Vorph
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Yeah, I still remember the disappointment when the people who tried to redo 1 & 2 in the Tactics engine had to give up because it just wasn't possible.
Fallout - New Vegas
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Utnayan
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Never really gave New Vegas a solid chance. I liked FO4 myself - at least enough to complete the main questline and such - but never really fleshed out the exploration piece that much. There are some solid / fun story tidbits that I have found so far. Guessing New Vegas however would have those story tidbits everywhere?
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Burns
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I haven't looked at FO 1/2 mods, but all Baldur's Gate 1/2 EE did, outside of the mediocre new areas/character they made, was compile a bunch of mods into a single package then made money off mostly other peoples work. If there are no UI update mods for FO 1/2 it probably means they are too difficult for people to change or some issue with copyrights/proprietary engines, maybe.
Kiroy
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Kirun
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Burns
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A written step by step is usually superior to YouTube, unless it's old and not updated. Pretty sure I used that guide to set up the core mods for my last failed New Vegas playthrough attempt.
Here is a link: Viva New Vegas modding guide
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Vorph
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VNV is definitely the one to use. It takes a while to setup though, there's like 100+ mods in total if you do the whole thing.
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DickTrickle
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I actually enjoyed FO4 a good bit, though this was years after release with various non-story mods and all DLC. I thought the main story was fine and the overall exploration was pretty good. I wish the base building had been more impactful but it was nice that all the junk items actually kind of had a use (which made Starfield's regression in that area all the more odd).
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Phazael
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What Gav said. I replay the base New Vegas and DLC every couple years on my PS3, even though I need to restart it periodically because it still has a memory leak issue. Actual in game not bug related criticisms for it would be the overland areas could be a little more filled in with things and the Lonesome Road DLC was a bit too linear. It is otherwise a perfect game.
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Kiroy
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going through it now, about halfway done. Always wanted to do this but man it's a slog
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Thanks for sharing, I wasn't aware of it but will take a look at Burns link. I did a KOTOR play through recently and a steam guide was helpful for a bunch of fixes / mods to bring it up to date, but always open to a better way.
Kiroy
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i'm just about done with it, the vnv guide is very good, ez links and very step by step instructions. looks like almost 120 mods total oof
spronk
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Play NV first. If you like it, play 3. If you like them both, install the Tale of Two Wastelands mod and play them both at the same time.
i'm installing TOTW now, it takes a while as it basically rebuilds FO3 as a mod into NV - 195787 files to generate lol - but wondering if anyone has played Tale of Two Wastelands integrated with Viva New Vegas?
honestly might end up just watching videos recapping Fallout 1-3/NV and just play 4, I know myself and after 5-10 hours in each game i'd just lose interest and stop playing. Doing all the mod installs and tweaks is pretty fun though.
For those wondering TOTW adds Fallout 3 to Fallout New Vegas as basically DLC, so you get the mechanics/extras/perks/etc of FONV but the quests and story of FO3 inside NV. Thats kinda cool I guess? One character doing both games is kinda neat.
Vorph
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There's a TTW version of the guide.
Installing it: The Best of Times
Modding it: Wasteland Survival Guide
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BrotherWu
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Started trying to mod this last night using Nexus but ran into problems even trying to download the first mod, which was a 3-part graphics overlay. Actually, I installed the 4GB aware patch right before that and had issues with this texture pack. NMCs_Texture_Pack_For_New_Vegas
How strongly do you guys recommend modding this for the first playthrough? Are there some must have QoL mods? A lot of them seem to be focused on beautification, which I could probably give or take.
How strongly do you guys recommend modding this for the first playthrough? Are there some must have QoL mods? A lot of them seem to be focused on beautification, which I could probably give or take.
TJT
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FO1 and FO2 are just way way darker than Fallout 3 is.
I like the New Vegas narrative the most overall though.
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Vorph
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The first section of VNV and the performance guide linked at the end are pretty much all bugfixes, which I'd say is required on a modern PC. I'd also do the UI part of the 'extended' VNV as well, since Vanilla UI Plus is way better than the default. Everything after that is optional, but the stuff in Visuals at the end does make a large improvement there.
Izo
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I am in this VNV process. If this somehow doesn't work, I will find you.
If you know, you know.