Smooth Terrain (FOSE)
🟡 Updated this yearThis mod was updated after the recent game update — it should work on the current version. (Fallout 3 - Game Launcher Update)
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- 🏆 #47 of 125 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
FOSE plugin that smoothens terrain by subdividing terrain meshes.
Description:
Like Smooth Terrain originally made for Skyrim, this FOSE plugin subdivides terrain meshes to give them an overall smoother appearance. It can impact performance depending on your hardware, but I personally didn't lose any frames. By default, the .ini has iSubdivisions=2. This is 16x the vanilla triangle count for terrain. Should you notice considerable performance drop you can set it to iSubdivisions=1 for only 4x the vanilla triangle count. It won't be as smooth but will be more performant. This should be compatible with almost everything but there can always be edge cases.
Install with MO2 and activate. Load order doesn't matter.
hakasapl - For the original Smooth Terrain for Skyrim
VHeyes - For their Fallout New Vegas Smooth Terrain (NVSE) whose source code this mod version was directly built off.
ChatSol 5. 6 was used, this is 100% vibecode. For those who don't support or agree with the use of AI I completely respect and understand you. All credit goes to the mentioned above, without their work I wouldn't have the source to bring this to Fallout 3. I encourage you to download and endorse their versions as well, doesn't take much to do it and shows support for their hard work. With that being said, don't bother them with issues you might encounter, post it here. I will open a discord soon where I can provide genuine support for any issues you have with this and any future mods I publish.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 3 Mods
- Author
- DraxxStarr
- Version
- 1
- Downloads
- 260
- Endorsements
- 17
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 8/4/2026
- Updated
- 8/4/2026
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