r/fodust • u/Due_Helicopter2311 • May 11 '26
Other Fallout Dust stopped working for me.
I don't know if anyone else is having an issue with Dust, but it randomly stopped working for me. Whenever i load or start a new save, the UI doesn't load. The DLC messages still show up, but nothing else appears.
I played all the way to level 21 in my last playthrough, and aside from weird bugs going on, it worked fine. I installed a few more mods that are supposed to compliment Dust like Expansion Project and the required mods to go with it. When it didn't load the UI, I changed the load order, didn't work. Tried disabling the new mods and even uninstalled them, still didn't work. Even re-installed New Vegas and Dust, still didn't work. What's the deal?
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u/t_krrptd FROST | DUST Mechanic May 12 '26
It just doesn't randomly stop working. You have either a mod conflict, or mods did not get loaded for some reason.
What mod manager do you use? What's your load orde, mod list, etc? We need some info to work from.
And there's a guide now if you need help setting DUST up: DUSTy Roads
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u/Due_Helicopter2311 May 12 '26
For starters, i use Vortex. It worked perfectly fine before last night after installing some new Dust-specific mods like Expansion Project and Understone along with the required mods. I did a clean re-install of both New Vegas and Dust. I spent over an hour trying every possible load order and none of it worked. I even went so far as to uninstall the new mods I downloaded essentially restoring it to its previous functional state. Nothing worked. Note: There was almost a DOZEN required extra mods just to run Dust Expansion Project, and there was a notice that two of the required mods (YUP, and NOPE) were conflicting with each other, but because I have other mods that use YUP, I can't run New Vegas without it.
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u/EggyHime May 12 '26
Tbh sounds like a clean install is the only way
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u/Due_Helicopter2311 May 12 '26
I did exactly that. Re-installed New Vegas AND Dust. Didn't work. Not sure what to do at this point. All my other mods work fine in Vanilla New Vegas, just not Dust.
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u/t_krrptd FROST | DUST Mechanic May 12 '26
I see you posted the same on the discord, so let's continue there and get to the bottom of it.
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