Question About Modlist : Fallout: New Vegas

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:56 pm

Hi everyone,

As I am completely new to Fallout: New Vegas I have some questions about mods. There are some mods which I′d like to play with, but I have no idea if they work fine with each other. You would do me a huge favor if you help me sorting the incopatible mods out.

Here is my wishlist:

Performance:

New Vegas Stutter Remover (4.1.30)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=34832

Fallout New Vegas 4GB (1.2)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=35262

Big Mods:

Project Nevada (2.4)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=40040

FOOK (1.0)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=34684

A World Of Pain (4.0)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=38719

Increased Wasteland Spawns (1.99)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=38623

Weapon Mods Expanded - WMX (1.1.1)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=39651

Warzones
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=40980

Mission Mojave – Fixing up New Vegas
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=45104

NPC Project - Freeside
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=44684

Small Mods:

Willow - A Better Companion Experience (97.2)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=41779

Wendy Gilbert Companion (1.0)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=43247

Run The Lucky 38 (3.0 8. Januar 2012)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=40531

New Vegas Bounties I (1.2 update 2)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=37310

New Vegas Bounties II (1.1)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=41184

Unlimited Companions (1.01)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=34870

Easy Unlocking - Easy Hacking (26.8.2011)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=34829

Companion Behavior Overhaul for Fallout: New Vegas (1.0.1)
http://www.nuclear-modding.de/index.php/component/remository/Downloads/CBO-Vegas/CBO-Vegas

Max Level 100 (19.2.1011)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=39906

Skill Based Perks (8.11.2010)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=35043

Elijahs Last Words fix
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=44929

The Weapon Mod Menu
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=44515

Necessarry support tools:

Fallout Mod Manager (3.7.2011)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=36901

New Vegas Script Extender (NVSE) (v2 beta12)
http://nvse.silverlock.org/

The Mod Configuration Menu (MCM) (1.2)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=42507

Wrye Flash (14.4)
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=35003

P.S.: I will buy New Vegas UE as soon as it is released...

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:22 am

The general rule-of-thumb is to only run one large overhaul mod at a time. Always read the documentation as authors will often update them to record incompatibilities both noted by them during development and by the community as they have played it.

There is actually this in the documentation for FOOK regarding Project Nevada:

Spoiler

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.

I'd also like to suggest http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=44204 as it aims to compile all the community-made fixes into one mod, along with other modifications that expand on the gameplay mechanics already present in the game.

I recommend playing through the vanilla game first if you haven't already, to see what you do and don't like. You can use mods that don't change the base game to improve you experience should you choose to do this. Such mods that are recommended to run on top of the vanilla game are NVSE, NVSR, NVEC, and Mission Mojave.

I also recommend when you start installing mods to do so one at a time and test after each installation. This way if any problem pops up you'll know what mod introduced it. This is especially important when installing large overhauls. Make sure the overhaul is working before adding anything else to it.

» Thu May 03, 2012 8:22 am

Thank you very much!
That helps a lot...