Anyone else have performance issues with Fallout 4 these days? I've been battling it over the last few days after finally having enough of the framerate drops in Boston, Cambridge, and Lexington. Turns out it was all because of mods that trash or eliminate precombines and previs. I'm into a fresh install following
this up-to-date guide.My game runs immaculately now. I used to get FPS drops anywhere from 20-30 near Faneuil Hall, Corvega, and Bunker Hill. Now the drops are negligible, and I cruise at 60 FPS everywhere, with occasional dips to about 55. I'm still early on in rebuilding the rest of my load order, but I already found another mod to avoid: Unlocked Trailers Project. It's basically Beantown Interiors, but for the abandoned tractor trailers around the Commonwealth. I installed it last night and my FPS tanked by 30 at Corvega.
ANDREWCX has a great write up on
Precombines and Previs at Bethnet that is worth a read.
My new routine for mods will be to check it in xEdit - I found that you can apply a filter to find precombine conflicts. It'll be tough to leave behind Scrap mods, but think I found a decent alternative in
Cleaner Lived-In Settlements.I had to nuke my Tarani playthrough, but thankfully I still have her preset.