The launcher loops everytime i hit PLAY

[anaSTHENIS]

When i open the game it loops the launcher again and again. I tried to find solutions, i downloaded even mods to run it but i doesnt work, even with reinstall. What am i doing wrong? I want to play the game so much again if someone can help, i will really apreciate it!

Edited October 2, 2020 by dimwar002

[dubiousintent]

When you say "launcher", are you referring to the file "FalloutNVLauncher.exe" (which is only used the first time after installing to configure the game for your hardware), or the "Steam Client" or the game button on the "Steam Game Library" of the "Steam Client"?

 

The "FalloutNVLauncher.exe" creates the "Fallout.INI" and "FallourPrefs.INI" files in the "Users" folder. (See the 'Game INI files' section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article.) If those files cannot be created or are "Read Only" you might get the looping you are seeing.

 

You do still need to first run the "Steam Client" even in "offline" mode so it can verify you have a valid copy of the game. But once that is done, in "offline" mode you can just run the game executable (not the "launcher") by itself.

 

The point is: once you have successfully run the "FalloutNVLauncher.exe" once so those two INI files are created, then you should be attempting to start the game by running "FalloutNV.exe" (unless you need to change the hardware settings) or (if you have installed NVSE but not the Fallour 4GB Patcher, which does so automatically) the "nvse_loader.exe".

 

* Did you install Steam to it's default location? (GOG is not a problem as it places the game correctly.) If so, please see the wiki "Installing Games on Windows Vista+" article for why the original default Steam behavior of installing games to the "C:\Program Files" or "C:\Program Files(x86)" folder tree was bad (they learned better, and don't do that any more but didn't change it for older games); and why "disabling UAC and running as Administrator" is NOT sufficient, with instructions how to move it. Among other things, later versions of Windows (since the game was released) force files in "system protected" folder trees to be "read only" regardless of how you set them manually. It includes instructions on how to correctly move the Steam folders out of that folder path.

Don't move it to a folder under "User\Documents" either, as "executable" files are not permitted to run from there for similar "anti-malware" reasons.

This is the single most important thing you can do to fix and protect yourself against problems in the future. As much of a PITA as that is, it's never going to be any easier than now. System updates often cause issues with games installed to these folder trees. With the game moved out of the default location you will not need to be running it as an "Administrator Account", which is safer. Please see the 'Restoring to "Vanilla"' section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article as well.

If you did move Steam out of the default location, then likely any access privilege problem is one of "File and Folder permissions" on the parent "root" folder under which you installed the games. If this is not set correctly to allow at least "System", "Administrators", and "Users" to have "Full Control" then you can't overwrite other files or make changes. You then (while logged in as an "Administrator Account") need to enable the "Properties | Security | Advanced | Change Permissions" setting of the parent folder to enable the box: "Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object", so those changes get applied to the existing files and sub-folders.

If the above is not sufficient to resolve the problem, please provide more details about any error messages you are seeing.

 

In the meantime, please see the 'Vanilla Load Order' entry in the 'First Timer Advice' section; and the 'Common Game Problems' section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article.

If the problem persists, then work through either the 'Solutions to Starting the game problems' or the 'Solutions to "Crash To Desktop" (CTD) problems' sections in the wiki "Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" guide.

I recommend anyone read the entire "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article to understand the differences between this game and others you may have experience with; especially if this is your first attempt to play a modded FNV or it's been more than a year since you last did so. It is designed for someone who has never played a modded PC game before, so it tries to avoid making any assumptions, is kept "up-to-date", and covers years of "lessons learned". It is NOT a list of various mods to install that happen to work on the author's machine. It addresses fundamentals underlying how to get the basic game and mods to work together. At least 90% of everything I post in the "Technical Support" sub-forum is already in that article.

-Dubious-