I've decided to assemble a list of Fallout 4's graphical enhancing mods for the community's benefit, aimed at those looking for the most visually pleasing Commonwealth experience. As such, no mods included in the graphics portion of this list will affect the vanilla gameplay. Though at the bottom of the page I’ve included numerous mods that can alter your gameplay experience.
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The goal of this list is to provide a selection of non-overlapping mods that can be installed to increase the graphical fidelity of a vanilla play through. Thus the ENB preset I chose to include focuses mainly on graphical quality rather than performance, but it can be substituted with a number of presets available on the Nexus. I've used my personal discretion while selecting choices for similar/overlapping mods, so if I've left out a mod it means that a hopefully acceptable substitute has been chosen instead.
As frequent player of all Fallout games, with over 1000+ hours in Fallout 3 alone, I can relate to the initial struggle and countless hours lost while attempting to install mods. Hopefully this list can benefit hardened Vault Dwellers and newcomers alike.
Required:
Modding Resources: (Download these, you’ll probably need them eventually)
Performance Tweaks:
Textures:
Graphics Tweaks:
UI Tweaks:
Optional Gameplay Additions:
I've most certainly forgot a number of mods, (These are all the ones I have currently installed.) feel free to comment stating ones you feel deserved to be added to the list.
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Here is a full list of working Fallout 4 Mods
“Realistic” Difficulty Settings
(intended for Survival difficulty)
tl;dr:
Features:
25% slower reloading Falling damage lethal at 4 floors instead of 3 Reduced player resistance by a flat 15 for energy and regular damage (tweakable with extra batch files) 3x player damage
Tweaking:
Type: bat addresistance to add 5 resistance (like if you’re low level) Type: bat removeresistance to remove 5 resistance (like if you’re high level) Half of your current armor resistance is generally pretty satisfying but this may not hold for high levels
Installation:
Set your difficulty to Survival Extract the batch files into your Fallout 4 directory where the .exe file is (e.g. G:SteamsteamappscommonFallout 4). In the game, open your console. Type: bat startrealism
Removal:
Type: bat stoprealism
Also: Energy weapons don’t show damage increase in pipboy, but they have increased damage. It’s a vanilla Fallout 4 issue.
What is this?
RDS is a batch file that changes 5 settings in the game to make the “Survival” difficulty setting MORE realistic. The word “more” is key here, since I can’t change all sorts of things to make this work better. You’ll still have to put a clip in a boss (but probably not 3 clips), for instance, but at least peons don’t take 10 to the face to go down.
Note that you do not have to use the “Survival” difficulty setting, this will work for any setting, but “Survival” has some cool features and damage to the player is closer to realistic.
What did you do?
1. Reduced player reload speed from “frenetic” to “guy reloading a gun IRL.” The value I use is a little less than the inverse of the fast reload perk, so when you get that perk it’ll put the reload speed back to a “frenetic plus” instead of “crystal meth light speed.”
2. Reduced fall damage. You’ll now begin to take damage at 2 floors of falling distance (judging by the floors in the Museum of Freedom) with damage increasing dramatically between the 2nd and 3rd floor and totes killin’ a guy with average health at 4 floors, which is the amount of floors people always say will probably kill you. This is just a bit scaled back from normal Fallout 4 fall damage, which is usually lethal right at 3 floors for someone with 4 or 5 stars in endurance.
3. Increased player damage (adjusted from a 1x multiplier to a 3x multiplier). NO LONGER do you have to autohotkey the shoot button and go make coffee while you slowly ping the deathclaw (that got himself stuck in the ditch) to death. This is a “Survival”-specific amount, you may want to reduce this if you don’t play on Survival.
4. Reduced player damage and energy resistance. I reduce this by 15 but in the early stages this is problematic, and with just a batch file it’s hard to remedy that. The very first time you get armor that makes a real difference is right at the Museum of Freedom, and there’s no way to go past like 7 or 8 damage resistance (energy resistance is a little higher at this point). On the other hand, at later stages of the game -15 may not be much. I have added extra bat files to combat this problem. Follow instructions (below) to adjust at will.
Are there any problems with your stupid mod, JackArbiter?
Upon executing the main batch file you will find that the damage shown in your pipboy for normal guns immediately increases. HOWEVER, damage shown for energy weapons remains the same. I’m pretty sure I remember a bug like this in F:NV (I played around with weapon damage settings a few years back), but maybe not. Anyway, please be assured that energy weapons have 3x the damage they show. You just have to remember to make the conversion in your brain, sorry.
Also, while I think this should be pretty safe to run with since it only adjusts 5 settings, there may be some glitch with some setting being some value that destroys your save, your hard drive, your CPU, your PSU, and whichever leg is closest to the PSU when its critical failure causes a massive explosion. So, you know, don’t come to me with your hospital bills.
Installation
1. Download
2. Extract the batch files into your Fallout 4 directory where the .exe file is (e.g. G:SteamsteamappscommonFallout 4). 3. In the game, open your console (with ~ usually for ‘mericans since we don’t know what to do with that swooshy button other than that). 4. Type: bat startrealism
If you are in the early stage of the game and -15 resistance is more armor than you have, you might:
5. Type: bat addresistance This will add 5 resistance back. Type it twice if you’re in the early stage of the game (for a final result of -5 resistance).
Then, each five levels (5, 10, 15, etc.):
6. Type: bat removeresistance Until you are back at -15 resistance, or you may keep going depending on how far your resistance goes. Half of your total armor resistance is about right given you deal 3x damage, but it’s your choice.
Optional:
7. Get ANGRY about how much this isn’t realistic 8. Type: bat stoprealism 9. Come complain here in the comments section
In the video below I show you damage (by the player) before and after the batch file. The first time I opened the console was an accident, I don’t execute the script until the save is reloaded midway through the video. Also, I stand around for a second taking damage to show I’ve got godmode on, it isn’t an example of the reduced resistance.
Must Try It
It was a long, long wait for Playstation 4 owners to finally get in on the wasteland modding action, and when it arrived, Fallout 4 fans weren't exactly pleased by the extra limitations above and beyond what's found on the Xbox One edition.
Even now, months after mods have been available, the number of PS4 entries continues to lag far behind what's on tap over on the other side of the console fence. Sadly, due to the restrictive nature of what's allowed on console mods, it's unlikely we're going to get an epic total conversion like you'd see on the PC.
The lack of space and inability to add in huge new assets just won't allow for such major changes to the base game. Don't let that kill your enthusiasm for PS4 modding entirely though, as there's still several overhaul mods that significantly change up the Fallout 4 experience on the Playstation platform.
Over the next several slides we cover some of the best of the best in PS4 overhaul mods that you should be trying out immediately.
Unified Clothing Overhaul
For a change in the game's aesthetics and how you can make your character look while stomping across the Commonwealth, this is the mod that should unquestionably be downloaded straight away.
The UCO mod completely opens up the clothing opportunities, allowing you to craft essentially any outfit you can imagine while still have the benefits of armor. If it's something that appears in the game anywhere on any NPC, you can now equip it as your outfit.
Don't like how your current armor looks but prefer its stats? No problem, with UCO you can make exterior clothing invisible, so the defensive qualities remain while the cosmetics are shifted to whatever style you prefer underneath.
Overgrowth Forest Overhaul
Like a much more invasive and complete version of the Simple Green mod (see the next slide), this Overgrowth offering turns most areas of the Commonwealth into a much more verdant forest.
It makes the entire Fallout 4 experience less dreary and empty-seeming, with vegetation overtaking the Boston area long after the radiation has subsided 200+ years after the bombs first dropped. The color scheme is probably the most frequently sited visual problem with the modern Fallout games, and mods like this handily take care of that concern.
Simple Seasons - White, Red, Green, and Yellow
A clever way of getting around some of the restrictions on adding new external assets in PS4 modding, this series of mods tweaks the colors of grass, trees, objects, and vegetation to let you change the Commonwealth to whatever season you desire.
While it may not radically change the game in terms of content or weaponry, it does completely alter the feel of the story with a different season overtaking areas rather than just having everything be that washed out brown/gray color.
Shown above is an example of Simple White, which takes us from eternal nuclear winter to actual, regular old winter. Even more striking is Simple Red, which sets the trees afire with fall leaf colors for a much less monochromatic playthrough.
Wacky Weapons Workshop
The lack of external assets really hampers weapon mods on the PS4, but one forward-thinking player put together something really interesting just by changing how weapons can be crafted.
Now you can put together just about any combination imaginable - including some that really shouldn't exist, like adding a fatman launcher to a revolver. Who doesn't want to launch nukes from their handgun?
The mod also lets you manually add in multiple legendary effects to a wackified weapon, allowing you to craft some truly outrageous guns and melee weapons without having to kill legendary monsters and hope you randomly get something good.
Remember seeing some of the more bizarre robotic companions when Automatron first came out and laughing at how ridiculous some combos could become? Get ready for that, in weapon form.
Scrap That Settlement
Having primarily played Fallout 4 on the PC, it didn't occur to me until seeing this mod that console players are still having to deal with Bethesda's terrible settlement system in its original form. My sincerest apologies, console peons, because that sounds like a real bummer.
If you want more control over how your settlements look, this very nifty mod lets you scrap almost everything -- grass, rocks, bodies, and all sorts of objects that weren't originally scrappable.
New versions of this mod are slated to land soon that will allow you to scrap whole creatures and structures as well.
Zombie Walkers
The feral ghouls in the Fallout universe have always flirted with being zombies, but they never quite go the whole way there. Putting you in an episode of The Walking Dead (or any given classic zombie flick), this overhaul mod takes ghouls and makes them into a shambling horde of the living dead.
Unfortunately, this PS4 version is a bit stripped down from the PC mod of the same name, but it still gets the job done for console players. Feral ghouls are renamed to zombies, sprinting is disabled, and health is modified so that head shots appropriately take them out. A few animations are also tweaked as well for more of a horror feel.
These modified ghoul zombies also come in big herds that you don't want to get caught in! Needless to say, this pretty drastically changes the feel and tone of a Fallout 4 playthrough. Hiding under a dumpster won't keep you safe here.
Outfield Retreat Home
Don't care for the home options in Diamond City or want to have everything at your fingertips in one centralized location?
This RV home not only looks fantastic -- complete with Nuka Cola themed knick knacks all across the outside -- but also has multiple connected crafting locations, storage space for your bobblehead collection, clean water for survival runs, and a bed offering the well rested bonus.
Plenty 'O Exploration
This is an overhaul mod that fans have to put together every time a new Bethesda entry arrives, especially in the Fallout universe. You'd think eventually the developer would get on this without the players having to do it..
The game maps are always huge, with tons of areas to explore, but then you arrive at a specific location and most of the buildings and hallways can't be accessed and are just cosmetic. Whether doors that can't be opened or piles of rubble blocking your way, there's a distinct lack of indoor exploration.
Fallout 4's rendition of this perennially needed fix, Plenty 'O Exploration, is currently in beta for PS4, but still provides a drastically needed service by adding in many new interior segments for a huge increase in the amount of area actually available to explore.
Cheatmaker
Last but not least is Cheatmaker, which overhauls the game by putting everything at your fingertips with no effort required whatsoever! After crawling out of the vault, the Sole Survivor can craft anything at all with no materials required. Want some sweet power armor straight off the start? No problem!
There are a whole lot more Fallout 4 mods out there ready and waiting to be downloaded than the nine PS4 overhaul mods we've covered here. What's your favorite PS4 overhaul mod we should try out? Let us know in the comments section!
If you're still on the hunt for even more ways to modify your Commonwealth wasteland experience, be sure to also check out these mods as well:
Published Apr. 11th 2017
Fallout 4 Graphics Mods
Better late than never?
Mods are finally available for all you patient PS4 players, which means Sony enthusiasts are busy playing catch up with the tens of thousands of PC mods and 4,500+ Xbox One mods already available (and counting). The pickings at the moment are slim, but the number is growing as dedicated modders get to work.
If you want a more realistic game that draws you in and makes you forget Fallout 4 is a digital landscape, then immersion mods are what you should start installing first.
Unfortunately, many of the PC immersion staples haven't been ported over to the PS4 yet Sql select case sensitive. , so here we're going to cover what's available so far and what PS4 users should be downloading immediately for a better Commonwealth wasteland experience.
Insignificant Object Remover
Nothing breaks immersion like a stuttering frame rate. While that's typically more of an issue on PC when the graphics are turned all the way up, it's been known to happen on consoles as well.
This mod not only makes the game look a bit cleaner, but it also removes hordes of tiny, insignificant objects that are generated on the fly, which can cause frame rates to slow down in cluttered areas.
The end result? An all-around better time exploring the Commonwealth and getting lost in the story.
Water Redux
A graphical overhaul to draw you into the game world, Water Redux does exactly what it sounds like; It changes water based on its location on the map. Some water is more clear and pure as it moves, while other pools are stagnant and can't be seen through. If you don't care for how the water effects look in Fallout 4, be sure to download this one ASAP.
![]() Simple Green
Want a greener, less dreary world? While this sort of mod thrives in the PC setting, it's more difficult with the restrictions placed on console mods, which led to the creation of Simple Green.
The mod gives Fallout 4 more grass and trees across a variety of areas, and it also allows you to plant new trees in your settlements. For those wondering why nothing grew back after the war, give this one a shot.
Realistic Bullet Velocity And Gravity
The Fallout games aren't exactly known for their realistic physics. In fact, every time a new one comes out, there's bound to be a gag reel of bugged objects smashing into each other in bizarre ways.
Changing things up a bit, this mod alters how combat works so that bullets/lasers/etc. no longer instantaneously hit a target after you pull the trigger. Objects now take time to move through the air, and they can lose precision the farther they have to travel.
It makes for a more challenging and realistic experience while battling raiders and deathclaws in the irradiated wasteland.
Simple Survival
An alternative to the game's main survival mode, this one adds in immersion and realism elements that give a purpose to all the food objects found throughout the game.
With the mod installed, your stats will go down when you are hungry, thirsty or haven't slept. Raw or irradiated food will cause you problems, and limb damage isn't healed as easily with food, either.
Your experience will get harder, but accomplishing anything in this unforgiving survival mode will be well worth the effort.
Settlement Supplies Expanded
Exactly what it sounds like, Settlement Supplies Expanded greatly increases the number of objects you can use, like furniture, fences, decorative objects and more. For a more well-rounded experience when building your perfect settlement, this is the mod you want.
Tony's Immersive Fallout
Creating major changes across the board, Tony's Immersive Fallout radically alters health, damage and armor for both the Sole Survivor and all the enemies/NPCs you will come across.
There are no more enemies with huge amounts of health (Legendary enemies in particular have been culled entirely), and there's no more gaining extra health as you level -- what you get at the start is what you get.
Consequently, armor is now more important and scales with the damage of weapons. Most enemies will have about the same health as you, too, creating a more even -- but deadly -- playing field.
Immersive Gameplay
An even bigger immersion-focused mod than the last one, this changes nearly every aspect of the game for a totally different experience than vanilla Fallout 4.
Leveling is slower, health gain is reduced, ammo and damage have been tweaked to be in more in-line with real life, explosions are much more deadly and there are massive AI changes to enemies.
Good luck surviving in this faster, more deadly version of the Commonwealth!
There are loads more tiny mods that can create better immersion for Fallout 4, like a horde of modifications to make each NPC and companion look more weathered and less plastic.
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Take a gander at the 600+ currently available here and see what strikes your fancy!
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If scrolling through page after page after page of options isn't up your alley, don't worry, we've got you covered with more of the Fallout 4 PS4 mods you'll want:
What Fallout 4 mods are your favorite? Which do you want to see brought to the PS4? Let us Know in the comments below!
Fallout 4 Realistic Mods
Published Dec. 4th 2016
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