Fallout New Vegas Guide

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Can you survive New Vegas after post apocalyptic war-ridden Washington? Are there mutated creatures in the desert? What brutal factions have risen since the war? Can you still gamble on the strip? New Vegas continues the Fallout survival story with all the epic features of Fallout 3 and much more...

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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Fallout: New Vegas in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Fallout: New Vegas. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8-staging

Wine Installation

Note: Wine versions older than 2.0.2 and 2.12-staging no longer work with Steam.

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.8-staging
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next

Downloading Wine
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Extracting

Downloading Gecko
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Installed
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Wine 1.8-staging is installed and you can close this window

Downloading Steam

Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam
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Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button
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Navigate to your desktop
Click Save
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PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
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Click "install a non-listed program"
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Click Next

Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
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Name your virtual drive: falloutnewvegas
No spaces
Click Next
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Select all three options:
  • Use another version of Wine
  • Configure Wine
  • Install some libraries
Click Next
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Select Wine 1.8-staging
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Configure Wine

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
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Graphics Tab
Check: Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows
Check: Emulate a virtual desktop
Desktop size: Enter the size of your Linux Desktop
Click Ok
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PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)

Check the following libraries:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_d3dx9
  • POL_Install_tahoma
Click Next
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Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Steam

Click Browse

Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open
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Click Next

Click Next

Check: I accept the license...
Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Click Finish

Updating Steam

Click the "X" to close Steam login

PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select Steam.exe
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: Fallout: New Vegas
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.8-staging
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Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of wine

Display Tab
Video Memory Size: Select the size of Memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configure

Launching Steam

Select Fallout: New Vegas
Click Run
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Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs.

Click "Login to existing account"
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Login
Check "Remember my password"
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Find Fallout: New Vegas in your Library
Click Install
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Uncheck "Create Desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Crate start menu shortcut"
Click Next
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Click Finish
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Click Play
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Auto Detect
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Fallout New Vegas Launcher
Click Options
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Optimization

Adjust:
  • Graphics Adapter
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Resolution
  • Antialiasing
  • Anisotropic Filtering
  • Detail Presets
  • Mode (Windowed, Vertical Sync)
  • Screen Effects (None, Bloom, HDR)

Click Advanced
Adjust:
  • Detail
  • Water
  • Shadows
  • View Distance
  • Distance LOD
Click OK
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Rule of thumb:
High Settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Lower Settings = Less detail, higher frame rates

Anti Crash Mod

New Vegas Script Extender
Go to: http://nvse.silverlock.org/
Click Stable version 5.0b2
http://nvse.silverlock.org/download/nvse_5_0_beta2.7z

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Navigate to your Desktop
Click Save
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Extract the files to your Desktop
Copy all the files to your Fallout New Vegas game folder:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/falloutnewvegas/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Fallout New Vegas

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New Vegas Anti Crash

Go to: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/53635
Click "DOWNLOAD (MANUAL)" at the top right
A new download button will appear at the bottom
Click "Download Manually" next to the Download button
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Navigate to your Desktop
Click Save
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Extract the files to your Desktop
Open the Folder "NVAC - New Vegas Anti Crash-53635-7-2-1-0"

Open another window to "New Vegas Script Extender" folder
/home/booman/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/falloutnewvegas/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Fallout New Vegas/src/nvse

Create a new folder in the nvse directory: anticrash
Copy all of the files from "NVAC - New Vegas Anti Crash" to the new anticrash folder
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut to Anti Crash EXE

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
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General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
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Select "nvse_loader.exe"
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Name the shortcut: Fallout New Vegas nvse
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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Close Configure

Select Fallout New Vegas nvse
Click Run
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nvse_loader.exe should automatically launch Steam and the New Vegas Launcher

Conclusion:
At first Fallout New Vegas was crashing randomly. I was still able to progress because it saves every time I open a door to an interior or exterior level. After testing the Anti Crash mod I didn't experience very many crashes anymore. The performance was great on my GeForce 550 Ti. I didn't experience any frame stutters even with everything set to maximum.

Gameplay video:

Screenshots:
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booman
mrdeathjr28 said:
Good game and good guide as always

Almost forget good screens too and very good nv anticrash tip

:)
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Thanks MrDeathJr!
I really enjoy taking screenshots. I'm always learning stuff from www.deadendthrills.com but I don't go as far as modding the game for better higher quality screens. I try to keep everything vanilla unless its an older game with some really stable texture/asset mods to make it look modern. Like Quake, Quake II, Morrowind, Deus Ex, etc.

By the way, I'm sure you noticed that Fallout New Vegas has no shadows just like Fallout 3. I've never understood it, but this is how the game was made. Its the same engine as Oblivion, but it HAS shadows. So not sure why its a problem in the Fallout games?
 
infinity8x3
In order to get this game to run proper. I had to add a windows native 32bit dsound.dll replacing the old one in system32, then add a dsound override in the libraries tap of wine config.

Otherwise I had huge sound stuttering. So bad it was killing my fps. Especially when there was a ton of sounds going on at once I would get ~1fps.

Note:
This fix also worked for fallout 3 where I had the same problem. So I went ahead and did the same thing with skyrim. Same engine?

This fix was mentioned on winehq by duozerk ( https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=21692 ) look for "Huge lags / audio stuttering issue"

Note also:
This fix caused scratchy sound on newer versions of wine like 1.8.2... But wine version 1.7.44 worked perfectly with the fix.
 
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booman
That is very strange, I don't have any problems with scratchy/noisy/stuttering sound. I know there is a bug with in-game music crashing Fallout 3. So I would rename the music folder I think...
Before Wine 1.7.55 Pulseaudio was not supported by Wine and some side-effects were stuttering/scratchy sound. We used to have work-arounds to fix it, but since Pulseaudio is now supported, I didn't have any issues in Skyrim, Oblivion or Fallout: New Vegas.
 
booman
Update: 42 hours into New Vegas and still running GREAT!
Some days I will get one or two crashes and other days I'll play for an hour with no problems.
 
Rahadian Arya
I just bought and downloaded Fallout NV from steam and followed this tutorial. But I got a problem with NVSE. I already downloaded the latest and installed manually, and launch the game via nvse_loader, then I checked in-game with console command "GetNVSEVersion" but the result is not found. I dunno why, please help me.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04,PlayOnLinux with wine version 2.18-staging. thanks.
 
booman
I don't have the Special Edition of New Vegas, but I do have the Ultimate Edition on GOG. Wonder if I should give it a try?

I've never used the console in New Vegas... so you are saying that the Special Edition content isn't loading into the base game?

What version of PlayOnLinux are you using?
 
Rahadian Arya
booman said:
I don't have the Special Edition of New Vegas, but I do have the Ultimate Edition on GOG. Wonder if I should give it a try?

I've never used the console in New Vegas... so you are saying that the Special Edition content isn't loading into the base game?

What version of PlayOnLinux are you using?
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I dont know what you mean with special edition. Sorry before I dont mention that I wanna install the mod Project Nevada. This mod need NVSE, so I installed the NVSE but it didnt work like I said before. So in this tutorial you installed the NVSE but you didnt show it's worked or nah with the console command ingame "GetNVSEVersion" .Would you check it?
I use playonlinux 4.2.12.
 
booman
Oh, I thought you mean't Special Edition.
I've never tried to install Mods in New Vegas. They "should" work because Skyrim and Oblivion mods work in Wine... but there is a chance that the Project Nevada has specific Windows dependencies to run.

First, does New Vegas run in PlayOnLinux for you?
 
Rahadian Arya
booman said:
Oh, I thought you mean't Special Edition.
I've never tried to install Mods in New Vegas. They "should" work because Skyrim and Oblivion mods work in Wine... but there is a chance that the Project Nevada has specific Windows dependencies to run.

First, does New Vegas run in PlayOnLinux for you?
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Thanks for reply :)
Yes Fallout NV work fine vanilla and modded (mod without NVSE) . And NVSE not work, so plz would u try NVSE and check it in console ingame.thnx Booman :)
 
Rahadian Arya
Solved, NVSE worked. I change my wine version from 2.18-stagging to 2.22, and I faced another problem that was sound stuttering. so I followed the @infinity8x3 to solve this problem. thanks guys.
 
Rahadian Arya
Update: use stagging and non stagging make different in performance. I used stagging, the smooth performance but NVSE didnt work. I used non stagging, the low performance especially in combat but NVSE did well.
 
booman
Wow, that is the opposite of what usually happens. I've had games refuse to run with normal Wine, but run great with Staging versions.

Glad you figured it out and posted your solution here!
 
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