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Mods Used

My intent is to play a "mostly vanilla" game with some convenience settings and some extra rooms for exploration. As a result, I did not pick "overarching" mods like Fallout Wanderer's Edition (FWE). I tried FWE, and played dozens of hours with it, and while I appreciate the work put into it, it was just way too hard, when food and water does not heal and stimpacks are expensive as heck,

Load Order as of 2018-JAN-17 as compiled by WyreFlash utility

00  fallout3.esm  [CRC: C092218B]
01  Anchorage.esm  [CRC: A4BA9D10]
02  ThePitt.esm  [CRC: B38B3E44]
03  BrokenSteel.esm  [CRC: 30011B79]
04  PointLookout.esm  [CRC: D92704D8]
05  Zeta.esm  [CRC: 1D017E23]
06  Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch.esm  [Version 2.3.2]  [CRC: 7AAABC4D]
07  CRAFT.esm  [CRC: AE67CA57]
08  CALIBR.esm  [Version 1.4]  [CRC: 67CE3320]
09  Project Beauty.esm  [CRC: 06AA1298]
0A  EVE.esm  [Version 0.99]  [CRC: 3C10D833]
0B  Advanced Recon Tech.esm  [CRC: F19C92D7]
0C  DCInteriors_ComboEdition.esm  [CRC: F85A5358]
0D  DarNifiedUIF3.esp  [CRC: 33D1F89A]
0E  CustomBeginning.esp  [CRC: 4FE16254]
0F  CustomBeginningGOTY.esp  [CRC: 8A60B34A]
++  Project Beauty- Broken Steel.esp  [CRC: DA6E632C]
++  Project Beauty- Point Lookout.esp  [CRC: 431457E1]
10  CASM.esp  [CRC: 40AAEFBB]
11  MoreMapMarkers.esp  [CRC: B7F1FA75]
12  JIP Selective-Fire.esp  [CRC: CE472142]
13  Advanced Recon Tech.esp  [CRC: 7B11D089]
14  Fellout-Full.esp  [CRC: 1C4CD93B]
15  Advanced Recon Gear.esp  [CRC: 494D15A6]
16  Advanced Recon Armor.esp  [CRC: F58E6888]
++  Advanced Recon Armor-Easier Stealth.esp  [CRC: EA635750]
17  Dree Perks.esp  [CRC: B51003F8]
18  TinCanCRAFTing.esp  [Version 2.0]  [CRC: A37E7C24]
19  CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp  [CRC: CC4B88A5]
1A  Sprint- and Grenade-O-Matic.esp  [CRC: 9102E322]
1B  Stealthboy Recon Armor - CRAFT.esp  [CRC: 14EA535E]
1C  PracticeMakesPerfect.esp  [CRC: EA3EF4F1]
1D  CALIBRxMerchant.esp  [CRC: FC210D3A]
1E  Revamped Leveling.esp  [CRC: CC24AA30]
1F  Another Interior Mod.esp  [CRC: 4E80D8A3]
20  rmExtendedHotkeys.esp  [CRC: 2569DB52]
++  Quieter Mole Rats.esp  [CRC: 3F519404]
21  GNR Enhanced.esp  [CRC: 4D144B9B]
22  MegatonHouseExtraStorage.esp  [CRC: 04ABBC64]
23  Megaton Walkway.esp  [Version 1.0]  [CRC: 8A10D9A6]
24  rmSorter.esp  [CRC: B024FE84]
25  Realistic Interior Lighting.esp  [CRC: 409A2BD8]
++  HZSmoothLight - FO3.esp  [CRC: 5F362055]
26  Dogmeat Leather Armor - no crafting.esp  [CRC: 1D4E8294]
27  LeatherBackpack - eng.esp  [CRC: 822DDFED]
28  dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp  [CRC: 2E7841D0]
29  PAL - MERGED.esp  [CRC: 509E6C42]
2A  Bashed Patch, 0.esp  [CRC: 4FD9F430]

00 to 05 are standard FO3
06 needs no introduction
07 and 08 are standard affairs.
09 has been renamed "Fallout 3 Redesigned", but it was also called Project Beauty HD. 
0A is well known and gives a bit more variety to energy weapon critical kills
0B adds monocular night vision devices you can get pretty early
0C adds a bunch of buildings you can explore in DC, spread all over the place.
0D is UI improvement, probably better than MTUI
0E and 0F are the big one... Lets you start OTHER than the Vault Dweller i.e. Lone Wanderer, similar to the one in FWE, that's Fallout Wanderer's Edition mod. This is V1.8 NOT hosted on NexusMods.
++ means they've been merged into the "Bashed Patch" at the end. These two are plugins for 09
10 is CASM, the autosave manager.
11 Do NOT download the map markers when prompted so you can be surprised when you do find them. It's mainly for convenience as it moved the Megaton marker to be in front of Moira's and added a marker for your player home when you get it.
12 Adds a selector switch for weapons that should have it: semi auto, burst, or full auto depending on th weapons
13 plugin for 0B
14 Fellout removes the green tint and improves the outside visuals a bit
15 plugin for 0B also
16 added an actual armor item to be discovered in the game, use with 0B
17 stealth boy makes the armor in 16 virtually undetectable
18 lets you craft bobby pins from TinCans, probably not needed
19 part of 07
1A I like having grenade and sprint hotkeys, with a single key for each but only one plugin.
1B part of 07, probably redundant with 16, but it's standard package
1C Instead of adding skill points to your skills when you level, PMP lets you improve skills by doing things, and talking to NPCs to get trained.
1D Part of 08 to let merchants sell CALIBR rounds
1E Instead of making you level right away, it lets you defer the allocation of skills, perks, and SPECIAL points until you want it.
1F Another interior mod adds more explorable buildings out in the wastes.
20  ExtendedHotKeys -- improved hotkey handling, like weapon switching, stimpak, and so on
++ Quieter molerats is exactly what it says
21  GNR Enhanced adds similar songs to the GNR playlist, without messing up Three Dog's scripts
22  MegatonHouseExtraStory adds a bunch of lockers, metal boxes, etc. to your Megaton house
23  Walkway adds a cross-walkway so you can walk across to Moira's instead of down and up
24  rmSorter is an advanced item sorter that will automatically sort the loot you carried home
25 Realistic Interior Lighting as the name says, changes how lighting works inside buildings
++ HZSmoothlight makes the flashlight from your Pipboy more like a real flashlight
26 Dogmeat gets a small boost in armor (I just want to buy it, not craft it)
27 LeatherBackpack gives me 50 pounds extra carrying capacity
28 enhanced blood textures and wounds, splashes, etc.
29  Personal Achievement list logs all the achievements (quest completion). This is SerapthTC's fixed version
2A  This is generated by WyreFlash

Beyond this, I also use

4GB Patch -- can't play without it
GFWL remover -- install the latest, then patch it out
NVAC (it works in FO3 too)
FOSE -- can't play without it
Blackened EVE+PB patch  -- it's a part of the WireFlash bashed patch
EXE -- Effects Textures Enhanced -- improves even more textures
Fallout 3 Re-Animated -- makes 3rd person stances with two-handed guns better
Faster Pipboy Faster -- makes bringing up Pipboy faster
Glowing Skill and Pre-war books -- makes them easier to spot
Minimalistic Crosshairs -- better than the default crosshairs, at least
Modern Combat Pistol Shooting -- makes 3rd person stances with pistols better
NMC's Texture Pack (performance version)
Paradox Ignition's Merged version of "Dree's More Perks" -- lore friendly, balanced
UIO, user interface organizer -- makes different interface mods compatible

Unlike most, I do NOT use stutter remover. I've had problems with it. YMMV.

This setup worked fine for hours of uncrashed playing on Win10 64-bit.

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