Fallout 3 PC Freezing and Lockups

EDIT: With sending Bethesda an email for support, and sending much more emails pretending to be different people asking them to patch the game up I got a message from them saying that Fallout 3 was not officially tested to run on Windows 7 so it may not completely work. Many others though can run Fallout 3 on Windows 7 though without a scratch. I am confused with this.

Like always, I guess its up to the community who paid the developer to fix the bugs and issues instead of the developer.

I am one of those who are affected by the bugs of Fallout 3.

PC Issues

-Freezing and Lockups. Where the game stops and the controls are disabled with sound still in the background. The only way out is to turn off your system by the physical power button or Ctrl+Alt+Del.

Often appears in V.A.T.S, and in smaller interior cells. It is not often in the wasteland.

I do not get CTDs (Crash to Desktop) however .

Fixes I have tried and did not work

- Final Fix - Skullptura (To Note: I have purchased this game (Game of the Year) on sale for $25 on Steam, so I needed to find some thing.

- Fallout.ini - The file, which was named Fallout_default.ini for me, could be edited to support Quad Core systems. I do not own a Quad Core.

- K-Lite Codec Pack - Did not work.

- Turn off auto save on rest, wait, and travel.

- Have all updates.

- Unoffical Patch

I am running Ultra, HDR, non-windowed, and 1920x1080

My specs:

Intel Core i3-330m 2.13 ghz (2 Cores/4 Threads)

NVidia Geforce 260m GTX 1GB

4 GB Ram

Windows 7 64-bit Home Premuim

320 GB HDD

Yeah I have the same issues with Fallout 3. I have the latest patches and all, but it still crashes. i love the game, but haven't played it for a few weeks because I got tired of it crashing all the time.

In my reccomendation use patch 1.4 and see how it goes.dakan45

Hell I have the PS3 GOTY edition and it still locks up on me from time to time

have you tried turning settings down a tad? Most people that have problems have the settings cranked Ive noticed.

Hell I have the PS3 GOTY edition and it still locks up on me from time to time

bowlingotter

[QUOTE="bowlingotter"]

Hell I have the PS3 GOTY edition and it still locks up on me from time to time

TerrorRizzing

Have you tried the fallout.ini fix yet (the iNumHWThreads one)? It's a fix that's not restricted to quad core machines; I've read about several instances where adding this line has solved freezing problems for dual core users.

[QUOTE="TerrorRizzing"][QUOTE="bowlingotter"]

Hell I have the PS3 GOTY edition and it still locks up on me from time to time

bowlingotter

Have you tried the fallout.ini fix yet (the iNumHWThreads one)? It's a fix that's not restricted to quad core machines; I've read about several instances where adding this line has solved freezing problems for dual core users.

quijeros

[QUOTE="bowlingotter"][QUOTE="TerrorRizzing"] thats the worst version.TerrorRizzing

have you tried turning settings down a tad? Most people that have problems have the settings cranked Ive noticed.

TerrorRizzing

In my reccomendation use patch 1.4 and see how it goes.dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"]In my reccomendation use patch 1.4 and see how it goes.Underworldy69

[QUOTE="Underworldy69"][QUOTE="dakan45"]In my reccomendation use patch 1.4 and see how it goes.dakan45

[QUOTE="Underworldy69"][QUOTE="guildclaws"]did it work? Try installing the game and all the DLC but don't install the unofficial patch, just install the official patch :)guildclaws

[QUOTE="Underworldy69"][QUOTE="guildclaws"]did it work? Try installing the game and all the DLC but don't install the unofficial patch, just install the official patch :)guildclaws

[QUOTE="Underworldy69"][QUOTE="guildclaws"]you bought it on Steam? Yes you can patch the game if you have the steam version :)guildclaws

[QUOTE="Underworldy69"][QUOTE="guildclaws"]what's a skullrupta rip?guildclaws

[QUOTE="bowlingotter"][QUOTE="guildclaws"]isn't that pirating?, try updating your Games For Windows Live 3.0, it's not because of your GFWL account, did you tried it without a mod or without an unofficial patch? I think that will workguildclaws

I think that you have to remove Games for Windows Live though because Broken Steel, Point Lookout, and Motheship Zeta uses achievement support from future patches. Because I tried it last night with the finalfix version and it crashed on start-up. It might conflict with GFWL. Underworldy69

[QUOTE="Underworldy69"]I think that you have to remove Games for Windows Live though because Broken Steel, Point Lookout, and Motheship Zeta uses achievement support from future patches. Because I tried it last night with the finalfix version and it crashed on start-up. It might conflict with GFWL. guildclaws

[QUOTE="guildclaws"][QUOTE="Underworldy69"]I think that you have to remove Games for Windows Live though because Broken Steel, Point Lookout, and Motheship Zeta uses achievement support from future patches. Because I tried it last night with the finalfix version and it crashed on start-up. It might conflict with GFWL. Underworldy69

[QUOTE="Underworldy69"][QUOTE="guildclaws"]are you using mod again? I always crashed when I start the quest at megaton, I remove my mods, it's not crashing anymore, I don't know why it usually crashed at start-up but try removing your mods :)guildclaws

[QUOTE="Underworldy69"][QUOTE="guildclaws"]I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit, it works fine for me, it's because of your OS, by the way what's your specs?guildclaws

Thats alright. Im just gonna send Bethesda some more harrassing emails. Underworldy69

i did and they told me that they have not officially tested it with Windows 7 so there is no simple answer, which I think is BS.Underworldy69

[QUOTE="Underworldy69"]i did and they told me that they have not officially tested it with Windows 7 so there is no simple answer, which I think is BS.guildclaws

I've also been having problems with fallout 3. It tends to randomly crash when i am moving from area to area outdoors without warning. I've tried every trick i know (like reinstalling, patching, checking codecs, compatibility mode, even using a game booster that shuts down all but essintial systems on my computer and the game) and nothing seems to work. I have a brand new Fujistu laptop with a NVIDIA GeForce 310M graphics card, 4 Intel Core i5 CPU, and i believe 4 gigs of ram. Does anyone have any suggestions?