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Renee |
Jul 28 2020, 11:53 PM
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Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
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Got a problem in your Fallout game? Post it right here, in this thread. First post is a problem which I solved. I can't tell you all how ecstatic this makes me. FALLOUT 3 CRASH TO DESKTOP WHOA #1 So this is a bit of troubleshooting for those who might also have this same problem. It's about a very specific CTD I I kept having: crashes at Megaton's gate. Urgh. Maybe the solution below will also take care of all the random CTDs I keep having... usually they'll occur anywhere form a half-hour or later into playtime. Go into the main Fallout 3 folder and right-click on FalloutLauncher. Maybe you'll need to left-click and then right-click. There should be a large panel which pops up. Select Properties, and then the Compatibility tab. Select "Run This Compatibility Mode For" and then choose whichever operating system in the scroll-bar. I've got Windows 8. Click Apply, Click OK. That is all. I've walked my character in and out of Megaton like seven times now.
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Renee |
Jul 29 2020, 01:15 PM
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Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
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Rosa: Thank you. I also did check out the multi-core processor .ini fix, but my FALLOUT.ini file already has the appropriate lines added in. I think because I have that Unofficial patch (I forget its full name) this already made those changes. mirocu: Yes the Games For Windows Live nonsense is what plagued me back in 2016 when I was trying to get Fallout 3 on my PC. That was extremely aggravating, and I don't think Steam (which is where I got F03) even mentioned having to deal with GFWL. In my opinion Steam should put a warning in BIG BOLD LETTERS right up front about this. It's only because I've become somewhat of a pro at PC crises that I did not immediately try to get my money back. Right Lopov? Polov: Wow, that's very unusual. I already do have an anti-crash dll file installed, but not from New Vegas. Maybe now I will try removing this .dll file, because maybe my game is fine with the Compatibility fix stated in the OP. It is very true that everyone's game seems to be different. Even with consoles, you'll have one group of people claiming their game is broken to unplayability, and an entirely different experience from another group. This post has been edited by Renee: Jul 29 2020, 01:19 PM
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SubRosa |
Sep 2 2020, 10:45 PM
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Ancient
Joined: 14-March 10
From: Between The Worlds
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G-sync is a relatively new monitor technology. I wrote about it in the Gaming Technomancy topic somewhere around here. Here it is. It basically replaces V-Sync, by automatically changing your monitor's refresh rate to match whatever your video card is putting out at that very instant. So it goes up and down dynamically, and that dramatically reduces stuttering, which is typically caused by the video card being unable to keep up with the 60 fps that V-sync demands it run at. But it also means that the video card can run as fast as it wants to as well, which can mean frame rates of up to 144. On most games that just means they look really good. But Bethesda's games have their internal timing locked into 60 fps. If you go over that, it breaks the games. I forgot that.
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TheCheshireKhajiit |
Sep 4 2020, 05:58 PM
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Joined: 28-September 16
From: Sheogorath's shrine talking to myselves!
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QUOTE(Renee @ Sep 4 2020, 11:49 AM) Is Fallout 3 Redesigned a mod? If so, I know you might not want to hear this, but maybe try disabling that and see how it goes.
I must say, Fallout 3 is my most unstable game, so you're definitely not alone. Skyrim is most stable.
Yeah it’s a mod that makes the faces in the game a bit prettier (imo). Fallout4 is probably my most stable BGS game. It runs really well on my machine.
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Renee |
Sep 4 2020, 06:18 PM
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Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
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Hmm, well if it only affects faces, that can't be the culprit, but I'd still try disabling it. I could live without prettier faces for a short duration, I look at myself in the mirror every day after all. Yeah, I'd turn that off. Go in and out of Megaton's cells, back into the Wasteland, travel on foot for awhile, and so on. Go for a half hour, then an hour. If CTDs still occur, then it's something else, which is Ooouf, definitely not fun.
Is that the only mod you've got? Like I said in my story thread, I recently had a CTD every time my character walked from Fort Independence to the Wasteland (inside to outside, in other words). I tracked the culprit down to Mart's Mutant Mod. Bummer, but I'll live.
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TheCheshireKhajiit |
Sep 4 2020, 07:00 PM
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Joined: 28-September 16
From: Sheogorath's shrine talking to myselves!
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QUOTE(Renee @ Sep 4 2020, 12:18 PM) Hmm, well if it only affects faces, that can't be the culprit, but I'd still try disabling it. I could live without prettier faces for a short duration, I look at myself in the mirror every day after all. Yeah, I'd turn that off. Go in and out of Megaton's cells, back into the Wasteland, travel on foot for awhile, and so on. Go for a half hour, then an hour. If CTDs still occur, then it's something else, which is Ooouf, definitely not fun.
Is that the only mod you've got? Like I said in my story thread, I recently had a CTD every time my character walked from Fort Independence to the Wasteland (inside to outside, in other words). I tracked the culprit down to Mart's Mutant Mod. Bummer, but I'll live.
I’m also running the unofficial patch and a slower item degradation mod.
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"Family is an odd thing, is it not? Defined by blood, separated by blood, joined by blood. In the end, it's all just blood." -Dhaunayne Aundae
May you walk on warm sands!
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Lopov |
Sep 4 2020, 07:04 PM
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Joined: 11-February 13
From: Slovenia
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I don't think that the UOP is the issue, so I'd try disabling that Redesigned Mod. I've never used the Slower Item Degradation Mod either, so I can't be of much help here. Are you running the GOTY version? QUOTE(Renee @ Sep 4 2020, 07:18 PM) Hmm, well if it only affects faces, that can't be the culprit, but I'd still try disabling it.
From my experience in New Vegas, even a tiniest mod, that doesn't seem to affect anything major, can be a cause of CTDs. There was some bag/pouch mod that I was using and because the mod author didn't remove some unused scripts or whatever, it was causing crashes, whenever you came near Novac.
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TheCheshireKhajiit |
Sep 4 2020, 07:06 PM
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Ancient
Joined: 28-September 16
From: Sheogorath's shrine talking to myselves!
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QUOTE(Lopov @ Sep 4 2020, 01:04 PM) Are you running the GOTY version?
Yes. From GOG.
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"Family is an odd thing, is it not? Defined by blood, separated by blood, joined by blood. In the end, it's all just blood." -Dhaunayne Aundae
May you walk on warm sands!
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Renee |
Sep 4 2020, 08:46 PM
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Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
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^ See, that was my experience with Skryim. There were three main unofficial patches for awhile, then all the sudden the new patch came out, and it was an all-in-one patch, rather than 3 parts. I forget its name. But everyone started using it, so I did too. And it really crushed my game for awhile! Going in and out of cells in Windhelm was absolutely brutal, whereas before the patch, my Skyrim was mostly flawless. Even after I removed the patch, I had to go back to an earlier save, because that patch got baked into my save and it was still messing stuff up. Grr... I hate to ask this one, but what about hardware? What sort of video card have you got Khajiit? Dedicated, or integrated? Sorry, that's rather intrusive. Weaker cards / hardware can be a source of crashes, though. This post has been edited by Renee: Sep 4 2020, 08:49 PM
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TheCheshireKhajiit |
Sep 4 2020, 09:52 PM
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Ancient
Joined: 28-September 16
From: Sheogorath's shrine talking to myselves!
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QUOTE(Renee @ Sep 4 2020, 02:46 PM) ^ See, that was my experience with Skryim. There were three main unofficial patches for awhile, then all the sudden the new patch came out, and it was an all-in-one patch, rather than 3 parts. I forget its name. But everyone started using it, so I did too. And it really crushed my game for awhile! Going in and out of cells in Windhelm was absolutely brutal, whereas before the patch, my Skyrim was mostly flawless. Even after I removed the patch, I had to go back to an earlier save, because that patch got baked into my save and it was still messing stuff up. Grr... I hate to ask this one, but what about hardware? What sort of video card have you got Khajiit? Dedicated, or integrated? Sorry, that's rather intrusive. Weaker cards / hardware can be a source of crashes, though. Lol, I don’t think it’s my hardware, as my machine runs way more modern games with only an occasional hiccup. But just in case: GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4gb CPU: Intel i7 4790k Memory: 16gb OS: Win10
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"Family is an odd thing, is it not? Defined by blood, separated by blood, joined by blood. In the end, it's all just blood." -Dhaunayne Aundae
May you walk on warm sands!
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