About this mod

Adds missing LODs for objects that don't currently have them. This improves visuals and eliminates pop-in of objects at very little performance cost.

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Description

Far Object LOD Improvement Project (FOLIP) adds missing LOD models for objects that don't currently have them. This improves visuals and eliminates pop-in of objects at very little performance cost. Some models included:

  • Barges and boats
  • Billboards and signs
  • Boulders
  • Buses
  • Cars
  • Construction Equipment
  • Diner and Drive-in
  • Windmills
  • Roads
  • Shacks and Junk Walls
  • Shipping Crates
  • Sidewalks
  • Train Engines
  • Train Tracks
  • Trucks
  • Vertibirds
  • ... and much, much, more!

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Installation

Install and activate like any other mod. By itself, the main file does nothing. You must regenerate Object LOD using FO4LODGen to see the added objects.

If you are uncomfortable or experience issues generating yourself, there is now an optional Pregenerated Object LOD file that can be used. This pregenerated LOD is designed in a way to use some textures from the LOD "resource" textures to provide the most compatible pregenerated LOD possible. If you use a tree mod that provides LOD texture resources for vanilla replacements, the pregenerated LOD will use the tree mod's textures. This works out of the box with vanilla, Barren Trees, Luxor's Summer, Make Like a Tree, and probably others (those were the few I tested). You can install ModernHouseLOD, and it will use his textures. This method does not work for any tree mod that adds new custom trees (e.g., Boston Natural Surroundings, A Forest, etc.). Generating your own LOD will be more performance friendly, mod compatible, and look better, but this gets you very close without having to do all the extra legwork.


There is an optional 50 Shades of Rust LOD Textures file for use with 50 Shades of Rust by Undernier. Credits to Undernier for the source mod textures used to generate these.

Follow my instructions in the article here.

>> Video Tutorial Playlist <<




Recommended LOD INI Settings

These are my recommended Fallout4Prefs.ini TerrainManager settings. This will increases performance, and eliminates other LOD issues.

[TerrainManager]
fBlockLevel0Distance=32768
fBlockLevel1Distance=65536
fBlockLevel2Distance=131072
fBlockMaximumDistance=262144
fSplitDistanceMult=1.000

FAQ

Q: Does this break precombines?
A: No.






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