# LOD Improvements (With Optional Textures)
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:exclamation: NOTE: This version of the guide has been pretty much depreciated in favor of the new guide [here](https://vivanewvegas.github.io) :exclamation:
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### **[FNVLODGen](https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/58562/?tab=files)**
Files to install:
>**FNVLODGen Resources**
>**Trees LOD Billboards Vanilla**
>
-- Resources required for proper LOD generation
### **[LOD Additions and Improvements](https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/61206/?tab=files)**
<span style="color:#ff8040"> Special Install Instructions: Don't install the following folders/files:
>**textures/clutter/billboard01blod.dds**
>**textures/clutter/billboard01blod_n.dds**
<span style="color:#ff8040"> Manual FNVEdit Editing Required:
>**Run FNVEdit through MO2**
>**Right-click inside the file listing and select *None***
>**Check the box adjacent to *tmzLODadditions.esp* and click [OK]**
>**Enter *DA726* to FormID search box in the top left and hit enter**
>**Right-click in the right pane and select *Hide no conflict rows***
>**Drag and drop *NVDefaultExterior* from *FalloutNV.esm* on to *WastelandBaseImageSpace* from *tmzLODadditions.esp*
>Save and exit**
-- New low-poly models for FNVLODGen
### **[Less Horrendous Vikki and Vance Casino LOD Mesh](https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/63956/?tab=files)**
Install normally
-- Replaces the terrible LOD model and textures of the Vikki and Vance
### **[Much Needed LOD](https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/64805?tab=files)**
Files to install:
>**Much Needed LOD**
>**Much Needed LOD - Ojo Bueno Patch**
>
-- Adds new distant LOD to vehicles, roads, barricades, rocks/cliffs, etc.
### **[Terrain LOD Noise - ETL (Edited by McDeans)](http://www.mediafire.com/file/a0hj2ealvxcfdg2/Terrain_LOD_Noise_-_ETL_%2528Edited_by_McDeans%2529.7z/file)**
Install normally
-Improves the generic LOD noise texture. Edited to resize to 1k to reduce shimmering. Original mod by [tgspy](https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/63139)
### Running xLODGen
1. Right-click in the left pane of MO2 and navigate to *All Mods* -> *Create Empty Mod*
2. Title the mod *xLODGen Output*
3. Activate *xLODGen Output* in the left pane of MO2
4. Click the ![](https://i.imgur.com/0Y5Msa8.png) button on the top bar of MO2 and select *xLODGen*
5. Check the box adjacent to *Create Files in Mod Instead of Overwrite*
6. In the drop-down menu adjacent to that select *xLODGen Output*, select *Modify* and exit
7. Run xLODGen through MO2
8. Wait for the message *Background Loader: finished* to appear
9. Configure your settings as follows (Each option for *Settings For* is its own sub-section that needs to be configured):
NOTE: UNCHECK *TREES LOD* DESPITE WHAT THE SCREENSHOTS SAY
For *LOD4*:
![](https://i.imgur.com/ulHSztH.png)
For *LOD8*:
![](https://i.imgur.com/44fq7il.png)
For *LOD16*:
![](https://i.imgur.com/GzgeEcu.png)
For *LOD32*
![](https://i.imgur.com/otKx8mI.png)
10. Select *Generate* (Took 1.5 hours with my i5 7500)
11. Wait for the message *LOD Generator finished (you can close this application now)* to appear and exit
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