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Game runs on apple silicon, but suffer from a few issues:
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#VATS isn't working correctly: chances to hit near 0% or 1% most of the time.
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#Various render glitches: mostly seen in vegetation, plants represented in the game and light effects.
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#Prone to crash: often times, audio will start to fail progressively after running the game for a while. first NPC talks connot be heard anymore, then other audio problem will follow thus rendering some areas of the game impossible to pass through. fix is easy enough: quit and relaunch the game.
 
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#Find <code>Fallout4.ini</code> normally within <code>\Documents\My Games\Fallout4.ini</code>
 
#Find <code>Fallout4.ini</code> normally within <code>\Documents\My Games\Fallout4.ini</code>
 
#{{Key|Ctrl}} + click <code>Fallout4.ini</code> and open with TextEdit
 
#{{Key|Ctrl}} + click <code>Fallout4.ini</code> and open with TextEdit

Revision as of 13:21, 13 March 2021

Fallout 4
Fallout 4 cover
Developers
Bethesda Game Studios
Publishers
Bethesda Softworks
Engines
Creation Engine
Reception
Metacritic 84
OpenCritic 87
IGDB 85
Taxonomy
Series Fallout
Resources
PCGamingWiki
Apple Silicon Games
WineHQ
Fallout 4 on HowLongToBeat
Fallout 4 on IGDB
Fallout 4 guide on StrategyWiki
Fallout 4 on MobyGames
Fallout 4 on Wikipedia

Availability

See PCGamingWiki for Windows and/or Linux availability.

macOS Compatibility

macOS Compatibility

Method Rating Notes
Native
Rosetta 2

CrossOver

CrossOver Bottle settings[1]
  1. Click Bottles icon
  2. Ctrl + click Bottle
  3. Enable Settings - Enable Performance Enhanced Synchronization (ESync)
  4. Enable Settings - Enable DXVK Backend D3D11

Audio and voices not working

Wine configuration Library overrides[2]
  1. Under Control Panels, double click Wine Configuration
  2. In Libraries select 'New override for library'
  3. Select each library file and click 'Add'
    1. x3audio1_6
    2. x3audio1_7
    3. xaudio2_6
    4. xaudio2_7

General issues

list of common problems:[3]

Game runs on apple silicon, but suffer from a few issues:

  1. VATS isn't working correctly: chances to hit near 0% or 1% most of the time.
  2. Various render glitches: mostly seen in vegetation, plants represented in the game and light effects.
  3. Prone to crash: often times, audio will start to fail progressively after running the game for a while. first NPC talks connot be heard anymore, then other audio problem will follow thus rendering some areas of the game impossible to pass through. fix is easy enough: quit and relaunch the game.

Mouse locked to screen

Add bBackgroundMouse=1 to Fallout4.ini[4]
  1. Find Fallout4.ini normally within \Documents\My Games\Fallout4.ini
  2. Ctrl + click Fallout4.ini and open with TextEdit
  3. Under the [Controls] heading add the line bBackgroundMouse=1
  4. Click File and Save

References