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Bug Fixes

Creating a Separator in MO2

  1. Right-click the empty space in the left pane of MO2 and select Create separator.
  2. Name the separator Bug Fixes.

Yukichigai Unofficial Patch - YUP

Fixes thousands of bugs with both the base game and DLCs.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - YUP - Base Game and All DLC

Unofficial Patch NVSE Plus

Fixes many bugs like YUP, but takes advantage of NVSE and JIP LN.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Unofficial Patch NVSE Plus

lStewieAl's Tweaks and Engine Fixes

Collection of many configurable quality of life improvements and bug fixes. Settings can be further enabled/disabled/tweaked in the new Tweaks section added to the main menu.

Installation instructions

lStewieAl's Engine Optimizations

Rewrites various slow functions in the game to decrease loading/saving time and improve general performance.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Engine Optimizations

Combat Lag Fix (NVSE)

Improves framerate in combat by fixing an engine bug that lowered framerate while attacking an enemy with a health-bar visible.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Fast Weapon Lag Fix

VATS Lag Fix

Fixes an issue that caused the game to wait around 1-2 seconds before showing hit percentages in some cases.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - VATS Lag Fix

ActorCause Save Bloat Fix

Fixes a save bloating issue related to actors detecting the player, improving save/load speed and decreasing the size of save files by 15-30%.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - ActorCause Save Bloat Fix

Viewmodel Shake Fix - NVSE

Fix for massive shaking during aiming caused by floating point precision loss.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Viewmodel Shake Fix

Iron Sights Aligned

Fixes all iron sights on vanilla weapon meshes using ISControl Enabler.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Iron Sights Aligned
    • You will be prompted with a FOMOD installer:
      1. Install

New Vegas Mesh Improvement Mod - NVMIM

Optimizations and fixes for over one thousand meshes throughout the base game and DLCs.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - New Vegas Mesh Improvement Mod

skinned mesh improvement mod

Optimizes and fixes armors, characters and creatures.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - skinned mesh improvement mod
    • You will be prompted with a FOMOD installer:
      1. Plugin Version: FNV Ultimate Edition
      2. Install

PipBoyOn Node Fixes

Fixes multiple pipboy:on nodes in the armor meshes.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - PipBoyOn Node Fixes SMIM

Meshes and Collision - Totally Enhanced Nifs (MAC-TEN)

Fixes dozens of meshes across the base game and DLCs.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - MAC-10

Items Transformed - Enhanced Meshes (ITEM)

Fixes even more meshes.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - ITEM

Improved Lighting Shaders

Allows landscape to support more than 4 lights.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Improved Lighting Shaders

Climate Control NVSE

Fixes bugs and adds utilities for weather mods.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Climate Control NVSE

Misc Audio Tweaks and Fixes

A collection of tweaks for certain audio files to fix popping issues and other annoyances.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Assorted Voice Popping Fixes
  • Main Files - Elijah Missing Distortion Fix

MoonlightNVSE

Fixes moonlight by making the moon the light caster instead of the sun.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - MoonlightNVSE

Aqua Performa - Strip Performance Fix

Drastically improves performance on The Strip by getting rid of water LOD.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Strip Performance Fix

Fallout Alpha Rendering Tweaks - NVSE

Fixes some alpha rendering issues like broken effects when using transparency multisampling.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Fallout Alpha Rendering Tweaks

External Emittance Fix - NVSE

Fixes incorrect exterior emittance handling which leads to particles being black.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - External Emittance Fix

LOD Fixes and Improvements - NVSE

Removes LOD limits, improves its quality and fixes some bugs related to it, like broken water LOD culling.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - LOD Fixes and Improvements - NVSE

ExRB - Extended Roombounds

Adds and tweaks roombounds in some interiors possibly improving performance.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - ExRB
    • You will be prompted with a FOMOD installer:
      1. Full (YUP)
      2. Next
      3. Install

Strip Lights Region Fix

Fixes a vanilla issue about the Strip lights not showing in certain parts of the map.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Strip Lights Region Fix

Swimming Creatures Fix - ESPless

Gives the "swim" movement flag to the few vanilla creatures that have anims for that. Now you can be pursued on water by something else than mirelurks.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Swiming Creatures Fix

Gas Trap Performance Fix

Vastly improves performance in cells with numerous gas traps, such as Vault 22.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Gas Trap Performance Fix
    • You will be prompted with a FOMOD installer:
      1. Plugin (Recommended)
      2. Install

Minor Fixes

3rd Person Animation Fixpack

Fixes most animation bugs in 3rd person.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - 3rd Person Animation Fixpack

Slideshow FOV Fix - ESPLess

Fixes the size of slideshows when using a custom FOV value.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Slideshow FOV Fix

You don't need this mod if you don't plan on changing the game's FOV values (part of the guide's Custom INI).

Doc Mitchell's Window Sunlight Fix

Fixes game starting at 23:00 leading to wrong lighting at the start of the game.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Doc Mitchell's Window Sunlight Fix

Mostly Fixed FaceGen Tints (NV or TTW)

Fixes the odd skin color you'll see on NPCs, including the player.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - FaceGen Tint Fixes for NV

High Resolution Water Fog - Water Aliasing Fix

Increases resolution of the water depth render target, significantly reducing aliasing.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - High Resolution Water Fog

Muzzle Flash Light Fix - NVSE

Fixes muzzle flash lights not being culled after shot, leading to game still using them for illumination.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Muzzle Flash Light Fix

Viewmodel Shading Fix - NVSE

Fixes totally wrong specular lighting, and lack of muzzle flash lights on viewmodel.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Viewmodel Shading Fix - NVSE

Blood Decal Flashing Fix

Fixes color overflow in blood decal shaders, which caused colorful flashes on Nvidia DXVK or other GPUs.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Blood Decal Flashing Fix

Depth of Field Fix - NVSE

Fixes depth of field effects bleeding over onto player's viewmodel.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Depth of Field Fix

Landscape Texture Improvements

Improves many aspects of the landscape, most notably reducing texture seams.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Landscape Texture Improvements
    • You will be prompted with a FOMOD installer:
      1. Next
      2. YUP Patch
      3. Install

You can safely ignore the Error failed to restore load order... message.

Landscape Disposition Fix

Fixes several hundred vanilla misplaced objects.

Installation instructions

  • Main Files - Landscape Disposition Fix