Real Troughs - New Brahmin Feeders (standalone)
⚪ Last updated 2016⚠️ Install Order · 2 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
- 👍 3.3% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #253 of 271 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Hotfiles? Really? Slow week! haha thanks you guys.
Tiny little quick mod. I know troughs are kinda popular at the moment but seeing those was motivation to finally finish a model I started a while back. I got tired of feeding Brahmin a) invisible air and b) from a broken bathtub. I mean, the player can craft a turret from scratch, and build entire multi-level buildings, afterall, why not give your source of food/milk (MILK THAT BRAHMIN!) a proper eating area? AND SOME FOOD?
This adds 2 new meshes and textures, all made 100% from scratch, to the Workshop. One for the feeder, one for the trader caravan post. They're cement with some welded rusty iron blocks underneath for support (I modeled these based on a photo of a DIY cow trough I found.) They are filled with Brahmin feed pellets as well.
They are standalone and will appear next to their vanilla counterparts in the Workshop menu. Because it's standalone it's also compatible with any of the other trough mods that fill up the vanilla troughs, etc.
This has to be an ESP because the vanilla trough shares the exact same mesh/model as all the other bathtubs in the wasteland and settlements, so unless you want every one of them to suddenly become a feeding trough, the ESP is required in order to direct to the new mesh :)
INSTALL - Activate with NMM or drag/drop into your /data/ folder
TOOLS - FO4Edit & CK - Blender 2. 75 - Outfit Studio (for import/export of OBJ) - NifSkope - Photoshop CS6, CrazyBump, Material Editor
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Real Troughs replaces the bathtub Brahmin feeders with new standalone meshes and textures for both the feeder and trader outpost, filled with Brahmin feed. A cosmetic overhaul for Fallout 4 settlements, popular with over 5,000 endorsements.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community approval (5,041 endorsements) — clearly a must-have for settlement builders
- Simple cosmetic upgrade that fixes an immersion-breaking bathtub
- Standalone meshes mean no conflicts with other mods that alter the same objects
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2016 — may not be compatible with the latest Fallout 4 patches or DLC
- Only affects visuals; no gameplay or functional changes
- No screenshots or detailed installation instructions in the description
For Fallout 4 settlement builders who care about immersion and want their Brahmin to eat from a proper trough instead of a bathtub. Skip if you're looking for gameplay changes — this is purely cosmetic.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's a standalone mesh, you can safely install it with a mod manager like Nexus Mods' Vortex or manually drop the files into your Data folder.
- Check if you have any mods that also modify Brahmin feeders — if so, load order might matter, but standalone meshes usually avoid conflicts.
- If you're on PC, you can preview the meshes in the Creation Kit or use a tool like NifSkope to see the new models before installing.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- fadingsignal
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 152,765
- Endorsements
- 5,041
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 5/4/2016
- Updated
- 5/4/2016
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