I really need someone to feel my pain here. Mods, I know this isn't in the thread where it should be, but the main thread is buried on Page.. who knows the number.
[b]This is not a "help me fix this" thread. This is a "Why in the fucking hell is this thing so buggy?!!?" thread.[/b]
To start. I got the GOTY Edition of Fallout 3 on Steam when it was on sale for $37.50. Now I am regretting that purchase. I wanted to play the DLC's so badly.
But, I had this issue, where it will BSOD when I enter the Capital Wasteland though a door. I've been in contact with Bethesda Tech Support.
They told me to update my video drivers. Makes sense, right? I have done that with Driver Sweeper cleaning them in Safe Mode. Did this five times.
Then they told me it could be my RAM. So I tried taking out one stick, ran, BSOD, swapped sticks, ran, BSOD.
I then told them I tried to have no DLC's on one run, still did it. Then they said to AGAIN, update drivers and do this and that with the hardware and if it doesn't work do it again.. it was like they were saying "I'm sorry but we don't know what your problem is."
The first time I played Fallout 3, I did have issues. A few BSOD's, but nothing like I was having before. Plus I was playing on different hardware. So I thought a simple, clean reinstall of Windows would fix it... I was wrong.
Now instead of it BSODing when I enter the Capital Wasteland.. it's now doing it IN the Capital Wasteland! The same god damn thing too, blaming my video drivers.
I fear I may had resurrected my lock up issue by doing the reinstall of Windows. Because that's what it did in the past. But maybe it was a one-time thing and won't affect my other games... I can only hope.
I just don't know what to do... I wasted $37.50 on NOTHING!! Why... why won't it WORK!? There is no fucking reason why it shouldn't! I got more than capable hardware to run this thing, and it refuses to work! Hell, when I got done installing it and ran the launcher, it set the graphics for Ultra High quality.
But this is the thing. Before (not sure now because I'm too scared to try) it was just this one game.. this one fucking game. What pisses me off the most is my friend can play this game flawlessly on his computer, but he has the regular Fallout 3 with no DLC's. He has the 1.5 patch.
It seems the GOTY automatically has the 1.7 patch through Steam.
Is it the 1.7 patch that makes it buggy? If so, why hasn't Bethesda released a fix for it yet? I just want to know that I'm not the only one. That there's others that have the same anger for this thing that I do.
Please. Just share you frustrated experiences with Fallout 3 (PC version only. No XBOX 360 users) in this thread, so I will feel better. Then maybe we can all feel better.
TL;DR: ARGH Fallout 3 won't stop BSODing I need comfort! Surely there's others having similar issues.
I ran this game on a 6800 geforce and I only got BSOD's once in a blue moon so perhaps it just doesn't like you
[QUOTE=OzJackal;19621506]I would suggest updating your driv-
Post specs.[/QUOTE]
This isn't a "I need help with this game" thread. But ok, here.
Case: Antec 900
OS: Windows XP Home (SP3)
CPU: AMD Phenom 9550 @ 2.20GHz, Quad-Core
PSU: Antec GreenWatts 650W
Motherboard: ASUS M3A78-CM
Memory: G-SKILL two 2GB @ 4GB, DDR-2
Video: ASUS nVidia Geforce GTS 250 512MB
Audio: Onboard VIA HD Audio
Monitors;
Primary: Arnos Instruments H-W19 19" Wide Screen
Secondary: Hitachi/HINT X93W D-Sub 19" Wide Screen
As you can see, my hardware surpasses the recommended system requirements. Also disabling my 2nd monitor does not fix.
The game is naturally that buggy. In fact, it didn't even start for me for the first week I owned it. Reinstalled a couple times and boom, it worked like a charm. The game is notorious for many of its annoying and game breaking bugs.
I'd say that the game is racist against your motherboard.
Being serious, I'm not sure what to tell you. I played all of the DLCs fine on dual Nvidia 8600s. The only thing I can think of would be some kind of miss communication among your parts, but if it was you would've noticed that sooner.
Come to think of it, I did have a lot of random crash to desktop problems, but they stopped happening after awhile, and picked back up again when I was at lookout point.
The newer your hardware is, the more bugs Fallout 3 will throw at you.
and I thought the first 2 Fallout games where buggy.
hey, that means they did something right with this game :downs:
The game is quite buggy, code and mission wise (I've got Three Dog talking about Aqua Pura, I haven't even gone to Raven Rock yet)
I used to get fairly consistent crashes on my last install which randomly vanished, Now I've just got crashes to desktop when I go through doors or at random periods when I walk around.
Of course, any blue screens I get are due to the nvidia drivers, and I don't get many since Vista and 7 are quite capable of restarting the graphics card driver.
I hate fallout 3, it would always CTD every five minutes.
Vanilla Fallout 3 actually runs great for me, I only have problems when I start installing mods or enable Mothership Zeta. If I do crash, it is never a blue screen.
I have been thinking about upgrading to Windows 7 64-bit, but Bethesda tells me Fallout 3 will not work. Not compatible.
Yet according to you guys it will be. But I've also seen issues with people having the game hang before loading a save game in 7 and Vista.
[QUOTE=Benie;19621765]I have been thinking about upgrading to Windows 7 64-bit, but Bethesda tells me Fallout 3 will not work. Not compatible.
Yet according to you guys it will be. But I've also seen issues with people having the game hang before loading a save game in 7 and Vista.[/QUOTE]
That's probably due to that retarded admin shit in Vista, and perhaps 7 as well. You'll need to run anything that writes in admin mode or start explorer.exe as administrator.
I highly doubt Fallout 3 wouldn't run on 7, there could be a possibility it's SP3.
Do you have a audio/video decoder that's running (like ffdshow, etc) when you start FO3, I was BSODing on a FO3 and a few other games because of that.
I pretty much ran clean this time. Before I thought it was Avast!, or something. Didn't have it installed and wasn't physically running anything.
My game just randomly freezes now and then.
I played it windowed and it stopped freezing. You could try that.
I have the same problem...sometimes I can play for hours with no crash and sometimes its 10 mins or less.
Just about luck I guess.
[QUOTE=Benie;19621765]I have been thinking about upgrading to Windows 7 64-bit, but Bethesda tells me Fallout 3 will not work. Not compatible.
Yet according to you guys it will be. But I've also seen issues with people having the game hang before loading a save game in 7 and Vista.[/QUOTE]
I have no problems at all running it with Windows 7 64bit. I can't tell if it starts in compatible mode since I'm not home. I haven't had a single crash in Win7, but I did when I had XP. No BSOD or freezing, just CtD.
I can only think of compatible problems with the hardware manufacturer towards Gamebryo engine. I've got ATI Radeon 1950xtx and Intel Core 2 duo 3,0.
I have to run fallout 3 with barely any mods. The only one i could get away with is the nukacola hi res pack, otherwise fallout will crash on boot. Also had a ctd when exiting rivet city after murdering everyone i could find.
Fallout 3 is notoriously buggy...although bsod's kinda indicate that maybe something is wrong with your hardware, gfx ram, ram or overheating.
I've never BSOD'd on Fallout 3, only frozen twice, and i probably have 30+ gameplay time, since i've completed every quest in the game except that swamp DLC.
no bugs on this end
I never even knew Fallout 3 was "buggy and glitchy" before i saw Facepunch crying about it.
It worked fine for me, only ALT+TAB provoked a crash. So don't toggle between the game and desktop.
Ask steam for a refund.
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Oh and I've never experienced any Fallout 3 bugs :buddy:
Have you checked the data files and check-marked the DLC? Sometimes that can be the problem.
I've been playing Fallout 3 for hours and hours and hours (and so on), and have never experienced a BSOD. I am using a GeForce 8800 by the way.
i have it on xbox and it has its problems, water looking like milk sometimes and invisble rocks but from the other side its not
lol i broke his rule
[QUOTE=mr-kaki;19621614]The newer your hardware is, the more bugs Fallout 3 will throw at you.[/QUOTE]
This is the only thing that could be possible here. All of my other games work fine so it's not a hardware issue.
And thanks to everyone that says they had no problems with this game.
Maybe Fallout 3 just hates me. And for the guy that said to ask Steam for a refund.. right. Yeah, that's so going to work.. funny guy you are.
I tried Fallout 3 when I got my new pc, worked like a charm. I have no idea what people are bitching about. Sure the AI might not be the brightest and the game has it's flaws but still, it wasn't that buggy.
i just started playing again and i got 3 crash, that doesnt make any sence.
i can't walk on dirt. it just decides to crash. but it's only dirt. water, metal, everything else is fine. i've reinstalled countless times. it just CTDs every time.
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