Fallout 4 slows down indoors solution. Manual graphics settings

Fans of the Fallout universe have been waiting for a sequel for several years, and in the end, many faced a number of problems. In the article we will try to figure out why Fallout 4 slows down, crashes or does not start. Let's say right away that some of the ways to fix bugs will require changing the game files, which can lead to errors if the approach is not correct. Therefore, be careful. Before we start figuring out what's causing Fallout 4 to slow down, let's take a look at the game's description and requirements.

Description

The game is the fourth installment in the series and was released on November 10, 2015. Owners of PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Of course, reports that Fallout 4 slows down more often come from personal computer owners. Note that a fairly small percentage of users are facing problems, the game is well optimized, thanks to the efforts of the developers. "Fallout 4 slows down at any settings, what should I do?" - such questions come from owners of weak PCs who did not pay attention to the requirements of the game.

Play to be a man or a woman, depending on the choice at the beginning. Due to the outbreak of a nuclear war, the hero and his family end up in shelter 111, where they undergo cryosleep. Waking up after a while main character sees that his wife/husband is being killed by bandits and his son is being kidnapped. The player again plunges into cryosleep, from which they will have to leave ten years later. The main task is to find a son. Along the way, there are a huge number of quests and differently configured characters. There is a possibility of pumping the skills of the character and weapons. In short, you won't be bored.

Requirements

Often Fallout 4 starts to slow down for users who have weak PC hardware. To understand if your device is suitable, carefully study the requests of the game to the hardware of the device.

Minimum:

• Windows 7 and newer editions. Attention: only works on 64-bit systems.
• The processor must be no older than an Intel Core i5-2300 running at 2.8 GHz (or equivalent).
• RAM 8 GB.
• At least 30 GB free space on the winchester.
• NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti video card with 2 GB of memory or higher.

• Windows 7 and newer (64-bit only).
• Chip Intel Core i7 4790 with a frequency of 3.2 GHz (or equivalent).
• 8 GB of RAM.
• 30 GB of free space.
• NVIDIA graphics card with 3 GB VRAM or equivalent.

Make sure your personal computer meets the requirements of the game. Move on.

Drivers

Before you start scolding the developers, make sure that the latest drivers are installed on the computer for the stable operation of Fallout 4. A release began to slow down - first of all, we update the video card drivers. As a rule, manufacturers prepare in advance special versions of drivers for certain game. To download, just go to the website of the equipment manufacturer and find your model. Installation takes a few minutes, and the result is usually visible immediately. It will not be superfluous to update the drivers for other devices. Razer Game Booster will help speed up the game a little, which optimizes the operation of the operating system. We do not forget about which is a mandatory item for the stable launch of gaming new products. Fallout 4 still running slow? Let's move on to the next point.

Reinstalling the game

Very often, the usual reinstallation with cleaning the directory helps to cope with the brakes. For an even better effect, you can remove the tails left in the system from Fallout 4. It slows down indoors, as gamers have noticed, precisely because of improper installation. To begin with, you should disable anti-virus programs, and also check for Russian letters in the path to the game folder (there are errors with brakes because of this). When opening the game, use "Run as administrator". Try to set the file compatibility with different operating systems.

Manual graphics settings

To the frequent question of why Fallout 4 slows down, there is a main answer - a weak owner's PC. However, not even the newest hardware can be made to work more productively. To do this, you will have to change the settings in the game files yourself. It should be remembered that after this, the quality of the graphics will significantly decrease, but the number of frames per second will increase. In order not to damage the files, make backup copies.

So, let's go along the path C:\Users\Username\Documents\My Games\Fallout4. Save a copy of the Fallout4Prefs.ini file and open the original with Notepad. Then you just need to change the values ​​of the required parameters. Please note that after this you will lose the settings in the game.

First, let's set the visibility of the characters. The parameter is responsible for the distance at which it is possible to see enemies and other NPCs. The increase in performance depends on the "hardware" of the personal computer. As a rule, the increase is more than 10 FPS. Values ​​must be entered in the fLODFadeOutMultActors= line. After the "=" sign, numbers from 0 to 15 are entered (15 is the maximum quality).

Character settings is not the most important item, but it can add some FPS. Here you can set any value up to 1000. Enter in the line - "uMaxDecals=".

The rendering range of the surrounding world is responsible for the quality of the picture at a distance. Has a huge performance impact, but requires experimentation with string values.

• "fTreeLoadDistance=" - maximum 75000.0000;
• "fBlockLevel2Distance=" - maximum 110000.0000;
• "fBlockLevel0Distance=" - maximum 60000.0000;

Grass density can seriously affect game performance. The string "fGrassStartFadeDistance=" is used for setting. If you want thick grass, bet 14000. However, many gamers with weak computers indicate the lowest values ​​​​to obtain the desired FPS.

It will not be superfluous to reduce the effects of explosions and shots. The line "iMaxDesired=" is responsible for this. The maximum value is 750. High settings of this parameter have a significant effect on game performance. At the same time, the effects are quite beautiful even at low values.

To increase the number of frames per second, in the "fShadowDistance=" line, specify a value no more than 17000. This is the most suitable value for weak devices.

Official patches

If the issue with the brakes in Fallout 4 remains open, then official patches from the developer can help. You can download them from the company's website or on Steam. Only owners can do this. licensed version games. For owners pirated versions you will have to wait longer to get the patch in free access. By the way, pirates often do not start and have errors due to incorrect hacking. In this case, you need to download another version or wait for the update to be released.

Fashion

A few days after the release of the game, custom modifications appeared on the Web aimed at increasing performance. You can download them for free on the Fallout 4 forums. These modifications are small in size and are installed by moving the file to the game directory. Mods remove unnecessary effects and significantly reduce the level of graphics.

Other problems and solutions

There are many more minor issues that gamers face when launching Fallout 4.

• Speedy mouse. To solve the bug, you need to find the Fallout4Prefs.ini file in the game directory and open it. Here we assign the value "0" to the "PresentInterval" parameter, and "1" to the "bForceIgnoreSmoothness" parameter. Then we save and check the performance.
• Disc write error. Occurs when there is not enough free space on the hard drive.
• Texture problems. Reinstalling the repack or checking the cache will help
• This problem often occurs when multiple input devices are connected. Solved by disabling one of them. Many users complain about the unstable operation of the controllers. The developers guarantee operation only on devices from Xbox, so you should use emulation software.
• Saves don't work. The reason may be insufficient memory or Cyrillic in folder names.
• Black screen. Appears in owners of a weak graphics chip. The only solution is to replace it with a newer one.
• Crash on launch. Disable antivirus and recording programs. Removing unnecessary processes in the background can help.

Conclusion

The article describes the most popular and working methods for solving brakes and crashes in Fallout 4. All of them have already been tested by owners of weak personal computers. As a rule, a few points help to solve all problems. If none of the above methods helped, then the only way out is to update the PC components.

Mods and configs for optimization part 1

Mod ENBSeries to fix brakes

"This patch works without graphical enhancements. It is intended to fix specific bugs... or is designed to do so since I don't have any myself. Please post the results if it helps or causes other bugs/software incompatibilities."

Originally posted by RAINICORN:

The game started normally, the FPS seems to have become more stable, but this needs to be tested.

Originally posted by _SoKRaT_:

In the enblocal.ini file, change the value of the ForceVideoMemorySize parameter to true. Don't touch the size.
P.S. If it crashes with true, it must be deleted from the folder steam file GameOverlayRenderer64.dll

VideoMemorySizeMb=

you need to specify the memory size of your video card. To do this, use a special utility
Enbboost to ultra: (screenshots by DenDi333)

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All you need to do
1) Go here C:\Users\\Documents\My Games\Fallout4
2) Find Fallout4Prefs
3) Replace everything that is there with my config (spoiler above)
4) Run Fallout and see 30-60 fps.

I collected full documentation in the archive, how to do it and for cases and so on.
Links:
Config from the topic - (remove space)
Original files + config - (remove space)
Mirror - (remove space)
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All about aspect ratio 21:9 / 5:/4 / 4:3 modes

Edward Kechko:
Launched on a 5:4 monitor with black stripes FULL SCREEN. Did the following:
1) NVidia control panel -> Display -> Adjust desktop size and position -> Do not scale -> ON GPU -> override application settings -> Select screen resolution 1280x800 60Hz -> Apply;
2) In the Fallout4Prefs.ini file, set the following parameters:
. . .
iSize W=1280
iSize H=800
. . .
iPresentInterval=0 // Vertical sync - better off. because due to the mismatch of the monitor's refresh rate, the fps drops seriously
bFull Screen=1
bBorderless=0
. . .
bTopMostWindow=0
bMaximizeWindow=0
. . .
After that the game started in LitterBox format in full screen mode!!!

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1280x1024 Resolution fix

A mod that fixes the problem with the disappearing castle, as well as the interface in the armor of the brotherhood.
Thanks Boria888 for the link!
Download mod from Yandex: (remove space)

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Solution from witchhunter :

I found an almost normal version for monitors with a resolution of 1280 by 1024:
1. We set the monitor resolution in Windows to 1280 by 800.
2. We select in the launcher the aspect ratio of 16:10 and the resolution of 1280 by 800.
3. Remove the checkmark from "full screen mode" and check the box "window without frames".
4. As a result, we get a clear and proportional picture with a resolution of 1280 by 800 in the center of the screen and small black stripes at the top and bottom. Lock and whole interface including power armor, it is seen.

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konik73

Regarding the resolution of 1280x1024 (5:4 screens), another solution to the problem with crooked lockpicking and armor was written on the English-language forum:
Set the desired (without any "-1") resolution in Fallout4Prefs.ini and in the Fallout4.ini file (located in C:\Users\\Documents\My Games\Fallout4\) add under the line:
fLockPositionY=100.0000
To solve problems with the armor interface, add to the same place (under the line in Fallout4.ini):
fUIPowerArmorGeometry_TranslateZ=-18.5000
fUIPowerArmorGeometry_TranslateY=460.0000
I can’t check the armor, because. at the very beginning of the game, and hacking works correctly.

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How to change the angle of view (FOV)

Open file Fallout4.ini(in the docs) and under the section add:

fDefaultWorldFOV=XX fDefault1stPersonFOV=XX

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In order for the game to work at 21:9 without problems, just open Fallout4Prefs.ini in your documents and change the following lines:

bTopMostWindow=1 bMaximizeWindow=1 bBorderless=1 bFull Screen=0 iSize H=XXXX iSize W=YYYY

bTopMostWindow=1 bMaximizeWindow=1 bBorderless=1 bFull Screen=0 iSize H=1080 iSize W=2560

steamapps\common\Fallout 4\Fallout 4

PS You can also make the values ​​1280x1024 (4:3), but note that:

1) it does not work for everyone (50 to 50), the reason has not yet been clarified.
2) the loss of locks and master keys, as well as freezing when exiting the terminal are connected, just with a change in the 4:3 ratio.
at 16:9 and a resolution of 1280x720 none of this was noticed.

bTopMostWindow=1 bMaximizeWindow=1 bBorderless=1 bFull Screen=0 iSize H=1024 iSize W=1280

There is another way to return the lock when hacked, but it also works every other time and not for everyone. Try:
Go to documents in file Fallout4Prefs.ini
and after the section change

iSizeW=XXXX
iSize H=YYYY
on
iSize W=XXXX-1
iSize H=YYYY-1

So it should look like this (example):

iSize W=1920
iSize H=1080
I change to
iSize W=1919
iSize H= 1079

or example from 4:3

iSize W=1279
iSize H=1023

Do the same with the second INI file along the path with the game steamapps\common\Fallout 4\Fallout 4

Game crashes/freezes. Various problem solving part 1

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Computers with low RAM

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How to increase fps

Solving the black screen problem.

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Turning on the beta version of Fallout 4 Beta

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The second way from the user

Originally posted by ARt1:

For whom the game crashes, my output was like this.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 4
We go into the folder, run Fallout4Launcher.exe through the administrator, check the windowed mode box. He first launches you English. language launcher, then switches to Russian, first check the box "window mode" is required. After the game starts, we play for 5 minutes. After we can start regular version no problem.
Before that, I installed the latest drivers for the video card.

The third way from the user

If the game crashes (appcrash)

Originally posted by elensior:

In short, to all who suffer. appcrash in full screen mode in win7 solved disabling DEP. Total shutdown. launched in full screen. I recommend everyone to try.

If you have 2 SLI graphics cards

SLI in this moment not supported in Fallach (at the time of launch on 11/10/2015).

Originally posted by lame-over:

SLI is not supported. You need to chop off one video card and put the last firewood through the Gifors experiment

Fallout 4 FPS optimization + AntiFreeze + Sharp textures from Defox:

If the console does not work `

For some users, the console may not work (i.e. pressing ~ does not appear). To solve this problem, you need operating system set the default English (US) keyboard layout.

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Character name contains prohibited characters

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Achievements not working in game

Many do not open achievements in the game. There is no solution yet, we are waiting for fixes.
11/11/2015 Fallout.4 patch.1.1.30 fixed this issue.
If it didn't help - Verify the game cache and start a new game.

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How to skip the splash screen when loading a game

Go to where you have Steam installed

steamapps\common\Fallout 4\Data\Video

And delete the file:
GameIntro_V3_B.bk2

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You can just connect the joystick to the game. Next, go into the game with a connected gamepad, and put in the game-controller-off and save!

But if you do not have it, then you need to do the following:
Let's go to the file Fallout4Prefs.ini in documents (for example C:\Users\\Documents\My Games\Fallout4\) we look for and change the value there:
bGamepadEnable=1
on
bGamepadEnable=0

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Unlock FPS

If you have a lock of 30 FPS do the following:

• We open Fallout4Pref.ini(should be in your documents, e.g. C:\Users\Documents\My Games\Fallout4)
• Find the line there iPresentInterval=1 and change the value to 0. Like this: iPresentInterval=0

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Disable mouse acceleration

Mouse acceleration is enabled by default in Fallout 4. To disable it, we do the same thing we did for Skyrim.

• Open Fallout4.ini(in the documents folder)
• Scroll down to section and add the line:
  bMouseAcceleration=0

Game crashes/freezes. Various solutions to problems part 2

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Tobi_Madara
Karoch, the game stopped crashing.
In msconfig, I found out that only 1 out of 4 processors works for me. Put 4 prots and it all worked! Check it might help.

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How to run the game without a launcher on steam.

There is a way that will get rid of the appearance of the launcher with the settings at the start of the game. What should be done:

• 1. Go to the directory with Fallout 4 installed steamapps\common\Fallout 4\
• 2. There we need 2 files: Fallout4.exe and Fallout4Launcher.exe
• 3. Rename Fallout4Launcher.exe in Fallout4LauncherOriginal.exe(if you want to return everything back, i.e. save the original under a different name).
• 4. Rename Fallout4.exe in Fallout4Launcher.exe

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Game Speed ​​Tip

Fallout 4 "Works" v 0.0.4

Download the FO4W.ZIP archive, unpack it into the game folder.
For myself, in dxgi.ini I changed only UseFlipDiscard=false to true.
It seems that so far it works ONLY in windowed mode without a frame (IMHO a much better mode than full screen).

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Everything is green!

Everything is grey!

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Everything is white!

Solution with friezes from the user

ApplyStabilityPatch=false ForceVideoMemorySize=true VideoMemorySizeMb=9096

I don’t know what these values ​​​​are and why 9096, but the dude on another forum wrote that it helped him to remove the friezes to a playable state. And then a little gag: I reboot the computer, remove everything that is possible in the manager, start the game and while it is in the menu, I set the priority to high. Get it all. Only now the soapy textures remain in places all the same, and the friezes remain during fast transitions, and even then not always - then here I just wait for about a minute and everything is back to normal. Yesterday I ran around the most "lag" places, everything seems to be normal to play, there are mini friezes in 0.5 seconds and also rarely. And I also try to save myself in the red rocket (where you find the dog 1 time) when I leave the game, so that the herring will load without problems.
Try who wants can help someone. Compared to what I had before, this is -...- progress

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If it hangs in the game menu, when saving, loading

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Game Speed ​​Tip

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Game crashes/freezes. Various solutions to problems part 3

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Vitck
Hi all! I tried a lot of things, put all sorts of mods on textures, since my laptop is a weak intel i5, 8 GB of RAM, nvidia 520MX 1 GB, but there were also lags in places. Then I decided to see what would happen if I took the settings ini files from New Vegas. And you won’t believe the lags in the rooms are gone, even at the Corvega factory at least. In the wasteland, not a single lag at all. If anyone wants to try, here is my config:
(remove space)
Maybe it will help someone, and someone not.
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Khato914
for weak processors: the idea is taken from the witcher, after doing this machination, my fps increased by about 15-20 frames
Google the Battle Encoder Shirase prog. install. Open the program, open the game. Minimize the game, press [Target] in the program, look for Fallout4.exe and double-click it, press Yes
further Press the button [ Control ] and move the slider to the LEFT, that is, we set about 5-10 percent. And now I will explain what we did: we allowed the game to use not 75% of the processor power, but all 90-99, depending on how much you set.
but as you might guess, this affects absolutely all other programs that will work together on one percent of the core (or again on 5-10, depending on how many percent you leave): D also after leaving the game, before close the program, press the [Unlimit All] button, otherwise everything will be stupid for a long time and terribly.

the above / below described fraud must be done with each entry into the game
(!) this does not affect the performance of the game associated with RAM, that is, loading locations and some other things unknown to me
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Fidel1o
My experience:
- According to the Souchastnik method, I set the Fallout4.exe process to real time priority. Microlags have really decreased, FPS has risen by about 5%. Also, some delays when pressing menu buttons, such as "Dismantle" in crafting, have disappeared.
- If you select Full Screen mode (bFull Screen=1) instead of the standard "Windowed Borderless", FPS grows by about 10%.
-Files Fallout4.ini, Fallout4Prefs.ini in the Documents\My Games folder and the file \Fallout4\Fallout4Prefs.ini in the folder with the game - you need to tick "Read-only" so that the game does not reset graphics settings, difficulty, saves, display subtitles etc.
-Regarding FOV - changed it in the block, the angle of view expanded, but the weapons and Pip-Boy remained the same. To fix it, you need to type FOV XX in the console, for example FOV 90, FOV 110, etc., make a save, restart the fall and boot. Weapons and computer will get further / closer as needed. Put 95, for me just right.
- After disabling VSync and unlocking the FPS, bugs may appear. But I don’t want to return to Vsync - the mouse floats. Therefore, we will lock the FPS differently:
-Download MSI Afterburner;
- go to RivaTunerStaticticsServer, add "+" to the Fallout4.exe list from the folder, set 80-90 in the Fremarate Limit field.
Why so many? Due to the lack of VSync, this will be about 60fps on the screen; in Skyrim, after this number, physics bugs began. In Fallout, it's safe even a little higher, I set it to 120. And the mouse does not swim, and there are no strange glitches like frenzied jumps, twitching objects and super-speed hairpins.
-Disk defragmentation saved from UNREALLY LONG downloads, but not by a regular service (it did not help), but by the IObit Smart Defrag 4 program on the "Defragmentation and File Priority" setting. Other defragmenters are probably good too, but they want money, and this one is free. It is better to disable the defragmentation service built into Windows so that they do not interfere with each other. Loading a save from the main menu has decreased from 1:10 to 25-30 seconds. Before that, Fallout 4 stood at WD Green (now WD Raptor), where you had to wait for several minutes.
So, the new firewood Catalyst 15.11.1 Beta gave a little more FPS. I measured it at the same place, on the roof of the Corvegi factory during the day in the rain, looking towards the city - with old firewood 24-25fps, with ENB fix 26-27, with new firewood and fix about 33-35, cool) TAA there is no point in changing to something, it does not eat anything. And I figured out the terminals, lowered the frame rate limit in Rivatuner from 120 to 90 and it became normal.
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Lags in the city

fDirShadowDistance= 6000 or 8000
fShadowDistance= 2000 or 3000

And we rejoice at the stable FPS, it does not affect the picture at all. If you only look into the distance, as for example at the beginning after leaving the shelter, look at your old house. But there are very few such moments in the game.
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Sources, thanks to users, useful links

The information was taken from steam forums, manuals, as well as from users. Thanks for the help and tips:
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Fidel1o

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Starting foreign

It is clear that not everyone has a powerful computer that pulls out all the new items at 60 frames per second, especially when it comes to such a giant as Fallout 4. That is why we decided to consider the most common ways to optimize the game with our own hands, or in other words, we decided to consider how to increase fps in fallout 4

Basically, several different so-called “configs” were created for the game - ini files with special parameters that need to be replaced with a standard file. It can also be several mods that correct lighting and textures + a program for clearing RAM.

Replacing the ini file

We go to C:\Users\*username*\Documents\My Games\Fallout4 and find the desired file, then copy it somewhere, and in the original opened through notepad, change the marked lines to the following.

uInterior Cell Buffer=12

uExterior Cell Buffer=144

bUseThreadedBlood=1

bUseThreadedMorpher=1

bUseThreadedTempEffects=1

bUseThreadedParticleSystem=1

bUseThreadedAI=1

bUseMultiThreadedFaceGen=1

bUseMultiThreadedTrees=1

iPreloadSizeLimit=262144000

Save and try to run the game. If it does not start, then we replace it back with the copy we made.

How to increase FPS in Fallout 4

Modifications

Let's take a closer look at the most the best option mod combinations:

1. ENBoost for Fallout 4 - solves specific problems and blurry textures, improves stability;
2. Mod manager for the game - helps to more conveniently install mods and generally activate them after that;
3. Fallout 4 Configurator tool - advanced graphics settings that help you remove some details that you don't need at all;
4. Fallout 4 TOP - a mod that optimizes textures;
5. Mem Reduct - cleans RAM through specified periods, which facilitates the work of the game;

All this can be downloaded on one of the major well-known sites with mods or from a foreign Nexus. There will also be installation instructions. Well, except for Mem Reduct, which is downloaded from the official site.

Also, before the game, it is worth killing all unnecessary open processes that do not matter, but take up RAM.

After installing and enabling all the mods (+ setting the settings as in the screenshots), just open Mem Redux and set the cleaning every 15 minutes in the settings, and then leave it open, and then start the game and enjoy. It is best to put everything on medium settings and not to overestimate the resolution, since a lot depends on it.