Fallout 4 mods are broken again following update

The mods that updated for the first update were already updated within 24 hours of the next one.

The only mods that are still broken now are mods that were made and maintained by people who have stopped playing the game some time ago.

And even most of those still work, if they didn't rely on the script extender

The game is a decade old. I get the feeling that most mods will never be updated.

Downvoters should go check out the Stellaris mod graveyard. So many good mods gone forever.
- Damn, you're right, it's almost been a decade already. I honestly thought it was younger than that.
- Tell me more about Stellaris
Sure but that still leaves a lot of unnecessarily broken mods. I don't know how backwards compatible a lot of the main mods are but doesn't this risk forcing players to either upgrade and uninstall some old mods, downgrade and uninstall some new/updated mods, or downgrade and play the guessing game of which versions of which mods are compatible where? And after the backlash of the first update Bethesda went ahead and did it again so clearly they don't care about steamrolling modders' work and they might do it again. Modders going to give up eventually and go back to New Vegas lol
- The mods that weren't backwards compatible were primarily the ones that depended on the script extender. This was an unsupported executable that expanded on the commands available to the scripts in the mods.
  
  Not to say unsupported is bad, but everyone was well aware that if they depended on the script extender, they would break if the game updated at all. The biggest mods avoided that dependency for exactly this reason, and really didn't have any trouble. (Sim Settlements still worked the entire time, for example)
  
  And like usual, the community stepped up and updated their unsupported extension quickly, ready for this outcome.
  
  If you made a mod that depends on the script extender and then quit playing the game or supporting your mod, that was a choice you made as a modder. Meanwhile there's mods that haven't seen an update in 8 years that continue to work without issue.

Yes...core game updates typically do break mods. This is nothing new

It's mostly about the timing that is infuriating people. Fallout regained popularity with the TV show and they dropped a mod breaking release days later. Now they keep updating it with shit nobody asked for and breaking mods.
- Ahh I see. Timing is key. Thx
- Your accusations are driven by anger but they don't make much sense.
  
  It's mostly about the timing that is infuriating people. Fallout regained popularity with the TV show and they dropped a mod breaking release days later.
  
  At the end of last year when Bethesda announced the next-gen update would be delayed, it was already easy to suspect they will be releasing it along with the tv show. As soon as the show premiered, they announced they'll release the update in 2 weeks. Annoyance by the initial delay aside, this was a perfect moment to release the update.
  
  dropped a mod breaking release
  
  Mods are not developed by Bethesda, they are not integral to the game or necessary to play it and you cannot expect Bethesda to align the release date with every "modder" or test for each mod compatibility. Modders are welcome to create mods but it's not their game - you seem to be implying that Bethesda is required to consult with modders on game development. It's up to modders to keep their mods up to date with the game, not the other way around.
  
  Additionally, Fallout 4 has seen a significant increase in sales during that period, which not only confirms it was the right moment to release the update, but also that it brought many new players, who are unlikely to play the game for the first time with mods.
  
  Now they keep updating it with shit nobody asked for and breaking mods.
  
  Just because you haven't been waiting for the update, it doesn't mean nobody has. Many players waited for this update, myself included. The next-gen update, as the name suggests, is mostly intended for consoles and the game has never looked or run better on my PS5.
  
  The only reasonable issue you can have with this update is if you're on PC and playing the game via Steam - they automatically updated the game and don't allow to rollback. But that should be a protest directed at Steam, if you play the game via GOG, you can easily rollback the update. Or disable the game-breaking mods.
  
  The article itself is rather unimpressive and not very investigative. Victoria Kennedy did "quick scan over on Steam's Fallout 4 forums" and decided to make an article about it because she knew mocking Bethesda will bring precious clicks.

I hope all the newbies already learned to turn off auto updates

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- only if the dev/publisher/whoever-responsible offers the different versions as available branches in the game's properties. Some do, most don't.
- No

Graham Wagner even reminisced about a bug he came across while playing The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall, stating that adding 'glitches' into a then-hypothetical second season of the show was "definitely on [his] mind as a concept".

Now I'm seriously hoping there's a scene in season 2 where a character walks into a room and every object on every surface just sorta freaks out and clatters around, a la the traditional Bethesda physics engine insanity.

Really need those clicks, huh Eurogamer?

They're really making an article about mods breaking when the game is updated, an event that nearly always happens when any game is updated. Incredible.

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- Sure, but things like this are implied.
  
  Imagine if the weather reporter started explaining how it'll begin raining next week, causing puddles, wet clothes and slippery surfaces.
  
  Yeah, we know, that tends to happen when it rains.
Controversy drives engagement
- Exhibit A: All of Lemmy. Seriously, this entire place, especially this community it just controversy and outrage. It's so boring.
I read the headline and thought "well yea, no shit. Thats what happens". It must be a slow news day (you can only report the "new" release date for gta so many times).
I mean it's working. Have you read some of the entitled bullshit people are posting in the comments?

Uh, I was just thinking and I don't think I've seen it mentioned. Have these updates broken the creation club mods?

I believe creation club dlc does keep working, feel free to assume the worst.

Why even share this? (Or more accurately why even make this article) Everyone knows every update will break mods, nobody is surprised and nobody needs to read an article about it Everytime a moldable Bethesda game updates.

Yeah, we know. And its always a shit update too, nothing worth breaking mods for. Just break steam updates and move on.