Run these mods in conjunction with New California for a better time:
These mods work well with our mod, though some of them may strain the resources on your system.
NVSE + JIPLN <- Required if you continue from here
Vanilla Sprint <- Very very highly recommended
Project Nevada + Mod Config Menu (XP gain rate mod in Rebalance module is EXPRESSLY NOT recommended, breaking the game.) You may also want Just Assorted Mods, which has been updated in the last few years. It does what PN does but with better performance instructed by a decade of modding FNV. Doesn’t require Mod Config Menu either.
ENB Series <- Not vital, but HIGHLY recommended
Turn off Antialiasing, Anistropic filtering and Water Displacement in the new vegas launcher options
Rudy ENB <- If you want to visually match our images
Turn off Antialiasing, Anistropic filtering and Water Displacement in the new vegas launcher options
And that's it.
Bonus points if you use:
Asurah’s Reanimation Pack <- Asurah made many of our custom animations, and NEW AUDIO make NV’s combat bearable to play. Add damage mods like BLEED and Live Dismemberment for a good time. (Note that FNC is balanced better with damage mods than it is vanilla for skilled FPS players. For casual gamers, stick to vanilla and don’t make this unfun for yourself.)
Robco Certified <- For the best Science playthrough
Those are my recommendations -- TOTALLY VOLUNTARY -- and in no way essential to play FNC.
Rudy ENB will make the mod look like the screenshots and videos. It is required for it to look like that. I wish we could make New Vegas look better natively. We’d need source code and a shader programmer. Call Bethesda, tell them to just give us the license and rights to do it ourselves. Til then, grab ENB + Rudy’s latest update. It runs great on my system.
You can plug and play FNC as if it were a DLC with no other mods required -- including the DLC.
The Frontier, when it comes out, will also shoot to the top of the list, since we share continuity with them. But you can take or leave either mod as well. Up to you.
*4 GB PATCH IS JUST A SOLID NEED IF YOU USE STEAM, no exceptions. Our Installer automatically adds this to your New Vegas exe. Don't install it again.
**WHY DIDN'T YOU RECOMMEND "X" MOD!!??
Because we can’t support it or we don’t have time, or it’s up to you.
***WILL THIS WORK WITH TTW?
I don't know, never tried it. But supposedly it works.
We also mention quite a few mods and AlChestBreach a lot. Call those Easter Eggs.
*****What mods are Incompatible with FNC?
These: Incompatible Mods List
******If you use Fallout 4 Quick Loot, replace it with this one to avoid major problems later in not just our mod but also new vegas.