Godrays is a lighting effect that allows beams of light to pass through gaps like trees and windows. In contrast, weapon debris creates a physical particle effect when weapons are fired or objects break. While these effects enhance graphics, they are known to cause crashes in Fallout 4. Other potential causes of crashes include compatibility settings being improperly configured, outdated GPU drivers, insufficient memory, and corrupted game files. Now that we’ve explained the causes, let’s dive into the solutions.
1. Turn Off Godrays and Weapon Debris
As mentioned, Godrays and Weapon Debris are graphical effects in the game that can lead to crashes. We suggest disabling these features as a first step.
2. Configure Compatibility Settings
Compatibility settings help applications run with older Windows compatibility, useful for older programs on newer Windows versions. Adjusting these settings can sometimes resolve issues even in more recent applications. Running Fallout 4 as an administrator can also help by allowing the game to access necessary files and redistributables.
3. Verify the Game Files
Verifying game files is a way to fix any corrupted files in the game’s installation directory. Steam offers an option to repair corrupted files by downloading them from its server.
4. Update GPU Driver
Make sure you have the latest GPU driver, especially if updates have not been installed in a while. An outdated GPU driver can negatively affect game performance and stability.
5. Limit Background Applications
Running too many background applications while playing Fallout 4 can use up resources and cause crashes. Limiting these applications can help free up memory.
6. Whitelist Fallout 4 in Anti-virus
Anti-viruses are known to conflict with various Steam games. To make sure that your antivirus isn’t doing the same, either disable your antivirus temporarily or add Steam in the whitelist. After performing the required steps, right-click on Steam and chose ‘Run as administrator’. If the issue persists, consider additional methods such as lowering graphics settings, disabling overlay apps, performing a clean boot, and reinstalling DirectX and Visual C++ Redistributables. If these fail, reinstalling the game might be the only solution to ensure no corrupted files cause the issues.
