Good Mods? : Fallout 3

» Tue May 17, 2011 11:30 am

So, so far I've been playing almost-vanilla. The only mod I use is a little patch the fixes a couple things. I want to do another play through, and I want to know what good mods there are. It doesn't matter what as long as it's fun and well done.

Also, if this matters, I have every DLC.

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:55 am

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8682
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1770

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:29 am

If you disregard a few of the quest mods, I personally like very much the mods listed below.

gothemasticator

Spoiler

Active Mod Files:
00 Fallout3.esm
01 Project Beauty HD version.esm
02 CRAFT.esm
03 CALIBR.esm [Version 1.3]
04 ArefuExpandedByAzar.esm
05 DCInteriors_ComboEdition.esm
06 FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm
07 Mart's Mutant Mod.esm
08 CubeExperimental (EN).esm
09 NewCairo.esm
0A StreetLights.esm
0B DarNifiedUIF3.esp
0C FireLightFix.esp
0D megalight.esp
0E Flashlight.esp
++ Fellout-pipboylight.esp
0F BatteriesPlusV1_2.esp
10 StreetLights - Wasteland.esp
11 CASM.esp
12 MoreMapMarkers.esp
13 CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp
14 GalaxyNewsRadio100[M].esp
15 RadioBlues.esp
16 ADecentHouse1.1.esp
17 A Little Mutant Problem.esp
18 AmbrosiaBells.esp
19 AReasonedArgument.esp
1A ArefuExpandedByAzar-Radio.esp
1B BabyDeathclawCommander.esp
1C Bonds Bigtown w Merchant.esp
1D Bonds Tenpenny Exterior.esp
1E CEI - CaesarrulezExcessiveInteriorsEN.esp
1F Darkness.esp
20 Devoured in Darkness.esp
21 GarbageMountain.esp
22 Gifts4Kids.esp
23 HeirApparent.esp
24 IntoTheDeepWoods.esp
25 lamplight secrets.esp
26 MegatonContracts.esp [Version 1.7]
27 Mole Rat Maze.esp
28 MegatonBasemant.esp
29 MS11fix.esp
2A Magnexus.esp
2B NotSoFast.esp
2C rockville.esp
2D Vault88_TmFox.esp
2E Treasure Maps_Underground.esp
2F Treasure Maps_Secrets of the Wasteland.esp
30 Treasure Maps_Bobblehead Edition.esp
31 Treasure Maps_A Fist Full of Caps.esp
32 Rivet City Realignment.esp
33 FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp
++ FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty.esp
34 FO3 Wanderers Edition - Alternate Travel.esp
35 FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced.esp
36 FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers.esp
++ FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Worn Weapons.esp
37 FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Free Play After MQ.esp
++ FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty (HD Addition).esp
++ FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty (Followers Enhanced).esp
++ Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty + FWE.esp
++ Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty (HD Addition).esp
38 WeaponModKits.esp
39 WeaponModKits - FWE Master Release.esp
++ WeaponModKits - FWE Optional Worn Weapons.esp
3A Mart's Mutant Mod.esp
++ Mart's Mutant Mod - No Corpse Flies.esp
3B Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp
3C Greenerworld.esp
3D Fellout-Full.esp [Version 1.1.18]
3E Level 2 Some More Color.esp
3F SunGlassesFX.esp
40 NoLockTopic.esp
++ Choose your own hairstyle (load this last on FOMM).esp
41 Bashed Patch, 0.esp

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:54 pm

One mod a lot of people leave out is http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3729

Turn off all the autosaves in the game and just use this. It has saved me hours of backtracking due to forgetting to save AND doesn't rely on the buggy autosave code.

You also need http://fose.silverlock.org/ to make it work. FOSE is good to get anyway as some of the best mods rely on it.

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:14 am

Mandatory (for me) would be these:

Unofficial Patches (for game and DLCs)
CASM
DarnUI - as per Oblivion
ART *or* FWE - hm, (very) roughly equivalent to "TIE *or* OOO" for Oblivion...?
Possibly some other realism mods too... (like RKR, which i forgot to list first time 'round).
EVE
No Comments About blah, etc. (enough to cover the bases) - as per Oblivion
Dialogue Tweaks
An appearance overhaul or two of choice (e.g., Project Beauty HD)
4Aces (the lot @ HD)
Other graphics replacers, most just retex
Sound replacers / overhauls, to taste
DLC Refurbish (all)
More (and better) music and more (possibly better) radio music - this is mostly trivially easy to do yourself

... That probably covers the basics (for me, anyway). Though MMM is also quite fun, now I think of it.

edit: Oh, and a weather overhaul (e.g., Fellout) is essential.

» Tue May 17, 2011 5:33 am

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8843 Saved the remainder of my sanity.

I also highly recommend http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1745, http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8915, http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=659, DarN UI, and Puce Moose's quest mods.

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:35 am

So, so far I've been playing almost-vanilla. The only mod I use is a little patch the fixes a couple things. I want to do another play through, and I want to know what good mods there are. It doesn't matter what as long as it's fun and well done.

Also, if this matters, I have every DLC.

What kind of game experiance are you looking for? That would make a difference on what mods you'd want to get.
A couple of my favorites are: FO3 Wanderes Edition and Mart's Mutant Mod. FO3 Wanderes Edition can make the game tougher to play. No more soaking up damage, mowing down your enemies, and useing a couple dozen stimpacks when your in combat. Stimpacks heal over time and are harder to come by. So basically this mod makes you actually have to use a degree of tactics while fighting. Weapons also do more damage and you dont have as much health on top of that. I've actually had to get companions to help me out in certain areas where before I'd mow everthing down with ease. FO3 Wanderers Edition also comes with "bullet time", if you dont want to use VATS use this. It slows the action down for a short time depending on your current action points. There have been a few situations where VATS wouldnt have saved me, but "bullet time" made the combat survivable. Really too much to list here, check it out on nexus. Mart's Mutant Mod works great with it as well. MMM add some creatures that fit in the fallout universe nicely and gives you several other options as well.

If you use any of the larger well known mods you should look at getting Fallout Interoperability Program - FOIP as well. This will help the mods work together correctly.

A few other mods I like: RR Companion Vault (this can be overpowered, I just ignore one of the vendors and it's fine), RR Refurbished (upgrades the vault), Black Wolf Backpack (when you want to carry a bit extra), sunglasses collection, Pipboy Readius (hand held pipboy), Responsive Kill Reactions, just added this last one. Basically if there is a witness to someone dropping dead the npc's start looking around for the person who shot thier friend. Seems to work so far. And a slew of companion mods, they've become like Pokemon, gotta collect them all

» Tue May 17, 2011 10:03 am

I can't believe that no one has mentioned http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1056342-mezs-gameplay-and-immersion-mod-list/, lots of good ideas there.

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:22 pm

Thanks everyone, I'll definitely be trying some of these out.

» Tue May 17, 2011 5:35 am

a completely 100% requirement for ANYONE in the world of using mods is ENCLAVE COMMANDER!!! http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1410

get the FOSE at: http://fose.silverlock.org/

enjoy!

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:45 am

a completely 100% requirement for ANYONE in the world of using mods is ENCLAVE COMMANDER!!! http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1410

Convince me why I must have this mod in my load order as a 100% requirement.

» Tue May 17, 2011 4:37 am

Convince me why I must have this mod in my load order as a 100% requirement.

It helps when RPing a member of one of the big factions, namely the Enclave or the Brotherhood.
I recommend version 0.8 since it's not too visible. Use when you use and ignore otherwise.

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:34 pm

.....and when not RPing as a member of the big factions? I can see it useful for maybe The Eagle Has Landed when I try that out, but playing as someone who sides with only himself, I don't see this as a must have.

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:00 am

Well, you might like http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=12776

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:39 am

Convince me why I must have this mod in my load order as a 100% requirement.

because in 0.9 you have all sorts of stuff including a verti interior i think..

but it makes you feel like you are more in control of the battle field.. and if you have broken steel.. a certain quest would be a hell of a lot harder to get slaughtered within 5 mins of goin there if you use the highest difficulty.. but if you use god mode.. dont bother with Enclave Commander...

as for being a loner.. you can allways use the vertibird for fast travel..

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:14 pm

Here's a good list of FO3 mods:

http://cafeinitaprodigo.com/fo3/index_en.php

» Tue May 17, 2011 4:49 am

.....and when not RPing as a member of the big factions? I can see it useful for maybe The Eagle Has Landed when I try that out, but playing as someone who sides with only himself, I don't see this as a must have.

You'd probably live longer in your videos if you used Enclave Commander.... :foodndrink:

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:29 pm

Here's a good list of FO3 mods:

http://cafeinitaprodigo.com/fo3/index_en.php

Good link - thanks!

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:16 am

I've got one in linked in my sig that lets you drive Liberty Prime. It almost fits with the lore, too. More of a fun novelty than a must have, though, since its so ludicrously overpowered.

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:35 am

Here's a good list of FO3 mods:

http://cafeinitaprodigo.com/fo3/index_en.php

Good link - thanks!

Going to second that "Good link - thanks!" ....... Good link, thanks!

That has about 90% of the mods I'm running currently or want to run.

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:49 am

I was quite surprised when I found this list with a google search, very useful and interesting selections of mods.
As a side note, I've started a little blog where I'm listing the mods I'm using (or have used) by category, each with a short description and download links. Not for the absolute beginner as I don't intend to write tutorials over there but I'm trying to create a useful reference for peoples looking to improve their game in a tested and stable way. Link is in my sig.

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:42 am

http://amito.freehostia.com/Fallout/FO-mods.htm maintains a very helpful mod link page.

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:57 am

You'd probably live longer in your videos if you used Enclave Commander.... :foodndrink:

lol, it's just not what I want with this current character. It's hard to play the small band of vigilantes when you have vertibirds and a group of power armored soldiers following you