SS PigeonShit 231 / 0 Report Post Posted October 15, 2018 As good a place as any to ask, anyone know how to get Fallout 3 to work on Windows 10? And just to clarify IT IS NOT THE GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION OF FALLOUT 3!!! Every single walk through for getting it to work I find is for the GOTY edition and I've come to find out that fix does not work with the regular edition of the game. But to put it simply, the game just freezes at certain points, and the only way to actually get out of the game after it freezes is to log out and log back into my Windows account or restart my PC. When I start at the first, the game will usually run fine with anywhere from 2-4 hours before it first freezes, but the longer I play, the more frequent the freezes become. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivalRevival 986 / 13,674 Report Post Posted October 15, 2018 this happened all the time when i had it on ps3 as well, but incase its just your pc try running it in compatibility mode Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options... Achievements
MichaelWE 16 / 1,496 Report Post Posted October 16, 2018 If it's on steam try searching for missing files. If that doesn't work restart windows and run it in safe mode. That's all I got for now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Report Post Posted October 16, 2018 Edited October 16, 2018 by Guest - Edit Reason: more info run in compatibility mode with xp (it worked for me) service pack 2 worked the best iirc Edited October 16, 2018 by Guest more info Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malal 145 / 0 Report Post Posted October 16, 2018 You need the GOTY version to fix the launcher. Other wise you will need to install the Script Extender https://fose.silverlock.org/ and launch from that, just a tip you can refund the game and launch via the script extender to bypass the steam DRM so long as the game is installed. I believe using the script extender lets you bypass Games for Windows live (windows 10 doesn't have it which is why it won't work) Try this if it still isn't working. http://download.gfwl.xboxlive.com/content/gfwl-public/redists/production/gfwlivesetup.exe https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/1086/?tab=2&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Ffallout3%2Fajax%2Fmodfiles%2F%3Fid%3D1086&pUp=1 That also works to disable Windows Live, but you need to manually install it don't use a mod mananger. Go to the fallout.ini file should be located at C:\users\yourname\Documents\My Games\Fallout3\FALLOUT.ini Change bUseThreadedAI=0 to bUseThreadedAI=1 and add iNumHWThreads=2 in a new line below it, make sure the line is seperate To fix crashes disable all autosaves and install CASM for autosaves instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...