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[Linux] How To Set 21:9 Resolutions WITHOUT mods
By Loaf of Beans
This guide will teach you how to change your resolution to 3440x1440 (or really anything else) without the use of mods.

Before we change the resolution
Before changing the resolution, we need to do just a couple of things.

  1. Run the game, and open the options in the launcher
  2. Uncheck 'Borderless' and 'Windowed'
  3. Change the graphical settings here to fit your needs. (Don't turn on the weapon debris)
  4. Save the settings and open the game
  5. Once at the main menu, just quit to desktop

Note: If you want to change the UI colour, do it before closing the game. You won't be able to change it as easily later on.

Changing the resolution
Now we can change the resolution.

  1. Open a terminal and CD to the Steam directory.
    For me it would look like:
    cd /mnt/games_drive/SteamLibrary
  2. From here CD into the following folders.
    cd steamapps/compatdata/377160/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Documents/My Games/Fallout4
  3. Now open 'FalloutPrefs.ini' with a text editor.
  4. Search for 'ISize' and you should see 'ISize H=600' and 'ISize W=800'
    Note: the numbers may be different than mine, it doesn't matter as we are going to change them.
  5. Change 'ISize H' to your Height and 'ISize W' to your width.
    For 3440x1440 resolution, it will look like:
    iSize H=1440
    iSize W=3440
  6. Find and check the settings below and make sure they match mine.
    bMaximizeWindow=0 bBorderless=0 bFull Screen=1
    Note: You might also want to set 'iPresentInterval' to 0 if you're having lag issues, since that fixed my lag.
  7. If everything is good, save and exit back to terminal.
  8. Set the file as read-only, so it doesn't randomly change.
    chmod -w Fallout4Prefs.ini
  9. Open the game and you should be in 3440x1440

Problems
Since the game wasn't meant to support 21:9 resolutions, you will see some issues with the UI being incredibly cramped. There's no way that I know of to fix that without mods. If you do know a way, please let me know and I'll update the guide.

Why not just use mods?
I wanted to do this vanilla so I could get achievements, I'm also not really a fan of playing with a tonne of mods.

If you want me to make a guide on how to use mods with Fallout on Linux, I can give it a shot.

Thanks To / Credit
There are a few people I want to thank, without them telling us how to fix it on Windows I could not have made this guide for Linux.

Thanks to Nachtstahl from this discussion for linking a video they found on YouTube which shows you how to set 21:9 resolutions.

And thanks to AOD Gaming for publishing the YouTube video: Fallout 4 : How to Ultra Wide 21:9 and Custom Resolutions (PC)

Fin
Any issues please let me know and I'll try and help you though them, happy vault hunting!
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Xur 6 Feb @ 10:04pm 
i could kiss you
Loaf of Beans  [author] 31 Dec, 2023 @ 1:58am 
"Note: You might also want to set 'iPresentInterval' to 0 if you're having lag issues, since that fixed my lag."

I've figured out what you meant by "set present interval". All this line is doing is force disabling V-Sync. While you could do that with DXVK, there's no reason to do so. Unless, of course, you are already using DXVK.
Loaf of Beans  [author] 31 Dec, 2023 @ 1:46am 
Thank you for your input, through I'm not sure what relevance it has here.

Installing mods on Linux isn't difficult, it can be tedious but not hard. I even created a basic shell script that could alter load orders and auto install from nexus. I had probably 100+ mods running at the beginning and never had any Linux related issues.

Also while DXVK is a great tool, there's no point using it here. I don't even tell the user to set an interval and the built-in Fullscreen works fine for most people on Linux.

I'm honestly not sure who you're responding too at this point.
Aoi Blue 31 Dec, 2023 @ 12:26am 
BTW, mods that don't ship through bethesda.net can sometimes be difficult to install on Linux.

They also can substantially reduce the stability of your game. (As if it wasn't bad already.)

As a note, there is a script to install MO2, a trusted mod installation program. It can install the basic framework for scripting mods.
Aoi Blue 31 Dec, 2023 @ 12:14am 
Proton works better if you use dxvk.conf to set present interval instead of the game. Games tend to make improper configurations to their output buffer that were optimized for older GPUs. Most notably none of them even consider the possibility of variable sync monitors.

Same thing with setting the borderless windowed fullscreen (provided your window manager is compatible). Many games will use hackish ways to do this. Meanwhile the dialog option in DXVK.config will do it properly for Linux. I found that some software such as Discord has trouble capturing the screen without this mode.
Loaf of Beans  [author] 8 Dec, 2023 @ 3:01am 
my mom said mods are for hackers, so i'm not allowed to download them.
malasartes 7 Dec, 2023 @ 1:02pm 
you do realize that there´s a mod that enables achievements?