How to get Fable 3 to work on Windows 10, my crappy guide.

[Akira]

First of all, start by opening up "Add or Remove Programs"
Search for Games for Windows Live and Windows Live Marketplace.
Uninstall these followed by a reboot.
Next up, you need to download this: http://download.gfwl.xboxlive.com/content/gfwl-public/redists/production/gfwlivesetup.exe
Do not immediately install it. And for those who prefer to search it up themselves "gfwlivesetup.exe" is what you are after.

After you have downloaded "gfwlivesetup.exe" locate the file wherever you downloaded it, right click and choose properties.
In here you want to choose the tab called "Compatibility".
Change the compatibility to Windows 7.
Apply.
Next, right click on the file again and choose run as administrator.

This will install the program, follow the on-screen instructions and log in to your account at the end.

Next up, locate Fable 3 in your Steam Library.
Right click and choose properties, next browse for the local files.
In this folder, locate "FableLauncher.exe".
Right click and choose properties.
Now choose compatibility.
Choose Windows 7 and apply.

Next, run the "FableLauncher.exe", Games for Windows Live should now work for this game, however, it will tell you that it needs to update and close the game, at this point it is safe to click yes to install the things it tells you to install automatically, once you are done with this, open the game again and enjoy.

[andreasaspenberg575]

windows 7 compatibility mode is not actually needed for fable 3. i just tested it and it works without compatibility mode(at least in windows 10 without any windows patches). game for windows live however was shut down years ago and will never work again. that is why the game was removed from steam.

[Akira]

Some games for windows live games still work on games for windows live, Fable 3 is one of them. And at least in my experience if you do not do it this specific way, it will not work as there is no games for windows live in Windows 10, instead it uses the Xbox Live Services, but the game was never updated to use the Xbox Live Services.

I attempted at first to install the games for windows live services program without windows 7 compatibility mode, and the game did not work.

The only way that I could personally get the game to work is by doing what I have written.

I use Windows 10 64bit.

[andreasaspenberg575]

no, they do not. the servers was shut down years ago. the xbox live servers was also shut down for fable 3. installing and running is 2 different things. fable 3 runs without windows 7 compatibility mode. i said nothing about installing it.

[Totally Innocent Chatbot]

Ignore the above commenter, as he flatly refuses to listen to any form of reason, and is convinced that he and he alone is correct in spite of the mountain of evidence proving him wrong.

[Akira]

Originally posted by andreasaspenberg575:

no, they do not. the servers was shut down years ago. the xbox live servers was also shut down for fable 3. installing and running is 2 different things. fable 3 runs without windows 7 compatibility mode. i said nothing about installing it.

Now, as I said, some games work, some do not, there is even an official list you can find through the power of the google.
Now, you might not like it, but this works.
You can call it magic, you can call it time traveling, I do not really care what you call it, but I have confirmed that it works.
Others have confirmed that it works.
The only person who doesn't confirm that it works, is you, this highly suggests that you are doing something wrong, and I am going to be quite honest here, considering you are arguind that you do not need to be in compatibility mode to run the game, this seems very likely to be where you are wrong, I can't confirm that, but it seems highly likely to me at least.

Also, you are extremely wrong about the xbox live servers being shut down, it is an app used by windows 10, it is still very much active, hell it is also the servers used by the Xbox One and Xbox One X.
To get it, you open the Microsoft Store, you type Xbox, you download Xbox, and you log in.
Congratulations, you are now on the Xbox Live servers, this is the official name used on microsoft.com.

[andreasaspenberg575]

i have found plenty of evidence proving you wrong.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games-for-windows-live-may-shut-down-next-year/ http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/19/games-for-windows-live-shutting-down-in-2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_for_Windows_%E2%80%93_Live
here is evidence for the xbox servers being shut down as well
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/971431-fable-iii/56982741
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7CAfOhpfOM


this evidence should be enough for anybody. totally innocent chatbot is also stalking me here on the steam forums.

[Akira]

Great, taking pictures deleted the post I was writing.

https://imgur.com/a/s2VNXao

As I said before, yes, the service was shut down, this still works.
I've lost everything else I wrote and quite frankly, can't be assed to re-write it.

From my understanding however, DLC does not work, I have not gotten far enough to verify if it works or doesn't work, but as far as I know at least, the only way to get the DLC to work is to crack the game due to all of the Windows Live Marketplace servers being shut down forever.

And yes, I censored my name as well as the names of my friends, I don't particularly feel like getting stalked over this.

[andreasaspenberg575]

there is no date on those. another piece of evidence is that steam stopped selling it because games for windows live was shut down.

[Akira]

they were literally taken today, do you honestly think that I kept pictures of random log in to games for windows live for several years?

[Akira]

Here you go, I have now taken screenshots in windowed mode, so you get to see my screen.
https://imgur.com/a/0J1Z8vi
Bonus, I included the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ xbox screen that you claim does not exist any more even though you can easily verify that it does by opening the windows store and typing xbox and then downloading and open it.

[Keldorn]

Originally posted by Jahn:

Here you go, I have now taken screenshots in windowed mode, so you get to see my screen.
https://imgur.com/a/0J1Z8vi
Bonus, I included the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ xbox screen that you claim does not exist any more even though you can easily verify that it does by opening the windows store and typing xbox and then downloading and open it.

Thanks for writing the guide. in my experience, this might not be enough however.

My experience with it was this: after six months of not touching any GFWL games, I tried running some of them and they all gave a connection error. After some troubleshooting, doing the two steps below helped me. Step 1 is identical to your guide and Step 2 might be specific to WIndows 8.1. So here they are:

1. Reinstalling gfwl (as you described). However, this gave me a "need to install windows live sign-in assistant" dialogue.

2. Installing windows live sign-in assistant from THIS link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26686. The GFWL installed itself for some reason links to version 6.5 of that (available here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26686), but it's NOT the correct version.

2a. Running a GFWL game after those steps downloads a GFWL patch inside the GFWL client within the game itself. It 's smooth sailing from that point on.

I didn't actually need to run Fable III w/ Windows 7 compatibility – that appears to be unnecessary at least if you're using Windows 8.1. I did use Win7 compatibility for the installers, but I'm not sure if that is strictly necessary

[Keldorn]

Also the GFWL service wasn't shut down. There were some rumors about this in 2014, but they were never officially confirmed.

Instead, they shut down GFWL Marketplace – the Steam-like storefront with a separate client and some exclusive games even. For this reason you can't download the DLC in Fable III even if you bought them (it'll say that you own them and you'll be able to check that, but you won't be able to actually download anything).

The achievements still work however, and so does the multiplayer for some reason. It'd reasonable to assume the servers would be switched off by now – but maybe the game just has P2P architecture or maybe it uses some sort of centralised Xbox servers.

[danni]

Thanks for the guide. How would I install my DLC? I have keys for Understone and Traitor's Keep but I haven't been prompted to use them

[Akira]

The marketplace is sadly shut down, the only way to get the DLC to work today is by cracking the game, or at least that is the only way I know of.
https://youtu.be/G20DvS01eKM

[CyanKalie]

Thank you soooo much! Your crazy guide works! This was my last try for run the game. And now it works. Danke danke danke!