>> The TTW version can be found here <<
This mod is the Fallout 3 equivalent to New Vegas' ExRB - Extended Roombounds, though far bigger in scope, as I've optimized more than 200 interior cells (217, to be exact, the list of which can be found at the bottom) across both the main game and its expansions, many of which hadn't been optimized at all. And I'm not just talking about tiny insignificant buildings, but factories, offices, metro tunnels, and multiple vaults. How did I achieve that? By placing a ton of roombounds and portals, and in some cases occlusion planes. And while most of these are entirely new, I've also modified some cells that had actually been optimized before, but could have been optimized further, in my opinion. And I did actually cover some tiny building here and there. Not because they needed it, but because their layout was so simple that each of them took like 30 seconds, so I thought "Why the hell not?"
However, due to the number of cells covered, I cannot guarantee that I didn't miss any occlusion bugs (objects flickering in and out of existence, holes in the world, the entire cell vanishing for a second). But I did test every single cell and used the JIP MiniMap to try and cover every nook and cranny, though it wasn't very helpful on vertically designed maps. So if you notice any of the afforementioned issues, and have made sure that my mod wins every conflict in regards to room markers and portals, please open the console, click on a nearby object and give me the FormID so I can quickly check on it.
But keep in mind that this mod is NOT compatible with any mod that makes major changes to the layout of the affected cells, or adds new sections to those cells. So if you notice giant gaping holes where part of the map should be, or areas that are never rendered at all, then you've most likely found a conflict (unless I was too blind to notice such glaring issues). Fixing it should be easy in most cases, but only if you tell me which mod is responsible. Don't just drop your modlist in the comments and expect me to figure it out myself! And if you don't want to wait for a patch, just delete the affected cell from my mod.
Questions:
Q: Does this mean a fully modded game runs smooth as butter now?
A: I wish. But some cells are so open in their design (like the Citadel lab or the Rivet City Market), or so tightly packed together and chaotic in their layout that fully optimizing them is nigh impossible without making changes to their layout, which goes beyond the scope of this mod.
Q: So how much of a difference will this mod make?
A: No idea. Depends entirely on what mods you have installed. And since I don't have the space to install lots of texture and mesh replacers right now, I can't test how much of a difference a heavily modded game would make. But I can give you examples from the mods I've patched:
GNR Building Redux has some drops to 40 FPS (down from 144, at 1440p) in its newly added rooms, but with my patch, it's more around 70 to 100.
Meanwhile, some of the bedrooms in Reilly's Rangers Compound Redux cause drops down to 50 FPS when you turn around, but with my patch, you lose maybe 1 or 2 FPS.
I've also started working on the same kind of mod for A World of Pain, where the Capital Research Operations cell can drop as low as 30 FPS. But my optimized version only drops to around 70. Don't ask me when the mod is going to be released, though. I've only done that one cell so far.
You can also find some comparison shots in the screenshot gallery (check the top left corner for the FPS). Though keep in mind that they were made with a GTX 1070 and an i5-6500, and without Heap Replacer or DXVK. So if you have a more recent system, your FPS should hopefully be better.
Q: Will this affect cells added by other mods?
No, each cell needs to be optimized manually.
Q: Can I add this mod in the middle of a playthrough?
Should be fine in regards to the roombounds, as I tested it myself with GNR and Reilly's compound and multiple bugfixes of the main mod. But doing that with the patched mods will most likely result in misplaced doors and the like, which I also experienced during that test.
Q: I've optimized a cell better than you did!
Not a question, but cool! Can you send me the plugin so I can incorporate those changes into the mod, assuming they're truly better?
Q: Where did you get this minimap from?
A: That's the Jip Minimap, but you'll have to play New Vegas to use it.
Known Issues:
Throughout the whole game, there are pieces of clutter (mostly rubble, I think) that are placed in a way that causes them to be present on two sides of a wall. Doesn't matter in a vanilla game, but with roombounds added to the mix, some of them flicker in and out of existence, which is why you'll find some disabled or moved pieces of rubble in the plugin. Didn't notice much of them, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were more.
If you have too much time on your hand and want to check for more issues yourself, I can only give you the following advice: run into every wall (or rather walk, otherwise you may run right through a bugged portal without realizing it) and hug every corner, especially around doorways.
How to report bugs:
If you find a bugged area, please click on a nearby object with the console open and take a screenshot of it, so that I can see where exactly the issue is. Then post it in the bugs sections. If clicking on an object does nothing, back away from the bugged area and try again.
Compatibility:
May not be entirely accurate for FO3. I'm just assuming that these mods are made the same way as their TTW ports.
Fallout 3 3DNPC Bundle: Fully Compatible if you load my mod after it, as there's a dirty edit to a room marker that would cause issues otherwise.
A Trail of Crumbs: Fully Compatible.
GNR Building Redux (no longer available): Incompatible due to major layout changes that cannot be accounted for in the main plugin. So I've provided a patch for it.
District of Columbia: [color=#ffff00]Mostly compatible, but disables the room markers in Freedom Street Station and makes further changes to the cell layout that require a patch. Otherwise I could have added native support to the main plugin.
Megaton Open: [color=#00ff00]Fully Compatible.[/color]
Museum Halls of Today: Fully Compatible.
New Air in Big Town: Changes the layout of some buildings and therefore required a patch. Didn't really seem to like Room Markers that much, however, as the walls kept bugging out, so I mostly used occlusion planes instead. But the mod should also be an ESM and I personally don't like the aesthetics of it, so I wouldn't recommend it.
Point Lookout Reborn: Fully Compatible.
Rebuild the Capital: Should be fully compatible, since it mostly disables trash and stays within the confines of the original maps when it doesn't. But I did extend some roombounds for its new doors, just in case.
Raiders of the Capital Wastelands: I've accounted for its change to zWheatonArmory, and the rest should be compatible, as the only Evergreen Mills cell I touch is EverGreenMillsBazaar, where the roombounds still line up despite the layout changes. Just make sure Evergreen.esm loads after my mod to keep its cell settings intact.
Reilly's Rangers Compound Redux (no longer available): Absolutely not compatible, as it might as well be a completely different building. One that actually looks nice and is nowhere near as cramped as the orignal, so I made a patch in which I optimized the place from scratch.
Rivet City Reborn: Makes some minor layout changes to a few cells that I've accounted for in the main plugin by increasing the size of the room markers.
Vault 101 Revisited: Fully Compatible, as it uses completely different cells for its version of Vault 101. Which also means that it won't benefit from my optimizations.
Covered Cells:
AnchorageWM01
AnchorageWM02
AnchorageWM03
AnchorageWMMid
AndaleOldManHarrisHouse
ArlingtonLibrary01
ArlingtonLibrary02
ArlingtonLibrary03
BigTownCommonHouse1
BigTownCommonHouse2
BigTownRedClinic
BigTownTownHall
CanterburyGarage
CanterburyUncleRoesHouse
CapitolBuilding01b
ChryslusBuilding01
ChryslusBuilding03
CitadelARing
CitadelBRing
CitadelLab
CliffsideCavern01
CliffsideCavern02
CorvegaFactory01
DclawSanc01
DLC01AshurPalace
DLC01PowerPlant
DLC01SteelMill02
DLC01TowerEntrance
DLC01zUptownApt
DLC02CommCenter
DLC02GlacierCave
DLC02VSS01
DLC02zcBaileysToWasteland
DLC03AirControlStairs01
DLC03EnclaveBase01
DLC03EnclaveTower
DLC03EternalGlowBasement
DLC03GhoulHideout
DLC03PPurity03
DLC03zAFB01
DLC03zCitadelPit
DLC04Bank
DLC04BlackhallManor01
DLC04Lab01
DLC04Mine01
DLC04Mine02
DLC04Mine03
DLC04RitualSiteBasement
DLC04SpyBunker
DLC05EngineRoom
DLC05ExLab01
DLC05ExLab02
DLC05ExLab03
DLC05ExLab04
DLC05Hangar
DLC05HoldingCells
DLC05LivingQuarters
DLC05RobotAssembly
DLC05sewer01
DLC05SpaceBridge01
DukovsPlace01
EverGreenMillsBazaar
FloodedSewer01
Forge03
FortBannister01
FortBannister02
FortBannister03
FortC02
FortC03
FortIndependence01
FortIndependence02
FranklinMetro01
FranklinMetro02
FriendshipMetro01
FriendshipMetro02
FriendshipMetroUtility
GermPoliceHQ01
GermPoliceHQ02
GermPoliceHQ03
GNR01
HamiltonsHideaway01
HazmatDisposal01
HubrisComics02
HubrisComics03
JuryStStation01
JuryStStation02
LairAntAgonizer02
LairAntAgonizer03
LincolnMuseum
LL
LLGrandChamber
LLMurderPass
LLOfficeBuilding
LLSouvenirShop
LOBEnterprises01
LOBEnterprises03
LOBEnterprises04
MamaDolces01
MarigoldStation01
MarigoldStation02
MegatonTheBrassLantern
MerestiMetro01
MerestiMetro02
MetroCenter02
MetroCenter03
MetroCenter04
MetroCenter05
MetroCenter06
MetroCenter08
MuseumAmerican01
MuseumAmerican03
MuseumAmericanEntrance
MuseumTech02NEW
NorthwestSenecaMetro01
NtlGuardDepot04
NtlGuardDepot05
NtlGuardDepot06
NtnlArchives01
NtnlArchives02
NtnlArchives03
NukaColaPlant01
NukaColaPlant02
NukaColaPlant03
OasisCave01
OasisCave02
OasisCave03
OldOlney01
OurLadyHope01
OurLadyHope02
OurLadyHope04
PFallsEulogysPad
PFallsLockAndLoad
PPurity03
RCHangarDeckAft
RCLowerDeck
RCStairwell
RCTower
RCUpperDeckMid
RedRacer01
RedRacer03
RockCreekCaverns
RooseveltHS03
ShalebridgeCavern01
ShalebridgeCavern02
StatesmanHotel01
StatesmanHotel02
StatesmanHotel03
SuperDuperMart
TaftTunnel01
TaftTunnel02
TakomaStation
Tenpenny03
Tenpenny03Attack
TepidSewer01
Underworld9thCircle
UnderworldCarolsPlace
UnderworldConcourse
Vault87a
Vault87c
Vault92a
Vault92aOverseer
Vault92b
Vault92c
Vault92d
Vault101a
Vault101b
Vault101bMS16
Vault101dMS16
Vault106a
Vault106b
Vault106c
Vault108a
Vault112Garage
VaultTecHQ01
VaultTecHQ02
VaultTecHQ03
WarringtonStation01
WarringtonStation02
WarringtonStation03
YaoGuaiDen01
YaoGuaiDen02
zAnnandaleTalonHQ
zArlingtonHouse
zBethOffice01
zBethOffice02
zBethSewer
zcArlingtonToFalls
zcArlingtonToWasteland
zcChevyToVernon
zcGeorgetownToMall
zcPennAveToGeorgetown
zcPennAveToMall
zcPennAveToSeward
zDCint05a
zDCint05b
zDCint08b
zDCint09a
zDCint12b
zDCint12RangerCompound
zDCint17a
zDCint17b
zDCWorld06Sewer
zDLC03CarTunnel
zFairfaxMaintenance
zFairfaxMetro
zFFWastelandEncounter08
zGenericSewer
zLenfantCapitolPost
zMq11skybridgeAccess
zPlungerSewer
zPowerStationInterior01
zPS08Interior
ZTakomaNiftyThrifty
zToxicDump01
zWheatonArmory
zWolfDen
This mod is the Fallout 3 equivalent to New Vegas' ExRB - Extended Roombounds, though far bigger in scope, as I've optimized more than 200 interior cells (217, to be exact, the list of which can be found at the bottom) across both the main game and its expansions, many of which hadn't been optimized at all. And I'm not just talking about tiny insignificant buildings, but factories, offices, metro tunnels, and multiple vaults. How did I achieve that? By placing a ton of roombounds and portals, and in some cases occlusion planes. And while most of these are entirely new, I've also modified some cells that had actually been optimized before, but could have been optimized further, in my opinion. And I did actually cover some tiny building here and there. Not because they needed it, but because their layout was so simple that each of them took like 30 seconds, so I thought "Why the hell not?"
However, due to the number of cells covered, I cannot guarantee that I didn't miss any occlusion bugs (objects flickering in and out of existence, holes in the world, the entire cell vanishing for a second). But I did test every single cell and used the JIP MiniMap to try and cover every nook and cranny, though it wasn't very helpful on vertically designed maps. So if you notice any of the afforementioned issues, and have made sure that my mod wins every conflict in regards to room markers and portals, please open the console, click on a nearby object and give me the FormID so I can quickly check on it.
But keep in mind that this mod is NOT compatible with any mod that makes major changes to the layout of the affected cells, or adds new sections to those cells. So if you notice giant gaping holes where part of the map should be, or areas that are never rendered at all, then you've most likely found a conflict (unless I was too blind to notice such glaring issues). Fixing it should be easy in most cases, but only if you tell me which mod is responsible. Don't just drop your modlist in the comments and expect me to figure it out myself! And if you don't want to wait for a patch, just delete the affected cell from my mod.
Questions:
Q: Does this mean a fully modded game runs smooth as butter now?
A: I wish. But some cells are so open in their design (like the Citadel lab or the Rivet City Market), or so tightly packed together and chaotic in their layout that fully optimizing them is nigh impossible without making changes to their layout, which goes beyond the scope of this mod.
Q: So how much of a difference will this mod make?
A: No idea. Depends entirely on what mods you have installed. And since I don't have the space to install lots of texture and mesh replacers right now, I can't test how much of a difference a heavily modded game would make. But I can give you examples from the mods I've patched:
GNR Building Redux has some drops to 40 FPS (down from 144, at 1440p) in its newly added rooms, but with my patch, it's more around 70 to 100.
Meanwhile, some of the bedrooms in Reilly's Rangers Compound Redux cause drops down to 50 FPS when you turn around, but with my patch, you lose maybe 1 or 2 FPS.
I've also started working on the same kind of mod for A World of Pain, where the Capital Research Operations cell can drop as low as 30 FPS. But my optimized version only drops to around 70. Don't ask me when the mod is going to be released, though. I've only done that one cell so far.
You can also find some comparison shots in the screenshot gallery (check the top left corner for the FPS). Though keep in mind that they were made with a GTX 1070 and an i5-6500, and without Heap Replacer or DXVK. So if you have a more recent system, your FPS should hopefully be better.
Q: Will this affect cells added by other mods?
No, each cell needs to be optimized manually.
Q: Can I add this mod in the middle of a playthrough?
Should be fine in regards to the roombounds, as I tested it myself with GNR and Reilly's compound and multiple bugfixes of the main mod. But doing that with the patched mods will most likely result in misplaced doors and the like, which I also experienced during that test.
Q: I've optimized a cell better than you did!
Not a question, but cool! Can you send me the plugin so I can incorporate those changes into the mod, assuming they're truly better?
Q: Where did you get this minimap from?
A: That's the Jip Minimap, but you'll have to play New Vegas to use it.
Known Issues:
Throughout the whole game, there are pieces of clutter (mostly rubble, I think) that are placed in a way that causes them to be present on two sides of a wall. Doesn't matter in a vanilla game, but with roombounds added to the mix, some of them flicker in and out of existence, which is why you'll find some disabled or moved pieces of rubble in the plugin. Didn't notice much of them, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were more.
If you have too much time on your hand and want to check for more issues yourself, I can only give you the following advice: run into every wall (or rather walk, otherwise you may run right through a bugged portal without realizing it) and hug every corner, especially around doorways.
How to report bugs:
If you find a bugged area, please click on a nearby object with the console open and take a screenshot of it, so that I can see where exactly the issue is. Then post it in the bugs sections. If clicking on an object does nothing, back away from the bugged area and try again.
Compatibility:
May not be entirely accurate for FO3. I'm just assuming that these mods are made the same way as their TTW ports.
Fallout 3 3DNPC Bundle: Fully Compatible if you load my mod after it, as there's a dirty edit to a room marker that would cause issues otherwise.
A Trail of Crumbs: Fully Compatible.
GNR Building Redux (no longer available): Incompatible due to major layout changes that cannot be accounted for in the main plugin. So I've provided a patch for it.
District of Columbia: [color=#ffff00]Mostly compatible, but disables the room markers in Freedom Street Station and makes further changes to the cell layout that require a patch. Otherwise I could have added native support to the main plugin.
Megaton Open: [color=#00ff00]Fully Compatible.[/color]
Museum Halls of Today: Fully Compatible.
New Air in Big Town: Changes the layout of some buildings and therefore required a patch. Didn't really seem to like Room Markers that much, however, as the walls kept bugging out, so I mostly used occlusion planes instead. But the mod should also be an ESM and I personally don't like the aesthetics of it, so I wouldn't recommend it.
Point Lookout Reborn: Fully Compatible.
Rebuild the Capital: Should be fully compatible, since it mostly disables trash and stays within the confines of the original maps when it doesn't. But I did extend some roombounds for its new doors, just in case.
Raiders of the Capital Wastelands: I've accounted for its change to zWheatonArmory, and the rest should be compatible, as the only Evergreen Mills cell I touch is EverGreenMillsBazaar, where the roombounds still line up despite the layout changes. Just make sure Evergreen.esm loads after my mod to keep its cell settings intact.
Reilly's Rangers Compound Redux (no longer available): Absolutely not compatible, as it might as well be a completely different building. One that actually looks nice and is nowhere near as cramped as the orignal, so I made a patch in which I optimized the place from scratch.
Rivet City Reborn: Makes some minor layout changes to a few cells that I've accounted for in the main plugin by increasing the size of the room markers.
Vault 101 Revisited: Fully Compatible, as it uses completely different cells for its version of Vault 101. Which also means that it won't benefit from my optimizations.
Covered Cells:
Spoiler
AlexandriaArms01AnchorageWM01
AnchorageWM02
AnchorageWM03
AnchorageWMMid
AndaleOldManHarrisHouse
ArlingtonLibrary01
ArlingtonLibrary02
ArlingtonLibrary03
BigTownCommonHouse1
BigTownCommonHouse2
BigTownRedClinic
BigTownTownHall
CanterburyGarage
CanterburyUncleRoesHouse
CapitolBuilding01b
ChryslusBuilding01
ChryslusBuilding03
CitadelARing
CitadelBRing
CitadelLab
CliffsideCavern01
CliffsideCavern02
CorvegaFactory01
DclawSanc01
DLC01AshurPalace
DLC01PowerPlant
DLC01SteelMill02
DLC01TowerEntrance
DLC01zUptownApt
DLC02CommCenter
DLC02GlacierCave
DLC02VSS01
DLC02zcBaileysToWasteland
DLC03AirControlStairs01
DLC03EnclaveBase01
DLC03EnclaveTower
DLC03EternalGlowBasement
DLC03GhoulHideout
DLC03PPurity03
DLC03zAFB01
DLC03zCitadelPit
DLC04Bank
DLC04BlackhallManor01
DLC04Lab01
DLC04Mine01
DLC04Mine02
DLC04Mine03
DLC04RitualSiteBasement
DLC04SpyBunker
DLC05EngineRoom
DLC05ExLab01
DLC05ExLab02
DLC05ExLab03
DLC05ExLab04
DLC05Hangar
DLC05HoldingCells
DLC05LivingQuarters
DLC05RobotAssembly
DLC05sewer01
DLC05SpaceBridge01
DukovsPlace01
EverGreenMillsBazaar
FloodedSewer01
Forge03
FortBannister01
FortBannister02
FortBannister03
FortC02
FortC03
FortIndependence01
FortIndependence02
FranklinMetro01
FranklinMetro02
FriendshipMetro01
FriendshipMetro02
FriendshipMetroUtility
GermPoliceHQ01
GermPoliceHQ02
GermPoliceHQ03
GNR01
HamiltonsHideaway01
HazmatDisposal01
HubrisComics02
HubrisComics03
JuryStStation01
JuryStStation02
LairAntAgonizer02
LairAntAgonizer03
LincolnMuseum
LL
LLGrandChamber
LLMurderPass
LLOfficeBuilding
LLSouvenirShop
LOBEnterprises01
LOBEnterprises03
LOBEnterprises04
MamaDolces01
MarigoldStation01
MarigoldStation02
MegatonTheBrassLantern
MerestiMetro01
MerestiMetro02
MetroCenter02
MetroCenter03
MetroCenter04
MetroCenter05
MetroCenter06
MetroCenter08
MuseumAmerican01
MuseumAmerican03
MuseumAmericanEntrance
MuseumTech02NEW
NorthwestSenecaMetro01
NtlGuardDepot04
NtlGuardDepot05
NtlGuardDepot06
NtnlArchives01
NtnlArchives02
NtnlArchives03
NukaColaPlant01
NukaColaPlant02
NukaColaPlant03
OasisCave01
OasisCave02
OasisCave03
OldOlney01
OurLadyHope01
OurLadyHope02
OurLadyHope04
PFallsEulogysPad
PFallsLockAndLoad
PPurity03
RCHangarDeckAft
RCLowerDeck
RCStairwell
RCTower
RCUpperDeckMid
RedRacer01
RedRacer03
RockCreekCaverns
RooseveltHS03
ShalebridgeCavern01
ShalebridgeCavern02
StatesmanHotel01
StatesmanHotel02
StatesmanHotel03
SuperDuperMart
TaftTunnel01
TaftTunnel02
TakomaStation
Tenpenny03
Tenpenny03Attack
TepidSewer01
Underworld9thCircle
UnderworldCarolsPlace
UnderworldConcourse
Vault87a
Vault87c
Vault92a
Vault92aOverseer
Vault92b
Vault92c
Vault92d
Vault101a
Vault101b
Vault101bMS16
Vault101dMS16
Vault106a
Vault106b
Vault106c
Vault108a
Vault112Garage
VaultTecHQ01
VaultTecHQ02
VaultTecHQ03
WarringtonStation01
WarringtonStation02
WarringtonStation03
YaoGuaiDen01
YaoGuaiDen02
zAnnandaleTalonHQ
zArlingtonHouse
zBethOffice01
zBethOffice02
zBethSewer
zcArlingtonToFalls
zcArlingtonToWasteland
zcChevyToVernon
zcGeorgetownToMall
zcPennAveToGeorgetown
zcPennAveToMall
zcPennAveToSeward
zDCint05a
zDCint05b
zDCint08b
zDCint09a
zDCint12b
zDCint12RangerCompound
zDCint17a
zDCint17b
zDCWorld06Sewer
zDLC03CarTunnel
zFairfaxMaintenance
zFairfaxMetro
zFFWastelandEncounter08
zGenericSewer
zLenfantCapitolPost
zMq11skybridgeAccess
zPlungerSewer
zPowerStationInterior01
zPS08Interior
ZTakomaNiftyThrifty
zToxicDump01
zWheatonArmory
zWolfDen