Tale of Two Wastelands - Over Encumbered Edition
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Summary
This guide was created out of a desire to have a stable and heavily modded Fallout game, that once it was installed could take two of my favorite games and make them one story, turning two games into one epic one. It takes many cues from Skyrim Revisited by Neovalen. One of the most thorough modding guides around, and an excellent Skyrim guide.
After following TTW: Worlds of Tomorrow by Adonis_IV and some of TTW Core by Hushpiper (also TTW+), it inspired me tomake my own version. Any questions or feedback can be posted on TTW:OEE forum post.
This is much the same as the above guides but borrows elements from all of them. If you are uninterested in quests/locations, and UI enhancements you may prefer to try Worlds of Tomorrow as it is a bit more condensed. It features less mods, and is made by a very experienced TTW mod maker.
There are other guides that have also been used in creating this guide. Clear and Present Danger by Kelmych, and Fear and Loathing in New Vegas by EssArrBee, are both great modding guides if wanting to mod either game separately. They are bothvery well written, and provide a great game. This guide will have many similarities to the above guides, and certain elements have been borrowed from them.
Is Tale of Two Wastelands the best option for you?
However it does have its short comings. Fallout 3 voice modulation does not work without the user re-encoding the audio. The Rock-it-Launcher does not work as seamlessly as in Fallout 3. Grass distance is reduced due to a New Vegas engine bug (may be overcome with NVAC). Many Fallout 3 mods need a lot of work to be converted (e.g. Mothership Zeta Crew). Additionally patches need to be made for Fallout New Vegas mods to extend functionality to the Capital Wasteland. Balance is completely different as starting in Goodsprings at level 1 is very different than starting at level 30. Those are a few of the snags of playing Tale of Two Wastelands.
If the downsides outweigh the benefits for you, Tale of Two Wastelands may not be for you. otherwise proceed with the guide, the following will set up the rest of the guide, so follow along closely. Happy modding!
Guide Information
Prerequisites
* Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition
Tale of Two Wastelands requires legal copies of both Fallout 3, New Vegas, and all of their respective DLCs. The only optional DLCs are the Pre-Order Packs from New Vegas. Including the Classic Pack, Tribal Pack, Mercenary Pack, and Couriers Stash. Opting to exclude these will save four plugin slots or more. The easiest way to get all of these is the Game of the Year and Ultimate Editions of each game, they will include all the official content needed.
Guide Key
Oftentimes instructions will follow a red header.
Oftentimes they look something like this:
[Section Name]
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There will be specific instructions on which mods to merge and what to do after they are merged.
They will look like this:
Setting Section
- Setting Name
- Setting
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Plugin Limit
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At this time this guide is over 135. Merges will be added soon.
Tools
Modding Fallout requires a few tools to be downloaded and setup before installing the actual mods. This sections walks through proper setup of each tool, and explains what each will be sued for.
Do not skip this section. All tools will be used throughout this guide.
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Getting Started
Configure Fallout: New Vegas
Before doing anything there are a few adjustments to make to the base game. One thing to note is that it is important that Fallout: New Vegas is in a default vanilla state. This is so no previous modding or changes will be present during the modding process, and will eliminate any potential issues from prior installations. This will make any troubleshooting easier, and ensure this guide works as intended.
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NVSE and 4GBNV
The following mods are very important to a any modded Fallout. The first mod, New Vegas Script Extender (NVSE) allows for many game changing things to be added into the game, while the 4GB New Vegas Loader (4GBNV) allows for more memory to be used by the game, which allows for better graphics and more things to be going on at once.