For those who want this to work in the year 2025 and beyond!
1.Install this Mod and the Physically Based Rangers mod via your Mod Manager (Vortex, MO2 etc) 2.Open Steam or whatever you use to play games and right click on Fallout 3 and click manage and browse local files 3.Now go to Data in your Fallout 3 game directory and find the Meshes folder and go into that and find the armor folder and go into that 4.Now find the SDcombatrangerF4NV folder and go into that (KEEP THIS FOLDER OPEN FOR STEP 6!) 5.Now delete everything in that folder (YES YOU READ CORRECTLY) and then find your Physically Based Rangers mod in Vortex and right click on it and click Open in File Manager to make it pop open (KEEP THIS FOLDER OPEN AS WELL)
-THIS STEP IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT OTHERWISE IT WILL NOT WORK AND YOU WILL GET RED ! ICONS FOR THE ARMOR AND NPCS- 6.If you look at the Desktop screenshots OP posted, you will see the files and folder you will need for the Meshes you will find them in PBR mod from STEP 5. now please copy the exact files and folder you see in that screenshot and copy and paste them into your SDcombatrangerF4NV
7.Now you go back to your Fallout 3 game directory and find the Textures folder and go into that and find the armor folder and go into that 8.Now find the combatrangerF4NV folder and go into that (KEEP THIS FOLDER OPEN) 9. Now delete everything in that folder (YES YOU READ CORRECTLY) and like Step 6 you will see the screenshots OP posted but look for the one with pictures in the Desktop screenshot he posted and find those exact ones and copy them into the folder from STEP 8. 10. Now if you followed everything correctly the armor and NPCS will be like the ones he posted in his video and screenshots.
This is actually taken me 4 hours to figure out as the instructions were not clear in his description or very vague. (Not a jab)
So I used my few brain cells I had left and solved the issue for those who were having trouble before.
Enjoy and if you need any clarification, feel free to DM me!
Thanks for the good mod. I tried to extract the "Physically Based Rangers" data, but the file hierarchy is complicated. I'd like an explanation of which files to put where. Update: I tried the same arrangement as your image, but it does not work(The face is montage-like&body transparent) and the file "combatrangerhelmetNeckWear.nif" does not exist in the Mesh folder of the required mod...
Can you look into problem that everyone's reporting (including me)? Tried both of .esp's. With first one i've managed to get only helmet to be visible, the newer one shows exclamation mark instead of helmet. In both ways body is invisible, tried different versions of original mod (old and new), and get same result. Please can you look into this and make a clear install instruction (which files need to be copied over)?
but it doesnt seem to work for the NCR Ranger variant.
I extracted the Physically Based Rangers mod for the mesh and textures this mod needed and just copy and pasted the folders from that one into this one. So far the Elite Riot Gear works as it looks fine in game but not the NCR Ranger one.
Is it because I have the NCR RANGER COMBAT ARMOR -Original NV look- installed and it somehow is conflicting with this mod?
If there is no work around then no worries, I can just uninstall this mod to go back to the original look for both mods I have installed.
So turning off the https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/17149 (NCR RANGER COMBAT ARMOR -Original NV look- didnt fix the issue, so I have no idea on what the issue is for the NCR variant that this Ranger Combat A7 that make its not work (appear in game like the screenshots)
Any ideas or a clearer set of install instructions to make it work as intended?
The riot gear version works as intended to be clear but not the NCR one
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1.Install this Mod and the Physically Based Rangers mod via your Mod Manager (Vortex, MO2 etc)
2.Open Steam or whatever you use to play games and right click on Fallout 3 and click manage and browse local files
3.Now go to Data in your Fallout 3 game directory and find the Meshes folder and go into that and find the armor folder and go into that
4.Now find the SDcombatrangerF4NV folder and go into that (KEEP THIS FOLDER OPEN FOR STEP 6!)
5.Now delete everything in that folder (YES YOU READ CORRECTLY) and then find your Physically Based Rangers mod in Vortex and right click on it and click Open in File Manager to make it pop open (KEEP THIS FOLDER OPEN AS WELL)
-THIS STEP IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT OTHERWISE IT WILL NOT WORK AND YOU WILL GET RED ! ICONS FOR THE ARMOR AND NPCS-
6.If you look at the Desktop screenshots OP posted, you will see the files and folder you will need for the Meshes you will find them in PBR mod from STEP 5. now please copy the exact files and folder you see in that screenshot and copy and paste them into your SDcombatrangerF4NV
7.Now you go back to your Fallout 3 game directory and find the Textures folder and go into that and find the armor folder and go into that
8.Now find the combatrangerF4NV folder and go into that (KEEP THIS FOLDER OPEN)
9. Now delete everything in that folder (YES YOU READ CORRECTLY) and like Step 6 you will see the screenshots OP posted but look for the one with pictures in the Desktop screenshot he posted and find those exact ones and copy them into the folder from STEP 8.
10. Now if you followed everything correctly the armor and NPCS will be like the ones he posted in his video and screenshots.
This is actually taken me 4 hours to figure out as the instructions were not clear in his description or very vague. (Not a jab)
So I used my few brain cells I had left and solved the issue for those who were having trouble before.
Enjoy and if you need any clarification, feel free to DM me!
-The Dwellah-
For those running a Female character
Somehow the Elite Riot Gear Works as intended, as I got these two mods installed
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/21356 (ELITE RIOT GEAR)
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/17149 (NCR RANGER COMBAT ARMOR -Original NV look-
but it doesnt seem to work for the NCR Ranger variant.
I extracted the Physically Based Rangers mod for the mesh and textures this mod needed and just copy and pasted the folders from that one into this one. So far the Elite Riot Gear works as it looks fine in game but not the NCR Ranger one.
Is it because I have the NCR RANGER COMBAT ARMOR -Original NV look- installed and it somehow is conflicting with this mod?
If there is no work around then no worries, I can just uninstall this mod to go back to the original look for both mods I have installed.
Thank you (DISREGARD I HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM!)
Any ideas or a clearer set of install instructions to make it work as intended?
The riot gear version works as intended to be clear but not the NCR one
(DISREGARD I SOLVED THE PROBLEM!)
thegoggles are completely white, like its not textured