User Interface

Collection 2/10: Gopher's Darnified UI

Gopher's Collection is the easiest way to overhaul your HUD. It includes the below mods automatically.

Installation instructions:

Main File - UIO - User Interface Organizer

Automatically ensures that multiple HUD extensions work together.

Installation instructions:

Main File - The Mod Configuration Menu
Update File - MCM BugFix 2 (You can either click Merge or rename the mod as the file and install that below the main)

Allows select mods to be configured via a single in-game menu.

Installation instructions:

Download the mod and install manually through Vortex
Additionally install DarnUI Config (Install manually in Vortex)

Greatly improves the look and scale of the UI, adds configurable information shown on the corner.

If you do not like the look of DarnUI, you can instead try Vanilla UI Plus. Installation instructions can be found in the FAQ.

Installation instructions:

Main File - OneHUD (oHUD)
Optional File - One HUD (oHUD) - Gophers Darnified Config

Allows you to customise visiblity of the HUD elements to your liking.

Installation instructions:

Main File - JUP Improved Recipe Menu

Makes the crafting interface (Recipe Menu) easier, more efficient and less tedious to use.

Darnified UI and oHUD - RAD Fix

This mod must be manually installed. It is not included in Gopher's collection.

Installation instructions:

Main File - Darnified UI and oHUD - RAD Fix

Fixes the RAD pointer not appearing when playing with Darnified UI and oHUD.

Darnified UI Immersive Dialogue

This mod must be manually installed. It is not included in Gopher's collection.

Installation instructions:

Main File - Darnified UI Immersive Dialogue

Hides the Darnified UI text box and centers text for added immersion.

Darnified UI Immersive Dialogue screenshot

HUD Cutsomization

You can customise the UI options under the Mod Configuration Menu. I’d recommend disabling Override Colour under Darnified UI so it maintains the same colour as the original UI. Under ’Immersive Hud’ I made it so Action Points are only visible in combat, Compass is always on, Crosshair is only visible when weapon out, Hitpoints are only visible in combat and at 50% health, and Ammo & CND (condition) activates only when your weapon is out. I also used ‘Adjustable Hud’ to move the HUD firmly into the corners and turned off brackets to save screen space. The screenshot below shows you how my HUD looks with Hardcore Mode enabled and Hardcore Needs enabled under Extra HUD after following the customsiation instructions above.

Essentials Finished?

If you want only a bug-free, vanilla New Vegas experience with untouched visuals and gameplay, you’re done at this point. My recommendations so far only fix bugs and stability with upscaled UI, minor bug-fixing visual tweaks and extended mod support capacity. But if you want to continue down the rabbit hole of rebuilding New Vegas, read on. We’re just getting started.