

Thing I like as a decorator type: Some of the game's built in non-lootable clutter bits are actually in these areas as lootable objects. Varous ruined businesses and abandoned houses are all over the city. For instance, one forager has set up in a particular shop. There are a handful of active shops, but these make sense given the state of the city. Note, there are compatibility patches for using with Busland and MMM. The (comparatively) few enterable buildings in this game are complely barren and empty. Maybe sleep for an hour or seven on a seedy mattress. If I head to the ruined portions of New Vegas, I can at least go into the houses/shops/apartments sift through the ruins to pick over what's left. Washington DC proper is so barren and empty. Because it changes so much in the game, MANY mods offer compatibility patches. While it is indeed a mod that makes sweeping changes to the game, they are reasonably balanced changes, and the mod allows you to tweak the changes it makes to your own taste. It adds low-value loot to all kinds of creatures. As best I can tell, the loot seems to vary a bit more with the mod installed. Mart's Mutant Mod (MMM) [is a mod that not only makes the various types of super mutants more interesting, it also does interesting things to the game's AI (animals/monsters/enemies may fight each other) while optionally boosting the spawn to compensate. They seem to live just to tangle with you. Aside from a handful of more-powerful ones, they're pretty much all alike. The Capital Wasteland is full of super mutants. Things I dislike about the game, and how I've solved 'em:
