Fallout launcher won't work on Steam and I can't run the game

[CheeseLord]

I've recently wanted to get back into playing Fallout new vegas but for some reason the Bethesda launcher won't run no matter what I try. I've tried running the launcher and FalloutNV files in compatibility mode for Windows 8, 7 and XP but all to no avail. When the launcher opens up and detects my graphics settings I press play and then it just opens up again in a never ending loop. When I try to run it as an admin it doesn't work, Steam says the game is running for a moment and then it goes back to the normal play button which indicates that the game is not running. Please help

[Ty Tanium]

Howdy Gamestar, 'sup?
A lot of folks have run into this problem... it's one of the great mysteries of mankind.

I run, and have played over 4200 hours, launching through a mod manager. I use MO2.
You NEED to have certain mods in place to stabilise the game, mods like NVSE (New Vegas Script Extender) the 4GB Extender (because the game only looks to use 2GB of RAM and that's not enough. You need NVTF (New Vegas Tick Fix) to keep the glitches down.

There are several good guides to setting up and running the game on YouTube, you should take a look at them, they'll help but, as I said, use a remote launcher from a mod manager.

You can find the running/system and stability mods on Nexus Mods.

There is a pinned list of recommended mods at the top of the Fallout New Vegas discussion forum as well.

It takes a bit of setting up these days because of the old Bethesda engine. Take a look and come back with any other questions.
Cheers,
T

[CheeseLord]

Ty Tanium lähetti viestin:

Howdy Gamestar, 'sup?
A lot of folks have run into this problem... it's one of the great mysteries of mankind.

I run, and have played over 4200 hours, launching through a mod manager. I use MO2.
You NEED to have certain mods in place to stabilise the game, mods like NVSE (New Vegas Script Extender) the 4GB Extender (because the game only looks to use 2GB of RAM and that's not enough. You need NVTF (New Vegas Tick Fix) to keep the glitches down.

There are several good guides to setting up and running the game on YouTube, you should take a look at them, they'll help but, as I said, use a remote launcher from a mod manager.

You can find the running/system and stability mods on Nexus Mods.

There is a pinned list of recommended mods at the top of the Fallout New Vegas discussion forum as well.

It takes a bit of setting up these days because of the old Bethesda engine. Take a look and come back with any other questions.
Cheers,
T

Ok thanks, I'll try that and see if it works

[CheeseLord]

Where do I go to install MO2, I'm not familiar with any mod managers other than Vortex.

[Vex Hilarius]

Don't read the pinned comment it's full of outdated information and broken mods. Follow this guide it has everything you need.

https://vivanewvegas.moddinglinked.com/

[CheeseLord]

You know what, I'm going to try and run it on my old gaming PC and if that doesn't work then I quit. I already beat the game several times over and tried numerous different builds and Bethesda doesn't want to preserve their games or have them in working condition then I'm out.

[Salamand3r-]

CheeseLord lähetti viestin:

You know what, I'm going to try and run it on my old gaming PC and if that doesn't work then I quit. I already beat the game several times over and tried numerous different builds and Bethesda doesn't want to preserve their games or have them in working condition then I'm out.

Even their new games don't launch in working condition.

That said, very few publishers maintain 13-year-old games that are essentially just paid DLCs for 15-year-old games. If you were trying to run most games from 1997 in 2010 when NV came out, you'd have even more trouble. It's a fact of old games - they simply don't play well with all modern system configurations.

[cheshirm]

another viewpoint. I have a pc circa Dec 2021 running win 11. fallout nv installed and runs vanilla. no mods. oblivion (2006) also same. morrowind (2002) also same. portal 2007. half life 2 2004. maybe 20 games or so all older than 10 years - STILL work.

neither steam nor the game installer nor the game make any changes to windows security.

check antivirus log? might be blocking game/game launcher.

check windows security/controlled folder access.
if on add exceptions for game launcher/game.

running Windows One Drive? One Drive moves the ini/preference files to the one drive.
modify one drive to exclude the game folder.

run game from game folder .exe and NOT from steam library or an icon.
sometimes an error msg (missing library) appears not hidden by steam

check windows event viewer and also windows reliability history. might be an error msg.

game in a launcher loop - no permission to create folder
Documents\My Games\FalloutNV
or create any files in it

OR windows one drive moving the .ini files out of the folder

[CheeseLord]

cheshirm lähetti viestin:

another viewpoint. I have a pc circa Dec 2021 running win 11. fallout nv installed and runs vanilla. no mods. oblivion (2006) also same. morrowind (2002) also same. portal 2007. half life 2 2004. maybe 20 games or so all older than 10 years - STILL work.

neither steam nor the game installer nor the game make any changes to windows security.

check antivirus log? might be blocking game/game launcher.

check windows security/controlled folder access.
if on add exceptions for game launcher/game.

running Windows One Drive? One Drive moves the ini/preference files to the one drive.
modify one drive to exclude the game folder.

run game from game folder .exe and NOT from steam library or an icon.
sometimes an error msg (missing library) appears not hidden by steam

check windows event viewer and also windows reliability history. might be an error msg.

game in a launcher loop - no permission to create folder
Documents\My Games\FalloutNV
or create any files in it

OR windows one drive moving the .ini files out of the folder

How do I stop One drive from moving the ini files out of the root file?

[cheshirm]

I do not use One Drive. I would guess that this game is not the only program/app that needs its files to remain in Documents folder. there should be a way to add exceptions. consult the manual/web search/MS. One Drive was released in 2007 so its not new.

[CheeseLord]

cheshirm lähetti viestin:

I do not use One Drive. I would guess that this game is not the only program/app that needs its files to remain in Documents folder. there should be a way to add exceptions. consult the manual/web search/MS. One Drive was released in 2007 so its not new.

Good news, I finally managed to run Fallout new vegas on my gaming PC rather than my old PC, all I had to do was take the ini files from my one drive and then unlink the account from my current PC. I feel like the one drive is more annoying than it's worth, anyways I'll be running the bethesda launcher shortcut on compatibility mode since that will stop the crashing from damaging my computer. I used this method and the crashing would just boot me out of the game instead of hard freezing everything.

Thanks for the lead Cheshirm, you really helped me out