FalloutNV:Unofficial-Phoneboi-1.0.0

The Fallout New Vegas Mod Experience

From Cold and Mountainous to Dry and Arid

Thanks and Credits

A big credit to EssArrBee's Fear and Loathing in New Vegas

Seriously, most of this is cribbed from that page, and it's thanks to the wonderful, frequently updated guide that I'm up and running with a modded game so quickly. In fact don't bother with this page, start with EssArrBee's guide and build from there. This isn't a guide so much as my notes on the experience, and any changes or differences between the guide and my own play-build.

Additional thanks to:

• Bethesda Softworks and Obsidian Entertainment for creating the game, and providing the engine design and resources for mods to be created.
• NexusMods for hosting the mods and providing a great service to the modding community.
• The videos of Gopher, Brodual and MMOxReview for re-kindling my interest, providing useful information and a few good laughs.
• All of the talented mod creators for their time, talent and skill in providing modding tools and additional game content.

Prologue

For $12, I couldn't pass up on the complete Fallout New Vegas pack during the Steam Summer Sale. Applying the same methodology that STEP uses (maybe STEP's an evolution of the NV methodology, I don't really know), I'm going to try and run it modded as well.

First, a confession, I don't have much experience with the Fallout series. I did play a few hours of Fallout 3 when it was first released, but never finished it. I discovered modded New Vegas after browsing videos on modded Skyrim. I've never played New Vegas before. I did run through the quests in Goodsprings in pure vanilla, giving me a good baseline to compare to as I add mods.

My goal here is to create a New Vegas experience with the following qualities:

• Remain lore-friendly
• Improve overall visual quality
• Create a more immersive environment
• Realistic, challenging combat
• Extend survival elements
• Extend crafting elements
• Expand with new quest content

Install Fallout New Vegas

Pretty straight-forward here, most of this was already done to mod Skyrim

New Vegas Launcher Options

Using the Skyrim Launcher Options as a guide, setting up the same way where it applies to NV.

Antialiasing - 4 Samples
Anisotropic Filtering - 8 Samples
Detail - High 
Windowed - Unchecked
Vertical Sync - Unchecked
Screen Effects - HDR
Advanced Settings - select HIGH, all water options
Advanced Settings View Distance - Grass Fade to max, all others 1/2 of max
Advanced Settings Distant LOD - No changes, Tree:26, Object:50, Land Quality:100

Install Utilities

• BOSS
• BOSS Userlist Manager
• Fallout Mod Manager - FOMM - Fork
• Mod Organizer
• Fallout Mod Manager
• FNVEdit
• New Vegas Script Extender
• 4GB Fallout New Vegas Updated (1)

(1) When adding the 4GB Launcher to MO, include '-laaexe ./FalloutMO.exe' in command-line arguments.

Benchmark

The opening cutscene looks like a Bink video, so I'm not sure where a good benchmark could be taken at this point.
Maybe the opening with Doc, though pop-up notifications might skew the results with high FPS peaks.

Clean the Bethesda ESMs

ToDo: Not comfortable enough to mod the stock esm's just yet, will have to see what happens.

Quests

Originally I had installed the quest content after all other mods.
Going to move them up-front in MO (as suggested in EssArrBee's guide) and see if there are any issues.

New Vegas Uncut

• New Vegas Uncut 1: Rotface to Riches
• New Vegas Uncut 2: A Koch and Bohr Story
• New Vegas Uncut 3: A Van Graff Scorned (1)

(1) Dirty edit/cleaning noted in EssArrBee's guide, going to leave as-is for now.

Afterschool Special

• Afterschool Special

 Main: Afterschool Special V 2O1 - Sortomatic V4 Full

The Someguy Series

• The Someguy Series Base ESM
• New Vegas Bounties I
• New Vegas Bounties II
• The Inheritance
• Russell

There are some conflicts noted in MO for these mods, however they only conflict with each other.

Deimos

• Deimos

Tales from the Burning Sands

• Tales from the Burning Sands (1)

 Main: Tales from the Burning Sands 1.31b FULL version - all three chapters
Merge: Tales from the Burning Sands 131b UPDATE
(1) Dirty edit/cleaning noted in EssArrBee's guide, going to leave as-is for now.

User Interface

Unified HUD

• Darnified UI (1)
• Project Nevada (2)
• Project Nevada Extra Options (3)
• The Mod Configuration Menu (4)
• Advanced Recon Trap Detection
• Advanced Recon Range Finder
• Flashlight NVSE (5)
• JIP Realistic Weapon Overheating (6)
• JIP Selective-Fire (7)
• One HUD (8)
• Unified HUD Project (9)

(1) Darnified UI: INI edit required to enable new fonts
(2) Project Nevada: Copy "/optional/DarnUI/menus/" to "<MO>/mods/Project Nevada/"
(3) PN Extra Options: Install with FOMM and create overwrite mod with MO. The DLC patches are included if you enable all options.
(4) MCM: Merge MCM Bugfix 2 update
(5) Flashlight: Install with FOMM and create overwrite mod with MO.
(6) JIP Weapon Overheating: Hide "/menus/main/hud_main_menu.xml"
(7) JIP Selective-Fire: Hide "/menus/main/hud_main_menu.xml"
(8) One HUD: Install with FOMM and create overwrite mod with MO.
(9) Unified HUD: Install with FOMM and create overwrite mod with MO.

Extended Interface

• CASM with MCM
• Centered 3rd Person Camera
• FalloutNV Classic Worldmap
• Misc Item Icons - New Vegas
• Traits Menu DarNified
• The Weapon Mod Menu

Fixes

• Armor Replacer Child NPC Fix
• New Vegas Anti-Crash (1)
• New Vegas Stutter Remover (2)
• Project Nevada - Med-X Fix
• Project Nevada - Extra Options -- Implant box texture fix
• Project Nevada - Extra Options - MCM Fix
• Reload Speed Game Start Fix
• Safe ShowRaceMenu (3)
• Yukichigai Unofficial Patch - YUP

(1) NV Anti-Crash: Set fGrassStartFadeDistance=17000 in falloutprefs.ini
(2) HV Stutter Remover: Keeping defaults for now.
(3) Safe ShowRaceMenu: Using Mirrors version

Texture Overhauls

• Hall Of Equipment (1)
• NMCs Texture Pack For New Vegas (2)
• POCO BUENO Texture Pack (3)
• Textures Over Time (4)
• Collision Mesh Overhaul WIP
• Precision Collision (5)
• Detailed Collisions

(1) Hall of Equipment: Install Main and all four optionals
(2) NMC's Texture Pack: Using small version, merge "Ceiling black holes" & "Red Wood and Burnt Fence Clash" fixes
(3) Poco Bueno: Merge "Skeleton Transparency Fix"
(4) Textures Over Time: Honest Hearts Sandstone textures only
(5) Precision Collision: Hide the "/meshes/clutter/billiards/" directory

Environmental

• ELECTRO-CITY - Relighting the Wasteland
• Interior Lighting Overhaul (1)
• Nevada Skies - Weather Effects (2)
• NVInteriors Project (3)
• NV Interiors Urban Edition
• Wasteland Flora Overhaul (4)
• Hectrol FX DUSTSTORM Deluxe HighRes Retex 1024k
• Hectrol Tumbleweed Deluxe HighRes Retex 1024k
• HiRes Raider Graffiti
• Improved LOD Noise Texture
• Laurens Bathroom Poetry
• Mojave Nights (5)
• Vault 22 Flora Overhaul
• The Strip Open
• Survivalist Bunker

(1) ILO: Install 6-7 main file, tick "Lucky 38 Suite" and "NV Interiors Project Combo Ed.". Merge 6-7-4 Update and Pip-Boy Light Colors optional. "Move Interior Lighting Overhaul - Ultimate Edition.esp" to optional
(2) Nevada Skies: Move "NevadaSkies - TTW Edition.esp" and "Move NevadaSkies - Basic Edition.esp" to optional
(3) Install NVInteriors Core, merge Combo Edition and NMC Compatibility Patch (Using Small)
(4) Flora Overhaul: Using dead version, install Poco Bueno LODs to own mod folder. Dirty edit/cleaning noted in EssArrBee's guide, going to leave as-is for now.
(5) Mojave Nights: Using 140% Moon Size and Default Moon Glow

People and Mutants

Type3 Body and Armor Replacer

Install the New Vegas Type3 Armor Complete main file

Install Business Suit Fix

Install CombatMk1

Install CombatMk2

Install Fieldhand outfit Fix

Install Leather Armor Wrist fix

Install Alternate default non-nude body (bikini style)

Dead Money Type3 Outfits

Install the main file

Install the Type3 Dean Domino Tuxedo -Fixed file

Type 3 Honest Heart Tribal Armors

Install the main file

Install the Fix for Graham outfit file

Install the Fix for Sorrows body file

Old World Blues Armors for Type 3

Install the main file

Install the atch for StealthSuit- Fixed file

Lonesome Road Armors for Type 3

Roberts Male Body

Install the main file

Install Honest Hearts DLC Patch

Install Lonesome Road DLC Patch

Install Old World Blues DLC Patch

• H, Characters & Creatures Section II

Willow - A Better Companion Experience

May also add Russel and Sunny Smiles at some point

Authentic Burned Man

Ghouls Hires retexture

Install the Ghoul retexture for Roberts Male Body optional file

Hide /textures/characters/ghoul/headhuman.dds, upperbodymale.dds, upperbodymale_n.dds (Conflicts with Roberts body mod)

Fallout Character Overhaul

Select Old World Blues Addon, Dirty Textures, Eye Textures, Hair Textures, Willow, and Roberts Patch

Move FCO - Willow (Cazy).esp to optional

Change bLoadFaceGenHeadEGTFiles=1 in FalloutPrefs.ini

• H, Characters & Creatures Section III

aMidianBorn NV Book Of Water

Install The Book of Flesh

Feral Ghoul Retexture by Koldorn

Hectrol ED-E Deluxe HR Retex EVOLUTION PACK

Using LowRes (1024), no extra options

Super Mutant Mesh Replacer

Credit to EssArrBee for the link.

• H, Characters & Creatures Section IV

Wasteland Clothing Hires Retexture

Install the Wasteland Clothing Full Pack main file

Install the Wasteland Clothing HD V1-3 POWDERGANG FIX optional file.

ADAM - A Definitive Armor Mod

fomod Link Here

Credit to EssArrBee for the link.

If Using the fomod, don't select NCR Troopers, Vanilla Gloves or Extra Effects

ADAM - Project Nevada Patch

ALR - Aptoms Legion Retextured

Bornagain Combat Armor

Using Lite version

aMidianBorn NV Book Of Water

Install The Book of Steel

Dead Money Assassin Suit Retexture

NCR Civilian Clothing

NCR Trooper Overhaul

Also install the Sapper Leg Fix

Move NCRTrooperOverhaul.esp to optional

NCR Trooper Overhaul - Distributed

A Familiar Friend - The Pip-Boy 2500 - Handheld Pipboy

Using Large

Pip-Boy 2500 Hi-Res Retexture

Pipboy Remover

Spice of Life - Variety Armor and Clothing

Also install the NivSpiceofLife-PN Patch 1_2 optional file