
Next, be sure that the steam overlay is enabled. One last fix for the character overhaul mod. Search the ini for “bBackground Keyboard” (without quotes) and after that line paste the following: We also have to change the ini so that some mods will work correctly:Ĭhange “bInvalidateOlderFiles=0” to “bInvalidateOlderFiles=1” if it isn’t already set to 1.Īnother nice thing that I do is disable the intro images for faster game startup. Right below that line add, “iNumHWThreads=2” (without the quotes). Open “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout New Vegas\Fallout_default.ini” and do the following:Ĭhange “bUseThreadedAI=0” to “bUseThreadedAI=1”. This will create the ini file that we will be editing below.

Start the game once by launching the game, clicking play, and then exiting the game when you can. We need to make it so the game can use multi threading. (We’ll use this later for borderless full screen, which will allow us to alt tab out of the game without it crashing.) If you don’t care about borderless full screen, don’t use windowed mode.įirst thing’s first. Also, MAKE SURE to set Mode (in the bottom left corner of the options menu) to “Windowed”.

Make sure to go to options on the launcher and set your graphics to High or Ultra, depending on what your system can handle. You MUST follow everything exactly as it is written or you will cause massive headaches for yourself. Similar to my oblivion mod guide, my goal is mostly to make the game look better while keeping the gameplay as close to vanilla as possible (with few exceptions). Here’s a list/guide on the Fallout New Vegas mods that I am using and how to install them.
