

Nexus has a premium program (£2,99/month) and obtaining it will make your download speed faster - as a non-premium user, my download cap was set to 1024 kb/s, making it really hard to install all “heavyweight” mods in a day.

This wonderful tool makes modding SO much easier! Most of mods available through are downloadable through this client with a single click. Start your modding with installing Fallout: New Vegas and downloading VC++ Runtime Redistributable x86.

Keep in mind that some mods hate client overlays, so you might have to sacrifice achievement hunting for better looking game ( ENBSeries is the one example). GOG’s version has this enabled by default.Īdditionally, DRM-free games are usually easier to mod. You can get one on Steam, too, but then you’ll have to additionally install the FNV 4 GB Patcher to change the way game allocates your memory and make mod performance better. If you don’t have the original boxed copy, consider *insert bias alert here* getting a copy from GOG.com.

Take your screenshot camera and go!īut first of all, let’s start modding. It’s a perfect recipe for first playthrough, if you haven’t finished the game back in the days - vanilla experience in beautiful surroundings. It’s set before the events of the Battle of Hoover Dam, so that places it within the overarching Fallout timeline, but apart from the familiar factions, The Frontier is a wholly new Fallout story to explore and experience.We won’t be using any gameplay-changing mods this time, except for small technical fixes. This is a truly astonishing mod – not only does it add a new map that’s roughly the size of New Vegas’ Mojave, it also adds drivable vehicles, loads of new armours and more than 150 new weapons, and a thoughtfully written, mature storyline that doesn’t shy away from showing players the horrific ravages of nuclear war. However, many of the players remain the same: You’re a Courier, and you find yourself in the midst of a conflict between the New California Republic and the brutal Caesar’s Legion factions, and its three main questlines will take you beneath Portland’s streets to discover the city’s pre-war secrets. The Fallout modding community is buzzing today thanks to the release of Fallout – The Frontier, a gigantic mod project for Fallout: New Vegas that adds a full new game’s worth of content to Obsidian’s iconic RPG game.įallout – The Frontier moves the action to the snowy streets of Portland, Oregon.
