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Fallout 4 Running Multiple Copies

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Fallout London requires Vault 13 Demo requires Fallout 4 Next Gen is


Read-Only

For Steam users, to stop Fallout 4 from auto updating to the latest version:

  • Find "appmanifest_377160.acf" and set it to Read-Only
    • I have two copies of the .acf, one each with the flag set differently

Base Install Clean

  • Goal: Create a clean installation folder of 1.10.163.0
  • Pre-Requisite: .....\Steam\steamapps\appmanifest_377160.acf is set to Read-Only
    • See notes above
  • Background: Since the Nextgen update there have been mods coming out that require the pre-Nextgen Fallout installation to work. Creating a clean base install folder that can be used as the foundation for starting different mod installs seems like the way to go. G