Fallout Troubleshooting Options

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Don't worry, I already fixed my (latest) prob. I'm just posting my fix for anyone else out there.

Was reinstalling Fallout 3 from GoG and was going crazy, because the black-screen-on-launch happened. Tried a .dll fix. Tried to set FO3 executable as Administrator. Tried setting Compatibility Mode.

Each of these 'fixes', I had to get up from my comfy chair over and over because the game would blackscreen, and then I'd have to get up from my chair to turn off/restart my computer. No mods or utilities installed at all, yet! -- However, at some point I discovered I could run the game in Windowed mode. HMm.

Was about to install the Anniversary Patcher when I just happened to notice that the Full Screen setting in the launcher was set at some resolution I don't use. Ah-ha! It should be 1360 x 768. Bang!! Now the game starts & runs. Phew.

It's just a reminder to myself and others: always check the small, easily-overlooked stuff too.

Glad you were able to fix it and return to your adventures in the Capital Wasteland!

[Renee]

This is supposed to be a troubleshooting thread but I'm posting another fix. Been playing FO3 for a couple weeks now, three different games/characters. Other day, I realized it's been a while since the game CTD'd, and this includes over an hour of play in some cases.

It's because (and I know this sounds really obvious) I took the time to clean the DLC: Broken Steel, The Pitt.esm, and so on. All these years, all five of Fallout 3's DLC had undeleted references and identical to masters, whatever they're called. When rebuilding FO3 a few weeks back, I made sure to get all of these .esms clean.

I've tried getting this done in the past, unsuccessfully. I think the difference this time is I used an older version of FO3Edit to clean: Version 3.1.2 this time. I'd been using 4_0 in the past, which for whatever reason wasn't getting the job done, so I've been playing dirty all these years. Anyway, in the past my habit while gaming has been to save/exit/reload the game every 20 minutes or so, which was my way of avoiding the sure-to-come CTD. Now my habit's going to change to gaming as long as I can, just to see if a CTD occurs.

Hope this helps.

This post has been edited by Renee: Aug 23 2024, 12:13 PM

[mirocu]

Sounds great and thanks for reminding us that a little spring cleaning is never out of season