New to TTW with a few questions

[Thasic]

So, I'm new to the whole TTW mod combination thing and I was curious about a few things. While using TTW FO3 use the FONV engine. Is that in it's entirety? The player must eat and drink in hard core mod just like in NV? Stats and perks are also as in NV? Assuming this is the case, I suppose with TTW installed, I will be plaing FONV but in the FO3 wasteland to start out, right?

[chucksteel]

1. 
   yes


2. 
   yes


3. 
   yes unless you get Thermadors mod Start in DC or NV

All features of NV have been added to DC via TTW. without thermadors mod you automatically start in DC and have to make your way to DC but you will find reloading benches and crafting stations along the way. Hardcore works so does iron sites and weapons mods. 

[Thasic]

Cool. All the best features of NV but in the wonderful DC ruins! This is a great mod. Or overhaul. Or whatever it's called.

[Puppettron]

they also replaced all the gore effects with spiders.

well, no, no they didn't, but that'd be a really funny thing to do to someone else's game.

[Bastian772]

[quote=Thasic]

Cool. All the best features of NV but in the wonderful DC ruins! This is a great mod. Or overhaul. Or whatever it's called.

[/quote]

The best way to think about it is that the mod basically adds the entirety of Fallout 3 to New Vegas as additional content.  You're still playing New Vegas, but you can do all of Fallout 3 as well.