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[glennpowles]

Welcome to the Commonwealth.

Tread softly and slowly when modding. You will screw up your game at least once.

No biggie. There are so many sweet modds available, you can't hardly help yourself.

You should for sure download Heather Casdin Companion.

Very stable, one download, NO requirements.

 

Has anyone noticed that the Chem Station in Fallout looks remarkably like the still in M*A*S*H ?

Minus the Martini classes.

Below is from MASH.

 

 

[HeyYou]

Welcome to the Commonwealth.

Tread softly and slowly when modding. You will screw up your game at least once.

No biggie. There are so many sweet modds available, you can't hardly help yourself.

You should for sure download Heather Casdin Companion.

Very stable, one download, NO requirements.

 

Has anyone noticed that the Chem Station in Fallout looks remarkably like the still in M*A*S*H ?

Minus the Martini classes.

Below is from MASH.

 

 

I am sure there is a mod that adds Martini glasses. :D

[monesq]

Try the vanilla route at least once without mods. You may miss something, but you will garner an appreciation for the game as is, flaws and all, After that look into mods that increase the efficiency of the engine (Buffout 2, High FPS fix). As for the rest:

 

1. Learn how to use the xEdit (FO4Edit) and learn about load order and conflicts. When I started using mods, I just haphazardly installed them, ignoring any error messages, and it left me with a sour taste in my mouth.

 

2. Look into QOL improvements as stated above.

 

3. Add visuals and good weather mods, maybe some weapons or armors.

 

4. There are some amazing Companion mods on Nexus as well as one "on the site that shall not be named" (not meant for a puritanical playthrough, though, given the tenor of this game where dismemberment is celebrated, not sure nudity and sexual innuendo is that bad). Companion mods will make the game interesting and many of them come with their own mini quests.

 

5. If you become interested (with some it is an obsession) in settlement building, there are mods that will essentualy let you build pretty much anything. You need to learn about navemesh and precombine issues as many settlement builds can decrease the efficiency of the game in terms of crashes or extreme FPS loss.

 

6. Once you understand about load order, there are a plethora of many great Quest mods. I have pretty much tried all of them. Some are just bad (but they are offered for free, so no complaints), but many are amazing.

 

7. Finally, you can start looking at sounds, ENBs or Reshade to further enhance the sounds and visuals of the game.

 

Bottom-line, to have enjoyable playthroughs you really need to learn how to properly recognize load order issues and how to correct any such conflicts. It can be a long process.

 

Good luck.