You Can Now SPEAK to FALLOUT 4 VR NPCs! // Fallout 4 VR AI Mod Gameplay

Fallout 4 VR has completely consumed me and in my quest to find the BEST Fallout 4 VR mods for the ultimately Fallout 4 VR experience I stumbled across a mod that allows you to have actual spoken word conversations with any NPC in this huge game; this is the Mantella mod for Fallout 4 VR and it lets you SPEAK to NPCs! This might be one of the more complicated mods to setup, so you should know that it might take you a little while to get right before attempting to install this. However below I've linked an amazing step by step guide by ‪@DeadPixelGaming‬, this video was enough to get amazing mod up and running for me despite it looking pretty daunting at first. The Mantella Fallout 4 VR mod essentially allows you to speak to any NPC in the game thanks to generative AI technology and some pretty awesome voice packs which attempt to replicate the sound of the characters you're speaking to. Speaking to these AI Fallout 4 / Fallout 4 AI NPC characters isn't as fluid as a real conversation, there are plenty of awkward silences and moments of weirdness, but when it does work... it's a shockingly cool experience!
Learn how to set up and install the Mantella Fallout 4 VR AI Mod here: • How To Talk To Any NPC... (This video is fantastic and goes step by step to help you set this complex mod up, it worked for me & I'm sure it'll work for you!
All Fallout 4 VR gameplay / Fallout VR gameplay was captured on a 4090 VR ready PC with a Quest 3, the game is running on the highest settings and is LOADED with nearly 300 mods. I'm getting close to having the ultimate Fallout 4 VR experience and my own personal BEST Fallout 4 VR mods list but I still need a little more time to cook this one, there are a few areas where the experience could still be better but if you want to get something close to what I have here you should use the Mad God's Overhaul as a visual foundation and then build on top of it with the Gingas VR Fallout Essentials Overhaul. It's a lengthy process...
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[@harvesterindiegames]

You should try and roleplay with those NPCs a bit more. There's no point asking them about real life stuff - be in character, be a Fallout guy asking them about Fallout things.

[@whendarknessfalls6969]

You'd think that would be obvious 😅

[@lorenzop.8249]

yea... for a guy who does gaming channel things, he seems like someone who only now has found out about gaming

[@helios1336]

Right? Who tf cares about so many trivial Information. No one is gonna ask this sh*t in this Game, AI should just make the game more immersive. No point in asking some characters if they like Xbox or PlayStation more

[@harvesterindiegames]

I didn't mean to be too critical - the fact is I really do love Beardo Benjo's reactions and banter! But in this case, while a great video overall, I simply felt like he missed an opportunity here. Perhaps he's not that sort of gamer, which is ok too ;) PS. The NPC whose wife got kidnapped and who declared being single the very next second really made me chuckle out loud and it was well after midnight, I probably woke the whole family laughing ;)

[@BrainFrogVR]

This is actually what i do! i do like skits and stories with all AI NPCS! Their responses are unreal! i did a bunch of skyrim stuff and now just getting into fallout which is wild. bc their responses are so much more brutal.

[@sirboomer2741]

Hey, thanks for trying out our mod. Your assessment of "it's very janky, but it's very cool" is pretty much where I feel the mod is at in its current state 😅. We're working on making the conversation system more robust to prevent frustrations like what you experienced on the bridge with the raiders. BTW, the gun and holotape can be crafted if you ever lose them for some reason. Happy gaming!

[@tobiasmyers3505]

Thanks for making this amazing software! I'm looking forward to trying it.

[@DeadPixelGaming]

Amazing software and enjoyed making the guide for you 🙏

[@VRRat]

Heyyo!! Thanks for making the mod for the community. You wouldn't mind making a Perfect Dark N64 mod would you? 😂🥲🐀

[@sirboomer2741]

@@VRRat Thanks for the kind words! In the near future I plan on updating Mantella FO4 before switching to other projects so I don't want to promise anything concerning specific games.

[@Crysishawk619]

Keep it up guys

[@djdivero]

The ai characters are actually really solid for ai speaking 😂

[@WhiteRaven___]

I'll take the janky AI voice all day if at some point in the future our conversations can actually allow the AI to generate quests for us to do and the AI can remember the conversations you had with them. This really NEEDS to be implemented in future RPGs

[@Qwuiplash]

I believe Nvidia already hinted they were working on this at their CES panel earlier in january, they showed off an AI that created it's own storyline in a video game and said AI will soon be able to make things like quests in upcoming RPGs.

[@jacobquatkemeyer3823]

I'm telling you, its the future of gaming. In 10 years, AI generated questlines, NPCs and backstories, etc will be the standard, and we won't know how we ever played games before AI.

[@charlietighe5533]

@@jacobquatkemeyer3823 agreed.

[@NoX-512]

Professional TTS voices are actually really good already. Look up Neuro Sama, for example.

[@Zargex]

Cant wait for a quest to pick up some trash and get best item in the game

[@markdavid1532]

This is just crazy... he combines his own story inside the game.. with the real world..

[@pelago_]

Codsworth went pretty hard in that promo, that was very cool

[@MrSurviv0r]

😂 Oh, my bearded friend. You and I have been on the same path without knowing it, which is both funny and creepy, lol! I just set this up last Sunday, and the first conversation I had was with Preston. We had a full conversation about his thoughts on the TV show. I put the clip up on my YT and TikTok. But, anyway, if you add in those 2 optional plugins, their voices will be more natural and less A.I. like. It helps them pronounce things a bit better, and they actually have more emotion in their voice. Based on the video you linked, we used the same tutorial. And we even ran into some of the same issues and interesting responses. Love this video!! 👊🏻🍺 😂

[@FutureLaugh]

eventually all games will be like this. NPCs can be trained in lore, and be given a script but much like a pdf summarizer it can improvise

[@BrainFrogVR]

This is so awesome to see some exposure on this! This is what my channel focuses on!! i do skits on stories in Skyrim and now Fallout VR using this awesome AI software and it is LIFE CHANGING! i seriously cant go back to normal gaming after this!!

[@The_mind_of_Mitch]

I second the comment that mentioned trying to role-play more and have a conversation within the context of the game, would be hella interested in watching something like that!!

[@DeadPixelGaming]

Hey Beardo, thanks for the mention ❤

[@Suutsche590]

Looking forward to your Modlist!

[@jumbojimbo706]

I BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS TO COME TO FALLOUT

[@BamsonGeezee-kk1xr]

This looks amazing...so cool to see in vr with mods

[@Joric78]

I'm using the Mad God's classic modlist you inspired. Wanted that original feel since this is the first time I've played any Fallout game at all. 3-4 hours in and loving it.

[@coinsagE46m3]

What GPU do you have and how does it run?

[@Joric78]

@@coinsagE46m3 4070 Ti Super, running on a Quest 3 with Virtual Desktop set to 90FPS and Ultra. Runs fine, in terms of performance I can max it out, no need to use DLSS or FSR. If you turn up the shadows and reshade you get weird artifacts at some points though (broken shadows).

[@E.Pierro.Artist]

Trees and grass would definitely have grown back in 200 years irl so it makes sense with them there

[@puliverius]

NPC just realized that he would be better off without his wife, so he changed his status to single :D

[@mattstephen7494]

Please keep making Fallout VR content. I'm currently building my own modded experience.

[@buckrodgers2303]

Im really enjoying this series. Watching you start with the base game and then incrementally add/take away elements, to create the experience that you are after is both informative and immensely entertaining 😀 Please 🙏 please 🙏 please 🙏 do this with other titles. Make it "a thing".... a playlist if you will.

[@GilMaster2000]

Hello my man. Regarding the Trees, after several comparisons, I kept "Trees Redux". You shoud try it since it goes better with an post-apocaliptic world!!. Congratulations for your excellent content!

[@juuush]

Would love to see you do a playthrough once you're happy with your modlist!

[@Nithlus]

I like the grass and trees, after 200 years this is how it would be, based on the real world irradiated areas even after only 20+ years

[@davidalvarado9957]

It's not supposed to be real life though. In real life there wouldn't be mutated cockroaches either.

[@investinjahcoin5029]

I love you breedo banjo

[@EyeNVNo1]

when the raider kicked the other down and stood over him....that was quite brutal lol

[@perceptionzzz]

This is going to take vr gaming to a hole new level with ai mpcs

[@johnshepherdsonguitar]

When you finalise your mod list could you please do a settings run down as well please. 🙏

[@CabbGamerYT]

Looks very nice game mate! 😎👍

[@cheekyeve1]

Ai character interaction definitely add a great new dimension to the game for sure though some of the voices need a tweak. As for the trees and plants I asked Google Gemini this question: Do trees and grass still grow around the Hiroshima and Nagasaki areas after the atomic lasts in those areas? Yes, trees and grass absolutely grow around Hiroshima and Nagasaki today. The atomic bombs caused terrible destruction and loss of life, but life has returned to the areas. While the immediate effects of the bombs were devastating, the radiation levels have decreased significantly over time, allowing plants and animals to thrive again. Here are some additional points to consider: * Some areas very close to the detonation points experienced long-term effects on plant growth. However, even these areas have seen plant life return over time. * Hiroshima and Nagasaki are now large, green cities with parks, gardens, and trees lining the streets. So after 200 years there would certainly be a lot of regrowth looks like Bethesda got it wrong

[@perspectiveflip]

To be fair, Japan doesn't have constant mini nuking and suicidal super mutants blowing themselves up all over the place 😁

[@tomas-qr2el]

Chernobyl is green AF

[@kevinkev1530]

That's pretty awesome

[@jesterdewit478]

Finally, somebody playing fallout 4 VR it’s almost like people forgot it was in VR let alone even knowing it’s in VR with the show being popular

[@FASTVR_]

That is so cool. I NEED IT

[@krollgrend1888]

Ive spent a few days trying to dial in my mod pack. In pancake mode the shrubs look ok, but in vr you walk through them and you can see they are just 6 plant textures stacked at different angles. Your game might not look like a fallout wasteland anymore but It does look like a real vr world.

[@RichBaxterMusic]

Did you know Ben that Mad God made another mod pack based on your feedback? Ive installed it but not had a chance to try it yet. Im wondering now if that has the more lush greens?

[@elijohnson8007]

Fallout 76 has trees and grass. So yes its lore friendly

[@KansasKid23]

Could you put out a tech video over what mods you turned on and off in the all in one mod pack to get the final feel you are playing with?

[@FortniteOG420]

There was one mod on the nexus that I forget the name of that adds a few green trees but keeps alot of dead ones

[@Tavern_Creeper]

I wonder what would happen if you set up the beta wave emitter and had a captured deathclaw in your settlement and you tried to talk to it. lol.

[@VRRat]

I remember when people were giving you flack about talking over your playthroughs. I think your accent goes well with the fallout playthrough, Id watch a series on it. But definitely talk to the ai about fallout stuff more.

[@peytonpullen2983]

Dude this is the future of gaming

[@SfantuSS]

I cant wait to be able to mod the Dog to Talk.

[@Xegethra]

The thing with modern Fallout is that it takes place at over 200 years after the bombs fell. This is too far into the future for there not to be vegetation growing back.

[@haydenisanerd4958]

Fallout 4 takes place in mid-november...

[@Euridian]

Lol can't tell if a joke or not.

[@Cl0ckle]

I don't see anyone saying anything about it but I love the trees. not just for the more lifelike feeling. but because even having trees, stuff can still feel barren. I feel often that they eccentricate the dilapidation that the wasteland already has. It just makes it feel more empty despite it being more visually full y'know?

[@Viuus]

yo this is kinda scary but awesome

[@_Domthebomb]

The trees and the grass just makes sense. If a nuke were to explode over 200 years ago stuff would eventually begin to grow back (trees, grass, and more) if you look at the effects of the Hiroshima bomb you can see that people were able to live there just only a month later after the attack, because the radiation levels subsided. Yes I know the nukes in fallout were much more deadly, but then again it has been over 200 years since the bombs dropped. This would allow more things to grow in the fallout universe other than what the game describes. (This was just a guess, I’ve only been playing fallout 4 for about 2 weeks.)

[@DeadPixelGaming]

I use Mad Gods mod list alongside Mantella, I love the lush green mod! Its how I play.

[@JonathonBarton]

I've been waffling back and forth. If you go look at Ground Zero in Hiroshima in Google Earth, it's...a park with beautiful green full grown trees after only _75_ years - left untended for another *135* years, it would most likely be an overgrown forest with only so much left to indicate what had actually been there. But on the other hand - This is Boston at the start of November... Looking at Concord, there are some street view maps that are pretty green still - some of the trees are about to lose their leaves and are a really pretty red. (Go to Concord, MA, find Jethro's Tree, and move two "steps" toward the Old Hill Burying Ground to see what I mean...)

[@-_-NxM.]

now that you have started modding good luck getting an entire play through in 😈

[@user-nb3tz4pn5d]

I was thinking about this the other day, should really become basic add in for all games these days

[@hicks3749]

Anyone know how to disable the Pip-Boy mod or if its possible. Can you use it on your arm rather than a large UI?

[@dallelama8874]

When you are done finding the right modlist, could you make a list or share a screenshot of all mods a-z ? I can't get Wabbajack to work, always something that don't work, so I need a list of all the mods in the Wabbajack package instead 😅

[@therealgangnamstyle]

if your pc can handle it if u use dyndold you can create a grass cache so you dont get grass pop in ever after it gets done caching ( I HAVE ONLY DONE THIS IN SKYRIM NOT SURE IF IT EXIST FOR FALLOUT 4)

[@assaultracoon4183]

Super cool

[@liamneilson9567]

Hi Beardo Benjo, this is great, love it. I watch all your videos, religiously each week. Can I ask, any idea if Starfield has a VR mod? it would be interesting to know what you think of starfield in VR, it seems ripe for it.

[@sychrov81]

why when im using Frik and pip boy setting to in-front, the pip boy stop showing afterwhile..it works ok without any mods

[@monkeyspunk25]

Need to know how you've modded the two modlists together. I want the visuals of mad dogs but gameplay/survival etc of GingaVR. How did you do it?

[@TotalTechAddiction]

That long after the bombs, nature would start taking back the land. Imo its actually immersive.

[@mech0p]

I cant wait til this is in games and you can actually do this. People are gonna live in games like baldurs gate 3 lol

[@somerandomperson8282]

"A bit like a Ouija board you have to say goodbye to end the conversation". LOL. :D

[@YoungMoneyFuture]

Yes, now we're talkin 😎👍

[@lPsychoMax]

If you can loose the chat gun, what happens if a companion picks up and uses the gun? Will they start conversations beyond your control? Will the game crash? I ask because they would probably try using it as a gun and I had moments when companions have picked up stuff against my will and in the case of cait, used and rpg indoors next to me XD

[@madisonross1128]

This is the future of gaming

[@Haruchai01]

Not holding my breath for the mod list, down the modding rabbit hole, this could take a while 😂 As to the AI, an interesting addition that will no doubt get better with time and work but still really good fun at this stage.

[@JonathonBarton]

Wabbajack lists have really 'fixed' modding. My "Gameplay loop" used to be "Play a bit, Mod it, Play a bit more, Mod it some more, keep modding it until the save breaks - start over." With Wabba lists, I'm running a FlatRim, and a VRim list with 1200 mods, and my Fallout list is close to 300 mods - all rock steady stable, and I don't really have any desire to add anything except maybe clothes and followers (for variety)...

[@yevheniilisovyi5933]

Please tell which mod added that green sky (aka Emission from the Stalker series) in your previous video?

[@CherryPascalle]

Tbh the trees do make sense. After all it's 200 years after the attack.

[@SnakeEater503]

dude, really cool.

[@SnakeEater503]

i like the lush greeenry mad mod. the buildings and tunnels looked so good too.

[@felipesqr]

If you want to play with the statics there is a video on how to turn fallout 4 into Metro exodus (snow everywhere, need masks and breath etc) put an interesting spin on things

[@coinsagE46m3]

It's been the better part of a decade since I sunk over 200 hours (that's a LOT for me) into the flat Fallout 4 game. I have the VR version and told myself that when I'm ready to go another round that'd it'd be in VR. Knew I needed to mod it since said version was pretty janky when I played the first hour of it. I've decided that when you put together and share your mod list, that's my queue to give it a real go. I hope my 3090 can handle it!

[@perspectiveflip]

I have a 2070 super and I can play relatively smoothly with many mods. You should be golden.

[@perspectiveflip]

Also look up vrperfkit. It's a super simple upscale tool (drag and drop) and for me it made the game butter smooth with no quality loss.

[@MarshallChill]

If they have Clickers mod for the ghouls. It would fit perfectly with all that grass. Haha

[@mattstephen7494]

They do, I have it installed. They are just VERY loud. But I love it.

[@jasonhedtke659]

Im wondering if you added a shader maybe it'll help make the VR experience feel more fallout like

[@stranger.granger]

Would love a How-to video on how to install the mods that you're using. =)

[@_l3m35_]

Strong with AI must be insane talking.

[@joevonash3699]

if your AI is not only for chatter, but for behavior, then it will be interesting.

[@Dunkinarts]

You should try seasons change mod i feel like thats a perfect balance mod for landscape

[@MERPTV]

In Reality it would be like this, Nature would take over. You should play it however you want dude. 😅

[@jessetrills]

can you make an updated mod list/install instruction?

[@halokiller711]

How different is mad dogs list vs the modern tactical overhaul its based on?

[@zombi996]

For a first run the closest to vanilla is the way to go! But I would install these mods for the following runs!

[@wiiu7640]

The green trees and grass aren't really lore friendly, but they are VR friendly. I would like to see a good mix of green trees and dead trees. Maybe around the irradiated areas near the Crator of Atom, you see a whole bunch of dead trees, but as you get away from the radiation, the trees slowly become green again. I haven't used the mod, but maybe this is already a feature.

[@TheWarmotor]

Can we do a modlist that exclusively doesn't require the flat DLC stuff?

[@sizzleshnizzle9484]

I hope the ps5 version includes vr mode for psvr2 because there is so much potential mixed in with the improved textures

[@That_lore_guy]

3:41 id say its more accurate i mean by the time you leave the vault 210 years have passed since the war surely some trees and life would be coming back

[@HK1_11]

All these cuts while you're talking to the npcs, we can tell the mod is slow and you're trying to hide it 💀💀💀

[@hummmmmm8447]

There's a Fallout 76 graphics overhaul mod that you might want to try

[@ARealFreeAgent]

Can anyone tell me with vr headset is perfect for fallout 4, Skyrim and cyberpunk 2077? Currently have meta quest 2 and have issue configuring all 3 games.

[@nigelshizoworkshop]

Will be fun, if there i can take Cait, Nick Valentine and Paladin Danse and give them different orders. When Nick hacks terminal and turns off the light, Cait stealthly kills far standing guards and me and Danse getting ready for open fire just after blackout. And everyting this after i just said it to my team. tl:dr - this needs to be more gameplay integrated

[@haldor6972]

After 200+ years and not being directly hit by the bombs, I would think vegetation would start to begin again. So some green is fine, otherwise why don't we do a barren desert wasteland.

[@serioserkanalname499]

Now with the quest 3 and the fallout tv show reviving intrest in the game I hope there'll be an influx of polished modlists and maybe even new vr specific mods.

[@JustFeral]

Literally all you need is the FUS modpack.

[@FiliusFidelis]

I love this forested look to Fallout4, it's gorgeous and I don't think it's at all out of place actually. If you look at what Chernobyl looks like today, it is very green, lush and abundant animal life. And def agree about this use of AI though it clearly has some ways to go, needs to be virtually lag free, sound more natural and this is very important, to me at least, they should only have knowledge of things they'd logically would/could/should know about as an in-game character.

[@JonathonBarton]

"If you look at what Chernobyl looks like today, it is very green, lush and abundant animal life" Hiroshima - Lush green park with fully grown trees 75 years later - add another 135 years of some place like that being completely "untended" and the whole thing will be overgrown forest...

[@Trampus10-4]

Are you recording to the headset?? Wonder how you are recording such clarity?

[@jasonmeister6988]

He made Codsworth an Ad-Bot

[@weston6568]

I still can’t believe we have fallout 4 Vr but we still don’t have multiplayer support for fallout 4.

[@FIGHT-R]

2:15 because it makes way more sense. It has been over 200 years. Wish Bethesda made this decision.

[@JW-jn4if]

Codsworth talks like hes a prisoner of war.

[@xxaxeslingerxx9161]

grass and trees wouldn't stop growing so its not unrealistic

[@josharghhhh]

isnt this beginning just the green in the commonwealth mod?

[@ritchski1]

no way I'm setting this up lol, the only mods I can install without the game breaking are textures mods. nice idea though but I always find these things too good to be true.

[@AustinOConnellVideos]

the trees and the grass looks better imo

[@kylejones2526]

I’m torn in the greenery, it looses a bit of the wasteland vibes but it’s also 200 plus years after the bombs so trees would probably be coming back

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

I would love a video where someone actually tries to roleplay. All these youtubers just ask them real world questions or meme stuff and it's like... we have shitposts videos a plenty, we want to see what it can ACTUALLY be used for in terms of real entertainment.

[@randomsub1976]

What video does anyone think is the best MOD GUIDE FOR THIS GAMEE!! the simplest one to follow. i mean all mods not jist the NPC

[@The_Gallowglass]

I hope they update the script extender. I wanna try this.