The other “Non-Mod” we will need is called New Vegas Script Extender, or NVSE. We want the Wrapper Version, so go into that folder, select ONLY the D3D9.dll file, and copy it into the F:NV folder. Unzip it to a temporary location and you will find it contains two folders: “Injector Version” and “Wrapper Version”. Click on the latest version of the Fallout 3/Fallout New Vegas ENB modification, scroll down, and click on the little download icon (looks like an arrow pointing down into a box).
Open the zip file and copy everything from the “1 – Installation” files folder into your Fallout:New Vegas folder (usually located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Fallout New Vegas).
Unlike most other mods, we can’t install ENB Presets through Mod Organizer, so from the Files tab, download the Nevada Skies edition, as we will be installing that mod later on.
Strangely enough, we need to grab the Preset first, so head to Enhanced Shaders on the Nexus. In order to use it, we need to download two files: ENB Series itself, and an ENB Preset, a set of configuration files that tell ENB Series what to do to our game. Properly configured, it can create some spectacular in-game effects. ENB Series and PresetsĮNB Series is a Direct 3D shim that intercepts calls to Direct 3D and modifies them on the fly before passing them on to the system. Uncheck Water Displacement and Depth Fog for similar reasons. Finally, click on the Advanced button and then the Water tab. Having this on will make things appear ghostly and weirdly transparent once ENB is activated. On the General page, uncheck “Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game”. Right Click on Fallout:New Vegas in your steam library list and select Properties. Set Anti-Aliasing to off (otherwise you will get weird transparency effects), and exit the launcher and return to Steam. It will then open the F:NV launcher, telling you what quality settings it has selected for you. Click the Play button in Steam and let it install the runtimes it needs. First Things Firstīefore we do anything else, we need to let Steam do its thing after we download F:NV.
I’m also assuming that you have 7-zip installed and know how to extract files from. In addition, I’m starting from a fresh install straight from Steam with nothing done to it yet. I’m using the Steam version of Fallout: New Vegas (F:NV hereafter), and I’m going to assume you are too. The program does a pretty good job of covering all of the types of mod packaging out there, and I use it for all of the Bethesda games I play. In the guide below, I cover most (if not all) of the installation systems you are likely to run into while using Mod Organizer. To that end, I have put together a short guide to modding Fallout: New Vegas using Mod Organizer with a number of visual improvements, extended content, and other goodies. Mods can enhance, and sometimes completely transform, the gaming experience. Fallout:New Vegas is a great game all on its own, but the beauty of gaming on the PC is that we don’t have to settle for games the way they were released. With the release of Fallout 4 just a couple of months away, lots of people (myself included) are playing through the previous games in the franchise in anticipation.