Fallout: New Vegas - The Frontiers of bad taste (Modding Thread)

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Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

After watching part of a YouTube series I decided to go back and play New Vegas again. I remembered Project Nevada and have been playing with it and some other things from the OP mod list, but I've seen some comments about PN being replaced by new stuff. Is this accurate or just people promoting their own favorite mods?

# ¿ May 26, 2020 17:04

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# ¿ Apr 23, 2024 17:03

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

SpookyLizard posted:

PN still works fine, more or less, but some people find it can lead to poor performance and theres other mods that can replicate its effects with less of an alleged performance hit.

I've looked into a few replacements but I can only find a few (standalone Cybernetics, but there's stuff I have that requires PN-Cybernetics so I don't think I can replace them), and nothing that changes what I like the most, the combat adjustments (I set DT reduction to 99% max)

# ¿ May 27, 2020 02:43

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Thanks, that is useful.

Just really wish that they didn't use Johnny Guitar, the nexus page for it just skeeves me.

# ¿ May 28, 2020 07:02

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Big stability issues though. I'm generally finding that after five or six new zones the game will crash out while transitioning between areas.

# ¿ Jun 7, 2020 04:33

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

SpookyLizard posted:

yeah i shot follows chalk too cause he was behind the dude i was shooting.

All of the DLC is good, Dead Money is very different and a little weird because of it, HH and OWB are open explorations that are really good. OWB is full of very dunny dialouge and lots of overt comedy, HH is more of an introspective journey. Still lots kf good writing, especially the Survivalist stuff. Lonesome Road is a much more linear DLC and a bit of a slog at times, also fairly polarizing because of Ulysses.

OWB also features Not Dr Venture for fans of that show.

# ¿ Jun 8, 2020 20:23

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

bony tony posted:

It's been memed to death, but imagine the scenario. The mailman that you're pretty sure you killed in a one horse town miles away from here suddenly rolls up in your place of business, looking pretty alive and murderous.

My first response would probably also be "What in the goddamn". Mad respect to Benny for immediately rolling with it and trying to gently caress you over again.

Wearing power armor and carrying a heavily modified plasma rifle.

# ¿ Jun 9, 2020 20:38

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I think the new NVSE definitely made my game even more unstable. It's now crashing on average every three zone transitions, sometimes even less.

# ¿ Jun 13, 2020 01:47

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Entirely possible, no idea which one though. I updated some and removed some really old ones but still isn't any more stable as far as I can tell.

# ¿ Jun 13, 2020 02:20

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Bogmonster posted:

Aside from that, I really like Tabitha, Raul and Chief Hanlon (Kris Kristofferson)

You better like Raul or Machete is gonna have words with you.

# ¿ Jun 15, 2020 20:24

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Bouncing between F:NV and F4 really makes the strengths and weaknesses of both stand out more. More F4 than NV, though there are some aspects of 4 that I really like.

First and foremost is power armor. The frame system in 4 just feels incredible and beefy compared to 'just another suit of armor' in 3/NV. I like the weapon modding of 4 as well and the settlement system (most significantly with mods like Sim Settlement).

DT is a much better mechanic for combat than just DR, helped by me running a mod that lets DT reduce the damage to pretty much nothing. Weapon degradation is an annoyance and can go away.

NV's story is definitely better and so are a number of the locations. The extra factions are rather nice and feel distinct and interesting and the radio in NV is better, mostly because 4 reuses a number of songs from 3. The ammo choices (esp. with GRA) are rather clever and interesting.

NV in the FO4 engine with power armor and weapon modding (but the ammo of NV) would be fantastic.

Just wish I could figure out what's making NV crash so much.

# ¿ Jun 16, 2020 14:45

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

DACK FAYDEN posted:

It's you, the target market who prompts every mod decision about ammo that drives me insane, I just want bullets for my gun to be a single stacking thing.

(in fairness, I know I'm very much in the minority here, I just think it's funny)

You mean you don't like the +P AP DualShok++ Boat-tailed with brass core rounds that my 10001 extra ammo types mod adds? :mad:

Nah, I like a couple of extra options (Running OC in most of the energy weapons but MC in my gauss rifle, for example), though like the weapon modification system in F4 there often is a 'best' option.

# ¿ Jun 16, 2020 15:22

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I think that is part of what BLEED tries to do.

# ¿ Jun 16, 2020 18:08

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

One Inch Punch can be pretty crazy with the melee/unarmed weapons that have a high crit chance multiplier.

Edit: After some testing it appears that BLEED is what was causing most of the instabilities. Hopefully that's it.

Taerkar fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Jun 19, 2020

# ¿ Jun 17, 2020 14:59

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

SolidSnakesBandana posted:

You can pry my sneak attack criticals from my cold dead hands

All who question the supremacy of the stealth sniping rear end in a top hat will be shot from outside of their detection range (and even terrain detail draw range)

# ¿ Sep 16, 2020 21:11

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Found the answer earlier regarding the wabbajack so I've got a new Q.

Way back when Project Nevada was new one of the changes I really enjoyed was the tweak to DT and damage reduction to increase the maximum damage reduction, allowing for high-DT armor to feel mostly invulnerable to low-damage weapons (1 damage plinks only). Is there something that does that now that's not a mess?

Taerkar fucked around with this message at 10:30 on Dec 24, 2020

# ¿ Dec 24, 2020 09:36

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I did VNV with a few additions from LINV. I also added in Bleed and Threshold.

# ¿ Dec 25, 2020 18:47

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I just set up VNV for a friend and added both Cyberware 2281 and Threshold on top of it. No issues.

Also consider a better home mod for wherever you decide to make your home location and the stash organizer mod as well for it. Kinda blanking on the name for the mod but it lets you set up container sorting however you want them in game and allows for crafting from storage.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2021 16:00

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I'm using Stash Organizer.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2021 16:13

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Definitely keep in mind the guide's advice on mods to avoid though. There are some really bad ones out there.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2021 19:37

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Out of curiosity what don't you like about their ini?

# ¿ Jan 10, 2021 02:39

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

SeanBeansShako posted:

The difference between the two is if you want to roll with mods, downloading and setting it up inside your FNV folder is the best bet. STEAM Version comes with achivements if that is anyones jam.

Are there mods for it or does it just use regular F:NV mods?

# ¿ Jan 16, 2021 04:41

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Reveilled posted:

My most memorable encounter with nexus users was being told that actually I was the real pedophile for objecting to a mod that added a playboy bunny outfit for kids into fallout 3.

How would you know what a pedo would like if you weren't a pedo yourself? HMMMMM? :smug:

# ¿ Jan 29, 2021 16:33

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

A Sometimes Food posted:

The 76 Enclave are fun at least. They also make sense in that they're based around the actual congressional bunker and seem to have been mostly also rans not good enough for the Rig and people caught on the wrong side of the country when things went to hell.

Also the fact that they almost entirely wiped themselves out with factional power jockeying even before the scorched got at them was on point.

Oh it's even worse than that.

They're the source of the scorched

# ¿ Feb 6, 2021 19:54

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Is JSUE really better than JSawyer?

# ¿ Feb 16, 2021 20:33

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Me and my pal "Player.Modav Carryweight" have a lot to say about encumbrance in Fallout.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2021 21:04

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Time to make a mod that changes the varmint rifle into the real correct caliber: .223

# ¿ Jun 30, 2021 02:34

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Vulpine race? Is that lore friendly?

# ¿ Oct 17, 2021 15:48

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

What the gently caress

# ¿ Oct 20, 2021 00:49

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

The Lone Badger posted:

Is that a Mad Cat?

It's what happens when a Mad Cat and an ED-209 get too familiar with each other.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2021 16:06

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

MonsieurChoc posted:

The FIst of the North Star mod is too old and doesn't work.

It's already dead

# ¿ Nov 11, 2021 02:03

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Also in the base game there's a maximum reduction of 80%, though this can be modded.

That maximum reduction means the 5mm will always do at minimum 3.6 damage per hit, which is why it can still chew through heavy armor thanks to its RoF.

Taerkar fucked around with this message at 13:07 on Jan 26, 2022

# ¿ Jan 26, 2022 13:05

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Nah, unlike goon mods New Vegas was finished.

# ¿ Feb 7, 2022 13:53

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Arivia posted:

Yep, as soon as I grabbed the tape off the brotherhood person in Repconn HQ she said hi. And now ED-E has a new laser! I do miss the old skin with the license plate though, I thought that was cute.

New question: how good are the non-SPECIAL implants? I started with 7 so I can get 7, and I got Luck and Intelligence already after getting tossed out of the Atomic Wrangler. There's a note on the wiki that the health regen one is possibly good for Dead Money, what about the duraplating one? I could skip Charisma obviously, and maybe skip Endurance itself, since that's already at 7. A bit worried about longtime cap income though, my mods are effectively making selling all the guns I come across pretty low-income, so I might be out of big sources after casinos, snowglobes, and eventually gold bars.

e: snowglobes give 2k not 1k like I thought and casinos are a LOT so I'm probably okay unless some quest is a giant cap sink somewhere.

The monocyte one is 1hp/10s recovery, which isn't really fantastic outside of helping you top off small HP losses, though it can be more useful in hardcore mode. The dermal implant is a straight +4 DT.

Personally I use the Cybernetics mod that spun off from Project Nevada. Adds in a bunch more implants that you can find or buy and removes the END limit, replacing it instead with a slot system (2x head/chest and 1 in each arm and limb) that you can double with different perks. You can also swap out implants at many doctors.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2022 14:04

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# ¿ Apr 23, 2024 17:03

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Well they almost did make one.

# ¿ Mar 28, 2022 00:54

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