Fallout 4

Fallout 4

Developers
	Bethesda Game Studios
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	Creation Engine
Reception
Metacritic	84
OpenCritic	87
IGDB	85
Taxonomy
Series	Fallout (series)
Resources
	PCGamingWiki
	Apple Silicon Games
	Codeweavers
	WineHQ

macOS Compatibility

Compatibility layer	Rating	Notes
CrossOver	Perfect	Some graphical issues, playable framerate. Requires fixes, see #CrossOver.
Wine	Playable	The game runs at an acceptable frame rate. Some lighting issues.
Virtualization
Parallels	Playable	Graphics settings must be set to Ultra, played in windowed mode. Won't load.. Cracked version framerate is low.

Availability

See PCGamingWiki for Windows and/or Linux availability.

CrossOver

CrossOver issues unresolved

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 and plants represented in the game and also broken light effects. These render glitches are not preventing the game to be played fully though, they're just annoying glitches here and there. (Jun 2023: transparency issue was fixed in the latest Crossover / Wineskin versions)
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.

CrossOver issues fixed

Game won't launch in CrossOver

CrossOver Bottle settings
Click Bottles icon Ctrl + click Bottle Enable Settings - Enable Performance Enhanced Synchronization (ESync) Enable Settings - Enable DXVK Backend D3D11

Audio and voices not working

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

Wine configuration Windows Version overrides
Open Wine Configuration Select the Applications tab Click "Add application..." Add Fallout4.exe (Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Fallout 4/Fallout4.exe) Select Fallout4.exe which should now be in the list of applications Select Windows XP from the Windows version pull-down menu at the bottom of the window Click Apply

Mouse locked to screen

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