Waters of Life is a lightweight vanilla plus Wabbajack mod list for Fallout 3. It features essential vanilla bug fixes, performance optimizations, restored cut content, and a few gameplay features you might be used to from more modern games. If you want an easy to install modlist that doesn't stray too far from vanilla, look no further!
Do whatever, just make sure you follow the Wabbajack monetization policy: https://wiki.wabbajack.org/policies_and_license/Wabbajack%20Monetization%20Policy.html
File credits
stewie for the ability to edit gamesettings without an esp ozzyfan - for Fallout Essential NPCs, which is based on FER - FO3 Essentials Revamped by claustromaniac, which is based on Kill and Loot Unconscious Essential NPCs by Zumbs. All three of these mods lead to the creation of Essential Hired Companions.
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Added CONELRAD 640-1240 - Civil Defense Radio and decompressed its plugin
Removed CONELRAD 640-1240 - Civil Defense Radio
Visuals:
Updated Megaton Illuminated to version 13
Removed Fallout Street Lights and Street Lights Script Fix - Don't really want to include a mod that predates 3/5 of the game's DLCs, plus Clarity and True Weathers don't get dark enough to warrant street lights
Added Cataract Eyes
Removed Cataract Eyes
Added Windows To The Soul - Full Vanilla Eye Retexture
Removed Lost in Light - An Eye Improvement Mod (replaced)
Added Vanilla Hair - No Shine
LOD:
Removed terrain LOD - not needed with vanilla textures
Added Contrasted LOD Noise Texture - Improved LOD Noise Texture stays for the ModdingLinked profiles for parity with the FO3 guide
Version 1.2.1
LOD:
Updated Much Needed LOD FO3 to version 2
Regenerated LODGen output with xLODGen beta 130
Visuals:
Disabled Atmospheric Sun Glare in main profile to use the one included in True Weathers instead
Updated Megaton Illuminated to version 11
Post Installation:
Updated DXVK and DXVK - HDR to 2.5.3
Fixed missing DXVK
Optionals:
Updated Megaton Illuminated UUF3P Patch
Version 1.2.0rc2
Added LOD output packed in a BSA and a plugin with all LOD resource plugins merged into it
Decompressed Fugacity and its UUF3P patch
Version 1.2.0rc1
List Updates
Profiles:
Added a new Classic profile that uses Clarity and the older Enhanced Night Sky and krzymar HI-RES Moon retextures
Added a new ModdingLinked Basics profile that has only the utilities and bug fixes from the ModdingLinked FO3 mod guide
MO2:
Updated and switched MO 2.5.1rc2 to MO 2.5.2-ML1.5
Utilities:
Updated patched vanilla ESMs to 1.6
Removed Fallout 3 Heap Replacer because of its experimental nature and its questionable reliabilty judging by the bug reports
Updated Command Extender to 23.0
Bugfixes:
Updated UUF3P to 3.4.9
Updated UUF3P patches to account for any new changes
Updated Stewies Tweaks Essentials INI to 1.02
Updated Viewmodel Shading Fix - FOSE to 2.2
Visuals:
Removed Instant and Faster Pipboy because I realized the vanilla animation speed isn't that bad
LOD:
Regenerated LOD with new resources and generated terrain LOD as well
Mod Additions
Utilities:
Decompressed BSAs (update: I went back on this since it's almost 4GB of bloat as a mod installed in MO2 - changed it back to a step in the post install section)
OGG Vorbis Libraries
fose fps fix
Triple Buffering - FOSE
ButcherPete FOSE
Yet Another Steam Overlay Fixer - fixes Steam playtime tracking not working when running the game through MO2
Bugfixes:
Interior Optimization Project
Visuals:
Character Overhaul - replaces FO3 Redesigned
Atmospheric Lighting Tweaks
Enhanced Vanilla Stars
HD NASA Moon
LOD:
Red Rocket - LOD Improved
Arefu LOD
Much Needed LOD FO3
More LOD
Version 1.2.0
Important note: this release is newer than the two rc versions
List:
Added new ModdingLinked Extended profile
Custom INI:
Removed TerrainManager ini tweaks (not needed and caused certain LOD objects to not load)
Utilities:
Added No Exit to Main Menu
Updated ButcherPete FOSE to 2.5
Bugfixes:
Updated Stewie Tweaks Essentials INI to 1.04
Gameplay:
Replaced Marathoner with Simple Sprint Fallout 3
Removed Can Has Recoil because I can't really notice the recoil (at least on a couple semiautos I tried)
Visuals:
Replaced Alternative Megaton Lighting with Megaton Illuminated
Added New Vegas version of Accurate NASA Stars
Optionals:
Updated ATMOS and Fugacity UUF3P patches
Added Megaton Illuminated UUF3P patch
Added Megaton Illuminated Goodies patch
Added FOMOD so it's easier for me to setup the patch selection for each profile
Version 1.1.0
Added Sunlight Fix - FOSE
Added Viewmodel Shading Fix - FOSE
Added zLib Updated - FOSE
Updated Stewie's Tweaks Essentials INI to version 1.01
Replaced Simple Sprinting with Marathoner
Replaced Clarity with True Weathers (Still included in the list if you prefer it)
Version 1.0.1
Fix Vanilla UI Plus not downloading
Remove ModOrganizer.ini to prevent copying over the installation paths from my install. You might want eye protection for this one as MO2 will now use the default light theme
This page hosts the patches and other things required by this Wabbajack list. It's available on the Wabbajack Gallery now, but you can also download it on GitHub or from the Miscellaneous files on this page.