New FO4 Theme Playthrough Ideas

[Samuraitech]

Looking to start a new playthrough.  Any ideas?

 

I have had my eye on "Badlands" or maybe a Wild West Theme.  Not sure if it would be my thing or not.

 

Also maybe "A Forest" or "Regrowth" or whatever variant it is called these days.  

 

Nuclear Winter or Winter themed.

 

Maybe massive combat.  I remember when "War Of the Commonwealth" came out I thought it was cool to see massive robot, zombie, death claw armies fighting each other.  Unfortunately it causes game instability.  Are there zombie apocalypse mods, raiders or something similar that won't cause your game to crash?

 

I have a lot of Player Settlement mods, but they can break Precombines.  You can use Sim Settlements, of course, but that may be a focus in itself, and I am thinking more environment with combat and settlements thrown in, mostly as support bases.  I usually go with Minutemen if that helps.

 

 

Thanks.  Just looking for thoughts of new direction in play through.

[maddadicusrex]

Zombie Walkers is IMHO the greatest Zombie mod ever. Allows for complete options control over the horde to make them as weak or as intense as you like. I also play near gunless Commonwealth except for Crossbows as ranged weapons. Just about all my combat is hand to hand. Look for new mod Fake Killcam for slo-mo cinematic kills.

[tuxagent7]

Speaking of Zombies, add this new fantastic mods :  Black Summer

 

When you kills human ennemies it makes them raise back again as feral ghouls

 

[Samuraitech]

12 hours ago, maddadicusrex said:

Zombie Walkers is IMHO the greatest Zombie mod ever. Allows for complete options control over the horde to make them as weak or as intense as you like. I also play near gunless Commonwealth except for Crossbows as ranged weapons. Just about all my combat is hand to hand. Look for new mod Fake Killcam for slo-mo cinematic kills.

You know I go to Nexus and LL almost everyday and look at the new mods for the day, but somehow Zombie Walkers slipped by.

Just loaded it off Nexus and will try it in a few minutes.  I need a change in my FO4 world and this may be it.

I will also try the Fake Killcam Mod.  Loaded that as well.

 

I have used The Running Dead (Zombies) and The Deadly Commonwealth (Raiders).  They were fun and challenging but caused the game to CTD and I can't allow that.  

Rule number 1 in my modded world is stability.

 

Vanilla FO4 combat system is quite boring so this may be just the spice I need.

 

Thanks!

[Samuraitech]

12 hours ago, tuxagent7 said:

Speaking of Zombies, add this new fantastic mods :  Black Summer

 

When you kills human ennemies it makes them raise back again as feral ghouls

 

 

 

I recently downloaded Black Summer, in fact there was an update I just got.  I have not used it yet.

 

Have you used Black Summer yet.  It sounds interesting.  Let me know what you think.

 

 

 

[maddadicusrex]

41 minutes ago, Samuraitech said:

 

 

I recently downloaded Black Summer, in fact there was an update I just got.  I have not used it yet.

 

Have you used Black Summer yet.  It sounds interesting.  Let me know what you think.

 

 

 

I use both Black Summer and Zombie Walker. Unless you like non stop Zombies instant killing you, I use the settings of Zombie Walkers and the play mechanics of Black Summer and they both work well together. 

[Samuraitech]

23 minutes ago, maddadicusrex said:

I use both Black Summer and Zombie Walker. Unless you like non stop Zombies instant killing you, I use the settings of Zombie Walkers and the play mechanics of Black Summer and they both work well together. 

I will try that.  Nice these two mods compliment each other.  Have not gone  in game yet.  Still cruising LL.  Will try shortly.  Thanks!

[tuxagent7]

9 hours ago, Samuraitech said:

Have you used Black Summer yet.  It sounds interesting.  Let me know what you think.

 

It's really fun, the only thing i dont like is that it gives me xp each time i down the same zombie.

 

I modify it a little bit to make it raise at 75 % instead of 100% so they not always raise so i have to still try to decapitate them before they rise as zombie

 

I am also interested by Zombie World but didnt try it

[Samuraitech]

On 8/22/2021 at 6:56 AM, tuxagent7 said:

 

It's really fun, the only thing i dont like is that it gives me xp each time i down the same zombie.

 

I modify it a little bit to make it raise at 75 % instead of 100% so they not always raise so i have to still try to decapitate them before they rise as zombie

 

I am also interested by Zombie World but didnt try it

I followed maddadicusrex's advice above and installed Black Summer along with Zombie Walker.  Been using them together for a couple of days now.  Does not seem to affect frame rates or have not noticed strange issues.  Did end up starting to build walls around some of my settlements.  I have also got in the habit of shooting any human looking forms on the ground in the head just to be sure they are dead.

 

Zombie Walkers has an MCM interface with a lot of features you can change to your liking.  I think I remember seeing experience settings in their as well.

Use Horror Ghouls for updated audio.  Chilling Sound Effects.  

 

There are also visual mods you can add for foggy, spooky atmosphere.  I have used GRIM, Pilgrim, and Polluted Climate before but I just use NAC X now.  Has a lot of effects and is able to be adjusted in game.