please help

[Alaskan Bull Moose]

i'm new to mods on pc and need help with the nexus i also don't have an anti virus

[pcdeltalink]

Not 100% sure what you're asking here. What mods to download? What mod manager to use? And go grab an antivirus. There's a lot of free options out there.

Personally I use Nexus Mod Manager (NMM). I can't stand Vortex and only use it for games that NMM doesn't support.

As for what mods, I'd just say sort by most popular and start from there. That should give you plenty to look through for starters. For certain you'll want anti crash and one of the massive bug fix mods that are on Nexus. You'll also need the 4GB patch for New Vegas in order to run some of the more complex mods. I'm currently running about 79 different mods and so far I've had less than, eh, 10 crashes out of my 68 hour playthrough so far.

[Vex Hilarius]

Dont use NMM its outdated use FOMM Fork, Vortex, or Mod Organzier 2

[pcdeltalink]

Originally posted by DiscountLouisCK:

Dont use NMM its outdated use FOMM Fork, Vortex, or Mod Organzier 2

It may be outdated but I still love it for its ease and simplicity and have never had any issues using it.

[Ty Tanium]

Originally posted by SPARTAN B312:

i'm new to mods on pc and need help with the nexus i also don't have an anti virus

Howdy pardner,
There are a number of freeware, basic anti-virus programs available. Use your browser and search "freeware anti-virus" - I used to use one called AVG

If you're running windows there's Windows Defender, if you go to your control panel you will find a section called "Security", in there you can find what your computer OS has onboard.

As for Nexus Mods, the other folk covered that pretty well. Pick yourself a mod manager, I use both NMM and FOMM quite successfully.

If you're looking for user guides for them YouTube has quite a range of video guides to using things.
Good luck.
Cheers,
T

[Alaskan Bull Moose]

Originally posted by pcdeltalink:

Not 100% sure what you're asking here. What mods to download? What mod manager to use? And go grab an antivirus. There's a lot of free options out there.

Personally I use Nexus Mod Manager (NMM). I can't stand Vortex and only use it for games that NMM doesn't support.

As for what mods, I'd just say sort by most popular and start from there. That should give you plenty to look through for starters. For certain you'll want anti crash and one of the massive bug fix mods that are on Nexus. You'll also need the 4GB patch for New Vegas in order to run some of the more complex mods. I'm currently running about 79 different mods and so far I've had less than, eh, 10 crashes out of my 68 hour playthrough so far.

im mainly asking whether or not i should start with a mod manager or something else seeing as i have no experience with nexusmods or messing aroundin my files

[pcdeltalink]

Originally posted by SPARTAN B312:

im mainly asking whether or not i should start with a mod manager or something else seeing as i have no experience with nexusmods or messing aroundin my files

No worries, we all start somewhere. I definitely recommend a mod manager. Just download a few of the ones mentioned and see what you think of them. Just a few clicks to install or uninstall various mods. While you can do modding manually I really don't recommend it, especially when the managers make it so easy. Plus it's far easier to screw up your game files doing it manually, especially if you're like me where people think you're far more computer savvy than you actually are. Always make a back up before you start tweaking around with the mods. And hey, if I could figure out modding, so can you.

There are one or two things that have to be installed manually rather than in the mod manager. I believe the 4GB patch mentioned is one of those things but the instructions are usually very clear on the page exactly where to put what files. If not, forums are your friend.