Viva New Vegas

A Comprehensive 2019 Fallout New Vegas Modding Guide

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Install all of the following programs to the Tools folder in your Fallout New Vegas Modding Folder unless instructed otherwise

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Microsoft VC++ 2013

Special install instructions:

• Run the installer and follow the given instructions
• If you get a message that the program is already installed, just exit out of the installer

- Required libraries for FNV and the 4GB Patcher

Microsoft VC++ 2015, 2017, 2019

Special install instructions:

• Click the x86: vc_redist.x86.exe and x64: vc_redist.x64.exe links under the Visual Studio 2017 header
• Run both of the .exe files and follow the instructions to install them
• If you get a message that the program is already installed, just exit out of the installer
• If you are not on Windows 10, you may need to follow these instructions as well

- Required libraries for the mod manager for this guide, Mod Organizer 2 and NVGE

Mod Organizer 2

Special install instructions:

• Download the Mod Organizer 2 (Archive) main file
• Right-click on the downloaded archive and select Properties
• In the General tab, check the box adjacent to Unblock
• Select Apply then OK
• If the option does not show up for you, ignore that step
• Once you have extracted the archive, right-click on ModOrganizer.exe and select Properties
• Navigate to the Compatibility tab and check the box adjacent to Run this program as an administrator
• Select Apply then OK

- By far the best mod manager for all Bethesda games, takes advantage of a Virtual File System to keep your Data folder completely clean
  Join the Mod Organizer 2 team's Discord for developer builds and troubleshooting

A Note About Developer Versions

- Links to developer versions of the tools listed in this section will be provided, but the instructions in the guide are specifically written for the public release verisons. I suggest only using the developer versions if you are familiar with the tools and can work out any discrepancies with the instructions in the guide.

MO2 Plugins

Special install instructions:

• Extract the following from the archive to Mod Organizer 2 Path/plugins
• /data
• pySyncModOrder.py
• pyMergePluginsHide.py

Properly Updating Mod Organizer 2

For when a new version of Mod Organizer 2 is released:

• Follow the same instructions above for unblocking the new archive
• Extract the new archive into the MO2 folder and overwrite when prompted
• Follow the same instructions above for running the program as an administrator
• Re-download MO2 Plugins from above

FNVEdit

Install normally

- Advanced file viewer/editor and conflict detector. More commonly referred to as 'xEdit'
  Join the xEdit team's Discord for developer builds and troubleshooting
  For a good tutorial (shouldn't be necessary if you are just following this guide, but if you want to learn even more), see here

zEdit

Install normally

- Frontend tool similar to xEdit, with the additional capability of merging plugins
  Check the linked Github page for new releases

FNVLODGen

Install normally

- One-click LOD generator
  Developer builds and troubleshooting can be found on the same xEdit Discord

For Steam Users Only: Garden of Eden Creation Kit - GECK

Special install instructions:

• Click the Download the Garden of Eden Creation Kit for Fallout New Vegas here link
• Extract the contents of the downloaded archive to the root folder

- Tool that allows you to create/edit any data from the game
  For a good tutorial resource (shouldn't be necessary if you are just following this guide, but if you want to learn even more), see here

Other helpful (and optional) tools not used in this guide

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