Fallout: New Vegas is constantly referred to as one of the best Fallout games of all time, and as the game celebrates 15 years in 2025, players should flock back to the Mojave Wasteland, or venture here for the first time. However, a lot has changed in the gaming scene after 15 years, so players who want Fallout: New Vegas to feel like a more modern experience should look at the best QoL mods for New Vegas so that they can have a game that brings the experience up to the standard of most modern remasters and remakes.
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The Mod Configuration Menu (link here) from Pelinor is also essential for Quality of Life mods in Fallout: New Vegas, as it allows you to configure all your mods from one single menu.
JVS - Just Vanilla Sprint
Allows Players to Use the Sprint Function
- Mod Link
- Mod Creator: Yvileapsis
An essential mechanic in most FPS games, and perhaps all games, is the ability to sprint. While older games just allow players to enjoy a brisk jog, it's always a bit of a slog when you're forced to remain at a medium pace. Luckily, the JVS mod from C16 and Asurah. With custom animations and mod configurations to change AP Drain values, Strength Requirements, and key binds, the JVS mod brings so much more personality to the playable character simply by allowing them to run, which will be needed since the Mojave Wasteland is a pretty large world, and besides, who wouldn't want to run from a Deathclaw at breakneck speed?
JHM - Just Hit Marker
Adds Hit Markers When Enemies Are Attacked
- Mod Link
- Mod Creator: Yvileapsis
Another staple of the modern gaming scene is hit markers, which are notably absent from New Vegas. Players will want to use this mod from Yvileapsis, as it will add a hitmarker to the game, allowing players to actually see when a target has been shot. Otherwise, players are relying purely on the enemy health bar instead of having a visualization on whether their shot connected or not, which can be rather frustrating at times. With the Just Hit Marker mod, shots will feel more satisfying thanks to the visual confirmation of a direct impact, which can have additional tweaks in the mod configuration window.
JHI - Just Hit Indicator
Adds a Hit Indicator When You Are Attacked
- Mod Link
- Mod Creator: Yvileapsis
Yet another simple mod that adds so many more quality-of-life elements to New Vegas is that of JHI, a mod that simply adds a hit indicator. With this mod, you'll be able to see on your HUD where you just got attacked from, whether it's a pesky radiated bug that won't leave you alone or a sharpshooter from a distance. Being able to see where the damage is coming from is really going to help in combat scenarios and adds more modern FPS mechanics to help make the combat flow more fluidly.
Combat Lag Fix (NVSE)
Improves Framerate in Combat
- Mod Link
- Mod Creator: IStewieAI
Those familiar with the vanilla version of New Vegas might recall that the combat can feel a little strange and stuttering at times, with a bug in the code that means that the framerate is lowered when an enemy's health bar changes. Luckily, this mod from IStewieAI will fix that bug, allowing you to regain frames in combat. The frame drops could be anywhere from 1 frame all the way to 15 plus, so thankfully, this mod will make sure that combat remains a smooth experience by fixing the bug that causes combat lag.
IStewieAI's Tweaks and Engine Fixes
Fixes Tons of Engine Issues and Provides Optional New Features
- Mod Link
- Mod Creator: IStewieAI
General bug fixes from the game and its engine will always be essential for the QoL of New Vegas, which is why lStewieAl's Tweaks and Engine Fixes make for one of the most essential versions of it. Not only are there additional bug fixes to be found, but there are even more recent ones that the mod creator is still working through to ensure this mod is constantly updated. Even better still is support and optional functions for new mechanics that are far too long to list here, but with the mod link above, you can check out the changelog and quality of life enhancements that provide immense life from one talented modder.
Iron Sights Aligned
Iron Sight Alignment is Pixel Perfect
- Mod Link
- Mod Creator: Stentorious
Combat is extremely important in New Vegas. After all, it seems that every living thing is trying to kill you. However, the combat does feel a tad dated, to the point where it feels like some bullets just straight up miss the target even though you're aiming right at them. Thanks to Stentorious' stellar mod, there are now pixel-perfect iron sight alignments and animations to provide you with a more accurate scale of aiming, never to miss those shots.
Yukichigai Unofficial Patch - YUP
An Assortment of Essential Bug Fixes
- Mod Link
- Mod Creator: Yukichigai
Every Bethesda game seems to have an unofficial patch, and YUP provides the best one, which even receives recent updates maintained by sandbox. This mod comes as a compilation of essential bug fixes for New Vegas and its DLCs, providing the player with vital fixes to guarantee the smoothest and most bug-free performance possible, which really aids the quality of life of the game by ensuring no bugs of the past affect the performance of the modern gamer.
Loot Menu for FNV
Allows Looting to Be Quick in Real-Time
- Mod Link
- Mod Creator: Gribbleshnibit8
Looting in older Fallout games like New Vegas can be a bit frustrating to more modern players, as it will pause the game as you fish through an inventory to collect things that might not even be of use. This all changed with Fallout 4's loot system, where you could search containers and corpses in real-time, which is something Gribbleshnibit8 has worked on to bring to New Vegas. Now, a container loot menu inspired by Fallout 4 means you can loot in real-time with no delay.
NMCs Texture Pack For New Vegas
Provides Re-Textures with High-Resolution for a Modern Experience
- Mod Link
- Mod Creator: NeilMc_NMC
Another great quality of life mod is that of NMCs_Texture_Pack_For_New_Vegas from NeilMc_NMC. This mod repurposes and re-textures a ton of different aspects of New Vegas, including roads, trees, landscapes, and entire buildings with high-resolution textures. It's essentially a graphics mod, and while it doesn't change faces, skyboxes, and weapons, it will make the world feel more like a remaster for your experience.
New Vegas - Enhanced Camera
Allows You To See Your Visible Body in 1st Person
- Mod Link
- Mod Creator: LogicDragon
New Vegas allows players to experience 1st person and 3rd person cameras, but when in 1st person, which is arguably the most used mode due to its ease of aim, players will find that immersion can be broken simply by looking down. Thankfully, LogicDragon provides a mod in which you can see a visible body in 1st person, along with your player shadow, thus bringing more immersion from the simple act of being able to see your torso and legs when looking down.
Fallout: New Vegas
- Released
- October 19, 2010
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs
- Developer(s)
- Obsidian Entertainment
- Publisher(s)
- Bethesda
- Engine
- Gamebryo
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- RPG
