Fallout 4's 'next gen' update is over 14 gigs, breaks modded saves, & doesn't change much at all

We were expecting problems with mod support, but there are a lot of other issues.

[isarai]

Wow what the actual hell 🤣🤣🤣

[just_looken]

This is why you get the GOG version on gog you can select the version of the game to download.

On pc fallout 4 fallout new vegas and skyrim are all broken on steam because they all got the same "next gen" update.

Skyrim dec 2023
https://www.pcgamer.com/sky...

Can not find new vegas but anyone that modded it knows the script extender there was also broken

[Aussiesummer]

I hope that's sarcasm

[GamerRN]

The amount of shade that gets thrown at Microsoft! This is a free next Gen upgrade that bumps up visuals quite a bit, and it's free! Not $10 like some companies...

Jesus, it's getting thick in here...

[Valkyrye]

Not accidental, they want modders to stop modding their older games to force them to mod Shitfield.

[just_looken]

There doing the same on starfield with a mods store and blocking mods

There goal is like blizzard and what they did with fallout 76 you make mods they can sell and you become a slave.

On skyrim they have "trusted" mod devs now basically a badge that lets your mod on the store you get a crumb of the sale when someone buys it.

[GamerRN]

The mods aren't broken, just modded saves

[Michiel1989]

@gamerRN shhhh don't tell them, if you do they can't mindlessly hate a company when they're so uninformed anymore

[MaximusTKG]

My modded save is working fine. Perhaps it’s not a blanket issue.

[Inverno]

lol to the disagrees, the last Skyrim update broke mods too. They've been trying to kill mods to monetize them in creation club for years, it's not a stretch that they purposely put out patches just to break free mods.

[porkChop]

The disagrees are from people who have common sense. They aren't trying to kill mods. Most mods for any game will break with a new update because they rely on files/code that have been changed. This isn't new. Even with Bethesda this would happen way before the creation club. Mod support is literally one of the things that got Bethesda to where they are, and they're one of the only devs that releases comprehensive mod tools for each of their games.

[Sirch]

This is business 101.

These are massive companies who are here to make money, not please us gamers. They will charge whatever the market will bare, and will monetize everything they can until gamers stop buying.

People need to wake up and smell the capitalism that has come to gaming. They aren’t here for us any more, they are here for their profits.

[just_looken]

Thank you inverno it seems even after starfield there are still thousands that will do anything todd says and gives free blowjobs to team B.

Anyone with a working brain and a pc knows the on going war that is modding fallout/skyrim there dam paid mod store along with forced updates has done more harm than good.

For those that are like but update break mods all the time have never modded a unreal/unity game it takes a large update to break those games were as a simple 30-100mb skyrim updates kills the game except those paid mods.

But fallout 76 has a high player count and is considered by many of the new "gamers" a GOAT game so that says it all.

[Armaggedon]

Why do we keep bringing starfield into this. Purge the wrongful hate from yourself

[just_looken]

Because it still has the same framerate as fallout 3 on a xbox 360 with the same resolution 6 months later we still have only gotten a photo mode and every update there has been killing all mods but a paid mod store is on the horizon.

Fix starfield? na fuck that take this $40 blue skin mod bitch

If you read before the game was live you would see that said before and after official mod support on the way you can make your own planet but like i said 6 months later nothing has been added.

Starfield the biggest budget biggest team but smallest amount of content the most censorship the most control over the community including auto steam review reply with auto delete and exclusive to windows os with the same performance of 2005 hardware.

[Armaggedon]

There are plenty of articles and videos for you to go and be wrathful towards starfield… but this one aint it. This is a fallout 4 article.😂

[Chocoburger]

Over 14 GBs and doesn't change much at all? What? Taking up that much drive space for a pathetic 'remastering' is shameful.

Par for Bethesda.

[Aussiesummer]

It's not a remaster, it's a next gen update.

[GamerRN]

It actually bumps the settings up to ultra, 1440p 60fps. Added some new content. And it's free. That's a great upgrade to me...

[badz149]

LOL people are actually expecting massive improvements or something? From Bethesda?? the same people who released Skyrim multiple times and the all look like shit? THAT Bethesda? are people for real?

[Profchaos]

The ps5 version doesn't change a ton but from my small playtime it's enough to make me want to replay it just to have it running at 60.

A side note to this my PS4 version no longer boots after it's "update" so I guess that's what it feels like to own a Bethesda game on PC

[1nsomniac]

My ps4 version boots fine after the update. It flashed up some long message about the ps5 version when I got in to the game menu but as soon as it appeared the message disappeared so I couldn’t read it. But the game loaded in and I was able to play.

[just_looken]

Its a psplus deal with licenses they already went opps we hit wrong button we sorry.

[Hofstaderman]

Bethesda....some things are just traditional.

[Bathyj]

Bugthesda.

Even the show was buggy.
Walton Goggins nose never loaded in.

[JackBNimble]

I enjoyed it a hell of a lot more then the last of us and they didn't force any sexuality on us either witch was a nice change.

[Barlos]

No but they did have a woman playing a man.

Having said that, the person in question is a woman playing a man in real life. Plus Maximus is black, but not black in the games?

[SimpleDad]

Bethesda... Bethesda never changes.

[Kosic]

It's Bethesda...did you expect much?

[Fonsecap]

Thank god I use the f4se to launch the game so I won't have to update, yesterday steam gave me the option but then I saw various articles saying that the update not only breaks the mods but saves too so I decided not to upgrade and thought to myself: "Naaah... It will be fine"

[ocelot07]

I can't comment on pc version yet. But ps5 version is miles better in terms of graphics, Resolution and framerate and it didn't cost me anything extra my copy from 2015 was all I needed.

[MeatyUrologist]

What was miles better in terms of graphics? I'm genuinely curious as I started a playthrough a week ago on series X just so I had recent reference to compare. To me the framerate and slight resolution bump were the only noticeable changes. Textures still look pretty horrid and nothing else seems improved to me.

[ocelot07]

So still hanging around Sanctuary building it up and scrapping things. I last played fallout 4 on ps5 but the PS4 version a few weeks ago.

So far the most noticeable has been the trees and foliage looking a lot better on ps5 native. Also dog meat looks cleaner if that makes sense and cogsworth looks more rusted. Then pair that with the jump from 1440p to 4k (At times) and the silky smooth 60fps.

[1nsomniac]

In real world terms It’s identical to the ps4 version. Identical. Except for a big framerate boost which is nice.

I wish people would just be honest and call it what it is - a framerate patch…. And that’s absolutely fine!

Graphically there is no difference in real world play. Literally no difference at all.

Loading one up right after the other, literally the only difference I can tell when actually hunting for differences is one runs like crap while the other runs at 120.

[ocelot07]

You are telling people to stop lying when giving their opinions of the game. Yer you claim it's running at 120fps? It only runs at 60 on consoles so it's you who needs to start being honest.

Even on pc you play it at 120fps (without mods) it starts breaking the game as the engine can't handle it. The mod that fixes it is currently broken. So yer it running at 120 is complete bs from you.

Only benefit people with 120hz monitors and TVs for this new version is that the game will run at 40fps at times and stick with the full 4k resolution.

[1nsomniac]

Sorry, yes youre right to an extent. I'm running it with VRR on in a 120 container so my TV reports its running at 119/120 but your right its really around 40. So no, im not lying as you were, i'm just not explaining it correctly.

[anast]

This is kind of what it should have looked like on release.

[Good-Smurf]

I'll be sticking to cracked version with all the mods working then.

[WolfSeed]

Bethesda is but a shadow of its former self.

[RhinoGamer88]

Another Peter and Todd fail?! Affirmative.

[Armaggedon]

Pete isnt even with Bethesda anymore.

[PrecursorOrb]

On console and I’m super happy. Buttery smooth 60 frames and quick loads. Life is good

[Noxxicity]

??? The update adds/changes data in the actual base game. Of course it has a chance of breaking a modded version.

[Demetrius]

Been playing it for the first time I been vibin with it fasho I knew I would enjoy fallout 4, got my head knock off twice tho 🤣 being cocky cause I'm a good shooter decided to run up on a deathclaw at level 2 with my 10 mm lol next thing ya know the mf knocked my characters head up 🤣 then got shot from above while the bandit was holding a shot gun SSHHHPOW 🤣🤣