As i have mentioned recently, i have been playing through Fallout 3 for the last few months heavily modded. I thought i would create a thread for the discussion of mods for the game. Specifically because lots of people will be picking it up in the recent Steam sale and i haven't really found a place to discuss them
Mods for Fallout 3 are regularly being added, and i regularly check the Fallout nexus for updates etc. I must have tried practically every mod on the Nexus over the last few months
Just thought it would be nice to have a place to discuss the mods which imo move this game to a whole other level.
First off, these are the essential programs for modding Fallout 3.
Fallout mod manager- allows you to manage mods and change load order etc
FO3edit- allows you to create merged patches, fix compatability errors and do a master update which sometimes increases stability.
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Also check this page for compatibility patches between all the major mods.
For higher res textures there is NMC's Texture pack. This is amazing. This guy improved every texture in the game and it looks so much better with this on.
The 2 major overhaul mods for Fallout 3 are FWE and FOOK2.
Fallout Wanderer's Edition is a great overhaul which changes many features making the game much more challenging. It also adds some items and great features such as sprint, explosive entry, grenade hotkey. It also adds the need to eat,sleep and drink to the game. It is a very good mod which many people use
FOOK2 is simialr to FWE, but it adds many more weapons/armours and incorporates many other peopular mods such as Fellout,EVE, Streetlights and Phalanx Followers, it also does many of the things that FWE does but does not introduce the need to eat/sleep/drink, but you can add another mods to do that.
Fook2 and FWE are not officially compatible, though there is a patch to make them work together but it is not exactly the most stable, and as they both change many of the same things, it is probably best to just use one of them.
MMM is another great mod which adds many new creatures and changes the way in which they behave. It also allows you to manually change spawn increases etc. A great feature of this mod is Natural Selection, which has animals fighting eachother instead of just alkways ganging up and going after you.
DarnUI changes the user interface to one better suited to the PC. Fonts are smaller and better presented. Essential really.
Fellout is a very popular mod which removes the green tint to teh game and generally improves the atmosphere of the game. Also makes nights much darker, which is a great feature which greatly enhances the game imo. Already included in FOOK2.
Enhanced Weather is a mod which adds lots of different weather features to the game such as sandstorms, rain, snow and radioactive rain if you want(for the hardcore
). There is alos a great mod which works in conjunction with this called Dynamic Weather which adds more effects. Both are compatible with every other mods really as they only affect the weather.
These are great mods which really add to the base game. Build a game around these and you will have an amazing game
Anyone else recommend some mods?
What mods do you use?
Mods for Fallout 3 are regularly being added, and i regularly check the Fallout nexus for updates etc. I must have tried practically every mod on the Nexus over the last few months
Just thought it would be nice to have a place to discuss the mods which imo move this game to a whole other level.
First off, these are the essential programs for modding Fallout 3.
Fallout mod manager- allows you to manage mods and change load order etc
FO3edit- allows you to create merged patches, fix compatability errors and do a master update which sometimes increases stability.
Archiveinvalidation Invalidated Mods do not work without it
Also check this page for compatibility patches between all the major mods.
For higher res textures there is NMC's Texture pack. This is amazing. This guy improved every texture in the game and it looks so much better with this on.
The 2 major overhaul mods for Fallout 3 are FWE and FOOK2.
Fallout Wanderer's Edition is a great overhaul which changes many features making the game much more challenging. It also adds some items and great features such as sprint, explosive entry, grenade hotkey. It also adds the need to eat,sleep and drink to the game. It is a very good mod which many people use
FOOK2 is simialr to FWE, but it adds many more weapons/armours and incorporates many other peopular mods such as Fellout,EVE, Streetlights and Phalanx Followers, it also does many of the things that FWE does but does not introduce the need to eat/sleep/drink, but you can add another mods to do that.
Fook2 and FWE are not officially compatible, though there is a patch to make them work together but it is not exactly the most stable, and as they both change many of the same things, it is probably best to just use one of them.
MMM is another great mod which adds many new creatures and changes the way in which they behave. It also allows you to manually change spawn increases etc. A great feature of this mod is Natural Selection, which has animals fighting eachother instead of just alkways ganging up and going after you.
DarnUI changes the user interface to one better suited to the PC. Fonts are smaller and better presented. Essential really.
Fellout is a very popular mod which removes the green tint to teh game and generally improves the atmosphere of the game. Also makes nights much darker, which is a great feature which greatly enhances the game imo. Already included in FOOK2.
Enhanced Weather is a mod which adds lots of different weather features to the game such as sandstorms, rain, snow and radioactive rain if you want(for the hardcore
). There is alos a great mod which works in conjunction with this called Dynamic Weather which adds more effects. Both are compatible with every other mods really as they only affect the weather.These are great mods which really add to the base game. Build a game around these and you will have an amazing game
Anyone else recommend some mods?
What mods do you use?
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