Creating a New Profile:
In order to keep a full installation of just the Core module handy, we will create a copy of the profile:
- Click the
button on the top bar of MO2 - Click on the Viva New Vegas - Core profile and select Copy
- Input Viva New Vegas - Visuals for the new name then click OK
- Select the Viva New Vegas - Visuals profile from the profile drop-down
Creating a Separator in Mod Organizer 2
- Right-click in the left pane of MO2 and select All Mods -> Create Separator
- Input Visuals into the pop-up and select OK
- Create another separator below that called Textures + Models + Animations
Clutter and Small Objects:
MGs Neat Clutter Retextures
Files to install normally:
- Main File - MGs NCR Pack 7
- Texture pack that focuses on clutter items that other big packs do not cover
Terrain and Major Objects:
NMC's Texture Pack
Files to install normally:
- Main File - NMCs Textures NV SMALL Pack SINGLE FILE FOR NMM
- Update File - NMC New Vegas Patch for ALL Sized packs
NOTE: The reason the guide uses the small version of the NMCs is that it has the best visual fidelity/performance ratio of any of the options. The large option has the exact same texture sizes as the medium pack, but just with higher resolution normal maps. This has a massive performance decrease for a hardly noticeable visual increase, as well as unavoidable stuttering and crashing. The medium option's LOD texture sizes are also too big, meaning FNVLODGen can't handle them properly. This results in entire missing chunks of LOD. It is HIGHLY recommended to just follow the guide and use the small option
Hide the following:
- textures/architecture/helios_one/solar_reflector.dds
- textures/architecture/helios_one/solar_reflector_m.dds
- textures/architecture/helios_one/solar_reflector_n.dds
- Hides the textures for the solar panels at Helio One, since MG's has higher quality ones
NOTE: If you do not know how to "hide" files, go back to the Core - MO2 Config page and read the IMPORTANT: Mod Installation Advice in Mod Organizer 2 section
- Retextures almost all large objects such as landscapes and architecture
Poco Bueno
Files to install normally:
- Main File - PocoBuenoTexturePackV5
- Optional File - PocoBueno Skeleton Transparency Fix
Hide the following:
- textures/architecture/goodsprings/nv_watertank.dds
- textures/architecture/goodsprings/nv_watertank_n.dds
- Hides the texture for the water tank in Goodsprings that is un-lore friendly (has a picture of Victor's face on the side)
- textures/vehicles
- meshes/vehicles
- Hides the vehicle textures/meshes which are inferior to NMC's
- Optimized version of Ojo Bueno that covers both minor and major objects
Semi-Transparent Door Glass
Install normally:
- Makes glass on appropriate doors transparent
Semi-Transparent Door Glass ESP Replacer
Install normally
- Removes edits to cells that would make the entire interior invisible, reverts wild edits to the water levels of certain cells, and forwards YUPs fixes
Weapons/Armor:
4k Realistic Pip-Boy Retexture
Files to install normally:
- Main File - Numb Squirrel Pip-Boy 4k Compressed
NOTE: Although its on the Fallout 3 Nexus, you can install it like you would any New Vegas mod
- Retextures the thing on your arm that you use sometimes
Weapon Retexture Project
Files to install normally:
- Main File - Weapon Retexture Project - WRP
- Update File - WRP - Hotfix
- Retextures many conventional firearms
YUP - Weapon Retexture Project Patch
Install normally
- Patch for Yukichigai's Unofficial Patch and Weapon Retexture Project
Weapon Textures From Heaven
Files to install normally:
- Main File - WTH - Weapon Textures from Heaven 2k
- Optional File - WTH - WRP Patch
- Weapon retexture similar to Weapon Retexture Project, but with a bigger focus on lore-friendliness
<NPCs:
Character Expansions Revised
Files to install normally:
- Main File - Character Expansions Revised
- Optional File - Character Expansions Revised - YUP
- Visual overhaul of characters’ faces that stays true to vanilla aesthetics
Animations:
Anniversary Animation Pack
Files to install normally:
- Main File - Anniversary Anim Pack
- Optional File - Weapon Mesh Improvement Mod Patch
- Optional File - Weapon Retexture Project - WRP Patch
- Includes three of Hitman's previous animation mods, Subtle Camera Motion, Iron Sights Recoil Animations, and Fire Animation Variants, as well as some new previously unreleased animations
1st Person Animation Replacers
Files to install normally:
- Main File - 1stPar Reloads 5.0
NOTE: You can also install the Custom movement main file, I just don't use it because of the head-bob
Brand-new reload animations for a handful of guns
B42 Weapon Inertia
Install normally
- Makes weapon movement more realistic by adding inertia
B42 Weapon Inertia INI Configuration
Install normally
- Makes the inertia values configurable via an INI file, also lowers the default values to make the effect more subtle and to effectively remove a bug with the Pip-Boy
