Fallout 3 on Windows 7.

Alright ill try cleaning it, Thanks.

I think my disc is pretty much gone, cleaning it didn't do anything.

anyone else got any ideas?

i don't suppose you have fallout on steam and can download it instead?

Solution

I made an account just to help you guys out.

1. Start Fallout via the FalloutLauncher.exe
2. Go to Options
3. Click on Advanced
4. Change to the Water section
5. Set Water Multisampling to Low

Problem fixed.

hi Johnc1981, and welcome to sevenforums, you'll like it here,

thanks for taking the time to register and post, but exactly which problem does your suggestion fix?

mickey megabyte said:

hi Johnc1981, and welcome to sevenforums, you'll like it here,

thanks for taking the time to register and post, but exactly which problem does your suggestion fix?

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Sorry I should have given more info for my fix, some people were having trouble getting the game to run in windows 64 bit, myself included, my fix stops the '' fallout3 has stopped working'' problem when trying to launch the game.

John, I have same problem as you had and your fix isn't working. Can you guys please help me? I just wanna play fallout xD

Have you tried running in window mode?

hi guys,im new to this website...just spotted this forum,thought i might be able to help

(doubt it but ill try lol)

Long story short, got Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate RTM.
Clean install on my pc at the weekend, got 3 harddrives now.

Partitioned my 500gb so ive got 100GB for the OS/programs and the rest as 'F' drive for my games.

Installed Fallout 3 onto the F drive using custom install. Then updated to 1.7. Installed all the DLC's, then installed the unofficial patch from Fallout Nexus.

ran the game and it installed and played fine.

I did not put in any compatability mode, just double click the icon and it plays.

Ive now installed loads of mods and it seems ok, few crashes when im walking around Megaton but thats about i for now.

I find that i have less problems with games if i install them on another drive...away from the windows files.

Also, try this Game Booster | Faster Play, Free Download | Free Game Accelerator Download

I find it works well on windows 7, might help you as it shuts down background services etc...

Matty, I've tried this and it doesnt work thanks tho

Fallout 3 0xC0000005

Well, I didn't read every post on this 29 page thread, but I can tell you after trying just about every suggestion for fixing Fallout 3, nothing worked.

Instead, I found a spot in the game that consistently caused a crash to desktop and then tracked the problem through Event Viewer to find the 0xC0000005 error.

This led to a multitude of possibilities, but when tied to the "study" done by one college class on Fallout 3 bugs, I figured there was an interface problem with either video, sound, or memory. Keep in mind, EVERY other program works just fine.

So, while rolling back the drivers to an earlier state, I happened to notice that amongst my various devices (in Device Manager) was an unknown device. A coprocessor (for what, I do not know) was not recognized. Was it this way after installing Win 7? Hmm...

I pulled out my mobo driver installtion disc and found Win 7 could not recognize it. So, I drilled down to the chipset drivers on the DVD and installed them manually. Voila!

Coprocessor recognized. No more crashes.

Well, I guess this supports the one path of ideas that Fallout 3 has problems with multiprocessors. (Maybe that's because it is trying to use them and they are not recognized.)

NOTE: I have an Nvidia mobo and nVidia website stated my drivers were up-to-date even though I had parts of it not working.

No more Fallout 3 crashes: (five days now.)
PS. Everything set to Ultra High 1650x1080.

Win 7 HP x64
M4N72E
Phenom II X4 940, oc'd to 3.6 GHz
8 Mb Corsair memory
9800 GTX+

My fallout crashes ended since I play the game in windowed mode.

Installed on Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Signature Edition (Retail version)

No hitches, or issues. Plays just fine, no bombs from start to finish.


System info should be in my profile for those with inquiries.

Haxsys said:

Installed on Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Signature Edition (Retail version)

No hitches, or issues. Plays just fine, no bombs from start to finish.


System info should be in my profile for those with inquiries.

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Same here. Check my sys specs as well. I have the Game of the year edition with the DLC content.

Hello...i have windows 7 x86 (the 32 byte version)...I installed today fallout 3 and i can't make it run...after i enter the game menu I select new, yes and when that little crosshair reaches half way(1 sec) the game crashes....i tried every fixing method i could find on google (codecs, 2 virtual drives and so on) but i still can't make start a new game... 1) did anyone played it succesfully on windows 7??? 2) did anyone else had/has this problem? 3) How do I / we fix it ?? please respond

EDIT : i have all updates installed automatically by windows and version 1.7 for the game...

Hey guys, recently bought fallout 3 for PC and i had no issues installing. However when i try to patch or start a new game, it crashes with the 'stopped working' message shown. I've also tried running as admin + in xp SP3 but no luck. Would anyone be able to help? thanks.
Specs;
windows 7 ultimate 64bit
tri-core 2.7ghz
4gig RAM
ATI radeon hd 4850 with 1024mb ram

Try logging into Windows Live through the game, then run patch. I had the same patching issue until I logged into Windows Live. Makes no sense but it worked.

Good luck

Okay so it turned out my drivers wern't 100% uptodate. After updating them the game worked a treat, however it crashed after about 2 hours and now it just crashes again when i try to load/start new game. I've browsed alot of forums and found out that Asusgamer + Asus doc can cause this so i removed them. Now i have no resoultions on my options at all. I've tried running compatability + windows live through it but it won't work still. Could anyone help?

Billy93 said:

Okay so it turned out my drivers wern't 100% uptodate. After updating them the game worked a treat, however it crashed after about 2 hours and now it just crashes again when i try to load/start new game. I've browsed alot of forums and found out that Asusgamer + Asus doc can cause this so i removed them. Now i have no resoultions on my options at all. I've tried running compatability + windows live through it but it won't work still. Could anyone help?

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You need to find the latest patch, that game is full of bugs but it works ok once you get it patched. They are up to the 1.7 patch now and you will need it for sure.

You can just download the patch from the official site and install it.
http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloads/updates.html

Yeah. It would be nice to know if he followed my advice and got the game patched, or got it patched at all?