Anybody know how to run this in WIndows 11?

[Hostile_Peach]

Everybody always says to run it in compatibility mode. Here's the kicker - there's no tab under properties for this game. Already running as an administrator. Any other ways? I bought this for no reason. It won't launch. Just wanted some nostalgia.

[craigsters]

it's in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 3 goty and the games exe Fallout3 and it has 4 tabs, compatibility tab after the general tab

[bladerunner97]

Compatibility mode did nothing for me. The game started but would freeze shortly after. This is what I had to do. I had to use the first 2 steps before the game would run proper, without freezing. No. 3 is useful for if, or when you start modding the game.

1. Use the Fallout Anniversary Patcher. Follow the instructions.
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/24913

2. Use the Fallout 3 Intel bypass package.
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/17209

3. Optional but essential if you want to use mods later. Install this FOSE package after downgrading FO3 to 1.7.0.3
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/8606

Needless to say, doing any of the above is at your own risk. Make back-ups if you have to. It took me hours of searching and trying to get this game to run. I backed up the whole FO3 folder so I could go back pretty quick and painlessly.

Edit: Links were wrong. Sorry. Should be fine now.

[CitizenRyan]

Geeze, I am downloading the game now (windows 11) and am worried now that it won't run.

[[OTG] Bonkers]

Well on my side I just tried to play both F3 and FNV without any success as soon as I click New Game it crashes to desktop, vanilla game with no mods installed. I've tried many different suggestions with no effect still crashes. AMD CPU with AMD GPU with current drivers updated yesterday. Windows 11

[bladerunner97]

Originally posted by CitizenRyan:

Geeze, I am downloading the game now (windows 11) and am worried now that it won't run.

Yeah. From what I've been seeing on these forums, the game is too old for modern, hi-end systems. I too have Windows 11 and from what I gather, that INTEL bypass patch tricks the game into thinking it is running with an older NVIDIA 7000 card. This game desperately needs to be re-optimised\updated.

I have not tried FNV yet and probably won't. But Fallout 4 is running fine, straight after a 90+ GB fresh install.

[OgreLord]

Game of the year edition is running fine for me on Windows 11 without any mods. I have a RTX 3070ti.

[0bsidian]

I am also unable to get the game to start on my machine. I am running windows 11 but when I click play 3 seconds later it stops and asks me to hit play again. I tried the first commentors work around but no dice. Please anyone who can help I would love to play these games as I have been a long time fan of the fallout series. 1 and 2 are my personal favorites.

[Riovad]

I had trouble with NV, but it is running smoothly now. Have not tried FO3 but I imagine it is in the same situation as NV. Took a few mods on NV to get it so that it doesn't crash and runs smoothly and then a couple texture packs and it looks great. Might suggest seeing if any videos have come out recently with a good essential mod list to get it running again.

[Sy]

i was having massive trouble getting fallout 3 loading a new game on windows 11 so i decided to try a starter save that begins as you leave the vault and the game has been fine loading saving ever since, i also frame limit to 60 fps for a smoother experience

[craigsters]

running fine for me on

Alienware Aurora R12 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6 LHR
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 11700KF (8-Core, 16MB Cache, 3.6GHz to 5GHz w/Intel® Turbo Boost Max)
16GB, 2x8GB, DDR4, 3200MHz, XMP
harddrive
1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD

[Darkeus]

This is why you should always buy old games on GoG. They make sure the games work on modern systems.

[IRLanthony]

Like everyone here, I was having issues getting the game to run even after all the mods. This fix here got it to run instantly for me.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3227396141&tscn=1714073347

I am running Win 10, Ryzen 5 3600, and Radeon RX 5700 XT and this intel laptop fix worked immediately. After the intro I saved and changed my graphics settings accordingly. Also note: i did a clean install of the game, changed the launcher and .exe to run as admin, turned off all the mods i previously installed, and followed the readme to where to put the .ini (as opposed to the discussion)

[Feralghoul]

The above fixed my issue for both F3 and NV on my ROG ALLY

[TsarBlandi]

I've also got a 6600 and the intel fix worked for me, thanks!

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If you're just trying to run it on Windows 11 no mods. All I did was.

1. Open Settings
2. Display
3. Graphics
4. Under "Add an app" click Browse.
5. Add Fallout3.exe & FalloutLauncherSteam.exe
6. Once they've been added click on 1 their files now added to the list below.
7. Click options and set to High Performance. Repeat for 2nd file added.
8. Now Launch the game.

I've been able to make a lot of old pc games that normally crash work by just trying this.