Fallout 3 Mods

Street · 20 Oct 2010 at 16:17

Having never actually getting round to finishing FO3 when I bought it and seeing NV is out, I thought I'd play through FO3 and finish it before getting NV. However, I was wondering what texture mods there are to make it look a bit better? Also what gameplay mods do people recommend?

Tefal · 20 Oct 2010 at 16:50

they're not related, fo:nv is based more on the story of fo1/2 (NCR,Khans etc)

Fenris · 20 Oct 2010 at 16:55

Recommended mods found here: http://www.fallout3nexus.com/

Marts Mutant Mod
Fellout
NMCs Texture Pack
EVE - Energy Visuals Enhanced
Darnified UI
Fallout Wanders Edition

Those are the big ones I use, I also use a number of smaller things, weapon mods and model replaces etc but there are too many to list.

Street · 20 Oct 2010 at 17:13

Tefal said:
they're not related, fo:nv is based more on the story of fo1/2 (NCR,Khans etc)

Yeh, I just wanted to actually finish it finally before I bought another Fallout game to play!

Ta for the link there, I'll check them out!

Gideon Lorr · 20 Oct 2010 at 17:15

Seems like the Fallout 3 Stutter fix will come in handy, much like in Oblivion, it's one of those annoying issues with the engine, ruins the games immersion massively!

Neil79 · 20 Oct 2010 at 17:17

Gideon Lorr said:
Seems like the Fallout 3 Stutter fix will come in handy, much like in Oblivion, it's one of those annoying issues with the engine, ruins the games immersion massively!

This ^

There is a flaw in the engine that affects some nvidia/ati owners via the drivers

Gideon Lorr · 20 Oct 2010 at 17:22

Neil79 said:
This ^

There is a flaw in the engine that affects some nvidia/ati owners via the drivers

Thing that gets me is compare the engine to the one that is used in Just Cause 2. I've never had any loading/stuttering issues with that game, and the graphics aren't half bad either, as well as the playing area being much larger in all dimensions!

Evilsod · 20 Oct 2010 at 18:32

Gideon Lorr said:
Thing that gets me is compare the engine to the one that is used in Just Cause 2. I've never had any loading/stuttering issues with that game, and the graphics aren't half bad either, as well as the playing area being much larger in all dimensions!

Fallout 3 and Oblivion have considerably more depth to them than Just Cause 2...

Fallout Wanderers Edition and associated mods (WMK, Project Beauty, MMM, etc) are always a good place to start.

Gideon Lorr · 20 Oct 2010 at 19:47

Evilsod said:
Fallout 3 and Oblivion have considerably more depth to them than Just Cause 2...

Fallout Wanderers Edition and associated mods (WMK, Project Beauty, MMM, etc) are always a good place to start.

Yeah, that is obvious to see, but what I'm saying is it fustrates me that they can't fix the stuttering issue on what is a relatively old engine, and for graphics which aren't exactly on the cutting edge. Plus like I said the playing area is smaller, so that shouldn't be an excuse.

Street · 20 Oct 2010 at 20:51

Luckily, I never had the stutter issue when I played it on release.. I've got a different graphics card now I think though so I'll make a note of the fix just in case!

arknor · 20 Oct 2010 at 21:09

cant say i had the stutter issue in oblivion , fallout 3 or fallout NV

MeMeMeMe · 21 Oct 2010 at 06:02

Can anyone suggest mods that just improve the look of FO3, without changing gameplay at all?

Gideon Lorr · 21 Oct 2010 at 10:07

Fenris above named a couple: NMC texture pack (says on the tin), and Fellout (removes the yellow/green tint in the game, brings back relatively blue skies).
Energy visuals enhanced is also just visuals IIRC.

Fenris · 21 Oct 2010 at 10:12

MeMeMeMe said:
Can anyone suggest mods that just improve the look of FO3, without changing gameplay at all?

Fellout
NMCs Texture Pack
EVE - Energy Visuals Enhanced
Darnified UI

EVE does change a few things but only to make energy weapons actually worth using.

MeMeMeMe · 22 Oct 2010 at 15:59

The NMCs texture pack comes in several versions. With the rig in my sig, should I download the biggest or one of the less demanding ones?

arknor · 22 Oct 2010 at 16:20

i'd get the biggest the mod was probably made when people were still using 4XXX series cards

ThomasTheTankEngine · 22 Oct 2010 at 17:21

Yeah, biggest. A 5850 is overkill for fallout3 (if you can get it all working properly!).

Edit: Fenris..... I don't suppose you'd so kind to post your mod load order here? I've been having problems getting FWE and MMM to work together.

MeMeMeMe · 22 Oct 2010 at 18:35

thanks.

I found what looks like a very good guide to fallout 3 mods here:
Arwen's Mod List
http://amito.freehostia.com/Fallout/FO-mods.htm#Index

Mark A · 22 Oct 2010 at 21:12

Are there any good weapon skin packs about? I saw my brother playing it on his 360 and the weapons look horrible. I hate it when futuristic weapons look like they were bodged together in a shed.

Tefal · 22 Oct 2010 at 21:15

Mark A said:
Are there any good weapon skin packs about? I saw my brother playing it on his 360 and the weapons look horrible. I hate it when futuristic weapons look like they were bodged together in a shed.

it's fallout the weapons were bodged together in a shed

it's been well over 100 years since the last "proper" weapons factory got wiped away in nuclear fire