Aylis Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) Update V 3.2.6 This is the sixth update to a complete rework of the guide. I'm (mostly) skipping 'Building' for now (have to look at it later) to get the more important parts in. As usual i try to reorganize the mods so they should be easier to find in the groups. I'll also add a few performance and bug-preventing mods. Mods to REMOVE Spoiler Textures Proper Flyers and Posters Might cause CTD Patches and Fixes Invisible Empty Bottles and Glass Objects Fix Got something better Ketaros Treasures Got replaced before More Functional Tank (Static Mesh Replacer) Redundant Radio Model Replacer Found a better one Patch for Far Harbor - Normal Dialogue Prompts Using XDI now Patch for Far Harbor - Full Dialogue Prompts Patch for Nuka World - Normal Dialogue Prompts Patch for Nuka World - Full Dialogue Prompts Scrappable pump arms no DLC Not needed anymore Working Postcard Display for Ketaros Treasures '' World and Quests Another Sanctuary Bridge Doesn't work with the guide. Bridge from Far Harbor to Longfellow's Cabin Outdated Better Goodneighbor Overcrowded and too many issues with other mods. F4AIO Better Goodneighbor PatchBetter Third Rail - Previsibines and Fixes Not needed anymore Scavenger's Apartment Too many dirty edits and we already have a free place to stay Door Fix for CC Neon Flats and Better Goodneighbor Not needed anymore Better Goodneighbor and Scavengers Appartment Patch '' Diamond City Plus Got some brown faces and no fix. Immersive Gunners Plaza Got some issues. Red Rocket Starter Will get reworked Revived Settlements - Oberland Station Got something better Somerville Homestead Not needed anymore Start-Me-Up - Starlight Drive-In Will get reworked Taffington Boathouse Renewal Not needed anymore Mods to ADD Spoiler F4SE Baka Max Papyrus Ops Base Object Swapper Foundation Subgroup: Fallout 4 HD Overhaul ↖️Optimization: Visuals Moved a few texture packs from Luxor in there. ↖️Optimization: Performance ↖️Optimax All in One Textures HD Chems Project - Buffout and RadX HD Chems Project - Jet and Xcell HD Chems Project - Psycho and MedX Building Better High Tech Lights Moved from 'Patches and Fixes' Furniture Repair Service '' Patches and Fixes CCC - Coffee and Donut Workshop - Fix and Overhaul Charismatic Wedding Ring Clean And Simple Weapon Collision Box Fix Clean And Simple Weapon Collision Box Fix - SRS Patch Fallout 4 AI Overhaul Fast Travel Background Load AI Detection Fix Gloomy Glass - All transparent materials revised HD Chems Project and Immersive Animation Framework Patch High FPS Physics Fix IKAROS - The Eyes of Beauty Fallout Edition Renamed the IKAROS patches to have them all together. IKAROS - BoS Female Knight Armor IKAROS - CROSS Courser Strigidae IKAROS - Institute Suit IKAROS - Obi's Sportwear IKAROS - Fusion Girl - RR Tekky Cat IKAROS - Vtaw Wardrobe 1 IKAROS - Vtaw Wardrobe 4 IKAROS - World Wide Mercenary Gear Pack Immersive PreWar Safe Loot Long Loading Times Fix Mesh Bounds Fix MGEF Condition Bug Fix Subgroup: CCC Start ↖️More Immersive Quest Start - Coffee and Donuts Workshop Pack ↖️More Immersive Quest Start - Prototype Gauss Rifle ↖️More Immersive Quest Start - Anti-materiel Rifle No Forced Auto Rotation and Backward Positioning NVIDIA Reflex Support Quest Tags - FIS Remove Hammering Retro Radio Replacer Roofsnap Settlers at Hairdressers - Idle Conversations Simple Offence Suppression World and Quests Rebuild - Shared Resources Goodneighbor Expanded Jagged's Third Rail Better The Third Rail (standard) - Audio Diamond City Supplements The Fens Sheriff's Department - Bleachers 2 The Fens Sheriff's Department - Bleachers 2 - Textures The Fens Sheriff's Dept - Vanilla DC Security Rebuild - Workshop Standalone Rebuild - Workshop Standalone - Auto Doors Patch Rebuild - AIO Rebuild - Longfellow's Bridge Synthetic Player Moved from 'Patches and Fixes'. Makes more sense here... Note 'World' and 'Quests and World' are now merged. I was never too happy with the old setup as you had to go through two groups when looking for something. With the new 'Rebuild' a lot has changed for settlements. Easier to clean up and you actually get the feeling of rebuilding them. The OA got more in Far Harbor, but i have to get there and test them first. Edited October 26, 2023 by Aylis Link to comment
Aylis Posted October 27, 2023 Author Share Posted October 27, 2023 (edited) Civilization returns... Spoiler Sanctuary One house... after another. Room... by... room. The screenshots were taken with the Optimax textures (1K). As long as you don't get too close they work fine. But close-up you can see the difference to Luxor's texture pack (like the fine grain in wooden textures). __________________________________________________ Got to check on the hunting rifle. Maybe it was just a glitch, but it looked 'exploded' in the hands of an NPC. On the ground, in the inventory and in use everything is fine. We'll see... Seems to have been a mistake. Several other hunting rifles have been fine. __________________________________________________ I'll be switching over to 'SIG MCX Virtus'. Less files to download and the weapon is good. The following mods are very good and will be added. Thanks for the suggestion. ? Bastion - A Power Armor Overhaul Bastion Armor - Penetration - Munitions Ammo Expansion Project (RobCo Patcher) Deadeye Deadeye - Munitions - RobCo Patch Direct Hit The OA got some other mods i'll check out too. __________________________________________________ Found a few bugs, working on solutions for them. Tank and APC working now (had a mismatch). Pipe guns fixed. Checking for problematic Previsibines. 3 of 5 checked (the last two are harder to find. I only remember the general area). __________________________________________________ Added a warning to 'Organized Vendors'. It sounded nice but can become a nightmare if you need to buy ressources. I'll add 'Subgroup: Enhanced Commonwealth'. Spoiler The mods here are optional. They will enhance the visuals but will cost some FPS. PAC - AIO A Forest A Forest - Pine Trees Redone Patch __________________________________________________ Fixed the marshmellow body for male NPC. Spoiler The Gunman Body for BodyTalk 3 The Gunman Body for BodyTalk 3 - Repplacer This looks way better now. 'PAC - AIO' works very nicely. I didn't notice any form of FPS hit, but i'll add it to 'Subgroup: Enhanced Commonwealth' to be on the safe side. Edited November 1, 2023 by Aylis 2 Link to comment
Aylis Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 Red Rocket is coming along. Spoiler In Boston Spoiler I was very hesitant to add all of the lighting mods for the city. They do work much better than i thought they would. Checking out Goodneighbor. Spoiler Last gen 2 Synth Spoiler Link to comment
Aylis Posted November 3, 2023 Author Share Posted November 3, 2023 (edited) The landscape should be fine now. I was running around for days now and couldn't find the last broken spots i prevously had.. LaM Railroad/FO4 got a problem with hats. Spoiler I'm working on a fix for that (or a work.around). 'Refined Railroad Clothing' should fix the railroad, but i want to see if i find something that fixes all issues with hats. __________________________________________________ O.o This bug seems to be in the game since 2016... And there seems to be no simple fix to download. The only useful thing i found was a tutorial how to fix the hair. Spoiler Got to see if i can create a patch for (some of ?) the hairstyles. _________________________________________________ Looking at the hair there seem to be some double entries (the mods overlap) and the ones that come with accessoires are problematic. So first i have to make some 'invisible' for the creation of the PC (i'll not remove them in case a mod needs the files). The replacer of the 'Synth Gen 2' with IKAROS doesn't work. Too bad... The 'Synth Power Armor' on the other hand is great (and the captured one shows up in the Railroad HQ). Spoiler Edited November 4, 2023 by Aylis 2 Link to comment
1001nights Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Don't we need Baka Framework for Base Object Swapper? 1 Link to comment
Aylis Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 11 hours ago, 1001nights said: Don't we need Baka Framework for Base Object Swapper? Oooops. I've been (accidently) playing without it. No issues so far... Anyway, thank you for the reminder. I'll add it (in F4SE) with the next update. 1 Link to comment
1001nights Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 4 hours ago, Aylis said: Oooops. I've been (accidently) playing without it. No issues so far... Anyway, thank you for the reminder. I'll add it (in F4SE) with the next update. Funnily enough, I was just at the beginning of remaking my Fallout4-Modlist before you updated your guide again and - as I started learning/working with mods through your skyrim modlist (again big thanks to you) - I took a look at it to compare to mine. Aaaaaand I noticed I also used Base Object Swapper without the Baka Framework. Guess I've just read "Baka.." in the requirements and thought it meant scraphead. And it also worked fine. So I don't know, too, why it is required. Maybe something with those enhanced script hooks etc. for cleaning? Welp, doesn't seem to harm other mods, so why not. Link to comment
Aylis Posted November 5, 2023 Author Share Posted November 5, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, 1001nights said: Guess I've just read "Baka.." in the requirements and thought it meant scraphead. Sounds so familiar... ? __________________________________________________ Weapons should be finished now. I'll run more tests and hopefully the exploded weapons (aka floating weapon parts) are finally gone. It was very irritating as the affected weapons worked around 50% of the time perfectly. Edited November 5, 2023 by Aylis Link to comment
1001nights Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) I'm using for all my last playthroughs (well, till I get bored and start modding again) these vault textures: Dark Sci Fi Vault. Nice vibes, maybe as optional? And for Ikaros-Themed android Idroid Service fits pretty well - never had problems with it. Just had to edit some left-over chinese string files, but easy with xEdit. Oh and Arcade Terminals is also a must have for me in every "recreational area" of my settlements. Edited November 6, 2023 by 1001nights Link to comment
Aylis Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 (edited) Real.AI is a gamechanger. Now you have to be more careful in the Commonwealth as the enemies get much harder. You'll be surprised how much NPC can do now. Thankfully friendlies are now enhaced too so you get a more dangerous but more realistic experience. Last gun causing issues is the shotgun. The barrel separated from the stock is not a nice view. Almost all pipe weapons are gone now as i found other replacer for them. Low level enemies still get some working weapons. Dark Sci Fi Vault and Arcade Terminals will end up as optionals. The first one isn't my cup of tea and i do own the 'Arcade Workshop, so i don't need the second one. Idroid Service is a no-go. If you have to edit it then it will need support. Nope, not me... Tested a new hairstyle (and the patch). It does look nice. Spoiler But even with the patch some headwear still clips. But if i can seehow that was done it will help me. ___________________________________________________ So far i got 130 mods that have ESP that can be flagged as ESL. The 37 with permission i'll upload now: ESL-Flagged ESP (Permission).7z For the rest i have to check permissions first (so there will be an update to the file when i get to that). Edited November 8, 2023 by Aylis 1 Link to comment
Mindgames265 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 not sure if this was what you were using for the ikaros synth gen 2.0 conversion, but it if wasn't might be helpful Ikaros synth gen 2.0 replacer patch Link to comment
Aylis Posted November 8, 2023 Author Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Mindgames265 said: not sure if this was what you were using for the ikaros synth gen 2.0 conversion, but it if wasn't might be helpful Ikaros synth gen 2.0 replacer patch I was using c99-Ikaros-SynthGen2. Maybe i made a mistake somewhere... I'll give the mod a second chance later on. __________________________________________________ Added an info to more mods that can be flagged as ESL. Atm i'm down to the combined total of ESM and ESP of 191. This might still change, but there will be room for around 50-60 mods with an ESM/ESP that can still be installed when i'm done. Edited November 8, 2023 by Aylis 1 Link to comment
1001nights Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 I don't know if it's deliberately (didn't check this guide for a time), but the Link for ECO leads to the old version, ECO redux is the new one (old patches not compatible). The old one still works though. Regarding Idroid Service: completely forgot that you also provide real "customer-support" here, that would be really too much. But for your personal walkthrough I can only recommend it, really atmospheric and well thought. Some new observations: I am totally in love with lightweight lighting. Before that I used ELFX and UEL, and without creating my own xEdit-Patch there were always issues. And it really doesn't have to hide behind those two, it looks really good, just less direct shadows. And you can use TrueStorms with it (needs a patch though). Stable 60fps with it on 3440x1440, even in Boston. ELFX and UEL tanked harder. Oh and if you use Nvidia-Reflex, newcomers should know to change the HighFPSPhysicsFix.ini to EnableVSync = false and AllowTearing = true, and the NVIDA_Reflex.ini to bUseFPSLimit = true. Saw too many comments on that modpage who just didn't get it right. 2 Link to comment
Aylis Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 (edited) Update V 3.2.7 This is the seventh update to a complete rework of the guide. Mostly bugfixes and bugprevention. Mods to REMOVE Spoiler NPC Nomads (Wandering Settlers and Lost Robots) Obvious (damaged) Gen2 Synths as settlers? Nope, not with all the hate against them. Override Look At Me - Railroad Edition Terrible hairclipping with the previously added NPC replacer. Recruitable Settlers Causes too many breaks in previsibines. I really hate to remove it, but it got too many issues... Recruitable Settlers - Far Harbour Not needed anymore Mods to ADD Spoiler F4SE Baka Framework ENB Helper for Fallout 4 Foundation Subgroup: Fallout 4 HD Plants Overhaul ↖️Luxor's Ivy Autumn Version Subgroup: Enhanced Commonwealth ↖️A Forest ↖️A Forest - Pine Trees Redone Patch ↖️True Grass ↖️A Forest True Grass Compatibility Patch Natural Grasses and Groundcovers Autumnal Grass Overhaul Textures Construction Barrier Remake Fabulous Fire Extinguisher (Replacer) Gravel Redone Typewriter - Replacer NPC Danse - Replacer Simple Settlers 2 - Hair and Heirs (Vanilla) Simple Settlers 2 - Framework Patch Physics and Animation First-Person Running with Hands Animations Armor Railroad Uniform Railroad Uniform - No AWKCR and AE Power Armor Synth Power Armor Override Leveled Item Framework (LIF) Arcade Terminals Bastion - A Power Armor Overhaul Bastion Armor - Penetration - Munitions Ammo Expansion Project (RobCo Patcher) Chemfluence - AI Combat Dynamics Deadeye Deadeye - Munitions - RobCo Patch Direct Hit Subgroup: Ketaros Treasures ↖️Vault Pin-Up Series (Ketaros Addon) ↖️Ketaros Framework - Patch (ESL - RobCo Patch) Refined Railroad Clothing Patches and Fixes REAL.AI REAL.AI - Untethered World and Quests Rebuild - Starlight Drive-In Rebuild - Starlight Drive-In - Shutters New file ESL-Flagged ESP (Permission).7z Edited November 9, 2023 by Aylis 1 Link to comment
vlastilin02 Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 On 11/9/2023 at 7:09 PM, Aylis said: Update V 3.2.7 This is the seventh update to a complete rework of the guide. Mostly bugfixes and bugprevention. Mods to REMOVE Reveal hidden contents NPC Nomads (Wandering Settlers and Lost Robots) Obvious (damaged) Gen2 Synths as settlers? Nope, not with all the hate against them. Override Look At Me - Railroad Edition Terrible hairclipping with the previously added NPC replacer. Recruitable Settlers Causes too many breaks in previsibines. I really hate to remove it, but it got too many issues... Recruitable Settlers - Far Harbour Not needed anymore Mods to ADD Reveal hidden contents F4SE Baka Framework ENB Helper for Fallout 4 Foundation Subgroup: Fallout 4 HD Plants Overhaul ↖️Luxor's Ivy Autumn Version Subgroup: Enhanced Commonwealth ↖️A Forest ↖️A Forest - Pine Trees Redone Patch ↖️True Grass ↖️A Forest True Grass Compatibility Patch Natural Grasses and Groundcovers Autumnal Grass Overhaul Textures Construction Barrier Remake Fabulous Fire Extinguisher (Replacer) Gravel Redone Typewriter - Replacer NPC Danse - Replacer Simple Settlers 2 - Hair and Heirs (Vanilla) Simple Settlers 2 - Framework Patch Physics and Animation First-Person Running with Hands Animations Armor Railroad Uniform Railroad Uniform - No AWKCR and AE Power Armor Synth Power Armor Override Leveled Item Framework (LIF) Arcade Terminals Bastion - A Power Armor Overhaul Bastion Armor - Penetration - Munitions Ammo Expansion Project (RobCo Patcher) Chemfluence - AI Combat Dynamics Deadeye Deadeye - Munitions - RobCo Patch Direct Hit Subgroup: Ketaros Treasures ↖️Vault Pin-Up Series (Ketaros Addon) ↖️Ketaros Framework - Patch (ESL - RobCo Patch) Refined Railroad Clothing Patches and Fixes REAL.AI REAL.AI - Untethered World and Quests Rebuild - Starlight Drive-In Rebuild - Starlight Drive-In - Shutters New file ESL-Flagged ESP (Permission).7z 1.82 MB · 11 downloads Hi. Are you planning to move your build to torrent? So that you can just download and install for 10 min, instead of going to nexus and spend all day installing and customizing mods. Link to comment
Aylis Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 12 hours ago, vlastilin02 said: Hi. Are you planning to move your build to torrent? So that you can just download and install for 10 min, instead of going to nexus and spend all day installing and customizing mods. No. Quote Upload permission You are not allowed to upload this file to other sites under any circumstances Quote DON't Upload this mod Anywhere Else It's only For Nexus 4 Link to comment
Aylis Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 (edited) Found a major issue: CWSS is causing CTD. The 2D parts of it can crash your game without a chance for recovery. Seems to be an issue with the '*_n.dds' (which seem to be problematic with a few mods out there). Sadly i have no idea how to fix this, or even if this can be fixed, so i'll have to remove the mod. Darn, this is one of the mods i like and have been using since it came out. I'll flag it in the guide for now (Done) and search for alternatives. Should you have it installed i strongly recommend to remove it (and clean your savegame with 'FallRim Tools'). Edited November 13, 2023 by Aylis Link to comment
annanymus Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 3 minutes ago, Aylis said: Found a major issue: CWSS is causing CTD. The 2D parts of it can crash your game without a chance for recovery. Seems to be an issue with the '*_n.dds' (which seem to be problematic with a few mods out there). Sadly i have no idea how to fix this, or even if this can be fixed, so i'll have to remove the mod. Darn, this is one of the mods i like and have been using since it came out. I'll flag it in the guide for now and search for alternatives. I have been having that problem too. There are some comments around the web about it, and they suggest just reinstalling it. I downloaded a fresh copy in case it got corrupted. It hasn't crash since, but I don't have a lot of game time to reference. I think it crashes after my PC showers. Like, shower and then sleep, crash on wake. Shower and then fast travel, crash. 1 Link to comment
Aylis Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 (edited) @annanymus Thanks, i'll give it a shot. Would hate to loose this mod too. _________________________________________________ Without using the tiles it is working fine so far. Now i've got to check those... ---------------------------------------------------- You don't want to know how much concrete, steel and wood ended up in the start of my main base (out of concrete again?). Spoiler As you can see black, red-brown and red are my favourite colors... Edited November 14, 2023 by Aylis Link to comment
Celedhring Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Luxor's HD texture overhauls are AWESOME. Totally worth the time to download them. Game went from ugly to gorgeous and atomspheric especially in conjunction with Vivid Weathers Fallout 4 Edition. 1 Link to comment
YDRAGON Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 17 hours ago, Aylis said: Found a major issue: CWSS is causing CTD. The 2D parts of it can crash your game without a chance for recovery. Seems to be an issue with the '*_n.dds' (which seem to be problematic with a few mods out there). Sadly i have no idea how to fix this, or even if this can be fixed, so i'll have to remove the mod. Darn, this is one of the mods i like and have been using since it came out. I'll flag it in the guide for now (Done) and search for alternatives. Should you have it installed i strongly recommend to remove it (and clean your savegame with 'FallRim Tools'). FIX Buffout 4 > config.toml > CreateTexture2D = false # Warns when a call to CreateTexture2D fails 1 Link to comment
YDRAGON Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 (edited) Vanilla Reanimation Project - Plasma Gun (https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/72890?tab=bugs) Obi's Sportwear (https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/74024?tab=bugs) Nuka Cola Stickers (Ketaros Addon) The plugin contains records that have FormIDs outside those allowed for the ESL-plugin. Using this plugin will permanently damage your game saves. Edited November 14, 2023 by YDRAGON 1 Link to comment
YDRAGON Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Fallout 4 HD Overhaul 2k better Optimax All in One 1 Link to comment
Aylis Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 @YDRAGON Thanks for those informations. I'll remove the first two (changing the numbers didn't help). No errors or problems with the 'Nuka Cola Stickers'. The 2K textures look quite different, but should be better than Optimax. I'll add them as another option and keep the 1K for potatoes. ? Link to comment
annanymus Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 6 hours ago, YDRAGON said: Vanilla Reanimation Project - Plasma Gun (https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/72890?tab=bugs) Obi's Sportwear (https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/74024?tab=bugs) Nuka Cola Stickers (Ketaros Addon) The plugin contains records that have FormIDs outside those allowed for the ESL-plugin. Using this plugin will permanently damage your game saves. I made the Plasma Gun animation into an ESPFE if you are interested. When I looked, it seems I had disabled the esl, probably because of the same warning. According to permissions, I can't upload it, but if you know of a way to share... Or I can explain the steps. I don't use Obi's, but it appears to be the same issue, so it would have the same steps to correct. Link to comment
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