Fallout 76 Patch May Have Fixed Speed Hacking Exploit
By Ford James ·
The Fallout 76 beta has received a patch ahead of today's session and it may have completely fixed the infamous speed hacking exploit that's been doing the rounds lately.
Last week, some Fallout 76 beta players discovered that an infamous exploit from Fallout 4 was present in Fallout 76. If you had over 144 frames-per-second, your character would move faster than intended - that’s the basic gist of it. It first appeared in Fallout 4 but since that’s a single-player game, it didn’t negatively affect anyone else’s enjoyment of the game. The problem with Fallout 76 is that it’s a multiplayer game, tacked on over the Fallout 4 engine.
Unlocking your FPS gives you speed hacks just like other Fallout/Elder Scrolls games from r/fo76
That means the exploit is still possible in Fallout 76, a game which has an element of player-vs-player combat. At least it has been in the recent beta sessions, but the latest Fallout 76 patch may have actually “fixed” the problem. PC Gamer has reported that when they boot up the Fallout 76 menus, they’re locked to 63 fps. This is despite it running at over 1,000 fps prior to the patch.
There’s no mention of this in the actual patch notes and until the next beta session goes live in ~two hours, there’s no way of testing this, but if this applies in-game, then it would seem like the speed hack is fixed. Somewhat, anyway. There’s no doubt this haphazard solution won’t tide over well with Fallout 76 players given that a lot of players prefer to run the game at higher fps simply so it’s smoother, but it’s still a fix.
In the patch notes, Bethesda has implemented a number of changes like increasing the health and damage resistance of mid-high level Scorched, while decreasing the same stats for mid-high level Super Mutants. A number of mid-high level enemies have also had their melee damage increased, most notably Mirelurks and Mirelurk Hunters. There’s a plethora of bug fixes such as a “T-Pose” fix for enemies and water surfaces no longer flickering while inside buildings. You can find the full patch notes for Fallout 76 here, and if you’re keen on jumping in to one of the next two beta sessions, you can find them out here.