Mod:DUST Survival Simulator/Mods and Bug Fixes

This article contains a list of mods that work well or were made for Fallout: DUST.

Gameplay mechanics
Mods in this section modify the gameplay mechanics of DUST.

Player homes
Mods in this section provide player homes.

Graphics
Mods in this section modify graphics or animations.

New Spawns
New enemies to encounter. Load after DUST.

Entering Kai-sar's Hill crashes the game
Upon trying to enter Kai-sar's Hill the game crashes. This happens, because some remaining Vanilla game scripts get triggered when entering Kai-Sar's Hill, with these scripts then crashing the game.

Installing the NVAC - New Vegas Anti Crash NVSE plugin available on the Nexus remedies the situation, and lets you access the fort.

If using NVTF - New Vegas Tick Fix as well, then edit this line in the mod's .ini file and change it from the original value of 1 to the recommended value of 0: bInlineCommonFunctions=0

Perks with no or unexpected effects/unselectable perks
Some perks seem to not yield the expected results, or can not be selected during level up. Please refer to the perks page for more detailed information about perks.

Most perks listed as being bugged or broken on the perks page can be fixed via installing DUST Tweaks - Better Repair and More. Its changelog section lists which perks it affects, in cases where the potential fixes are not listed on the perk's article.

Graphical glitches in Vault 19
Vault 19 exposes graphical glitches in certain areas, with textures sometimes disappearing or walls suddenly being transparent.

Install the Dust Survival Simulator - Vault 19 Fix mod available on the Nexus. Install the more broad DUST Tweaks - Better Repair and More mod, which includes the fix mentioned above.

Insanity perk stays despite increased sanity
Despite raising the sanity level of The Survivor above Insane, the Insanity and Wild Wasteland perks are not removed, making the penalties connected to the Insanity perk irreversible. This is not a bug. Survivors should suffer the consequences of their wrong-doings.

The Fallout DUST Cure all Effects of Insanity mod available on the Nexus provides a fix for this behaviour by introducing a new, craftable healing item. Note the effects listed, which are not limited to removing the Insanity and Wild Wasteland perks.

Sneaking can increase chance of detection by Tunnelers
Sneaking can actually increase the chances of being detected by Tunnelers.

The Fallout DUST Tunneler Detection Fix mod available on the Nexus provides a fix for this behavior.

Hand Loader perk: Some crafted ammo not usable in DUST 2.0
Some munitions crafted by the Hand Loader perk will not be usable in any of the weapons. This is a result of DUST overwriting some of the ammunition lists used for determining usable ammo for weapons introduced by the Gun Runners' Arsenal, without adding some of the GRA rounds back in. The effect is not limited to Hand Loader craftable ammunition, and does affect other ammunition introduced by the GRA add-on as well.

Affected GRA non-Hand Load ammunition:
 * Affected GRA Hand Load ammunition:
 * 20 Gauge. 3/0 Buck Mag. (Hand Loader) (GRA)
 * 12 Gauge, 4/0 Buck Mag. (Hand Loader) (GRA)
 * 9mm, JHP (Hand Load) (GRA)
 * 5.56mm, Match (Hand Load) (GRA)
 * 5mm, JSP (Hand Load) (GRA)
 * 12.7mm Round (Hand Load) (GRA)
 * 20 Gauge, Pulse Slug (GRA)
 * 20 Gauge, 3/0 Buck (GRA)
 * 12 Gauge, Pulse Slug (GRA)
 * 12 Gauge, Flechete (GRA)
 * 12 Gauge, Dragon's Breath (GRA)
 * 12 Gauge, 4/0 Buck (GRA)

The Fallout DUST GRA Ammo Fix available on the Nexus provides a mod for fixing the issue. Note the Known Issues section of its description on the Nexus.
 * Workaround A

Use FNVEdit to add the missing GRA entries to DUST's ammunition formlists by dragging them from the GunRunnersArsenal.esm to the DustSurvivalSimulator.esp. See this Reddit r/fodust thread for more information.
 * Workaround B
 * 1) Back up your game folder and your save games
 * 2) Using FNVEdit, locate the FormID List in DustSurvivalSimulator.esp. FNVEdit will automatically mark the lists with conflicting entries in rose.
 * 3) Select one of the lists with conflicting entries. The example screenshots use the contents of the AmmoList9mm.
 * 4) FNVEdit will mark missing entries in red. Drag the red entry or entries you want to be available in game again to the free cell in the adjacent DustSurvivalSimulator.esp column. You will need to confirm a warning in doing so.
 * 5) Close FNVEdit, saving the changed DustSurvivalSimulator.esp

The fix detailed above in Workaround B is included in the changes made by DUST Tweaks - Better Repair and More.
 * Workaround C

DUST Tweaks - Better Repair and More
The DUST Tweaks - Better Repair and More mod available on the Nexus does take care of a multitude of inconsistent changes DUST applies to the base game, which include repair lists, but also spelling fixes, adding missing Pip Boy icons, modifying or adding sounds, changing the skill class of weapons, fixing perks, changing loot on certain creatures, and a lot more. The author keeps an extensive log of tweaks and fixes applied on the Nexus.