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Fallout 3 Stops Responding

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aCAssassin

Trying to play Fallout 3. The launcher works fine and as soon as I click play, a black window pops up, saying Fallout 3 has stopped responding.
I've tried different solutions I've found, but nothing is working.

Anyone know a way?

9 years ago

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LogicInABucket

It says it is not optimized with windows 7 and later that might be your problem

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boanoitevermes

there's a patch for fallout 3 for win7 and up. also, make sure you deselect HDR in the laucher settings (bloom or none should be fine).

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boanoitevermes

here's the link where I downloaded the patch.
http://www.fileplanet.com/194117/190000/fileinfo/Fallout-3---Patch-v1.7.0-%28US%29-
but you don't need to trust me. google for a patch for fallout 3 and you'll find something alike.
Also, if you check the reviews for the game in its steam page you find a few reviews that offers another options for fixing it

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PHAZE7

Try this:

ULTIMATE Fallout 3 Setup & Mod guide Windows 8 & 7

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Yatogami

gl with getting that to work, had to invest a lot of time until it worked properly on win7 :3

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logan5

If you own the ultimate editions of both Fallout 3 and New Vegas you could try a Tale of Two Wastelands, which merges the two games, so that FO3 is running in the NV engine, and is a lot more stable that way.

e: their site seems to be down, probably getting slammed atm. Try in a few hours or tomorrow or something.

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