Fallout: London is one the most hyped mods to ever come along, and after multiple delays, it’s finally possible for you to download and play it right now…provided you own the Steam or GoG version. This is a very big mod and while GoG has co-operated with the developers to make installing it nice and easy, the same can’t be said for Steam.
To help you out, we’ll explain how to install Fallout: London on all available platforms so you can enjoy the team’s hard work.
For the mod to work you need to own Fallout 4: GOTY Edition, meaning you have all the DLC. Assuming you do, here is how to play the mod on GoG:
That’s it! This is by far the easiest way to play Fallout: London, but if you already own Fallout 4 on Steam and don’t want to buy the game again, keep scrolling.
This process may look quite complicated on the surface, and there are a lot of steps, but that’s why we’re here to help. Like on GoG, you need to own the GOTY Edition of Fallout 4.
As Fallout: London isn’t compatible with the most recent version of Fallout 4, you need to manually install an old version: 1.10.163.0, which can only be done via console commands.
We’ve broken it down into the following steps:
With all of the downloads completed, open your file browser and enter: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\content\app_377160. This will take you to the depot for everything you just downloaded.
Next, delete everything in your Fallout 4: GOTY Edition Steam folder and copy/paste in everything you just downloaded. This will downgrade Fallout 4 to the previous edition, but you now need to stop Steam from automatically updating the game, or you’ll have to do this all again.
To do that, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\appmanifest_377160.acf, and select “Properites” for this file. Tick the “Read Only” box to prevent Steam from updating the game unless you do it manually.
With all that done, you can now download Fallout: London via GoG Galaxy, and it will launch the modded game via Steam.
Unfortunately, Fallout: London is not available on the Game Pass/Windows Store PC version of Fallout 4, nor is it available on consoles. We will update this space if that ever changes.
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