Viva New Vegas

A Comprehensive 2019 Fallout New Vegas Modding Guide


Visuals Medium: Environment/Lighting


Creating a Separator in Mod Organizer 2

Simple Street Lights

Hide the following:

- Makes the street lights in New Vegas functional

Simple Street Lights ESP Replacer

Files to install:

- Fixes ITMs, UDRs, many many wild edits that could have potentially broken the game, and forwards YUPs placement fixes

Old Word Blues Path Lighting

Hide the following:

- Makes the laterns that line the outside of the Think Tank emit light

Lucky 38 E3 Lights Restored

Install normally

- Restores the Lucky 38's lights that were shown at E3 but cut because of console limitations

Burning Campfire Redone

Install normally

- Fires actually light when you activate them

Burning Campfire Redone Fix

Files to install:

- Fixes a script edit that reverted changes made by the Honest Hearts DLC and fixes the flame effect continually stacking every time you activate it

Enhanced Grass

Files to install:


Manual FNVEdit editing required:

- Makes grass and bushes swing more

Dynamic Pip-Boy Light

Install normally

- Lets you change the range, brightness, color, and activation timing of the pip-boy light

Interior Lighting Overhaul

FOMOD instructions:

ILO FOMOD 1 ILO FOMOD 2 ILO FOMOD 3 ILO FOMOD 4


FNVEdit editing required:

- Modifies all interior cells giving them a realistic look and a more creepy feel
  May cause small performance hits on weaker machines in large interiors such as Camp McCarran

Interior Fog Remover

Files to install:

- Removes foggy veil from everywhere indoors

Realistic Wasteland Lighting

Files to install:

- Complete weather overhaul designed to make the game look more realistic

A Note About Weather/Lighting Mods:

If you do not like Realistic Wasteland Lighting, the two best alternatives are Clarity and URWLNV. Clarity is a simple tint remover whereas URWLNV is based of RWL and has many different weathers. If you use Clarity, make sure to grab the NV_IFR_CLARITYFIX file on the Interior Fog Remover page

Viva New Vegas - NVGE Preset

Install normally


Special activation instructions:

- A preset for NVGE designed to make the desert feel warmer and more realistic, including overhauled water
NOTE: If you experience laggy wave effects, restart your PC to clear the caches
The water in NVGE, while beautiful, can be very buggy for some people. If this is the case for you, you can disable it by setting Water to 0 under [Shaders] in the NewVegasReloaded.ini. You can also remove the INI tweaks


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