Fallout Wild Card - A Wabbajack Modlist for FNV and TTW

Introduction

"You’ve got the spark, kid. Don’t let this world snuff it out. Keep it burning, and you’ll light the way for others."

This guide is a step-by-step process, so please be patient. Check out the videos linked below for some calming ambience while you do the guide.

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Visual Enhancements:

[]Hand-selected 2K textures that preserve the vanilla aesthetic.[/]

[]Hand-selected 2K textures that preserve the vanilla aesthetic.[/]

[]Redesigned locations that feel fresh but still familiar.[/] []Animations that are more fluid and realistic.[/]

[]Redesigned locations that feel fresh but still familiar.[/] []Animations that are more fluid and realistic.[/]

[]New Vegas Reloaded shaders that improve the graphics with bloom, godrays, PBR, shadows, tone-mapping, fog etc. [/]

[]New Vegas Reloaded shaders that improve the graphics with bloom, godrays, PBR, shadows, tone-mapping, fog etc. [/]

Gameplay Improvements:

[]Modern mechanics, including sprinting, weapon bashing, and bullet time, inspired by later Fallout titles.[/]

[]Modern mechanics, including sprinting, weapon bashing, and bullet time, inspired by later Fallout titles.[/]

[]Profiles for hardcore and casual players.[/]

[]Profiles for hardcore and casual players.[/]

[]Optional mods with enable/disable flexibility and support.[/] []New sounds effect to make the game sounds more like modern game titles.[/]

[]Optional mods with enable/disable flexibility and support.[/] []New sounds effect to make the game sounds more like modern game titles.[/]

Performance and Stability:

[]Optimized meshes, textures, navmeshes, LOD, collisions, scripts, and roombounds. [/] []Carefully curated mods, tweaks, and recommendations from modding experts for optimal compatibility and stability.[/]

[]Optimized meshes, textures, navmeshes, LOD, collisions, scripts, and roombounds. [/] []Carefully curated mods, tweaks, and recommendations from modding experts for optimal compatibility and stability.[/]

[]Custom MO2 launcher for Fallout

New Vegas and Fallout 3.[/]

[]Majority of the mods have been reviewed, memory-tested, resized, compressed, and mipmapped. [/]

[]Majority of the mods have been reviewed, memory-tested, resized, compressed, and mipmapped. [/]

Compatibility:

• []Xbox and PS5 Controller, ultrawide, and HDR support.[/]

Profiles:

• []Multiple profiles (Dust, Vanilla Plus, Wild Card, Classic, Modern, Developer) tailored to different player preferences.[/]

Not Included

The modpack does not support or include:

• []ENB (New Vegas Reloaded replaces)[/] []Player houses (for balance)[/] []Non-vanilla-friendly voices[/] []NSFW content (except body mods which are off by default)[/] []Companions[/] []New armor or clothing unless it stays true or close to Fallout’s apparel designs (except for dust).[/] []Content that deviates significantly from the Fallout universe (expect Dust)[/] []Vortex[/] []AI-made stuff (with upscales being the only exception, but these will be removed in the future).[/] []Anything Political [/]

Getting Started

Video Guide

This covers the Getting started and FNV Setup section.

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• []It is crucial you don't skip any of the steps below, failing to do so will cause many issues i won’t resolve for you![/]

• []Windows Store and Gamepass versions of Fallout: New Vegas are not compatible![/] []Please don't use AI for troubleshooting. Join our Discord server and search for your issue first. If you can't find a solution, ask PsychoticMonk. If you still need help, ask other community members who are willing to assist.[/]

Minimum Specs

required to run Wild Card.

• []CPU: Intel Core i5 2nd‑gen or AMD FX‑6300 series.[/] []RAM: 16GB with dual-channel.[/] []GPU: GTX 1070 8GB or R9 390 8GB.[/] []Storage: SSD or NVMe SSD.[/]

Setup Requirements

for setting up Wild Card.

• []Operating System

  :

  Windows 10 or higher (64-bit) Wild Card supports Linux with specific instructions provided later. However, a Windows environment is REQUIRED during the Linux installation process.[/] []Storage: 149 GB free disk space (including game)[/] []Game: Fallout New Vegas with all official DLC on GOG, Epic Games or Steam. Fallout 3 with all official DLC from any store. English only. PCR is supported. Legal copies only. [/] []Nexus Mods Account: https://users.nexusmods.com/account/billing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Required , premium subscription recommended; otherwise, more than 1400 mods must be manually downloaded. Nexus Mods is offering a https://www.nexusmods.com/news/15373" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">3-day free trial . Visit the page to learn more.[/]

• []Visual C++

  :

  https://www.techpowerup.com/download/visual-c-redistribut... rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Download , extract, and run install_all.bat as administrator.[/] []

  DirectX Runtime Libraries:

  https://download.microsoft.com/download/8/4/a/84a35bf1-da... rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Download , extract and run DXSETUP.exe.[/] []. NET Framework 4. 8: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framew... rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Download and install.[/] []GPU Drivers: From NVIDIA , https://www.amd.com/en/support/download/drivers.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">AMD , or https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19344/in... rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Intel manually search your GPU model and download latest GPU drivers.[/]

• []Archiving Tool: https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2409-x64.exe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">7-zip recommended.[/] []Text Editor: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/re...<

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