Crashing on Take it Back!

[TheWoodlandKing1229]

Hi everyone. Been running into a pretty serious issue. Hope someone can help. I'm a little over my head here no lie. So I am playing Fallout 3 again. Had a few issues here and there but nothing to major or difficult to diagnose.

So I progressed all through the main quest and am now on Take it Back! The final mission. I follow Liberty Prime out the Citadel. Once he gets to the first major barrier, it plays out like this every. single. time.

1. Prime destroys the energy barrier. Easy Peasy. No big deal.
2. Prime destroys the first Vertibird on the bridge.
3. Big explosion
4. CTD

I have no clue what's causing this. I am not tech savvy but I tried changing the graphics to low from high. Same thing happens. I followed the instructions on the pinned set up guide when I installed the game to the letter.

My only conclusion is that is must be a mod. I would rather consult this forum first though prefer proceeding.

Thanks in advance.

[Femboiii-Furrie UwU]

try installing this http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/17209/?tab=2&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Ffallout3%2Fajax%2Fmodfiles%2F%3Fid%3D17209&pUp=1 here this fix should make it work basically install the mod and move folders into thew fallout directory there is a read me file soo all is explained in there

[Zedd]

inb4 necro comments
@SteelRabbit
I have the same issue and your fix didn't work, any other ideas?

[umanfly]

If you want to finish the mission and move on i suggest this Heres the remaining solution till the end of the dlc .

Still Stuck..... Try this Solution as i did .
Part 2 -through the Ending .
1. ~ enableplayercontrols as mentioned before .
2. *OPTIONAL* Because she wasnt there, I spawned Sarah Lyons with ~player.placeatme 0001d430 (her base ID) she then walks down to join Elder/Scribe
5. ~ setstage 00014e91 60 to force quest trigger into allowing "Take it back!" quest..
(Note: Liberty Prime won't move etc) and will not proceed .
6. Now Type ~ CompleteQuest 14E8F (Quest ID of "The American Dream" which completes it leaving "Take it Back!"
6.B Now go to the Jefferson Memorial
~ Type : tgm to cross river if need be
7. At the Enclave barrier ~ tcl ( to cross through gate emitters)
8. ~tcl after going through the barrier (to turn collision back on)
9. walk to the gift shop entrance where Sarah Lyons should be waiting.
If not type ( ~player.placeatme 0001d430 )(her base ID) she then walks inside door of shop.
Next escort her to the lower chamber and decide who puts the code in .
Watch ending .....till you get stuck again .
Download http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/9946/
And then Broken Steel is finally over .
10. FINISH

[Big Iron]

I had the exact same problem with liberty prime and it wouldnt allow me to continue due to it crashing but I used @umanfly 's solution and worked perfectly

I loaded a save which was when liberty prime was a bit away from the vertibird and i ~ tcl ran straight to the Jeferson Memorial, spawned Sarah Lyons and continued how you would usually would. It worked a charm and would 100% confirm it

[DarkMoon]

I hate to necro post BUT I have found a solution for those looking for answers. It's not perfect, but I have tried this multiple times and it has worked.

How to for people having this problem:
Step 1: Wait for LP to destroy flying vertibird.
Step 2: Toggle clipping and haul ass to get the the next bridge (make sure LP is still moving forward)
TIP: Make sure you are not near the side of the bridge unless absolutely necessary! If you are hit by a mortar shell or explosion while tcl, you can break your character and have to load a save, or crash the game. Be careful!
Step 3: Wait near landed vertibird on bridge (but not too close or else you will be hurt by explosion) for LP to catch up and destroy said vertibird.
Step 4: Wait for LP to take 4 steps. If game does not crash, retoggle tcl and land on the bridge.
Step 5: SAVE (just in case)
If necessary: Toggle tcl again and go around other parts if game crashes later on in the mission. Hard save after each crash is prevented.
Step 6: Weep in joy as you can now (hopefully) finish the game.

[kvetchus]

Another necro but since this is STILL a problem it's good to bump it in Google for the sake of posterity (I'm just thinking of the children!). I had a very similar issue. For me, my game would CTD every time about halfway across the first bridge. I could stand there for 5 minutes and watch LP's progress in the distance or run head as soon as the scene loads... crash. So, reading these two solutions, I waited for Liberty Prime to drop the first barrier, TCL, then flew over to him and un-TCL'd. My game proceeded normally from there. (I have no mods installed)