Difference between revisions of "Fallout 4"
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− | {{ii}} This might be a bug that manifests only on older AMD cards. Happens on my 2xHD5870. | + | {{ii}} The setting is called Godrays quality in the launcher |
− | Reports on the Steam forums also mention a HD6950 (includes a screenshot): http://steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/496881121379899232/ | + | {{ii}} Using the official launcher to disable God Rays won't work in any other preset than Low. The launcher is bugged and doesn't set bVolumetricLightingEnable when turning god rays off. The setting will re-enable itself whenever options are accessed. |
− | Not that surprising as it is a feature developed by nvidia. | + | {{ii}} This might be a bug that manifests only on older AMD cards. Happens on my 2xHD5870. Reports on the Steam forums also mention a HD6950 (includes a screenshot): http://steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/496881121379899232/ Not that surprising as it is a feature developed by nvidia. Setting bNvGodraysEnable to 0 in Fallout4.ini doesn't seem to have any effect on this though. |
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Revision as of 21:10, 11 November 2015
Developers | |
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Bethesda Game Studios | |
Publishers | |
Bethesda Softworks | |
Engines | |
Creation Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 10, 2015 |
Fallout | |
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Fallout | 1997 |
Fallout 2 | 1998 |
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel | 2001 |
Fallout 3 | 2008 |
Fallout: New Vegas | 2010 |
Fallout 4 | 2015 |
Fallout Shelter | 2016 |
Fallout 4 VR | 2017 |
Fallout 76 | 2018 |
Key points
- Frame rates above 60 FPS cause mechanics such as lockpicking to speed up, resulting in unplayable gameplay.[1]
- Game speed is locked to frame rate.[2]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | DVD only contains a small portion of game data (5 GB).[3] | |||
Publisher website | ||||
Amazon.com | ||||
Amazon.co.uk | ||||
Incorrect store name. See here for available options. | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
Incorrect store name. See here for available options. | ||||
Incorrect store name. See here for available options. | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Ubisoft Store |
- All versions require Steam.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Season Pass | Automatic access to any DLC released for the game when available. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions |
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Instructions |
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Game data
Configuration files location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
Template:Game data/row
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
Instructions |
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Instructions |
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Fixes for graphics problems
Instructions |
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Input settings
Mouse acceleration
Instructions |
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Vertical sensitivity fix
Instructions |
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Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Australian, European, North/South American, New Zealand, Polish, Russian, United Kingdom, and Asian (excluding Japan) copies only.[4] | |||
Traditional Chinese | Asia only (Excluding Japan).[4] | |||
French | European (Excluding the United Kingdom) and North American copies only.[4] | |||
German | European (Excluding the United Kingdom) copies only.[4] | |||
Italian | European (Excluding the United Kingdom) copies only.[4] | |||
Japanese | Japan only.[4] | |||
Polish | Russian and Polish copies only.[4] | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | South American copies only.[4] | |||
Russian | Russian and Polish copies only.[4] | |||
Spanish | European (Excluding the United Kingdom) and South American copies only.[4] |
Issues fixed
Dark shadow layer over gameplay
- Higher resolutions (e.g. 3440x1440, 3840x2160) may have an intrusive dark layer overlapping gameplay.[5][6]
Instructions |
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Console doesn't open when pressing the tilde (console) key
- This issue occurs with some non-US keyboard layouts.
Instructions |
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Instructions |
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No in-game audio
Instructions |
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Fix Stuttering
Instructions |
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Network
- Used to communicate with the Pip-Boy app.
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s)[7] |
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TCP | 27000 |
UDP | 28000 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok[8] |
Pip-Boy app
- The Fallout Pip-Boy App is available for Android, iOS, and Incorrect store name. See here for available options.. The Pip-Boy App Enabled setting must be enabled under Gameplay settings in-game.
System requirements
- A 64-bit system is required.
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 7, 8, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz |
Intel Core i7-4790 3.6 GHz AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 GB | 30 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon R9 290X 3GB (Nvidia), 4GB (AMD) of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/377160/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (377160) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Reddit users that the lockpicking gameplay is faster when uncapping the framerate.
- ↑ Fallout 4 - Game Engine Speed Tied to Framerate
- ↑ PSA: Fallout 4 physical disk only has 5GB of data, requires 19GB download : pcgaming
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Bethesda Softworks Releases Blog Post on Localisation, Specs, and Release Date of Fallout 4
- ↑ View topic - Fallout 4 | WSGF
- ↑ No 21:9 resolution? :: Fallout 4 General Discussions
- ↑ AllIntensivePorpoise comments on Pipboy App Connection - No Devices Found
- ↑ Havok's Blog Post: Congratulates all of the Award-Nominated Developers at E3 2015; Many Top Titles Utilizing Havok Tech, Congratulations to Fallout 4 and Many Others
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