Visuals
WSG keeps things very light on textures, but please check out Salamand3r's Texture Guide if it's something you are looking to add to your game.
Visual Fixes & Optimizations
Aqua Performa
Significantly improves performance on the New Vegas strip by removing unseen water LOD.
Installation:
Main File - Strip Performance Fix
Exterior Emittance Fix
Fixes a bug that would cause certain particles to appear black.
Installation:
Main File - Exterior Emittance Fix
Fallout Alpha Rendering Tweaks
Fixes alpha rendering issues related to transparency multisampling.
Installation:
Main File - Fallout Alpha Rendering Tweaks
Fog-based Object Culling
Dynamically adjusts draw distance in accordance with the fog to improve performance with little to no visual difference.
Installation:
Main File - Fog-based Object Culling
High Resolution Water Fog
Increases resolution of water depth render target, thus significantly reducing aliasing and improving image quality.
Installation:
Main File - High Resolution Water Fog
High Resolution Screens
Increases the render resolution of in-game screens (Pip-Boy, terminals, character creation menu) to match your monitor resolution, making them much sharper and more readable.
Installation:
Main File - High Resolution Screens
High Res Local Maps
Increases resolution of local maps, resulting in a sharper and clearer image.
Installation:
Main File - High Res Local Maps
Visual Improvements
CPI - Mod Patches
Gives the "Consistent Pip-Boy Icons" treatment to modded content such as Cyberware. We install this file very late in the guide to ensure it overwrites all the other mods in the guide and we can see all of its icons.
Installation:
- Main File - 3. CPI - Mod Patches
- In the Installer just click Install
Improved LOD Noise Texture
Makes distant land textures less ugly.
Installation:
Main File - Improved LOD noise Texture
Metro Map Replacer
Texture replacers for the underground metro maps, making them actually useful for navigation.
Installation:
Main File - Metro Map Replacer
Mostly Fixed Facegen Tints
Removes unsightly green tint from NPC face textures.
Installation:
Main File - FaceGen Tint Fixes for TTW
Power Armor Visual Enhancement
PAVE is a retexture pack for all power armors in FNV and F3/TTW.
Installation:
- Main File - Power Armor Visual Enhancement 2K
- Double-click the mod in the left pane & use the Optional ESPs menu to hide
PAVE_NV.esp
- Double-click the mod in the left pane & use the Optional ESPs menu to hide
- Update File - PAVE Compatiblity Plugins
- Double-click the mod in the left pane & use the Optional ESPs menu to hide
PAVE_NV.esp
- Double-click the mod in the left pane & use the Optional ESPs menu to hide
Simply Upscaled Grass
Upscaled grass texture, improving visual quality with negligible performance impact.
Installation:
Main File - Simply Upscaled Grass
Lighting & Weather
Dusty Distance Redone
Applies a subtle "distant fog" effect that looks nice and can hide ugly LOD, z-fighting and other engine bugs without feeling intrusive.
Installation:
- Main File - Dusty Distance Redone-
- Optional File - Dusty Distance Redone - 39k (no nights tweaks)
High Resolution Bloom NVSE
Increases bloom precision, reducing its flicker.
Installation:
Main File - High Resolution Bloom
Improved Lighting Shaders
Fixes exterior lighting bugs & allows up to 4x the number of active lights.
Installation:
Main File - Improved Lighting Shaders
MoonlightNVSE
Fixes moonlight, making the moon the light caster instead of the sun.
Installation:
Main File - MoonlightNVSE
No Muzzle Flash Lights
Improves game performance in combat by disabling lights cast on the environment by muzzle flashes. Only the radiant light cast by the flashes is disabled - not the muzzle flashes themselves.
Installation:
Main File - No More Muzzle Flash Lights
Pip-Boy Shading Fix NVSE
By default, the Pip-Boy ignores external lights, making it appear oddly dark - especially in interiors. This mod fixes that.
Installation:
Main File - Pip Boy Shading Fix
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
An overhaul of weathers with 360 degree panoramic cloud textures, improved lighting, and DLC support.
Installation:
Main File - Desert Natural Weathers TTW