Well this guide is for those who are really pissed of due the glitches, crashes, bugs, freezing moments in the Fallout 3 game.
First of all, let me make this clear this guide is not 110% reliable but I have successfully fixed my game and this is going to take some time. I just wanted to share this tutorial.
Note: This guide works for the skullptura release rip.
Okay.. so lets start up..
Steps to make it run.
1) Install the game.
2) Now run Fallout3.exe
If it gives you an error like “xlive.dll not found”. Then you probably need to install Game for Windows live.. but there is a more easier way. You just need to download “xlive.dll” file. You can get it from http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?xlive
Then after downloading.. simply paste that in your Fallout 3 root folder i.e. by default “C:\Program Files\Bethesda Studios\Fallout 3” but yours can vary.. so be sure..
3) Again run “Fallout3.exe”
Then it would just start but whenever you will start a new game it will crash to desktop. This is a persistent problem in Windows 7. But we have a fix too. Download this d3d9.dll file from here https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8bDGuYO9uq8MEdacGlKcTJVeEU/edit?pli=1 You have to be very precise in this one.. and please download this file only from my given link.. others file of same name on the internet might not work. Actually this file forces the game to run on DirectX 9.0. Now after downloading again paste the file into the root folder of fallout.
4) Now again run “Fallout3.exe”
If it again crashes to desktop during the new game.. then you need to edit few things. Open your root folder of fallout 3 then you would find a file named “Fallout_default.ini” open that file, it should open it any text editor. Now find the line “bUseThreadedAI=0” and replace it with “bUseThreadedAI=1” (without quotes) then just below this line add one more line “iNumHWThreads=2” (without quotes) this will force the game to run with 2 processors. You need to do the same editing work in “C:\Users\Unnati\Documents\My Games\Fallout3\FALLOUT.INI” mind it exactly same editing.
4) Before you start it again this is an optional step to those users who use “ffdshow”. You need to open “Audio Decoder Configuration” from the ffdshow and click on “Directshow control” in the left pane and then check the box “don’t use ffdshow in” and add “Fallout3.exe” in it.
Now click on OK.
5) Now start the game but before you start the game you just change the Screen effects to bloom or none in fallout settings by running “FalloutLauncher.exe” then before running the “fallout3.exe” right click on it and change the compatibility to Windows XP SP2 and enable run as administrator. Now start the game and click on settings>gameplay> and turn of all the autosaves. Then click on new game and it will start.. yuppy.. it will simply work.. but wait after a few mins it might crash.
6) If in between it crashes or freezes then you must download the official patches of Fallout 3 from here http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloads/updates.html
skullptura version users download the US version.
Then install the patch and it would automatically start up the game.
7) The game should work fine from here. If not then this is going to be a tough or time consuming part. You need to download the Skullptura Fallout 3 Final Fix. You can download it from here http://goo.gl/AR4XS But mind it i have not tried this with Original release.. only Skullptura users will might get success here.. but other users may try.
8) Now download that and extract it. Then put the files of the “Skullptura Final fix\Data\” into your fallout 3 installed directory “Fallout 3\Data\”
NOTE- Mind one thing don’t copy the whole folder from outside and replace it. You need to copy the contents of the Data folder.
Now copy the “start_ffix.bat” into the root of your fallout 3. and run it. It can take about 3 hours but don’t close it.. even if it will look like not responding.. but actually it would be working.
9) After the completion.. You fallout 3 is ready to be played.
10) For any queries write in the comments.. i would be happy to answer them.
First of all, let me make this clear this guide is not 110% reliable but I have successfully fixed my game and this is going to take some time. I just wanted to share this tutorial.
Note: This guide works for the skullptura release rip.
Okay.. so lets start up..
Steps to make it run.
1) Install the game.
2) Now run Fallout3.exe
If it gives you an error like “xlive.dll not found”. Then you probably need to install Game for Windows live.. but there is a more easier way. You just need to download “xlive.dll” file. You can get it from http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?xlive
Then after downloading.. simply paste that in your Fallout 3 root folder i.e. by default “C:\Program Files\Bethesda Studios\Fallout 3” but yours can vary.. so be sure..
3) Again run “Fallout3.exe”
Then it would just start but whenever you will start a new game it will crash to desktop. This is a persistent problem in Windows 7. But we have a fix too. Download this d3d9.dll file from here https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8bDGuYO9uq8MEdacGlKcTJVeEU/edit?pli=1 You have to be very precise in this one.. and please download this file only from my given link.. others file of same name on the internet might not work. Actually this file forces the game to run on DirectX 9.0. Now after downloading again paste the file into the root folder of fallout.
4) Now again run “Fallout3.exe”
If it again crashes to desktop during the new game.. then you need to edit few things. Open your root folder of fallout 3 then you would find a file named “Fallout_default.ini” open that file, it should open it any text editor. Now find the line “bUseThreadedAI=0” and replace it with “bUseThreadedAI=1” (without quotes) then just below this line add one more line “iNumHWThreads=2” (without quotes) this will force the game to run with 2 processors. You need to do the same editing work in “C:\Users\Unnati\Documents\My Games\Fallout3\FALLOUT.INI” mind it exactly same editing.
4) Before you start it again this is an optional step to those users who use “ffdshow”. You need to open “Audio Decoder Configuration” from the ffdshow and click on “Directshow control” in the left pane and then check the box “don’t use ffdshow in” and add “Fallout3.exe” in it.
Now click on OK.
5) Now start the game but before you start the game you just change the Screen effects to bloom or none in fallout settings by running “FalloutLauncher.exe” then before running the “fallout3.exe” right click on it and change the compatibility to Windows XP SP2 and enable run as administrator. Now start the game and click on settings>gameplay> and turn of all the autosaves. Then click on new game and it will start.. yuppy.. it will simply work.. but wait after a few mins it might crash.
6) If in between it crashes or freezes then you must download the official patches of Fallout 3 from here http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloads/updates.html
skullptura version users download the US version.
Then install the patch and it would automatically start up the game.
7) The game should work fine from here. If not then this is going to be a tough or time consuming part. You need to download the Skullptura Fallout 3 Final Fix. You can download it from here http://goo.gl/AR4XS But mind it i have not tried this with Original release.. only Skullptura users will might get success here.. but other users may try.
8) Now download that and extract it. Then put the files of the “Skullptura Final fix\Data\” into your fallout 3 installed directory “Fallout 3\Data\”
NOTE- Mind one thing don’t copy the whole folder from outside and replace it. You need to copy the contents of the Data folder.
Now copy the “start_ffix.bat” into the root of your fallout 3. and run it. It can take about 3 hours but don’t close it.. even if it will look like not responding.. but actually it would be working.
9) After the completion.. You fallout 3 is ready to be played.
10) For any queries write in the comments.. i would be happy to answer them.
