Fallout 4

Fallout
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 with V-Sync disabled^[1] can cause mechanics such as lockpicking to speed up, resulting in unplayable gameplay.^[2] Animations are tied around the frame rate.^[3]

General information

Bethesda Forum for Hardware & Software Issues on PC

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		DVD only contains a small portion of game data (5 GB).^[4]
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
Season Pass	Automatic access to any DLC released for the game when available.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Fallout 4 Configuration Tool

Instructions

Game data

Gameplay settings.

Configuration files location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

Launcher settings.

Launcher advanced settings.

Graphics settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Instructions

Fixes for graphics problems

Instructions

Input settings

In-game control settings.

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Mouse acceleration

Instructions

Vertical sensitivity fix

Instructions

Audio settings

Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Australian, European, North/South American, New Zealand, Polish, Russian, United Kingdom, and Asian (excluding Japan) copies only.^[5]
Traditional Chinese				Asia only (Excluding Japan).^[5]
French				European (Excluding the United Kingdom) and North American copies only.^[5]
German				European (Excluding the United Kingdom) copies only.^[5]
Italian				European (Excluding the United Kingdom) copies only.^[5]
Japanese				Japan only.^[5]
Polish				Russian and Polish copies only.^[5]
Brazilian Portuguese				South American copies only.^[5]
Russian				Russian and Polish copies only.^[5]
Spanish				European (Excluding the United Kingdom) and South American copies only.^[5]

The user can change the game language in the game's Steam Properties.

Issues fixed

Graphical issues during rainy weather

Instructions

Dark shadow layer over gameplay

Dark layer example.

Higher resolutions (e.g. 3440x1440, 3840x2160) may have an intrusive dark layer overlapping gameplay.^[6]^[7]

Instructions

Console doesn't open when pressing the tilde (console) key

This issue occurs with some non-US keyboard layouts.

Instructions

No in-game audio

Instructions

Fix Stuttering

Instructions

Excessive Screen Tearing

When using [Windowed][Borderless] in Windows 7 & 8

Instructions

Missing face textures

Currently the game does not support SLI and CrossFire, which might cause missing face textures on the main character. (e.g. Black face texture, wrong skin color etc.)

Instructions

Permanent Slow-motion Bug

This bug may occur when using Jet, or any other item that slows down time in-game.

You will be stuck in a slow motion state across all your saves. Reloading or waiting will not fix this.

Instructions

Frame Rate Won't Go Higher Than 48 FPS

This bug seems to be caused by the use of a monitor running at 144 Hz.^{[citation needed]}

Instructions

Network

Used to communicate with the Pip-Boy app.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)^[8]
TCP	27000
UDP	28000

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	5.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok^[9]
Cutscenes	Bink Video

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
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	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
Hard disk drive (HDD)	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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/377160/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (377160) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-5] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/377160/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (377160) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Fallout_4s_simulation_seems_to_be_tied_to_v-sync.2C_not_your_framerate-1] [1]

[vsync_issue-2] Reddit users that the lockpicking gameplay is faster when uncapping the framerate.

[framerate_limitation-3] Fallout 4 - Game Engine Speed Tied to Framerate

[4] PSA: Fallout 4 physical disk only has 5GB of data, requires 19GB download : pcgaming

[release_info-6] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 ^5.7 ^5.8 ^5.9 Bethesda Softworks Releases Blog Post on Localisation, Specs, and Release Date of Fallout 4

[7] View topic - Fallout 4 | WSGF

[8] No 21:9 resolution? :: Fallout 4 General Discussions

[9] AllIntensivePorpoise comments on Pipboy App Connection - No Devices Found

[10] 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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Developers

	Bethesda Game Studios
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	Creation Engine
Release dates
Windows	November 10, 2015