Official Fallout 4 MODS Thread

Neil79 · 22 Nov 2015 at 14:04

As requested by Devious, this is the latest Mods thread for all your modding needs! Members will need to discuss and recommend the best mods and how to install them and such will be added to the list below.

NEW LIST BY MARK A

Check out some of the mods i'm using in the spoiler tags below. It seems to be handling ok on my 970 @ 60fps, so i'd imagine a 1070 should be fine at 1440p. It looks great to me.

EDIT: Looks a lot better in game, pics seem to have lost sharpness and clarity somewhere between taking the screenshot, resizing or hosting on photobucket. Looks like ive used one of them blurry preset things, but I never use them as I dont like the effect.

Essential

Unofficial FO4 patch - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4598/?
Achievements with mods enabled - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/12465/?
script extender for use with above - http://f4se.silverlock.org/
Armorsmith Extended - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2228/?
Full Dialogue Interface - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1235/?
Armor and Weapon Keywords Community Resource (AWKCR) (needed for a fair few gun and armour mods)- http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6091/?
LOOT - Load Order Optimisation Tool - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/5310/?

Face and body

CBBE body mod -
Body slide and outfit studio (for use with CBBE) -
Good guide on how to use Body slide - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkwtgp3x25s
Ponytail Hairstyles by Azar v2.0 - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/8126/?
Ponytail Variations (some different styles) - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6294/?
Valkyr Female Face and Body Textures - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3841/?
The Eyes Of Beauty Fallout Edition - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/133/?
Eye Normal Map Fix Fallout 4 Edition (needed for above mod) - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/819/?
Young Female Face Texture - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/552/?
Looks Mirror (adds a craftable mirror so you can mess with face etc from your house) - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/13627/?

Environment

True Storms - Wasteland Edition (Thunder-Rain-Weather Redone) - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4472/?
Vivid Fallout - Landscapes - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1769/?
Vivid Fallout - Trees - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/8742/?
Vivid Fallout - Rocks - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1400/?
Enhanced Blood Textures - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/212/?
Improved Map with Visible Roads - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1215/?
WET - Water Enhancement Textures - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/244/?
Fallout Texture Overhaul Stars - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/145/?
Fallout Texture Overhaul Moons - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/160?
Touch of Green (adds some more greenery) - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/377/?
GRASSLANDS (alternative to touch of green) - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/11267/?
Springtime Trees (adds some leaves to the trees) - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/15421/?
Darker Nights - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/191/?
Enhanced Wasteland Preset - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/40/?

Armor + clothes/accessories

NCR Ranger Veteran Armor - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/9034/?
Eli's Armour Collection Remade - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/7369/?
Nanosuit 6.2 - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/7451/?
Courser X-92 Power Suit CBBE and PipBoy - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/9278/?
Eli's Sleeveless Outfits - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/8510/?
Custom Combat Armor (can change colour and add decals etc) - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4865/?
Black Pip-Boy - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/445/?
LED BLACK Pip-Boy Deluxe - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4528/?
HD Bandanas - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/439/?
Lacy Underwear - Just search on Nexus
Pip-Boy Flashlight (Pipboy - Power Armor - Lamp Overhaul) - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/10840/? (choose between loads of different flashlight beam patters and changes the light on/off sound to a double or single click like a modern flashlight, rather than a weird gong)

Gameplay

Craftable Ammo - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/798/?
No Negative Affinity (so you dont get disliked by follower) - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3276/?
Killable Children - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/197/?
Hunting Rifle (Sniper) Damage Increase - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1056/?

Cheats

Easy Hacking - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/266/?
Easy Lockpicking - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/227/?
Carry Weight Modifications - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/214/?
Companion Infinite Ammo - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6233/? (so they don't keep reverting to a plank of wood)

Easy picking/hacking are worth using after you have maxed them out in game as it just become tedious after a while.

Settlements

Spring Cleaning (remove all the junk that can't usually be scrapped) - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4640/?
Homemaker - Expanded Settlements (adds loads of stuff) - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1478/?
Longer Power Lines - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2241/?

Not done much on my settlements so just a few I found useful, I'm sure theres a lot of mods I have missed.

UI/ better sorting

Valdacil's Item Sorting - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3877/?
DEF_UI - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/10654/?
Better Mod Descriptions - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4760/?

Weapons

Wasteland Ordnance - The Definitive Weapon Collection - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/11427/?
M4A1 SOPMOD - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/15495/?
MK14 EBR - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/10099/?
DOOMBASED Weapons Merged - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/16387/?
9 Standalone Pistol - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/8421/?
Crossbows of the Commonwealth - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/10484/?

OLD LIST BY Neil79

Recommended Mods

ENB/SweetFX

Stalker Lightning ( Photorealistic Wastland)
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/86/?

Enhanced Wasteland Preset
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/40/?

UBER Fidelity Suite
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1230/?

Decay - Reshade Preset
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/108/?

Vogue ENB
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/42/?

Performance enhancing ( If needed )

Stuttering and Memory patch ENBoost
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/332/?

FPS dynamic shadows - Shadow Boost ( dynamically control shadow draw distance for higher frame rates)
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1822/?

UI Changes

Full Dialogue Interface ( A must have even before Vanilla play through!! )
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1235/?

Improved Map with Visible Roads
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1215/?

Sort My Stuff - Aid by TeleToko
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4819/?

Configuration Tools - FOV/INI Changes

Fallout 4 Configuration Tool ( A must have even before Vanilla play through!! )
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/102/?

Gameplay Changes

Settlement Supplies Expanded (SSEx)
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1145/?

Weapon Damage Overhaul
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2463/?

Functional wedding rings
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2712/?

Craftable Ammo
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/798/?

Wearable Backpacks:
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3258/?

Graphical/Textures

Fallout Texture Overhaul PipBoy
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/449/?

Enhanced Blood Textures
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/212/?

Realistic Lights
(This mod aims to fix the out blown lights in Fallout 4 both indoors and outdoors )
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2139

Vivid Fallout - Landscapes - Textures in HD - ORIGINAL SIZE - LOWER RESOLUTION
(the textures are about 1/4 less V-Ram heavy than the Vanilla ones!)
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1769/?

Ground Textures
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3364/?

Weapon Textures
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4046/?

Power Armour Textures
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3344/?

Weather Changes

True Storms Wasteland Edition ( Recommended )
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4472/?

Fallout 4 Seasons Project
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/5810/?

Building Mods

Fix Home Plate Floor
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6469/?

Craftable Elevators
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6053/?

Craftable Ramps and Rails
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6155/?

Stackable Concrete Foundations
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6362/?

Working Food Planters
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1490/?

Craftable Animated Bridges
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6343/?

People Textures

The Eyes Of Beauty Fallout Edition
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/133/?

Caliente's Beautiful Bodies Enhancer -CBBE
(ADULT not linked)

My Piper and Curie and Cait
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6444/?

Music/Sound

Christmas tunes songs
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2368/?

Cheats

Easy Hacking
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/266/?

Base Building Tutorials

Mod Install Instructions

Install Guide
http://wiki.nexusmods.com/index.php/Fallout_4_Mod_Installation

Fallout4.ini

[Archive]
bInvalidateOlderFiles=1

Fallout4Prefs.ini

[Launcher]
uLastAspectRatio=1
bEnableFileSelection=1

Fallout4Custom.ini

[Archive]
sResourceDataDirsFinal=
bInvalidateOlderFiles=1

(Deleted due to Long Load Times)

1.
To have the game read loose files you need to change a line in the Fallout4.ini
(You don't need to do this step if you already done so with another animation mod)
- Located here:
...\Documents\My Games\Fallout4
- Find this line:
sResourceDataDirsFinal=STRINGS\
- Change it, as it looks below.
sResourceDataDirsFinal=STRINGS\, TEXTURES\, MUSIC\, SOUND\, INTERFACE\, MESHES\, PROGRAMS\, MATERIALS\, LODSETTINGS\, VIS\, MISC\, SCRIPTS\, SHADERSFX\, VIDEO\
.

Using the latest Beth patch has broken all MODS - removed from plugin.txt , see below how to fix this

Make sure you are using the very latest NMM ( Nexus Mod Manager )

Make sure that all the mods ESPS are ticked and selected under Plugins

Launch the game via Fallout4.exe or through NMM, at least until SKSE is available

Never load the game with the Fallout 4 Launcher if you've installed mods!!

Neil79 · 22 Nov 2015 at 15:20

Thanks all, keep them coming

Neil79 · 22 Nov 2015 at 21:52

ThaReaperGuy said:
Ohhhh, didn't see this thread go up!

We need another collaboration!

Agreed! Oh and FPS Dynamic Shadows already listed

Neil79 · 22 Nov 2015 at 23:59

ThaReaperGuy said:
Super tired today, I scanned the list twice thinking it would already be posted and never saw it, doh!

3..2..1.. and you're back in the room

Neil79 · 23 Nov 2015 at 10:14

Amraam said:
-Calibrate your FOV. You need to know screen size and the distance you sit. Incorrect FOV is the main culprit for motion sickness in games.
-Turn off mouse acceleration
-Disable in game VSync (it gives an awful input lag)
-Turn of motion blur

Yep then clamp the frame rates in software such as MSI Afterburner, 70FPS is a good number due to the Terminal frame rate issue

Neil79 · 23 Nov 2015 at 15:09

BubbySoup said:
I am using this reshade, really liking it;

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1230/?

Added to op

Neil79 · 23 Nov 2015 at 15:12

mrbios said:
I've found it's anything over 105fps that causes the lockpicking, terminal etc. issues. I cap mine at 100 to be safe, but haven't had a single issue or bizarre physics event since doing that.

Nope with me anything over 70 causes an issue, it happened within about 5 hours of play

Neil79 · 23 Nov 2015 at 22:02

Improved Map with Visible Roads
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1215/?

Neil79 · 24 Nov 2015 at 10:06

Settlement Supplies Expanded (SSEx)
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1145/?

Op edited, ^ also this was added

Neil79 · 24 Nov 2015 at 10:39

Neil79 · 24 Nov 2015 at 21:24

UBER Fidelity Suite screenshots + Pip Boy 2k + Mipmap Increase

VERY LARGE SCREENSHOTS

Neil79 · 25 Nov 2015 at 14:56

Nice man

Neil79 · 25 Nov 2015 at 18:06

Amraam said:
I like the colours and style but it's too sharp. Just looks like HD movie pixelly-ness to me

Over sharpness to the image only, if you don't sharpen it, it looks awful due to JPG compression

Neil79 · 25 Nov 2015 at 18:08

More High Res images! ( Over sharpened in image processing only ) - In game it looks awesome!

Neil79 · 25 Nov 2015 at 21:02

Shadows

Resolution - 2098
Draw Distance - 3000.00
God Rays - 1

You'll not notice those being higher, for the sake of performance. Use my settings

Neil79 · 25 Nov 2015 at 21:37

Removed - Lowered Weapons
~~http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/522/?~~

If you've got a BIG gun it can get in the way, especially stuff that's on the floor

Neil79 · 26 Nov 2015 at 00:30

Draeger said:
Can't say I've noticed it getting in the way much as yet. And I've got some rather big guns.

Might be my fov of 98

Anyway as for the other mods mentioned, i'll put them in later after testing.

open your pipboy and type FOV 80 in console, then type REFRESHINI

Neil79 · 26 Nov 2015 at 01:23

BaDBoY_uK said:
Wow... downloading

Also make sure you do this after installing/unpacking

Go into the Reshade Folder, Open Sweetfx.cfg with notepad, scroll until you see **BORDER** near the bottom and change #define USE_BORDER 1 to #define USE_BORDER 0

And........ If it's not sharp enough in game for you, LumaSharpen levels can be adjusted in the same file

Neil79 · 26 Nov 2015 at 09:35

BaDBoY_uK said:
Nice, thanks. Silly question so forgive me - do I need to remove ENB before I use this? I guess so...

Uhh not sure, most ENB/Reshaders you can just overwrite... If it doesn't work, then yes remove the previous ENB

Neil79 · 26 Nov 2015 at 15:29

Realistic Lights
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2139

added

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