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Key points
- Shares many similarities with Fallout 3 in terms of its engine and performance.
- Extensive modding community.
- Includes the Fallout and Fallout 2 Original Soundtracks for free inside the installation folder.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Nexus mods, popular host for almost all New Vegas mods.
- S.T.E.P. Project Wiki, comprehensive modding guide.
- The Vault, Fallout franchise wiki.
Availability
Version differences
- Ultimate Edition is the complete edition with all DLC.
DLC and expansion packs
- DLC may need to be manually enabled in the launcher after purchase.
Name |
Notes |
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Caravan Pack |
Pre-order bonus, now sold in Courier's Stash bundle. |
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Classic Pack |
Pre-order bonus, now sold in Courier's Stash bundle. |
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Mercenary Pack |
Pre-order bonus, now sold in Courier's Stash bundle. |
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Tribal Pack |
Pre-order bonus, now sold in Courier's Stash bundle. |
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Gun Runners' Arsenal |
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Courier's Stash |
Contains Caravan Pack, Classic Pack, Mercenary Pack and Tribal Pack. |
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Lonesome Road |
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Old World Blues |
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Honest Hearts |
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Dead Money |
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Essential improvements
Official patch
- The Steam version is already patched to the latest version, 1.4.0.525.
Large Address Aware
- GOG.com version is already Large Address Aware.
- Changes Fallout: New Vegas to be Large Address Aware (LAA).
- Improves stability on systems with at least 3GB RAM.
Modifications
- Fallout Mod Manager or a similar tool is recommended for installing and managing modifications.
- New Vegas Script Extender (NVSE) is required by many mods for them to work correctly.
- Fixes collision meshes on many statics.
- Requires New Vegas Script Extender.
- Reduces crash frequency.
- Requires New Vegas Script Extender.
- Reduces stuttering.
- Fixes UI bugs and inconsistencies.
- Fixes hundreds of bugs that weren't patched by Bethesda and Obsidian.
Skip intro videos
Game data
Configuration file location
- Default settings are stored in
<path-to-game>\Fallout_default.ini
Save game data location
- Autosaves and quicksaves automatically create a backup (
*.bak
) of the previous save when overwritten.
System |
Native |
Notes |
GOG Galaxy |
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Steam Cloud |
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Stores up to 200 MB of game saves online (maximum 1000 files). |
Video settings
Template:Video settings
- Most graphics options are accessible on the main launcher screen.
- Relevant multi-monitor resolutions:
3840x1024 |
5040x1050
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iSafeZoneXWide=610 |
iSafeZoneXWide=770
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iSafeZoneYWide=15 |
iSafeZoneYWide=15
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iSafeZoneX=610 |
iSafeZoneX=770
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- Suggested FOV values (with the assumption of default being good for 5:4):
Aspect Ratio |
FOV Value
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4:3 |
79.9000
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16:9 |
105.3000
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15:9 |
99.0000
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16:10 |
95.2000
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21:9 |
80.0000
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- By default, windowed mode only supports a limited number of resolutions.
- Vsync is enabled at all times, even if the Vertical Sync box is unticked. This setting can be forced in the
Fallout_default.ini
file.
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
- May require DirectSound3D restoration software to restore proper audio functionality on Windows Vista and later.
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Czech |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Turkish |
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Turkish
- A Turkish fan patch is available here. Separate patches are also available for the following DLCs:
VR support
Issues fixed
- TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.
Characters "Throwing Up"
This is caused by conflicting character mods, this can usually be fixed with a compatibility patch or by using LOOT to fix the load order.
Rotating Heads/Floating, non-animated NPCs
Setting "Actor Fade" to the maximum value should fix this.
Game Crashes Randomly
Game Stuck On Loading Screen
- Perpetual loading screen.
- Sometimes attempting to 'load' a save game does not work.
Unable To Level
- Caused by using
adlevel
console command.
Some Sounds Don't Work
- Voice acting and Pip-Boy sounds (and possibly others) can not be heard, while the radio and movement can.
Application load error P:0000065434
- This happens when you start the launcher.
Game Crashes on Startup (NVSE installed properly)
- This happens when you start the game, and have mods that utilize NVSE (New Vegas Script Extender)
Player "Sliding"
- Character will continue to move or "slide" a bit sometimes even after they have stopped moving. Note that this should not be confused for the game engine forcing characters to take a full step when moving.
Data Files get auto loaded on Startup
- Affected data files are enabled at all times, even if their boxes in the "Data Files" menu are unticked.
- If you chose to delete the
.nam
files, you can recover them by verifying the game data files integrity in Steam.
Application load error 5:0000065434
- Occurs when launching the game in any other way than through Steam due to an inappropriate Steam AppID being used.
- Can happen when you have a Polish, Czech or Russian version of the game.
- Error code
P:0000065432
may also apply when the AppID is incorrect.
Tilde console key not working
- Pressing the tilde key on the keyboard does not launch the cheat console.
Error Code 53
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Shader Model support |
3 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
Havok |
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Audio |
DirectSound |
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Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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Enabling HBAO+ for NVIDIA graphics cards
- Use the Ambient Occlusion flag
0x00000003
with Quality
or High Quality
.
Modifications
- See Essential improvements for modifications that fixes bugs and improve performance.
- Requires all official DLC to be installed in order to work.
- General difficulty tweak and bug fix mod by Fallout: New Vegas' Project director and Lead designer, Joshua Sawyer.
- Contains crude editing, JSawyer Ultimate is a reconstructed version which fixes this.
- One of the mod authors, MoBurma, has listed content which has been cut from the game due to time constraints.
- Restores content cut from the game in a number of individual mods.
- Some mods where indicated can be buggy and not function properly.
- Mods such as Freeside Uncut require higher-end computers to perform optimally.
- This mod requires Fallout 3.
- The mod is still in alpha and may be unstable on some configurations.
- Adds all the Fallout 3 content, including the world, quests, NPCs and items, into Fallout: New Vegas, as a separate worldspace.
- Can cause many conflicts with existing mods.
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP |
Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
| Dual Core 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
10 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
| ATI 1300XT series Nvidia GeForce 6 series 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/22380/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (22380) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References