Setting up mod manager and mods.

[Linerax]

-Age has caught up with New Vegas, so nothing like a lil bit of make up(mods) to touch it up a bit.-

-Also, better to buy game and DLCs separate or buy the Ultimate edition during a sale?-

[Relstin]

If your system can handle it, an ENB can go a long ways. My go-to place for ENB presets: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/searchresults/?src_cat=103

And I bought the Ultimate Edition for about $20. Very much worth it.

[E.P.D. Gaffney]

Definitely Ultimate. It will be on offer for much less than $20 very often. Not necessarily from Steam's shop itself, though it's been cheap on here many times.

I don't think I'd use an ENB until you know how the game was meant to look, but there are some incredible ENBs out there. One I always mention is Midhrastic, because it's on the Fallout 3 Nexus, not New Vegas, but it works for both and I love it.

The main graphical mods are already in the above post, though I personally don't like Ojo Bueno only for deviating too much from the original textures rather than simply improving developers' concepts. Great textures, though.

This is really a good resource:
http://wiki.step-project.com/User:EssArrBee/FalloutNewVegas

It's probably too thorough unless you're that kind of person, but it's a great collection of stuff to look through.

For LOD, I found the FNVLODGen mod recommended there not to work for me, in addition to taking an age to process. I use these:
http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/46451/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/47418/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/55328/?

The last one is a whole new set of textures to make the whole place more desert-like, and they're great. They come with their own LOD, which I didn't know when I downloaded it. Can't remember did I let it overwrite the LOD from the first one I have here. Either way is probably grand.

[E.P.D. Gaffney]

Oh, and weather mods remove the post-processing of the original game, which I dislike. However, the darker nights they come with are wonderful and much more intense, so it's a worthy trade-off. I found Project Reality to be closer in feel to the original game, whereas Nevada Skies is a great mod but one which is more suited to big and vibrant rather than the initial design. I may even suggest doing a playthrough without a weather mod first.

And when you do use a weather mod, Electro City is an excellent way to make the darker nights less absurd to travel. Highly recommended.

[Linerax]

How much of an impact does Oxide ENB have on my setup:

- 1920x1080
- Nvidia GTX 970M 3 GB (equivalent to desktop GTX 960)
- i7 4720 2.6 GHz
- 16 GB RAM

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/58593/?

[E.P.D. Gaffney]

He's probably cut out the bits where he dropped frames but his specs were worse than yours last I checked and it ran pretty good here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMOUUlNsD8M

He has other videos where his Oxide hitches a bit here and there. It's nearly impossible to maintain a smooth 60 FPS with ENB (at least with this engine), but it shouldn't drop into unplayable levels. Wouldn't surprise me if yours stayed in the 40s or 50s.

Oxide uses Hitman's weather mod as well, which is good because it's reputed not to drop FPS during rain, whereas others can kill it.

It's on the page I linked you to but be sure to grab the 4GB patcher (game only uses 2GB of RAM by default). It's on the Nexus as well.

[Linerax]

Publicado originalmente por E.P.D. Gaffney:

He's probably cut out the bits where he dropped frames but his specs were worse than yours last I checked and it ran pretty good here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMOUUlNsD8M

He has other videos where his Oxide hitches a bit here and there. It's nearly impossible to maintain a smooth 60 FPS with ENB (at least with this engine), but it shouldn't drop into unplayable levels. Wouldn't surprise me if yours stayed in the 40s or 50s.

Oxide uses Hitman's weather mod as well, which is good because it's reputed not to drop FPS during rain, whereas others can kill it.

It's on the page I linked you to but be sure to grab the 4GB patcher (game only uses 2GB of RAM by default). It's on the Nexus as well.

Thanks.

Also, this is the 4 Gb patch you mean:
http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62552/?

[E.P.D. Gaffney]

No bother, and that is indeed the 4GB patcher. I haven't used that one, which is relatively new, but they (Roy batty and company) have always been the lads to do the 4GB patchers and I have the previous version they made. Point being, I can't directly advise you from personal experience (and I hear using the new one is actually quite different) with that one, but it's definitely the one you want. I'll probably be upgrading to it soon. Just need to run some tests with the old one first.

[Linerax]

For the Fallout Mod Manager, should I choose "C:\Games\FalloutNV\mods" for Mod Directory and "C:\Games\FalloutNV\Install Info" for Install Info OR because New Vegas is on Steam, I should use different directories?

For ENBs, do I need to install anything else other than the ENB itself and the 4 GB mod patch?

[E.P.D. Gaffney]

Publicado originalmente por Linerax:

For the Fallout Mod Manager, should I choose "C:\Games\FalloutNV\mods" for Mod Directory and "C:\Games\FalloutNV\Install Info" for Install Info OR because New Vegas is on Steam, I should use different directories?

For ENBs, do I need to install anything else other than the ENB itself and the 4 GB mod patch?

I'm not familiar with FOMM but it probably picks something sufficient by default (should be a virtual install, so it should later place files directly into New Vegas's folder when enabled, and remove them when disabled, and have a separate directory for disable mods that are not deleted). I use NMM and I love it, but the clear favourite appears to be Mod Organiser. I couldn't get my MO working with my existing mods without far too much trouble than I felt it was worth, but if you're just starting, you may want to look into MO. I think MO1 is required for New Vegas, and MO2 is for later games.

As for ENB, that's kind of complex to explain and depends on your system. You need to use either the injector or the wrapper, depending on what works. The 4GB launcher (old one) sometimes had trouble, but I think it's fine now. Either way, once you've done it once, it should become very simple to do whenever you want to switch ENBs.

NCRvet has one on installing ENBs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JwmlFrO_kA&t=202s

I always liked to back up my Fallout New Vegas folder before doing an ENB, to remove or switch easily (my Data folder would generally not be included, for a few reasons, which meant some manual deletion was necessary for some ENBs), but there are mods on the Nexus that handle this now. Haven't tried them yet (been playing without ENB for a bit) but they're supposed to be good. I think the best one is on the Skyrim Nexus.

The other thing you'll find is you have to edit your graphics settings (watch the video), and if you want to go back and forth between using an ENB and not, an .ini file switcher could become convenient (my girlfriend doesn't like ENBs, so I was constantly switching between ENB and no ENB), as these settings all have entries in the .ini files.

As an aside, that site I linked you to earlier mentions a lot of .ini edits. I highly recommend .ini edits. Jump into the game now if you like, but at some point, do it. There's nothing like revelling in leaving 5 million bullet holes in your opponent that remain for ever, as opposed to three bullet holes that disappear in five seconds.

[Linerax]

After some searching, seems NVSE is important. However when I moved the NVSE's content inside my New Vegas folder I get an application error.

http://nvse.silverlock.org/

I used stable version 5.0b2

I followed this video guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYgAU9uC_h4

[Zedd]

One mod I can't live without anymore is Project Nevada
http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/40040/?

I'd suggest playing a few hours without it first, as PN is a pretty big overhaul of a *ton* of vanilla features, such as completely altering the Hardcore difficulty settings.

My favorite things are visor overlays when using appropriate headwear, such as goggles and the like, night vision, thermal vision, and electrostatic vision, availble on some helmets or as an implant found around the world, cybernetic implants that alter all sorts of things like carry weight, SPECIAL stats, enhanced vision, stealth abilities (like a built-in Stealth Boy), or a favorite of mine, a scanner to indicate whether something is a threat, or hostile, their DT/DR, their combat abilities, ETC.

Project Nevada is also highly compatible with dozens of other mods and all the DLC, and if you have the Mod Configuration Menu (http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/42507/?) it is highly customizable to fit your personal taste.

Do note that the enhanced visions do *NOT* work with most ENBs, you'll get hammered FPS and no visual boost whatsoever.

If you're playing on Windows 10 you'll definitely need New Vegas Script Extender (nvse.silverlock.org) and New Vegas Anti Crash (http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/53635/?)

Even if you're not on Windows 10 these greatly help with game stability.

Another mod I highly recommend is basically NV's "Unofficial Patch", called YUP (http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/51664/?)
Fixes a ton of vanilla bugs that were left behind after the game was finished being updated.

I know some other mods that are pretty much personal taste, if you're interested.

[E.P.D. Gaffney]

First of all, use the latest beta build always. Stable just means they won't be changing it, but if it's up there, it's meant to be used, even if it's not the final version, and a lot of mods require the newest one.

Other than that, I don't have a lot of information, so all I can say is to double-check what you've done to install. For instance, the folder is called Fallout New Vegas, though there's another one called FalloutNV but you don't want to put it in that one. They don't make this terribly clear by referring to it as 'your Fallout NV directory'. You want it in the Fallout New Vegas one, which is Steam\SteamApps\common\fallout new vegas.

I don't know how it works with the new 4GB patcher but we used to have to do a bit of extra work to get both NVSE and the 4GB launcher working together.

[E.P.D. Gaffney]

Oh, and you definitely need to check the pinned threads on here. Stability mods are absolutely necessary. NVAC, NVSR, and I forget the name of the one for full-screen windowed (I use OneTweak but I believe the one in the thread is different).

[Linerax]

I used the beta version(5.0b3) of NVSE and still get an application load error P:0000065432

[E.P.D. Gaffney]

How are you launching? I always launched via the 4GB launcher, and I know that if I launch via Steam it won't work for me (the launcher does, but not the game). The patcher is no longer a launcher as I understand it, and it says it detects NVSE automatically, meaning I believe you just want to launch via your mod manager, or perhaps double-click your New Vegas launcher in the Fallout New Vegas folder.