Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition angers some fans, largely due to its implications for the existing game modding scene. While technical details about the new Fallout 4 versions are still thin, the game is expected to break a number of mods, including many popular reworks that rely on scripting.
The fourth entry of the main series v Fallout the franchise celebrates its 10th anniversary on November 10. Its new edition is released on the same day, which includes the base game with all six DLC packs and over 150 Creation Club items. It also introduces a simplified Creations menu for browsing official and community-created add-ons, echoes of the systems seen in Star field and Skyrim Anniversary Edition. Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition will be available for PC and the last two generations of Xbox and PlayStation consoles.
10 year old Fallout 4 is still breaking mods every year
A vocal part of the fandom criticized Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition after its reveal, with many expressing frustration at the expected impact on mod compatibility. The upcoming release of the post-apocalyptic RPG is likely to disrupt a wide variety of mods, especially complex ones that rely heavily on scripting. While this is a common consequence of game updates, the resistance here is amplified by it Fallout 4now ten years old, it's about to break a significant number of mods for the second time in just 18 months.
“I've got about 400 mods on this thing. It's hours of work to get it working and I'll be damned if it breaks,” wrote one frustrated fan on Reddit. Much of the backlash also stems from the perception that the Anniversary Edition offers little new content beyond the promotion of paid mods, now referred to as “Creations”. While the next generation update for 2024 Fallout 4 it also broke a large number of mods, brought more additions for players to offset the annoyances, introduced things like bonus quests, bug fixes, and (basic) ultrawide monitor support.
What mods for Fallout 4 are likely to end with the Anniversary Edition?
As things currently stand, any mod that relies on the Fallout 4 Script Extender (F4SE) will likely break after upgrading to the Anniversary Edition. Bethesda has not yet specified how the upgrade itself will work. If the annual issue Skyrim there is some hint, his Fallout 4 the counterpart may be delivered as downloadable content rather than an entirely new game set. This precedent also suggests that the Anniversary Edition will not be free for existing ones Fallout 4 owners. That doesn't mean it won't break mods for everyone; for Bethesda titles, all DLC releases and even Creation Club are often accompanied by an update to the executables, a type of runtime change that usually breaks mods dependent on script expansion until their authors update them.
I have about 400 mods on [Fallout 4]. It's hours of work to get it up and running and I'll be damned if they screw it up for me.
Aside from fan concerns, the Anniversary Edition is expected to further divide the already divided modding scene. The 2024 next-gen patch already contributed to this by changing the game's compiler/runtime and BA2 archive headers, forcing modders to focus on either new or old builds when creating mods. As a result, many mods were abandoned, leading some players to downgrade their version Fallout 4 version so you can continue to use older content.
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November 10, 2015
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M FOR MATURE: BLOOD AND BLOOD, INTENSE VIOLENCE, STRONG LANGUAGE, DRUG USE
