Armor Replacer Child NPC Fix
⚪ Last updated 2010⚠️ Install Order · 5 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
- 👍 4.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #29 of 50 Clothing mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
=============== Description: =============== The purpose of this mod is simply to ensure that all child NPCs in the New Vegas will wear clothing appropriate for children, regardless of what adult clothing replacers you might have installed for adult NPCs. =============== Details: =============== A number of child NPCs in Fallout: New Vegas are equipped with adult clothing or armor. In the vanilla game, this isn\'t much of a problem, but if you install replacers that give stock clothing and armor more adult proportions, these child NPCs may look a bit strange... either abnormally muscular in the case of boys, or busty in the case of girls. And if it\'s a very skimpy replacer, the results may be downright disturbing. With this mod installed, child NPCs should never be seen in clothing or armor that has been changed by replacers. They will wear stock vanilla clothing only. This effects only the child NPCs in vanilla Fallout: New Vegas, not children added by mods. I accomplished this by editing the inventories of child NPCs. Unfortunately, if you have already encountered an NPC in the game, their inventories may be stored in your save game and will override the changes made in this mod, so it will work best with a new game. NPCs with no low level processing (like the kids chasing the rat in Freeside) should have their inventories reset if you leave and re-enter the cell where they are present. For child NPCs that were equipped with adult wastelander clothing, I edited them to use the stock childrens clothing (wastelandchild01 through wastelandchild04). There were also children who wore Boomers clothing and Legion armor, and one who wore slave rags. For these, I made new items using renamed copies of the vanilla meshes so they would not be overwritten by replacers. I felt it was better to have them wear the vanilla adult meshes for their factions rather than the generic wastelander child clothes. If child versions of those armors become available, I may release a version of this which supports them, but for now, these child NPCs should appear exactly as they do in the vanilla game (with vanilla adult meshes). =============== Requirements: =============== Fallout: New Vegas =============== Install: =============== 1. Extract the files from the archive. 2. Copy files to (install folder)\\Data\\ 3. Start Fallout: New Vegas Launcher, click \'Data Files\', place a checkmark beside the \"Armor Replacer Child NPC Fix.esp\" file. =============== Un-Install: =============== 1. Start Fallout NV Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck the \"Armor Replacer Child NPC Fix.esp\" file. 2. Delete the following files associated with the mod: Data\\Armor Replacer Child NPC Fix.esp Data\\meshes\\armor\\boomers\\boomer_child01f.nif Data\\meshes\\armor\\boomers\\boomer_child01m.nif Data\\meshes\\armor\\boomers\\boomer_child02f.nif Data\\meshes\\armor\\boomers\\boomer_child02m.nif Data\\meshes\\armor\\legion
This Fallout: New Vegas mod ensures child NPCs wear child-appropriate clothing, even when adult armor replacers are installed. It's a small compatibility fix for modded playthroughs, with 4,269 endorsements and last updated in 2010.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 4,269 endorsements and 88k downloads — clearly a go-to fix.
- Solves a real immersion-breaker: kids in skimpy or adult armor.
- Lightweight and focused — does one job without bloating your load order.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2010 — likely fine for most setups but may need testing with newer mods.
- Only addresses child NPC clothing — doesn't affect other NPC types.
For Fallout: New Vegas modders who use adult armor replacers and want to keep child NPCs looking appropriate. Essential for immersion-focused playthroughs. Skip if you never install armor overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or FOMM to install and manage load order easily.
- Place this mod after any armor replacer mods in your load order to ensure it overrides correctly.
- If you're using Tale of Two Wastelands, test in both wastelands to confirm child NPCs are covered.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- HanzoTheRazor
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 88,162
- Endorsements
- 4,269
- Category
- Clothing
- Created
- 11/1/2010
- Updated
- 11/1/2010
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