Dust

[Vex Hilarius]

In my thousands of hours of playing and modding this game I've never attempted to play quest mods. Figured I would try out Dust to break that. Any setup advice what to look for? I've pretty much avoided any broken outdated mods but I haven't seen any huge problems with Dust on the internet forums.

[[RvB] RedArmyGrif]

DUST itself isn't 100% working but it's more or less complete.

That being said I highly recommend you pick these mods up as well as DUST to avoid like... 70% of issues (and as a fair warning custom races might break the DUST intro)

DUST tweaks - bug fixes - better repair - and more
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/67794

Fallout DUST Tunneler detection fix
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/60519

Fallout DUST GRA ammo fix
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/66790

[Johnny Casey]

You shouldn't be playing DUST, as it will delete the vanilla game's record, but it's your funeral.

[Salamand3r-]

DUST is not a great choice, as Johnny said it deletes vanilla records which is just asking for trouble.

If you're looking for quests/content, New Vegas Bounties (I recommend the LE versions) and AWOP will add a good amount, along with NV Interiors.

If you're looking to make gameplay more brutal along with this, the classic trio of BLEED/ROOG/Sawyerbatty will definitely get you fairly close.

[GoatOnATree]

I wouldn't call Dust a quest mod, it's a total overhaul of the game

[giantrhino723]

Use MO2 or any mod organizer if you install overhaul mods.

[Facetable]

Originally posted by Johnny Casey:

You shouldn't be playing DUST, as it will delete the vanilla game's record, but it's your funeral.

I don’t want to come off as saying that there isn’t an issue, but I legit don’t understand why people keep saying that there’s a huge risk installing DUST. Sure it’s a complete overhaul, but it’s not like it makes it so you can never get a vanilla install of NV again

I play vanilla nowadays but I’ve installed/uninstalled DUST twice in the past without issue. Does it take a minute to do? Yeah sure, but that’s kinda typical with mods like this imo

[[RvB] RedArmyGrif]

Originally posted by Facetable:

Originally posted by Johnny Casey:

You shouldn't be playing DUST, as it will delete the vanilla game's record, but it's your funeral.

I don’t want to come off as saying that there isn’t an issue, but I legit don’t understand why people keep saying that there’s a huge risk installing DUST. Sure it’s a complete overhaul, but it’s not like it makes it so you can never get a vanilla install of NV again

I play vanilla nowadays but I’ve installed/uninstalled DUST twice in the past without issue. Does it take a minute to do? Yeah sure, but that’s kinda typical with mods like this imo

I've also uninstalled/reinstalled it without issues, even in a game with TTW loaded in (but disabled)

Modding always carries a risk of deleting important files in your install, DUST is not unique in that regard.

[Salamand3r-]

Originally posted by RvB RedArmyGrif:

Modding always carries a risk of deleting important files in your install, DUST is not unique in that regard.

That's not the issue - if you use a proper mod manager, you're never touching the files. It's literally impossible to damage your vanilla files (or other mod files) using MO2 or even Vortex.

The problem with deleting vanilla records via plugin is that it *will* cause crashes and *always* has the potential to corrupt your save at any point the game might refer to them.

There's no risk to your game or your computer - as was said, you can always just reinstall in the worst case. I just can't imagine getting too invested in a game that is guaranteed to crash/break at some point on a long enough timeline.