Fallout 3 won't start when I hit play

[IsntCreative]

I am new to pc and decided to buy Fallout 3 and give it a try(haven't player a fallout game before) but when I try and start the game up I get as far as the Play tab, but when I click play nothing happens. No idea what I'm doing wrong.

[Komrade]

What are your system specs?

Top left corner, click "Help" then "System Information", and paste the ENTIRE list here please.

[IsntCreative]

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Model: All Series
Form Factor: Desktop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x3c
CPU Stepping: 0x3
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3198 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
AVX2: Supported
AVX512F: Unsupported
AVX512PF: Unsupported
AVX512ER: Unsupported
AVX512CD: Unsupported
AVX512VNNI: Unsupported
SHA: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
DirectX Driver Name: nvldumd.dll
Driver Version: 26.21.14.4166
DirectX Driver Version: 26.21.14.4166
Driver Date: 12 6 2019
OpenGL Version: 4.6
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1401
Revision: 0xa1
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 20.91" x 11.77" (23.98" diag)
53.1cm x 29.9cm (60.9cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 2047 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti

Memory:
RAM: 8133 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Media Type: Undetermined
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 1181513 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 931318 Mb
OS Install Date: Dec 31 1969
Game Controller: None detected
VR Headset: None detected

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[Bobert]

Originally posted by thompsondavid30:

I am new to pc and decided to buy Fallout 3 and give it a try(haven't player a fallout game before) but when I try and start the game up I get as far as the Play tab, but when I click play nothing happens. No idea what I'm doing wrong.

That's because you most likely have windows 10 if your new to gaming(also I saw what you said about your specs).

Fallout 3 isn't supported on any other windows except for 7. But you can change compatibility within the settings if I remember right.

Plus the fallout games are good and if you have the time and or wanting to get into that type of genre I would say also looking into the METRO games and the stalker titles too. All three of those counting fallout are classic's.

Hope that helped

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by Bobert:

Originally posted by thompsondavid30:

I am new to pc and decided to buy Fallout 3 and give it a try(haven't player a fallout game before) but when I try and start the game up I get as far as the Play tab, but when I click play nothing happens. No idea what I'm doing wrong.

That's because you most likely have windows 10 if your new to gaming(also I saw what you said about your specs).

Fallout 3 isn't supported on any other windows except for 7. But you can change compatibility within the settings if I remember right.

Plus the fallout games are good and if you have the time and or wanting to get into that type of genre I would say also looking into the METRO games and the stalker titles too. All three of those counting fallout are classic's.

Hope that helped

Fallout 3 was made, and optimize for Vista, and XP. Windows 7 didn't come out until a whole year later. And people had to do work around for Windows 7 as they also have for 8, and 10.

[Bobert]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Originally posted by Bobert:

That's because you most likely have windows 10 if your new to gaming(also I saw what you said about your specs).

Fallout 3 isn't supported on any other windows except for 7. But you can change compatibility within the settings if I remember right.

Plus the fallout games are good and if you have the time and or wanting to get into that type of genre I would say also looking into the METRO games and the stalker titles too. All three of those counting fallout are classic's.

Hope that helped

Fallout 3 was made, and optimize for Vista, and XP. Windows 7 didn't come out until a whole year later. And people had to do work around for Windows 7 as they also have for 8, and 10.

Well same thing that people gotta optimize it in order to play for windows 10 like how he is gonna have to do