Fallout 3 on Windows 7.

Hi just installed and started on my new girl character, does anyone else game crash when you tab + alt?

posting again as the last one might get edited out due to accidental 'over pasting'...sorry.
This actually worked for me when nothing else would:

Open up the fallout.ini file in: My Documents\My Games\Fallout3
Find the line:

bUseThreadedAI=0

change it to:

bUseThreadedAI=1

Add another line after it and insert:

iNumHWThreads=2

This will limit the game to 2 cores and prevent the engine bug from causing the game to freeze.

*If the game still crashes write this iNumHWThreads=1

For anyone else having this problem, the solution that worked in my case was to start the executable in compatibility mode for Vista SP2. That resolved the crashing on new game. I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

Skank Kid said:

After a lot of frustration i finally got it working on Win 7 64 bit.

After having tried just about every solution in here, to no avail, i was ready to give up.

But then i trawled the Application Log in Windows and found this little gem:

Code:

Faulting application name: Fallout3.exe, version: 1.5.0.22, time stamp: 0x49cd1e54
Faulting module name: CLAUD.ax, version: 5.0.0.924, time stamp: 0x3f7176b0
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0002df54
Faulting process id: 0x1654
Faulting application start time: 0x01c9dae305a5dbf4
Faulting application path: F:\Gamez\Fallout 3\Fallout3.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\Shared Files\AudioFilter\CLAUD.ax
Report Id: 507981da-46d6-11de-8ca0-00248c189b93

Notice the line:

Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\Shared Files\AudioFilter\CLAUD.ax

Turns out the PowerDVD player was at fault all the time.
After uninstalling it, Fallout works perfectly.

Thanks, man. The above solution also corrected a situation where Oblivion would constantly crash before the main menu.

My old version of PowerDVD (5, I believe) didn't install correctly on Win7 (and likewise left no uninstaller), but it did leave some remnants. All it took was to delete the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink altogether.

Go figure that one out. Either way, I'm now a happy camper. : ) ~ Bamm

Wishmaster said:

Power DVD at fault ... interesting, and good to know. :)


Im curious as to why.
Meaning if its just certain versions, or all PDVD versions in general.

Interestingly enough, both Fallout 3 and Oblivion utilize Bethesda’s Gamebryo engine, so I’m not surprised that the CLAud.ax issue affects both titles. What gets me is that, since PowerDVD failed to install on my rig, I don’t see how merely having the file reside in the C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink folder would make any difference. In fact, I figured I’d have to go so far as to unregister the ActiveX file , but typing “regsvr32 –u claud.ax” in Run told me it hadn’t even *been* registered.

The only reason I tried to load PowerDVD was to take advantage of its ability to play Dolby Digital AC-3 5.1 audio files.

Folks here who are having performance issues might want to troll some of the Oblivion boards for possible solutions. Now that Oblivion is finally up and running, I might have to look into Fallout 3.

swendel dude u r awesome it worked but there is another problem with mine now. It worked for regular fallout 3 but after i installed the expansions it does it as soon as i click play before it even enters the game any ideas how to fix it now?