MCM Booster
⚪ Last updated 2022⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.8% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #2 of 26 Performance mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
MCM Booster
Reduces the MCM Menu loading time from many seconds (or even minutes) to a fraction of the time (nearly instant). This mod caches the configuration files (json) in a serialized and very fast readable form. Works for any language.
Installation
- Install with any Mod Organizer
Savegame safety
Absolutely safe. Contains no plugins and does no changes to your savegame. Can be installed/uninstalled at any time.
Compatibility
Incompatible with MainMenu-Interface replacers (containing MainMenu.swf). Simple main menu sound/graphic replacers are compatible.
If you're using a Main-Menu-News-Remover and you DON'T use any CC content, you can use this alternative ini setting for news-removal: Disable Creation Club Completely (Incl. Removing Main Menu News)
More MCM extensions
MCM Settings Manager - Save, load and transfer ALL MCM settings at once!
MCM Settings Menu mods - More MCM menus for many mods
MCM Categorizer - Create categories for you mods and sort them as as you like
Seeing is believing :) The following videos show the MCM menu with russian translation, which have extreme high loading times.
(Thanks to ChikadoZ for making the both videos for comparison)
Default MCM Loading
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Boosted MCM Loading
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Credits/Thanks
The Collective Modding discord (hosting the FallUI hub, testing and morale support)
The MCM team: registrator2000, Neanka and shadowslasher410 (for their awesome MCM menu)
Bethesda (Fallout 4)
The Nexus community
MCM Booster is a performance mod that reduces Mod Configuration Menu loading times to nearly instant, addressing a common annoyance in modded setups. With 13,745 endorsements and 1.6 million downloads, it's a widely used utility for players with many MCM-heavy mods. Last updated in 2022, it remains a popular choice for optimizing menu performance.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Massive community trust (13,745 endorsements) — this is a proven fix for MCM lag
- Huge download count (1.6M) means it's battle-tested across many setups
- Does exactly what it says: makes MCM load nearly instantly, saving you time and frustration
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2022 — may not be compatible with the latest game patches or newer MCM versions
- Performance gains depend on your mod list; if you have few MCM menus, the impact might be minimal
For modders who run heavy load orders with dozens of MCM menus and hate waiting for the config screen to open. Also for anyone who values snappy UI responsiveness. Skip if you rarely use MCM or play with minimal mods.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Install via your mod manager (e.g., Vortex or MO2) and ensure it loads after other MCM-related mods.
- If you're on a version of the game newer than 2022, check the mod's comments for compatibility patches or user reports.
- Test in a save with many MCM menus to see the difference; if you don't notice improvement, your bottleneck might be elsewhere.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- m8r98a4f2
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 1,621,002
- Endorsements
- 13,745
- Category
- Performance
- Created
- 1/1/2022
- Updated
- 1/1/2022
🧩 Commonly Used Together
Users add these mods to the same collections — a real compatibility signal, not an AI guess.
🔧 How to Install Fallout 4 Mods
Download from Nexus.
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