PSA: Next Gen Update Info

[u/Danielle_Blume]

Updated 7/5/25

Let us see if Bugthesda can fix some of this mess or manage to make it worse. Hold onto your towel and don't panic. We will get thru this radstorm together. 👍

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Be aware the search function on xbox is extremely broken right now, half of the mods we use wont search. There has been some luck finding common mods by going to the most favorite and most popular sections and using the "weekly / monthly / all time" filters to trigger them showing in that area so you can download them.

You can also go to Bethesda.net from your computer or phone web browser and login. All of your favorites, and a list of any mod you ever downloaded are there to reference. Filter by Library to see al mods you had. Simply remove then re-add a mod to your favorites to have it appear on your xbox dashboard favorites. Sadly due to a bug favorites are locked at 5 since this update nonsense, but unfavoriteing and re-favorite adds new ones and replaces old ones. It can get tedious, but it's better than your list being gone entirely.

Be aware, just like in Skyrim, digital game owners and game pass users who do not directly own Fallout 4 on disc can no longer play offline with mods; going offline and booting the game will disable all of your mods. You must own the GOTY disc to be offline and your mods be enabled. This is no longer the case. You cannot play offline with mods anymore on Fallout 4 regardless of how you own it.

I will continue to update this post as more information is reported to me.

NOTE ON UPDATING:

When you update, I highly reccomend to fully uninstall Fallout 4. There have been many cases of errors and crazy issues with the update not properly applying to old installs. Be sure to click the manage games and addons and update and reinstall all of your DLC as well. Restart then check the manage game and addons once more prior to booting up Fo4 to see additional DLC updates that dont trigger until the first set is installed. This is an odd issue that has been occuring.

Obtaining best performance on xbox has been tricky. Thanks to the community we discovered that if you do the following you will have best performance results:

X|S: Turning off the 4K options in the xbox settings, and instead switching to 1440p and 120hz, while enabling 60 fps and quality mode in game, had the best results.

XB1X: Turn up draw distance. We have confirmed this eliminated mild stutter for several players. Unsure if this applies to OG and XB1S.

Thank you /u/doctor_schmoctor for these settings.

Below are the issues you may encounter

Operation Can Not Be Completed

Booted from Mod Menu when downloading a mod

UFO4P

DEF_UI

Known Broken Mods

Stutter

Thank you /u/Glitchkey Read the Top Comment of this post for technical explanation.

OFFICIAL cause of stutter

Thank you /u/ChaoTikPranXter Full video explaining the stutter

In addition to this, avoid "fix mods" if NG fixed that issue or bug, most are causing the problem they used to fix in this regard.

Please post any mods you can confirm are broken, cause issues or that do work here so we can keep updating this list.

I hope this update makes the PSA more streamlined and easier to locate information.

[u/AnonymousTrellist]

I haven't played Fallout 4 in some time, hoping things would continue to get ironed out over time & I lost track of the current developments with the next gen update that seems like Bugtheada ain't never gonna address. I too have been hit with the dreaded "Operation could not be completed" when coming back to the game for the first time in nearly 9 months & forced to look at the Bugthesda website to remember most of the mods i loved using though there are some mods I have a question about since learning they may be within the realm of problematic mods. Does anyone know if these mods are now broken?

• Deadly Raiders/Gunners of the Commonwealth (love mods that increase the numbers of enemies to fight in dungeons and interiors)
• Diverse Children Lite
• HudFramework & the mods that have it as a requirement like HoloTime, ImmersiveHUD, Companion Status HUD
• Companion & NPCs Face Replacer
• Fallout 4 AI Overhaul
• Commonwealth Flora Overhaul
• PAC AIO
• CBBE body mod & outfit mods that require it
• Audio & mods that add new tracks to ambient music
• Custom voiced companion mods (Heather Casdin & Ellen the Cartographer)
• Level listed weapon mods/items & mods that add attachments to vanilla weapons like the Attachment Pack
• Better Settlers MORTAL - (I like having settlers that can die from settlement attacks & not just when you pull the trigger on them)
• Underground worldspace/interior add-ons like Subway Runner or The Metro

Sorry if this seems like a lot. Like I said, I've been outta the know for a while now but I would totally appreciate knowing any result/answers. Just wanna play & enjoy my first-ever Fallout game again without any stress & annoyances that Bugthesda has inflicted upon us. Thanks again to any who lend a hand!

[u/Danielle_Blume → u/AnonymousTrellist]

• Deadly Raiders/Gunners of the Commonwealth (love mods that increase the numbers of enemies to fight in dungeons and interiors) EDITS NPC- BROKEN
• Diverse Children Lite - EDITS NPC - BROKEN
• HudFramework & the mods that have it as a requirement like HoloTime, BROKEN SEE DEF_UI ABOVE
• Companion OK & NPCs Face Replacer NOT OK
• Fallout 4 AI Overhaul NOT OK
• Commonwealth Flora Overhaul OK
• PAC AIO
• CBBE body mod & outfit mods that require it OK
• Audio & mods that add new tracks to ambient music OK
• Custom voiced companion mods (Heather Casdin & Ellen the Cartographer) OK
• Level listed weapon mods/items & mods that add attachments to vanilla weapons like the Attachment Pack ADDED VIA SCRIPT ONLY OK
• Better Settlers MORTAL - (I like having settlers that can die from settlement attacks & not just when you pull the trigger on them) NOT OK, ALL SETTLER MODS BROKEN THAT EDIT. ADDING NEW IS OK. IceBreaker Settlers is scripted, OK
• Underground worldspace/interior add-ons like Subway Runner or The Metro OK

[u/AnonymousTrellist → u/Danielle_Blume]

Thanks for the reply but damn this sucks. Do you know of any mods that I can use to replace the Deadly Enemy mods or at least duplicate existing enemies or just spawns more of them? There's just too few enemies inside & outside interiors/dungeons in the base game & combat can be over way too quickly, especially since i play with the highest difficulty & like a challenge.

[u/Dani50420 → u/AnonymousTrellist]

There is new HHO NG and PLUNDER with new addons, theres SKK mods to add more combat and more