**** Official Fallout 4 MODS Thread ****

[Amraam]

Looks like the first beta ENB (not just ENBoost) is out for F4 now:

ENB v0.287 Beta - http://enbdev.com/download_mod_fallout4.htm

 

[MooMoo444]

Good news, having to play last night with junk weight on again, I was quickly reminded why I installed the mod in the first place.

I get that sometimes it can be frustrating to be 'encumbered' but where is the fun in items having no weight? It quickly moves from having to choose wisely to what you carry to just clicking on everything. Pick up all the things!

 

[uncle_rufus]

Indeed I don't understand why a lot of people seem to want to mod so much of the gameplay out... (of course everyone has a right to play the game they want to, but) getting rid of the carry weight, the lockpicking and hacking minigames, using cheats to give themselves 1000s of every junk item and ammo etc....

What exactly of the game is left once you do that? There certainly aren't much in the way of RPG elements so if you take away your incentive to loot things for crafting etc. that leaves shooting, shooting, shooting (which frankly even the vanilla game won't let you stop doing for more than a few seconds as it is!)

 

[TheF34RChannel]

This one: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2481/?

NMM doesn't need to be running in the background but you need to install the mod through it prior to running the game.

Thanks mate, will give it a go tonight!

 

[TheSwede]

It seems there been a small change in as to what one have to do when modding the game now. According to this posting at Nexus: ArchiveInvalidation by InsanePlumber one no longer need to have the following, and posted in Spoiler so not to take up to much space:

Spoiler

ArchiveInvalidation

There is no need to add:

, TEXTURES\, MUSIC\, SOUND\, INTERFACE\, MESHES\, PROGRAMS\, MATERIALS\, LODSETTINGS\, VIS\, MISC\, SCRIPTS\, SHADERSFX\, VIDEO\

to:

[Archive]
sResourceDataDirsFinal=STRINGS\

Instead of the above changes,

Edit Fallout4.ini

...\My Games\Fallout4\Fallout4.ini

In Section

[Archive]

Create new variable

bInvalidateOlderFiles=1

Variable "sResourceDataDirsFinal" It must be set to:

sResourceDataDirsFinal=

This allows you to place anything as "Loose Files" in ...Data\
Now all SWF files work without a problem, even font swapping is not a problem now.
Meshes, Tekstures, Strings, etc...
And most importantly loading time decreases drastically compared to the "old" method.
If you are using a large amount of "Loose Files".

Gopher has also been trying this out, can be shown here: FALLOUT 4: Enabling Modding for PC (UPDATED)

If you using the Fallout4 Config Tool there will already be some code in the Fallout4Custom.ini file, incase you wondering.

If everyone already aware of this then you could awlays confirm it working 110% !

 

[chroniclard]

Indeed I don't understand why a lot of people seem to want to mod so much of the gameplay out... (of course everyone has a right to play the game they want to, but) getting rid of the carry weight, the lockpicking and hacking minigames, using cheats to give themselves 1000s of every junk item and ammo etc....

What exactly of the game is left once you do that? There certainly aren't much in the way of RPG elements so if you take away your incentive to loot things for crafting etc. that leaves shooting, shooting, shooting (which frankly even the vanilla game won't let you stop doing for more than a few seconds as it is!)

I use the carry weight mod to give myself 10000 capacity. It gets very tedious not being able to loot things and constantly having to manage inventory. Not helped by the exceedingly poor inventory management.

 

[Amraam]

Indeed I don't understand why a lot of people seem to want to mod so much of the gameplay out... (of course everyone has a right to play the game they want to, but) getting rid of the carry weight, the lockpicking and hacking minigames, using cheats to give themselves 1000s of every junk item and ammo etc....

What exactly of the game is left once you do that? There certainly aren't much in the way of RPG elements so if you take away your incentive to loot things for crafting etc. that leaves shooting, shooting, shooting (which frankly even the vanilla game won't let you stop doing for more than a few seconds as it is!)

Personally, I think it's because people have taken to settlement building more than they expected. The amount of junk one would pick up is probably enough for the odd house here and there, but people are building huge communities. Some, including me, are using mods to have larger settlement budgets, so it quickly becomes very tedious going around searching for phones and cans to scrap.

My treehouse bar/club is almost open for business

 

[Haggisman]

Found a really handy mod which allows full rotation of settlement (and all other) objects - well, it's not really a mod, it's an autohotkey script which uses console commands to manipulate the objects:

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2516/?

You can use it to create roof mounted turrets etc, here's a quick video of one of my settlements

 

[Amraam]

Can you build bridges or do I need a settlement extender mod for that?

 

[TheSwede]

Another mod that enhances the look of the game slightly. I only tried it briefly in normal mode, has 2 other modes as well, not tried those though.

Fallout 4 Enhanced Color Correction by ChaosWWW
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/5060/?

Just download and install like any other mod, no fiddling about with presets or shaders etc. It's not a huge difference, but from the brief test run I did and looking at the comparison YouTube video it should be noticeable, especially during nights. Going to be using it and see how it works out though. Added couple comparison pictures in the spoiler if of interest.

Spoiler

Normal Game:


F4ECC Normal Mode:


Normal Game:


F4ECC Normal Mode:

I also wondering if anyone used this mod:

Longer Area Respawn by Puma
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1371/?

Or similar mod, because got to be honest the respawn time is bit to fast, clearing an area and then coming back a day later and they all back is a tad to much. So thinking using the above but just wondering about others opinions of such a mod ??

 

[Neil79]

UPDATE :

Apparently doing this

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\

Causes long load times, so I'm going to try with just sResourceDataDirsFinal=STRINGS\

 

[Devious]

Installed quite a few mods over the weekend, mainly cosmetic and inventory sorting mods and now my aim in V.A.T.S is terrible . The joys of modding!

 

[Vimes]

UPDATE :

Apparently doing this

1.


Causes long load times, so I'm going to try with just sResourceDataDirsFinal=STRINGS\

since the last patch all you need to do is.....

You will need to add the following lines to the Fallout4Prefs.ini file below the section marked [Launcher]:

bEnableFileSelection=1

You will need to add the following line in Fallout4Custom.ini:

[Archive]
bInvalidateOlderFiles=1
sResourceDataDirsFinal=

 

[Neil79]

Already added

 

[Neil79]

edit

 

[TheSwede]

Saw this mod yesterday and thought I post it here incase you missed it, since some of you like Visual mods. Once G.E.C.K is around I think it be even better, since the mod author then could make it so the seasons changes automatically. Now you got to change them manually, well, for now Fall and Winter Seasons at least, he still working out a few textures on the Spring and Summer Seasons. But might be worth tracking this mod if nothing else, think I wait until G.E.C.K is out and he can make some suggested changes from the Comments to make the mod even better then.

Fallout 4 Seasons Project - Fall - Winter - Spring - Summer by GameDuchess
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/5810/?

 

[Amraam]

UPDATE :

Apparently doing this

1.


Causes long load times, so I'm going to try with just sResourceDataDirsFinal=STRINGS\

Doing so will only allow the game to read files in the Strings folder though. Your best bet is to do this:

You will need to add the following lines to the Fallout4Prefs.ini file below the section marked [Launcher]:

bEnableFileSelection=1

You will need to add the following line in Fallout4Custom.ini:

[Archive]
bInvalidateOlderFiles=1
sResourceDataDirsFinal=

 

[Daytrader]

Saw this mod yesterday and thought I post it here incase you missed it, since some of you like Visual mods. Once G.E.C.K is around I think it be even better, since the mod author then could make it so the seasons changes automatically. Now you got to change them manually, well, for now Fall and Winter Seasons at least, he still working out a few textures on the Spring and Summer Seasons. But might be worth tracking this mod if nothing else, think I wait until G.E.C.K is out and he can make some suggested changes from the Comments to make the mod even better then.

Fallout 4 Seasons Project - Fall - Winter - Spring - Summer by GameDuchess
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/5810/?

You mean to say that vanilla fallout 4 does not come with changing seasons in game ?

 

[Neil79]

Doing so will only allow the game to read files in the Strings folder though. Your best bet is to do this:

Please read the op, everything has already been added

 

[TheSwede]

You mean to say that vanilla fallout 4 does not come with changing seasons in game ?

If it has I not seen a single ********* in the game yet. Might have missed that though.
Considering it is 200+ since the nuclear war the weather should more or less come back to normal-ish conditions, as in snow, more lush trees and vegetations.