Thinking about playing Fallout 4 again but I'm scared.

My PC has had a less than perfect time running Fallout 4. Like, it runs the game itself beautifully, but for some reason there has always been something that has pretty much ruined my current playthrough.

Back in 2023, after building the Institute teleporter, my game just wouldn't stop crashing. I was told that the crashes I experienced were due to weapon debris and godrays, but that didn't explain why it only started happening after the Institute teleporter was built.

Second playthrough, early 2024. Found a fix for the Godrays and weapon debris, but I didn't get far enough to test the Institute teleporter before the next-gen update happened and ruined my game.

Since then, I have bought Fallout 4 on GOG and apparently that doesn't include the next-gen update. I'm still too scared to try it out though and get fully invested in a playthrough because I've been burned so many times before.