Fallout 4: Natural Born Killers
>>Rated "R" for mature themes and nudity<<
Yes, it sounds violent and abusive, doesn't it? Are you perhaps made uncomfortable by such things as incest, exploitation and selfishness? Or are you concerned that such visceral material is merely being sensationalised for effect; in other words: to shock? Or, a third possibility is that you are yourself damaged, and will find something familiar herein.
If any of those approximate your reaction, then you are in need of the dark catharsis waiting within.
WIP
Natural Born Killers is in draft stage
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Game : Fallout 4
Title : Natural Born Killers
Version : scratch 1
Forum thread : tba
Author : Boycad
Cut-and-Paste source (thanks): Gernash
Introduction
Just getting started...
The intention is a Mod Organizer 2 based, Lovers Lab friendly build; stand-alone or autistic install; basic technical mods and base-game improvements, as per site tradition; lore-friendly but "vanilla adverse". The selections follow a core and module model, describing the core in preparation for later additions, content mods for instance, without actually choosing those additions. Such items are left up to the individuals taste; and although we are making assumptions about your tastes, dear reader, we will be discreet. But they are there, in your id, even if you don't admit it, and in fact especially if you don't admit it. It is part of your identity.
Regarding the theme, I make no apologies. It may be exaggerated for dramatic purposes, but reality is my model. These are the suburbs and sprawl of a foreign landscape, degraded and ravaged, where the anonymous are captive, and you are among them. Do not panic. Focus on your immediate problems. It is afterall just a game.
So we jack it up and set it loose. Some features are a Fusion Girl body, for animations, and possibly physics; other stuff as I think of it... The build is LoversLab friendly, though not gratuitous nor often linked; performance budget is targeted moderate. Thanks to Gernash for his starting section and reference point. Lets begin with the workspace.
A juke box plays at the back of a smokey restaurant...
Installing useful programs
If you don't have them already, there are two generic programs very useful when modding games :
7-zip : This is an archive extractor. It'll allow you to extract archives (.zip, .rar, .7z). Since most mods and other utilities come in this format, it's critical to be able to extract them.
To make it even more convenient to use :
- Locate the 7-zip File manager : 7zFM.exe, (located by default in C:\Program Files\7-Zip, or simply type in 7-zip File Manager in windows' search bar)
- Start it with administrator privileges (right-click -> run as administrator).
- Navigate under Tools -> Options.. and look at the System tab, you'll find the file association manager.
- Associate 7zip with .7z, .zip, and .rar files by simply clicking on them.
This way, you will be able to preview the content of archives and extract what you want out of them by simply double-clicking on it.
Notepad++ : An advanced text editor. Useful to edit various configurations files, as its layout, syntax-coloration, and other built-in search functions are by far superior to what your basic notepad can do.
Since we're going to open a lot of .ini files in this guide, it's a good idea to tell windows that you want to automatically open them with Notepad++ :
- After you've installed it, right click on any .ini file on your system (if you don't have any yet, just read a bit further, you'll discover them ;) )
- Select Open With... -> Choose default program...
- Select Notepad++. If Notepad++ is not on the list, use the Browse... button and navigate to NP++ installation path (by default C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++).
- Make sure that the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file checkbox is ticked in.
Verifying your Local Fallout4 Validity
If you have used NMM or Bethesda Game Studios mods this Section is mainly for you.
Navigate to C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Local\Fallout4
The only file that should be in there is (if you have an untouched Fallout 4 installation)
DLCList.txt the contents of which are:
DLCRobot.esm DLCworkshop01.esm DLCworkshop02.esm DLCworkshop03.esm DLCNukaWorld.esm DLCCoast.esm
If you have run FO4Edit in the past then the following will be present
- Plugins.fo4viewsettings
If there is ANYTHING else in there or you just want to reset them to default Please do the following:
- Navigate to C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Local\Fallout4
- Make a backup of its content (IF you are an NMM user and want to use it again with your mod list as this will break it) and delete the contents
- Start the game through steam when you get to main menu exit to desktop.
- Navigate to C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Local\Fallout4
- It should now contain only the DLCList.txt with the contents as above.
Template:Alert small If you moved here from NMM then this has to be done. Check validity of your factory Fallout 4 setting is important it resolves issues later in the Wiki that can be avoided NOW!
Initializing your Fallout 4 INI files
If you have been playing Fallout 4 or just Starting for the 1st time I’d advise you to reset your INI files back to a default state before continuing.
The rest of the following sections in this portion of the guide will assist in achieving a performance vs quality setup before you take off on your modding adventure.
- If you have launched the game before you will have Fallout 4 INI configuration files present. Navigate to your Documents\My Games\Fallout4. Backup all the files and folders (excluding the Saves folder)
- Delete all the contents of the Documents\My Games\Fallout4 (excluding the Saves folder)
To speed up the MAIN Screen of Fallout 4 (Shudder) if you have many save games please do the following
- Go into your Documents\My Games\Fallout4\Saves folder and create a folder called BACKUP.
- Sort the files via the date modified tab. Select all the older Save game you no longer access and Move them to the Documents\My Games\Fallout4\Saves\BACKUP folder. You should be left with 10-20 save games. More than this seems to cause the MAIN PAGE to cough and shudder.
Launch Fallout 4 and select the Ultra Preset then click Play. When the game loads to the main menu, exit the game. (This sets up the 1st run INI files). The following files will be generated.
- Fallout4.ini
- Fallout4Prefs.ini
Once we start doing some changes with will be modifying a 3rd file
- Fallout4Custom.ini
This file overwrites most settings contained in the other 2 so it you delete or clear it out your game will run in a default fashion.
