You need to own 2 games and all their DLC's
Fallout New Vegas
https://sp.zhabite.com/steamstore/app/22380/Fallout_New_Vegas/
Fallout 3
https://sp.zhabite.com/steamstore/app/22370/Fallout_3_Game_of_the_Year_Edition/

Go to ''https://www.nexusmods.com/'' and create a free account.
Click on the option mods at the top of the website and then download the Vortex mod manager on the right top.
Once the download is done, install vortex onto your PC and open the program.
In vortex go to the tab games on the left side and search for the game ''Fallout New Vegas'' and click on manage, Vortex will then ask you to tell it where the game is installed on your system and might want you to restart the program.
When that is done, reopen Vortex and minimize it.
Now Vortex is ready to use.

First before we try to install ttw, we need to make sure that Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas are outside the X86 program files, you can do this if you have multiple hard-drives to install your games on or you can fully close Steam, including the background version.
To make sure, go to the right bottom and click the arrow, then look if steam icon is there, if so right click and exit steam.
Then go into program files and drag the full steam folder from program files to desktop.
This is only needed to install ttw, after that you can return it back to program files if you want.
If the games are in program files, the ttw installer will not work at all.


Go to https://taleoftwowastelands.com/ and click on ''Download TTW'' at the top of the website.


You will have to make an account to download TTW, once you have done that.
Click manual download and it will download a zip folder, unzip it and put the folder on your desktop.
For extracting you can use winrar or 7zip, but most PC/Laptops come with one build in.


Now make a second folder on your desktop and name it "TTW mod''.
Go into the folder we just unzipped and click on a program called ''TTW install''.
It will open up and ask you where Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas are installed, just click on browse for each and show where it is located.
Then for where you want TTW installed, browse and use the desktop folder we called ''TTW mod''.
Now click install and let the program do its thing, this will take a while.

Now that the mod is installed in ''TTW mod'', go to Vortex and make sure you are on the tab mods, drag the folder into the bottom square ''Drop file(s)'' and let Vortex do its thing, it will install it for you into Fallout New Vegas (this will also take a while, you know when it's done, when the bell in the top right stops spinning).


Make sure the mod is green and enabled, then head to the plugin section of Vortex and make sure you enable all the plugins that have to do with fallout 3 and fallout New Vegas base game and DLC's.
Make sure all of these plugins are enabled:

Now you can delete both the folders of the desktop, they are no longer needed (ttw mod and the ttw unzipped folder)

Now we need to create an ini file to make the game start proper.
Best way to find the location is by going to to the top of vortex:
- Open
- Open game settings folder
Create a txt. file named ''Falloutcustom''.
Then paste the following and save:

[Audio]
bMultiThreadAudio=1

bUseAudioDebugInformation=0

iAudioCacheSize=16384
iMaxSizeForCachedSound=2048

[BackgroundLoad]
bSelectivePurgeUnusedOnFastTravel=1

bBackgroundLoadLipFiles=1

[Controls]
fForegroundMouseAccelBase=0
fForegroundMouseAccelTop=0
fForegroundMouseBase=0
fForegroundMouseMult=0

[Display]
bFull Screen=1

iPresentInterval=1

iTexMipMapSkip=0

[General]
bPreemptivelyUnloadCells=1

iNumHWThreads=3

SCharGenQuest=001FFFF8
SIntroMovie=

[Grass]
fGrassStartFadeDistance=11200

b30GrassVS=1

[Water]
bForceHighDetailReflections=0

[PipBoy]
fLightEffectFadeDuration=400

Go to https://github.com/xNVSE/NVSE/releases/ then scroll down to assets and download ''nvse_6_3_10b.7z'' (name might change if there is a later version of the NVSE)
Once downloaded, just drag it into vortex, the same way you did for the main ttw file and install it.
There is a chance that vortex already installed it for you, but to be sure you have the latest version, click replace file.

Or you can let vortex download this.
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/67883 New Vegas Script Extender (NVSE xNVSE)

You only need one of the two, not both as they do the same thing

To install click on files, click on mod manager download and then slow download.
It will give you popup asking if you allow it to download it to vortex, it will also give you the option to auto allow it.
When you download it, it will maximize Vortex and start downloading the file in it.
When done go to the tab mods and click on the blue button to install the file.
Then enable the mod and now you are ready to play with the mod installed.

Now for essential mods:
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/70801 Improved Console (NVSE)
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65906 Console Paste Support
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/77415 ROOGNVSE Plugin
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/58277 JIP LN NVSE Plugin
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/66927 JohnnyGuitar NVSE
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/72541 ShowOff xNVSE Plugin
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/66537 NVTF - New Vegas Tick Fix
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/66347 lStewieAl's Tweaks and Engine Fixes
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/80993 lStewieAl's Engine Optimizations
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/71973 Combat Lag Fix (NVSE)
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/84823 VATS Lag Fix
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/80666 ActorCause Save Bloat Fix
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/71336 kNVSE Animation Plugin
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/57174 UIO - User Interface Organizer
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/68714 FNV Mod Limit Fix

This mod is not needed to play, but extremely recommended.
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/62552?tab=description 4GB patcher

The 4GB patcher can only be installed manually, so go to the files tab and download first ''4GB Patcher'' manual, and then slow download.
When the download is done, extract it and move the FNVpatch to your fallout new vegas root folder.
If you don't know how to find it, go to your steam library and go to Fallout New vegas, then click on the cog on the right, go to files and then browse local files.
When you have the FNVpatch in your root folder, double click it and a batch file will open, give it a couple seconds to patch and it then will tell you to press any button to close the batch file.

Now the game is from 2GB patched to 4GB, if you use texture mods, this will make it less likely to crash the game (Try to use as many 1K textures where possible)

Three IMPORTANT Notes:
1. make sure to see if a mod needs a requirement, on the description page it will tell you if and what is needed for the mod to work, it will then also give you the links to the mods.
2. make sure you check the amount of plugins you are using, you can see it in Vortex under the tab plugins and then look in the top right where it says active
for MO2 it shows on the right side next to active.
Your max is 255 plugins, not every mod will add plugins (Usually texture mods don't, but mods that add content do)
3. It is highly recommended to use 1K texture mods, the game has a 2Gb cache and with the 4GB patcher will double that cache.
when this cache goes over the 2 or 4GB it will crash the game, textures will fill this cache up fast.
4. You should see this as a Fallout New Vegas mod, meaning that if you are adding more mods to the game.
The mods have to be Fallout New Vegas compatible, fallout 3 mods don't work on this game.
To help you out, here is a link to only the Fallout New Vegas mods: https://www.nexusmods.com/games/newvegas/mods

https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3498442654