How Fallout 4 PC Mods Will Work on Xbox One and PS4

You’re talking as if modding depended on administrative decisions and, boom! by magic consoles will have mods. But is a bit more complex...

1. Mods are individual hobbies from gamers and there isn’t corporation directive that makes me make a mod for other platform what I don’t care.

2. Mods are made and tested on PC, so to port and test on consoles is an extra job that most modders want avoid (even to do the Readme file of the mod is extra unwanted work to get the picture)...

3. Graphics mods, filters, overpopulation, assets with too many polygons, etc, require to exceed the “recommended” or “preferred” requirements. For example: to run Fallout 3 you need a PC equal or better than a PS3, but to run graphic mods you need a PC that (at least) doubles the power of the PS3 (and x10 to run many of them together), that makes technically impossible to run them on consoles.

4. There is even more, like 3rd party programs, for example to run pretty well large quantity of mods requires: Script Extender, Mod Manager, Archieveinvalidation, Boss, Large Address Aware Enabler, Fallout Stutter Remover, Fake Fullscreen, FOEdit, NifScope, etc. Those programs are from modders or companies, and never will run on consoles.

So, why Bethesda announced mods to consoles if it is impossible to do with efficiency? I think the main reason is marketing, maybe consoles don’t want to be seeing as shit in comparisons against PC versions (Skyrim, GTA, Ark, etc), I don't know, don't care, just take in mind that could be for paid, nobody knows how it would work because are closed systems, you never will be able to do whatever you want, have that in mind.

So "there may be some mods on consoles" is not important, what you should ask is If you think that you would want to mod, why you will buy the version of the game that you are sure will make it impossible in most cases and harder for sure.

To be clear, think carefully what do you want, if you think that you will want to mod someday, you really need a good PC. Is an advise, I’m modder, I know what I’m saying.

id like the conversation mod where you can see what you will say. and the extra armor parts to craft like helmets etc. surely consoles can handle that.

Consoles are not made for modding , this is not going to work.

the game can barely run on the consoles without mods.... pipe dreams....

eat a d makuch

Until they use an engine that doesn't have the ability to completely break the game with the tiniest of mods, things will never be as simple as they want it.

That, and consoles can't handle a lot of the mods that PCs can, especially texture ones (which are the only ones that don't actually break the game).

How Fallout 4 PC Mods Will Work on Xbox One and PS4

Hines didn't go into specifics about how Fallout 4's PC mods will work on console.

Stop it with the clickbait headlines.

So wait, Microsoft is down with this? I thought in their ToS it was "illegal" to mod save files. And doing so could get you banned. Or are they only concerned with mods in online multiplayer and not in a solely single player game? Not that I'm complaining. 'Cause mods for FO4 on XB1 would be awesome. But as mentioned, there's the framerate & other performance issues. Just hope they can find a work around for that without adding more bugs to the game. And will the mod package (I'm assuming an updated G.E.C.K.) be free to d/l or will we have to pay for it on console? Need more info before I can really develop an opinion on this. Oh 2016, hurry your slow ass up.

Xbox1 first than be on ps4

who ever said ps4? lol

Piling up lots of mods on your game can reduce the frame rate/performance which of course you can work around on PC.

How will that work on 25-30 fps console versions?! I imagine the kind of mods that will be usable will be rather limited?

Unless (would be cool) some console performance mods are created.

Anyone seen the Book of Eli Mod that has been released yet? Wondering if anyone's used it? http://www.gamewatcher.com/editorials/fallout-4-mods/12394#bookofeli

Haven't had a chance yet, but it's pretty amazing to see what people are creating already.

cant wait for mods. seriously as much as this game has i think the fact that in a rare thing today they opening up full mod tools offically for the game just will make it even better. unlike most other games that dont even allow that.

"Hines didn't go into specifics about how Fallout 4's PC mods will work on console"

So the title of the post is misleading then.

"Some mods".....very important part of the article. Don't be expecting the ones that rely on beefy hardware. Consoles are struggling with this game as it is.

So, from my experience of modding Skyrim, there were mods that increased the graphics, but at the same time, decreased the load on the hardware, so basically better graphics, but not as taxing, would that be possible on consoles? I'd assume so seeing as it would be below what the consoles already can do but increasing the graphical fidelity, better optimization if you will. I do wonder...

This would be a good step up for gaming altogether. Apart from haters, I'm glad to see competent comments of people that actually realize that this is a good move.

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" How Fallout 4 PC Mods Will Work on Xbox One and PS4"
Bethesda:
"Hines didn't go into specifics about how Fallout 4's PC mods will work on console"

bethesda probably realized the unofficial patches are way better than their own and needs a way to roll those out somehow

wonder which day 1 bug will they forget the patch with fallout lololol

So consoles won't even get mods until sometime well into next year. Meanwhile PC was already getting mods before the game officially launched.

It's been a long time since I have seen PC people so uptight. First they complain that consoles don't have mods, then they complain that consoles will be getting mods. LOL

bethusda have always been in bed and favoured microsoft way back in the xbox 360 so it's no surprise that the ps4 mod support is a afterthought by them.

good thing i will be getting the pc version aswell so i won't completely miss out.

After hearing that the Power Armor has a finite fuel core I want a mod that makes it unlimited so I can use the Power Armor whenever I choose.

So basically consoles will finally have "cheats" again.

Hmm... Makes sense since the consoles are now x86 based hardware. Basically PCs themselves.

I suspect they will just have to moderate what mods go through as the hardware can't handle as much as a PC can and that could be a problem.

Probably stuff like adding quests could work. Adding NPCs. Anything that increases the graphics would probably be too much for the hardware to handle. Unless I guess the mod was made with the console specs in mind.

It'd be cool if players could still use this for unofficial patches, though. That kind of seems like it would make the cert process even more pointless- I'm ok with that.

the game runs like shit on consoles as it is, with mods installed it'll probably crash very often.

Meanwhile, Xenoblade Chronicle X's open world is bigger than Fallout 4, Witcher 3, and Skyrim.

#WiiUMasterRace

How Fallout 4 PC Mods Will Work on Xbox One and PS4: you'll pick from a list made by [I]somebody[/I] and download the mod(s) from [I]somewhere[/I]. At least that's what they are [b]hoping[/b] for.

I've got to agree with the Eddie bashers for once. This article didn't say how they would work, it says they barely have a clue how it will work and aren't even going to think seriously about it until well after release. The headline is bogus.

"How Fallout 4 PC Mods Will Work on Xbox One and PS4"

"Hines didn't go into specifics about how Fallout 4's PC mods will work"

Great journalism.