Bethesda has experienced a burst of activity regarding Fallout 4. While a next-gen patch is arriving very soon, a very annoying bug that has been present for a while in the game has finally been corrected.
The bug in question on Fallout 4 has been hanging around for a while on the Xbox version of the game. Better late than never, as they say. Other bugs present since the game’s launch in 2015 are, however, still there. Unless the huge next-gen patch on the way will finally eliminate the last Radroaches still on the scene?
Fallout 4 gets a healthy dose of Stim-patch
Since the enormous success of the Fallout series, Bethesda’s flagship license has experienced a revival of interest that is, to say the least, atomic. Sales and the number of active players on many titles have virtually exploded. Among the notable examples, we have the mobile game Shelter and Fallout 76. The fourth opus released in 2015 is not to be outdone. On April 25, it will notably welcome a next-gen patch on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series.
Until then, Bethesda has looked into a bug concerning the Xbox version of Fallout 4. On this one, it seems that the achievements were mysteriously blocked since last March. A fix has therefore been applied, according to Xbox Support. However, we surprisingly see that only 37% of Xbox players have unlocked the achievement indicating that they have completed the game’s tutorial. Either few players have gone that far, or this bug has existed for much longer. Whatever it was, it should now be history.
Bugs…bugs never die
Other problems persist, that being said, still on Fallout 4 since its release in 2015. Some have even crept into Fallout 76 in 2018, the two games sharing more or less the same engine and the same systems. Among the issues that were never resolved by Bethesda was PC controls stuck in QWERTY in Build mode. Most of these bugs have fortunately been fixed by the community via mods. Please note, however, that using these… prevents you from unlocking achievements. Except by going, once again, through a mod.
More than next-gen contributions, the next patch of Fallout 4 is therefore closely monitored in terms of cleaning up bugs. Unfortunately, for modding enthusiasts, a major patch means obvious incompatibility of existing mods. Modders will therefore have to rework their creations. This also cost a lot of money for a particularly anticipated mod, which looks like a major unofficial expansion: Fallout London. Normally expected today, this has been postponed until further notice, the future next-gen patch of Fallout 4 otherwise risks completely breaking it.