How to Install and Play Fallout: London

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Whether you’ve been waiting for Fallout: London for a long time or you’ve only just heard about it, the good news is that the time to finally do it is finally here. Unlike the main releases, however, getting started this time around will require a bit more work — especially if you’re playing through Steam. But if you’re wondering how to install fallout: london and configure everything so you can play, you’ve come to the right place.

If you’re up to date with Fallout: London, it’s a so-called “full conversion” for Fallout 4, set in a post-apocalyptic version of England’s capital, full of modern factions to meet and quests to complete.

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The film also features Baldur’s Gate 3’s Neil Newbon and even a former Speaker of the House of Commons, and is an unadulterated modern slice of Fallout. What more could you want? Here it is. what you need to do to go to elderly Blighty in Fallout: London.


What you need to install and play Fallout: London

Okay, first of all, Fallout: London requires a copy of Fallout 4 on PC with all DLCs — everything from Automatron to Nuka-World, including workshop packs. If you want to keep it as elementary as possible, it’s a good idea to get the Game of the Year edition, as it includes all the DLC.

The mod will not work with copies of Fallout 4 purchased from the Epic Games store at launch, so you have to buy it either on GOG.com — which distributes the mod — or on Steam.

You’ll probably need at least around 60GB of free space on the drive you’re planning on using to install the mod, if you want to be secure, considering GOG has stated that it’s “over 40GB to download.” As for the next steps, well, that depends on which store you bought your copy of Fallout 4 from, and here they are, directly from GOG itself.

How to Install Fallout: London on GOG

If you want play Fallout: London with your copy of Fallout 4 on GOGyou need to follow these steps:

  1. Install the English version of Fallout 4: GOTY Edition via GOG GALAXY.
  2. Get Fallout: London for free on GOG.
  3. Install Fallout: London via GOG GALAXY and run it.
  4. Follow the launcher instructions and have fun!

How to Install Fallout: London on Steam

If you want play Fallout: London with your copy of Fallout 4 on Steamyou will need to revert your game to a previous update that is compatible with Fallout: London.

This involves going through the process of downloading each part of the elderly 1.10.163.0 Fallout 4: GOTY Edition, deleting the current files, and then copying the downloaded files to your current Fallout 4 installationHere are the steps you need to follow:

  1. Type steam://open/console in browserThis will cause Steam to open the console.
  2. You have to go there download every part of the previous version of Fallout 4: GOTY Edition by typing the following commands in the console:
  3. For part A, apply: download_depot 377160 377161 7497069378349273908
  4. For apply in Part B:
    download_depot 377160 377163 5819088023757897745
  5. For executable file apply:
    download_depot 377160 377162 5847529232406005096
  6. For the English version apply:
    download_depot 377160 377164 2178106366609958945

Next, you’ll need to download the content for each DLC you own. Type in these commands (remember: you need to own these DLCs to play Fallout: London):

  1. For HD texture pack apply:
    download_depot 377160 540810 1558929737289295473
  2. For apply with Automatron:
    download_depot 377160 435870 1691678129192680960
  3. For Automatron English language pack apply:
    download_depot 377160 435871 5106118861901111234
  4. For apply in Wasteland Workshop:
    download_depot 377160 435880 1255562923187931216
  5. For apply in Far Harbor:
    download_depot 377160 435881 1207717296920736193
  6. Applying the English Language Pack to Far Harbor:
    download_depot 377160 435882 8482181819175811242
  7. For apply in the Contraptions Workshop:
    download_depot 377160 480630 5527412439359349504
  8. For apply in the Vault-Tec workshop:
    download_depot 377160 480631 6588493486198824788
  9. For the Vault-Tec Workshop English Language Pack apply:
    download_depot 377160 393885 5000262035721758737
  10. For apply in Nuka World:
    download_depot 377160 490650 4873048792354485093
  11. For the Nuka World English language pack apply:
    download_depot 377160 393895 7677765994120765493

Now, Delete everything in the current Fallout 4: GOTY Edition installation folder and replace it with everything in the downloaded Steam library folder (more details on where to find it below).

Then you can install Fallout: London via GOG GALAXY and run it. Follow the launcher instructions and have fun!

These modern files will be downloaded to your Steam Library folder (by default this is “C:Program Files (x86)Steamsteamappscontentsapp_377160“) in separate depot folders. For example, the Fallout 4 executable will be in a folder named “depot_377162”.

Once you’re done, you’ve built the entire previous version of Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition. Now simply delete everything in your current Fallout 4: GOTY Edition install folder and replace it with everything in this folder.


Well, there you have it. If you were hoping to play Fallout: London on PlayStation or Xbox on launch day and are wondering where your instructions are, I’m afraid I have some news. Regardless, stay tuned for our coverage of the mod and read our recent interview with GOG about the store that decided to distribute it and the electrifying things that could come of it in the future.

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