RikuoAmero Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Hey guys, was wondering if anyone could help me. I'm at my wits end trying to get Fallout 3 to start. It's a legit copy of the Game of the Year Edition, patched and no mods (yet). However, I can never get it to work. Whenever I click on New Game, I get the intro movie of the bus playing music, then that ends, and the birth scene plays. However, it always freezes there. Sometimes its a black screen, sometimes it stays white with those few blood stains. But it always freezes.I've tried both lowest and highest graphic settings. My PC can handle Crysis and Crysis Warhead on highest setting no problem (specs are in my signature), so does anyone have a clue or tip? I've tried compatibility modes for XP and Vista, no joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† ballard Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 Have you tried updating your graphics drivers... this has been an issue for me before. In your sig you mentioned you use a 64bit OS... that alone could be the problem. Does Fallout 3 fully support 64bit? Do you get any error messages when the game freezes?I've beaten Fallout 3 on the PC... it's a very buggy game in general, so there could be a number of things that could be wrong with it. Personally speaking I was never able to get it to run longer than 20 minutes without it crashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renzourin Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 try setting the game to XP combatibility i beat the game perfectly fine(had to engage light bright mode cuz my comp hates shadows) and im running a dual core 2.3ghz amd with 3 gb of ram and ballard's right it could very easily be your OS Fallout 3 is somewhat older it might not like 64 bit at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikuoAmero Posted November 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 hey could someone maybe share a Fallout 3 save? Preferably as early in the game as possible, right after birth or something. Maybe it's just the birth scene that is f**ked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asch Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 hey could someone maybe share a Fallout 3 save? Preferably as early in the game as possible, right after birth or something. Maybe it's just the birth scene that is f**ked up. Does that means game is running fine, I should interpret ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikuoAmero Posted November 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 Does that means game is running fine, I should interpret ?No the game isn't running. What happens is I click on New Game, I get the empty bus playing music, the intro movie about War never changes, they work fine, then it hangs on the birth scene immediately. Sometimes its a black screen, sometimes white, sometimes white with a few blood splatters, but it always immediately freezes.And I think its ridiculous if Bethesda say its because they made the game before Windows 7 came out. Well, what about Morrowind? I just played it today, absolutely no problems. Same with Oblivion. Both games are pre-Vista! Let alone 7, yet work without a problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renzourin Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 ehhhhhhhhh ill try and get you a save today shouldnt be too hard >_> just to let you know mine is far from legit so idk if it will work it should though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikuoAmero Posted November 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Well, I think I fixed it. I just edited my fallout.ini with the multi-core trick. Just edit a couple lines and it works in Win 7, no compatibility mode needed...gee you think the guys at Bethesda would have put this in a patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renzourin Posted November 15, 2010 Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 heh well i had the save but no idea where the damn game kept it glad to know you got this working man im going to close this thread now if something else occurs pm me or mae and we'll reopen it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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