Graphics options
Fallout 4 is a pretty great game. We liked it a lot, but unfortunately, it’s not a perfect PC release. A few graphical options aren’t available up front—they require a bit of digging and .ini file editing in order to get comfortable. Luckily, we’ve had the game long enough to have it mostly figured out—so if you want to change the FOV or unlock the framerate, here's what you need to know:
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Graphical options are mostly limited to the launcher
In line with other Bethesda PC releases, there’s a launcher for the game up front where you can tweak all the options before getting into the game. Handy, except the only important options you can change in-game are object, actor, grass, and item fade distances.
Change the FOV
The biggest offender for PC players is the lack of an FOV slider. The default FOV has been fine for me, but some players will no doubt feel boxed in.Luckily, a Steam user has already put out a guide for how to manually change FOV options by doing a bit of digging.
First, find the Fallout4.ini file located by default in DocumentsMy GamesFallout4, open it, and paste the following under the ‘[Display]’ block:
fDefaultWorldFOV= FOV Value
fDefault1stPersonFOV= FOV Value
fDefault1stPersonFOV= FOV Value
FOV Value should be replaced with whatever you see fit. Do the same for the Fallout4Prefs.ini located in the DocumentsMy GamesFallout4 folder. Finally, head to your Steam install directory, likely ‘SteamSteamAppscommonFallout 4Fallout4’, and paste the same information beneath the [Display] block. Save, and your FOV should now be changed. The default is 70, so change it in increments until you find a comfortable field. It’s inconvenient, for sure, but at least there’s a way.
Set a custom resolution
If you’re running a 4K or ultra wide monitor you can enter custom resolutions in the Fallout4Prefs.ini file located in your documents folder.
bTopMostWindow=1
bMaximizeWindow=1
bBorderless=1
bFull Screen=0
iSize H=XXXX
iSize W=YYYY
bMaximizeWindow=1
bBorderless=1
bFull Screen=0
iSize H=XXXX
iSize W=YYYY
The UI doesn’t scale, so keep that in mind, but you can always turn it off just to ogle the landscape with by pressing the tilde key (~), typing “-tm”, and hitting Enter. Don’t expect a stable environment with custom resolutions. Anytime I tried to take a screenshot with FRAPS, the game crashed immediately.
Uncap your framerate
Fraps has been capping out at 60 frames-per-second as I play, which obviously isn’t ideal for folks who want to fully utilize their 120 Hz or higher monitors. Here’s how to unlock it:
Head to the Fallout4Prefs.ini file located by default in DocumentsMy GamesFallout4, open it and search for ‘iPresentInterval=1’. Change that 1 to a 0, hit save, and let your framerate run free. Be warned though, we’ve been unable to test it extensively, so unlocking the framerate might have some messy side effects.
Change the brightness on your monitor
There’s not built-in gamma slider in Fallout 4, which may be a minor nitpick, but it’s easy for the already desaturated landscape to look extra washed out without proper gamma balance. Without a slider, you can eyeball the brightness if you know what to look for. Otherwise, use online calibration tools or images to make sure your colors are the best they can be.
Settings to prioritize
If you need a few extra frames to at least maintain a constant 30-plus, I found that ‘Shadow quality’ and ‘Godrays quality’ made the biggest difference. With everything else maxed on a modest rig, bumping each of those down from Ultra to High gave me an extra 10 fps without obvious visual compromise. Knocking down the textures and render distances doesn’t hurt much either since you’re not always looking to the horizon (even if they look super pretty cranked up).
Anti-aliasing can be taxing depending on the type, of course, but it’s an important one: jaggies are particularly distracting with Fallout 4’s long vistas, especially when so many are topped by erratic tree branches. FXAA and TAA options are available, the former of which is a post-processing filter applied to the entire scene. It’s less taxing, and can feel a bit blurrier than the TAA option, which is a type of anti-aliasing supported on Nvidia’s Kepler GPUs. It’s a nicer effect, but certainly more taxing. Without anti-aliasing, each tree-lined horizon turns into a horrific strip of tree static. It’s incredibly distracting, especially in a visually dense game like Fallout 4.
I have a 980Ti and i get average 29FPS but get an average 50FPS when looking at the ground or a wall. I have every possible setting on Fallout 4 turnes down as low as it can go and also turned off AA, AF, and the rest of the settings that can only be turned on or off. THis is th eonly game i have ever owned that performs this bad. My GPU is also only at around 50% max GPU when playing but even when i disable Vsynce i still get bad FPS and does not fully use my GPU My GPU has never ever played a game this bad and it works perfect on every other game i own.
Below is what i have tried.
My drivers are up to date
I have no mods nor steam workshop or Bethesda mods
Have uninstalled and reinstalled many times
have started a new save
have tried playing it with Shadowplay,MSI afterburner, and every other possible FPS killer off
I have also tried my GPU in another PC with different RAM, CPU, and still got the bad FPS.
I have tried turning Godrays off 100% in the ini and still no help
Below is what i have tried.
My drivers are up to date
I have no mods nor steam workshop or Bethesda mods
Have uninstalled and reinstalled many times
have started a new save
have tried playing it with Shadowplay,MSI afterburner, and every other possible FPS killer off
I have also tried my GPU in another PC with different RAM, CPU, and still got the bad FPS.
I have tried turning Godrays off 100% in the ini and still no help
When I say you might want to broaden your perspective in videogames and accept a wider viewpoint, I’m not being condescending. I mean this is something you might literally want to try, if you’ve been feeling hemmed in by Fallout 4’s default FOV value of 80. However I do accept that my patting you slowly on the head while I tell you about it is probably crossing the line. Redditor Greyfell has compiled a handy guide on how to tweak the FOV, and other settings, and it’s super easy.
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Here’s Greyfell‘s guide to tweaking the in-game FOV, rather pointedly titled “How to make Fallout 4 PC not feel like shit”:
“- Open both Fallout4.ini and Fallout4Prefs.ini
– In the [Display] section of both files, add the following lines:
fDefaultWorldFOV=90 Empire earth config file location in california.
fDefault1stPersonFOV=90
90 is the default FOV of most FPS games, but you can change that to whatever makes you happy”
Fallout 4 How To Get Better Fps
However, a Steam community post goes into a bit more detail with the FOV tweaking, stating that three separate files need to be edited to successfully alter your field of view in first-person and third-person perspectives. Here’s Steam user Gabi’s guide:
“Firstly go to your Fallout4.ini (loacted at C:Users[name]DocumentsMy GamesFallout4) and under [Display] put the below:
fDefaultWorldFOV=XX
fDefault1stPersonFOV=YY
* where XX is you desired fov in third person.
* where YY is the desired fov in first person.
I feel 90 is what will probably be best for most, but tweak away. ?
Next go to the Fallout4Prefs.ini and do the same directory as above (C:Users[name]DocumentsMy GamesFallout4), under [Display] put:
fDefaultWorldFOV=XX
fDefault1stPersonFOV=YY
* where XX is you desired fov in third person.
* where YY is the desired fov in first person.
Next go to where you installed steam then open steamappscommonFallout 4Fallout4 (a folder called Fallout 4 is in another folder called Fallout4, how many levels deep does this go ? ). Next open the Fallout4Prefs.ini here and once again under [Display] add the below:
fDefaultWorldFOV=XX
fDefault1stPersonFOV=YY
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* where XX is you desired fov in third person.
* where YY is the desired fov in first person.
I feel 90 is what will probably be best for most, but tweak away. ?
Note, the fov options under [Interface] in Fallout4.ini do not need to be changed for this to work.
Your FOV should now be changed for both first and third person. ?
Finally to change you gun model (and pip body fov) do the below.
If you find your pipboy to be to small, press ~, the type fov XX, where XX is a smallish number if you want it to be larger on screen and vice versa. This will take same trial and error like the fov to get what you like. Next type in refreshini, doing so will make it so your game will not revert to the default 80 fov. Next press ~ save your game and from that point on you should be good to go.”
Gabi’s comprehensive guide also walks you through the processes of disabling hardware mouse acceleration and adjusting vertival and horizontal sensitivity (they’re set at wildly different values currently, and that’s combining with the mouse acceleration settings to feel a bit…wrong).
There’s .ini tweaking guides on unlocking 21:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios and unlocking frame rates, too. The latter’s handy if you’re experiencing microstutter or are finding your FPS capped at 30, rather than the intended 60.
As a bonus, Gabi offers a fix for the ‘invisible lockpicking bug.’ It’s a pretty comprehensive guide. It’s pretty amazing when tweaks like this emerge just hours after a game’s launch – well done, clever people. Well done.
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