lmlmike Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) Hi guys ! I've been browsing the nexus forums for a while now, first with Fallout3 and its great mods, then with Skyrim and Its mods who provided me a great replayability ! I had the opportunity to buy New Vegas ultimate edition at 6€ to a reseller and I was wondering if there could be some "Must have" mods to start with to increase my game experience, or if I just should start my new campaign from scratch (I already have NMM and I know how to use it). You guys must be experts and I don't worry at all to rely on your awesome tips ! Thank you very much, and I hope to be able to provide my little help in this new community to me :-) Edited May 28, 2013 by lmlmike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peadar1987 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 The big ones are Project Nevada and the Someguy Series (New Vegas Bounties I and II, and The Inheritance, all three are excellent!). I play with Fellout and Project Reality, which really improve the visuals. Real Time Settler is good fun. I play with NVEC Bugfixes and reduced CTD, which seems to make the game more stable The New Bison Steve Hotel adds a cool questline, and gives you something to keep running round the Mojave after. Populated Wasteland adds a bit of colour to the wasteland and you travels, and Populated Casinos makes Vegas seem a bit more exciting when you reach it. Freeside Open and either The Strip Open or The Open Strip are quite demanding on hardware, but really make a difference when you reach Vegas, makes it much more impressive. Dog City Denver is a good mod that adds a new quest line (although it's a little linear) and new places to explore. Apart from that, all of the DLCs are definitely worth the money. I preferred Old World Blues and Honest Hearts, although I think most other people preferred Lonesome Road or Dead Money. Gun Runner's Arsenal isn't amazing in itself, but it is required for some very good mods. For a lot of these you'll need New Vegas Script Extender, and Archive Invalidation Invalidated, they can be downloaded from the Nexus. Hope this helps, sometimes installing mods is a pain, but it's worth it in the end! And sorry for not linking you to anything, but the search feature in the nexus isn't bad, you should be able to find them easily enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmlmike Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 Thank you for all your advices ! I'm gonna download all these babies and give myself a try :DDon't worry for the missed links, I'm a bit confident to the Nexus website so it won't be a pain to find them. Thanks for the prerequisites, it makes me save a few hours to understand what I missed ! I'll pass on the graphic mods because my laptop has a bad habit to shut down when its chip's going too hot... I'll keep you informed when everything is set up for my very first play ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peadar1987 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 In that case, just go with Fellout, it doesn't increase the graphics at all, just changes the lighting and makes things "nicer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmlmike Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) Thanks for the tip ! I'm still downloading the mods...Takes a while though :P (i take them through NMM) Edited May 28, 2013 by lmlmike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmlmike Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) hmmmmm FalloutNV closes in the very beginning with unexpected error ... It must be related to the load order...Is there any program that checks those mods order to prevent crash at the beginning ? Edited May 29, 2013 by lmlmike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peadar1987 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 hmmmmm FalloutNV closes in the very beginning with unexpected error ... It must be related to the load order...Is there any program that checks those mods order to prevent crash at the beginning ? Hmm... Are you using FOMM? It has an auto-sort tool that's pretty good for getting things roughly right. Apart from that, it's just a case of disabling mods one by one, and checking you have all the right prerequisites installed, they're usually in the mod descriptions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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