I know a lot of the popular Skyrim mods but which 5 Fallout mods could you not live without?

Would it be cheating if i said my merged mod that contains hundreds of mods both big and small?   

For me it would it would be, in no particular order:

1. Darnified UI
2. MCM
3. Project Nevada
4. JIP Companions Command and Control
5. ENB

That's assuming NVSE doesn't count.

Its subject to change as i may replace JIP with New Vegas - Enhanced Camera and if Xilandro releases what he's working on then that's definitely going on there.

How about you? what's your list?  

For me, I guess they would have to be:

1. Darnified UI
2. The Weapon Mod Menu
3. Project Nevada
4. AWOP
5. WMX

Hmm, it's not easy to pick, but for me these are essential for a playthrough:

-Weapon Animation Replacer
-Project Nevada
-ENB
-Recoil Removal + Vertical Recoil Mod (I know these are two different mods, but they belong together imho)
-Handheld Pipboy

This is kind of cheating.. but:

-FOOK-PN Convergence All Stages
-NVEC
-Enhanced Shaders 249 ENB
-o/uHUD
-ADAM

here's mine:
1.EVE
2.AWOP
3.Weapons of the New Millenia
4.XRE - CARS v0_86
5.More Perks

That's really hard to answer and depends on what you consider a "mod".  My character has three different skins that I use often for different story situations and operate them as individual "mods" in FOMM for ease of changing.  Add in her race and favorite companion that's essential for the storyline and that's five before starting the game, though as Hitman47101 says, I could easily merge the majority of the mods I use without causing too much harm.

I could maybe come up with a list of five mods I'd recommend for everyone else [assuming their prerequisite mods are a given]:
AWOP
Spice of Life
URWLNV
Phoenix Point [with Rancho Villa a close second]
Book of Earache.

Brigand231 wrote:

That's really hard to answer and depends on what you consider a "mod".  My character has three different skins that I use often for different story situations and operate them as individual "mods" in FOMM for ease of changing.  Add in her race and favorite companion that's essential for the storyline and that's five before starting the game, though as Hitman47101 says, I could easily merge the majority of the mods I use without causing too much harm.

I could maybe come up with a list of five mods I'd recommend for everyone else [assuming their prerequisite mods are a given]:
AWOP
Spice of Life
URWLNV
Phoenix Point [with Rancho Villa a close second]
Book of Earache.

Jumping off topic a tad, but that thing he does with phoenix point where the interiors/exteriors blend and you can see the world outside in real time through windows.

If someone went through the game and made every single window like that, top 5 mod of all time I think.

For my part:

- Real First Person View
- Project Nevada
-Pip-Boy Readius
- Tactical Outfit (DragonSkin)
- Millenia Weapons Pack

-Project Nevada
-Fook
-Weapons of the new Millenia
-Dragonskin Tactical Outfit
-AWOP

Project Nevada and fook for their gameplay changes and balances
Weapons for the new many guns introduced into the game
Dragonskin Tac for the neat and powerfull armor
And AWOP for the new locations to explore

-Darnified UI: This is pretty much mandatory for me, I can't play without this UI.
-Weapons of The New Millenia: Adds lots of nice new guns
-Lombard Station: My all time favorite house mod
-Weapon Mod Menu: Not sure why this wasn't in the base game
-WMX: Really enjoy how it expands on modding weapons especially when paired with WMM

Sounds about right, maybe swap weapons of the new millenia with the Weapon Retexture Project though. Tough choice.

Ooh, tough question! Here's my list:
1: Nivea's Spice of life: It changes the average wastelander from looking like a cloned hobo into a unique entity with it's own story.
2: Fallout Character Overhaul: Bethesda did a terrible job on the npcs faces in NV, so this is a definite must for anyone with a brain.
3: Weapon Mod Menu: Hated that if you put a weapon mod onto a gun it was there forever.
4: Classic Fallout Weapons: Being a fan of the original fallouts, it's only natural to want them back with me in 3D land.
5: Project Reality: I always saw NV as more of an arctic setting for some reason, so the snowstorm option made my day.

mine would be
1.titanfallout
2.section8armorandweaponspack
3.project nevada
4.mod config menu
5.XRE flyable vertibird

Willow
Cerbus Armor (or w.e)
Weapons of the new Millenia
the one that changes everyones outfitting to something different
Unlimited companions

Poject Nevada
Project Reality MK
NMC textures
Weapons of the new Millenia
Darnified UI or oHUD/iHUD

Discounting DLC,

A Tale of Two Wastelands
Nevada Skies
XRE Cars
Cirosans Classic Overhaul
Classic Fallout Weapons

1. Darnified UI
2. MCM
3. Project Nevada
4. The Weapon Mod Menu
5. WMX

those and my personal plugin with lots of merged mods ^^

Cheat Terminal
The Unnatural Selector
Secret Base
NMC's Texture Mod
T6M Body/Replacer+Clothing/Armors

Project Nevada
Tale of Two Wastelands
Weapon Mods Expanded
TTW Interiors Project
Weapons of The New Millenia

I love all these mods but I think I might be biased because I helped out with the lot of them.

Darnui
Weapons of the New Millenia
Realistic Damage multiplier (any)
4GB New Vegas
And pretty much any ENB of quality. DYNAMO, Blackout, MillENB, etc.