by Nicholas Head
7. February 2009 00:55
No worries. I think I can help. See, I purchased the Steam version of Fallout 3, and when I installed Steam originally, I put it in a location different than the default (\Program Files\Steam\ is the default, I opted for simply \Steam\). The new Operation: Anchorage DLC (download content) for Fallout 3 doesn’t seem to like the fact that my copy of Fallout 3 is in a different place.
Upon starting the game, it looks like the DLC is loaded (it even shows up in the main menu’s “Download” section) but you will never receive the radio signal in your Pip-Boy to start the quest.
If this is your situation, and you’re running Vista, you’re in luck. You need to create a symbolic link. This is basically a “fake” directory that links to another directory.
- Click the Vista logo and type “cmd” in the search box. If you’re not running as an administrator by default, you need to hold down CTRL+SHIFT when you hit enter in order to get admin privilages.
- Type in cd “\Program Files\” – or if you’re running Vista 64 like me, cd “\Program Files (x86)\”
- If you already have another Bethesda game installed (like Oblivion) you’ll want to do this:
cd “Bethesda Softworks”
mklink /D “Fallout 3” “[put path of your actual Fallout 3 directory here]
Otherwise, if you don’t have any other Bethesda games, you need to type this:
mklink /D “Bethesda Softworks” “[actual Fallout 3’s parent directory here]
Note that I said PARENT directory on that last one. So if Fallout 3 is installed in D:\Games\Fallout 3\, you will want to provide the path D:\Games\ as the second parameter. - Everything should be good to go! Run the game and enjoy. Within a minute or two you should get the radio signal.
Hopefully this helps someone else out. I was getting frustrated, having spent the money on the DLC and not getting anywhere. And tsk tsk on Bethesda for not making this issue more well-known.
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