LOD Improvements (With Optional Textures)

NOTE: This version of the guide has been pretty much depreciated in favor of the new guide here

FNVLODGen

Files to install:

FNVLODGen Resources
Trees LOD Billboards Vanilla

– Resources required for proper LOD generation

LOD Additions and Improvements

Special Install Instructions: Don't install the following folders/files:

textures/clutter/billboard01blod.dds
textures/clutter/billboard01blod_n.dds

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

Install normally

– Replaces the terrible LOD model and textures of the Vikki and Vance

Much Needed LOD

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)

Install normally

-Improves the generic LOD noise texture. Edited to resize to 1k to reduce shimmering. Original mod by tgspy

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
   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:

For LOD8:

For LOD16:

For LOD32

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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