Fallout 3 help

Fallout 3

Game » consists of 43 releases. First released on Oct 28, 2008

Fallout 3 is a post-nuclear apocalyptic open world role playing shooter. It saw the return of the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. system, along with the Karma system. It was developed and published by Bethesda Softworks, the creators of the Elder Scrolls series.

Fallout 3 help

#1 Posted by bokchoi (30 posts) - 4 months, 20 days ago

Now I installed Fallout 3 through steam and for some reason it won't work when i try to start a new game. Click on new game it immediatly crashes. I've never had this problem before and it used to work just fine on my pc. i have no clue what could be wrong and any insight to this would be helpful.

#2 Posted by Little_Socrates (5435 posts) - 4 months, 20 days ago

It's probably some issue with Games for Windows Live. But, just in case, try the following.

1) Quit out.

2) Watch Thundercats.

3) Load up DOS Box.

3) Wait for the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man to come by.

4) Fake Tweet a picture of him.

5) Load Law of the West.

6) Come back and reload the game.

[somewhere in those steps, go into the game's properties and verify the game content]

#3 Posted by FiestaUnicorn (1549 posts) - 4 months, 20 days ago

THUNDERCATS HOOOOOOOOOO!

#4 Posted by _Chad (926 posts) - 4 months, 20 days ago

@bokchoi said:

Now I installed Fallout 3 through steam and for some reason it won't work when i try to start a new game. Click on new game it immediatly crashes. I've never had this problem before and it used to work just fine on my pc. i have no clue what could be wrong and any insight to this would be helpful.

Do you have a quad core processor?

#5 Posted by bokchoi (30 posts) - 4 months, 20 days ago

@_Chad: i do not

#6 Posted by Sparky_Buzzsaw (4919 posts) - 4 months, 20 days ago

What OS are you running? I know Steam used to have a warning for users running Vista.

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#7 Posted by Mikemcn (6791 posts) - 4 months, 20 days ago

Disable Steam overlay and Verify the cache for sure.

@Sparky_Buzzsaw said:

What OS are you running? I know Steam used to have a warning for users running Vista.

I have vista and never had a problem with it.

#8 Posted by HistoryInRust (5953 posts) - 4 months, 20 days ago

@Little_Socrates said:

It's probably some issue with Games for Windows Live. But, just in case, try the following.
1) Quit out.
2) Watch Thundercats.
3) Load up DOS Box.
3) Wait for the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man to come by.
4) Fake Tweet a picture of him.
5) Load Law of the West.
6) Come back and reload the game.
[somewhere in those steps, go into the game's properties and verify the game content]

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