The two most popular Fallout 4 mods are to get rid of the next gen update
Fallout 4 – fans prefer it au naturel (Picture: Bethesda)
The new update in Fallout 4 blocks lots of mods from working, but fans are taking the matter into their own hands by trying to remove it.
Fallout 4 has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity not just because of the recent success of the TV adaptation, but also because of a big new update to its graphics and gameplay.
Except the update hasn’t gone down well with some fans, who have complained it’s full of bugs and that they can’t use their mods because of it.
Less than a week after the update went live, the two most popular mods on NexusMods are ones that let you remove it from the game completely.
The two most downloaded Fallout 4 mods on NexusMods in the last seven days are Fallout 4 Downgrader and Steam – Skip Next-Gen Update, having been downloaded 43,000 and 26,000 times, respectively.
‘After Fallout 4’s next gen update, many mods stopped working,’ the Fallout 4 Downgrader mod description states, adding:
‘The Fallout 4 Downgrader tool quickly reverts your game to the pre-update version, enabling the use of mods using Fallout 4 Script Extender, Buffout, and others.’
The Steam – Skip Next-Gen Update mod description reads: ‘Use this ACF [Adobe custom filter] file to trick steam into thinking your game is updated, so you can use your mods with peace of mind.’
Both the Fallout 4 Downgrader and the Steam – Skip Next-Gen Update download pages come with guides and FAQ sections, so even if you’re not an experienced modder you can figure out how to revert to the pre-update version if you want.
The Fallout games, as well as many other Bethesda titles, owe much of their popularity and longevity to the fact that fans can add their own home-made mods to them – although that’s much more prevalent on PC than console.
It’s strange then, that Bethesda has impeded its modding community to this extent, since they must surely have known that the update would have this effect.
It’s the same problem the unofficial Fallout London expansion is having, which has been indefinitely delayed because the update makes it impossible for the files to work with the game anymore.
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