GROUND BRANCH Update — Mod Compatibility Status & Broken Mods List
🧠 What This Means for Modders
Build Update #068: V1.0 Hotfix 3 — UI and menu changes — UI/HUD mods may conflict or need updating. 4 mods flagged as potentially broken below ↓.
📋 Patch Notes
[p]Here’s another little hotfix to continue our pass on performance and general bug-fixing: [/p][list][*][p]Rebalanced AI difficulty settings (Untrained through Veteran) to offer a better experience.[/p][/*][*][p]Adjusted sway, recovery, and exhaustion systems to work together. Players should see a noticeable improvement in weapon sway when not jumping or sprinting.[/p][/*][*][p]Further optimizations for map [b]Outpost[/b].[/p][/*][*][p]Set default value for [b]PIP Scope Resolution Scale[/b] (Settings › Video › Advanced › Textures) to 0.5.[/p][/*][*][p]Fixed [b]Docter II[/b] and [b]RMR[/b] sights not aligning properly on [b]MK3[/b] pistol.[/p][/*][*][p]Adjusted character mesh LOD levels to improve performance.[/p][/*][*][p]Tweaked differences between low, medium, and high shadow quality to improve performance at lower settings.[/p][/*][*][p]Disabled volumetric fog in all levels — this will return as a dedicated setting.[/p][/*][*][p]Fixed blocking volume in [b]Compound[/b]‘s main house 1st floor kitchen preventing AI from behaving as expected.[/p][/*][*][p]Retooled the VOIP component for GROUND BRANCH’s in-game voice system.[/p][/*][*][p]Removed helicopter from [b]City[/b].[/p][/*][*][p]Various minor performance-related changes.[/p][/*][/list][p] We hope to have more updates for you soon![/p]
✅ Mods Updated for This Patch (0)
These mods were updated after the patch — safe to use on the current version.
None yet.
⚠️ Mods That May Be Broken (4)
These native mods may not work until the author updates them. Everything else is unaffected — .esp, texture, and Papyrus-script mods are version-independent and survive patches.
↩️ How to Roll Back / Downgrade
Steam: open the Steam console (steam://nav/console) and run `download_depot <appid> <depotid> <manifestid>` to download the pre-update build, then copy those files over the updated ones. Set the game to "only update when I launch" (Properties → Updates). Always back up the game folder before a patch.
🕘 Previous Updates
Older GROUND BRANCH updates — click to read each patch note.