drwee Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 (edited) Hello,I am attempting to play Fallout 3, however, whenever I shoot rapidly, or get into combat with an enemy who shoots rapidly, I crash to the desktop. I have searched and searched for a solution to this issue, with little to no luck. My specs:Windows 7 Home Edition 64-bitIntel Premuim CPU G620 @ 2.6Ghz4gb RamDX 11NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Things I have tried already: bUseThreadedAI=1 in the Fallout.iniiNumHWThreads=2 in the Fallout.iniInstalled the Official Fallout 3 1.7 patchInstalled the Unoffical Fallout 3 Patch 1.2.0Removed all mods completelySet graphic settings to the absolute lowestTried GameBoosterUpgraded video drivers (Which helped a bit)Installed a mod which reduces particle effectsDisabled master sound control in the settingsDisabled sound in the Fallout.iniDisabled AA and VSync in the global graphics settings on my video cardInstalled Large Address Aware to my Fallout3.exeTried Fallout Mod ManagerCreated a New GameDisabled Games For Windows LiveEnabled and disabled VSync in NVIDIA Control PanelDisabled .NET Framework 3.5Installed K-Lite Codec Pack, with VV instead of FFDshowReinstalled .NET Framework 4.5Reinstalled Fallout 3 to a different directoryInstalled K-Lite Codec with VV instead of FFDShowAssociated .OGG files with Windows Media Player Besides the crashing with shooting, I can run the game on Ultra with ENBs and HiRes textures with absolutely no lag whatsoever. The issue occurs only when I shoot a gun rapidly, such as a 10mm handgun. If I am to shoot single shots at a medium or slow pace, it will occasionally hang up for a split second, however, when I begin shooting quickly, my screen fills with graphical artifacts and my drivers crash immediately. It may be worth noting that my graphics card was made overclocked. It may be a bad model. I have had a lot of issues with it, but nothing this bad. I would really appreciate any help I could get. I haven't had a proper chance to play this game yet, and I would really like to play without crashing. Edited August 27, 2013 by drwee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoflo Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Hi, I had the GTS 250 vid card and that was OK. No issues with it at all. However I still had crashing problems until I installed FO3 in another Dir and not the default install path.You can either copy and paste to a Dir on C:\ , ie; c:/games/Bethesda/ and edit your registry to point FO3.exe to that dir.OR, a complete new install using the custom install option and create a new Dir as above. This worked for me fine. Try it and see.cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drwee Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 (edited) Thanks, I'll give it a try and report back. EDIT: I tried installing it into C:\Games\Bethesda, and ran it, only to have it duplicate the same crash. I have tried reinstalling my .NET Framework 4.5, as well, to no avail. Edited August 27, 2013 by drwee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzisparis Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Try deleting both the Meshes and Sound folders (both are located in the Fallout 3 Data folder). Obviously, make a backup first.Then test and see if there's any change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luthienanarion Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Are you connecting to your video/audio hardware via HDMI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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