Fallout New Vegas

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This brings to the game a recreation of The Mint hotel and casino, that was located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada between 1957 and 1988. A sample can be found inside New Vegas Strip, next to The Tops hotel and Casino.

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The Mint Las Vegas Hotel and Casino (MODDERS RESOURCE). 
 
---DESCRIPTION---
This brings to the game a recreation of The Mint hotel and casino, that was located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada between 1957 and 1988. A sample can be found inside New Vegas Strip, next to The Tops hotel and Casino. 
This real-life resort was one of the inspirations for the Tops Hotel and Casino.  
 
---FEATURES---
- A static model of The Mint Las Vegas Hotel and Casino with its own collision mesh and glowing Neon Signs.
- A custom LOD Model.
- A plugin that takes advantage of the unused space next to the tops and adds The Mint into a nice cleaned area with plants and a little pond. 
- 2 patches for the Tops model in order to hide the missing mesh in the side of the new area.
- The Mint Models have been located in some worldspaces in order to be seen from distance.
 
---LIMITATIONS---
* The plugin provided only added the model inside New Vegas Strip, next to The Tops hotel and Casino, in order to showcase it.  
* In order to look The Mint from distance the use of FNVLODGen is required. You can find it here: https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/58562
 
---PLUGINS---
TheMint.esp
 
--REQUIREMENTS--
 Fallout New Vegas.
 
---INSTALLATION---
1) Download the file called TheMint.zip
2) Unzip the file.
3) Open the folder called TheMint.
4)Grab both Meshes and Textures folders and the plugin TheMint.esp and drop  them into your Data Folder (the one where your FalloutNV.exe and FalloutNVLauncher.exe are located).
5) Open Fallout Mod Manager or any other Mod Manager you're using, find the plugin TheMint.esp  you dropped in the Data folder and tick it. Start the game.  
 
---UNINSTALLATION---
1)Go to your Data folder (the one where your FalloutNV.exe and FalloutNVLauncher.exe are located), open your meshes folder, then open your 1prodlimenbox folder and erase the file TheMint.nif 2)Then go again to your Data folder, open your textures folder and erase the one called 1prodlimenbox; 3)Go to your Data folder again and erase the plugin TheMint.esp
 
---TOOLS USED---
Blender 2.49 (Reshapping).
GIMP 2.10.10 (Retexturing).
 
---CREDITS---

Prodlimen for reshaping and retexturing the original asset with the use of vanilla resources.
Obsidian for creating Fallout New Vegas.
Blender and GIMP development teams for creating such amazing tools.
Del Webb (Owner) and the architects Zick & Sharp (casino), Yesco (neon sign), Martin Stern (hotel tower).
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries, for the Postcard of the Mint Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), circa 1963, available in the following link: https://d.library.unlv.edu/digital/collection/sky/id/71/
SpeedyB64 for his technical help to get the neon signs to glow. Neon resources from his mod Speedy Resources were very useful. Here's the link: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/39551/?] Speedy Resources by SpeedyB64
Ehamloptiran Sheson, FNVEdit Team and zilav for FNVLODGen, a really neat tool for the creation of LOD.
 
-PERMISSIONS-
You're allowed to use/modify this assets as long as you give proper credit.