Restored Diverse Honest Hearts
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.0% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #43 of 76 NPC mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
DIVERSE HONEST HEARTS
J. E SAWYER QUOTES ABOUT THE THING
As a minor point, Daniel was specifically supposed to be (and was, in data, for most of development) Asian. I don’t know when, how,
or why he was switched to Caucasian, but that’s how he shipped.
It’s frustrating, because those changes slot Joshua and Daniel as white guys among (mostly) brown folk when 1) they weren’t supposed to be white guys and 2) the tribes were specifically called out as ethnically and culturally mixed without any real-world analogues.
Yes. I’ve said this since Honest Hearts came out, but the tribes in that DLC were not meant to actually “look” ethnically Native American. They were supposed to be descendants of a broad cross-section of Americans of different ethnic backgrounds (including Native American) and European tourists (in my own trips through the American Southwest, I’ve encountered many French, Swiss, Dutch, and German tourists). We had prepared different skin colors to show that breadth, but we found out that when it was combined with the body art (which was intentionally notbased on existing NA body art designs), we blew up the texture memory, which was already really limited on the PS3.
The solution was to have just one skin tone, a mid-tone, which had the obvious, unfortunate side effect of just making them all look kind of Na
Restored Diverse Honest Hearts is a small NPC mod for Fallout: New Vegas that aims to restore ethnic diversity to the Honest Hearts DLC, based on the developer's original vision. With 73 endorsements and 7,628 downloads, it's a niche but appreciated fix for lore-minded players. Last updated May 2026.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Fills a lore gap for players who care about the original vision of Honest Hearts.
- Small but active community (73 endorsements) — the kind of mod you find through word of mouth.
- Recent update (May 2026) means it's likely compatible with current game versions.
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects NPC appearances, so if you're looking for gameplay changes, this isn't it.
- Low endorsement count (73) means it's a niche pick — might not be thoroughly tested by the community.
For Fallout: New Vegas players who are sticklers for lore and want the Honest Hearts DLC to match the developers' original concept. Skip if you want gameplay overhauls or don't care about NPC ethnic backgrounds.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since this is a simple NPC mod, just drop the files into your Data folder and enable it in your mod manager.
- Make sure you have the Honest Hearts DLC installed, or the mod won't have anything to modify.
- If you use other NPC overhaul mods, load this one after them to avoid conflicts.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- Norvito
- Version
- 1
- Downloads
- 7,628
- Endorsements
- 73
- Category
- NPC
- Created
- 12/11/2025
- Updated
- 5/8/2026
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