Bethesda has released its next-gen patch forFallout 4, bringing improvements to the game on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Unfortunately, the PC version of the update is proving rather underwhelming, since it’s not only broken players’ mods but has introduced very few bug fixes.
The patch dropped on April 25 and, to be fair, it was widely expected tobreak some modsPC players had downloaded sinceFallout 4‘s 2015 launch. It’s why the team behindthe fan-madeFallout: Londonprojectopted to delay its release till after the patch. However, no one knew exactly which mods would be affected, and the answer is a lot since it includes theFallout 4Script Extender, a modding resource that many other mods rely on to work (as spotted byIGN).
The good news is one of the Script Extender’s developers, ianpatt, has said they’re working on an update to get it working again. The bad news is they have no idea how long it’ll take, explaining ina Nexus Mods post, “I am working on an update and cannot currently offer a timeline for its availability, nor whether there will be any critical technical issues that would block an update. If not obvious already, this one is going to take much longer than normal.” Right below that post, another Nexus Mods user called Destructionares has shared a walkthrough on how to downgrade to the older version ofFallout 4, which should get all your mods working again.
What’s also disappointing is how few bugs the update has addressed. Bethesda has patchedFallout 4several times since launch yet some issues have continued to plague the game for years. The newest patch has fixed some of them, such as one that prevented save data from loading during the prologue. The full list as shownon Steam, however, only counts 16 bug fixes (alongside unspecified stability improvements), which isn’t that many in the grand scheme of things.
It’s a shame the next-gen update’s release has come with its own set of issues since theFalloutseries has otherwise been doing really well for itself. The Amazon show has proved successful enough to generaterenewed interest in theFalloutgames, with some likeFallout 76hittingnew concurrent player peaks on Steam.
