Update 1.10.163 didn’t arrive in a vacuum. Its release was strategically timed to coincide with the premiere of the Amazon Prime Fallout TV series. Bethesda, aiming to capitalize on the renewed interest in the franchise, prepared a substantial update to modernize the game for current-generation hardware.
No Fallout update would be complete without a discussion on mods, and 1.10.163 sparked one of the most significant upheavals in the community in recent memory.
Resolved various crashes and performance dips—such as frame rate drops when igniting gas canisters—that had been introduced in the prior November 2019 patch. Why It Matters Today Fallout 4 1.10.163 Update: What's New - Gotta Be Mobile