Restoring New Vegas's Most Incomplete Legion Location

[@ToxicWhiteoutGaming]

Thanks so much for featuring Dry Wells! A lot of work went into it and it means a lot that you’d show it as a main feature. Seriously thank you for your review and kind words. We are working hard on Long 15 which will be even bigger!

[@nvRanger]

My man, THANK YOU and your team for the mod! Such a good addition to the New Vegas mod scene. Look forward to Long 15, no rush. 🙏

[@schmitttv7523]

Dude this mod was AMAZING

[@ToxicWhiteoutGaming]

@@schmitttv7523 thank you so much!

[@UltimateGamerCC]

you and your team did an EXCEPTIONAL job with Dry Wells. such are the type of Mods that i crave to find on the Nexus, i'll be grabbing this Mod when i visit the Nexus again in Jan 2025.

[@hellfire7358]

This mod has a permanent place in my load order, and I'm super stoked you're also doing the Long 15! Can't wait!

[@liamwaddleton]

"ghouls and Gary's" is the best way to address fallout fans

[@nvRanger]

It really is, absolute loons they are😂

[@Kawaiijihad]

​@@nvRanger I'd love to see a racism allegory between a pack of Ghoul-ified Garys and Typical Garys. Almost like "The Thing" but with radiation poisoning and cannibalism.

[@nvRanger]

@@Kawaiijihad lmao thats wild

[@noterrormanagement]

I mentally cringed

[@nvRanger]

@@noterrormanagement oof

[@kai---runeskin1417]

Final get an opportunity to see what people mean whenever they discuss Legion territory and the way their civilization works. Im excited to add it in for my future playthroughs.

[@nvRanger]

Exactly, and this mod hits the mark.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

this Mod is quality, multiple choices, and not just a literally linear questline either. if only all Quest Mods had this level of polish.

[@nvRanger]

The cream rises to the top. Quality on many levels.

[@ToxicWhiteoutGaming]

Very kind words, thanks so much!

[@potatoman7594]

creativity thrives through inspiration

[@mi38029]

I always thought it unfulfilling that we only saw the Legion from a military side. Making inferences from that would be like taking a guess on how America looks based on their presence in Iraq. NCR isn't much better in F:NV itself, though technically most of the map is supposed to be their territory, but we saw them in Fallout 2. I wish we saw more of the east like in the planned Van Buren

[@filipzietek5146]

Most of the map is under NCR military control but it's not NCR territory yet

[@mi38029]

@@filipzietek5146 I know the Mojave isn't a state in the NCR, that's why I said it's not much better than the legion in this regard. It's NCR territory because NCR showed up there first and had complete control of the western bank of the Colorado until legion crashed their party

[@nvRanger]

Yea it has its ups and downs. It makes the Legion very mysterious and I think has partly led to them becoming a fan favorite faction in many ways. On the other hand, if we were able to eventually enter a town like this and see the other side of things, it would have added a lot to the story on nv

[@genericwhitemale9566]

In Fallout 2 the only NCR territory we get to see is Shady Sands. By then, the NCR had taken control of the entire Fallout 1 map bar Lost Hills. I wish we could've seen the Hub or The Boneyard under the control of the NCR.

[@CirnoFan04]

Dry Wells It's great, now all that remains is to clean the Long 15 of the NCR

[@nvRanger]

Ave

[@NexusApollo]

Amazing, this mod should be mandatory for vanilla friendly mods that enhances New Vegas without changing too much.

[@nvRanger]

Yea if there’s ever a community upgraded edition of nv this should be in it

[@wem_iii]

I'd actually like it if Todd could Todd less these days

[@nvRanger]

Lmao I agree

[@mahatmagamgee1831]

Just played this mod last week. First time I felt sympathetic for Legion Characters - still gonna nuke 'em 8.5/10

[@nvRanger]

respectable

[@whoareyoutoaccuseme6588]

This and Sextus from the Retribution mod

[@SolestroDerNarr]

liberal detected opinion rejected

[@DefeatedRoyalist]

Ave, true to Kaisar.

[@TransMascTrump]

@SolestroDerNarr idiot detected, nuked.

[@Viccusdaidiot]

Good vid, Dry wells mod will go so well for Nova Arizona

[@nvRanger]

Thanks, there is just a wave of Legion restoration at this point. It’s awesome

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@nvRanger which is no surprise with how sparse their presence really is in the game, they're supposed to be on par with the NCR, yet hardly anything aside from a few campsites and ambush patrols placed around the map. i'd say we'd need more House and Brotherhood Mods to help flush them out more, even though i know the latter is meant to be minimal. hell i'd even take some Khan Mods as well, there are a few of those.

[@nvRanger]

What are your guys favorite kind of mods to see for these "mods (not so) weekly" type videos? Any recommendation welcome 👍 i said unique twice in a row like a fool 🤦

[@GoNo117]

Probably AI improvements.

[@zealotlee]

Do I even need to say? 😉

[@nvRanger]

@@GoNo117 lord knows any creation engine game needs it

[@UltimateGamerCC]

Quest Mods, DLC Sized Mods, Companions (more flushed out the better!) those are the kinda Mods i shop for every year i visit the Nexus.

[@nvRanger]

@UltimateGamerCC Always surprised we don't have more mods like Russel and The Inheritance from Someguy.

[@omerkeidar95]

Just found your page today and it was an instant sub for me. Great work

[@nvRanger]

@@omerkeidar95 awesome, thanks 🙏

[@Arditi1922]

The lack of content for Legion is what bothers me the most in F:NV

[@nvRanger]

Agreed, most incomplete aspect of the game

[@nothanks9503]

Yeah I think it’s a bigger problem for the reason they didn’t think it would be a problem Most people aren’t going to side with the legion in a first or even second or even maybe third play through you start in NCR territory across the map from the legion and they’re painted as the bad guys However because you try for a legion play through when you’re so experienced with the game that it’s super obvious how shallow their content is

[@MR-zk3fy]

it would make my character want to press it more

[@Dany94256]

Dry Wells needs two things A grandiose dose of NCR-sponsored representative democracy To pay taxes

[@Ashitaka1arts]

i read the channel description! was seeing if you have more links to follow

[@nvRanger]

All the mod vids are full of links as well as mod lists w links

[@Ashitaka1arts]

@nvRanger you should have more social media available end if it's just like screenshots for Instagram and short videos for TikTok.

[@brothers_of_nod]

This sounds like it would be an excellent mod for my playthrough

[@nvRanger]

Have at it, hope you enjoy it.

[@dontpokethekenny]

I fully believe one day New Vegas will get a remaster, but it might take until the relevant copyrights expire. It'll be a game that lasts the test of time.

[@kaz5807]

Sick video, and btw, what's the name of music playing in the background near the start?

[@nvRanger]

Thanks! its from the game Transistor: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKfJZnltisuEacU

[@E2wqpXcGGnLtJHbVXDhS3]

what website did you use for your video, i am extremely curious as a huge map enthusiast lol 1:35

[@BloodborneGuy]

I came down here to ask this!

[@nvRanger]

gotchu guys, sorry. lmk if the link works, i'll put it in a separate post.

[@nvRanger]

www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en_US&mid=1puuQVpbfh4ofYflJxJPB6iul6JQ&ll=39.63153139886184%2C-84.77711362140184&z=6

[@E2wqpXcGGnLtJHbVXDhS3]

@@nvRanger thanks!

[@BloodborneGuy]

@@nvRanger dude thank you so much!

[@angryvaultguy]

If only bathesda just got a ladder so they could get off obsidian back and complete the game

[@saullopez3073]

They need to remaster this game 🤯

[@nvRanger]

They could print money remaking new vegas and 3

[@saullopez3073]

@ nv is good enough ❤️, best rpg ever!, specially the loansome road dlc!

[@goncaloquintino2255]

@nvRanger At 0:08 the combat seems alot better that vanilla NV, what mods are you using? Great video btw

[@nvRanger]

lot going on, Enhanced Movement which I covered in the last mod video: www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/85459 also: www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/88446?tab=files New Vegas Reloaded and Desert Natural Weathers help out on the visual end. NVR is only available on their Discord, TES Reloaded under nightly builds.

[@goncaloquintino2255]

@@nvRanger Thanks, I'll check them out

[@nvRanger]

@@goncaloquintino2255 you got it 👍

[@Mutant_Mods]

Nice thimbnail

[@nvRanger]

thinks!

[@marcelluswallace2689]

*Top ten anime crossovers*

[@random-guy579]

I hope a long 15 mod is made

[@nvRanger]

Looks to be coming along nicely

[@bunnarchist8965]

I know it's a texture thing but i love the guy in the dry wells mod being like "my names Diego" but his jumpsuit says Miguel

[@nvRanger]

Noticed that as well, gotta be a reference to Raul. Same clothes accept this one is armored

[@ToxicWhiteoutGaming]

The jumpsuit says Diego in the mod itself, it was retextured and is a custom suit! Retexture mods can override this as it was based on raul’s original suit so it likely is another mod changing it back

[@nvRanger]

that makes sense, I did a quick scan and I am not sure what mod is but I have a lot active

[@rayray196]

Same with the long 15

[@BlogginsMN]

I just saw this and now finallyyyyy😢

[@nvRanger]

now finally what?!

[@centercannothold]

It so weird hearing Skyrim background music in New Vegas

[@nvRanger]

Weird good? Weird bad?

[@thefettofthevoid]

Legion aligned city? I think you mean "target rich environment"

[@nvRanger]

😅that’s the best thing about Legion expansion mods. Everyone wins…

[@jadedteevee]

What’s the NVR preset you’re using?

[@nvRanger]

Just base, nightly builds 3/19 with DNW. I’ve been having issues getting H20 stable and working properly. Oh yea, NASA Accurate Stars too

[@TomBombadil1350]

What is the map you keep showing? I'd love to get a closer look at it

[@nvRanger]

of course, love me some good map. Its fan made, keep that in mind. www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en_US&mid=1puuQVpbfh4ofYflJxJPB6iul6JQ&ll=39.63153139886184%2C-84.77711362140184&z=6

[@funrun07haan50]

If u follow the road from camp searshlight to the airport and u go a lil further u wil end up at dry wells if i m not wrong

[@nvRanger]

I have another video that explores the areas just outside the map. you’d be closer if New Vegas was one giant open world, but it’s separated by a loading screen and on the other side of the Colorado river. The Searchlight road leads to Bullhead City/Laughlin

[@funrun07haan50]

So em i wrong or right 😂 and love ur vids man keep it up and wish we hade more lore friendly map expansion mods i hate legion but this is fun to watch

[@zhop951]

@@funrun07haan50 Basically, Dry Wells is on the other side of the river on the map, but even if you went that way ingame, you wouldn't find it because it's a separate space, like the DLC maps. What you would find by carrying on south is the IRL city of Bullhead City/Laughlin, which are actually fleshed out in a mod called New Vegas Railroads, though it's an older mod, comments suggest it still works.

[@marcelluswallace2689]

The airport felt like the most empty area in the game I don't think even trianglecity has talked about it at all

[@nvRanger]

@@funrun07haan50 zhop explained it exactly, you're mostly wrong 😂 but who cares, thanks for the kind words

[@Ima184mm]

Courier coming

[@nvRanger]

0_o

[@tobinocerino5402]

I love New Vegas mods, my favorite is probably the restoration of classic weapons. but from the amount of mods, I've used my game has been corrupted and now I literally can't go back to vanilla :(

[@nvRanger]

Yea you gotta do a fresh install. Clean it all out, follow viva new vegas. They eventually have an auto install wabbajack, just look it up if you’re unfamiliar. I’m in the process my self from a messy game state.

[@tobinocerino5402]

@@nvRanger I followed it before and couldn’t do it, I don’t know why but a chunk of all dirt in the game is just black and see through and viva Vegas couldn’t do anything.

[@nvRanger]

You sure you uninstalled everything before hand?

[@tobinocerino5402]

@@nvRanger i just tried it again and it worked. I’m so happy I couldn’t play this game in like a year

[@nvRanger]

@@tobinocerino5402 hell yea, persistence is key. Learn more and more when you troubleshoot

[@Deckuras]

Any link to the map at 1:40?

[@nvRanger]

www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en_US&mid=1puuQVpbfh4ofYflJxJPB6iul6JQ&ll=39.63153139886184%2C-84.77711362140184&z=6

[@私の名前を翻訳しないでください]

Do you think you can do a little review/overview of the V.I.C.E. Mod? It looks like a cool mod but I'm not sure if it's worth the performance drop.

[@nvRanger]

I have actually been thinking about coveringit recently, def on the list. probably not the next vid, maybe the one after. I know there is a "stripped" or "gutted" version that is more performance friendly. I'll give both a look.

[@私の名前を翻訳しないでください]

@@nvRanger Cool, thank you for the quick response! Definitely one of the best FNV KZbinrs 😁

[@nvRanger]

Np, thank you as well 🙏

[@peachcarton976]

I wonder if this will be compatible with that new world space mod thats gonna add more arizona stuff to the map adding another 3rd to the main game area, nova arizona or something?

[@nvRanger]

I believe it is, and yes it’s Nova Arizona

[@arkgaharandan5881]

i use the original version of this rifle, i dont like how its smaller and its held like modern way in this mod.

[@nvRanger]

Is the original the one from the larger pack? I really like how it’s held, but I understand.

[@arkgaharandan5881]

@@nvRanger no its a standalone howa on nexus.

[@mrfriendlolo4971]

How did you access that map that shows the areas that NCR and Legion cover?

[@nvRanger]

this one? www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en_US&mid=1puuQVpbfh4ofYflJxJPB6iul6JQ&ll=39.63153139886184%2C-84.77711362140184&z=6

[@zlostnypopolnik]

Listening to Elder Scrolls music during FNV is heresy!

[@nvRanger]

Oh come on ITS COZY

[@zlostnypopolnik]

@@nvRanger Maybe it's cozy, but it's like listening to Minecraft music while playing Doom. It's weird for me personally, but you have one more subscriber, the video is good, it was good to watch and the mods are also good, thanks... except for the music :))

[@nvRanger]

Haha appreciated. I’ll keep the feedback in mind

[@zlostnypopolnik]

@@nvRanger If I remember correctly, I talked about two KZbinrs into changing/adding music, you might be the third :)). Fallout has a lot of good atmospheric music. Not only the official stuff, but there's also Fallout Sonora and Fallout Nevada. In any case, I wish you many good videos for the future!

[@nvRanger]

Out here correcting the KZbin music scene. I’ll check out those soundtracks. I love Fallout music but it can be a bit bleak or dramatic which doesn’t always match the tone I’m going for.

[@Regular_guy.]

(Crys in console)

[@nvRanger]

yea New Vegas probably needs a remake to get mods on consoles for it

[@BloodborneGuy]

Would you be able to make a video explaining the differences between Damage Resistance and Damage Threshold?

[@nvRanger]

Hmm, maybe. I don’t often focus on game mechanics but I’m open to ideas. No video on that exists?

[@BloodborneGuy]

@nvRanger I'm sure I could find one, I was just lookin at the wiki and got confused will all the damn numbers lol

[@racehen]

Any other location mods compatible with this one that anyone recommends?

[@nvRanger]

I'll say Nova Arizona, but it is a WIP, and the dev of this mod is, as stated, working on a similar mod for the NCR's Long 15. Someguy2000's Russel has a large portion that takes you to a new NCR town just outside the Mojave in a canyon with a whole questline and such that I recall being good. Older mod though.

[@racehen]

Thanks for the tip mang

[@cheng3580]

kinda strange a type 64 rifle ends up in the US since its a japanese rifle.

[@nvRanger]

I imported it personally

[@NKGAMING-ri4qm]

1:32 is this a website somewhere? if so link please

[@nvRanger]

this one? www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en_US&mid=1puuQVpbfh4ofYflJxJPB6iul6JQ&ll=26.807212201869966%2C-81.80960114190934&z=6

[@LoneWandererInbound]

I'm new to New Vegas is there recommend about modding and advice?

[@nvRanger]

Yes Follow Viva New Vegas’s guide/videos. Gopher also has excellent tutorials videos on modding.

[@pik3177]

0:44 does anyone know what song is playing here

[@nvRanger]

here ya go kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKfJZnltisuEacU

[@pik3177]

@@nvRangerthank you

[@redragonflamex]

whats the mod you have for th UI and the vats

[@nvRanger]

Hit Vats Restored and MUX, I cover MUX and other UI in the mod video released before this one w links and everything in the description

[@KB8Killa]

Cool

[@nvRanger]

Very

[@gaz4553]

I wish Tod could get over NV and just give us good games again.

[@nvRanger]

🙏 TES VI needs our thoughts and prayers

[@funrun07haan50]

Nice another place to go to eliminate some legion with my NCR friends

[@johanbjorkman1914]

:( 🟥🐄🟥

[@nvRanger]

You can definitely use this mod for that as well. Take Boone and lots of bullets

[@Docaduo]

The Skyrim music is really throwing me off. I keep thinking I'm watching a Skyrim video.

[@nvRanger]

Are you watching with your eyes closed?😅

[@VoidKing02FNVmod]

The hunter's guild part of Dry Wells has to be one of funniest side parts of the mods (i absolutely didn't create their crappy armors wink wink)

[@nvRanger]

I didn’t mind their armor 😂

[@josh.g2033]

Well, as much as love the idea of it, it seems kinda off the theme of Legion when I look at the bits on video, alcohol? Guns? Actual whole buildings? (The last one isn't bad, just makes me wonder.) and worst of all, Decanus writing on paper machine?

[@nvRanger]

Alcohol? The bars in the town don’t serve alcohol. The Legion does use guns and in sections where you might end up fighting, they use primarily melee. I don’t get what you mean by “whole. buildings” being a problem. They have many towns, they’re trying to take new vegas. Why can’t they live in buildings or write?

[@AnkoreStorm]

1. There is no alcohol, as the bartender states it right at the beginning of his dialogue. 2. The Legion is occasionally seen using guns towards the end of the base game. They don't ban technology so to speak, they see it as something you need to deserve the right to use. Same thing with the typewriter: if it was a fresh recruit, he would use a pen. Here, it's a whole Decanus, so it's natural he has some privileges

[@josh.g2033]

@@nvRanger well, if am not wrong, first town was tribal town, I imagine it being highly possible for tribe people to just live in pre-war buildings, yet I would imagine it more like Sandy buildings or perhaps tents, tho as I said in bracket, buildings ain't bad they just make me wonder. And about alcohol part, I had no idea they don't serve alcohol at that bar, so my bad and now it makes much more sens. And about guns part, I meant civilians, wouldn't they have to give up there weapons at some point? Or do you think legion care less about it?

[@nvRanger]

@@josh.g2033 If you go to Dry Wells you can see buildings that are larger than the ones featured in this mod that had been busted up AFTER the player drops a nuke on the town. This mod goes to a lot of effort to flesh things out and explain most of what Ankore and myself have stated. I would recommend you play it first, and reserve judgement until afterwards.

[@shipmcgree6367]

Gaaaarryyyy!!

[@nvRanger]

one more outburst and its back to the vault w you buddy

[@rlolalleskapot]

Tried to install it and it did not work.

[@ToxicWhiteoutGaming]

Make sure you have NVSE and all the basic script extenders like johnnyguitar as well. You will need those to run a smooth new vegas as the game is now 14 years old!

[@nvRanger]

You get there via an orange boat near the rental shacks with lakelurks next to cottonwood cove

[@Aaron_Red_Ran_Anger]

Honestly does this have a good legion play through element. Like is it still fun to go here on the legion side. Also If your looking for more legion mods the lore accurate legionary mod shouldn’t conflict and came out this year it’s pretty new and genuinely a good mod

[@nvRanger]

This is a great mod for the Legion. Most complete quest/new location mod for them I have played.

[@Scouter953]

The title made it sound like YOU were doing it, not just showcasing a mod. Lame.

[@nvRanger]

Don’t you blame the title for your expectations, follow the links to the devs channel…

[@Scouter953]

What the fuck is a title supposed to do if *not* set expectations? It outright says "RESTORING" it, not "A mod that restores"

[@czarnakoza9697]

base game hacking isnt hard at all lol

[@nvRanger]

Says you 💁‍♂️

[@czarnakoza9697]

@@nvRanger Literally you just look at the last 3 letters in every word

[@nvRanger]

I’ll try that