Hey I only just recently got my copy of new vegas. and having had morrowind , oblivion and fallout 3 I usually use about 5-10 mods.
Which mods would you all reccomend?
I used some kind of overhaul mod for oblivion so that the enemies dont level up with you forever. but also makes it challenging by keeping some fixed at high levels regardless of your level. I also got a lot of cosmetic plugins. like enhanced textures. and just purely asthetic plugins like a quiver which shows diminishing arrows on oblivion. Also lets not forget the fallout 3 mod to fix it so you could actually reach max skills in all attributes (i assume you cannot reach max skills in new vegas)

bearing all this in mind. what mods would be reccomended for someone like me ? consider the fact i will be collecting all skill books anyway. so i would be happy with being able to level up far enough that skill books can reach the rest of the way

omg someone reply lol.

Look at the nexxus top 100 list. The mod library of fnv is considerably smaller though.

where are these places.

Off the top of my head:

Project Nevada, Nevada Skies, NMC texture pack or Ojo/Poco Bueno texture packs (or both), Vurt's Wasteland Flora Overhaul, New Vegas Restoration, Freeside Restoration, Immersive HUD, Adjustable HUD, Unified HUD, Imaginator, Lumenarium, Custom Lighting Overlay (if the URWLified version of Nevada Skies is too saturated), Electro-City, Cinematech, Interior Lighting Overhaul, FOOK, Weapon Mods Expanded (or Weapon Mod Expansion, two similar mods), New Vegas Interiors, Enhanced Shaders, Essential Visual Enhancement, Weapon Animation Replacers, New Vegas Reanimated, Improved Sound FX, Enhanced Blood, Operation Fixed Terrain, NV Error Corrections, Better Game Performance, Darn's UI or MTUI (or both), New Vegas Script Extender, 4GB Enabler, Mod Configuration Menu (used by many mods for ingame configuration), Fallout Mod Manager (aka FOMM, used for easy installation of mods) and a few smaller tweaks like Quicker Pip-Boy Light, Immersive Karma (silences those annoying karma sfx), More Perks and Traits, and Better Tag Skills (to be more in line with classic Fallout tagging.) And my own mod Mojave Nights, of course.

That's what I've been playing with (plus a few others to fit my tastes, mainly realistic weapon damage and armor stats.) A heck of a lot to put in, but it's not as bad as it may seem and the results are well worth it.

You can find all these mods and more at the http://www.newvegasnexus.com site - the Nexus is the de facto place to upload and download all mods for Bethesda's games.

no levelling mods?

Actually, level scaling in New Vegas isn't such an issue as it was in Oblivion, if it's even there at all - I think some enemies do level up (like Super Mutants becoming Masters) but there are places that have deathclaws from lvl 1 and others that will only ever have lvl 1 radscorpions, etc. I've not seen or heard mention of a mod like Fran's or OOO for New Vegas (maybe Project Nevada, not sure) but having just finished a lengthy playthrough from start to finish I can say that for me it was no problem at all.

With the release of Fallout 3,Bethesda Game Studios "fixed" the terrible Oblivion style levelling Obsidian learned the lesson and so There is no need to worry about the enemy level scaling,it applies just to some monsters like Super Mutants

That's cool then. I always choose a thief kind of character because I like to explore every secret, less points go on combat, so if they did scale with me things like dogs would probably pwn me : P thanks guys.

http://www.newvegasnexus.com/index.php

FOR mods

Reccomended ones: (only major, there are a LOT of smaller ones that are good)

FOOK
EVE
Project Nevada
NMC textures
Nevada Skies
Electro City
Underground Hideout

Also, you'll need NVSE which you can download from http://nvse.silverlock.org/

what do i download for project nevada?
http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=42363#content
its all this? so many files. which one?

Those are just the additional patches if you use any of those mods: EVE, WMX, WME, or the official DLC. The main Project Nevada file you need is http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=40040

just basically how much of a fast system for improved textures?

Improved textures generally just demand more RAM and (ideally) a faster hard drive. Other parts of the computer don't matter in a meaningful way for larger textures.

Queue

hi. been installing some of the mods. its more complicated than i thought.. so many optional files. for example the choice to install the "loose files" or "no loose files" with absolutely no explanation of what that is :s
check this out

Better Oblivion Sorting Software Log
? Random007 & the BOSS development team, 2009-2011. Some rights reserved.
CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0
v1.8 (July 6, 2011)
Use Dark Colour SchemeHide Rule WarningsHide Version NumbersHide 'Ghosted' LabelHide ChecksumsHide Messageless ModsHide Ghosted ModsHide All Mod MessagesHide NotesHide Bash Tag SuggestionsHide RequirementsHide Incompatibilities
?Masterlist Update
masterlist.txt is already at the latest version. Update aborted.
?Summary
No change in recognised mod list since last run.

Mods sorted by your userlist are counted as recognised, not unrecognised, plugins.

Number of recognised plugins: 36 Number of warning messages: 0
Number of unrecognised plugins: 2 Number of error messages: 0
Number of ghosted plugins: 0 Total number of messages: 38
Total number of plugins: 38
?Userlist Messages
No valid rules were found in your userlist.txt.
?Recognised And Re-ordered Plugins
FalloutNV.esm
Note: Masterlist Revision: 3454 (Nov 6 , 2011)
DeadMoney.esm
Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Deflst}}
HonestHearts.esm
OldWorldBlues.esm
LonesomeRoad.esm
ClassicPack.esm
MercenaryPack.esm
TribalPack.esm
CaravanPack.esm
FOOK - New Vegas.esm
Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Deflst, Delev, Graphics, Names, Relev, Sound, Stats, Scripts}}
FOOK - New Vegas DLCs.esm
Requires: DeadMoney.esm and HonestHearts.esm
NSkies URWLified.esm
Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: C.Climate, C.Light}}
Note: Choose only one of NSkies - Vanilla Edition.esm and NSkies URWLified.esm, not both
Project Nevada - Core.esm
Requires: New Vegas Script Extender
Project Nevada - Equipment.esm
Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Delev, Invent}}
Requires: New Vegas Script Extender and Project Nevada - Core.esm
aHUD.esm
Requires: New Vegas Script Extender
iHUD.esm
Requires: New Vegas Script Extender
The Mod Configuration Menu.esp
FOOK - New Vegas.esp
Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Deflst, Delev, Graphics, Names, Relev, Sound, Stats, Scripts}}
FOOK - New Vegas DLCs.esp
Requires: DeadMoney.esm and HonestHearts.esm
Project Nevada - Cyberware.esp
Requires: Project Nevada - Core.esm
Project Nevada - Dead Money.esp
Requires: DeadMoney.esm and Project Nevada - Core.esm
Incompatible with: Project Nevada - Dead Money + Honest Heart Patch.esp and Project Nevada - Dead Money SF + Honest Hearts Patch.esp
Project Nevada - Honest Hearts.esp
Requires: HonestHearts.esm and Project Nevada - Core.esm
Incompatible with: Project Nevada - Dead Money + Honest Heart Patch.esp and Project Nevada - Dead Money SF + Honest Hearts Patch.esp
Project Nevada - Old World Blues.esp
Requires: OldWorldBlues.esm and Project Nevada - Core.esm
Note: Choose only one of Project Nevada - Old World Blues.esp and Project Nevada - Old World Blues (No Cyberware).esp, not both
Project Nevada - Rebalance.esp
Requires: Project Nevada - Core.esm
LUMENARIUM - Working Sunglasses ONLY.esp
Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Names}}
LUMENARIUMandELECTROCITY - Nevada Skies Replacer.esp
Incompatible with: Nevada Skies.esp, Nevada Skies - URWLified.esp, Nevada Skies - URWLHH.esp, and LUMENARIUMandELECTROCITY - Nevada Skies 061 Replacer.esp
Note: Outdated and no longer to be used.
NSkies URWLifiedOWB.esp
Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: C.Climate, C.Light}}
Requires: NSkies URWLified.esm
NSkies URWLifiedHH.esp
Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: C.Climate, C.Light}}
Requires: NSkies URWLified.esm
NSkies URWLifiedDM.esp
Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: C.Climate, C.Light}}
Requires: NSkies URWLified.esm
LUMENARIUM - Bright Clear Days.esp
Interior Lighting Overhaul-Realistic Interiors-Full.esp
Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: C.Light}}
ILO-RI-Dead Money.esp
Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: C.Light}}
Requires: DeadMoney.esm
ILO-RI-Honest Hearts.esp
Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: C.Light}}
Requires: HonestHearts.esm
ILO-RI-Old World Blues.esp
Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: C.Light}}
Requires: OldWorldBlues.esm
ILO-RI-PipBoy Light.esp
ELECTRO-CITY - Imaginator.esp
Incompatible with: ELECTRO-CITY - Emittance.esp
?Unrecognised Plugins
Reorder these by hand using your favourite mod ordering utility.

ILO-RI-Lonesome Road.esp
3rdPersonLeftFOOK.esp
Execution Complete

anyway fallout mod manager is saying there are 2 errors i guess. beats me

People need to STOP USING Error Corrections in conjunction with other mods. It is designed for vanilla and will DECREASE STABILITY not to mention just having a pretty bizarre premise.

Also if you've never played FNV, a vanilla run is definitely worth it. This isn't Fallout 3 where mods are required to have a decent time.

One last thing--don't blind install mods without reading the documentation provided... FOOK, for instance, explains what the loose files are and whether or not you should install them if you read the installation instruction.

Why?Are you sure of what are you saying?The author provide a patch for FOOK (and not only for it)

guys im not sure what your talking about, but i just like the sound of the mods (what they do) and i dont understand the log i got from BOSS . does anyone know?

Yeah I am sure.

what?!