"Failure initializing input devices"

[Criminal_Commander]

Is anyone else getting this issue? The game worked very well, minus the odd color issues with the opening cutscene, before this patch arrived! Any fixes?

[Elincia]

I'm having the same issue as well

[Criminal_Commander]

I received an Email from Bugthesda and it reads;

Hello!

I'm sorry to hear that Fallout 2 is not working for you. I first want to make sure that you do not have any mods installed, they have a weird way of messing with the game. If that is not the cause of the problem, please try to run the .exe for the game in compatibility mode. You can do this by:

Right clicking the .exe and clicking Properties.
Click on the Compatibility tab.
Check the "Run this program in different compatibility"
Try several different modes by clicking the drop down menu.

Also, I want you to try to change the resolution of the game. You can do this by right clicking the .exe and going to Properties. Now navigate to the Compatibility tab (just like before) and click the "Change resolution to 640 x 280".

Please let me know if this resolves the issue!

[paulorsjr]

Well,

I did solve this problem doing these steps:

1) going to game data folder \steamapps\common\fallout 2\
2) running f2_res_Config.exe on game folder
3) clicking 'Manually Edit Config'
4) on [input] section, changing ALT_MOUSE_INPUT to 1 (ALT_MOUSE_INPUT=1)
5) save and close config file
6) running game

Hope this helps, regards!

[Criminal_Commander]

Thank you man! I'll give that a shot if their proposed method proves fruitless.

[ChristosK]

I have the same problem. Game worked fine before and after the patch in my win7 x64. And today it crashes with "Failure initializing input devices". I tried your suggestions and they do not work...

[ChristosK]

On startup, fallout crashes with a 'Failure initializing input devices' error

I fixed my problem by following this:

In ddraw.ini, in the [input] section, change BackgroundKeyboard to 1 and see if that fixes the error. If it doesn't change BackgroundMouse to 1 too.

ddraw.ini is in steam folder where fallout is installed.

Open it with notepad and change the values. BackgroundMouse to 1 did it for me.

[Criminal_Commander]

Thanks guys! I really appreciate it, I ended up running the exe in compatibilty mode and installin g the Hi-Res patch. But I will have to try that fix to get it to run through Steam.

[That.Half.Breed]

Originally posted by paulorsjr:

Well,

I did solve this problem doing these steps:

1) going to game data folder \steamapps\common\fallout 2\
2) running f2_res_Config.exe on game folder
3) clicking 'Manually Edit Config'
4) on [input] section, changing ALT_MOUSE_INPUT to 1 (ALT_MOUSE_INPUT=1)
5) save and close config file
6) running game

Hope this helps, regards!

This worked for me, as long as I run it straight from the application, and not from steam. Thanks!!

[zdziarus]

Solution for "failure initializing input devices fallout 2 problem" and "an unsupported version of fallout 2 detected" for windows 7.

1) Don't install game in progam files directory - install in C:/fallout2 for example.
2) If you used old CD with fallout 2 to install it you won't have ddraw.ini.
3) Patch your game from 1.0 to 1.02 - download "f2v102eu patch" (if you got patched version than don't bother about this step)
4) Patch the game with high resolution pack - download patch,extract it in folder with your fallout2.exe file(you need
Fallout2_High_Resolution_Patch_4.1.7.exe )
5) open "manually edit config" inside patch program (f2_res_Config.exe)and change ALT_MOUSE_INPUT=0 to ALT_MOUSE_INPUT=1 value,than
click enable patch and click done.

6)enjoy ;)

P.s BIG HUGS for guys from this website http://sfall.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html because they SOLVED this problem and many other problems

with fallout 2

[PajamaPants]

Originally posted by paulorsjr:

Well,

I did solve this problem doing these steps:

1) going to game data folder \steamapps\common\fallout 2\
2) running f2_res_Config.exe on game folder
3) clicking 'Manually Edit Config'
4) on [input] section, changing ALT_MOUSE_INPUT to 1 (ALT_MOUSE_INPUT=1)
5) save and close config file
6) running game

Hope this helps, regards!

This worked for me today, so the fix is still A-OK as of August 2021

[15croff33]

I am also having this issue.. just bought the 3 pack and none of them are working. I've tried all of the above methods and still nothing..

[ThatSaintConrad]

Originally posted by paulorsjr:

Well,

I did solve this problem doing these steps:

1) going to game data folder \steamapps\common\fallout 2\
2) running f2_res_Config.exe on game folder
3) clicking 'Manually Edit Config'
4) on [input] section, changing ALT_MOUSE_INPUT to 1 (ALT_MOUSE_INPUT=1)
5) save and close config file
6) running game

Hope this helps, regards!

I don't give a ♥♥♥♥ if this was from fallout 2
I tried all of these things and now fallout 2 won't even register or open at ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ all
Thanks
Thanks for ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up my application

[ThatSaintConrad]

Originally posted by 15croff33:

I am also having this issue.. just bought the 3 pack and none of them are working. I've tried all of the above methods and still nothing..

Obviously don't listen to them
I have found out how to fix it, no file messing around, just reinstall it

[Tennin]

Originally posted by paulorsjr:

Well,

I did solve this problem doing these steps:

1) going to game data folder \steamapps\common\fallout 2\
2) running f2_res_Config.exe on game folder
3) clicking 'Manually Edit Config'
4) on [input] section, changing ALT_MOUSE_INPUT to 1 (ALT_MOUSE_INPUT=1)
5) save and close config file
6) running game

Hope this helps, regards!

Valeu por ajudar, mano, tmj.

[NolanDaneworth]

My game worked fine, then I decided to switch resolution from what i had using res_config. Now i have this error and neither solution is working. Please help