missing files from fallout folder in documents

[D3LTANIN3 gaming]

can anyone help me im missing the fallout ini file from my documents and reinstalling doesnt fix it. is there something wrong with my game??

[R5CYA]

did you launch the game and hit play to generate them?

[D3LTANIN3 gaming]

yeah but no matter what i do i cant fix it....i think im just gunna give up on it

[INSANE]

Are you using Windows 7? Are you certain that you're looking in the right folder? Documents->My Games->Fallout3, if you're using Windows 7.

[D3LTANIN3 gaming]

im running windows 8.1

[INSANE]

Uh, I don't know.. um.. did you try using the search function?

[Pert Boioioing]

What happens when you hit play in the launcher? Do you get an error message or anything?

[R5CYA]

^^^ that.

[D3LTANIN3 gaming]

all it does is bring up the pre-play screen and as soon as i click play it closes the game

[R5CYA]

Originally posted by serveradmin:

all it does is bring up the pre-play screen and as soon as i click play it closes the game

have you paid much attention to the setup guide?

[Vic Evicerator]

This happened to me. Something that the newer versions of windows do to the pathways to standard folders prevents the necessary files from copying properly. If you look in the "documents\my games\fallout 3" folder and don't see the fallout.ini, what you have to do is this:

1) go to the folder that Fallout 3 is installed in (for steam, it will be something like program files\steam\steamapps\common\fallout 3)
2) copy the file 'fallout_default.ini'
3) paste it into your documents\mygames\fallout 3 folder
4) rename it to 'fallout.ini'
5) (Optional) - make any necessary edits to the file

then it should work fine.

[ToaZulu]

Originally posted by Vic Evicerator:

This happened to me. Something that the newer versions of windows do to the pathways to standard folders prevents the necessary files from copying properly. If you look in the "documents\my games\fallout 3" folder and don't see the fallout.ini, what you have to do is this:

1) go to the folder that Fallout 3 is installed in (for steam, it will be something like program files\steam\steamapps\common\fallout 3)
2) copy the file 'fallout_default.ini'
3) paste it into your documents\mygames\fallout 3 folder
4) rename it to 'fallout.ini'
5) (Optional) - make any necessary edits to the file

then it should work fine.

that would work, but the problem is that there is no fallout folder

[ShiftymcSwifty]

Originally posted by sleekSeer:

Originally posted by Vic Evicerator:

This happened to me. Something that the newer versions of windows do to the pathways to standard folders prevents the necessary files from copying properly. If you look in the "documents\my games\fallout 3" folder and don't see the fallout.ini, what you have to do is this:

1) go to the folder that Fallout 3 is installed in (for steam, it will be something like program files\steam\steamapps\common\fallout 3)
2) copy the file 'fallout_default.ini'
3) paste it into your documents\mygames\fallout 3 folder
4) rename it to 'fallout.ini'
5) (Optional) - make any necessary edits to the file

then it should work fine.

that would work, but the problem is that there is no fallout folder

thats my problem to... 2 years later no fallout folder in my documents/mygames