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WhiskyTangoFawks / LunarFalloutPlus

Wabbajack Modlist for Fallout 4
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Life In The Ruins: A Selection of Lunar Fallout Plus Modlists

A massively overhauled and finely tuned Fallout 4 RPG experience. Designed to improve and upgrade the game, all while staying true to the vanilla aesthetic.

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Modlist Goals

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Key Gameplay Mods To Be Aware Of

New Content Highlights

OptionalPaid Content Compatibility

Full List of Mods at LoadOrderLibrary

Technical Requirements

The modlist is designed for relatively modern, middle range hardware. A high end graphics card is not required, but it does help. There are performance options available, including a steam deck installation guide.

If you have less than 6gb of VRAM or the list otherwise performs badly for you

Wabbajack Installation

Make sure you update the C++ Redistributables https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

See How to Wabbajack for detailed instructions on using Wabbajack to install the modlist

See the How To Install LitR video tutorial

This is a large modlist, with several large downloads, including several large sets of textures. Nexus Premium is highly recommended for the initial download, expect the initial download and installation to take at least an hour with premium.

Solving Common Wabbajack Installation Problems

Additional Setup (post Wabbajack installation)

Optional Mods and Downloads

  1. (Recommended) Download and install into the [NODELETE] Cross Skin Packs (found in the difficulty and customization section), the following skin packs from https://gumroad.com/niero. They're available for free (use the discount code which can be found on the checkout page), but a donation is suggested. The man makes some fantastic mods, and you can probably afford to buy him a coffee. The links for the 2k version are provided below, however the 4k are also available.

Game INI Settings with BethINI

  1. Make sure Mod Organizer is not running. Open BethINI from the Tools folder inside your LitR installation folder.

  2. Setup tab

    • Check that the game path is pointing to the folder called Stock Game Folder, inside your installation folder and not your steam installation
    • Check that the mod organizer path is pointing to the modorganizer.exe in your installation folder for Life in the Ruins.
    • Check that your game settings path is set to my documents/my games/fallout 4

  3. Basic Tab

    • Choose a profile at least one step lower than you would use for vanilla fallout. For most users with less than a 3090 I recommend medium or high, LitR is significantly heavier than vanilla fallout. (The shorter draw distances on medium make A Forest much easier to run, and A Forest makes it so you can't see stuff way in the distance anyway)
    • For most users, 1920x1080 resolution is recommended.
    • Enable VSync unless you're using Gsync/FreeSync (the High FPS Physics Fix mod controls VSync and this settings should be ignored, but having it match here doesn't hurt)
    • If you want to change the Full Screen/Boarderless setting, by default this is controlled in the High FPS Physics config file (normal or 120fps version if you're using it)
    • On the custom tab, select general in the section drop down, and iNumHWThreads in the settings drop down. Set this to the number of cores your CPU has, doubling that number if it has hyperthreading. For more information on this setting, see https://stepmodifications.org/wiki/Guide:Skyrim_INI/General#iNumHWThreads

  4. Details tab

    • Field of View (FOV) It is recommended to leave the FoV vanilla. Setting the FoV higher than 90 has been known to cause weird visual issues with armor mods in the list. It can also effect the pipboy and scopes. Do not use the game console to change the FOV, it will not work.

Nvidia/AMD Control Center

Settings here are going to be very system and driver specific, but some general things to be aware of

Mod Organizer Configuration

Run modorganizer.exe located in the Life in the Ruins installation folder you created.

  1. Video Memory And ENBoost

    • In the ENB section, are three presets to enable ENBoost 8k, 12k, and 16k, with the required files edited and ready to use, all you have to do is enable one of them. See these videos for help choosing what value works best for you.
    • Introduction to ENBoost
    • How to find your optimal value with ENBoost
    • Higher values might work for users with a lot of VRAM, but are unnecessary. For most users this will actually reduce performance and stability. Even with high res textures, FO4 doesn't require that much memory.
    • ENBoost is a feature of ENB that allows your FO4 to extend your system's VRAM with your regular RAM. It's not as fast, but it's better than nothing. AMD users with resizable BAR enabled should see even better performance improvements with this setting, and it's recommended to try it out. However this is a HIGHLY system specific setting. What works great for a user with a 3090, will crash for a user with less, which is why it's not turned on for you by default.
    • If you have issues with textures not loading, stuttering, or the brown face bug, it is recommended to try this.

  2. Difficulty and Customization

    For People that want to tweak things a little. Not all options are listed here. See the section in Mod Organizer for all options

    • Lucky 7 - Hardcore Start: You get 7 points to spend at start instead of the regular 24, and get an extra perk point every 7 levels. For players who want a real challenge.

  3. Configuration

    Additional configuration options

    • 120FPS no VSYNC: Enable this mod if you are using a higher refresh rate Gsync/Freesync monitor. This mod increases the FPS cap from the High Performance Physics Fix mod and disables vsync. You can edit the ini file if you need additional changes, or create you own configuration file.
    • Whisky's Tunes: Copyright free music for streamers
    • Nvidia Reflex support and Nvidia Weapon Debris Crash Fix: Enable these if you have an Nvidia card. If you crash after enabling them, try disabling them.

Launching the Game and Additional in Game Setup

Launch modorganizer.exe from the Life in the Ruins installation folder.

  1. Make sure the drop down next to the Run button says "Play Life in the Ruins"
  2. Press Run and wait for the game to launch. Initial launch can take several minutes even on high end systems. Do NOT press the unlock button. If it seems frozen, try alt-tabbing a couple times, or hitting the enter key.
  3. Start a new game.
    • Some users experience the game getting stuck on new game. Alt-tabbing, waiting a minute or two, then going back in, or pressing 'enter' or 'e' a few times resolves the issue for most users. A few users have reported that hooking up buttons on the gamepad also resolves the issue for them. If none of these work, try disabling Intro Tweaks, or Fast Start.
  4. Mod Configuration Menu
    • MCM Settings Manager: Load the LitR Default settings once you're outside of the vault.

Updating the Modlist

Before updating the modlist, see the full changelog for the latest release. Make sure to follow any additional instructions in the changelog regarding the update process. If an update is marked as save safe, then a new save is not required.

To Update the modlist, just rerun the Wabbajack installer with the updated download from the Wabbajack gallery (or prerelease from my Patreon). Check "overwrite" during the installation process.

If you still have the downloads, Wabbajack will detect them and you will not need to download the entire modlist again, and the process should just take a couple minutes. If you deleted them, then yes, you will need to download all the files again.

Known Issues

Paid Content Addons

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