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00:00:00 – 00:17:48
Blunty delves into the challenges and solutions associated with the Next Gen update of Fallout 4, focusing mainly on resolving prolonged load times and other technical difficulties. Despite encountering various bugs, broken mods, and save file issues, particularly on consoles, Blunty's PC experience is comparatively smooth, barring some crashes. The persistent issue of long load times, even on fast SSDs, catches his attention. A notable solution discussed is the "Load Accelerator" mod, which significantly reduces load times by adjusting the FPS cap and CPU Affinity during load screens. Blunty also explores an alternative workaround of using the alt-tab function, which surprisingly speeds up load times but introduces other bugs, leading him to experiment with running the game in borderless window mode. Frustrations with technical glitches are a recurrent theme, but Blunty humorously accepts them as part of the "authentic Bethesda experience." Overall, Blunty shares his troubleshooting journey, emphasizing the effectiveness of community-suggested mods and tweaks in enhancing gameplay.
00:00:00
In this part of the video, Blunty discusses his intense 30-hour gaming session with Fallout 4 over the weekend, focusing on the new Next Gen update. He highlights various issues players, particularly on consoles, are encountering, such as bugs, broken mods, and save file problems. Despite these issues, his experience on PC has been relatively smooth, albeit with a couple of crashes. A notable problem he mentions is the significantly longer load times post-update, which persist and worsen over gameplay sessions. Blunty then shares a solution to this issue: a mod called Load Accelerator, which adjusts the FPS cap and CPU Affinity during load screens to significantly reduce load times. He emphasizes its effectiveness and encourages viewers to stay for the rest of the video to witness his live-streamed attempts at resolving these issues.
00:03:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the installation and benefits of a specific game mod. The mod does not have any dependencies, making it easy to identify as functional. It’s a manually installed mod, requiring users to follow clear instructions and possibly edit configuration files. The speaker, an AMD user, found additional helpful comments in the discussion page. Installing the mod is simple, with just a drag and drop of two files. The mod has worked flawlessly for the speaker, even during extended gameplay, resolving their load time issues related to a 60 FPS cap. The speaker also shares their curiosity about why this fix works. They mention an alternative, mod-free method to address FPS issues, which proved less reliable and more confusing. Persistent load time issues seem to relate inconsistently to game threads and system conditions, as demonstrated during live experiments and longer gaming sessions.
00:06:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the unusually slow load times for Fallout 4 on a fast SSD and investigates a potential workaround. Viewers suggest that alt-tabbing out of the game may fix the issue, and the speaker tests this hypothesis. Upon alt-tabbing, the game unexpectedly loads much faster. The speaker decides to test this phenomenon further to confirm if it’s a consistent solution or just a coincidence. Additionally, there’s mention of other bugs caused by this method, sparking curiosity about their nature.
00:09:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses discovering a new way to significantly reduce load times in video games by using the alt-tab function. Despite lengthy load times when transitioning from indoor locations to the Commonwealth, the alt-tab trick eliminates these delays almost instantly. The speaker is puzzled by how this workaround functions. They attempt to use the trick again but encounter issues with mouse alignment, which leads to considering editing the INI file to force the game into borderless window mode to make the tabbing trick more reliable.
00:12:00
In this part of the video, the speaker experiences technical difficulties with their game’s interface becoming distorted and discusses the challenge of setting the game to run in windowed borderless mode at 4K resolution. They express frustration that an update was supposed to address this issue but did not. The speaker humorously describes their current gameplay session as increasingly strange due to tiredness and hunger, ultimately embracing the quirks as part of the “authentic Bethesda experience.” Despite the oddities, they note that half the fun comes from the game itself, while a significant portion is from the bizarre and unexpected glitches.
00:15:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses troubleshooting long load times in a game, specifically mentioning issues related to the Windows borderless mode. They explain that alt-tabbing can temporarily fix the issue, but it eventually becomes buggy. To address this, they edited the .ini file to run the game in borderless full screen and used a mod called “Load Accelerator” from Nexus Mods. This mod dynamically changes the resolution cap during load screens, significantly improving load times by allowing the frame rate to increase to about 350 frames per second during these screens. They detail the easy installation process for the mod, which involves dragging and dropping two files into the game’s install directory. The mod has been working well for them, without any issues encountered so far.