New Vegas mods

[Gilius Thunderhead]

I want to jump back into Vegas but every time I do so, I have to spend several hours re-educating myself about the current state of the modding scene. One thing I always look for are stealth / combat AI mods, but it seems not much progress has been made in that front. Is there any better alternative to Combat Enhancer and XFO AI tweaks? I remember these were quite good, even if rough around the edges. Enhanced NPC Awareness seemed very interesting too, but I remember it had some problems, and no update has come...

For stealth, I remember I used Cover Based Stealth Mechanics with some success. Again, no updates.

Tuckered Out was another mod that went under the radar. I really liked the idea of taking damage not just from big falls, but from careless running down difficult terrain. It also has customizable fatigue. There was another mod that added a bunch of different sicknesses that I quite enjoyed, made surviving a living hell, but I don't remember its name. It wasn't Poisonous Poisons, although I've enjoyed that too.

I'm writing this in the hope some fellow autist of similar tastes recommends something I haven't considered yet. Basically, I like everything that makes life difficult for you without resorting to MOAR DAMAGE or mindless grinding. I really like the survivalist and hobo simulator aspect of FNV, basically taking the premise of JSawyer mod and going as far as possible with it.

 

[urmom]

Are there "super" mods combining multiple mods? Or do the individual modders hate that? I've run into this before.

 

[Digital Monocle]

Just reinstalled NV with Viva New Vegas, and wow, this game looks amazing. I just finished it a few months ago (vanilla) and everything about those mods just fit in perfectly. Just wish there were some decent Radio mods to get some songs that I liked in F3 into this game and it'd be perfect.

 

[Butter]

I've never found a radio mod that fits with the vanilla music, and I've half a mind to make one myself.

 

[Perkel]

>What does this mod do? Have you ever felt that the Mojave Wasteland is too empty ?

Me: No.

 

[Puukko]

I've never found a radio mod that fits with the vanilla music, and I've half a mind to make one myself.

CONELRAD was my preferred radio of choice, did you not like it?

 

[Butter]

I've never found a radio mod that fits with the vanilla music, and I've half a mind to make one myself.

CONELRAD was my preferred radio of choice, did you not like it?

Nah, it's basically Fallout 4 music and mostly doesn't fit the western vibe of NV.

 

[Valdetiosi]

Speaking of radios, I mainly use this one.
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62551
Something about having songs that were referenced in NV's quest titles makes it appropriately fitting.

 

[Cryomancer]

Any mod which adds wild west guns to FNV?

I wanna use a sharps 1859 rifle and similar firearms. I don't care if they would be suboptimal.

 

[Digital Monocle]

I am using this mod right now to add some spice.. I just finished this two months ago.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62551?tab=description

 

[Blaine]

If you want songs that actually fit the New Vegas theme, you want Rat Pat/crooner songs and country Western songs from the 1950s and very early 1960s.

Elvis Presley is at the top of the list—hitting both the Vegas and Western themes square on the nose, and also his namesakes are in the game—but of course the official soundtrack contains not a single Elvis song, self-evidently due to the cost of licensing them.

For all of you Eurostrip One citizens and city slickers out there, check the discographies of Elvis, Roy Rogers, Marty Robbins, Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Cash, Red Foley, Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, and Eddy Arnold. The Rat Pack hits are fairly easy to find and don't bear going into.

The point is: You have to make your own mod if you want the good shit in there. It can all be ripped from YouTube, and most likely simply grafted into an existing simple radio mod with some tweaks.

 

[Wunderbar]

Any mod which adds wild west guns to FNV?

I wanna use a sharps 1859 rifle and similar firearms. I don't care if they would be suboptimal.

sadly 99% of weapon mods are either cold war/vietnam era guns, or modern tacticool picatinny rail garbage. The only Sharps rifle mod i saw recycled lever action shotgun animations.

 

[Cryomancer]

Any mod which adds wild west guns to FNV?

I wanna use a sharps 1859 rifle and similar firearms. I don't care if they would be suboptimal.

sadly 99% of weapon mods are either cold war/vietnam era guns, or modern tacticool picatinny rail garbage. The only Sharps rifle mod i saw recycled lever action shotgun animations.

Link to then please? Even if is not my desired mod, is better than nothing...

 

[Wunderbar]

Any mod which adds wild west guns to FNV?

I wanna use a sharps 1859 rifle and similar firearms. I don't care if they would be suboptimal.

sadly 99% of weapon mods are either cold war/vietnam era guns, or modern tacticool picatinny rail garbage. The only Sharps rifle mod i saw recycled lever action shotgun animations.

Link to then please? Even if is not my desired mod, is better than nothing...

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/53117?tab=description

 

[Grunker]

If you want songs that actually fit the New Vegas theme, you want Rat Pat/crooner songs and country Western songs from the 1950s and very early 1960s.

Elvis Presley is at the top of the list—hitting both the Vegas and Western themes square on the nose, and also his namesakes are in the game—but of course the official soundtrack contains not a single Elvis song, self-evidently due to the cost of licensing them.

For all of you Eurostrip One citizens and city slickers out there, check the discographies of Elvis, Roy Rogers, Marty Robbins, Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Cash, Red Foley, Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, and Eddy Arnold. The Rat Pack hits are fairly easy to find and don't bear going into.

The point is: You have to make your own mod if you want the good shit in there. It can all be ripped from YouTube, and most likely simply grafted into an existing simple radio mod with some tweaks.

CONELRAD actually has a ton of good shit that fits right in with Fallout, if not specifically NV. It even turned me onto the AMAZING Louvin Brothers whose sound is also quintessentially New Vegas:



Made it onto my Fallout-themed playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4woikabe6pT2s4MklFSOE6?si=32tZL3GRQpCsIhG-U2XDbw

Incidentally, added Cattle Call. Do let me know if you have more in the same vein.

 

[Sigourn]

I have to disagree.

CONELRAD is a great music radio... for Fallout 3 and 4, sure. But it's heavily centered around nuclear war and anti-communism and such that is not present in New Vegas' music selection.
For New Vegas I use Mojave Music Radio Extended.

But like real life radios, nothing beats a custom selection of tracks. Sometimes you get a banger, but quite often I have to turn off the radio because the song is shit. And guess what: with a custom, personal track, no need to worry about a lawsuit from Elvis' family.

 

[Ventidius]

When it comes to immersive music, Rat Pack material is definitely the way to go for me. In retrospect, it's a crime this song didn't make it into the game:



It would have fit perfectly. In general, I think the game needs more Dean Martin. The problem was indeed likely licensing costs. Ah well, that's what modding is there for.

 

[Sigourn]

I edited one of my radio mods to trim down the shitload of songs I didn't care about (from 85 to 20, that's how many I disliked). And added a few Elvis songs.

Here's the track list, and the download link. Tracks don't play in this order, so pay no mind to the five consecutive songs at the bottom.

1.) Pete Seeger - Home on the Range
2.) Billy Jack Wills - Troubles
3.) Tex Ritter & The Dinning Sisters - You Are My Sunshine
4.) Jesse Ashlock - My Bank Account Is Gone
5.) The Inkspots - Maybe
6.) Rosalie Sorrels - Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight
7.) Golden Gate Quartet - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
8.) Marty Robbins - Smokin' Cigarettes and Drinkin' Coffee Blues
9.) Gene Austin - Lonesome Road
10.) Billy Adams & The Rock-a-Teers - Walking Star
11.) Doc Watson - Wabash Cannonball
12.) Brownie McGhee - Freight Train Blues
13.) Helen Humes - Song of the Wanderer
14.) Bobbie Lawson & The An-tones - If You Want My Love
15.) Louis Armstrong - A Kiss To Build A Dream On
16.) Marty Robbins - That's All Right
17.) Marty Robbins - The Ballad of Thunder Road
18.) The Inkspots - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
19.) Billy Adams & The Rock-a-Teers - You Heard Me Knockin'
20.) Don Edwards - My Hero Gene Autry & There's A Rainbow on the Rio Colorado
21.) Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas
22.) Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
23.) Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
24.) Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
25.) Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love

I feel almost inclined to have She's A Lady, but eh.

 

[Digital Monocle]

I edited one of my radio mods to trim down the shitload of songs I didn't care about (from 85 to 20, that's how many I disliked). And added a few Elvis songs.

Here's the track list, and the download link. Tracks don't play in this order, so pay no mind to the five consecutive songs at the bottom.

1.) Pete Seeger - Home on the Range
2.) Billy Jack Wills - Troubles
3.) Tex Ritter & The Dinning Sisters - You Are My Sunshine
4.) Jesse Ashlock - My Bank Account Is Gone
5.) The Inkspots - Maybe
6.) Rosalie Sorrels - Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight
7.) Golden Gate Quartet - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
8.) Marty Robbins - Smokin' Cigarettes and Drinkin' Coffee Blues
9.) Gene Austin - Lonesome Road
10.) Billy Adams & The Rock-a-Teers - Walking Star
11.) Doc Watson - Wabash Cannonball
12.) Brownie McGhee - Freight Train Blues
13.) Helen Humes - Song of the Wanderer
14.) Bobbie Lawson & The An-tones - If You Want My Love
15.) Louis Armstrong - A Kiss To Build A Dream On
16.) Marty Robbins - That's All Right
17.) Marty Robbins - The Ballad of Thunder Road
18.) The Inkspots - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
19.) Billy Adams & The Rock-a-Teers - You Heard Me Knockin'
20.) Don Edwards - My Hero Gene Autry & There's A Rainbow on the Rio Colorado
21.) Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas
22.) Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
23.) Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
24.) Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
25.) Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love

I feel almost inclined to have She's A Lady, but eh.

The one I linked can also remove shitty songs that have no business going in the game like Seven Nation Army or Welcome to the Jungle done in a folk manner.

 

[laclongquan]

Tale of Two Wasteland.

I am wrestling with installing it, then playing it. Currently at start-up CTD, cant even get to menu screen (New, Load, option etc)

 

[the mole]

is world of pain any good

I'm feeling the nostalgia well up in me but it will be way too easy honestly

also I'm worried it will conflict with increased npcs and creatures mod

last playthrough I used a mod to increase players and enemies per cell by like 4

 

[laclongquan]

Reinstall mod organizer, then play both f3, fnv a bit to "loosen the files" so to speak, before TTW deign to run.

Pretty good TC. I can judge Fallout 3's writing purely on its own merit instead of getting gameplay in the way.

And premilinary verdict is: NOT at Fallout 1/2/NV level, but serviceable. Based on Megaton, 3 Dog, Yearling samples.

Better than Morrowind at least. it's not full of hot air like MW.

And before you up in arms and yelling "Apologist!" Let me point that's backhanded compliment. As I reviewed in top 70, Morrowind writing is like a donkey hoof to the face, damaging gamer's intelligence as it goes.

And compared to FNV, seriously, the qualitative difference is pronounced. It's a like serviceable coffee without any aroma, compared to a first class grounds, prepared by skilled hands, pour into a beautiful cup and emanating a soul-hooking aroma.

I can see already a few quest where a talented writers can put down some difference with very tiny changes. Fallout3's writers, frankly speaking, dont have that spark of talent that will make you pay attention to their products. No soul, no poetic vibe, no historical weight.

One word of faint praise in this aspect: They are not bad that make you cringe through their writings. Which is no small feat considering other games in 2020s.

I can totally recommend this game to an unsuspecting gamer without caring about his taste. At the very least he wont be cringed too much~

 

[ferratilis]

For anyone struggling with TTW installation, I recommend this modlist and guide by the creator of Viva New Vegas
https://thebestoftimes.github.io/

It's vanilla+, modular, has step-by-step guide to MO2, includes JSawyer mod adaptation for TTW, physics fixes for high refresh rate monitors, stability mods, and other stuff. There's no way anyone can fuck up with this guide.

 

[502]

Stewie's Tweaks, a gameplay mod which allows you to fine tune your NV experience to your heart with a metric shitton of variables, now has an in game menu.

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/66347

 

[SharkClub]

Classic Fallout Weapons Remastered released about a week ago:

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/73805
Looks a lot better than the older version of the mod, graphically the weapons fit much more and instead of being a replacer for the weapons in vanilla New Vegas (like the old one was, for some weapons) it looks like they're integrated properly alongside the vanilla weapons via leveled lists, which is a big plus.