Mod Recommendations

[dragonfire967]

Hello,

 

Decided to get back into FO4, and wanted some recommendations for some mods.

 

Any recommendations for a good ENB / Reshade preset to use alongside Private Military Company for a kind of spec-op soldier play-style? I'm looking for a grimy kind of feel, with darker interiors, and a more horror-theme style to the world, including any flora / fauna mods as well as weather mods to enhance this atmosphere.

 

I've looked at a couple of presets, and one that caught my eye was the GRIM ENB preset, but I wasn't sure if there was a reshade that would work alongside it to enhance it (I'm relatively new to modding in general).

 

I'm also not sure what the best Body mod would be to use for male and female characters to use with PMC that gives realistic body physics without being over-exaggerated, so any recommendations would be welcome seeing as how many options there are.

 

Thank you in advanced for any suggestions or recommendations.

[Sephrajin]

First off, with GRIM ENB you did an awesome pick for a horror-themed visual appearance!

(You do know there is a real horror mod GRIM? That ENB is "just" to "supplement" that gameplay)

 

Personlay, I've recently switched to NAC X (legacy) and Reactor ENB (of course you can/should keep GRIM ENB), which looks awesome as well, looks better (imo) than TrueStorms (or Vivid Weather) and DarkerNights (and makes those obsolete!).

Aso there is a bunch of additional mods for NAC X (legacy), like godrays, water enhancement and other things.

In regards of ReShade, I only know of one "preset" - which you should NOT update, or you get blackscreen. However, you can always download ReShade itself from ReShade.me (but will require you to fiddle your own settings that suit your preferences).

 

For body, I've used CBBE for years, but recently switched to Fusion Girl as that one has the most conversions from the clothings I liked to use with CBBE.

For males there is BodyTalk and AtomicMuscle, I'm using BT at the moment, though, recently started to think giving AM a try - as I have not done so yet.

 

All of those support Physics when doing BodySlide batch "rendering", so I'm not sure wether A) PMC is required or B) is even conflicting with them as I C) dont know PMC.

 

Hope this helps and have fun! :)

[dragonfire967]

First off, with GRIM ENB you did an awesome pick for a horror-themed visual appearance!

(You do know there is a real horror mod GRIM? That ENB is "just" to "supplement" that gameplay)

 

Personlay, I've recently switched to NAC X (legacy) and Reactor ENB (of course you can/should keep GRIM ENB), which looks awesome as well, looks better (imo) than TrueStorms (or Vivid Weather) and DarkerNights (and makes those obsolete!).

Aso there is a bunch of additional mods for NAC X (legacy), like godrays, water enhancement and other things.

In regards of ReShade, I only know of one "preset" - which you should NOT update, or you get blackscreen. However, you can always download ReShade itself from ReShade.me (but will require you to fiddle your own settings that suit your preferences).

 

For body, I've used CBBE for years, but recently switched to Fusion Girl as that one has the most conversions from the clothings I liked to use with CBBE.

For males there is BodyTalk and AtomicMuscle, I'm using BT at the moment, though, recently started to think giving AM a try - as I have not done so yet.

 

All of those support Physics when doing BodySlide batch "rendering", so I'm not sure wether A) PMC is required or B) is even conflicting with them as I C) dont know PMC.

 

Hope this helps and have fun! :smile:

 

Thank you for the feedback and advice! I'll definitely check those out. What reshade would you recommend that work well with the GRIM ENB? I found one called Decay but not sure how compatible it would be without breaking the game.

[Sephrajin]

Cant say for sure.

Since it just "shaders", it should not break the game.

Then again, GRIM ENB seems quite complex already, not sure how well more shaders fit into that.

I mean, the Decay-Decay preset looks nice for horror, but when I imagine that over the GRIM ENB, I could imagine that the daylight becomes way too dark to play long-term, specialy if you play GRIM itself.

 

Give it a try on a fresh save and figure out.

You could switch to "nice weather" by entering this into the console - at "mid day".

weather fw15

And decide wether it appeals to you or not - just keep in mind, days wont get brighter than that - ever ;)

[dragonfire967]

Understood. Thanks for your advise and suggestions!