New Vegas Performance FIX

[solidsirhc]

Hi. I found a way to boost New Vegas performance. It may not work for everybody, but it certainly worked for me, and even fixed some things that also happened in Fallout 3.

 

It fixed the delay when you go into vats before the numbers showed up.

Overall framerates have gone up.

 

Here's the fix:

 

Download NVMM: http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=36901

When it asks if you want to assosiate BSA file types with the program, make sure they are left checked.

 

Now, go into your New Vegas Data folder where you normally install mods. You'll find the vanilla files have the FOMM icon next to them. E.G. Fallout - Meshes.bsa

 

Double click on each of these, and choose "Extract All", and choose the New Vegas Data folder.

 

Do this for all of the BSA files. Now, cut and paste the BSA files into a folder named "Backup BSA Files" anywhere on your computer, in case this doesn't work for you and you want to put them back.

 

I'm not sure why this worked, as I know nothing bout BSA files. But it worked for me and hopefully it will work for others too.

[Deleted1744345User]

Sounds interesting, but there is a high chance of misplacing those extracted files. Backup is indeed a good idea, just don't forget where you placed them.

 

Another catch would be that we need Archive Invalidation Invalidated or there will be very serious problems, as the game only reads what's in the .bsa archives.

 

I think the performance boost is because the game doesn't need to read and decompress from the .bsa files, and folders are easier to access. That's only my guess. I'll try it out, but I have loads of mods installed that have their own files and it'll be difficult.

[Lopoko09]

I'm extracting the BSA's at the moment, i'll edit when it's done and i've tested it.

Kudos for this.