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Coleman Laing @colemanlaing.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I already have 10 emails pending for EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) the rite of annulment will be known! To delete your data. I suppose I could send an email to SPN (Software Preservation Network) I have heard some players have been downgrading Fallout 4 just to play mods. #EFF #Fallout4 #SPN

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Coleman Laing @colemanlaing.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Bethesda Softworks, the Donald Trump of gaming companies. I can't delete Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition off my Steam account, without deleting my Steam account. If only Steam can make usernames public upon deletion of an account, I may consider deleting my Steam account. #Bethesda #Fallout4 #Steam

What were you doing?
I was playing Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition in a completely vanilla state (no mods, no downgrades, no third‑party tools), on Steam. The crashes occurred during normal gameplay in several locations: interacting with the weapons and armor workbenches in Sanctuary, entering and fighting through Corvega, and progressing the Brotherhood of Steel questline at Cambridge Police Department after speaking with Scribe Halen.

What did you expect to happen?
I expected the game to run stably on my system, since my PC exceeds both the minimum and recommended requirements for Fallout 4. I also expected that playing the game exactly as Bethesda designed it—without mods or engine changes—would be the most stable way to experience it.

What actually happened?
The game repeatedly crashed to desktop with no error message. These crashes occurred in multiple locations and contexts: at Sanctuary’s workbenches, inside Corvega, and during the Brotherhood of Steel intro sequence at Cambridge Police Department. The crashes happen even after a full reinstall, with zero mods, default settings, and all drivers up to date. This blocks progress and makes the game effectively unplayable in its current Anniversary Edition state.

What else would you like us to know?
I have attached DxDiag, msinfo32, and “Can You RUN It” screenshots showing that my hardware significantly exceeds the recommended specs: RTX 2080 Ti, Intel i7‑10700, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11, and ample free disk space. The compatibility test reports that my system passes recommended requirements and can run 99 of the top 100 games. This strongly suggests the issue is engine‑level instability in the current AE build, possibly worsened by Creation Club content auto‑installing and initializing even when unused, rather than any problem with my hardware or configuration.

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Coleman Laing @colemanlaing.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

FYI here are the Can You RUN It results of my PC, as you can see my hardware is more than capable of handling this old, outdated, broken game. With daily checks and updates on top of this, what the Hell is wrong with Bethesda? #Bethesda #Bugthesda #Fallout4AnniversaryEdition #FuckBethesda

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Coleman Laing @colemanlaing.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

PC up to date, Defragment and Optimize Drives, Disk Cleanup, www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri gives green check marks across the board. Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition is broken! Too many mods game crashes, no mods game crashes. #Bethesda #Bugthesda #Fallout4AnniversaryEdition #FuckBethesda

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