Let's Go Shopping With Sigourn's Personal Picks of New Vegas' 500 Most Endorsed Mods

[Zer0wing]

An interesting Codex exercise would be to have everyone speak out on what they didn't like about New Vegas, so we can have a Codex Community Setup that tries to fix all of those problems.

I'll be the first, then. Many superficial things in New Vegas are outright bad and not always it's an engine problem. At first sight I've encountered these back in 2010:
-Unstability issues in the base game. Unstable framerate, crashes to desktop, cache is clogging up the memory so you'll run into freezes while playing a few hours like longer loading times during fast travel, opening the container will take a fuckton of loading time
-Small bugs here and there, I've just lost count
-Models and textures look like ass. Inventory items, mostly. But also characters, yeah, especially NPCs without unique names. LODs are not great either
-Animations are ass
-Terrible collision meshes
-Enemy combat AI is retarded
-Physics and ragdoll don't always calculate correctly. That includes gun shooting aswell
-City of sin is not so "of sin". So, more sex, violence and rock'n'roll related content wouldn't spoil the game I think. It's also suprisingly compact town compared to Obsidians vision of new vegas on their art pieces.
-Lighting is fucked, period. Once you deal with gamma issues by using RWL and ILO, the game becomes too dark for it's own good. As in, the lack of indirect lighting is actually a problem I don't see being solved
-Shadows are a joke, shadow maps for meshes and Ambient Occlusion don't exist in Gaybryo
-First Person mode seems too "floaty" and lacking proper first person interactions, this is why I noticed fluff mod "Solid Project", guns don't have weight it seems, that's where B42 Inertia comes into play, although it falls down into "fluff category" too, you hypocrite
-Legion presence is too few and far in between and not always connected to NCR, should be expanded

back for more!
-My post-endgame content, where is it?
-Random encounters, where are they?

I'll update if remember more.

 

[Sigourn]

An interesting Codex exercise would be to have everyone speak out on what they didn't like about New Vegas, so we can have a Codex Community Setup that tries to fix all of those problems.

I'll be the first, then. Many superficial things in New Vegas are outright bad and not always it's an engine problem. At first sight I've encountered these back in 2010:
-Unstability issues in the base game. Unstable framerate, crashes to desktop, cache is clogging up the memory so you'll run into freezes while playing a few hours like longer loading times during fast travel, opening the container will take a fuckton of loading time
-Small bugs here and there, I've just lost count
-Models and textures look like ass. Inventory items, mostly. But also characters, yeah, especially NPCs without unique names. LODs are not great either
-Animations are ass
-Terrible collision meshes
-Enemy combat AI is retarded
-Physics and ragdoll don't always calculate correctly. That includes gun shooting aswell
-City of sin is not so "of sin". So, more sex, violence and rock'n'roll related content wouldn't spoil the game I think. It's also suprisingly compact town compared to Obsidians vision of new vegas on their art pieces.
-Lighting is fucked, period. Once you deal with gamma issues by using RWL and ILO, the game becomes too dark for it's own good. As in, the lack of indirect lighting is actually a problem I don't see being solved
-Shadows are a joke, shadow maps for meshes and Ambient Occlusion don't exist in Gaybryo
-First Person mode seems too "floaty" and lacking proper first person interactions, this is why I noticed fluff mod "Solid Project", guns don't have weight it seems, that's where B42 Inertia comes into play, although it falls down into "fluff category" too, you hypocrite
-Legion presence is too few and far in between and not always connected to NCR, should be expanded

back for more!
-My post-endgame content, where is it?
-Random encounters, where are they?

I'll update if remember more.

1. New Vegas Anti Crash.
2. Yukichigai Unofficial Patch. This one takes care of the vast majority of bugs.
3. Character Expansions Reivsed, Improved LOD Noise Texture, and FNVLODGen will help with that.
4. There are some animation mods out there but none is "complete", sadly.
5. Collision Meshes is a very good mod. There's Precision Collision for clutter, but it's of no consequence to the average player.
6. Some AI mods I previously mentioned.
7. Unofficial Patch NVSE, Ragdolls, those two mods iron more bugs.
8. There's nothing that improves on this regard short of installing a massive NPC overhaul that also adds more interesting content to the strip, as New Vegas Redesigned 3 does. Sadly the author didn't realize some people are interested in this new content and nothing else.
9. Lighting is pretty bad but RWL has an option for brighter nights.
10. ENB adds Ambient Occlusion and much better shadows. It's very performance intensive however.
11. The good thing about B42 Inertia is that it is released as a separate mod that addresses a very real problem. There's also Enhanced Camera to add some weight into the first person mode.
12. There's Legion Quests Expanded. Most people will like it. It's not perfect, but it's better than nothing I suppose.
13. There's Functional Post Game Ending, which I have never played with. It's fairly recent.
14. Mojave Raiders, Mojave Wildlife add more stuff into the wasteland. There's also The Living Desert which adds more NPCs into the game. There's DFB - Random Encounters, which adds proper "random encounters", but I have never played with it.

 

[Black Angel]

Unofficial Patch NVSE, Ragdolls, those two mods iron more bugs.

What is this and what's the difference with Unofficial Patch Plus? Unless you meant Unofficial Patch (Plus) *AND* NVSE?

 

[Butter]

Unofficial Patch NVSE, Ragdolls, those two mods iron more bugs.

What is this and what's the difference with Unofficial Patch Plus? Unless you meant Unofficial Patch (Plus) *AND* NVSE?

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65412

UP+ combines bug fixes with some debatable gameplay tweaks. Unofficial Patch NVSE is just bug fixes.

 

[Sigourn]

Unofficial Patch NVSE, Ragdolls, those two mods iron more bugs.

What is this and what's the difference with Unofficial Patch Plus? Unless you meant Unofficial Patch (Plus) *AND* NVSE?

Butter pretty much explained it. My personal suggestion is to:

• Install Unofficial Patch NVSE.
• Install whichever catch your fancy from the following UPP mods:
  • Audible Pass Through Bushes Sounds by KiCHo666
  • Dead Money - Missing Return Options by Yukichigai
  • Dead Money - Christine Has More Skills by Yukichigai
  • Ghoul Rad Tweaks by miguick
  • Ghouls Glowing Spell Fix by CivisRomanus
  • Improved Transportalponder - Old World Blues by Yukichigai
  • Lobotomite Tweaks by miguick
  • Lonesome Road Carbon Shadow Fix by AgeofEvolutionHQ
  • Loyals Detonator Can Detonate Explosives by Yukichigai
  • Old World Blues Perk Sanity by miguick
  • OWB Toaster and Jukebox Weapon Condition Fix by xqdcss
  • Restoring Hope Quest Morale Fix by Asterra
  • Sneering Imperialist Expanded by miguick
  • Spore Plants - Drop Spore Plant Pods by Yukichigai

Those are all mods that I would personally install myself, the big exception being the one in red. The ones in yellow I'm not sure if they are covered by Unofficial Patch NVSE, I believe the features list was poorly redacted and would have benefited from a "the following stuff from UPP is covered by this mod".

 

[toran]

Nightstalker retextured-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/58309/

Deathclaws retextured-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/58605

Gecko retexture-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/58941

Bighorner variants-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62672

Supermutant retexture-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/35242?tab=images

Poco bueno- a retexture mod that changes things like cars workbenches walls and most in game surfaces.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/42028/

Wasteland Floral Overhaul-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/39856?tab=description

Passcard retexture-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/56944

Holodisk retex- higher res textures and glow in the dark effect

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/57087/

Nuka vending machines- Adds a 10% chance that any Nuka-Cola vending machine may contain one of the special types of Nuka-Cola, including Quantum.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/39758/

Living desert- makes quest decisions you make have an effect in the world.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/64623

Nevada skies-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/35998/

Or 2k hd clowd retexture-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/60278?tab=images

Enhaneed camera- you can now look at your feet!

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/55334

Jumpnfall-ties jump height/distance to agility, as well as increasing the maximum height/distance.there something batmanesque about jumping over an enemies lunge.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/34711/

Laser bolt fx- its basically likr EVE but not nearly as hard on your system.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/59379/

No skill tags- makes dialogue fun and not just a tag search. https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65716

Interface Mod Revelation-This a must essential VIP mod really makes the game nk nk. http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/34971/?

Simple VATS sound replacer- removes that loud beep every time you target a limb in vats. http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/47606/?

Fiends without energy weapons:

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/54598

Power armor training perk

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/41003

Pacifist trait/perks- adds perks and traits that double xp gain as long as you don't kill people (theres a set amount you can kill before the perk stops giving you the bonus). They stack so if you pick them all (i don't recommend)you get a total of 6x xp gain.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/64189

More cloned plants- adds mutfruit, spore plant pod and all the fresh fruits to the list of cloneable salient green recipes.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/43269/.popup-topic

The Sink Comissary and Sierra vending machine

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/58948/

Improved transportalponder-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/49785?tab=files

Apocalyptic Mojave- adds some new buildings world objects that don't break the game and look good. http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/55696/?

Killlable kids-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/52162/

OPTIONAL---MY EYES!!!(replaces the sound when you get crippled to that spongebob fish getting his sockets burned off)---OPTIONAL

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/61422/?

Fallout 1 & 2 ambient soundtrack-

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/38557/?

Ambient wasteland- adds ambient sounds

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/40183/

Audible pass through bushes sound

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62734/

Less annoying NPC dialogue- NPCs only say their scripted lines once a day, so they dont repeat the same dialogues every 2 minutes.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62756/

Sierra Cloud Grenades-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65331

Scopeless AMR- Semiautomatic and ironsight antimaterial rifle. It has lower dmg per shot but higher dps due to not being bolt action.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/...ds.com/newvegas/ajax/modfiles/?id=47422&pUp=1

Universal key- its an equipable key/one handed melee that can lock doors and unlock lOcKs as long as you meet the Lockpick skill requirement. Its also really fun to jail NPCs with it too.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/57275/

Hardcore backpack- Carry weight is unlimited. But... You have to drop it to acess it

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/44629

Sackpack- adds a +25 carry weight sackpack

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/58287

First Recon Helmet-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/49481

Courier power armor-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/36947/

Road fighter armor-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/55270/

Wasteland opportunist armor-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/55640/

Return of the eyebots-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/50892/

eyebot retexture- https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/59429

Irradiated Radroaches- restores cut content

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65474

Desertlurks- This mod adds Deserlurks a variation of the classic crab monster.They are dangerous creatures who lives among the Lakelurks in acuatic areas.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65478

Behemoths spawns - adds behemoths to new vegas

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/64676?tab=description



DLC Weapon integration-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/47880/

Ravens respawn-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62286

Mojave raiders- adds more raiders with different loot

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/64660?tab=description

Mojave wildlife- adds more spawn points for creatures in a balanced and lore friendly way

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/64638

Harder cripple effects - crippled legs now actually slow you/NPCs down.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/36979/?

Bleed - explosives knock down the pc/npc

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/61141/?

Near Death - when an npc has low hp they recoil and become passive(works well with bleed mod since they slowly bleed to death)

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/60201/?

No doctors bag during combat -

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/58173/?

Pack/gloveless shishkebab/gehena

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/38410/

Melee reach fixed -

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/57729/?

Dot and hand crosshair- the dot version 50 precent size

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/54465/?tab=files

No combat music or npc markers -

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/49992/?

NPC's Travel-This one adds some neutral NPC's traveling the wastes with whom you can trade with, giving the wasteland a little more life:

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/54107/?

Interior lighting overhaul- basically what it says but it also adds lightswitches to turn lights on and off.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/35794/

NVinteriors- lets you enter previously unenterable buildings plus adds many novelty items.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/43534/

Smoke cigarettes-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/49677/

Farming Bob:

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/64403

Enb shader:

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/49882/?

Improved Sound fx -

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/35293/

Yukichigai Gameplay tweaks (this one is actually a must, in the sense that it fixes a lot of bugs) -

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/51664/?

some good fnv companions try these out:

OPTIONAL/UNBALANCED-- HK-47 - fully voiced character from another obsidian title KOTOR. Hes in the Goodsprings gas station, hes unkillable.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/8m7h7dp253kmnds/HK-47+Companion.zip

Melissa - great khan companion and easily the best companion mod out there.

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/39675/?

Creature eggs - hatch creature eggs in a campfire

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/42006/?

Tim - thrusty tumbleweed companion

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/45518/?

Cyan - fiend companion

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/37512/?

Lonesome road Ed-E retexture- changes the loansome road ed-e into a medical eyebot

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/57505/?


Collision mesh - shoot through fences and railing openings as you should be able too http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/59149/?

Precision Collision Clutter - makes item collisions a little tighter so many things fit on shelves and carts

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/54455/?

playable lobotomite race- this mod lets you use the lobotomite race wich has a really well crafted preset face, its tons better than the regular faces and the lobotomy scar helps to rp the bullet scar.

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/42925/?

T6M Mk2 combat armor retexture

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/45190/

Female power armor conversion

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/45461/

TFH HD Gauss Rifle-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/50818

Elijas LAER retexture- My favorite mod weapon, with the scopeless AMR coming in a close second.

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/56212/?

More usable furniture-

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/61547/?

More beards and mustaches-

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/57497/?

Novac diner- simple yet adds much needed ambience

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/63999

Novak campfire-

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/64243

Less empty Primm- its supposed to be the other new vegas http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62036/

Realistic repair- lets you turn previously useless items into scraps or sensor modules

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/34898/

Diagonal Movement-

(https://old.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/64333/?)

Armed to the Teeth: displays multiple tabbed weapons on the players body

(https://old.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/64147/?)

Unoffical Patch Plus

(https://old.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62953/?)

Better Pickup Prompt

(https://old.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/63091/?)

Saxons Side quests- Adds many more side quest to the game

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/52197

Become a bounty hunter, pursuing various unsavory individuals across the wastes: Bounties I, Russell, Bounties II, The Inheritance, Bounties III, and Better Angels

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/48925/

Skunk Water Gultch- A new town, nestled within the Devil's Buttcrack.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/46060/?tab=description

King of the Ring - become a boxing champion in this fully voiced boxing simulator/quest

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/56353

I

needs V this armor to function

Boxer outfit

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/48788

The initiation:great Kahn quest mod

www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62365/?

 

[Trashos]

Unofficial Patch NVSE, Ragdolls, those two mods iron more bugs.

What is this and what's the difference with Unofficial Patch Plus? Unless you meant Unofficial Patch (Plus) *AND* NVSE?

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65412

UP+ combines bug fixes with some debatable gameplay tweaks. Unofficial Patch NVSE is just bug fixes.

The work of UPP modder is excellent, and completely in the spirit of Obsidian's vision. He understands the game's design, its strengths and its flaws, as well as the creators themselves, imo. That said, he lists the changes he has made, so it is up to anyone to judge them.

I never run New Vegas without at least 3 of his mods. UPP, JSawyer Ultimate, and Economy Overhaul. As a matter of fact, that's about half the mods I use for New Vegas. I 100% endorse his work, especially for people who appreciate good game design.

I am not related to him in any way, btw.

 

[Black Angel]

I am not related to him in any way, btw.

Saying that just makes people draw the immediate opposite conclusion, mate.

 

[Trashos]

Maybe you are right. But there are New Vegas modders around here who know that what I said is true. So it will have to do.

 

[RickOmbo]

Solid Project is a must.

 

[Butter]

Very impressed with this mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/67253

 

[Sigourn]

Very impressed with this mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/67253

I haven't used it but it looks good. The author kept it simple with the features.

 

[razvedchiki]

Using ultimate jsaywer mod instead of the pure one is heresy.

 

[Sigourn]

Using ultimate jsaywer mod instead of the pure one is heresy.

I dislike some of the changes the new mod has. I especially dislike when a mod isn't 100% documented, and when I don't understand how a mod works, because this is crucial for compatibility. But the truth is Sawyer's mod had many flaws and inconsistencies, and this mod is, for the most part, a straight improvement.

 

[Trans-Financial-Man]

If you want to minimise fuck ups when installing mods I would recommend Mod Organiser 1(Not 2!). Because it uses virtual folders that are seperate from the game folder you can just re organise mods and load orders easily without having to re-install everything and if a mod bothers you, you can just delete it on the fly without it also taking important game files with it.

 

[Trans-Financial-Man]

I'd also give a tentative recommendation to the animation mods of the GUN Network but frankly they're a bunch of circle jerking tuesday night disco flaming fags who won't let you download their mods unless you kiss their arse enough. No, really. You can find their mods online if you want to look though.

 

[razvedchiki]

What machine i need for fluid gameplay when installing the various texture packs?
On my fx 6300/palit 1050 ti i get constant sttutering(yes i know it belongs to a museum).