Remember, the mod needs a restart to activate – and it’s the same when we deactivate it. However, this can be worked around simply by deactivating the mod and starting the game. Yes, Achievements are disabled because a mod is being used. Indeed, the Uncap FPS mod removes the 30fps limit, while the backward compatibility features in the Series X reinforce the v-sync, giving a mostly flawless presentation.
Most of the game is blocked at 60fps and the tearing caused by the mod disappears completely. First of all, it is worth noting that, once installed, Skyrim needs to be shut down and restarted for the mod to take effect – and the improvement is transformative. The perspective is transformed into the Series X thanks to the backward compatibility features of the console. Regardless, that in itself is not particularly impressive. I imagine it is used in combination with other mods designed to improve the frame rate to push global production up. In the introduction when we are in the carriage, the Xbox One X with 30fps lock becomes 33-43fps with a lot of judder and tearing. In the hardware of the past generation, its effects and its overall usefulness are limited. The way it works is to allow a higher frame rate, disabling v-sync and removing the stiff 30fps limit. The original mod – known as Uncap FPS by Smudgey5000 – appears to be very old, and was in fact designed for the original Xbox One. The news of a working Skyrim 60fps mod first appeared on Reddit, courtesy of user Annathetravelbanana, and looking at it, the story behind the mod doing what it does on Series X is intriguing.
Would the mod work on the Xbox Series S? What about PlayStation 5? And since Fallout 4 also supports console mods, I had to ask myself if there was any way to run the game at 60fps, ahead of the official Microsoft patch set to do the same thing? The evidence looked convincing and I wanted to try it – and once confirmed, I had a bunch of other questions that I wanted answers to.
Last week, it was learned that with a simple mod, the owners of the Xbox Series X console were able to revisit The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, and reproduce it with a full resolution of 4K at 60 frames per second. Skyrim and Fallout 4 can be modified to run at 60fps on Xbox Series X