The launch of Fallout 76 may have been a disaster, but the game is in much better shape now. Recently, the developer released another patch that improved the title further. April 12 patch brings a plethora of bug fixes and changes to UI, Items, Workshops, and more. However, no new content has been added.
On consoles, the patch is a little more than 9 GB in size. On PC, Steam and Bethesda.Net versions are 2.2 GB and 1.6 GB in size, respectively. The Microsoft Store version of the patch is 9.1 GB.
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- Weapons: The Silver Shroud Tesla Rifle paint now correctly applies to the Charging Shotgun Barrel mod.
C.A.M.P.S & WORKSHOPS
- Exploit: Fixed an issue in which cheaters could place NPCs in the game world.
- Lights: The Diner Wall Light now correctly plays a sound effect when toggling it on and off.
- Structures: Wires can now be attached to the power connector on the Firewatch Tower.
CHALLENGES
- World: The requirements for the “Complete Different Daily Quests” World Challenge have been reduced from 23 to 22, and it can now be correctly completed.
COMBAT
- VATS: Melee VATS attacks while in third-person view no longer cause the player to encounter a black screen.
ENEMIES
- General: Addressed instances where enemies could sometimes become frozen and unresponsive.
- Wolves: Fixed an issue that could prevent Wolves and other dog-type enemies from attacking the player.
EVENTS & QUESTS
- Public Events: Players now correctly join an active Public Event when walking into the event location.
- Lode Baring: The quest tracker no longer persists on-screen after completing Lode Baring.
FALLOUT WORLDS
- Relaxed Building Restrictions: Setting the snapping toggle to “Collide” now correctly allows placement of C.A.M.P. objects without encountering “intersecting object” errors.
ITEMS
- Exploit: Addressed an exploit that could cause a weapon to deal more damage than intended under certain circumstances.
- Exploit: Addressed an exploit in which players could obtain certain magazines repeatedly from the same location.
LOCALIZATION
- Animation: Addressed an issue that could cause water sources to appear to stop flowing when playing Fallout 76 in a language other than English.
NPCS
- Allies: Allies no longer continue to appear as though they have a weapon drawn after leaving combat.
PERFORMANCE & STABILITY
- Client Stability: Fixed a client crash that could occur when using VATS melee attacks in third-person view.
- Client Stability: Fixed a client crash that could occur when rapidly scrapping and storing objects in a C.A.M.P. that had reached the maximum build budget.
SOUND
- Keyring: Added sound effects that play when opening and closing the Keyring in the Pip-Boy.
- Sirens: Toggling a Siren on and off repeatedly no longer causes its sound effects to stack.
USER INTERFACE
- Nearby Corpses: Lengthy enemy names are now spaced and sized more appropriately in the Nearby Corpses menu.
- Photomode: Adjusted the Photomode pose list so that pose titles and animations are back in sync.
The complete patch notes are available on the official site.
