Fallout 4
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Developers | |
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Bethesda Game Studios | |
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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
- Capped at 60 FPS with the V-Sync mode. Uncapped when V-Sync is disabled, higher framerates will cause the physics to behave oddly, the lockpicking and hacking minigames may behave incorrectly.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Incomplete installer.[1] | |||
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.
- The Fallout Pip-Boy App is available for Android, iOS, and Incorrect store name. See here for available options.. Under Options, Gameplay, set Pip-Boy App Enabled to On.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Season Pass |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
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Shadow Boost
- Dynamically sets the shadow distance, depending on the framerate. Results may vary, framerate may not improve in all cases.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) 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
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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
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
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Input settings
Vertical Sensitivity
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Audio settings
- Most languages are region locked by default.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Not available in Japan.[2] | |||
Traditional Chinese | Asia only, not included in Japan.[2] | |||
French | Europe and North America only.[2] | |||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Japan only. No other languages are included.[2] | |||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | South America only.[2] | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | Europe and South America only.[2] |
- Limited to English only in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
- Available in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish in most European countries, other than the United Kingdom.
- Russia and Poland are limited to Russian and Polish, the English language is also available.
Issues fixed
Pixel aura around objects
- This setting disables the volumetric lighting.
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Fix Stuttering
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Graphical issues during rainy weather
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Broken shadows while playing
- Higher resolutions (e.g. 3440x1440, 3840x2160) may have an intrusive dark layer overlapping gameplay.[3][4]
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Console doesn't open when pressing the tilde (console) key
- Add an English keyboard through Windows and push Alt+⇧ Shift to switch. Placeholder fix.
No in-game audio
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Major screen tearing when Windows Aero is disabled while in a borderless mode
- This is due to Aero's double buffering.
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Missing face textures while using SLI or CrossFire
- 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.)
- Crossfire appears to work fine when the CrossfireX Application profile is set to TESV.exe (Skyrim) (big fps gain on my 2x5870)
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Permament slow-motion while playing
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Frame Rate Won't Go Higher Than 48 FPS
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Network
- Used to communicate with the Pip-Boy app.
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s)[5] |
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TCP | 27000 |
UDP | 28000 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | |
Shader Model support | 5.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok[6] | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
- A 64-bit system is required.
Windows | ||
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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 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
- ↑ PSA: Fallout 4 physical disk only has 5GB of data, requires 19GB download : pcgaming
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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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