Our recommended mods for Fallout London

✓ At a glance

You can add mods to Fallout London, just like with Fallout 4, and we recommend using a Mod Manager to organize your mod list. Our starting mod list includes these mods:

• Reverb and Ambiance Overhaul
• ENB
• xSE PluginPreloader F4
• Buffout 4
• Enhanced Blood Textures
• Fallout 4 Configuration Tool
• Workshop Rearranged
• Place Everywhere
• Sim Settlements 2
• Classic Holstered Weapons System (CHW)
• The Master Plan
• Vanilla Extensions
• See Through Scopes

Stacking mods on top of full conversion mods will be business as usual for any Bethesda fan. With the release of Fallout London taking the modding community by storm, we had to wonder which other mods could be stacked on top of it. Especially considering that you have to downgrade Fallout 4 first, taking out some of the bells and whistles that came with the next-gen update. 

Which mods to get for Fallout London?

There’s a huge library of mods to pick from for the original Fallout 4 story. However, not all will be compatible with the Fallout London mod. Taking a look through the possible options, we have opted for a few beautifying picks and several quality-of-life improvements.

We recommend starting out with the following mod list:

• Reverb and Ambiance Overhaul
• ENB
• xSE PluginPreloader F4
• Buffout 4
• Enhanced Blood Textures
• Fallout 4 Configuration Tool
• Workshop Rearranged
• Place Everywhere
• Sim Settlements 2
• Classic Holstered Weapons System (CHW)
• The Master Plan
• Vanilla Extensions
• See Through Scopes

We recommend using a mod manager to sort and keep track of your mods. It will make your life easier without having to worry about doing everything manually. That is still the option if you choose that route though.

Reverb and Ambiance Overhaul

Fallout 4’s sound design wasn’t anything to write home about. That’s where Reverb and Ambiance Overhaul mod steps in to fix the problem. It provides better sound mixing and increases dynamic sounds, especially when it comes to weapon firing. It’s simple, lightweight, and slots seamlessly into the game. 

ENB

Anyone who tried improving the fidelity and graphics of Fallout 4 will be familiar with ENB. The best version to get for Fallout London is ENBSeries v0.496. This mod will improve the quality of skies in the game, boosting the light effects as well as its performance. The mod allows you to tinker with several settings, as well as apply filters to get the skybox appearance that you’re looking for.

xSE PluginPreloader F4

This mod isn’t anything flashy, but operates under the hood to let other plugins do their job. In a nutshell, xSE PluginPreloader F4 allows the Script Extender to preload all plugins before the game loads, thus decreasing lag and the chance of wrong loading order. Most importantly in our case, this mode is essential for the next mod we’ll discuss, Buffout 4.

Buffout 4

Buffout 4 is another mod that works under the hood. It improves the Fallout 4 engine in various ways and takes care of several known bugs. However, the essential part of this mod is the ability to generate crash logs. With Fallout London being the work of a team of dedicated modders, sending them these logs when you encounter a crash is crucial in helping them resolve issues and provide fixes.

Enhanced Blood Textures

This mod does exactly what it says on the tin. You’ve probably noticed that default blood effects in Fallout 4 have an unrealistic glossy look to them. Enhanced Blood Textures fixes that and makes the blood effects in the game look far better.

Fallout 4 Configuration Tool

We recommend tinkering with Fallout 4 Configuration Tool for more advanced users. That is because this tool lets you control all of the game’s ini files, or in other words all of its settings. It lets you tweak all sorts of options, such as field of view, shadow resolutions, grass density, and much more. Also, follow the mod’s installation steps carefully, since it requires changing the default launch exe file.

Workshop Rearranged

Back to actual in-game mods, we start with Workshop Rearranged. This mod provides exhaustive benefits to your small post-apocalyptic workshop. It adds a huge number of new objects to build, reorganizes the workshop UI, improves snapping, adds better junk yield, and much more. Simply put, it will bring your Fallout London workshop experience to the next level.

Place Everywhere

If memory serves, during the early days of Fallout 4 modding, this mod was among the most downloaded ones out there, and for good reason. Place Everywhere removes the placement restrictions for all objects when you’re building your settlement. You can move and place any objects, even the previously immobile ones, so that the settlement can look just the way you want it to. 

Sim Settlements 2

If you’re fond of building your settlement and seeing it thrive, then this is a must-have. Originally, Sim Settlements 2 comes with a detailed questline about building and connecting settlements in the Commonwealth. Of course, those won’t work in Fallout London. However, the rest of the mod slots in perfectly, letting you build up all aspects of your settlement, like training settlers, adding decorations and plots, and more. This mod truly breathes new life into one of Fallout 4’s most popular features.

Classic Holstered Weapons System (CHW)

This simple mod harkens back to a feature that existed in Fallout 3 and New Vegas and was oddly absent in Fallout 4. Having your weapon visible holstered across your back is an iconic Fallout view, and Classic Holstered Weapons System brings is back for all of us veterans. It’s worth noting that this mod doesn’t work for every single weapon in Fallout London (yet), but it works for majority and that is enough to include it in our mod list.

The Master Plan

The Master Plan is an overhead plugin mod that allows several other mods to function. It provides the framework necessary for them to work by providing categorization to their load order. In the case of our list, it’s needed to run the next mod, Vanilla Extensions.

Vanilla Extensions

This mod was a life-saver when I started using it in Fallout 4. Trying to build things through default workshop was a nightmare, with objects snapping in odd ways and nothing looked right. Vanilla Extensions fixes nearly all of those issues, improving snapping of wood and metal objects in the workshop, rebalancing recipes, and even adding a few new objects. If you love using the workshop, try this mod and you won’t look back. 

See Through Scopes

Using this mod is a matter of personal preference, but I feel that it makes the scoped-in view feel much more natural. Or at least, much more in line with other FPS games that we’re used to. Simply put, See Through Scopes reworks the zoom-in mechanic by removing the clunky overlay that Fallout 4 uses. Instead, it makes scoping feel more like CoD, Counter-Strike, and other games.