WHY IS THE GAME CRASHING!!

[Ghost]

The game i thought would be fixed and refined to a point where the game has no issues has more issues booting up with constant crashes more than even starfield and when it works it decides to crash when loading a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game file. FFS i loved the Fallout show made by Christopher nolans own brother, but common TODD let me play the game!!!

#Fallout3Rules

[_KC76_]

Publicado originalmente por Danglesaur:

i can't even get passed the initial loading screen and into the main menu. Weapon debris is off.

If you have Steam Cloud enabled, or you use Microsoft OneDrive, you should disable both, and remove OneDrive from your PC.

Assuming you do NOT use OneDrive, You can try "resetting" your game, by going to your Documents folder, then the MyGames folder, and delete the Fallout4 folder inside. When you restart the game from the Steam Library, this will get re-created with fresh files.

Once you have the Launcher open, go to settings/options, click advanced, then turn off Weapons Debris, and set the rest of the settings to Ultra, or their highest settings, save and close the Launcher. Now you can open your Fallout .ini files (in the new Documents/mygames/Fallout4 folder) and manually edit them for your modern hardware and actual monitor size.

[BrayGun]

Mine was crashing seconds after launching into the game, so just turned off weapon debris and now it's fine. Sounds like it doesn't work for everyone, but definitely a good first step in troubleshooting to try.

[Bored Peon]

If you are crashing on the menu screen, then it aint weapon debris is causing it.
You kinda have to get into the game for weapon debris to cause a crash.

NVidia can have issues with one of their .dll files that cause that crash. There is a @#$%load of "fixes" for that .dll issue. I treid dozens of them for months and none of them ever worked. In the end I "fixed" it by using Vulkan Render (which open a whole bunch of graphic glitches, but it ran.)

Using any sort of mod that raises the number of threads used can also cause a bunch of crashes. Reducing the number of threads brings stability back.

Oh and the best way to stop chasing "fixes" is go install Buffout and get a crashlog and have the people on the Buffout 4 forums read it for you.

[Britt]

Publicado originalmente por Neo:

Fallout 4 does crash to desktop sometimes but not enough to be a major problem.

I'm playing on survival mode so I just lost an hour of gameplay. Actually if the game crashes like this I'm gonna say its unbeatable on survival mode. I don't remember this game crashing on me so much in the past, but then again I haven't played a Bethesda game since 2017....

[Bored Peon]

Publicado originalmente por Britt:

Publicado originalmente por Neo:

Fallout 4 does crash to desktop sometimes but not enough to be a major problem.

I'm playing on survival mode so I just lost an hour of gameplay. Actually if the game crashes like this I'm gonna say its unbeatable on survival mode. I don't remember this game crashing on me so much in the past, but then again I haven't played a Bethesda game since 2017....

I get it. You like the penalty for dying instead of just reloading ten seconds ago when you came in through the door. Save scumming like that just kinda removes the challenge.

So what I suggest is to go get yourself the Survival Options mod, then turn on Save on Wait. This means you will have the option to wait an hour in any chair and save WITHOUT losing your adrenaline, throwing your sleep off, and enacting a disease check that comes with normal sleeping.

Then while you are at it, throw in a mod like Darker Nights where it is dark (as in near pitch black) from like 5PM to 6AM.
Toss in True Storms and turn on the Ghoul spans during radstorms for random unexpected surprises.

[Dumar]

Publicado originalmente por Ghost:

4070ti super, I7 14700k, 32 GB ram and it should be enough, one guy on this forum said it was apparently not compatible with higher end pc's and many speculate to that it could be frame rate issue too or even V-sync that apparently is causing some issues but i dunno. if u guys have any suggestion i would be happy. OS is Windows 11, and everything is updatet to the extent of my knowleadge

Is your 14700k OC'ed in BIOS or in Intel XTU by chance?

This game crashed on my 14700k, right to desktop (its mildly OC'ed via Intel XTU App).

While this isn't Unreal Engine, 14700k and Up CPU's aren't the most stable when OC'ed or BIOS OC'ed via Mobo manufacturer.

If it's OC'ed via BIOS, just be sure you have Intel's Limits enforced. If by XTU, tame the wattage on P1/P2 at 250Watts or execute the default profile and retry fallout for a few mins and see if you crash to Desktop etc.

[Harry S]

try this - https://quoramarketing.com/fallout-4-next-gen-crashing-on-startup-and-wont-start-fix/

[eyesofthemessiah]

Publicado originalmente por Danglesaur:

Publicado originalmente por sdack:

Read here please:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/4364626348100218422/#c4364626348100326950

If you are familiar with things such as VSync, driver settings and editing .ini files, then know you can change the vsync setting manually in Fallout4Prefs.ini:

[Display]
iPresentInterval=0

The value controls vsync (0=off / 1=sync at refresh / 2=sync every 2. refresh).

If you have any questions either ask or straight up google for it. Many have the same problems and fixing these is quite easy once one knows how.

thanks you for adding a much more detailed explanation. Idk about the author here, but i tried all that and it didn't work for me. i guess i'll just hope the update fixes it. fingers crossed!

Do you have weapon debris setting turned on in FO4 settings? If so turn it off.

[Domin]

since you have RTX graphics card turn weapon debris off.. maybe someone else already told you that.. idk i don't read the discussion

[Kurtiscg]

Publicado originalmente por Neo:

If the game is crashing constantly then it's an issue with your PC or the settings on your PC.

Fallout 4 does crash to desktop sometimes but not enough to be a major problem.

Do you have weapon debris setting turned on in FO4 settings? If so turn it off.

Problem solved doing this! Legend :D

[Hawkz]

Publicado originalmente por wowcoh56:

Publicado originalmente por Ghost:

The game i thought would be fixed and refined to a point where the game has no issues has more issues booting up with constant crashes more than even starfield and when it works it decides to crash when loading a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game file. FFS i loved the Fallout show made by Christopher nolans own brother, but common TODD let me play the game!!!

#Fallout3Rules

Its 10 years old lol.... you may want to WAIT for the next gen patch coming April 25th.... pls read notes. Your gaming experience may be much improved.

Same issues still present with the update.

Maybe Bethesda should fix their tech instead of letting fan boys gas light others on steam forums.

[jvjd]

Disable mods

[Cola]

Getting constant crashes now myself, even after a clean install and running none of my 222 mods. THe game looks like ♥♥♥♥ now without all my ENB and textures

[Edziek]

Publicado originalmente por wowcoh56:

Publicado originalmente por Ghost:

The game i thought would be fixed and refined to a point where the game has no issues has more issues booting up with constant crashes more than even starfield and when it works it decides to crash when loading a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game file. FFS i loved the Fallout show made by Christopher nolans own brother, but common TODD let me play the game!!!

#Fallout3Rules

Its 10 years old lol.... you may want to WAIT for the next gen patch coming April 25th.... pls read notes. Your gaming experience may be much improved.

I installed the patch and the game still crashes. So no, nothing has improved :-)

[Neo]

Publicado originalmente por Britt:

Publicado originalmente por Neo:

Fallout 4 does crash to desktop sometimes but not enough to be a major problem.

I'm playing on survival mode so I just lost an hour of gameplay. Actually if the game crashes like this I'm gonna say its unbeatable on survival mode. I don't remember this game crashing on me so much in the past, but then again I haven't played a Bethesda game since 2017....

If you're playing survival it's good practice to try and sleep, 1 hour is risky not just because of random crashes which do happen sometimes even if your system is set up perfectly, but you could of course get killed and lose all that progress anyway.

I too play only in survival mode, and I understand the pain of losing a lot of progress, but 9/10 it's fine if you plan out your route and remember sleeping bag and beds throughout the world. The game is certainly playable with survival mode, as stated in the first post, if someone is crashing over and over in a manner which is repeatable and predictable, then that normally indicates an issue at the players end and not the game.

Not sure why some people thought that deserved jester awards, but thanks for the free points anyway.