag on the Fallout.ini file.Įssentially, the archive invalidation bsa needs to be named Fallout - ArchiveInvalidation.bsa or maybe just ArchiveInvalidation.bsa, and it also needs to come before the texture bsa files. Save the file and open both the Fallout.ini & FalloutPrefs.ini files in your %user%\documents\my games\FalloutNV, where %user% is the username you log into Windows with. Change the SArchiveList to SArchiveList=Fallout - ArchiveInvalidation.bsa, Fallout - Textures.bsa, Fallout - Textures2.bsa, Fallout - Meshes.bsa, Fallout - Voices.bsa, Fallout - Sound.bsa, Fallout - Misc.bsa. Change bInvalidateOlderFiles=0 & bUseArchives=0 to bInvalidateOlderFiles=1 & bUseArchives=1.
Open the Fallout_default.ini file in your FO:NV main folder and find the Archive section.
Extract the attached file into the Data folder. I've been searching around the Internet looking for the proper way to activate archive invalidation, but had to figure out the best way myself.