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Not a spoiler. Just an assumption. I'm not far enough in the main plot to know anything for sure, but the moment you get to the first city all you hear about is the Institute, an organization that creates synthetic humans and often kidnaps real humans, sometimes replacing them with synthetics. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out where the story is going.
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Already knew about The Institute before I touched the game (it's MIT).
Doesn't mean that's who took your kid, although it's probably a fair assumption due to the hamfisted nature of the dialogue you mentioned.
Was pretty disappointed in the opening segment of the game. Fallout 3's will never be topped, I guess. Growing up inside the vault and all the mystery that entailed, plus Liam Neeson, and finally shit hitting the fan and you fighting your way out. This one was extremely brief and didn't really even take the time to build up to the Wasteland although with the vault "twist" they chose I guess that wasn't going to happen.
Doesn't mean that's who took your kid, although it's probably a fair assumption due to the hamfisted nature of the dialogue you mentioned.
Was pretty disappointed in the opening segment of the game. Fallout 3's will never be topped, I guess. Growing up inside the vault and all the mystery that entailed, plus Liam Neeson, and finally shit hitting the fan and you fighting your way out. This one was extremely brief and didn't really even take the time to build up to the Wasteland although with the vault "twist" they chose I guess that wasn't going to happen.
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I know it's not a guarantee they took your kid, but they're pretty obviously setting up the Institute to be a major factor in the game, so them taking your kid as a part of the main plot makes perfect sense. It seems like a pretty safe assumption at this point. But right now I'm too busy roaming the countryside and taking on odd jobs to worry about my child.
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Here are some essential tweaks for the PC crowd that I found on the fallout 4 reddit page. I already posted some earlier, but this has others involving turning off vsync to remove mouse, lag, capping the framerate so you don't run around like sonic the hedgehog when the framerate gets high, and some other generals tweaks. It requires some other third party software:
I've also published this guide on steam to help get the fix out to more people. If it's helped you please consider rating it up or commenting there to help spread the word!
INTRO
Ok so as you may know the V-Sync in many games is splendid for eliminating screen tearing but often introduces input lag/mouse lag in game which is probably my #1 pet peeve in all gaming, especially FPS games.
In Fallout 4 (and any other Bethesda game on the Creation Engine) V-Sync is forced on with no option to disable it without editing the config files. Problem is the physics and other aspects of the engine is tied to your FPS so disabling V-Sync thus increasing FPS over the set limit can cause allsorts of undesirable consequences. In Skyrim it caused serious issues (dat bumpy cart ride) and in Fallout 4 it seems to mess up lockpicking, accessing terminals, making you move at hyper speed and other things.
By default Fallout 4's V-Sync limits your FPS to half of your monitors refresh rate. For example i have a 144hz monitor so with V-Sync on i'm limited to 72fps max at all times.
So we want V-Sync disabled for better input "feel" (and trust me after doing this it's worlds better) but we don't want to mess up the engine by letting the framerate get too high. Onto the guide for getting your mouse movement as accurate as possible.
DISABLE V-SYNC
1) Go to your fallout4 folder in documents, mine is located in "C:\Users\Ash\Documents\My Games\Fallout4\"
2) Open Fallout4Prefs.ini with your preferred text editor.
3) Find the line iPresentInterval=1 and simply change the 1 to a 0.
4) Save the .ini and close the file.
LIMIT THE FRAMERATE
Make sure you've got Afterburner & RivaTuner both fully up to date after installing or the FPS limiter might not work
1) Download and install MSI Afterburner. Then launch it.
2) Open RivaTuner, located in your taskbar.
3) Add Fallout 4 by clicking this. Find where it's installed on your PC, for me it's "D:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Fallout 4\fallout4.exe"
4) Use this option to limit your FPS. I've set mine to 72 as i don't seem to have any odd physics issues with it capped at that but you could try 60, maybe even 100+. Not too sure what the game has to hit before it has problems. EDIT: Make sure your "Application detection level" is set to medium or higher or it may not work! Thanks to /u/seeberger48 for noticing this.
DISABLE MOUSE ACCELERATION
Updated more accurate information
1) Go to your fallout4 folder in documents, mine is located in "C:\Users\Ash\Documents\My Games\Fallout4\"
2) Open Fallout4.ini with your preferred text editor.
3) Find the Controls section and at the bottom of it add the following:
bMouseAcceleration=0
And save.
4) Located in the same folder as the last .ini you will find Fallout4Prefs.ini, open it with your preferred text editor.
5) Find the Display section and at the bottom of it add the following:
bForceIgnoreSmoothness=1
And save.
6) Go to your Steam fallout4 folder (different from the one you just had open) mine is located at "D:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Fallout 4\Fallout4\"
7) Open Fallout4Prefs.ini with your preferred text editor and repeat step 5 for this .ini file, don't forget to save it!
MAKE THE X&Y SENSITIVITY EVEN
Presumably an oversight unchanged on PC as it's more of a console benefit, the up/down look sensitivity is halved when compared to your left/right sensitivity. To fix this go back to your my games/fallout4 folder but this time open fallout4.ini, not the prefs one.
Under the controls section you should see two similar lines of code, fMouseHeadingYScale & fMouseHeadingXScale.
16:9 aspect ratio resolutions(1024×576, 1152×648, 1280×720, 1366×768, 1600×900, 1920×1080, 2560×1440 and 3840×2160), set the "Y" scale as so: fMouseHeadingYScale=.03738
16:10 aspect ratio resolutions(1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200 and 2560×1600), set the "Y" scale as so: fMouseHeadingYScale=.0336
Save the file.
If you've followed the steps correctly when you launch Fallout 4 and get in game you should be limited to your desired framerate without any sort of input lag. Hopefully i've been clear enough in these steps but if not just let me know!
REMOVE MOUSE LAG IN MENUS
After much testing i've come to a conclusion that may or may not be wrong; everything up until here in this guide fixes your mouse issues when actually in the game world. When looking at your pip-boy or in any menu the mouse lag is still there. After experimenting i think this is due to V-Sync still being enabled just for menus. All the .ini tweaks we've done so far actually alter the 3D engine but stuff like disabling V-Sync doesn't get affected in menus so we need to force it off at a driver level.
Please note that this section is only for NVIDIA GPU owners, i'm not sure if menu mouse lag is even an issue for AMD/ATI GPU owners but if anyone messages me about it i'll work with that person to help remove it on AMD/ATI GPU's aswell.
Refer to this image if you get lost in any of the following steps!
1) Open your NVIDIA Control Panel via right clicking your desktop and finding the option.
2) Click on the "Manage 3D settings" button on the left.
3) Click on the "Program Settings" tab here.
4) Click on the "Add" button and if you've recently played Fallout 4 it will show up here. If it doesn't then sort by: A-Z. Still not there? Click browse and find your fallout4.exe, mine is located at "D:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Fallout 4\Fallout4\" for reference.
5) Fallout 4 (fallout4.exe) should now be showing up as the program to customise, verify this.
6) Scroll down until you find the feature "Vertical sync" and change the setting to "Off". Note that Use the 3D application setting won't work properly so please make sure you set it to "Off".
7) Click apply at the bottom right and close NVIDIA Control Panel.
ADS SENSITIVITY (OPTIONAL!)
This section isn't necessary to remove mouse lag, it's just an extra option dependent on your preference
In Fallout 4 when you aim down sights(ADS) with right mouse button the sensitivity drops from your usual "hip fire" sensitivity, this is intended to help slow down your aim and be more accurate with your shots. This feature is in many FPS games but usually configurable in the game options. Not in Fallout 4.
This is an entirely optional fix that's down to your personal preference on the matter and won't introduce any undesirable problems or lag that you've fixed using my guide. If you would like to have your ADS sensitivity match your look sensitivity check out Jwam's steam guide on how to do it. This won't affect any of the changes you've made from my guide.
EXTRA ESSENTIAL TWEAKS
Check out Gabi's steam guide for information on FOV changes, intro video skip etc
HELP I STILL HAVE MOUSE LAG!
Damn. Well the first thing to do is go back through the guide and make sure you followed the instructions to the tee. Make sure you edited the right .ini's in the right folders and either added lines or changed lines depending on what i've said to do.
The V-Sync one for example, if you've added that line rather than changing it then it might well not have disabled V-Sync and you'll still get input lag even if you followed all the other stuff correctly.
Been through my guide again and confident you've followed it thoroughly? You sure? Ok, i trust you. One issue that may be happening, for NVIDIA graphics cards only i might add, is that your display drivers are forcing V-Sync to be on at a driver level rather than the game itself.
To see if this is happening open your NVIDIA control panel by right clicking your desktop and finding the option there. Then click "Manage 3D settings" on the left hand side. Scroll down the "Global Settings" tab on this page until you find the feature "Vertical sync" and look at the setting for it. If it's set to anything other than "Off" try changing it to that, apply changes and re-launch your game. Note "Use the 3D application setting" should technically do just that and let Fallout 4 itself decide on whether or not it should run V-Sync but for some reason this setting isn't always accurate so try setting it to "Off" instead and see if this fixes things.
For any other input lag based issues or problems either add me on steam and i'll try help you or post here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterra...gine_tied_to_framerate_dark_souls_all/cwvh2ag
I've also published this guide on steam to help get the fix out to more people. If it's helped you please consider rating it up or commenting there to help spread the word!
INTRO
Ok so as you may know the V-Sync in many games is splendid for eliminating screen tearing but often introduces input lag/mouse lag in game which is probably my #1 pet peeve in all gaming, especially FPS games.
In Fallout 4 (and any other Bethesda game on the Creation Engine) V-Sync is forced on with no option to disable it without editing the config files. Problem is the physics and other aspects of the engine is tied to your FPS so disabling V-Sync thus increasing FPS over the set limit can cause allsorts of undesirable consequences. In Skyrim it caused serious issues (dat bumpy cart ride) and in Fallout 4 it seems to mess up lockpicking, accessing terminals, making you move at hyper speed and other things.
By default Fallout 4's V-Sync limits your FPS to half of your monitors refresh rate. For example i have a 144hz monitor so with V-Sync on i'm limited to 72fps max at all times.
So we want V-Sync disabled for better input "feel" (and trust me after doing this it's worlds better) but we don't want to mess up the engine by letting the framerate get too high. Onto the guide for getting your mouse movement as accurate as possible.
DISABLE V-SYNC
1) Go to your fallout4 folder in documents, mine is located in "C:\Users\Ash\Documents\My Games\Fallout4\"
2) Open Fallout4Prefs.ini with your preferred text editor.
3) Find the line iPresentInterval=1 and simply change the 1 to a 0.
4) Save the .ini and close the file.
LIMIT THE FRAMERATE
Make sure you've got Afterburner & RivaTuner both fully up to date after installing or the FPS limiter might not work
1) Download and install MSI Afterburner. Then launch it.
2) Open RivaTuner, located in your taskbar.
3) Add Fallout 4 by clicking this. Find where it's installed on your PC, for me it's "D:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Fallout 4\fallout4.exe"
4) Use this option to limit your FPS. I've set mine to 72 as i don't seem to have any odd physics issues with it capped at that but you could try 60, maybe even 100+. Not too sure what the game has to hit before it has problems. EDIT: Make sure your "Application detection level" is set to medium or higher or it may not work! Thanks to /u/seeberger48 for noticing this.
DISABLE MOUSE ACCELERATION
Updated more accurate information
1) Go to your fallout4 folder in documents, mine is located in "C:\Users\Ash\Documents\My Games\Fallout4\"
2) Open Fallout4.ini with your preferred text editor.
3) Find the Controls section and at the bottom of it add the following:
bMouseAcceleration=0
And save.
4) Located in the same folder as the last .ini you will find Fallout4Prefs.ini, open it with your preferred text editor.
5) Find the Display section and at the bottom of it add the following:
bForceIgnoreSmoothness=1
And save.
6) Go to your Steam fallout4 folder (different from the one you just had open) mine is located at "D:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Fallout 4\Fallout4\"
7) Open Fallout4Prefs.ini with your preferred text editor and repeat step 5 for this .ini file, don't forget to save it!
MAKE THE X&Y SENSITIVITY EVEN
Presumably an oversight unchanged on PC as it's more of a console benefit, the up/down look sensitivity is halved when compared to your left/right sensitivity. To fix this go back to your my games/fallout4 folder but this time open fallout4.ini, not the prefs one.
Under the controls section you should see two similar lines of code, fMouseHeadingYScale & fMouseHeadingXScale.
16:9 aspect ratio resolutions(1024×576, 1152×648, 1280×720, 1366×768, 1600×900, 1920×1080, 2560×1440 and 3840×2160), set the "Y" scale as so: fMouseHeadingYScale=.03738
16:10 aspect ratio resolutions(1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200 and 2560×1600), set the "Y" scale as so: fMouseHeadingYScale=.0336
Save the file.
If you've followed the steps correctly when you launch Fallout 4 and get in game you should be limited to your desired framerate without any sort of input lag. Hopefully i've been clear enough in these steps but if not just let me know!
REMOVE MOUSE LAG IN MENUS
After much testing i've come to a conclusion that may or may not be wrong; everything up until here in this guide fixes your mouse issues when actually in the game world. When looking at your pip-boy or in any menu the mouse lag is still there. After experimenting i think this is due to V-Sync still being enabled just for menus. All the .ini tweaks we've done so far actually alter the 3D engine but stuff like disabling V-Sync doesn't get affected in menus so we need to force it off at a driver level.
Please note that this section is only for NVIDIA GPU owners, i'm not sure if menu mouse lag is even an issue for AMD/ATI GPU owners but if anyone messages me about it i'll work with that person to help remove it on AMD/ATI GPU's aswell.
Refer to this image if you get lost in any of the following steps!
1) Open your NVIDIA Control Panel via right clicking your desktop and finding the option.
2) Click on the "Manage 3D settings" button on the left.
3) Click on the "Program Settings" tab here.
4) Click on the "Add" button and if you've recently played Fallout 4 it will show up here. If it doesn't then sort by: A-Z. Still not there? Click browse and find your fallout4.exe, mine is located at "D:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Fallout 4\Fallout4\" for reference.
5) Fallout 4 (fallout4.exe) should now be showing up as the program to customise, verify this.
6) Scroll down until you find the feature "Vertical sync" and change the setting to "Off". Note that Use the 3D application setting won't work properly so please make sure you set it to "Off".
7) Click apply at the bottom right and close NVIDIA Control Panel.
ADS SENSITIVITY (OPTIONAL!)
This section isn't necessary to remove mouse lag, it's just an extra option dependent on your preference
In Fallout 4 when you aim down sights(ADS) with right mouse button the sensitivity drops from your usual "hip fire" sensitivity, this is intended to help slow down your aim and be more accurate with your shots. This feature is in many FPS games but usually configurable in the game options. Not in Fallout 4.
This is an entirely optional fix that's down to your personal preference on the matter and won't introduce any undesirable problems or lag that you've fixed using my guide. If you would like to have your ADS sensitivity match your look sensitivity check out Jwam's steam guide on how to do it. This won't affect any of the changes you've made from my guide.
EXTRA ESSENTIAL TWEAKS
Check out Gabi's steam guide for information on FOV changes, intro video skip etc
HELP I STILL HAVE MOUSE LAG!
Damn. Well the first thing to do is go back through the guide and make sure you followed the instructions to the tee. Make sure you edited the right .ini's in the right folders and either added lines or changed lines depending on what i've said to do.
The V-Sync one for example, if you've added that line rather than changing it then it might well not have disabled V-Sync and you'll still get input lag even if you followed all the other stuff correctly.
Been through my guide again and confident you've followed it thoroughly? You sure? Ok, i trust you. One issue that may be happening, for NVIDIA graphics cards only i might add, is that your display drivers are forcing V-Sync to be on at a driver level rather than the game itself.
To see if this is happening open your NVIDIA control panel by right clicking your desktop and finding the option there. Then click "Manage 3D settings" on the left hand side. Scroll down the "Global Settings" tab on this page until you find the feature "Vertical sync" and look at the setting for it. If it's set to anything other than "Off" try changing it to that, apply changes and re-launch your game. Note "Use the 3D application setting" should technically do just that and let Fallout 4 itself decide on whether or not it should run V-Sync but for some reason this setting isn't always accurate so try setting it to "Off" instead and see if this fixes things.
For any other input lag based issues or problems either add me on steam and i'll try help you or post here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterra...gine_tied_to_framerate_dark_souls_all/cwvh2ag
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Yeah, at least we can make changes via the ini files. Check out the guide I posted above to cap your FPS.
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10 hours later, and I finally met Dogmeat... Fucking got addicted to cleaning up all the destroyed crap in Sanctuary and starting a base of operations from the very beginning. Granted, I think at least 3-4 hours were just on character creation.
Fuck. I'll never finish this game at this rate.
Also, my dog has welding goggles and a red bandana on. Never touching him again.
Fuck. I'll never finish this game at this rate.
Also, my dog has welding goggles and a red bandana on. Never touching him again.
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Spend four hours creating a character...immediately put a gas mask on them and never see their face again.
That right there is why I just used one of the presets. My character currently has on a cowboy hat and a bandanna covering his mouth. As for Dogmeat, he has on dog armor, a spiked collar, and a spiked muzzle. He's a total badass.
By the way, if you bring Dogmeat back to the vault and go into the admin's office and tell him to find you an item, he'll break into the case that holds that awesome cryo gun. I don't have any ammo for it right now, but it's still cool to have (and one less thing I have to go back and find later after I upgrade lockpicking).
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Thanks for the tip. Didn't know it. Trying not to spoil anything by reading online. Hard to resist, but I've managed so far.
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This is definitely the best postapocalyptic farming simulator I've ever played.
I checked his inventory and you are correct. Didn't even think to look for the ammo there because he just dropped the gun on the floor in front of me.
I checked his inventory and you are correct. Didn't even think to look for the ammo there because he just dropped the gun on the floor in front of me.
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I've only played for about two hours so far and it's been a chore. The UI is brutal...up there with some of the worst I've ever used. Hooray for shitty console ports on old PC franchises. I managed to get character stuck 3 times after using a terminal and had to reload. Graphically the game is...bad, but I knew that going in. The whole building/crafting system seems cumbersome un-fun (albeit with very little experience). The combat and shooting is still Fallout, so as expected, not great, even with improvements over 3. Hopefully some of the ini tweaks will noticeably improve the experience.
I'm not sure if I'm willing to put up with all this bullshit to experience the story and atmosphere. What I've seen so far has really killed my enthusiasm for playing.
Bethesda needs to be held to a higher standard for this shit.
I'm not sure if I'm willing to put up with all this bullshit to experience the story and atmosphere. What I've seen so far has really killed my enthusiasm for playing.
Bethesda needs to be held to a higher standard for this shit.
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I've played it for a fair chunk of time, and so far I'd give it about an 8.0/10. In short, entertaining but barely a half step up from FO3 and NV, and it clearly feels like an older game. It feels very familiar, which is both a good and bad thing. If you liked the previous games, you'll definitely enjoy this.
The problem with this is that The Witcher 3 came out about 6 months ago. It's a similar enough game to appreciate the difference in narrative, storyline and dialogue, not to mention the massive graphics differences. Playing the two side by side, you'd assume fallout 4 was something like 3-5 years older.
The problem with this is that The Witcher 3 came out about 6 months ago. It's a similar enough game to appreciate the difference in narrative, storyline and dialogue, not to mention the massive graphics differences. Playing the two side by side, you'd assume fallout 4 was something like 3-5 years older.