Games for Windows Live Disabler can't find .ini file

[scalycoronet379]

I've tried everything I can think of to get this game to run. I've spent probably around 3 hours trying to mod this thing to make it work. When I open the game, I get a pop-up that warns me it might not be compatible with windows 10. If I go along with the prompt it gives, I end up on a download for Windows Live. It will install fine, but once it's installed, that's it. It's a dead service. So I installed the windows live disabler using vortex. The problem is that it won't disable windows live because it cant' find Fallout.ini. It tells me to run the game but I can't, every time I hit new game it crashes midway through the first loading screen. I tried making a fake one by copying and pasting everything from fallout FalloutPrefs.ini like people have said, but that doesn't do anything. I found a folder in a backup of the game that had Fallout.ini, Fallout.ini.baked and Fallout.ini.base, so I moved everything from that folder (called "Fallout 3") into the folder called Fallout 3 in my game directory. I'm extremely new to modding and it's too late for me to get a refund. I have no idea what I'm doing. Can anyone help? I really appreciate it.

[scalycoronet379]

I found another guide I can follow, but I'm not sure if it'll help. If it does, I'll remove this post.

[Lambo4219]

Make sure its FALLOUT.INI for FO3, all caps. Don't know if that matters in your case or not, but saw somebody mention it in another thread. FALLOUT.INI for FO3, and Fallout.ini for NV.

[scalycoronet379]

Thank you for your time. I tried changing the name of the fake Fallout.ini file to "FALLOUT.ini," but it still couldn't detect it for some reason. I'm not quite sure what step to take next, but in any case, thanks for your time

[Lambo4219]

Was that FALLOUT.ini, or FALLOUT.INI, the entire thing needs to be capatalized. Still cant' say that that's your issue or not, but I just used the disable mod myself the other day and when that file and the FalloutPrefs.ini file were in the My Documents/Fallout3 folder, it worked for me.

[scalycoronet379]

It was the first one, I'll try it again differently, hopefully it works. I just uninstalled the game so I can start from a clean install. I'll give this a try as soon as it's finished. Thanks for your help man, I've been scratching my head trying to get this working for a while

[kdodds]

No, no, no, no. You need to run the game at least once before installing the GFWL and Intel HD fixes that fix the game not running 99.99% of users. Every time I am aware of that it hasn't worked, people have screwed around with their inis. Wherever your user accounts My Games folder is, that's where the inis need to be, under the Fallout3 folder.

This is so simple. Start clean and do NOT stray from instructions. Watch the video on my guide here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2369220979

Scroll down to the "get it running part". Watch the video at least once before you start. This is not an attack, but you obviously don't know what you're doing. So assume whatever you think you should do next is wrong. Just follow the video. I have tried this on dozens of systems, new and old, and it's worked every single time. This is why I am insisting that it's something you did (or didn't) do. The GFWL fix alone will almost always NOT work, you need to also do the Intel HD fix. Please don't take this as an attack, it's really not. We've all been there at one time or another. Hell, the last time I did FONV I screwed up something I've done 1000 times before.

It's also a helluva lot easier to start from scratch than to attempt to untangle an undocumented mess. So, unless you've meticulously documented every single change you've made, don't try to backtrack. And even if you did document, I guarantee you missed one little thing. Start from scratch.

[scalycoronet379]

Thank you for the advice man. Yeah, I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing, so I’ve just been following random guides hoping things will work. I’m very new to PC gaming and I’m not all that great with computers, so any bit of information helps! As soon as I get the chance I’ll watch the video and give it a try. Thank you for the advice!

[scalycoronet379]

So I gave that video a try and I'm still having the same issues. I followed along step by step from a clean install and it still can't find my documents on its own, and it still can't find the FALLOUT.INI file after I've told it where my documents are located. I really have no idea what to do now. I don't even have any type of folder called "My Documents," it's just "Documents," so maybe that's causing an issue but I have no idea.

[Illtempered]

Let me first say, that I feel your pain. After literally years of trying to get a smooth running Fallout 3, I can finally say, that even with a ton of mods, I have played for dozens of hours with no problems, and no crashes. So I'll just tell you what I've done with my setup.

-I installed FO3 on a different SSD HD than the one with my operating system

-I patched the fallout.exe to 4gb and set to run it as admin, AND turned off ready-only in all folders

-I use FOSE(Fallout Script Extender), but the only way I can get it to start is with FOMM(Fallout Mod Manager)

After all this, if you're still having crashes try to change bPreemptivelyUnloadCells and bSelectivePurgeUnusedOnFastTravel from a value of 0 to 1. I changed it in all three ini files. The one in your documents folder and the two in your game folder. This ini fix also stopped my crashes in New Vegas.

[scalycoronet379]

Thank you, seriously. I was reading through your comment and it gave me the idea to run the game through Fallout Mod Manager, which I hadn't thought of before. It's running smoothly now, thank you all so much, I can't believe I didn't think of that!