Ghouls Are People Too
⚪ Last updated 2012⚠️ 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
- 👍 4.5% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #323 of 344 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
=[ GHOULS ARE PEOPLE TOO! ]= = History = At the time when the bombs fell many people fled to the safety of the great Vaults, emerging centuries later unaffected by the lethal levels of radiation that had plagued the land in that time. However, more people still had had no safe place to retreat to and had to make do with whatever shelter they could find - basements, metro tunnels, even sewers and caves were used as hideouts to protect the residents from the nuclear blasts. While this did indeed save their lives at the time, the fallout would soon start to take its toll on the survivors. Most who were exposed to the radiation went sick and died almost immediately. Those who did not succumb to illness began to change, the very air burning off their skin, their flesh rotting away. Still they lived on, and some left their shelters to start new lives in the wasteland left by what became known as the Great War. Some fell into a deep depression, losing all will to live and slowly wasting away until only their bones bore witness to their existence. Others gradually went insane - whether this was a result of the radiation getting to their brains, or that their minds could not handle the change and simply snapped, is unknown. Afterwards they would roam the wastes, indiscriminately attacking any and all humans untainted by the radiation, perhaps out of resentment towards those who left them to die all those years ago. But wanderers who survive an attack sometimes claim that these feral Ghouls, even as they claw at them in a frenzy, stare with pleading eyes as if crying out for a release from their cursed fate. = About the Mod = This is a small texture tweak to make Feral Ghouls look more like the humans they once were, by giving their eyes pupils and/or irises, and their skin a closer-to-skin-colored tone. The change was intended to be part of a mod project I started long ago, but I eventually abandoned the idea because my ambitions far outmatched my modding skills. As it were I stopped playing New Vegas for a while and the files were left to rot in my Data folder (see what I did there?), but when I started again and ran into a pack of Ferals I was fascinated by the strong impression this small change left. I decided to upload an image of it, which got a great response from the community and several requests for me to upload the tweak itself on the Nexus. I was a bit reluctant at first because the change only affected one type of Feral and was of poor quality to boot, but in the end I decided to polish it up, apply it to the other variants and get it uploaded. Note that the new files are just slightly tweaked vanilla textures, meaning they will look alright from a small distance but horrible up close because of the relatively low resolution. = Installation = Extract the contents of the archive to your Fallout: New Vegas installation folder. = Uninstallation = Remove the files added by
A small texture tweak that makes Feral Ghouls appear more human in Fallout 3. With 661 endorsements and over 14,000 downloads, it's a popular cosmetic choice for players who want a less monstrous look. Simple and effective, though it hasn't been updated since 2012.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 661 endorsements and 14k downloads
- Does exactly what it says: makes ghouls look more human
- Small file size, no performance hit
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2012, may not be compatible with mods that overhaul ghoul textures
- Only affects Feral Ghouls, not other ghoul types
- No screenshots or detailed description provided by the author
For Fallout 3 players who find Feral Ghouls too monstrous and want a more human appearance. Skip if you prefer the classic ghoul look or use a comprehensive texture overhaul.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Place the texture files in your Data folder and enable the mod in your load order.
- If you use a mod manager like FOMM, you can install this mod with a single click.
- Make sure to check for conflicts with other ghoul texture mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- Zeus_II
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 14,734
- Endorsements
- 661
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 6/11/2012
- Updated
- 6/11/2012
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