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Fallout: New Vegas

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Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout: New Vegas cover
Developers
Obsidian Entertainment
Publishers
Bethesda Softworks
Engines
Gamebryo
Release dates
Windows October 19, 2010
Fallout: New Vegas guide on StrategyWiki
Fallout: New Vegas on Wikipedia
Fallout
Fallout 1997
Fallout 2 1998
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel 2001
Fallout 3 2008
Fallout: New Vegas 2010
Fallout 4 2015
Fallout Shelter 2016
Fallout 4 VR 2017
Fallout 76 2018

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

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Amazon.com
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Ultimate Edition is also available.
Windows
Amazon.co.uk
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Ultimate Edition is also available.
Windows
GamersGate
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Ultimate Edition is also available.
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Ultimate Edition is also available.
Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Ultimate Edition only.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Ultimate Edition only.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Ultimate Edition is also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Ultimate Edition is also available.
Windows
Steam
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Ultimate Edition is also available.
Windows

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
Caravan Pack Pre-order bonus, now sold in Courier's Stash bundle.
Windows
Classic Pack Pre-order bonus, now sold in Courier's Stash bundle.
Windows
Mercenary Pack Pre-order bonus, now sold in Courier's Stash bundle.
Windows
Tribal Pack Pre-order bonus, now sold in Courier's Stash bundle.
Windows
Gun Runners' Arsenal
Windows
Courier's Stash Contains Caravan Pack, Classic Pack, Mercenary Pack and Tribal Pack.
Windows
Lonesome Road
Windows
Old World Blues
Windows
Honest Hearts
Windows
Dead Money
Windows

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.

FNV 4GB Patcher

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.

Collision Meshes

Fixes collision meshes on many statics.

New Vegas Anti Crash

Requires New Vegas Script Extender.
Reduces crash frequency.

New Vegas Stutter Remover

Requires New Vegas Script Extender.
Reduces stuttering.

Vanilla UI Plus

Fixes UI bugs and inconsistencies.

Yukichigai Unofficial Patch

Fixes hundreds of bugs that weren't patched by Bethesda and Obsidian.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22380/pfx/[Note 1]
Default settings are stored in <path-to-game>\Fallout_default.ini

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22380/pfx/[Note 1]
Autosaves and quicksaves automatically create a backup (*.bak) of the previous save when overwritten.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Stores up to 200 MB of game saves online (maximum 1000 files).

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Most graphics options are accessible on the main launcher screen.

Multi-monitor

Instructions
Relevant multi-monitor resolutions:
3840x1024 5040x1050
iSafeZoneXWide=610 iSafeZoneXWide=770
iSafeZoneYWide=15 iSafeZoneYWide=15
iSafeZoneX=610 iSafeZoneX=770

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions
Suggested FOV values (with the assumption of default being good for 5:4):
Aspect Ratio FOV Value
4:3 79.9000
16:9 105.3000
15:9 99.0000
16:10 95.2000
21:9 80.0000

Windowed

By default, windowed mode only supports a limited number of resolutions.
Instructions

Vertical sync (Vsync)

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.
Instructions

Input settings

input settings.
input settings.

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Mouse acceleration

Instructions

Audio settings

Audio 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
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

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

Instructions

Game Stuck On Loading Screen

Perpetual loading screen.
Sometimes attempting to 'load' a save game does not work.
Instructions
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Unable To Level

Caused by using adlevel console command.
Instructions

Some Sounds Don't Work

Voice acting and Pip-Boy sounds (and possibly others) can not be heard, while the radio and movement can.
Instructions

Application load error P:0000065434

This happens when you start the launcher.
Instructions
Instructions

Game Crashes on Startup (NVSE installed properly)

This happens when you start the game, and have mods that utilize NVSE (New Vegas Script Extender)
Instructions

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.
Instructions
Instructions

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.
Instructions
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.
Instructions
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Tilde console key not working

Pressing the tilde key on the keyboard does not launch the cheat console.
Instructions

Error Code 53

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio DirectSound
Cutscenes Bink Video

Enabling HBAO+ for NVIDIA graphics cards

Use the Ambient Occlusion flag 0x00000003 with Quality or High Quality.
Instructions

Modifications

See Essential improvements for modifications that fixes bugs and improve performance.

JSawyer

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.

New Vegas: Uncut

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.

Tale of Two Wastelands

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
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 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