Fallout 3 has stopped working (Quest Incomplete: Stop Press!!)

I just tried to start the game just now and the same damn message came up!!

This was after yesterday when I added Fallout.exe to the FFdshow video decoder exceptions list!

What is going on? It was working yesterday!! No one is getting their cheque until this is solved!!

Fallout 3 seems to like Crashing for many reasons.

It kept crashing for me a lot like 5-6 times in a row at start up and mid-game. though It seem to what fixed it for me was to Disable my Forced AA .etc from the Card itself and I'm running off the in-games AA and I have like 10hours now without one Crash yet.

I only use Forced AA for a few games but I forgot about disabling it before Fallout 3 and got a lot of Crashing,

dunno if this was any help though, but it fixed the crashing for me.

Anyone else getting this message when they try to start F3? You click on the icon and then enter the game only to get a msg saying its stopped working. It then crashes back to desktop.

Specs:

Dual core 2.6ghz.

Geforce 8800 GT (512mb)

2GB DDR RAM

Vista 32

biggest_loser

face it, the game hates you.

yeah mine too. sometimes it crashes when im using vats. i don't know. i play the game in ultra high settings. and no lags. just crashes.migs17

Important, a friend at school insists that fallout 3 has limited installs/activations. Is this true or is it like obilivon where its just the basic dvd check?Hellcat-

I will give $100, million dollars to whoever solves this problem!!biggest_loser

This is against my better judgement as I find most of your posts irritating, but here goes.

Fist, make sure that the game is running in WinXP compatability mode.

Next, make sure that the fallout3.exe is listed under the run exceptions with your FFDshow codec

The the Vista START orb --> programs --> whatever your codec pack is (I use Vista codecs) --> FFDshow audio decoder.

Things are a little different depending on which codec pack you use, but basically you'll either find a check-box that says "Don't use ffdshow in...". Check that box, then push the edit button and manually enter fallout3.exe.

If you don't see that option, scroll down the list on the left hand side of the screen until you get to OUTPUT. Click on it and a sub-menu should show up. Deselect all options but the one that says LPCM. Select that, reboot, and you should be good to go.

If that didn't work, repeat the process with FFDshow video encoder.

You may still experience sudden crashes, especially when entering small buildings or enclosures. Welcome to Vista fun. Save early, save often.

[QUOTE="Hellcat-"]Important, a friend at school insists that fallout 3 has limited installs/activations. Is this true or is it like obilivon where its just the basic dvd check?anomalous_egad

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]I will give $100, million dollars to whoever solves this problem!!bogaty

This is against my better judgement as I find most of your posts irritating, but here goes.

Fist, make sure that the game is running in WinXP compatability mode.

Next, make sure that the fallout3.exe is listed under the run exceptions with your FFDshow codec

The the Vista START orb --> programs --> whatever your codec pack is (I use Vista codecs) --> FFDshow audio decoder.

Things are a little different depending on which codec pack you use, but basically you'll either find a check-box that says "Don't use ffdshow in...". Check that box, then push the edit button and manually enter fallout3.exe.

If you don't see that option, scroll down the list on the left hand side of the screen until you get to OUTPUT. Click on it and a sub-menu should show up. Deselect all options but the one that says LPCM. Select that, reboot, and you should be good to go.

If that didn't work, repeat the process with FFDshow video encoder.

You may still experience sudden crashes, especially when entering small buildings or enclosures. Welcome to Vista fun. Save early, save often.

Check your current vista codecs.

And try the new Fallout patch.

Check your current vista codecs.

And try the new Fallout patch.

bogaty

[QUOTE="bogaty"]

Check your current vista codecs.

And try the new Fallout patch.

biggest_loser

I'll take the $100 million dollars instead, please.

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[QUOTE="migs17"]yeah mine too. sometimes it crashes when im using vats. i don't know. i play the game in ultra high settings. and no lags. just crashes.biggest_loser

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="migs17"]yeah mine too. sometimes it crashes when im using vats. i don't know. i play the game in ultra high settings. and no lags. just crashes.nicknees93