FO3 GOTY help!

[oaja]

So I have been having trouble with my fallout 3 for awhile... and its starting to piss me off... so i would like some help.

 

Windows 7 64bit.

i5-2450 with 6gb of ram.

it worked fine running vanilla. worked fine before, then like a dumbass i uninstalled and reinstalled, and anyone with windows 7 and FO3 realizes how annoying this is. 

 

anywho... 

 

load order is as such...

 

Fallout3.esm

Anchorage.esm

ThePitt.esm

BrokenSteel.esm

PointLookout.esm

Zeta.esm

Advanced Recon Tech.esm

CALIBR.esm

CRAFT.esm

Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow.esm

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Alternate Travel.esp

FWE - Combat Overhaul_Core.esm

RH_IRONSIGHTS.esm

1PipboyPDA.esp

Advanced Recon Gear.esp

Advanced Recon Tech.esp

CALIBRxMerchant.esp

ColtM4Carbines.esp

CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

Enhanced Weather - Radioactive Rain and Snow Plugin.esp

Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow in Fallout.esp

Enhanced Weather - Sneak Bonus during Storms.esp

Enhanced Weather - Weather Sounds in Interiors.esp

Flora Overhaul.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp

FWE - Combat Overhaul_Equipment.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced (BrokenSteel).esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp

Alternate Start - Roleplayers.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers (automatics only).esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional VATS Realtime.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional VATS Halftime.esp

Gloveless Readius.esp

H&K PSG-1 Sniper Rifles.esp

RH_IronSights_Basic_AnchoragePlugin.esp

RH_IronSights_Basic_ZetaPlugin.esp

RH_IronSights_Basic_VanillaPlugin.esp

RH_IronSights_Basic_PointLookoutPlugin.esp

RH_IronSights_Basic_PittPlugin.esp

RH_IronSights_Basic_BrokenSteelPlugin.esp

RH_IronSights_Pitt_NewRifleSights.esp

RH_IronSights_PL_NewItems.esp

RH_IronSights_RemoveReticule.esp

Stealthboy Recon Armor - CRAFT.esp

ZL-ACR.esp

 

Total active plugins: 53

Total plugins: 54

 

it crashes shortly after first note of intro. leading me to think its a missing dependent on a mod. but none i can find. so thought maybe load order... not an issue i can see. im at a loss..

 

if someone can help id be very happy. 

 

"tl;dr Fo3 goty win7 64bit fucked my face by uninstalling, help with working again."

[myuhinny]

Have you run FO3Edit? http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/637/?When you did your uninstall reinstall did you delete your fallout 3 folder? If not that might be the cause as when you uninstall a game from steam it only removes what it installed and anything else is left behind so there might be left over things from any mods. Have you run BOSS for load order? 

[pantherlux]

i'm not sure if this will help you, but searching arounf with "fo3 goty, crash on start up/intor" mostly came up with the same solution:

(copy paste from steam forum)

 

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

 

since you allready said you dont found a mising master... (remember to back up the ini file, just in case)

[oaja]

Have you run FO3Edit? http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/637/?When you did your uninstall reinstall did you delete your fallout 3 folder? If not that might be the cause as when you uninstall a game from steam it only removes what it installed and anything else is left behind so there might be left over things from any mods. Have you run BOSS for load order?

 

Yes I deleted my entire folder and started fresh. I'll run fo3 edit and boss anyway to check.

i'm not sure if this will help you, but searching arounf with "fo3 goty, crash on start up/intor" mostly came up with the same solution:

(copy paste from steam forum)

 

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

 

since you allready said you dont found a mising master... (remember to back up the ini file, just in case)

Tried that, worked with vanilla but crashes on start up with these mods.

[Imperfection]

Try the following in no particular order...

 

1. Make sure you have latest NVSE and such if required by any of your mods

1. Standard troubleshooting, disable mods 5 or so at a time until problems stops, start adding 1 at time back in till problem comes back.

2. Load entire load order in latest version of FO3edit and check for errors, if missing master it will tell you <error code 2> I think

3. I also dont see that you have created a merged patch, try making one in FO3edit.

4. Backup your fallout.ini and falloutpref.ini and create new ones via the launcher.

 

inumHWThreads=2 should work and is requried for FO3, all the other threaded this and that settings have been debunked as doing nothing or actually causing crashes by the author of NVAC.

 

Hope that helps,

[Halstrom]

While we're in this thread, there's something that has to be done to FO3 GOTY to run under Windows 8, No Mods added yet.

I can't find where the thread went telling me what to fix, whatever it was, I get to this screen and when I click play it disappears and nothing else happens

[JerseyWalrus]

I'd recommend you get the UPDATED Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch. It's very necessary. Not only does it come with bug fixes but has a built in CTD reducer plus other such neccessities that run the game smoothly. Back when I played Fallout 3 (before TTW), I almost never crashed with the mod active.

 

PS, I use Windows 7

[oaja]

I will be trying all of these and will let you know.

 

And tried it. UFP helped get to see the Knight before the menu, but crashed there after...

 

[eludicous]

If memory serves the starting title screen crashing has something to do with a codec ffdshow.  Google it.  Have you use the games for windows live disabler?

[Guest endgameaddiction]

If I'm understanding correct, you reinstalled Fallout 3 with no mods and it's not working now, or is it not working with mods installed?

 

CTD on slide screen, indicates to me like it's an incompatible mod, or if you've merged plugins, odds are you merged one that requires another compatible plugin and that will cause you to CTD on launch because it cannot find it as it's included in the merge.

 

I have Win7 OS 64bit and I've uninstalled/reinstalled Fallout 3 GOTY so many times and never had a problem.

 

 

[Halstrom]

If memory serves the starting title screen crashing has something to do with a codec ffdshow.  Google it.  Have you use the games for windows live disabler?

Now 'windows live disabler' is ringing some bells as to what the issue was, I'll do some digging

 

You also have to do this stuff

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2825612

http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1465357-installing-fallout-3-with-windows-78-and-xp/

Some combination of all this stuff worked for me in the past but no luck yet.

[Anatriax]

http://wiki.step-project.com/User:Kelmych/Fallout3#Texture_Overhauls

Found this little gem on the web. If you want a super cool game, with little to no problems, read his guide and follow it word for word. 

His guide is the inspiration for my Skyrim guide, here in Skyrim Tech Support. 

Partly stability, partly immersion, partly beauty. Just an all around good guide to have handy.

[oaja]

OK so i removed all old content, removed all local content from steam, all the mods, fresh start. Forgot how much of a bitch FO3 is with windows 7. Got the game to work without mods. installed the mods you see, and then it started acting up. I feel it has a problem with the mods, it acts as if there is a required mod missing, but according to the pages I got them from I'm not missing any. Load order looks fine to me and i'm just at a loss.

If I'm understanding correct, you reinstalled Fallout 3 with no mods and it's not working now, or is it not working with mods installed?

 

CTD on slide screen, indicates to me like it's an incompatible mod, or if you've merged plugins, odds are you merged one that requires another compatible plugin and that will cause you to CTD on launch because it cannot find it as it's included in the merge.

 

I have Win7 OS 64bit and I've uninstalled/reinstalled Fallout 3 GOTY so many times and never had a problem.

 

I haven't merged any plugins. I try not to mess with things that I know little about, especially without checking if the plugins needed merging. I too feel as if its a mod problem, but I dunno which, they all have the required mods and it LOOKS fine, but I dunno, my skyrim has 270 or so, and can play for hours without crashing, NV has 100+ and is fine, so i feel I am ok at following directions, but this is frustrating..

[Guest endgameaddiction]

The other suggestion I can offer is installing one mod at a time while starting Fallout 3 at the same time until you run into the specific plugin(s) that's causing your CTD.

[Anatriax]

OK so i removed all old content, removed all local content from steam, all the mods, fresh start. Forgot how much of a bitch FO3 is with windows 7. Got the game to work without mods. installed the mods you see, and then it started acting up. I feel it has a problem with the mods, it acts as if there is a required mod missing, but according to the pages I got them from I'm not missing any. Load order looks fine to me and i'm just at a loss.

If I'm understanding correct, you reinstalled Fallout 3 with no mods and it's not working now, or is it not working with mods installed?

 

CTD on slide screen, indicates to me like it's an incompatible mod, or if you've merged plugins, odds are you merged one that requires another compatible plugin and that will cause you to CTD on launch because it cannot find it as it's included in the merge.

 

I have Win7 OS 64bit and I've uninstalled/reinstalled Fallout 3 GOTY so many times and never had a problem.

 

I haven't merged any plugins. I try not to mess with things that I know little about, especially without checking if the plugins needed merging. I too feel as if its a mod problem, but I dunno which, they all have the required mods and it LOOKS fine, but I dunno, my skyrim has 270 or so, and can play for hours without crashing, NV has 100+ and is fine, so i feel I am ok at following directions, but this is frustrating..

 

I didn't have any issues with Win 7 and FO3 GOTY following the guide I posted. He runs you through several things before you even start modding the game or open it up that, I suppose, make sure the game works the way it's supposed to work. 

 

I really would check out his guide.

[oaja]

OK. ill try it when i get back in town.

[oaja]

My guess was the Advance tech was crashing the game, left that and the weather mod off, works now, thank you all. <3