Lets companions do actual useful stuff, like a doctor companion can heal you and a sneaky companion can pick locks for you. JIP CCC is essential for playing with companions.
MCM is optional, but installing it gives more options. These mods overhaul the aging UI of New Vegas to something that's both lightweight and better. Game a lot easier, so you can counter balance that by making it more difficult with other options. You might want to make it so you gain one perk every level instead of two. For TTW, I think I halved experience gain, so you don't level outīefore even reaching the second game. This is a mod that adds a bunch of new sane options to Fallout. Makes the cool faction idea nearly useless, except for a few sneaking missions.
The problem is, that faction armor resets all your faction stats, so factions that idolize you will no longer recognize you. NV has the concept of faction armor, you wear a certain faction's costume and they don't try to kill you if you have a bad reputation. One of the things it fixes is faction armor. This is the essential bugfix pack for TTW. Follow the performance steps below for a core install.