‘Fallout 4’ Mods: 1.8 Update For PS4 Finally Gives Mod Support, PlayStation 4 Pro 4K Rendering Available

Fallout 4 mod enthusiasts are in for great news as support will soon be available for the PS4 and Pro in an upcoming 1.8 update scheduled for this week, according to VG 24/7. Gamers have missed out on mod support for this open-world game for a while now. Thankfully, Bethesda tweeted it will arrive soon.

#Fallout4’s 1.8 arrives on consoles later this week & will include PS4 Mod Support pic.twitter.com/2HNgWhfdbj

— Bethesda Game Studios (@BethesdaStudios) November 16, 2016

Fallout 4 1.8 Update Notes

The 1.8 patch was available on PC about a week ago, according to Bethesda.net, and patch notes pointed out the updates.

• Fixed an issue in which some sound effects would not persist after reloading in an area
• Resolved an occasional crash when exiting to the Main Menu, and trying to start a New Game
• Fixed an issues with spaces in Mods search queries
• Cannot rate “WIP” Work in Progress Mods, and Mods can now only be rated after they have been downloaded
• Doubled the amount of browse-able tiles in the Mods menu
• Fixed a rare crash that would occur when a Mod had an unexpected data structure
• Fixed an issue in which Library and/or Favorite Mods categories would not display correctly in specific situations
• Fixed an issue in which some Mods images would not load when scrolling quickly
• A Sentry Bot firing dual Gatling Lasers will no longer cause the audio to cut out

Bethesda’s Creation Kit was already released for PS4 mods, but this patch will allow for more creativity.

PlayStation 4 Mod File Size Issues Addressed

The Fallout 4 mod file size for the PS4 and Pro will have a limit. Skyrim: Special Edition has a one-gigabyte cap, and Bethesda mentioned in the past that they do plan on bringing up the limit, which was 900 megabytes. VG 24/7 seems to have been gauging the size, comparing previous data and other information involving Xbox which is five gigabytes.

In September, Bethesda made the announcement that both Fallout 4 and Skyrim PS4 mod support had been blocked by Sony. The issue back then wasn’t a technical one and is more derived from a file-size policy. During that time, Bethesda explained that they would find another way to achieve player mod utilization for PlayStation 4 owners.

This was a grim announcement for PS4 Fallout 4 owners, where mods are typically the lifeblood for those who want to expand on their creativity, share their newly imagined worlds, and extend the life of the core game. Fallout 4 has a huge following, but at least it had its own DLCs that extended to the final Nuka-World expansion. So it’ll be interesting what kinds of PlayStation 4 mods that users will create.

During Gamescon in August, Pete Hines, who is Bethesda’s vice president of Public Relations, ensured that this wasn’t a decision made on their end and that it’s still delving into this feature deeply via a decision-making process.

“It’s definitely not that we’ve decided not to do it, we absolutely, positively want to get PS4 mods out as fast as humanly possible.”

Fallout 4 mod support became available for the PC in April, followed by the Xbox One in May. There was a serious surge in traffic at Bethesda when Xbox One owners took to the site to take advantage of the mod support. This goes to show the serious passion console owners have for these epic titles. Can you imagine the surge once again returning this week when mod support debuts for the PS4 and Pro model consoles?

PS4 Pro 4K Support

Good news came in early October when an update was announced for mod support for the PlayStation 4 and the PS4 Pro, the latter of which handles 4K rendering. Also during this announcement, there was “no mention of native 4K support for Fallout 4 on the PS4 Pro.”

Now, according to VG 24/7, the Fallout 4 update allows the rendering of 4K graphics on the PlayStation 4 Pro, which will provide “enhanced lighting and graphics.”

Keep an eye out for the Fallout 4 PS4/Pro mod support coming this week via the 1.8 update/patch. This should make console owners happy.

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