Fallout 4 presents issues on high refresh rate devices like the Steam deck oled as the game trys to render at a lower framerate than what the display is showing, This causes stuttering in some parts of the game. In order to resolve this, we must disable the in engine framerate limiting by disabling the iPresentInterval
setting within Fallout4Prefs.ini
. This script automates the process of updating the this file with a single command.
Note
This issue only impacts the OLED version of the SteamDeck, Users with the LCD steam deck can ignore this fix
- Install Fallout 4 on your Steam deck
- Run the game at least once to create the necessary files.
- Exit the game and go to Desktop mode
- Open Terminal and Copy the following command below.
- Enter your root password for your steamdeck when prompted.
- Once Complete, Restart your steam deck and launch the game.
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eunanhardy/fallout4-steamdeck-oled-patch/main/install.sh | bash
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