To note as we go forward - I don't have a problem with the Creation Club. In my opinion.Įverything else will cover.everything else. While I don't aim for any kind of realism, Fallout 1 and 2 set the stage for the world physically recovering - whether it's due to GECKs or just natural recovery, this long after the war based on what we've seen, the world should be turning green again. This also plays into my choice of foliage mods. There are no hard and fast rules, just a general feeling. I avoid stuff like nanosuits (mostly), modern weapons (mostly), and other things that are too "real modern world" for my taste. I'm also OK with pre-divergence weapons like WWII stuff - after all, we see a lot of those in Fallout Tactics (yes, I actually remember that game kind of fondly). I do like to have classic FO weapons in the games. So my idea of lore friendly mainly extends to aesthetics. I don't have the Fallout Bible memorized, I have played all the games but I don't have total recall of all of them. Yes, I'm sure purists will have something to say, but the interface and performance are actual ReShade.įinally the last real one - lore adherence. I use nVidia Ansel and Freestyle to apply ReShade. I do use a few ReShades for screenshots - DoF is important in some cases, and enabling Path Traced lighting (raytracing if you want to be clickbaity) makes for some very nice visuals. Basically, I don't need ENB to make the game look how I want. I don't like enhanced DoF or most of the over/under-saturated ENBs out there. In my opinion, FO4's lighting engine is good enough where ENB isn't a must-have like it was in FO3/NV. I aim to max settings where possible, reduce where needed to meet the first two goals. Making sure performance doesn't drop is a good way to also keep gunplay snappy. There actually aren't many mods I currently run to change that, but what I do use will be covered. They aren't perfect, but they are the best in a Bethesda RPG to date. Fallout 4 has an advantage over previous games in that they put more focus on the combat, and had the pros over at id work on the shooter mechanics. If my GPU drops below 100% usage and FPS below 60, it becomes trickier, often troubleshooting mods to find something that breaks precombines and previs. If my GPU is fully loaded, we're all good - any drops below 60 can be solved by tweaking settings. I frequently check what is causing FPS drops. The main issue, particularly in city areas, is CPU performance and bottlenecking due to the single-threaded nature of the engine, and the way geometry culling is done (among other things - there are good resources out there if you're curious). Basically any modern GPU should have no problem with a locked 60FPS at 1440p or 4k. Fallout 4 is a messy creature when it comes to performance. All other modding goals will be subservient to this one - if it breaks stability, it's gone. Sometimes that means simply leaving some mods or combinations out, no matter how much I may want them. My first goal is for the game not to crash - quite a task in a Bethesda game. When it comes to modding Fallout 4, I have a few things that I'm targeting. While Nexus should hide them if you haven't opted in, some mod pages will be NSFW. Visit my Steam Artwork (not screenshots) section to see the results of this Frankenstein's Monster. It will cover everything I use, and my reasoning for using it. Mod at your own risk, and realize that a mod list like this - if you just clone it - will still take you several days to tweak and adjust for stability, and may not ever work identically to mine. I get asked at least a few times per day now about specific mods, so this should help answer some of those questions. This is not a guide to modding Fallout 4, it is a guide to the mods I use, often with "why" answered. Pick and choose from these mods if they interest you, and use your best judgement. Most of this was done before I knew enough about modding to know what I screwed up. I don't currently have a modded FO4 install, but I guarantee that there are problems with that load order. Brace yourselves, this is going to be a long one.īIG NOTE - The load order is crap.
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