Hello Everyone, your Overseer here with a refresher! The Modding 101 Post look has changed a bit, but all the same info and more is here!

Port Requests

Port requests go in our port subreddit, not here. We will be removing port requests in mass.

Port Requests go here

If anyone knows how to port and would like to join the Port Request Sub as a porter let me know, I will shoot you a mod invite after I have confirmed you have uploaded mods to Bethesda before.

Anyone needing assistance with mods, load orders, or requesting mods be ported to console and wish to request on discord come see our servers. Read all rules and required announcements prior to posting or commenting. All port requests should be submitted at r/Fallout4ModsPortMods or in the port request channel of our Bethesda Modding Discord or the port wishlist of the Tavern for PS only.

We have a discord fully geared towards modding Fallout 4, Skyrim and Starfield on PC/XB/PS
Join in to request mods/ports, discuss modding, get Bethesda Official Announcements, meet some of your favorite mod authors, or even learn how to mod in our modding academy. In addition we welcome all mod authors and porters to join and collaborate with special roles for both. https://discord.gg/cFzC7yF8nd

PlayStation Players! There is a home for you at Lux & Mikey's Tavern. Come in to drop links to mods you want on PS, participate in testing the newest mods as they drop and proving feedback, and general chatting about Fallout or Skyrim. https://discord.gg/nab9YKa4WQ

Calling all Testers: We are always seeking testers for console mods. Please take the tester role in Bethesda Modding Discord and the Tavern if you are interested. Perks include beta access to unreleased mods, info on upcoming mods, and the fun of helping the community get tested working mods for all to enjoy. PlayStation especially please join to assist us getting these mods out as fast as possible!

Console Load Order

We have a full wiki geared specifically towards consoles. Keep in mind that XBOX has dealt with these mods on console for a long time. PlayStation is going to encounter incompatibilities and errors we are long used to. Over the years xbox players consistently had issues with all load order frameworks intended for PC, including the great OddLittleTurtle's load order. It came to show a pattern over the years that all the same types of mods kept messing up and consistently ended up needing tons of fiddiling and tinkering after to get a stable load order. My team and I tracked these mods across literally thousands of busted load orders in the past 4 years. Thus the console load order framework was born.

PlayStation Load Order Framework Introduction

PlayStation Load Order Framework

The Full wiki is quite helpful, over 7k hours of testing on console exclusively led to the birth of the console wiki.

Fallout 4 PlayStation Wiki

Modding FAQ Contains essential questions and answers to know prior to modding Fallout 4

Load Order Guide For Consoles Introduction to console load order framework

Modding 101 Modding Guides and Load Order arranging resources with links

Bethesda Modding Information Detailed information on aspects of modding, including precombines, scrap mods, and more

Essential PlayStation Mods Full lists of recommended mods for PS4/5 broken into categories with other tips and suggestions.

Premade Load Orders A list of premade load orders, confirmed to be stable, created by users and moderators for the community to use and enjoy.

Rules and guidelines making Port Requests Information on port requests, where and how to request and other need-to-know information before requesting a mod be ported to xbox or PS.

PS4/5 Specific Information

The 0KB Bug on PlayStation

To be clearer and more concise, our rules have updated. Please take a moment to read over the changes.

Subreddit Rules

# Be Respectful

We want this to remain a helpful and friendly community.

Always be respectful of everyone you are interacting with on this sub. No name calling. No bullying. No casting aspersions about people’s character. No harassing others in any way. Be that in public view or via direct message.

Failure to adhere to this rule will result in your no longer being able to participate in this community.

# Check Modding 101 Before Posting

It is always worth searching the sub before creating a new post.

Consider:

Has this been answered by a Sticky or Community post at the top of the main forum view?

That Bethesda’s servers regularly go down temporarily.

If you are asking for load order help, we have numerous resources. Check the Modding 101 Guide, FAQ & WIKI to ensure your question isn't already answered.

# Post Load Order and use the proper flair when asking for LO help

If you are experiencing a conflict or bug which you would like help resolving the community will be happy to help. But a video or screenshot of the problem is insufficient on its own.

Always include a full list of the mods you are running, and the order they are placed in. Providing partial lists / mentioning only the mods you think might be to blame rarely aids resolving the problem. It may also lead to the wrong conclusion entirely.

Posts asking for help without including this will be removed.

# If Posting Pictures or Video please state what mod they are from or utilizing

If you post a picture or video of an item, outfit, or settlement please list what mod(s) are being used in the displayed content.

No NSFW content is allowed on this subreddit.

This is not a place to advertise your own content unless you are specifically asking for help with mods and the video clips linked shows the issue/performance enhancement. Do not link your entire YT/Twitch/Twitter, you must link a specific mod related video.

# Spreading Misinformation

Do not disparage mod authors or porters because you do not like them as an individual

Do not make unsubstantiated claims about mods not working, causing crashes, frame rate drops or causing problems. Mod conflicts exist.

If you are experiencing problems? You can ask for help with your order or help getting a mod to work. That’s what this sub is here for.

Posts which deviate from this rule will be removed and in more extreme cases you will be excluded from participating in this community.

# No Discussion of IRL Topics

Discuss the mod, it's quality, it's stability, whether it is lore friendly, ect.

If you agree or disagree with a mods contents, beliefs, ideology ect is not to be discussed here.

Users that are having issues with a mod should be free to seek assistance.

There will be 0 tolerance of real life discussion topics. Including but not limited to; Religion, Race, Politics, Ai, IRL War, Gender or Sexuality.

If you can not contain yourself and refrain from discussion of such topics you will find yourself immediately unwelcome in this community.

# No MEMEs, this is not the place for that.

I really didn't think I needed to make this rule, but apparently I do. No Meme's please. Go to r/Fallout4Network to post MEME's, lore, and general Fallout chat.

# Breaking Bethesda Terms of Service (ToS)

This sub does not allow the discussion of, advocating for or sharing of ways to break Bethesda’s Terms of Service. Bans will be issued for the latter.

Modding guidelines can be found here: https://help.bethesda.net/#en/answer/51731 Videos or images which break these terms will also be removed and users penalized.

# No NSFW Content of any kind is allowed here. This sub is E for Everyone

If the mod in question would be unable to be uploaded to Bethesda mods due to disallowed content in regards to ToS (see rule 10), then you are not ok to discuss it here.

Bethesda does not allow NSFW mods on Bethesda.net, so they have no place here. ANY posts marked NSFW will be auto-removed by the auto-bot. Do not tag your post as NSFW unless you want it removed immediately. Persistent posts will result in a ban.

Please go to r/Fallout4ModsNSFW for that type of content.

# Advertising is not Permitted

This includes:

Linking to a site where goods or content is sold. The advertising of paid services.

The creation of posts purely to promote an individual or group.

Links added to intentionally direct traffic to sites such as YouTube, Discord, Twitch.

Offering to pay others for load order help, for porting mods and other similar services is also not permitted on this platform.

# Verified Creations

Discussion of paid mods is encouraged, both positive and negative, but please keep discussions respectful regardless of your feelings of the verified creations program.

Mod Authors of verified creations are currently exempt from the above rule . You may to link to pages for Verified Creations on Bethesda.net only. Participating in the sub to reply to questions or bug reports is required if you are going to advertise and link to verified creations. Otherwise the posts will be removed.

In addition to the above rule changes some protections have been put in place to warn or in some cases block certain wording in posts/comments. Please pay attention to all pop-ups and act accordingly.

I hope this leads to a more positive community overall for everyone. Please be patient while these rules roll out network wide and individual wiki's are updated. This is a lengthy process.

FEEL FREE TO SHOW OFF YOUR STABLE LOAD ORDER IN THIS THREAD!

Factions Subreddits

Join in faction subreddits to participate in friendly lore conversation, faction propaganda, subterfuge and being immersed in the fallout world while you play.

r/Minutemen

r/Enclave

r/Brotherhood_of_Steel

r/BrotherhoodOutcasts

r/ChildrenOfAtom

r/Fallout_Railroad

r/institute

** Join us in building these factions subreddits and filling them with lore debate, fun theories and maybe some MEMEs. **

Thank you all for your participation! You are what makes this place exist!

## Enjoy the entire Fallout 4 Network!

r/Fallout4Network - A place to chat fallout, post MEME's and anything else Fallout related

r/Fallout4Mods - A home for Fallout 4 PC players to meet and discuss platform specific content

r/Fallout4ModsXB1 - A home for Fallout 4 XBOX players to meet and discuss platform specific content

r/Fallout4ModsPS4 - A home for Fallout 4 PlayStation players to meet and discuss platform specific content

r/Fallout4Builds - A place to get assistance with your character build for Fallout 4. Stats, Perks, Character Building links and more!

r/Fallout4Settlements - A place to post and show off your awesome settlement builds from Fallout 4!

r/Fallout4ModsPortMods - The place to post requests to have mods ported from PC to Xbox or PlayStation

r/Fallout4ModsNSFW - All NSFW content goes here. NO NSFW content is allowed in ANY of the other subs listed above.

That's all folks! Welcome to all the new dwellers and glad you're still here to all our long time residents. I'll be posting mod updates in the comments of this post. Stay tuned for updates on major releases for PS and other info as we move forward into this new age of mods for all!

Greetings Dwellers!

Your Overseer here to say .... it just works. Like, no joke, it actually works.

Reports from the update are flooding in with overwhelming news of preserved load orders, removal of ba2 limits, save/restore load order fixes and other amazing news. Here's everything that's happened:

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Added and Updated Features 

Game 

• Increased the BA2 archive limit from 256 to 1024 to better accommodate larger collections of mods. 
• Added localized strings fixes for UI and platform terminology. 

Creation Kit 

• Archives are now supported on PlayStation. New file types (.nif, .dds, .bink, .cdx, .csg, .wav, and .fuz (with embedded .wav)) for PlayStation Creations. 
• Bink files can now be added to Creation uploads via an Extra Files browser. 
• Added Localization export support. 
• Creations up to 2 GB in size can now be uploaded for Xbox. 
• Updated "Search and Replace" to align with Starfield, adding buttons for "Select Form in Object Window" and "Open Form Editor."

Crashes 

Game 

• Fixed a crash when the player opens the Virtual Keyboard on a Steam Deck device. 
• Fixed a top crash that would occur due to a streaming audio error. 
• Fixed a crash on the Microsoft Store when players enter the Creations menus after resuming internet connectivity. 

Bug Fixes 

Game 

• Exiting out of Search when viewing a specific Creation now properly returns the player to the Details page of that Creation. 
• Creations category lists should now return ordered results more consistently. 
• Error messages from the Bethesda.Net service now contain error codes that can be provided to Customer Service for investigation. 

Creation Kit 

• Archiving a plugin that uses pre-existing assets in a new form no longer causes the pre-existing assets to be duplicated.  
• Material or Heightmap terrain edits now cause grass to generate properly. 
• Running LipGen from the command line or launch argument now properly generates .lip files. 

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Overall this his been a phenomenal update. Very few have reported their load order missing or any issues other than the usual mod incompatibilities.

PlayStation users have been gifted the beauty of fully supported asset mods. This means console modding is no longer a split division. Sony players will be able to enjoy all the same mods we enjoy on xbox. A new dawn has come. Mod Authors and porters are already working double time pushing out mods to PlayStation in mass.

For some clarification. The increase of ba2 does not suddenly mean you can now run 700 mods. This just means esl get to function as intended now, and do not count towards your 254 mods. Previously with esl having ba2 attached to them, and their being a ba2 limit, essentially made them being esl redundant. That is no longer the case. Esl or esl flagged esp, now truly do not count toward your total mod count under any circumstances.

I will do some further investigation to confirm, but as far as I am aware, all but 6 of the 150 mod AE Bundle is ESL. Meaning players who choose to install the full bundle will no longer be punished and can still run a full load order beside it. You should now be able to install 247 esp/esm with the full AE bundled installed, and not cap out at 98 like before. This means players who install the AE Bundle, and get a full load order, will essentially be running 390 mods.

This was previously unthinkable on xbox. The sky is the limit. If you are careful in your choices, arrange it properly, and avoid conflicts, you absolutely can run 300+ mod load orders. Be mindful. A lot of load order posts asking for help make all the same mistakes constantly then wonder why Bethesda sux, lol. Don't get 5 weather mods. Don't get 3 different texture replacers. Don't use 3 different raider overhauls. Be selective, overhaul each thing carefully, and imo some things not at all. I consistently find my game runs better than others and it can't be cuz what I am doing, i use old mods with known issues and dance around them. I think it's what I don't do, that helps my game. I don't add 100 guns to LL. I dont hardly touch raiders. LL and touching raiders is a quick way to destabilize Boston even with Boston Less Enemies and Dead Financial. All that new gear poofing on to raiders, all the new guns in their hands, with their nice high poly, and likely 2k new outfits you poof on them. Stuff like that quickly becomes the end all. I am trying a raider mod rn and this is the most choppy my Boston has been in 2 years. I won't be using it going forward and its a very stable known good mod. I just wanted to see some Fallout 3 raider stuff on them, and the difference is noticeable right away. My Boston was butter everywhere before, now I see fps loss as the new geared raiders come at me. I'm on XSX. Simply not touching raiders (or mutants) all these years has to be why I have had 0 complaints about Boston and others can't even get to swan's pond, meanwhile i'm setting up a campsite in a swan boat after killing the big guy. Idk. Just something I noticed over the years and now 7k hours of playing Fallout 4 on xbox. Figured I would share my experience.

In addition to that I have taken extensive feedback from the community and assembled a list of tips and FAQ from our staff that we feel will assist players in building a more stable game overall.

• Script injected to LL gun mods count as scripted mods and do just as much damage if removed mid-game as any mod with scripts. Never remove a mod mid-game.
• 2k - 4k Texture PSA, CTD hardware limit when used with extensive load orders and too many high resolution textures
• Avoid updating mods mid-game unless you are currently having a bug or the mod explicitly states its OK - even then risk is on you dangers always exist
• Don't enable 200 mods all at once and load the game. Load the game with essential mods (see wiki FAQ) and then enable handfuls of mods at a time, running around for a minute and letting the mods all load properly and initialize. This can prevent loads of errors and conflicts
• AE didn't fix Far Harbor headers, the fix mod is still needed
• Be extra careful pairing mods that were impossible to use together before due to size. While functional alone, these huge mods have never been played side by side on console. Use caution, and use available patches to avoid conflicts.
• If your load order is jumbled, a way to get it to indefinitely stop, is arrange 10 at a time. Back out to the main menu between each, then exit the game to dashboard. Then go back in and move 10 more. Annoyingly tedious, but I can personally confirm after doing this all my mods, except the pesky esl flagged esp, stay put and every time I look at my load order its all in the same spots.
• [EDIT] Note about ESP limit. The ESP limit does not crash out the whole game and prevent access like hitting ba2 limit did. When you hit the plugin limit your save simply wont load or will crash immediately after loading. Simply go back and disable the mod you just enabled/installed and the save will load again.

Thank you to all the creators who make content for us to enjoy! Truly this community would not thrive like it does without the tireless efforts of the dozens of mod authors and porters who keep this game alive.

To request PS mods please head over to the PlayStation Discord home, Lux & Mikey's Tavern. Drop links in the PS wishlist for Fallout 4. Porters and using that list to pump out mods. You can also pop in to our Bethesda Modding Discord for chatting, sharing mods, screenshots and more. You may still use our subreddit, r/Fallout4ModsPortMods, however the discord will result in the mod being ported much faster.

[Unrelated side note - Skyrim update coming! Storage increase and creations update!]