I've been checking Nexus today for possible homes in Novac bungalows and found a bunch of them except that most of them were overpowered and unrealistic and didn't look like bungalows at all from inside. Then I came upon a relatively fresh Novac Bungalow mod and TBH, I wasn't expecting much before checking the pics but after doing so I immediately liked it a lot, especially the campfire on top of the oven was a nice touch and it was the only bungalow that actually looks like a bungalow in Novac would from inside. Then I checked the author and everything became clear to me...it's a mod from our SubRosa!

My modded version of Fellout for FO3 is here on Dropbox. I took the regular Fellout with Brighter Nights, and made the interiors a little brighter so I can see better, and cleaned up the imagespaces and weather even more, to give the game more color, and make it easier to see things.

There is a no Pipboy mod. It is called Pipboy Readius. It removes the pipboy and gives you a little hand-held tablet in its place. I loved the idea of it, and tried it out. But you hold the tablet at a slight angle, and reading all the text crooked just drove me crazy after a while.

But as far as a pipboy goes, I am sure there would be plenty of them laying around the Wasteland. I don't know why we don't see more characters with them. You could RP any number of reasons for a character starting with one. From it was passed down through the family, or they stole it, or scavenged it, or took it off someones body, or even bought it from a mechant, etc...

There are some alternate start mods as well. I tried one once, but found I liked the vanilla start better. Most of my characters don't follow the main quest, or the official game story. For them I just pretend the tutorial in Vault 101 was just a strange dream. I still like doing it for the same reason I always do the tutorial in Oblivion. It gives me a chance to get to know my new characters before getting them out in the 'real' world.

I made a little mod that adds a variety of different weapons to where you start in the Vault, that way I can arm up in whatever way fits a new character's style. For example Hecate started with a rifle, because she is a riflewoman/sniper. I think Molly Hatchet started with a baseball bat but it might have been a fire axe, because she is a melee fighter. Holland Smith started with the 10mm submachine gun, because she is a full auto weapon user.

Once me characters get out in the world I just ignore the main quest and its prompts, and go about my business. My backstory for Holland Smith was that she was a US Marine who fought in the Great War. She was taken by the aliens of Mothership Zeta before it went nuclear. So I did the tutorial with her in Vault 101. Then after she got out I used the coc command to teleport to the Recon Craft crash site. From there she was automatically sucked up to Mothership Zeta, and I started the dlc with her as normal.

It was the same with Oda Hidetaka, who was a 16th century samurai woman. I did the tutoral in the vault with her too, went to the Mothership, and considered her real game to start once I got there.

It may seem kind of clunky doing it that way, but I really do like that time in the tutorial, and getting a feel for what each character is like.

I also use FOMM as well, plus The Fallout Script Extender (FOSE), which a lot of mods require.

I've been checking Nexus today for possible homes in Novac bungalows and found a bunch of them except that most of them were overpowered and unrealistic and didn't look like bungalows at all from inside. Then I came upon a relatively fresh Novac Bungalow mod and TBH, I wasn't expecting much before checking the pics but after doing so I immediately liked it a lot, especially the campfire on top of the oven was a nice touch and it was the only bungalow that actually looks like a bungalow in Novac would from inside. Then I checked the author and everything became clear to me...it's a mod from our SubRosa!

Just a shout out to all those who have yet to play Fallout 4.

Unlike the brilliant FO3 which has a complete underground subway network, the disappointing FO4 has small stations that are not linked in any meaningful way. You simply explore each one and then loop back out through the same entrance. Very boring.

I was very pleased to see that the problem has now been fixed with 'Subway Runner,' a mod that links 90% of the underground system. The subways are a very dangerous place so just make sure that you pack high-powered weaponry and heaps of rad-away.

Subway Runner?

Thanks mALX!!!

I am still around, always just lurking in the background and popping back into view every once in awhile. Lol.

Have been playing heaps of Far Cry Primal and a little bit of Witcher 3. Almost ready to plunge back into some crazy Beth action.

Hope everyone is health and happy.

Unlike the brilliant FO3 which has a complete underground subway network, the disappointing FO4 has small stations that are not linked in any meaningful way. You simply explore each one and then loop back out through the same entrance. Very boring.

Sammy the Ghoul companion (check the video)

When not in a mood to game, I like to edit faces of NPCs, sometimes to make them better-looking or sometimes to make their faces reflect their personality. I've altered appearance of several vanilla NPCs and in some cases when developers used the same face for more than one people (e.g. almost all masked Legion Decani have the same face), I created new faces.

Let's take Legate Lanius, for instance. He's the main antagonist in the game and he wears his mask at all times because his face is supposed to be disfigured. It's not true, though, his vanilla face is completely normal. I completely changed Lanius and while I don't claim that my Lanius is "better" than the vanilla one, he now at least has a reason to wear a mask at all times.

My Lanius 1

My Lanius 2

Notice the shortened (beaten) nose and asymmetrical face features.

I also altered one of the vanilla companions - Craig Boone. He looks tough already in the base game but only with his sunglasses and beret equipped. Otherwise, I can't help it, he looks plain dumb to me. My Boone looks completely different. And another screenshot.

I edited various other NPCs but another one I want to show, is Siri (vanilla). Siri will play an important role in Alan Webb's story and while I don't find anything to be wrong with her vanilla face, I wanted her to be more 'impressive'. I wanted for Webb to notice her and possibly get interested in her. I think it did the trick.

But I note that he has Deeno's eyebrows! That worries me.

That's awesome you mess around with faces, Mr. Lopov. I really like the new Lanius, he looks like some tough guy out of a comic book.

With the recent (and wise) addition of a FO4 mods thread, I have retitled this one to reflect it as a home for FO3/NV mods.

I have never seen it in my games before. But might be a lack of Archive Invalidation. Make sure you are using Archive Invalidation Invalidated.

I am talking about music from our radio. I see you've posted some info in that thread you linked to, so I'll try that. Thanks.

Holy [censored] Lopov, you're at 50 hours. That deserves some cake.

I've got several new mods in Cbo's game which I'm loving but the most significant utility-type program is Fallout Stutter Remover?. It comes with an .ini file which allows us to cap our framerates. In my case, I wasn't having problems with low frames, matter of fact my computer runs those frames too fast. In outdoor areas it was averaging somewhere in the 90s.

"In the 90s" sounds great, but the problem was those frames were constantly bouncing around, causing things to be not as smooth. 90 for a few seconds, 92, 88, 87, 95 .. etc. Oddly, going into Options (where we're supposed to be able to make our game match our screen's refresh rate, whatever it's called) did not work for me.

*cheerful Tenpenny Resident voice*: But with Fallout Stutter Remover, I now can cap my game at 60 fps, no problem! Bon appetit!

Oh okay, I see. Yes I use OSR as well. Oddly though, the Vsynch thingie works in Oblivion, even before I used OSR my game would cap at 60 fps. I only use OSR occasionally in towns to cap the game at 30.

Skyrim is the same. Skyrim runs 60 almost all the time, even in towns, so I've never needed any program there (fingers crossed).

Dangit off-topic. I would link y'all to another of my fave mods but it appears that THE Nexus is down.

Well, you know me, I’ve always enjoyed old school stat driven roleplaying overhauls like Maskars Oblivion Overhaul and Requiem. FWE seems like the FO3 version. So far I’m really enjoying it. Most of the gameplay features can be toggled or adjusted, which I like. It also adds some neat new perks, new chems, new weapons and some new enemy variants, all of which are very seemless and seem like they could have been part of the original game. FWE also integrates Skyrim style sprinting and a slow time feature called “bullet time” that works like the Skyrim slow time archery perk. Like any big overhaul it does present compatibility issues with some mods. But xEdit works the same in FO3 as Skyrim and Oblivion so I’ve been able to easily resolve any conflicts that were not already covered by existing patches. FWE doesn’t really alter the landscape so there is no need for landscape patches and you don’t really have to worry about it conflicting with navmesh edits from other mods.

This FWE does sound like an interesting mod. If Khajiit ever gets back into Fallout3/NV he may give it a try.

Looks like a lot of things from FWE were later used in vanilla New Vegas, there's even a perk called Rad Child IIRC. Though probably it was the other way around, and FWE uses some ideas from New Vegas.

P.S.
There are many such mods, not just Willow.

I don't understand one thing on the Nexus, not just for Fallout but still - for instance, I want to search for the companion mod Willow but if I click on the Companions category on the Nexus, it doesn't appear at all, neither it appears if I type 'willow' in the search box. But if I type into Google 'new vegas willow', I immediately see the mod and clicking on it brings me to the mod site on the Nexus. Where's the catch?

P.S.
There are many such mods, not just Willow.

Now that I am back to playing FO3 again, I have a few more mods for it to share.

FO3 Flora Overhaul gives the Capital Wasteland a whole new look. It comes in several flavors, from total devastation to forested. I am using the forested edition, which seems more realistic for 200 years after the war.

Farms of the Wasteland adds crops to the various settlements. It seems to have a very small footprint, and just changes a few small areas around the settlements to add in the corn. It doesn't add any npcs, or do anything else. But it does convey a great sense that these places are self-sufficient.

A World Of Pain for Fallout 3 adds in a bunch of new interior spaces throughout the wasteland. So far I have only come across one of the new places in Greyditch. It was very well built, with a lot of attention to detail and clutter that made the space come alive (or come destroyed!). It was a real tough battle with the enemies though.

I did not like the lighting either, but I never do. So I made a small mod for it that gave every new interior the Shack Default lighting and image space. I put that before Fellout in my load order, and now it looks much nicer.

I also use FOMM as well, plus The Fallout Script Extender (FOSE), which a lot of mods require.

I have started using a few new mods for my latest FO3 character Loviatar.

Wattz Laser Weapons - adds two new laser pistols and two rifles, based on those from the classic Fallout games. There is a version that replaces all the vanilla laser weapons, and a standalone (I am using the latter).

EVE - Energy Visuals Enhanced - I just stared using this, so I am not absolutely sure about it. It looks like it overhauls all the energy weapon visual effects, like how bodies explode and turn to ash, etc...

Hot Energy - allows you to use energy weapons to burn though locks, instead of picking them. Your success is based off your Energy Weapons skill. Works great for an energy weapon user!

I also created my own home-made Radiation Resistance mod. I found out it is really easy to change the maximum Rad Resistance cap from 85% up to 100%. All you have to do is change the Game Setting fPlayerMaxResistance. The number you put it becomes the new cap.

I have been using Fallout 3 Realistic Wasteland Lighting for a while now. It is a subtle, but excellent mod that makes the wasteland exteriors look brilliant. I have never seen Megaton look this good. It also plays well with Fellout. I found it works best if you put it before Fellout in your load order.

I linked to a few mods in the screenshot topic, which deserve a place here as well:

Merc Adventurer Armor is basically the vanilla Merc Adventurer outfit, with some other pieces of merc clothing added on to make it look more substantial.

Loboto-mod for Point Lookout allows you to do the Point Lookout main quest without having to go to the cave to get lobotomized.

Now this is a great idea for a topic of its own. I never used to have a lot of FO3 mods. But I have added a lot lately.

Fallout Mod Manager is of course the first one, OBMM's twin for FO3 and FONV.

Fellout - Removes the green tint on everything in the game, and makes the colors normal again. I modded this heavily to make the nights brighter, and just tweak how I want things. You can get it here on Dropbox.

Pitt Gal Stats - Replaces the pipboy with a pipgirl.

Children of the Wasteland - Makes children playable.

Shojo Race - Adds an anime inspired child race.

Custom Race Endings Broken Steel OverRide - Fixes a bug with using custom races in Broken Steel (after finishing the main quest).

Hair Pack - Corean and Ren's Hair from Oblivion, ported to FO3.

Mystyks Faces - Adds some new savegames with character faces, and HD face textures.

Auto Aim Fix - Disables the auto aim, and stops bullets from rising after 30 meters.

KT's Center Camera - Centers the camera.

Arwen XPR - Extreme - Reduces the experiences points you get. I further modded it so that it gives even less xp.

CRAFT - Allows you to use multiple mods that mod the workbenches.

CRAFT Energy Ammo - Allows you to create energy ammo at workbenches. I modded it to streamline the requirements down to a fission battery. I also used it as a template to make a mod that allows you to craft firearm ammo out of scrap metal.

T3T Misc Item Icons - adds more pics in the pipboy for stuff.

Karma Revamp Mod - Makes it a lot harder to change your karma level.

Lucky Hacking - Makes hacking terminals less brain work by displaying only 5 words you have to pick from to hack a computer.

dB No Screen Blood - An option from Enhanced Blood Textures, turns off the blood on the screen.

Blanket - Gives you blankets so you can sleep anywhere.

SariD's Pose Pack - For screenshots.

Scopeless 44s - Takes those scopes off the .44 Magnums. Dirty Harry didn't need a telescopic sight for his Magnum, neither do I.

Some Katanas - For my samurai characters.

Gauss DX - A bunch of fixes and new textures to the gauss rifle.

Crosshair Toggle - Lets you hotkey the crosshair on and off, as well as set the game to automatically hide it when you sheath your weapon.

Logoless Talon Armor - A suit of black combat armor. What is not to like?

Outcast Recon Armor - A suit of red and black recon armor.

Babe Recon Armor - A suit of black recon armor. I modded it to remove the mesh it came with, as it had ridiculously skinny arms. Instead I set it to use the default recon armor mesh.

Ranger Helmet Texture Unlocker - Fixes an issue with the Reilly's Ranger Helmet using the default combat armor helmet texture.

M110 Sniper Rifle - Adds a RL M110 sniper rifle.

Millenia Arms - Colt M4A1 - Adds an M4 carbine. I modded it to make the Grunt Perk from Honest Hearts work with it. I also tweaked the stats to reduce the spread, and match the same damage as the Marksman Carbine.

Higher Quality AntAgonizer Costume - An HD texture replacer for Anty's outfit.

Dogmeat Husky - A husky retexture for Dogmeat.

MZ Samurai and combat female armor replacers - Makes the combat armor and samurai armor a bit more curvier, without being chainmail bikinis.