There are many community made presets for this add-on as well, such as the Blackout or Midhrastic ENBs, which each give a different flavor to the world. Players who've experimented with mods may be familiar with Boris Voronstov's ENB Series, which allows modders to redefine and tweak the way that light bounces through the world. It's also a good idea to give the lighting of the game a bit of a boost, too. Fallout 3 Redesigned (formerly Project Beauty) does most of the work by softening the facial structure and remapping many of the textures, but the addition of some additional beards and hairstyles also help make the citizens of the wasteland a bit easier on the eyes. When it comes to revitalizing Fallout's characters, it only takes a few mods to improve their looks by leaps and bounds.

Couple it with the Weapon Texture Project and the Hall of Equipment armor / apparel re-texture mod, and your entire arsenal will look brand new.

Hi-Rez Weapons is an excellent texture pack that improves almost every weapon in the Wasteland.

UHQ Terrain Overhaul by Nexus user printerkop adds even finer details to the roadways, trails and groundcovers, which may result in players spending a lot of time staring at their own feet.

For would-be modders without high-end PCs, there are also customized low-rez versions available as well. Containing hundreds, if not thousands, of replacement textures, the Maximum edition of this mod brings almost every item in the game up to a 2K resolution.

NMC's Texture Pack is arguably the biggest texture mod available for Fallout 3.

Thankfully, there are several mods that take the basic items in the 'vanilla' version of the game and slap a high-resolution face lift on them. YES NO Face Lift Even though Bethesda released an HD texture pack for Fallout 3 some time ago, there's still a lot that can be improved on.

Fallout 3 lore friendly mods