Fallout 4

[IR_Kuoin]

I could romance Hancock but chose not too, would be way too much. Who knows what effects a ghoul dick can have on your asshole. 

Do dicks still work after heavy radiation?

[Mr_Oujamaflip]

[Caution]
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[Danger]

shitpost ahead!

tl;dr at bottom.

From what I've researched, I've deduced that shadow draw distance, and object fade distance to a lesser extent, are the primary culprits in loss of framerate.

For instance, I have a high-end PC like a lot of people do, and when I go into Boston I get fps drops down to 30 fps sometimes. Otherwise I can run everything on ultra. But in Boston I have to turn down my settings a ton. Why is this? Is it just for Nvidia users? Is this going to get patched? Can someone with a little more knowledge than I explain what's going on here and perhaps offer a solution?

I would really like to keep shadow draw distance at 9000 or so to make the look at least a little decent, but when I go into boston I have to turn it down to like 4000. Once you see my specs you'll see why this is more than a little rediculous.

Specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K Haswell @ 4.0 GHZ
GPU: Evga GeForce 980 Ti SC+ ACX 2.0
MOBO: MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING
Memory: G. Skill 8 GB DDR3 1600 Mhz

tl;dr why are high-end pc users suffering from shitty framerate in Boston? Is there a fix? Will it get patched? Is there a mod I don't know of that I should download? Can any of these questions actually be answered or did Bethesda just release a fundamentally broken game?

I have almost the exact same setup except I have 16GB 1866mhz Corsair Dominator RAM and mine is installed on a Samsung 850 EVO SSD and I haven't had these issues. Mine has run pretty damn well.

EDIT: In fact I'm running it on 1440p as well so I'm really not sure where the problems are coming from, it could potentially be the SSD as I know a few of the Arkham Knight performance issues were due to the hard drive.

[Molly]

This aims to optimize the textures in size w/o any visible quality loss
I gained a few fps and can't see a difference.

And I am considering to restart with this one
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2699/?

[Daunt_Flockula]

You don't need to romance them to get the perk.

I am playing solo right now. So, yes, I had to. Doing so permanently gives you the perk without having to have the companion by your side.

[Jarlek]

I am playing solo right now. So, yes, I had to. Doing so permanently gives you the perk without having to have the companion by your side.

I still got prestons perk without romancing him. Just got him maxed relationship lvl then ditched his ass at the castle.

[Daunt_Flockula]

I still got prestons perk without romancing him. Just got him maxed relationship lvl then ditched his ass at the castle.

Now that's weird. If this really is the case, it only means that I had some brotherly sexy time and Kuoin received a legendary glowing hard-on from his companion for no reason

[Angantyr]

Some nice, deep role-play, Flockula.

[Daunt_Flockula]

I think I could do fine without the "deep" part, but it is so very late right now

[Piok]

So far playing with only these mods:
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/333/?
and
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/191/?

My second Try.
This time as sneaky Jet using autoweapons merc suitable for Institute dirty work.
Hope something like FO3 FWE will appear to replace Vats with Ap consuming Slowmo and other nice FPS features.

First try was something like minuteman fanboy transformed to BOS fanatic

[Mr_Oujamaflip]

So I finally finished my review of Fallout 4. If you're interested take a look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gtUUZkyzm0

[IR_Kuoin]

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/818/? unlimited settlement size. Thank god, wasn't even half finished with setting up a wall and I hit max size.

[//saxon]

Improves the look of the landscapes by ALOT and claims to also improve performance.

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1769/?tab=2&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Ffallout4%2Fajax%2Fmodfiles%2F%3Fid%3D1769&pUp=1

This one adds the roads to the pip boy map, so it's easier to navigate.

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1215/?tab=2&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Ffallout4%2Fajax%2Fmodfiles%2F%3Fid%3D1215&pUp=1

[Taser]

This is what will save Fallout 4... mods. Its fun to play but its not grabbing me. Even skyrim grabbed me and I played it for a while. I haven't even touched fallout 4 over the last few days. Everything seems half assed.

Settlements are cool but have issues and seem mostly for the player's benefit that really liked minecraft with no real consequence or addition to the game world. The factions seem hollow. The story is meh at best. Where it shines is where fallout has always shined and that's exploration. I do like finding random vaults and locations in the Commonwealth.

Really think they could have added a lot to the story and to the benefit of settlements to where they become more than a thing to show friends and make a funny youtube video of a concentration camp. I really thought I was going to have an army when I helped the minutemen that I was going to be counting on later for a showdown with other factions. Didn't know how I'd use them but I thought it'd be more than it was. My own fault for expecting more really.

[Rhekimos]

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1235/?

Not sure if this has been posted here yet.

[Laufknoten]

I'll just wait for a mod before really bothering with settlement building. The native system isn't that bad despite all it's flaws but I know modders will make something immensely better.