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Visuals

Separator:​

  • Right-click the empty space in the left pane of MO2 and select Create separator.
  • Name the separator Visuals.
Where are all the texture mods?

We felt texture mods are out of the scope of this guide, but feel free to check out New Vegas Visual Renewal. Support for it is provided on The Wasteland Supplemental.

Visual Fixes & Optimizations​

New Vegas Mesh Improvement Mod​

Optimizations and fixes for a large selection of meshes in the base game and DLC.

MAC-TEN​

Fixes dozens of game models across the base game and DLCs.

Items Transformed - Enhanced Meshes (ITEM)​

ITEM is a general bug fixing mod for dozens of item models across the base game and DLCs.

Aqua Performa​

Significantly improves performance on the New Vegas strip by removing unseen water LOD.

Installation:​

  • Main File - Strip Performance Fix

Depth of Field Fix​

Fix for depth of field bleeding over onto player's viewmodel.

External Emittance Fix​

Fixes a bug that would cause certain particles to appear black.

Fallout Alpha Rendering Tweaks​

Fixes some alpha rendering issues like broken effects when using Transparency Multisampling.

Fog-based Object Culling​

Dynamically adjusts draw distance in accordance with the fog to improve performance with little to no visual difference.

Muzzle Flash Light Fix​

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

Pip-Boy Shading Fix​

Fixes a bug that caused the Pip-Boy to ignore external lights & appear oddly dark - especially in interiors.

PipBoyOn Node Fixes​

Fixes multiple pipboy:on nodes in the vanilla game armor meshes and TTW to remove the annoying pip-boy flicker.

Installation:​

  • Main File - PipBoyOn Node Fixes TTW

Viewmodel Shake Fix​

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

Viewmodel Shading Fix​

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

MoonlightNVSE​

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

Improved Lighting Shaders​

Fixes exterior lighting bugs & allows up to 4x the number of active lights.

Visual Improvements​

Mobile Pip-Boy Light​

Attaches Pip-Boy light to the Pip-Boy so it moves with the player's arm.

High Resolution Bloom​

Increases bloom precision, reducing flicker.

High Resolution Water Fog​

Increases resolution of water depth render target, thus significantly reducing aliasing and improving image quality.

Improved LOD Noise Texture​

Makes distant land textures less ugly.

Metro Map Replacer​

Texture replacers for the underground metro maps, making them actually useful for navigation.

Simply Upscaled Grass​

Upscaled grass texture, improving visual quality with negligible performance impact.

Installation:​

  • Main File - Simply Upscaled Grass - Vanilla Style - 2k

Animations​

3rd Person Animation Fixpack​

Fixes gliding, stuttering, limb popping, broken fingers, animation bugs, bad blending, etc, of 3rd person animations.

Installation:​

  • Main File - 3rd Person Animation Fixpack

1st Person Sliding Fix​

Fixes the gliding that occurs when stopping movement and turning the camera simultaneously in 1st person.

ISControl Enabler​

Removes the requirement to patch weapons manually for ISControl nodes of animations. Required for Anniversary Anim Pack.

Anniversary Anim Pack​

Includes three of Hitman's previous animation/bugfix mods, Subtle Camera Motion, Iron Sights Recoil Animations, and Fire Animation Variants. Also includes some new previously unreleased animations.

Installation:​

  • Main File - Anniversary Anim Pack

B42 Weapon Inertia​

Gives weapons realistic inertia movement.

Compatibility Skeleton​

Allows multiple mods that edit the skeleton mesh to work together, required for B42 Weapon Inertia.

Installation:​

  • Optional File - NVCS Vanilla Weights
danger

ALWAYS LET THIS MOD OVERWRITE MODS WITH SKELETON FILES.

Lighting & Weather​

Climate Control NVSE​

NVSE plugin which fixes bugs and adds utilities for weather mods.

Longer Weather Transitions ESPless​

A small improvement that extends the weather transition time by a factor of 20, which fixes abrupt weather transitions when using varied weather types.

Cloud Upgrade NVSE​

NVSE plugin which adds pseudo-animated clouds for horizons and panoramic cloud systems.

Interior Rain​

Interior rain sounds powered by Climate Control NVSE.

Installation:​

  • Main File - Interior Rain
  • Optional File - Interior Rain - TTW

3D Rain​

Replace the ugly 2D rain found in Zion Canyon (as well as most weather mods) with a new 3D version. Rain no longer looks weird when you look up or down.

Installation:​

  • Main File - 3D Rain

Climate Control - Rain​

Rain fixes and improvements powered by Climate Control NVSE. Supports 3D Rain.

Installation:​

  • Main File - Climate Control - Rain
  • Optional File - Climate Control - 3D Rain

Atmospheric Lighting Tweaks​

Makes changes to Image Spaces and Lighting Templates to give interiors a more dynamic and atmospheric look.

Installation:​

  • Main File - Atmospheric Lighting Tweaks - TTW

Desert Natural Weathers TTW​

An overhaul of weathers with 360 degree panoramic cloud textures, improved lighting, and DLC support.

Installation:​

  • Main File - Desert Natural Weathers TTW