It has been a long time... Has anyone found a working fix for Fallout 3?

Since this game/DLC first came out in 2008/9 I have used it on a Core i7 XE with no issues whatsoever on Win 7 x86/x64 its some minor issue probably update your dot.net & direct x for starters. I have played up to 8 hours in 1 session its been flawless for me even GFWL worked perfectly!!!

The GOTY edition on Steam does these other updates for you when you install it.
 
Never mind, it's early and didn't read properly :(. You've already tried it.

Basically I bought the steam GOTY edition recently and the game would freeze on the cut scene after character creating, the multi-core reduction to 2 threads fix worked for me.
 
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What is the sample rate set to in the Xonar control panel? Try setting to 44.1KHZ. Some games do not like higher values and can cause various symptoms.

Also, disable the "GX" setting within the Xonar control panel (never known this to make much difference regarding compatibility though).

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If using analog, try setting your Audio channel and Analog out to 2 channels and 2 speakers repectively.

Actually, disable the sound card in device manager, restart, then try the game.
 
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Yeah any problem with games is usually codec related, especially if it happens during cutscenes.

If you have any codec packs installed try uninstalling them and see if it works.
 
Mine used to crash randomly after a few hours, same with New Vegas.

Wasn't it a memory leak that was never fixed? Game could only address about 2 GB of ram couldn't it? There was a program to let it address more but it only delayed the crashing.
 
MeMeMeMe said:
OP, you haven't set what the specific problem you were having with Fallout 3. "Doesn't work" is not very descriptive.
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Perhaps not, but this was quite descriptive:

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At the moment I have a game which runs for at least 30 minutes, but has graphical tearing, glitches and audio stuttering instead. I can also only run it in windowed mode otherwise it crashes when I tab out.
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:p

In addition to that, before the patches and fixes I have tried it used to crash without fail every 5 minutes or so, maybe 20 on a really good day.

Also my audio settings were 192KHz, 2 channel, I have never enabled GX, and I was using FP Headphone. I'll see if 44.1KHz makes a difference.
 
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Tried 44.1, and also tried increasing the audio cache, neither fixed the audio stutter. But if I press esc in game and then go back into the game, it fixes it until the next song starts on the radio, then I have to do it again.

I just played for 35 minutes and it locked up, had to end task. :(

*edit* Just started up the game again, got to where it crashed before, and it crashed again, only 2 minutes in that time. Both times there were two Super Mutant Brutes with gattling guns and a guy with a flame-thrower fighting, and I was shooting with a subbie. All that going on at once seemed to kill it.
 
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Tried disabling sound card in device manager and using onboard audio as a test?

The stutter sounds like a common Xonar issue.

What Xonar driver version you on?
 
Its gone back to crashing now as per usual, the stutter is the least of my worries to be honest. :( Ehhhh......
 
Would not be the first time audio drivers have caused such problems.

Also, if the game has the DirectX re-distributable on the installation media, try installing that.
 
Gimpymoo said:
Would not be the first time audio drivers have caused such problems.

Also, if the game has the DirectX re-distributable on the installation media, try installing that.
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I suppose its possible, but its such a widespread issue that I doubt its the case here. But I will try it tomorrow regardless. :)

I already did the second thing.
 
I bought this game a few months after release. I *never* got it working in all the years since. I've been through processors, motherboards, graphics cards of all shapes and sizes. It just crashes at fixed points with all of them.

I would honestly support Fallout 3 being named the buggiest game ever. Even now, I took delivery of my R290 a couple of weeks back, and it just doesn't load FO3 at all - I run the executable and it drops me straight back to desktop.

I'm not even angry anymore as I had a bash on the game on a friend's console, it's just funny more than anything how a game can be so problematic on such a wide range of hardware. I mean surely by luck it should work on at least ONE of the twenty or so hardware combinations i've had in the last five years right? Well... no! :D

Best i've had is to complete the start bit in the vault and walk outside, only to have the game lock up and BSOD. Can't even remember what graphics card/CPU combination that was with, just that it was the furthest i've ever been on the PC.
 
I have it on Steam and it crashes every 15-30 minutes without fail, and nothing fixes it. Using Win7 Ultimate x64 sp1, 3570k, 670gtx.
 
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