Fallout 4 Next-Gen Update Thread: Newest update going out, new FPS toggles and more
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People who say starting on survival is a good idea are crazy.
Go back to normal mode. Start increasing it as you get stronger and realize you don't fear anything to start upping the chances for more legendary creatures. Turn on survival late late game when you have a zillion supplies and perks to add a new level. The game was built around collecting a shit load of scrap and other things, with quest design that sends you all over the map and built around fast travel. Enjoy the game how it was meant to be played.
War never changesThe more things change, the more things stay the same lol
Slyghtly OT but, is the new vegas ultimate edition worth it over the normal edition (no DLC i guess)?
They're relatively cheap in cdkeys, i have them with gamepass but i want to play them on the deck so it's easier to own them in Steam.
https://www.cdkeys.com/#q=fallout
£1.7 standard vs £5.50 ultimate
They're relatively cheap in cdkeys, i have them with gamepass but i want to play them on the deck so it's easier to own them in Steam.
https://www.cdkeys.com/#q=fallout
£1.7 standard vs £5.50 ultimate
There's pretty much no reason to go base game only these days, especially if you're interested in modding. So yeah, get ultimate.
I would say absolutely - the 4 story DLCs comprise their own narrative arc which also calls back to events and charaters in the main game. 2 of the DLCs, Dead Money and Old World Blues are 2 of the best DLCs period and really enrich the base game. Then you also have the Gun Runners Arsenal, a sort of weapon pack, which I can't imagine ever playing without. So yeah I would say it's definitely worth it, for £5.50 it's an embarassment of riches.
Survival mode is basically an entirely different game that requires a thorough knowledge of the game world.
Play on Normal for the first time
If they gave everyone control over which features they wanted to use then it would be better for everyone. Just make each modifier a separate toggle, including restricted saves and fast travel. Better yet, add options to an advanced menu that allows us to dictate how much each modifier affects the game.
Something like this:
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i'm currently using the following but by no means are they essential. The Fallout Suite I'm undecided whether to keep or delete.. can't decide whether the new music inserted into the game blend in well or not.. I also tried the unofficial fallout patch but that was causing my game to freeze for seconds randomly. I'm guessing it was clashing with another mod.
vivid fallout all in one - on:
Vanilla
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Longfellow's Cabin settlement in Far Harbor has some crazy invasions..
View: https://i.imgur.com/1uA7u9b.mp4
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And now it's working again. Not sure what that was about, but whatever.
It causes a crash whenever I adjust the load order or d/l another mod, but I'll take it.
Running:
Wasteland Redux (general rebalancing of the entire game for more challenge and gameplay depth)
Better Graphics and Weather (improved weather and lighting effects)
More Realistic Cats (more realistic cats)
Vanilla Pip Flashlight (Pipboy flashlight works more like a proper flashlight, should go well with the improved lighting in dark areas)
Fallout 4 doesn't even basic brightness contrast settings or HUD toggling settings no chance get survival options.
Two quick questions: should I lock this framerate to 120 or 60 fps. Also, what's the besy way to do it?
yeah i'm thinking of turning off survival mode too even though i'm a sucker for such stuff, and i know the game systems fairly well having played the hell out of all the Bethesda Fallouts.
i really shouldn't have believed all the people praising the mode like ITS THE ONLY WAY TO PLAY, A MASTERPIECE.. yeah sure. maybe if it was more realistic and my character wouldnt get thirsty every damn 5 minutes or if after 8 hours + 4 hours + 3 hours + 2 hours of back to back sleep in a proper bed my character didn't still have goddamn insomnia..
is it completely broken or something? none of it makes any sense lol. and if settlement building is almost a requirement to survive through the game... hell no. it's the most depressingly boring and pointless mode i might have ever experienced in all my decades of gaming. just a dreadful waste of time when i could be questing and exploring with companions.
oh well i guess i tried, i still love almost everything else about the base game and thank the heavens survival mode isn't the default mode to play hah.
i really shouldn't have believed all the people praising the mode like ITS THE ONLY WAY TO PLAY, A MASTERPIECE.. yeah sure. maybe if it was more realistic and my character wouldnt get thirsty every damn 5 minutes or if after 8 hours + 4 hours + 3 hours + 2 hours of back to back sleep in a proper bed my character didn't still have goddamn insomnia..
is it completely broken or something? none of it makes any sense lol. and if settlement building is almost a requirement to survive through the game... hell no. it's the most depressingly boring and pointless mode i might have ever experienced in all my decades of gaming. just a dreadful waste of time when i could be questing and exploring with companions.
oh well i guess i tried, i still love almost everything else about the base game and thank the heavens survival mode isn't the default mode to play hah.
I have another technical question: is there any very demanding graphic setting that doesn't really improve the game's visuals that I should turn off?
I replayed New Vegas a few months ago which was also the first time I played any of the DLC. The DLC was the highlight of the play through, particularly Dead Money and Old World Blues.
There should be a note in a hole in the wall with a password.
Is there any way to get decent HDR in the game?
Windows AutoHDR is not compatible and until RTX HDR supports multiple displays I can't use it.
Windows AutoHDR is not compatible and until RTX HDR supports multiple displays I can't use it.
After getting the PS5 upgrade finally from the PS+ collection, I was excited to try it on there as it has an actual working Quality mode that isn't broken like it is on Series X. Really noticed a difference right away in terms of resolution, I'm really impressed with it and hope they get this shit fixed on Xbox. I'm going to use the PS5 version as my mod free, trophy gathering playthrough and Series X as my modded out playthrough as the mods there are far more extensive and in depth. Also, can we get HDR added to the game please? Even if it's just the auto HDR toggle on Xbox.
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Any Bethesda game before Starfield is best played at 60.
If I remember correctly, god rays are pretty resource hungry but there's very little apparent difference between ultra and high. Maybe even medium should look good enough!
Yes, the DLCs are good and on top of that, you have to have all of them to use the JSawyer balance mod.
I started playing again with the new patch and now that I've got the achievement enabler working I've wanted to try out a few mods to make the leveling feel a little more smooth. It felt like it took forever to gain any levels and I was nearly 40 when I picked my save back up.
I installed one to make the leveling a little more linear and suddenly was jumped up 40 levels. It kind of sucks being rushed through all those levels so quick since so many perks aren't really that incredible it kinda took the wind out of the sails but I'm plugging away at Far Harbor and having a more enjoyable time not worrying about settlements or defending shit.
I installed one to make the leveling a little more linear and suddenly was jumped up 40 levels. It kind of sucks being rushed through all those levels so quick since so many perks aren't really that incredible it kinda took the wind out of the sails but I'm plugging away at Far Harbor and having a more enjoyable time not worrying about settlements or defending shit.
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"Legs" are leg armor, like "arms" are arm armor. Outfits will give you pants and shoes.
Some, like the vault suit or road leathers will go under the armor, others act as armor.
Why is Starfield excluded from that list? It's also best played at 60+ (and, as a first, doesn't screw up its physics when you go over 60).
Glad this is being reported on by big sites like IGN. I'm glad the game is still getting support at all, and PS5 players are getting a significantly improved game... but it's a bad look to have an update that is notably worse on Xbox, plus all the bugs and issues on the PC side.
That's what I meant. Games before Starfield need to be locked to 60. Games after Starfield can run at arbitrary fps.
Oh, okay.. I thought you were saying Starfield was okay at just 30.. lol. My bad.
And they announced the performance patch for that one today too.
But yeah, I've got mods for Skyrim and FO4. Skyrim still has to be limited to 100, character animations start getting wonky above that.
Does FO76 have the same problem? I might get around to playing that one one of these days.
Yes, UI and random things can break in FO76. Anything that is client-side is subject to breaking above 60 fps.
So it's really just cheaper to buy the GOTY version on pc rather than the stand alone season pass?
F4SE tester seems to be indicating that the new even beta version of the script extender is good:
Game needs some love on Deck. Zooming with any scope has weird vertical lines on the left and right edges of the screen. Would be great if there was a specific optimized mode for it too. Reducing the draw distance of things to zero to get performance isn't ideal.
That's the best result, is that we can just update F4SE and everything just starts working again, without having to update every individual mod that relies on it.
Certain mods will need updates to work, like MCM, but for the most part things might be better than expected. I'd love to update and just go, with all the next-gen content good to go.
Are there any mods to more easily parse Armor and Weapon stats? Trying to compare all these random armor pieces I've picked up is getting to be infuriating with the default UI.
Also does anyone have any idea what the best armor or weapon mods eventually work out to being the most practical?
Also does anyone have any idea what the best armor or weapon mods eventually work out to being the most practical?
If starting a new game, should you do the new quests they give you as part of the update first or save them for later?
Also, is there a DLC playthrough recommendation, in terms of order, or just finish the core game, then tackle them based on release order?
Also, is there a DLC playthrough recommendation, in terms of order, or just finish the core game, then tackle them based on release order?
That's probably my favorite quest in the game. Second is robots on a ship.Had these silver shroud coat and hat sitting in inventory for aagges and couldn't dump them and just found the npc to start the quest
Kinda off-topic but how soon can you just play far harbor, or can you just play it without doing anything else? I already played the main game but don't have the saves and I don't really want to play the whole game again.