FROST - Nuclear Winter Compatibility Patch
⚪ Last updated 2020⚠️ Install Order · 4 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.5% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #30 of 69 Immersion mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
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:::FROST - NUCLEAR WINTER COMPATIBILITY PATCH:::
Requires Far Harbor DLC.
Requires FROST Survival Simulator https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/18898/
Requires Fallout 2287 - Nuclear Winter https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/37988
THIS PLUGIN FOCUSES ON THREE AREAS: WEATHER, ARMOR INSULATION, AND HEAT SOURCES
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[]This plugin matches FROST weathers with Temperature and Wind Speed measurements from FALLOUT 2287 - Nuclear Winter. This plugin does not match FROST weathers with "cold/freezing" effect shaders from Nuclear Winter.
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]This plugin adds appropriate armor insulation stats to non-vanilla armor pieces and outfits provided by FROST.[]This plugin makes sure that locations changed or added by FROST have appropriate heat statistics. Most sealed underground areas are relatively insulated (collapsed subway systems, tunnels, etc.) because heat doesn't conduct that well through the ground. As long as an underground area appears to be sealed, I have made it slightly warmer than the surface.
My logic for sorting weathers is as follows:
- []Lack of sunlight makes ambient temperature colder (e.g. overcast weathers).
- []Precipitation lowers ambient temperature (rainwater efficiently absorbs heat from air due to its high specific heat capacity and due to latent heat of evaporation)
- []Precipitation also generates wind as it cools the air (changes in air temperature, such as during rainfall, create convection currents)
- []Fog and mist slightly lower ambient temperature by partially blocking sunlight and making everything damp. Rain is still much colder than fog or mist.
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[]Fog usually indicates lack of wind, whereas mist indicates at least a slight breeze.
[*]Radioactive rain is warmer than normal rain since the fallout it contains is undergoing radioactive decay, which generates heat. Similar to normal rainfall, radstorms create convection currents and produce wind. This wind will generally be stronger than wind from normal rainfall due to the intense, localized heating of air pockets by the radioactive decay of fallout and the cooling of the surrounding air by latent heat of evaporation. By making radstorms warmer, I've added an additional gameplay mechanic - if you're freezing and can't find a heat source, you can potentially stand outside in a radstorm to warm yourself up. So this essentially means that you can choose to trade rads for warmth.
A compatibility patch that makes Fallout 2287 - Nuclear Winter work properly with FROST Survival Simulator, fixing conflicts in weather, armor, and locations. For FROST players who want the Nuclear Winter experience without breaking their game.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Essential for anyone running both mods together (190 endorsements)
- Targeted fixes for weather, armor, and locations—exactly what you need
- Lightweight patch, no bloat, just compatibility
⚠️ Cons
- Only useful if you run both FROST and Nuclear Winter—otherwise pointless
- Last updated in 2020, so may not work with newer mod versions
- Potential conflicts with other mods that alter the same systems
For FROST players who want to add Nuclear Winter's harsh cold and weather without breaking their survival sim. If you don't use both mods, skip this—it does nothing for you.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Load this patch after both FROST and Nuclear Winter in your load order to ensure it overrides correctly.
- Check the mod pages for both required mods to confirm you have the latest versions compatible with this patch.
- If you're using a mod manager, let it handle the load order automatically, but manually verify the patch is placed after the other two.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- Minotaur21
- Version
- 1.2
- Downloads
- 7,575
- Endorsements
- 190
- Category
- Immersion
- Created
- 11/30/2019
- Updated
- 7/26/2020
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