Hello everybody,
I am not trying to provoke any bad results by making this thread.I am just trying to gather people and make our common problem known to Bethesda and because from searching all around couldn't find any reply from the developers regarding this glaring issue of framerate dips hics and drops on all platforms.
But especially to the mid to low tier gamers from pcs to the consoles.It's a shame and injustice to have paid for something and not be able to use it or play it in our situation as it's supposed to be played.
The framerate on both the Xbox one and the ps4 is a disappointment,I personally own the ps4 version and have played approximately 20 hours with two characters.
In the beginning it wasn't bad at all or whenever you just wander in the world but at the nigh of every fight with more than 3-4 enemies and a lot of shooting and special effects the game's frames drop so much that the game becomes a chore to play.And I LOVE THE GAME but it really hurts me to not being able to play it properly or even substantially for that matter.
All I want is for people from all platforms regardless if they are botherd by that problem BUT can see it to step up with me and try to make Bethesda patch the game.

That is all I want.
I just want to enjoy the game.
I don't have the budget to buy a high end PC but at the very least they could add some settings for lowering some settings to tone down the graphics or anything at all really so that we can play Fallout with at least 30 FPS...but steady 30 FPS...
I don't expect much from that but we could at least voice our concern through here to Bethesda if they are willing to listen...
The folks from CD project Red had the same problem with Witcher 3 but they addressed as soon as they could and kept us informed that they would fix it and they did.....

Please don't start telling stuff like ''buy a PC you peasant'' and all because we can't all afford to buy proper gaming rigs...and please help us like the gamers we are and support us in our problem.

Dude i dunno what you're playing. But im on ps4 and the framrate is fine.

Xbox one here and framerate seems pretty consistent to me thankfully.

Optimization is always something that will be patched. I don't think that Bethesda is going to give live updates for ocean of bugs they have to address, though. Give it time.

I agree with you, though. Owning a console version shouldn't mean you don't have the right to a well-optimized game. If anything, you have more right to it.

What is your framerate on your devices atm?

For the most part while traveling and minor engages its 28-30 but whenever I engage big groups of enemies or loaded with special effects it feels like I'm framedancing....

As for the guys on the top go and visit lexcorp city( don't remember the proper name) and go to the big bandit camp... Or to the big tower filled with super mutants next to diamond city... Or visit the start of iron brotherhood Quest with the ghoul attack outside of the police station.
Or just give it sometime and you'll see either way...
I'm not lying nor want to cause a negative uproar...i just want a patch for that problem...

Locking the console versions at 30 fps is ridiculous

Can anyone tell us what their framerate is like for comparison? I do hear that 30 is the norm across the board, which is too low. It should be 60. But dips like you are describing are pretty drastic and should be looked into.

I get constant 60 with very few, short drops to 40 in some bits of Boston.


If you're dropping below that, which I hear consoles are, it's really not so ridiculous.

It is ridiculously stupid to expect modern looking games with optimal framerate on current consoles, which are last gen compared to mid-range PCs.

I get 60 fps or over everywhere, even with all settings on Ultra (except Godrays, which are High, because there is no quality difference), and even streaming and recording at the same time.

I'm above Recommended specs though, with a 980ti.

having a console doesnt give you any more or less "rights" than others. That makes no sense. owning a console DOESNT mean anything. All this "rights" talk is just childish. This game is a piece of software designed to run on different hardware. You are limited by the hardware you have. "Rights" have nothing to do with it. In life circumstances "rule" everything. 2 people liking the same tv show does not mean they have equal feelings for the show. They like different things about the show, they like the show because of their own experiences in life. Circumstance rules everything. My point being, this is a piece of software, bethesda cannot buy 50 thousand xboxes, playstations, and PCs each then put each through various conditions to test for possible problems. bethesda will rewrite code to make things more efficient and improve performance. like they always do, just like all developers do these days. Things are complex these days. I remember i time when none of this would have been possible.

can you imagine the amount of work that went into the game? Just think how many hours and lines of code went into making an xbox, combine that with the work and time went into just the game. You guys make it sound so easy. Consoles dont have much power, Im sure fallout's load on everything from the CPU to the GPU is pretty close to topping out. All this could be a driver related problem like on PC and needs to be fixed by microsoft or sony. You buy a new video card and you update the drivers multiple times before you buy another card. Im not trying to be mean here but learn what "rights" are because talk like that just come across as another millennial "Injustice." People survived for mellenia without running water, cell phones, electricity. Surely you can wait for this to get ironed out.

Well you either need to lower resolution or framerate with that hardware

And my hardware too, i had to lower resolution to play it on ultra

The frame rate for me only became an issue when I was investigating the radio signal at the top of Trinity Tower. The game renders the entire tower and the map at the same time as you don't go through any loading screens, just a couple of elevators. When you arrive to the very top you can see the entire FO4 map, but your frame rate basically commits suicide. At least it did for me on XBO. Regardless of the hiccups, I greatly enjoyed that entire location.

Actually, yes it does.

I don't own a console and I believe in the superiority of the PC, but that doesn't mean that I would deny console users the simple truth that consumers have the right to a product that works. A game that dips that drastically is unplayable, therefore the product doesn't work. Here's the thing; companies can't be held responsible for you have a [censored] PC. But consoles are not [censored] PCs; they have an industrial standard and they all work functionally the same. They are designed to run games like Fallout 4. Unlike with PCs, there is no excuse for why a game made for them wouldn't work on them. Fallout 4 should work on the current gen consoles it was made for, without drastic frame drops as described, under normal conditions of play. Fallout 4 doesn't have to work on PCs. If your PC is [censored], you don't have the right to complain that your game doesn't work on it. That is not Bethesda's responsibility.

I'm not a child who cries that his rights are being violated before he knows the difference with left. Consumer rights are not something to be dismissive about. There is an actual system of law in place here, Holton. This isn't a philosophy debate.

yeah i'm on the xbox and i've been playing since the 10th and been in big buildings, big firefights, lots of action etc i'm not getting the framerate issue i heard about, i was thinking it was gonna be bad before i got the game and so far the only problem i had was a few days ago i had to reboot cause the pip boy glitched thats it....so maybe some people just have bad luck, over exaggerating or maybe some people are just saying that and don't even have the game or their capture software makes it look like its lagging, i think that was overblown since i haven't experienced the issue not even once in 25 hrs of playing

Bought a copy for PS4 for travelling. Had some stutter issues, but I replaced HD with a SSD. No more stutters.

I'm playing on PC and the framerate seems to fluctuate between 30 and 60fps outside but in indoor areas I'm getting a constant 60fps. I have a feeling this could be because of my PC, though. I'm running on high graphics setting but not Ultra.

I'm running an Intel i7 first gen with 3.06Ghz, an ATI R9 280 GFX card and 16GB RAM on Windows 7 64Bit.

I understand that some of you don't have these problems but many people all over do... And also the game shouldn't force you to pay another 100 Euros to upgrade to ssd in the consoles....they should either lower the graphics or optimize their engine to use the existing hardware more efficiently.....

It is odd though, I'm not having these issues on XB1.

It's the same hardware surely?