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Breaking Benjamin Singer Pauses Gig to Urge Fans to Download His Fallout 4 Mod

The public push could amplify a private modding dispute into a downloads contest with real impact on a small online community.

Overview

  • Benjamin Burnley stopped a Breaking Benjamin show in Holmdel, New Jersey on Sunday, Sept. 6 to spend about four to five minutes asking the audience to download his Fallout 4 mod called True First Person.
  • True First Person is an F4SE plugin that renders a full player body in first person and keeps the camera in first person during interactions that normally switch to third person.
  • The mod carries Nexus Mods’ 'AI-assisted' tag, which indicates some automated or AI-adjacent input in assets or code and has prompted debate among modders about those techniques.
  • Users have reported technical problems such as body and weapon clipping and compatibility issues with other Fallout 4 camera or animation mods, even as download counters rose into the low thousands across reports.
  • Burnley has posted a demonstration video, replied to Nexus Mods comments using his account, and says he will keep promoting the mod nightly, a tactic that could drive more tester feedback but also escalate personal disputes in the modding community.