AcademicSaucer
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Sony doesn't allow Fallout 4/Skyrim mods on PS4
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BlackBuzzard
Banned
Hmm yet farming simulator 2017 will have mod support on PS4 from what we know so far, what are you not telling us Bethesda.
IdreamofHIME
Member
So basically Sony joined the NWO this week.
Krusenstern
Banned
Oh, didn't know. How many can you install at the same time? No problems with crashes, freezes with too many mods? No performance dips?
wesleyshark
Banned
They technically can do it. It's Sony that is roadblocking.
Grim Patron
Member
Yep.
Kaffeemann
Banned
To anyone still planning to play Skyrim for the first time on PS4: don't.
Without mods Skyrim is a broken game through and through.
Without mods Skyrim is a broken game through and through.
Sure, they absolutely share some of the blame. They knew about the issues and announced mod support anyways, most likely to put pressure on Sony.
It's not like the issue preventing it is new. They reaped the good will PR when announcing mid support for Skyrim Remastered as well.
Answer is already in this thread. Size limitations, proprietary audio.
VeryGooster
Banned
Man, I bought Xbox One on the day Fallout 4 released and that now seems like some sign I should've gone with that version. That sucks.
Microsoft using the same file structure for the Xbox and the PC makes a ton more sense now. I'm sure there is a good way to get those mods into the PS4 file format, but it'll take more than just a simple conversion to get that code switched over. Bethesda's not going to pay for the conversion of mods and users aren't going to or aren't able to write mods for a completely separate file system.
Agreed, it's pretty telling.
Hmm that is very interesting. Seems like something is being left out.
And they are very very easy to disable if you do run into a problem.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Okay? Guess what? We are on an enthusiast forum so forgive people for conversing with other enthusiasts. I've seen you doing this regarding the UHD physical media issue with PS4 Pro too. Bringing everything back to how GAF is a bubble and others won't care. Let's assume you're right...how does t change the fact that it sucks and we are allowed to talk about it sucking here without needing to thinking about how little Johnny, who buys his system for Madden only, feels about it?
No one is saying Somy is doomed for any of these issues, but when your marketing tag line for the generation has been "4theplayers" and you have now made countless things that have gone against that, I believe a certain discussion can be had about that. Yes it's a marketing slogan and it's silly to compare everything to it but still.
Call a spade a spade without needing to remind us we are on an enthusiast platform. We know that or we wouldn't be posting here.
Zombie James
Banned
Hm, interesting.
wesleyshark
Banned
No issues I've experienced. It creates a separate save file and turns achievements off. It's a lot of fun to play around with. Lots of mods available also.
Doesn't sound like that in any way.
Commanche Raisin Toast
Member
Oh fuck off Bethesda. Rolling my eyes at the spin they put in there. "After we put in considerable time".
Maybe you should have asked Sony first about the technicals before ASSuming it would just work? Only to throw Sony under the bus for your poor planning?
Maybe you should have asked Sony first about the technicals before ASSuming it would just work? Only to throw Sony under the bus for your poor planning?
Ninja Scooter
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What messaging? It's a new model ps4. They announced that it will be out next week. What more messaging did you need for the slim? You think the fact that it was leaked, or that it was announced during a fairly boring press conference is going to matter to the millions of targeted consumers who will be picking one up this holiday? Do you think Johnny Q. Gamer is going to be sitting at WalMart staring at a ps4 Slim box thinking to himself "you know, I kind of want one of these, all my friends are playing on it, but Sony's messaging and announcement were frankly embarrassing, this entire thing was a debacle!"?
Psychoward
Banned
They didn't know about the issues for Fallout 4 mods on ps4 until after the game had already been released, and even then the issues were completely out of their control. They can still do it only if they're allowed to.
Announcing Skyrim remastered mods for ps4 while this was going on is kind of shady though I'll give you that.
Please quote and point them out instead of trying to ghost paint a bunch of members.
There is a significant subset of gamers that love the shit out of Skyrim (in retrospect, I think the game is garbage, but that's neither here nor there). If those people go into the holidays planning to buy a current gen system to play this remaster, and MS capitalizes on the fact that XBox One is the only game console to offer full Skyrim Remastered mod support, that could be pretty significant IMO, especially since it leaves the impression that Sony is not on the "consoles mods" bandwagon going forward.
I'm a PC mods guy, but even I was interested in checking out mods in FO4 on the PS4 since I bought the PS4 version of the CE and have a copy of the game sitting here. Now that's not going to happen, and if I was going to buy Skyrim Remastered (I'm not, but lets just say), you can be sure it would be the XB1 version at this point.
Since the reason ods was delay was tech reasons it could be those issues could not be overcome.
PhazonBlazer
Member
Well that was the only reason why I kept Fallout 4, time to trade in.
Jawmuncher
Member
Let's us just pray that they turn around about the cross play .
GenericUser
Member
nobody wants my money.
wesleyshark
Banned
Plenty of space on Xbox.
Ninja Scooter
Member
And? Sony giving them permission is as important as whether they could do it technically. They should not have announced it until they were 100% certain about both.
Commanche Raisin Toast
Member
Sony isn't allowing the method Bethesda is implementing, where it uses certain unapproved file formats for textures and audio.
If Bethesda had a way to convert the file formats to the ones that work with ps4's sdk it wouldn't be an issue.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Bethesda promised a feature they didn't even have actual support for?
Shit sucks but I don't blame Sony for being hesitant given Bethesda's track record... with pretty much everything. Don't care about this game in the slightest but I hope they iron out the issues.
Shit sucks but I don't blame Sony for being hesitant given Bethesda's track record... with pretty much everything. Don't care about this game in the slightest but I hope they iron out the issues.
Bam Chowder
Member
Welp this fucking sucks.
I was looking forward to mods on FO4 (thank god for survival mode).
Was considering getting Skyrim, but I can't justify re-buying without mod support.
I was looking forward to mods on FO4 (thank god for survival mode).
Was considering getting Skyrim, but I can't justify re-buying without mod support.
Don.Abbade
Member
Sony forgot all the errors from PS3 era
Ban Puncher
Member
No Macho Man Mods on PS4.
Psychoward
Banned
Most mods don't mess with performance whatsoever.
They did.
Leona Lewis
Banned
Are those "mods" at the base level per se or just LBP-style customization?
Considering they never said No and have done crossplay multiple times this false narrative needs to stop because it's really telling who keeps trying to pass it off as fact.
