It is also a common misconception that NMM is abandoned as it gets community updates regularly. I cannot say the same for the other two managers with my personal experiences.

I have used Nexus Mod Manager for nearly a decade on many games not just bethesda titles and with very little to no issues. I understand why people may want to use those other two managers specifically as they don't touch your data folder unlike NMM that actually installs the mods into your folder but I personally think thats where problems arise and if you know what you are doing you'll never need to worry about that. I personally cannot recommend either even if the general population rides it. Now most people today will use Vortex or MO2. I use winrar but many people prefer 7zip as usual use what you prefer. You'll need an unzipping tool for manual mods as not every mod will be MM compliant. Sort with LOOT then you make adjustments based on your needs and knowledge. They also bash LOOT which is kinda dumb because LOOT is a supplement you are not suppose to just rely on it. Viva new vegas is a fairly popular modding guide that while it may work for many I think they include far too many non needed extras in their essential section and is built around using MO2 so for non MO2 users this is def the guide for you. Not sure how it will fare with EGS variants as everyone I know that has games on that terrible store complains about modding. This guide/mod list was also tested on pretty much exclusively on windows 10 (previously 7) and is also for the steam version of this game. This game goes on sale very often for very very cheap so if you don't have any dlc could you use this guide ? Sure but some of these mods are intended for all dlc and will not work properly so use at your own risk. Please have the ultimate edition of this game before using this guide.

For ipod instal Fallout: New Vegas