Smoothout - 2025 FO4 Ultimate FPS and Optimization Guide

Guide Page updates (Last updated 3/24/2025) - 

3/24/25 - Added Lossless Scaling

8/23/2024 -  Added Community Tweaks Merged and deleted UGrids recommendation

4/11/2024 - Removed obsolete Optimax and replaced it with OVT Full Version. Added VRAMr. Lots of page cleanup since Nexus broke large spoiler blocks, might still be remnants. Will improve further on

11/29/2023 - Replaced BethIni with BethIni Pie and removed LOD mod

10/16/2023 - Added Optimax

9/22/2023 - Added Disk Cache Enabler

9/15/2023 - Removed Performout and replaced with PhyOp, added another mod from the Baka series

8/6/2023 - Added Long Loading Times Fix

5/25/2023 - Added Fallout 4 DLSS Upscaler

2/23/2023 - Fixed my brain and reverted my thoughts on BakaScrapHeap, as well as IOR. Added some black magic from Doodlezoid

8/26/2022- Removed Shadow boost fix from the last section, and instead updated and replaced it with Shadow Boost FO4. Added Rikintosh's Performout.

1/15/22 - Tossed aside my recommendations for Boston FPS fix as well as FO4FI fps fix for Previsibines Repair Pack, a precombine mod that I've found best FPS and compatibility with. Also added Lucid Institute and the MCM booster to recommended mods.

9/14/21 - Updated Buffout Config to be compatible with the latest version. Changed some elements of the guide and updated the headers.

7/8/21 - MASSIVE Change to the format of the guide, making it much easier to read. The wall of text is now gone, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Let me know your guy's thoughts.

6/8/21 - Added Fallout Priority Plugin

6/1/21 - Added extra information for Buffout 4, as now I know have experimented with it enough to find a stable config that should be friendly with everyone's game. Also added Shadowboost Fix to the bottom of the guide. Removed Vulcan Renderer.

2/26/21 - Added the amazing environment mods from ShadowofTheWind, which I have been using lately, really loving them. Removed recommendations of some mods, mainly Buffout 4 and Script Limit extender. Miscellanious fixes and legibility tweaks. Too much damn underlining XD

12/6/20 - Removed the necessity of downloading my file, everything under main files is now obsolete because the latest update to HFPS Fix includes a properly configured config file for everyone. Thanks to everyone who's continued to leave comments and feedback till now! I'm not going to see sunlight for the next couple months or so, thanks to the long awaited release of