Fallout New Vegas How To Manually Install Mods
Since the release of Fallout 4 is imminent and I’ve already, I’m getting myself into a post-apocalyptic mindset by replaying Fallout: New Vegas for the first time in 5 years! Obviously, I had to mod the game for the graphics to be enjoyable by my 2015 eyeball standards. Here’s a guide on how to get the most next-gen-est Fallout: New Vegas game ever!All of these mods can be installed with Nexus Mod Manager (NMM) unless otherwise noted. Contrary to popular belief, you do NOT need to download Fallout Mod Manager (FOMM or FOMOD). Required Mods (install in this order):– Don’t ask what it is. Just install it, and install it FIRST – almost every mod requires it in order to work. It’s like a keystone species in nature, everything in the Fallout ecosystem depends on it to survive!
You cannot install this mod NMM – you must manually copy the unzipped files into your game folder.– Installing an ENB is not required for the rest of the mods to work, but it IS required if you want a hella next-gen looking game. You cannot install this mod by NMM – you must manually copy the unzipped files into your game folder.– You will need this to run 4k HD textures in your game. Install this mod after you’ve installed NVSE and ENB – you will be launching your game with this launcher, NOT the original.exe nor the nvse.exe launcher. You cannot install this mod by NMM – you must manually copy the unzipped files into your game folder.In order for the ENB to work, you’ll have to right click the 4GB launcher icon and where you see “C:GamesFallout New VegasFNV4GB.exe” (or whatever directory your game is located) you need to add “ –laaexe.FalloutNV4GB.exe” at the end. So, it should look like this when you’re done:C:GamesFallout New VegasFNV4GB.exe –laaexe.FalloutNV4GB.exeIf you a dirty, thieving pirate (no judgment! Hehe) with a cracked version of Fallout: New Vegas, you won’t be able to use the 4GB mod on Nexus unless you do this:You need to trick the 4GB Fallout mod into thinking it is legit – otherwise, you’ll just get the error message “’Error – Original exe modified - Executable headers failed to validate.” The fix is super easy – just download the program, drag and drop your “FalloutNV.exe” file over PEChecksum.exe to modify the file, and then drag and drop your “FalloutNVLauncher.exe” file over PEChecksum.exe to do the same to the launcher. When you’re done, you will be able to properly launch your game from the FNV4GB.exe launcher!Or, alternatively, skip the 4GB mod entirely and just to alter your existing executable.
Also if you don't see your saves it should be in the backup file created under C/Program files(x86)/Steam/Steam backup/Fallout New Vegas. If it's not here than just search you computer for it. Edit: also if you have Nexus (or any other mod manager), you can either delete it (which will get rid of the mods) or just make sure everything is.
Highly Recommended Mods:– this is my favorite ENB preset for Fallout: New Vegas. While the original looks beautiful, it’s even better with a modified depth of field setting.
I get 60 FPS with this ENB so it probably won’t kill your computer. You cannot install this mod by NMM – you must manually copy the unzipped files into your game folder.– you’ll need this mod to avoid the weird lag that Fallout: NV has when modding.– literally exactly what it sounds like. If you want your game to crash less, use it.– adds HD textures to the game but only for large objects (roads, vehicles, trees, buildings, etc.) which means that bottles, signs, posters, outfits are still woefully un-HD, sigh.
I prefer these textures to the ones.– this adds HD textures for all the smaller objects that NMC’s misses!– this gives critical things like energy weapons a visual makeover.– exactly what it sounds like.– moar tree, moar grass, moar flora.– this lets you control you HUD elements and is pretty much required for taking clean screenshots. Recommended Environment Mods:– this mod adds some more interesting places to explore across the wasteland.– this mod gives NPCs a much more realistic and interesting reaction to you. NPCs and your character have better head tracking, and your followers actually unholster their guns when you do!– surely there are more than a hundred people left in the Mojave, right? This mod adds more NPCs scattered around the place so that it doesn’t seem as lonely.– because there just aren’t enough things trying to kill you out there.– this adds some much needed extra lighting to the Wasteland.– makes the interior lighting much more realistic and adds working light switches.– adds a better, more realistic sky and moon at night! Recommended Character & Weapon Mods:– improves the male body mesh to look more realistic.– improves the female body to look more realistic, and adapts almost all the armors in game to the new body type.– the best body/face textures for the female Type 3 body.
The mod says it requires the “Archive Invalidation Invalidated” mod but don’t download it. If you are using NMM, it is already built into the program – just find Archive Invalidation in the dropdown menu up top after you’ve installed zzJay’s body/face mod, toggle it off, toggle it on again, and you’re all set!– adds a bajillion new hairs and stuff for your character creator.– adds nicer looking eyes in a bunch of new colors.– this overhauls the skin, hair, and eyes of all characters in the game. Install Project Mikoto first, FCO second (make sure to select the Project Mikoto option upon installation), then Eyes (overwrite FCO with Eyes).– adds a new follower who is pretty funny, in a manic drug addict kind of way. He’s also pretty decent looking as far as men in Fallout go – install this mod before FCO and then select the “Niner” option when installing FCO to make Niner look less like a punk ass teenager and more like a grown ass sexy man.– adds a whole slew of high res guns!– I love to make all my followers look like badass body guards with the Authority Glasses, and the vanilla is just soooo vanilla. This is a huge improvement!Ok, hopefully now you have all you need for a badass next-gen run of Fallout: New Vegas! If you have any other mod recommendations, let me know in comments!
Fallout New Vegas How To Manually Install Mods Windows 10
Alright you dummies lets get this mod installed, do you know what a mod is? It's something that modifies something, something in particular maybe a game perhaps? Do you know what you are modifying? That's right the game that the mod was made for which is oh jeez i duno is it Fallout New Vegas?Now if you are modifying a game what is it modifying? Is it the game's data?
Is it your browser? Is it your system32? Oh maybe its the game since it's a mod for a game. So where is that data? Alright so, dose it just have to be in the C drive? Or dose it require a specific file path i.e.
(drive):Program Files (x86)Steamsteamappscommon? Because I have all my games (and steam itself) on my other hard drive (not C). I can have steam install FONV on my C dirve but it would be C:SteamLibrarysteamappscommonFallout New Vegas (a different file path).I did make it install on my C drive but the NVMP launcher could not find FONV. When I had FONV installed on my other hard drive it did see it but NVMP still wouldn't launch. Not exactly sure what to do at this point. It would be nice if I could tell the NVMP launcher where FONV is located.
Alright so, dose it just have to be in the C drive? Or dose it require a specific file path i.e. (drive):Program Files (x86)Steamsteamappscommon? Because I have all my games (and steam itself) on my other hard drive (not C). Civ 5 mod steam. I can have steam install FONV on my C dirve but it would be C:SteamLibrarysteamappscommonFallout New Vegas (a different file path).I did make it install on my C drive but the NVMP launcher could not find FONV. When I had FONV installed on my other hard drive it did see it but NVMP still wouldn't launch. Not exactly sure what to do at this point.
It would be nice if I could tell the NVMP launcher where FONV is located.