Great and/or essential Fallout 4 mods?

Having recently gotten a laptop that isn't a potato I finally dove in head first into the modding scene. Spent weeks modding Skyrim, doing multiple playthroughs and am now looking to do the same for Fallout 4.

Basically I'm looking for suggestions on mods you consider essential and mods that improve/add gameplay and questlines. Things like Skyrim's Ordinator and A Quality World Map were recommended to me here and have become essential to a Skyrim playthrough for me.
I've already got the required stuff out of the way like the script extender, unofficial patch, CBBE and Bodyslide.

Few quick questions. There doesn't seem to be anything like FNIS or Nemesis for Fallout, can I assume it's not required in any way? Is there a skin texture mod like Skyrim's Bijin/Demoniac/... mods that is popular among modders?

Tag for when I'm on my PC. I'll post my mod list. It's kinda barebones but hopefully you'll find something you like

The mod that gets rid of the loud, annoying as fuck sound effects when Grim Reaper Sprint, Idiot Savant, and Four Leaf Clover activate is pretty much required if you actually wanna use those perks(which you should, they're awesome) without basically muting your sound effects for everything else.

Wattz Laser Rifle: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/26386
This is by far my favorite weapon in Fallout 4 (not just out of modded weapons, all weapons). Powerful without being broken, and highly modular; on most playthroughs my 3 most-used weapons are just three variations of the Wattz rifle (red-laser sniper, blue-laser scattergun w/ Wounding prefix for close combat, and Enclave green plasma rifle for mid-range).

Any apparel by Niero is also highly recommended. I'm partial to the CROSS Courser Strigidae outfit:
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/28009
The CROSS jetpack is also a ton of fun. Arguably OP, but having access to a jetpack without the Power Armor / fuel restriction makes farting around in the Commonwealth sandbox a blast (it drains your AP to use, so it's not completely broken):
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/12471

Big titty deathclaws

If youre going to have supply lines, maybe the replace Brahmin with Eyebot mod.

Legendary Enemy Spawning
Lowered Weapons
Full Dialogue Interface
Alternative Chameleon Visuals
Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch
Armoured Hats
Companion Infinite Ammo
Achievements
Everyone's Best Friend
DiMA Red Block Remover
Skip DiMA's Memory Games
High FPS Physics Fix

I won't claim to have a definitive list, but I thought these mods were good

• Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch: the community fixed a lot of bugs that Bethesda never did
• Sim Settlements 2: adds a new, voiced quest line and allows settlers to build the Settlements themselves, so you don't have to micromanage as much (you still have to help them if they get attacked). There's also lots of add-on mods for this mod
• Black Widow Armor and Pip Boy: looks badass (the original is female armor, but the creator also made a male variant)
• Critical Hits Outside of VATS: gives you a chance to land a critical hit with each attack, similar to other rpgs. Chance based on Luck stat and the four leaf clover perk increases it too.
• Achievements: Reactivates Achievements while mods are active (requires Fallout 4 Script Extender)

Makes the game look better

• Wasteland Creatures Redone - Retexture Compilation
• High Resolution Texture Pack 2K and 4K - Valius
• Vivid Fallout - All in One

I also really love "A Forest" which turns the barren wasteland into a beautiful plant covered map.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/5/4/AAQgjdAAD00C.jpg

For some reason Nexus is being annoying using Opera today. Can't click on any of the arrows leading to more info or custom searches so I guess off to Chrome I go. Got some character replacers out of the way and I'm now going to look at the stuff you guys recommended.

There seem to be multiple mods that simulate a true first person camera (seeing your body when looking down in first person). Having used Joy of Perspective in Skyrim I feel like it's a requirement at this point. Any suggestions on which one is the best?

Any good companion mods are always welcome as well.

ANort175 posted...

The mod that gets rid of the loud, annoying as fuck sound effects when Grim Reaper Sprint, Idiot Savant, and Four Leaf Clover activate is pretty much required if you actually wanna use those perks(which you should, they're awesome) without basically muting your sound effects for everything else.

It's been so long I don't even know what those do, but that's def something I'm going to install.

masterpug53 posted...

Wattz Laser Rifle

That is one awesome looking weapon. To the install pile it goes!

masterpug53 posted...

Any apparel by Niero is also highly recommended.

I bookmarked his profile so I can browse through it later on tonight. The outfit you mentioned does look great and is one I'll be using for sure.

masterpug53 posted...

The CROSS jetpack is also a ton of fun.

Don't even need to look at this. This is just a straight up mandatory install.

Irony posted...

Big titty deathclaws

I don't mind titty mods and the like, but I don't really see the point of adding boobs to a Deathclaw. Something like the female and child Giants mod for Skyrim is more my kind of thing. I'll check if there's a Deathclaw version of that.

NecroFoul99 posted...

If youre going to have supply lines, maybe the replace Brahmin with Eyebot mod.

Don't recall ever using those, but I installed the one that replaces the supply line Brahmin so I can finally try them.

teep_ posted...

Legendary Enemy Spawning
Lowered Weapons
Full Dialogue Interface
Alternative Chameleon Visuals
Armoured Hats
Companion Infinite Ammo
Everyone's Best Friend
High FPS Physics Fix

These are all great QoL mods. Think most of them will be a constant for any playthrough I do. Especially going to love the Full Dialogue Interface

teep_ posted...

DiMA Red Block Remover
Skip DiMA's Memory Games

I've never touched any of the DLC so I'm keeping those for a later playthrough when I've gone through all the DLC in a somewhat original state at least once.

NoxObscuras posted...

* Sim Settlements 2
* Black Widow Armor and Pip Boy
* Critical Hits Outside of VATS

Makes the game look better

* Wasteland Creatures Redone - Retexture Compilation
* High Resolution Texture Pack 2K and 4K - Valius
* Vivid Fallout - All in One

I also really love "A Forest" which turns the barren wasteland into a beautiful plant covered map.

These are all great. Thanks for recommending some texture packs, saves me the need of looking for those. I'm keeping the A Forest mod on the backburner for a subsequent playthrough. After having spend yet another 100+ hours in Skyrim's forests and mountains the ruined wasteland is a welcome change.

TheSavageDragon posted...

I've never touched any of the DLC so I'm keeping those for a later playthrough when I've gone through all the DLC in a somewhat original state at least once.

That's fair, but keep those in mind if you ever get frustrated with a certain DLC mechanic/level

Also, the Far Harbour DLC is the best content in the game imo, so be sure to play that one

TheSavageDragon posted...

These are all great QoL mods. Think most of them will be a constant for any playthrough I do. Especially going to love the Full Dialogue Interface

I've never touched any of the DLC so I'm keeping those for a later playthrough when I've gone through all the DLC in a somewhat original state at least once.

These are all great. Thanks for recommending some texture packs, saves me the need of looking for those. I'm keeping the A Forest mod on the backburner for a subsequent playthrough. After having spend yet another 100+ hours in Skyrim's forests and mountains the ruined wasteland is a welcome change.

I didnt like the texture packs, personally. I loaded them, started playing, got to the old drive-in, and noticed that the old rusted steel was now new polished steelit just didnt look fitting.

Same with the season mods. Its uncanny seeing all this life growing, but the narrative is that hardly anything grows and people struggle to grow the bare minimum of food.

For my role play, that stuff takes me out of it.

TheSavageDragon posted...

These are all great QoL mods. Think most of them will be a constant for any playthrough I do. Especially going to love the Full Dialogue Interface

I've never touched any of the DLC so I'm keeping those for a later playthrough when I've gone through all the DLC in a somewhat original state at least once.

These are all great. Thanks for recommending some texture packs, saves me the need of looking for those. I'm keeping the A Forest mod on the backburner for a subsequent playthrough. After having spend yet another 100+ hours in Skyrim's forests and mountains the ruined wasteland is a welcome change.

Fair enough. I had already done 3 playthroughs of Fallout 4 on PS4, plus watched my now ex do a playthrough. So I was sick and tired of the ruined wasteland look lol.

NecroFoul99 posted...

I didnt like the texture packs, personally. I loaded them, started playing, got to the old drive-in, and noticed that the old rusted steel was now new polished steelit just didnt look fitting.

Nah, that's not the texture pack that I listed. It makes them higher resolution, but doesn't make everything look new. Here's the description from the High Resolution Texture Pack:

"My aim has been to create higher resolution textures to replace those in game whilst trying to maintain the original style."

Same thing with the Vivid packs. Makes the environment textures look better. Better water, rocks, etc, but doesn't change the feel of the game.

All I know is that I refuse to play without the mod that gives you a jetpack at the super duper mart

You need a few of those mods that make everyone have giant boobs and hips and a fat ass. Especially Valentine.