Bethesda has launched its next-gen patch for Fallout 4, bringing enhancements to the sport on PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC. Sadly, the PC model of the replace is proving moderately underwhelming, because it’s not solely damaged gamers’ mods however has launched only a few bug fixes.

The patch dropped on April 25 and, to be truthful, it was extensively anticipated to interrupt some mods PC gamers had downloaded since Fallout 4‘s 2015 launch. It’s why the group behind the fan-made Fallout: London challenge opted to delay its launch until after the patch. Nevertheless, nobody knew precisely which mods could be affected, and the reply is quite a bit because it contains the the Fallout 4 Script Extender, a modding useful resource that many different mods depend on to even work (as noticed by IGN).

The excellent news is likely one of the Script Extender’s builders, ianpatt, has mentioned they’re engaged on an replace to get it working once more. The unhealthy information is that they don’t know how lengthy it’ll take, explaining in a Nexus Mods publish, “I’m engaged on an replace and can’t at present supply a timeline for its availability, nor whether or not there shall be any essential technical points that will block an replace. If not apparent already, this one goes to take for much longer than regular.” Proper beneath that publish, one other Nexus Mods consumer known as Destructionares has shared a walkthrough on downgrade to the older model of Fallout 4, which ought to get all of your mods working once more.

What’s additionally disappointing is how few bugs the replace has addressed. Bethesda has patched Fallout 4 a number of occasions since launch but some points have continued to plague the sport for years. The latest patch has mounted a few of them, akin to one which prevented save knowledge from loading throughout the prologue. The total checklist as proven on Steam, nevertheless, solely counts 16 bug fixes (alongside unspecified stability enhancements), which isn’t that many within the grand scheme of issues.

This doesn’t imply the replace’s been going easily for console gamers both. In accordance with Digital Foundry’s Thomas Morgan, the Xbox Sequence X|S model’s High quality mode, which sacrifices frame-rate for increased high quality graphics, merely doesn’t work. Efficiency mode, which prioritizes a smoother frame-rate, works utterly fantastic, however disabling it doesn’t change something, holding the sport at 60fps. In the meantime, PlayStation Plus subscribers who obtained Fallout 4 via the Additional tier’s recreation catalog have realized the laborious manner that they haven’t obtained the replace in any respect. Happily, Bethesda has mentioned its group is engaged on resolving this, so PS Plus Additional customers will get the replace sooner or later.

It’s a disgrace the next-gen replace’s launch has include its personal set of points because the Fallout sequence has in any other case been doing rather well for itself. The Amazon present has proved profitable sufficient to generate renewed curiosity within the Fallout video games, with some like Fallout 76 hitting new concurrent participant peaks on Steam.