Fallout 4 Crashes as soon as i click play

[Father Indubibably]

Here are my specs, ive tried about everything i can think of anything will help. Im really dumb with specs and all that jazz.
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i5 2400S @ 2.50GHz 73 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
6.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0CT3NM (CPU 1)
Graphics
23" AIO (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics (Dell)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M (Dell)
Storage
931GB Seagate ST31000524AS (SATA) 44 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp DVD+-RW SN-208BB
Audio
High Definition Audio Device

[SampledGlobe]

I have the same problem, no idea what to do

[{CMB}Ceilingcat]

So most likely you've see all the other crash related troubleshooting posts. I'll assume you have and offer something I don't think other people have mentioned yet.

Its sounds like you are crashing at the intro video. we will now disable it. Go to the Fallout4prefs.ini file and open it in notepad. locate the [general] section and anywhere in it, put a new entry:
SIntroSequence=1

Do the same for the other fallout.ini file in the same folder.

Now when you press play, it shouldnt play the video. this allowed me to bypass it and get to the main menu.

[Father Indubibably]

I dont even reach the main menu. The game starts with a black screen for about 1 second then flashes saying "Fallout 4 has stopped working"

[Ankh]

Check to make sure your game isnt running off of your onboard graphics card and is instead using your dedicated one. other than that maybe your ram is too low?

[Ankh]

Originally posted by BiscuitBoy29:

I dont even reach the main menu. The game starts with a black screen for about 1 second then flashes saying "Fallout 4 has stopped working"

Boot it up in windowed and borderless mode, or just windowed.

[Father Indubibably]

How would i make my onboard graphic activated?

[TheRealGoat]

Originally posted by EndlessSilence:

Originally posted by BiscuitBoy29:

I dont even reach the main menu. The game starts with a black screen for about 1 second then flashes saying "Fallout 4 has stopped working"

Boot it up in windowed and borderless mode, or just windowed.

I have the same problem, but booting it with windowed and borderless don't help at all.

i7-4790k 4.0 ghz
NVIDIA GTX 960 SSC
8 GB RAM
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-BIt

[Stunbot]

Same bump.

[Father Indubibably]

Yep same here

[TheRealGoat]

I have tried anything and everything I can find to do. None of it has worked. So I guess we just have to wait for Bethesda to release an update.

[Stunbot]

Originally posted by TheRealGoat:

I have tried anything and everything I can find to do. None of it has worked. So I guess we just have to wait for Bethesda to release an update.

All day erryday.

[Tibs27]

Originally posted by BiscuitBoy29:

CPU: Intel Core i5 2400S @ 2.50GHz 73 °C
RAM: 6GB DDR3 @ 665MHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

Going by those specs you meet none of the system reqiurements and that's why you're having this issue. You'll need to do a complete update of your PC if you want to play Fallout 4.

Originally posted by TheRealGoat:

I have the same problem, but booting it with windowed and borderless don't help at all.

i7-4790k 4.0 ghz
NVIDIA GTX 960 SSC
8 GB RAM
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-BIt

I'm guessing for you it doesn't load after you hit play or continue from the Main Menu. If this is true will need to do is rollback your graphics card drivers. I had the exact same issue and this fixed it. If you don't know how to do a roll back follow these steps on Windows 7 and 10 (I think it works on 8 too):
1) Press/click START
2) Type the following into the Search bar "Update Device Drivers" and press ENTER
3) Expand the "display adaptors section", right click on "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960" and click "Properties"
4) Click "Driver", and then "Roll Back Driver" let Windows do it's thing and you're done.

[Father Indubibably]

So is there anything i can do? Or do i just have to go buy a new computer?

[Tibs27]

Originally posted by BiscuitBoy29:

So is there anything i can do? Or do i just have to go buy a new computer?

Sorry but their is nothing you can do right now with your current PC, it's using hardware that's nearly 5 generations old.

[Shyradder]

{THE STORY}
I'm not sure if this fix will work for you but first let me get this straight you click play from the launcher and the game loads but you get a black screen for around a split second then "fallout 4 has stopped working" followed by it looking for a fix followed by close program? I have found a fix whether it works for you I do not know but let us find out I wanted to run fallout 4 on my really old laptop that I got in like 2008 that has an integrated intel gpu as it's main gpu just to see if it works and if I can change all the setting to below low just so I can play fallout 4 when i'm out and about most people just said oh update your drivers or verify the game or run in compatibility mode or as administrator but long story short none of these worked for me
{THE FIX}
The Irony of so many people saying update your driver is my fix was to do the opposite and actually rollback to an older version
[how to]
go to control panel/search "device manager"/click "display adapters"/right click and go "properties"/then lastly click rollback drivers and try now I hope this works for you
(BEFORE YOU PLAY)
also before you go I highly recommend that you go to this link if you get it working https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU8n9Y_hGoQ its a video by a person called lowspecsgamer who runs high spec games on outdated devices by turning setting really low like grass render distance and npc render distance ! k bye hope it works