Game crashes randomly

[MilkyMcGee]

Hello
Can someone help me fix this
it's my first time playing fallout 3
i managed to get the game running on win10
the only issue i have is that the gane is crashing randomly
sometimes 5 minutes in sometimes 30 minutes
does anyone know what is the cause of the crash
i get no error masseges it just crashes and sends me to the desktop

if anyone can help me that would be great
thanks

[veryhungryperson]

Take a look at the guide section of this forum. There are a few very useful guides with many different levels of detail.

What is probably causing the crash is the 2GB RAM that windows allocated the game is being overflowed. Windows will see this as a threat to system stability and shut the program down. You can double this amount by enabling the Large Address Aware flag on fallout3.exe.

[Seven7]

Depends on many factors:
which of the startup fixing methods was used (there are at least three different ones)
what hardware (also three options at least)
what mods are used
what version is the OS, build , language - there are nuances
what programs are running in the background - conflicts with antiviruses, and companion programs from audio and video drivers (GFE, Nahimic, Sonic, etc)

[MilkyMcGee]

I am not using any mods
i will try one of these methods and i will say if it worked

thanks

[Talisien]

Originally posted by Seven7:

Depends on many factors:
which of the startup fixing methods was used (there are at least three different ones)
what hardware (also three options at least)
what mods are used
what version is the OS, build , language - there are nuances
what programs are running in the background - conflicts with antiviruses, and companion programs from audio and video drivers (GFE, Nahimic, Sonic, etc)

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crossair power mangement soft
killer network software
steam and batttlenet
and the nvidia geforce soft
and geforce GTX 1050 Ti

just using the lasted realteck audio drivers with plugandplay headset hyperX

and just windows antivirus

[kdodds]

Modding isn't just about changing the game, necessarily. There are a bunch of mods I use that make my game stable. You can pick and choose which ones to try, but I would not omit the core ones I'm using. That's the LAA enabler, GFWL disabler, Intel HD Bypass, FOSE, of course, and Command Extender. Add F3TF to that if you have stutters. Do NOT use the Stutter Remover.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2369220979

[shaggy001]

Originally posted by kdodds:

Modding isn't just about changing the game, necessarily. There are a bunch of mods I use that make my game stable. You can pick and choose which ones to try, but I would not omit the core ones I'm using. That's the LAA enabler, GFWL disabler, Intel HD Bypass, FOSE, of course, and Command Extender. Add F3TF to that if you have stutters. Do NOT use the Stutter Remover.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2369220979

I'm using an Intel i7-9700K processor with a GTX 2080Ti GPU, running the Steam version on Windows 10.
I have all of the things you've mentioned (GFWL disabler, LAA enabler, Intel HD Bypass, FOSE, and Command Extender). I went into the Fallout.INI file to change the two options (can't remember exactly, one was buseAIThreadedCore or something to that effect). I've tried different graphics options. I run the .exe as an administrator in Windows XP compatibility mode.
With all of that, I STILL get random crashes about every 5-10 minutes. I literally don't know what else to do to get this damn game running properly (other than go back to playing it on my PS3, which somehow has less jank).

[kdodds]

Honestly, some guides are terribly dated. No fault to the guide, of course, the game itself is old. What this means is (like using compatibility mode) that some "fixes" were probably just shots in the dark that coincidentally worked. Or (like FOSR) kind of worked, but also kind of broke the game even worse. What's bad about this is that you may have stepped through some recommendations that may not have worked, but you didn't undo, because they didn't seem to make things worse, but eventually do make things worse.

My guide linked above was started, from scratch, in late 2020 and has about 200 hours on it with maybe 1 or 2 crashes, usually when it's been running for hours. I would encourage you to try it from a full wipe, not on top of changes you've already made.

[MilkyMcGee]

Ok i fixed it

i just run the fallout3.exe as administrator and in compatibility moda windows XP (Service pack 3)

and now the game doesn't crash anymore!

[Chibz]

Originally posted by JAJØ:

Ok i fixed it

i just run the fallout3.exe as administrator and in compatibility moda windows XP (Service pack 3)

and now the game doesn't crash anymore!

i will also try this as i got that issue with the random crashes and could just never get into the game even though my friends say its amazing

[Greasy Jim Sugar-Gold]

For me both options are already ticked, and still the game is crushing :/

[MilkyMcGee]

maybe its like skyrim
i had the issue when i quicksave too many times it crashes
try to only normal save