5186

…or you can play New Vegas in Fallout 4!

I want to believe this will be good and not buggy…

5187

Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition is $7.99 on GOG right now.

When you buy this game, The Elder Scrolls: Arena and The Elder Scrolls Chapter II: Daggerfall will be added to your GOG.com account for free!

5188

New Vegas was pretty great. It wasn’t as “open” as Fallout 3, but the factions and stories and characters and main plotline were all really top-notch.

5189

Dust is pretty cool. I feel like a scavenger living on the fringes of a hostile post-apoc world.

“Flora Restora” returns salvageable plants back to the world. It goes well with the increased meters in Dust. Food will be there when you search. It feels right - I don’t have much food, and when I see a farm I raid it for a few pieces of maize.

“Wasteland Defense” gives you water at your base, which turns hydration into a logistics problem. How much should you carry? How far should you wander if you get low? Combined with “No Fast Travel” it allows for interesting decisions slightly different than the default Dust feel of constantly dying of thirst.

Here is my mod list. I prefer Mod Organizer 2 to manage them.

Dust Mod Links

Install these “infrastructure” mods first:

1 New Vegas Script Extender (NVSE)

2 FNV 4GB Patcher at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

3 Interface Mod - Revelation (Classic Fallout UI) at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

4 JIP LN NVSE Plugin at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

5 JohnnyGuitar NVSE at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

6 Just Mods Assorted at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community
NOTE After install I disable “Just Visual Objectives” via the Mod Menu

7 NVAC - New Vegas Anti Crash at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

8 NVTF - New Vegas Tick Fix at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

9 One HUD - oHUD at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

10 The Mod Configuration Menu at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

11 UIO - User Interface Organizer at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

12 Unofficial Patch NVSE at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

13 Yukichigai Unofficial Patch - YUP at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

Install these “adjustments” mods second:

14 Custom Health and AP Visuals. at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

15 Audible Pass Through Bushes Sounds at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

16 FNV Realistic Wasteland Lighting at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

17 Immersive Hit Reactions - Makes Combat Responsive at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

18 Immersive Recoil 2.0 at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

19 IMPACT at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

20 Interior Lighting Overhaul at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

21 JIP Selective-Fire at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community
NOTE after all mods are working, and after you start the game, enter this in console to enable the mod: completequest 00104c1c

22 MGs Neat Clutter Retextures at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

23 NMCs_Texture_Pack_For_New_Vegas at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

24 NPCs Sprint In Combat at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

25 NPCs Travel at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

26 Reload Reloaded at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

27 Twice As Fast VATS at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

28 Wasteland Flora and Terrain Overhaul at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community
NOTE Download the older Dead file: “Wasteland Flora Overhaul (Dead) 3.1”

29 Weapon Retexture Project - WRP at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

Install these “Dust” and related mods third:

30 DUST Survival Simulator at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

32 DUST - Reasonable Needs at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community
NOTE I currently do NOT use this mod, since I prefer more harvesting with Flora Restora and the default faster timer. But FYI in case you want to slow the timers down (and then remove the Restora).

33 Dust LOD at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

33 Near Death at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

34 DUST Tweaks - Better Repair and More at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

35 Fallout DUST Flora Restora at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community
NOTE I prefer to use Flora Restora, and not Reasonable Needs, and then I also use the 1 year Respawn Timer below.

36 Fallout DUST Tunneler Detection Fix at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

37 No Fast Travel - New Vegas at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

38 Wasteland Defense at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

39 FNV Respawn Timer at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community
NOTE This contains multiple files, use the 1 year file and you can remove the others.

And here is my load order. It matters a lot, for example the Dust mods need to be down at the bottom:

Dust Mod Load Order

View by Mod Name (left pane on Mod Organizer)
#Mod_Priority,#Mod_Name
“0000”,“DLC: TribalPack”
“0001”,“DLC: OldWorldBlues”
“0002”,“DLC: MercenaryPack”
“0003”,“DLC: LonesomeRoad”
“0004”,“DLC: HonestHearts”
“0005”,“DLC: GunRunnersArsenal”
“0006”,“DLC: DeadMoney”
“0007”,“DLC: ClassicPack”
“0008”,“DLC: CaravanPack”
“0009”,“JIP LN NVSE Plugin”
“0010”,“JohnnyGuitar NVSE”
“0011”,“The Mod Configuration Menu”
“0012”,“Yukichigai Unofficial Patch - YUP”
“0013”,“Unofficial Patch NVSE”
“0014”,“NVTF - New Vegas Tick Fix”
“0015”,“NVAC - New Vegas Anti Crash”
“0016”,“Apocalyptic Mojave”
“0017”,“Reload Reloaded”
“0018”,“NPCs Travel”
“0019”,“Wasteland Defense”
“0020”,“Immersive Hit Reactions - Makes Combat Responsive”
“0021”,“NPCs Sprint In Combat”
“0022”,“Custom Health and AP Visuals”
“0023”,“Immersive Recoil 2.0”
“0024”,“One HUD - oHUD”
“0025”,“UIO - User Interface Organizer”
“0026”,“Twice As Fast VATS”
“0027”,“IMPACT”
“0028”,“No Fast Travel - New Vegas”
“0029”,“Just Mods Assorted”
“0030”,“JIP Selective-Fire”
“0031”,“Brighter Larger Radius Pip-Boy Light”
“0032”,“Weapon Retexture Project - WRP”
“0033”,“NMCs_Texture_Pack_For_New_Vegas”
“0034”,“Wasteland Flora and Terrain Overhaul FULL”
“0035”,“MGs Neat Clutter Retextures”
“0036”,“FNV Realistic Wasteland Lighting”
“0037”,“Interior Lighting Overhaul”
“0038”,“DUST Survival Simulator”
“0039”,“DUST Survival Simulator Fixer”
“0040”,“DUST Tweaks - Better Repair and More”
“0041”,“Fallout DUST Tunneler Detection Fix”
“0042”,“Fallout DUST Flora Restora”
“0043”,“Dust LOD”
“0044”,“Audible Pass Through Bushes Sounds”
“0045”,“Near Death”
“0046”,“Vanilla UI Plus Revelation (New Vegas)”
“0047”,“Menu and Loading Screen Replacer - Melancholy Dust ENB”
“0048”,“FNV Respawn Timer”

View by Plugin (right pane Mod Organizer)
|[info] ||FalloutNV.esm|
|[info] ||DeadMoney.esm|
|[info] ||HonestHearts.esm|
|[info] ||OldWorldBlues.esm|
|[info] ||LonesomeRoad.esm|
|[info] ||GunRunnersArsenal.esm|
|[info] ||ClassicPack.esm|
|[info] ||MercenaryPack.esm|
|[info] ||TribalPack.esm|
|[info] ||CaravanPack.esm|
|[info] ||YUP - Base Game + All DLC.esm|
|[info] ||oHUD.esm|
|[info] ||Interior Lighting Overhaul - Core.esm|
|[info] ||JIP Selective-Fire.esm|
|[info] ||PHWHPAPVisuals.esm|
|[info] ||Unofficial Patch NVSE.esp|
|[info] ||YUP - NPC Fixes (Base Game + All DLC).esp|
|[info] ||Vurt’s WFO.esp|
|[info] ||ApocalypticMojave.esp|
|[info] ||Reload Reloaded.esp|
|[info] ||The Mod Configuration Menu.esp|
|[info] ||Immersive Hit Reactions.esp|
|[info] ||NPCsSprint.esp|
|[info] ||ImmersiveRecoil.esp|
|[info] ||IMPACT.esp|
|[info] ||TwiceAsFastVATS.esp|
|[info] ||NoFastTravel_NV.esp|
|[info] ||JustModsAssorted.esp|
|[info] ||Weapon Retexture Project.esp|
|[info] ||FNV Realistic Wasteland Lighting - All DLC.esp|
|[info] ||Wasteland Defense.esp|
|[info] ||ILO - YUP Patch.esp|
|[info] ||pipboyx2.esp|
|[info] ||FNV NPCs Travel.esp|
|[info] ||Near Death.esp|
|[info] ||BushSounds.esp|
|[info] ||DustSurvivalSimulator.esp|
|[info] ||KaPDUSTFloraRestora.esp|
|[info] ||DUST - Manan’s Tweaks.esp|
|[info] ||Tunnelers.esp|
|[info] ||DustPreOrderFixer.esp|
|[info] ||Interior Lighting Overhaul - Ultimate Edition.esp|
|[info] ||Respawn1Year.esp|

You can get the same load order by sorting the mod plugins using the built in tool in mod manager, then manually moving all of the Dust related mods to the bottom. Then make sure ILO is at the very end.

EDIT: Big updated to the mod list with some tips, and new views of the mod order.

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So you got me to try out this Dust mod and boy, definitely not for me. Turning the entire map of New Vegas until a hostile zone full of enemies, just…no.

I think I made it 10 feet out of my shack before I was swarmed to death by fast moving man-lizards.

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It takes a little getting used to! Yes you are right, it kills all plot NPCs, devastates the landscape, adds some tough monsters, and re-does the factions to make them pretty much all hostile. And then it covers everything in thick dust. :-)

I am enjoying it more than I thought. It’s like Day Z and STALKER with a Fallout role playing vibe. And I like VATS, it means I don’t have to try and aim.

I met a neutral ghoul trader in the hills. He had a flame thrower. I followed him around while he burned some tunnelers. I took their hides.

I met an encampment of BOS. They were neutral. I used them as a base of operations for a while. They shot anything that chased me back. I got scorched by their lasers once in a crossfire.

I see solo raiders and I run. I can kill them, but I don’t want to waste the ammo. I need the ammo to take farms and get food. Looting their crappy armor and weapon isn’t worth it to me.

I have a tiny base with a single guard. He fought off a raider. Too bad I didn’t tell him about the old landmine in the area - he stumbled into it and died instantly.

I slept for a few hours, then equipped a enough food, water and ammo to explore a new area. It was dark when I set out. I got in a firefight at dawn with a survivor who was guarding their camp. After a tense exchange I won, and then had to be smart about what loot I was going to haul back on the 10 minute walk to my base. I was chased by a few things. I am not sure what they were because I was too scared to turn around and look. Sprinting makes your survival timers deplete more quickly. I was thirsty and tired by the time I got back.

Those are the sorts of stories it tells. :-)

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Yeah I get it, but for me with Fallout I really need quests and factions. I am not really interesting in a solo survival game with a huge portion of it being combat or whatever. Cool though there are actually some neutral NPCs about. Wouldn’t probably survive long enough to encounter them.

It would be more interesting to me if they actually kept joinable factions and quests and they fought over and claimed territory like Stalker only it was sort of a no mans land outside of faction strongholds. From what I read there is nothing like that and you’re on your own. The NRC, raiders, etc mostly shoot on sight.

5193

Posted big update to the Dust mod list above, after testing for a while longer. With two views of the load order and tips on how to recreate it easily. I am still enjoying Dust, feels like Fallout 1 crossed with Day Z.

5194

I am calling it.

Fallout: New Vegas has achieved the newly founded “Deus Ex” award in outstanding reverence during a decade transition. (2010)

Just like Deus Ex (2000) it has achieved lasting appeal and admiration.

That is all.

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As my own belated contribution in tribute to 10+ years of F:NV, here’s a new run from last Thursday which I enjoyed watching and redefines what’s possible in the game:

I feel a little bad posting an April Fool’s video this late, but it has a very nice subtle (to me) build-up in it and is almost believable up until a certain point.

5197

Either these bots or getting smarter or someone actually went to the trouble of making several posts to promote their shitty MMO gold seller.

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Re the Speed Run: It’s interesting the first time I watch someone who is using game bugs and hacks etc. but I’m not really impressed at a speed run that doesn’t use the actual in game gameplay. Kinda like if someone found out that if you pressed these 10 keys in a row while holding down the mouse right click when you start the game it jumps you to “Game Over.” Eh.

5199

I am pretty sure that video is bogus and an April fools joke.
I could have bought it as real, knowing all the bugs and idiosyncrasies of these game engines, however, the moment they launched stellaris by humping a gnome…

5200

Based on Fallout: New Vegas engine, comes Fallout: Nuevo Mexico.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP9ml3_A5Tc

5201

Man, did F:NV really look that bad, with full-bright lighting outdoors?

No comment on the game quality, F:NV was one of the best of all time, but the graphics really do look like shit.

5202

It looked pretty bad, yeah. Screwing around with ENBs is always what keeps me from actually playing the game. I should just resign myself to the bad graphics and just play it. Or finally find an ENB instruction and recommendation that actually works and makes it look much better.

5203

It is pity this mod didn’t come out years ago, cause it looks there is a ton of work involved in making it.
The music is nice and makes me wish I had learned Spanish…

But, I’m not re-installing Fallout NV, despite it being my favorite in the series. The graphics and gameplay are just to old.

5204

Gameplay hasn’t really aged much at all, vastly superior to F4. But those graphics, oof.

5205

I disagree, I prefer F4 gameplay, especially weapon moding, to FNV. I do think storytelling and giving players interesting options did reach the zenith at FNV though.

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Well, that’s just like your opinion, man.