New on PC, newbie on Mods : Fallout: New Vegas

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:39 pm

Soo, after years of struggling with sub-par PS3 versions of FO3 and FNV, I'm now in the PC boat, too.

As of Feb10, when the UE hits the shelves, I want to be enjoying a vastly improved FNV experience.
So I browsed the Nexus and this Sub-Forum a bit in advance and put below listed mods on my list.

Mod Management

Fallout Mod Manager
Fallout Script Extender
Mod Configuration Menu

Bug Fixes - Gameplay tweaks

FOOK
MTUI
Active Wasteland
The Weapon Mod Menu

Visual enhancements

F3NV Reality Mk I
Electro City
Detailed Normals - Texture Pack
New Vegas Re-animated

Content enhancements

FV Interiors
Goodsprings Farmhouse
Goodsprings Filler
NV Bounties I+II
Deimos
Tales from the Burning Sands
　
Did I miss something crucial?
What I'm not looking for, are armor and weapon mods, since I'm more than fine with what the Original Game and its DLCs are offering already(Hope, I can disable the crapload of items that come FOOK, too) .
In addition, all that mod equipment is usually way too overpowered.
I've seen some videos of World of Pain and was pretty put off by what they were throwing at you from the start. Do not want.
But any hints for good quest mods or new interiors that are balanced and not in my list yet and don't come with some 800000dps weapons, or +60DT armor or fancy mumbo jumbo "Advanced Recon" equipment, are appreciated.
Another thing, are these mods usually demanding, performancewise?
My new Laptop should run FNV ar pretty decent settings (i7 2670qm + 6770m 2GB), while not bringing me into the realms of carefreeness.

» Thu May 03, 2012 12:55 am

Did I miss something crucial?

http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=40040

For quest mods, my personal favorite is http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=37172. Also check out http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=43411.

Even if you're not interested in new weapons, I highly recommend http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=39651 and http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=44515 to greatly improve the weapon modding system.

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:30 am

http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=40040

For quest mods, my personal favorite is http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=37172. Also check out http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=43411.

Even if you're not interested in new weapons, I highly recommend http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=39651 and http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=44515 to greatly improve the weapon modding system.

how well does PN play with FOOK?

» Thu May 03, 2012 8:20 am

how well does PN play with FOOK?

Haven't tried it myself, here is what the FOOK page says:

About Project Nevada:
* Remember that Project Nevada is split up into different modules.
* Project Nevada Core and Cyberware modules are compatible with FOOK (and any other mod).
* As for the Equipment module, there's a lot of overlap between the two, so just pick one or you will end up with a lot of duplicate weapons.
* Rebalance module should also be compatible with FOOK, since most settings can be set to 'Vanilla' which will stop PN from changing the settings and other mods can alter them instead.

» Thu May 03, 2012 6:16 am

You may want to get some of the mods that fix things left out by the patches as well as remove some of the invisible walls. There are also ones that make weapons from one dlc work with perks from another.