Fallout: London is a total conversion mod based on Bethesda’s popular Fallout 4 (2015) for PC. While the team behind the mod hasn’t mentioned whether potential VR support is in the works, an intrepid modder is taking things into their own hands.

As first reported by PC Guide’s Charlie Noon, it’s still early days for this particular VR mod, which hopes to let PC VR players jump into the post-apocalyptic London as envisioned by the FOLON modding team. It’s a complete overhaul, with custom maps, assets, and even voice acting—all built independently from Bethesda.

‘Raezroth Elnheim’, the unassociated creator behind the VR mod, says on the Fallout: London Discord it’s “a passion project right now,” however they note they’re “interested in making it a reality.”

Here’s an early look at the VR mod in action, which also includes support for motion controllers.

Notably, while many flatscreen Fallout 4 mods work when applied to the official VR version by managing mods via the Nexus launcher, Fallout: London presents a few more challenges, it seems.

Raezroth says experimentation started when the Fallout: London DLC was released back in July, which is the result of importing Fallout: London files into Bethesda’s Fallout 4 VR (2017), although it’s clearly not such a simple plug-and-play solution.

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Just how they did it will be revealed “in time,” Raezroth says. In the meantime, the VR mod is still a solo project—at least for now—as the creator is hoping to get the attention of the mod’s FOLON team to dig in further.

Still, progress looks good thus far, as Raezroth notes the mod can load save files and the mod’s custom assets, saying however “there are missing meshes and such [that] need fixing.” Additionally, some patches are required to make the FOLON UI compatible in VR.

While it’s still too early to download Raezroth’s mod yourself, we’ll be keeping our eye on the project and let you know as soon as you can.

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Well before the first modern XR products hit the market, Scott recognized the potential of the technology and set out to understand and document its growth. He has been professionally reporting on the space for nearly a decade as Editor at Road to VR, authoring more than 4,000 articles on the topic. Scott brings that seasoned insight to his reporting from major industry events across the globe.
  • JakeDunnegan

    Oh that would be awesome! Course, I couldn't get the initial release to even run consistently, sadly, so it may be harder than otherwise.

    But, given that it's all new content…and free! It's a really good one to add to the VR landscape.

    I would definitely give it a whirl, though~

  • dextrovix

    I applaud the effort and hope the modder succeeds- and Fallout London is a great mod regardless. But I still feel from my own experiences that Fallout 4 underneath is quite a performance hog, and loading times, despite mods that allege to alleviate that, are still pretty poor and long-winded. My concern is to get VR to work at a sustained high framerate would result in loading the main environs like London, Islington and Westminster taking minutes each time the games needs them leading to frustration whilst you sit in VR waiting…

    • david vincent

      Indeed, loading times are a PITA in VR. And a good SSD doesn't help?

    • JakeDunnegan

      Minutes? If you have a VR capable PC with an NVME drive, the load times should be 10-15 seconds for the most part.

      • dextrovix

        Indeed I do, heck I have a 4090 and i9 CPU with a 2tb NVME, but Fallout is just terrible. I have the FO4 accelerator mod installed and frame limited to 60 fps, but performance loading the big levels is terrible. It used to be much quicker in 2015 on release with older hardware ironically…!

        • JakeDunnegan

          Wow, that's really weird. I tried the London thing (only FO4 stuff I've looked at in probably 5 years) and don't recall them being that long, so will have to take your word for it. I also still play FO76 semi-regularly, and definitely don't have those kinds of load-times (more like 2-5 seconds, much like Starfield). Perhaps in the more modern games, they keep the maps smaller for that reason.

          When I was playing London, I only changed zones a few times – had other issues that prevented me from playing. So, will have to take your word for it about loading different zones like London/Islington, etc.

          • dextrovix

            It is odd, only I’m an IT engineer by trade so I know my stuff, and whilst I’m not going to wipe Windows which might fix, I’ve done my best to try and troubleshoot the problem with my installation as-is, but it’s only this title I find performance struggles. But as you’ve experienced your own issues with the mod, it could well be the mod, as I haven’t tried just reinstalling FO4 and playing that to check it’s performance. It’s no biggie really, I just have to be patient. Having said that, regarding the VR mod, whilst I like the immersion idea of Fallout London, I don’t relish the wait…!

          • JakeDunnegan

            Same here- been an IT dude since 1996 or so. :) And yeah, that's pretty much what I was thinking – probably something peculiar to your install of FO4 or FO4 itself.

            When London launched, GoG had a sale on the FO4, so I bought that version, specifically b/c at the time, they couldn't get the Steam version to work, who knows, may have been a factor.

            I do plan to go back to London eventually (after my current slate of games) – given this mod, when I do, I may actually try it in VR. :) Good luck on your end!

          • dextrovix

            Thanks. Mine is GOG too, because of the Steam ball-ache downgrade needed. Good luck to you too!