Fallout Script Extender (FOSE)
by Ian Patterson (ianpatt), Stephen Abel (behippo), and Paul Connelly (scruggsywuggsy the ferret)

The Fallout Script Extender, or FOSE for short, is a modder's resource that expands the scripting capabilities of Fallout 3. It does so without modifying the Fallout3.exe or the G.E.C.K. files on disk, so there are no permanent side effects.

Contributions from: Timeslip, Elminster EU

FOSE v1 does not have support for the latest 1.6 Fallout patch. To use this version, download FOSE v1.1 beta 8 or later.

Current beta version: v1.1 beta8
Download: http://fose.silverlock.org/beta/fose_v1_1_beta8.7z (zip)

Current stable verison: v1
Download: http://fose.silverlock.org/download/fose_v1.zip
Documentation: http://fose.silverlock.org/fose_command_doc.html

This is a stable and supported release of FOSE, so modders are free to release mods based upon it.

FOSE v1 provides official support for:
Retail  DVD and Steam build 1.1.0.35.
GECK build 1.1.0.36.

FOSE does not support:
Retail DVD and Steam build 1.0.0.12 (the original pre-patch version of Fallout)
Retail DVD and Steam build 1.0.0.15 (the 1.0 patched version of Fallout)
Russian DVD version of Fallout 3 (it uses Starforce encryption on Fallout3.exe)
Direct2Drive version of Fallout 3 (it encrypts the Fallout3.exe)
Polish DVD version of Fallout 3 (it uses SafeDisc copy protection on the Fallout3.exe)

FOSE v1.1 beta8 provides support for:
Retail DVD and Steam builds 1.0.0.15, 1.1.0.35, both versions of 1.4.0.6, 1.5.0.22, and 1.6.0.3.
GECK builds 1.1.0.36 and 1.5.0.19.

* FOSE is incompatible with Windows Live, so when running via fose_loader.exe, Live will be disabled. As Live operates as a cheat-detection tool similar to Punkbuster or VAC, FOSE's in-memory modifications are inherently incomptible. Don't worry about being banned or anything like that, everything still works when running Fallout normally. To download DLC, launch fallout3.exe directly instead of via the loader. After downloading the DLC, you will then need to move the DLC files in to the Fallout data folders to use them like any other mod.