Need help with character creation that doesn´t work/ Gray ui when in terminal or lockpick

[destructor21176]

Update: hey i finally could fix the issue, bassically install DXVK from Nexus mods (on the mod page you have all the installation instructions) all credit to ThorCreeper

Recently i bought NV and wanted to start playing it, the problem is that the reflectron (the ui of character creation) and the vigor tester (choosing SPECIAL) don't work it just appears a blank contour of the ui tha doesn't let me use it. Since yesterday i've tried to fix it from reinstalling it to using mods (like viva new vegas) and it didn't work so i'm looking for someone that had the same problem and already have the solution. i'm playing on a windows 11 laptop, i don't know if it's causing the problem 'cause i know it's an old game.

PD: sorry if my english is bad, my first language is spanish btw

[Gyatz]

If the pinball machine in the start of the game, make a new save, skip thru the cutscenes and load the save from doc mitches house

[destructor21176]

Originally posted by Mr. Kesh:

If the pinball machine in the start of the game, make a new save, skip thru the cutscenes and load the save from doc mitches house

it didn't work :/.
do i have to do something with the save from Doc's house or the autosave after wake up works?

[Death Approaches]

how did you install it, did you just click Install then Play? this is a game from yesteryear, when 32-bit was the standard and XP/Vista/7 were the OSes played on... on Win10/11, you need to do a bit of work to make it playable.

that sounds like the standard DX9 support issue... DX12 tries it's best to handle older DirectX, but the way some games work, it just doesn't. Try installing a DirectX legacy support[www.microsoft.com] package (it co-exists with DX12 just fine), and you'll likely need to install a legacy audio codec pack like K-Lite[codecguide.com] to get all the audio formats Fallout 3/NV uses to work well, too. (the game install itself takes care of installing the deprecated VC runtime it needs, at least!)

it also depends on your GPU, whether or not you have a real dedicated, or an iGPU, and which one, etc. you need to be a bit technical, at least enough to identify all your hardware. (and if you're on a laptop, and you have both iGPU and a dedicated, there's even another issue to deal with...)

re: viva new vegas, there are plenty of install guides because of this frustrating issue, you should definitely consider following one of them. we tend to send people to Viva New Vegas because it's very hand-holdy, because lots of gamers are non-technical and need to be told step-by-step what to do... did you follow it from the beginning and do every single thing, not skipping a single step?

[destructor21176]

Originally posted by Death Approaches:

how did you install it, did you just click Install then Play? this is a game from yesteryear, when 32-bit was the standard and XP/Vista/7 were the OSes played on... on Win10/11, you need to do a bit of work to make it playable.

that sounds like the standard DX9 support issue... DX12 tries it's best to handle older DirectX, but the way some games work, it just doesn't. Try installing a DirectX legacy support[www.microsoft.com] package (it co-exists with DX12 just fine), and you'll likely need to install a legacy audio codec pack like K-Lite[codecguide.com] to get all the audio formats Fallout 3/NV uses to work well, too. (the game install itself takes care of installing the deprecated VC runtime it needs, at least!)

it also depends on your GPU, whether or not you have a real dedicated, or an iGPU, and which one, etc. you need to be a bit technical, at least enough to identify all your hardware. (and if you're on a laptop, and you have both iGPU and a dedicated, there's even another issue to deal with...)

re: viva new vegas, there are plenty of install guides because of this frustrating issue, you should definitely consider following one of them. we tend to send people to Viva New Vegas because it's very hand-holdy, because lots of gamers are non-technical and need to be told step-by-step what to do... did you follow it from the beginning and do every single thing, not skipping a single step?

wow a lot of things to do

yes i just intall it, expecting that when i open the game it would give me a window telling me to use the compatibility mode of windows (just like fallout 3 does) but since it doesn't show i just played it. so i'll try it, also the audio pack because when i played it the music sound with some little jumps

this laptop just have an iGPU so if don't think it could be a issue with that.

for viva new vegas i have to admit i jump some steps in the utilities section, like don't installing some of the guide says but making sure to install what the mod of the bug fixes section needs. and i follow the guide until it gives you the .txt with the order of the mods, without installing the ones on the expanded section (the ones that really puts more things on the game than just bug fixes but i don't remember the name of the section)

i'm going to try what you say with the directX, so thank you!

Edit: i install the two things you said and it didn't work, also restarted the laptop to make sure and it stills the same

[ThorCreeper]

This has been a problem for a bunch of people recently, myself included. Try installing DXVK from Nexus, that's what worked for me.

[destructor21176]

Originally posted by ThorCreeper:

This has been a problem for a bunch of people recently, myself included. Try installing DXVK from Nexus, that's what worked for me.

maaaaannnn, thank you so much!!!
it worked and now i can play. and in fact it's a common problem so if you excuse me i'm going to copy paste the solution (for the ones that ask for the solution in spanish)

[ThorCreeper]

Originally posted by destructor21176:

Originally posted by ThorCreeper:

This has been a problem for a bunch of people recently, myself included. Try installing DXVK from Nexus, that's what worked for me.

maaaaannnn, thank you so much!!!
it worked and now i can play. and in fact it's a common problem so if you excuse me i'm going to copy paste the solution (for the ones that ask for the solution in spanish)

Yeah of course, go right ahead. It sucks that New Vegas is so buggy, because it stops a lot people from fully enjoying the game.

[xSAIVYOORx]

Originally posted by ThorCreeper:

This has been a problem for a bunch of people recently, myself included. Try installing DXVK from Nexus, that's what worked for me.

do you know where to put it in the files? im not that big of a tech person so
i put it in the falloutnv file from the document area, do i need to do anything else? i mean ive tried everything

[destructor21176]

Originally posted by xSAIVYOORx:

Originally posted by ThorCreeper:

This has been a problem for a bunch of people recently, myself included. Try installing DXVK from Nexus, that's what worked for me.

do you know where to put it in the files? im not that big of a tech person so
i put it in the falloutnv file from the document area, do i need to do anything else? i mean ive tried everything

In short no, that's not the place where you should put the files, for my understanding that folder in documents (that i assume is documents\my games\falloutnv) is the part where your "user data" is, your saves, info of your screen resulotion and the kind of data unique for the user or your pc. for other part there is the root folder where is the game data, basically all the assets, textures, and code i think, the game itself; that´s the essential folder for moding and of course this mod too.
Quoting the nexus page of the mod (where the install intructions are):
"Extract/open the archive and drag d3d9.dll and dxvk.conf to the game’s root folder."
This is the Root folder: Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout New Vegas

too much text i know, but if you need any more help just ask