Fallout: London, a major Fallout 4 mod, has been delayed. According to the makers, this is due to the upcoming current-gen update for Fallout 4. The mod would be released on April 23, two days before the release of that update. No new release date has been announced yet.
The arrival of a Fallout 4 next-gen update probably means that the London mod needs additional work, the development team reports in a video. The update is likely to “probably just destroy the last four years of our work.” The team has not yet announced a new release date for Fallout: London. The mod will appear as soon as it is made compatible with Bethesda's new update.
The Fallout: London mod, like many other Fallout 4 mods, uses Fallout 4 Script Extender, or F4SE. This software will 'certainly break' when the new update to the game is released, reports Fallout: London team lead Dean Carter. Many of the mod's internal systems need to be updated to work with the Fallout 4 update.
Carter also mentions another problem. The Fallout: London mod is currently '30 to 40GB in size'. This means that the mod cannot be released on the console versions of Fallout 4, and it is also too big for the popular mod platform Nexus Mods. According to Carter, this has been solved by GOG, CD Projekt's gaming platform. “We now have a viable way to make the mod available to anyone who owns the mod on GOG, Steam and perhaps even Epic Games once this new update from Bethesda releases,” said Carter.
The Fallout 4 -current-gen update is scheduled for April 25, 2024. The update adds 60fps support for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series According to Bethesda, the update also includes other new features and bug fixes.
Fallout: London, an unofficial Fallout 4 expansion set in London, has been in the works for years. According to the makers, the mod is as extensive as an official expansion of Fallout 4. The map is about the same size as that of Fallout 4 itself, and there are 53 main missions and 140 side quests available. A release was initially planned for the third quarter of 2023, but that release target was previously postponed. The mod is now further postponed.