Hey guys it's been over a year since I last played fallout 3 and I recently bought the goty edition. I'm going to start a new play through with all the official expansions in but I really want to mod my game out with more content now. I few things have already caught my eye, the moterbike mod for one but I'm just wondering are there any "essential mods" that'll really improve the game play and populate the world with more content. I'm not to worried about aesthetic mods, I can make anything I want in terms of costumes and weapons as I've been modding for Oblivion for a long time so my skills are transferable. But I really want the world to be a much fuller place with lots more missions and adventures to find so suggestions please.

Assuming you have finished the game vanilla first, you can try DarNified, MMM, FWE (Fallout Wanderers Edition), WMK (Weapon Mods Kits), Fellout, GNR: More Where That Came From. ETC. Where To find these wonderful mods?" OOOHH, OOOHH I know!!! http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/top/ :hehe:

Also try http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1056342-mezs-gameplay-and-immersion-mod-list/.

MMM, FWE, and EVE are the essentials for me. Look up the cube for an interesting qeust.

EDIT: >.< i got beaten to it.

You'd probably be interested in some of the mods linked in this thread:

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1099465-opening-boarded-up-houses-mod/

Unfortunately it seems that the links that were provided are broken so you'll probably have to search the mod names at the Fallout Nexus site.