Fallout TTW Recommended Mod List

1. Essential.md

Install

Follow the performance steps below for a core install. Then follow this guide in order.

Bug Fixes

This is the essential bugfix pack for TTW. One of the things it fixes is faction armor. NV has the concept of faction armor, you wear a certain faction's costume and they don't try to kill you if you have a bad reputation. The problem is, that faction armor resets all your faction stats, so factions that idolize you will no longer recognize you. This makes the cool faction idea nearly useless, except for a few sneaking missions. This fixes that.

https://taleoftwowastelands.com/content/ttw-fixes-222-official-bugfix-pack-ttw

Project Nevada

This is a mod that adds a bunch of new sane options to Fallout. For TTW, I think I halved experience gain, so you don't level out before even reaching the second game. You might want to make it so you gain one perk every level instead of two. This does make the game a lot easier, so you can counter balance that by making it more difficult with other options.

https://taleoftwowastelands.com/content/project-nevada-w-extra-options-ttw-patch

Interface Mods

These mods overhaul the aging UI of New Vegas to something that's both lightweight and better. MCM is optional, but installing it gives more options. JIP CCC is essential for playing with companions. Lets companions do actual useful stuff, like a doctor companion can heal you and a sneaky companion can pick locks for you. These mods are listed in install order.

• Mod Configuration Menu: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/42507/?
• One HUD: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/44757/?
• Vanilla UI Plus: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62108/?
• Delay Level Up: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62921/?
• Loot Menu: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/61723/?
• Better Pickup Prompt: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/63091/?
• Weapon Mod Menu: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/44515/?
• JIP Companions Command and Control: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/50468/?
• JIP Improved Recipe Menu: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/59638/?

After all that, install UIO last. It will consolidate all of the above mods to work together.

• User Interface Organizer: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/57174/?

Gameplay

Here we make the game a bit more visceral. Everything becomes deadly, the gameplay just becomes that much tighter, providing more meaningful decisions.

• BLEED: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/61141/?
• Vicious Wastes: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/56671/?

More Perks

Just fills out the perks you can get, there's a tendency in Fallout games that there's a really cool perk system, but not a lot of choice. Fixes that.

https://taleoftwowastelands.com/content/more-perks-ttw

Difficult Journey

This mod will make it so the transition between wastelands is harder and smoother. The spoilery tag is really spoilery, might want to avoid reading those.

http://taleoftwowastelands.com/content/difficult-journey-more-challenging-start-new-vegas

Handle DLC

This will spread out some of the DLC instead of giving it to you suddenly and gratingly. Goodie packs will be distributed across the wasteland, quests will be delayed. Gun Runner Arsenal weapons will be integrated into the game better. This also makes weapon mods more available.

• Courier's Stash Pack Distribution: https://taleoftwowastelands.com/content/couriers-stash-pack-distribution
• Delay DLC: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/42033/?

TODO: fix weapon mods using Mojave Arsenal instead of this mod?

• Gun Runners Arsenal Merged: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/45111/?

Enchanted Faction Armors

This makes it so faction armors are in line with other armors, stat-wise, before they were worse than plain clothes.

• https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/40079/?

2. Performance.md

Extenders

I install of these manually, as I want them for all profiles.

• NVSE: http://nvse.silverlock.org/

NVSE Plugins:

• JIP LN NVSE Plugin: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/58277/?
• NVAC: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/53635/?
• New Vegas Stutter Remover: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/34832/?
• OneTweak: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/59266/?
• CASM with MCM: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/45652/?

Install the updated sound libraries:

• Ogg Vorbis Libraries: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/61265/?

Install and run the 4GB Patcher:

• 4GB Patcher: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62552/?

INI Tweaks

Search first to see if each option exists, if not, add it.

Fallout.ini and Fallout_default.ini:

[General]
sIntroMovie = 
bLoadFaceGenHeadEGTFiles = 1
bUseThreadedAI=1 
iNumHWThreads=2
bPreemptivelyUnloadCells=1

[BackgroundLoad]
bSelectivePurgeUnusedOnFastTravel=1

FalloutPrefs.ini:

[Launcher]
bEnableFileSelection = 1

[General]
bLoadFaceGenHeadEGTFiles = 1
bUseThreadedAI=1
iNumHWThreads=2
bPreemptivelyUnloadCells=1

[BackgroundLoad]
bSelectivePurgeUnusedOnFastTravel=1

[Display]
iSize W=1920     <---Choose horizontal
iSize H=1080     <---Choose vertical

Data/NVSE/nvse_config.ini (create if it doesn't exist):

[Memory]
DefaultHeapInitialAllocMB=420
ScrapHeapSizeMB=128

NVSE/plugins/sr_New_Vegas_Stutter_Remover.ini (replace contents with this):

Click to expand

Master = {
	_comment = You can turn on or off each distinct feature from here.
	bManageFPS = 1
	bHookCriticalSections = 1
	bHookLightCriticalSections = 0
	bHookHashtables = 1
	bReplaceHeap = 0
	bReplaceGetTickCount = 1
	bLogToConsole = 0
	bFastExit = 1
	bFlushLog = 1
	iSchedulingResolution = 1
	bReplaceRandom = 1
	bExperimentalStuff = 0
	iMainHookPoint = 1
}
Experimental = {
	_comment =bReduceSleep and iThreadsFixedToCPUs can probably reasonably be used at 1.  > 1 is a bad idea atm.
	_comment =other settings here you're probably better off not touching
	bReduceSleep = 0
	iThreadsFixedToCPUs = 1
	bSuppressRandomSeeding = 0
	bBenchmarkHeap = 0
	bAlternateHeapHooks = 0
	iHeapMainBlockAddress = 0
}
FPS_Management = {
	_comment =Absent a good reason otherwise, bInject_iFPSClamp=1, fMaximumFPS= 30 to 85 (or 0), fMinimumFPS= 10 to 20, iFPS_Report_Period = 2000 to 60000, fExtraSleepPercent = 0.0 to 0.2
	bInject_iFPSClamp = 1
	fMaximumFPS =  0
	fMinimumFPS = 20
	iFPS_Report_Period = 15000
	fExtraSleepPercent =0.05
}
GetTickCount = {
	_comment =This section is disabled by default - see Master/bReplaceGetTickCount
	bForceResolution = 1
	bPreserveDC_Bias = 1
	bPreserveHighFreqComponents = 0
	bForceSync = 0
	iSyncLimitMilliseconds = 50
}
CriticalSections = {
	_comment = CS stuff helps Oblivion, Fallout, and New Vegas significantly
	_comment = much of the benefit comes from the Renderer+0x180 suppression (see overrides below)
	_comment = modes: 1=vanilla, 2=fair, 3=staggering(hybrid of 1 & 2), 5=suppressed
	bUseOverrides = 1
	iDefaultMode = 3
	iDefaultSpin = 1000
	iStaggerLevel = 5
	bEnableMessages = 1
	bEnableProfiling = 0
}
LightCriticalSections = {
	_comment =LCS stuff is like CS stuff, but with a Bethesda implementation.  And inlined sometimes, so difficult for me to work with
	bEnableProfiling = 0
	bEnableMessages = 1
	iDefaultMode = 3
	iDefaultSpin = 1000
	iStaggerLevel = 5
	bFullHooks = 0
	bUseOverrides = 0
}
Heap = {
	_comment =This section is disabled by default - see Master/bReplaceHeap
	_comment =I recommend enabling it however.  
	_comment = Heap replacement can produce MAJOR improvements in performance on Oblivion at a significant cost in stability
	_comment = It crashes instantly on Fallout3 last I remember checking
	_comment = It seems to work on Fallout: New Vegas ?
	_comment = Algorithms: 1=FastMM4, 2=Microsoft (slow on XP), 3=SimpleHeap1, 4=TBBMalloc, 5=ThreadHeap2, 6=ThreadHeap3, 8=tcmalloc
	_comment = Algorithms numbers 1, 4, and 8 require external DLL files in the Data/OBSE/Plugins/ComponentDLLs folder
	_comment = Size is in units of megabytes, and only effects algorithms 3, 5, and 6 (other algorithms dynamically determine their own size)
	iHeapAlgorithm = 6
	bEnableProfiling = 0
	iHeapSize = 250
	bEnableMessages = 0
	bZeroAllocations = 0
}
Hashtables = {
	bUseOverrides = 1
	bEnableMessages = 0
	bEnableExtraMessages = 0
	bEnableProfiling = 0
}
OverrideList = {
	CriticalSection = {
		CallerAddress = 0xA62B29
		comment = Renderer+0x180, recommendation=suppress (mode 5)
		Mode = 5
		Version =FalloutNV 1.4.0.525
	}
	CriticalSection = {
		CallerAddress = 0xA62B17
		comment = Renderer+0x080, recommendation=fair (mode 2) or stagger (mode 3) or suppress (mode 5)
		Mode = 2
		Version =FalloutNV 1.4.0.525
	}
	CriticalSection = {
		CallerAddress = 0xA044FE
		comment = ?, recommendation=stagger (mode 3), maybe high spin?
		Mode = 3
		Spin = 6000
		Version =FalloutNV 1.4.0.525
	}
	CriticalSection = {
		CallerAddress = 0xA5B577
		comment = ?, recommendation=stagger (mode 3)
		Mode = 3
		Version =FalloutNV 1.4.0.525
	}
	CriticalSection = {
		CallerAddress = 0x4538F1
		comment = ?, recommendation=fair (mode 2)
		Mode = 2
		Version =FalloutNV 1.4.0.525
	}
	HashtableEarly = {
		comment = vtable:0x01094e7c
		Address = 0x011F3358
		OldSize = 37
		NewSize = 8701
		Version =FalloutNV 1.4.0.525
	}
	HashtableEarly = {
		comment = vtable:0x01094e3c, caller 0x00A0D777, important during initial game loading?
		Address = 0x011F3308
		OldSize = 37
		NewSize = 371
		Version =FalloutNV 1.4.0.525
	}
	Hashtable = {
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		OldSize = 37
		NewSize = 117
		WordBits = 8
		Version =FalloutNV 1.4.0.525
	}
	Hashtable = {
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		NewSize = 5005
		Version =FalloutNV 1.4.0.525
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}
  

Tales of Two Wastelands

Options for TTW we want to install (you'll need these in a second):

• TODO

Install TTW

• Install TTW, choose temp location for FOMODs, click yes to build FOMODs
• Install TaleOfTwoWastelands_Main.fomod
• Install TaleOfTwoWastelands_Options.fomod with the above options
• Install the hotfixes

This list is outdated for the release of TTW 3.2.x., which made patches for TTW unavailable.

Thanks for creating this, but several of these are listed as strictly incompatible on the TTW website (such as Project Nevada Extra Options and More Perks). Also, when setting iNumHWThreads, the number should match the actual number of cores on your CPU. For me, that number is 6.

You need the TTW versions of said plugins, the page above should link them (though this page is so old at this point, all the links might be broken, I don't have the time to go through it).

Thanks, and I more than get it. I published a tutorial for modding FNV on potatoes that run Linux, Modding FNV on Linux, that was written just before everything started getting a lot easier. I updated it once and walked away.