Fallout 4 Building Textures
Fallout 4 Texture Optimization Project (TOP) is tasked with improving you PC's Framerates Per Second (FPS) without sacrificing too much visual fidelity (save for close ups visuals). To accomplish this, I have replaced the high-resolution textures with properly compressed and resized textures. Jun 5, 2017 - Today, we're focusing on making Fallout: New Vegas (although a lot of. High-res textures are great, but 4096x4096 textures on every single.
I've decided to assemble a list of Fallout 4's graphical enhancing mods for the community's benefit, aimed at those looking for the most visually pleasing Commonwealth experience. As such, no mods included in the graphics portion of this list will affect the vanilla gameplay. Though at the bottom of the page I’ve included numerous mods that can alter your gameplay experience.
The goal of this list is to provide a selection of non-overlapping mods that can be installed to increase the graphical fidelity of a vanilla play through. Thus the ENB preset I chose to include focuses mainly on graphical quality rather than performance, but it can be substituted with a number of presets available on the Nexus. I've used my personal discretion while selecting choices for similar/overlapping mods, so if I've left out a mod it means that a hopefully acceptable substitute has been chosen instead.
As frequent player of all Fallout games, with over 1000+ hours in Fallout 3 alone, I can relate to the initial struggle and countless hours lost while attempting to install mods. Hopefully this list can benefit hardened Vault Dwellers and newcomers alike.
Required:
Nexus Mod Manager – Allows the easy install/uninstallation of mods across a variety of games with direct integration in the Nexus website.
LOOT – Shows conflictions, missing .esp's and .esm's in your load order. Extremely useful when installing a large number of mods.
Modding Resources: (Download these, you’ll probably need them eventually)
Enable Achievements - Allows the player to gain achievements after modding their game.
Performance Tweaks:
Insignificant Object Remover – Deletes game world objects not normally visible to the player.
Shadow Boost Dynamically reduces shadow quality in attempt to reach a preset FPS target.
Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch – A collection of bug fixes that Bethesda has yet to patch in.
Textures:
FlaconOil’s Texture Pack – Collection of game world textures.
Halk Hogan's Texture Pack – Collection of game world textures.
Langley’s Texture Pack – Collection of game world textures.
Valius’s Texture Pack – Collection of game world textures.
Graphics Tweaks:
Clear Reflex Sight Lenses – Replaces the grimy reflex sight lens with a clear one.
Customize Targeting HUD – Configure how the power armor NPC targeting helmet will work.
Darker Nights – Decreases player visibility at night.
Dynamic Muzzle Shadows – Enables dynamic shadows from weapon muzzle flashes.
ENB Binaries – Required for the ENB preset to function.
Increased Headlamp Light Distance – Increases the distance that the power armor head lamp light extends to.
Lowered Weapons Animation – Lowers FPS weapon models when they are not being fired.
Mega Explosions – Customize explosion power and radius.
More Grass – Increases the density of grass present on the landscape.
Photorealistic Commonwealth – ENB configuration to give the game a realistic look, requires ENB binaries.
Pipboy Shadows – Enables dynamic shadows on the Pipboy light and power armor head lamps.
Realistic Lighting – Disables fake interior light sources and overhauls world light sources for a more realistic look.
Remove Distance / Interior Fog – Disables interior fog and exterior distance fog for a much clearer FOV.
Remove Ironsights Blur – Removes the DOF like ironsights blur while ADS.
Shell Casing Despawn Timer Extender – Enables shell casings to remain on surfaces for much longer periods of time.
UI Tweaks:
Colorful Survival Mode Icons – Replaces default survival mode player condition icons for ones with colours based on the magnitude of effect felt.
Customize Dialogue Interface – Customize the type of dialog display to be used.
DEF UI – Replaces the vanilla UI for a version more suited for modern PC monitor configurations.
Improved Item Sorting – Allows for inter-category sorting in the players inventory, items are further subdivided in each inventory section.
Improved Map – Replaces the vanilla map with a detailed one including road locations, helps to navigate during survival mode.
Improved Weapon Mod Descriptions – Replaces the default descriptions for ones giving exact stats regarding the mod.
Value Per Weight Indicator – Gives every item a value per weight indicator.
Optional Gameplay Additions:
Arbitration - Overhauls most combat systems including damage, stealth, and ai. More info on the mod page.
Armorsmith Extended – Overhauls armor equipping and modification systems
Beantown Interiors – Adds interiors to buildings previously boarded up across the commonwealth.
Customize Jetpack AP Drain – Customize the AP loss from using the jetpack.
Customize Legendary Enemy Spawning – Configure the percentage of hostile NPCs that will be legendary.
Customize Power Armor and Jetpack Drain – Customize fusion core drain from using power armor and its jetpack.
Customize Time Scale and Fast Travel – Customize the game time scale and the time fast travel takes to complete in game hours.
Customize XP Gain – Customize the amount of XP gained from a variety of sources.
Deadly Radstorms – Increases radiation gain from radstorms.
Difficulty XP Scaling – Rebalances XP gain to be based on game difficulty like in Fallout 3.
Dogmeat as Second Companion – Allows the player to bring along Dogmeat as a second companion along with their primary NPC companion.
Durable Vertibirds – Increases the amount of damage vertibirds can take before they crash.
Easy Hacking – Gives the player only one password option when hacking, changes system from skill to player stats only.
Enable Bullet Time – Enables bullet time ability, used at the cost of AP.
Enable Survival Mode Console – Enables console commands in survival mode.
Enable Survival Mode Fast Travel – Enables fast travel in survival mode, multiple variations.
Enable Survival Mode Quick Save – Enables quick saving in survival mode.
Faster Terminal Displays – Customize text and display switching speed on terminals.
Increased Settlement Budget – Allows more objects to be placed in a settlement’s budget.
Increased VATS Distance – Allows VATS target acquisition at almost any range.
Improved Settlement Placement Snapping - Improves the settlement item placement snapping points.
Longer Powerlines – Increases the distance that powerlines can be attached.
More Spawns – Vastly increases the amount of hostile NPC spawns in most Commonwealth locations, adds faction patrols etc.
NPC's Move – When you walk into a companion or other NPC, they move out of the way.
Ponytail Hairstyles – Adds a number of ponytail type hairstyles for female characters.
Quieter Settlements Machines – Decreases the noise produced by several settlement objects.
Realistic Ballistics – Makes bullets behave according to physics, with bullet drop, travel time, etc.
Realistic Scrap Components – Adds or removes crafting components on many scrap items for a more realistic balance.
Safe and Trunk Contents Reworked – Replaces the loot lists on certain containers to encompass many different items based on player / lockpick level.
See Through Combat Scopes – Adds a variety of combat scopes that keep the default player view when ADS.
Settlements Expanded – Adds a variety of game items to be placed in settlements.
Settlers Expanded – Overhauls the settler system, adding settler types and varying control methods.
True Storms – Adds a number of weather types to the base game.
War of the Commonwealth – Alternative to More Spawns.
Weapon Damage Rebalance – Overhauls the damage model across most guns in an attempt for realism.
Workbenches Expanded – Overhauls the crafting system allowing for weapon, armor, ammo crafting etc.
I've most certainly forgot a number of mods, (These are all the ones I have currently installed.) feel free to comment stating ones you feel deserved to be added to the list.
Fallout 4 Optimized Building Textures
Automatron not working on PS4
Sony is working to prop Automatron for the North American PlayStation Store. Some people in Asia have also been complaining about not being able to download it.Automatron Settlers Not Working
Some players have reported that, after assigning a robot buddy to a post in a settlement (vendor, defence, field work), they glitch out and stop functioning. Vendors don’t offer vendor dialogue, field workers tend to the crop, then freeze after picking it up, defense bots stand with their backs turned to the guard posts.
There’s nothing to be done until a patch arrives, so just stay patient and don’t waste time on robot settlers if they don’t work out on the first try.
Codsworth Customization Hat Bug
Codsworth, your old robo-butler, can also be customzied at the Robot Workbench. Something isn’t working right, though, so if you put him in the machine, he’ll lose his ability to wear hats. You don’t even have to change anything on him for the bug to appear. As soon as he sets foot onto the metal plates of the workbench, he won’t be able to use headwear anymore. It’s obviously not working as intended, so we presume it’ll be fixed at some point. You can basically choose between the vanilla Codsworth with a hat, or an upgraded one without a hat.
Automatrons Turning Hostile
There have been reports of Automatron robots turning hostile and attacking the player as soon as they step off the production line. There’s no explanation for this kind of behaviour. It’s not supposed to happen, but there’s a lot of things interacting here, so it might take some time until it’s repaired. If this happens to you, simply avoid creating new bots until it’s fixed.