jimdigritz

I had already done a fresh re-install via steam.. it could be a corrupt install it doesn't make sense though since 2 other Steam/GfWL games also don't work... I also tried disabling Hyperthreading as well as resetting my mild overclocking to default. Exactly the same problem... Jim

Thanks for all your help guys... I just installed FOSE as per the instructions and it doesn't work. I get this error So if this is COMPLETELY bypassing Steam and GfWL then this is a FO3/Red Faction Guerilla/DoWII issue... Hmm Jim

Thanks, nice idea.. I just tried it but it still doesn't work... Oh and I did try the 2005 C++ (x64) Package with no luck, and then upgraded to the 2008 C++ (x64) Package.. still nada Am stumped! jim

Thanks Psyclops, but as much as wanted this to work, it didn't.... I am 99% sure it is a GfWL issue.... Jim

Thanks for the reply. Okay still no joy. UAC: FO3 is installed outside the Progam folder, it is (with all my working steam games) on another drive in a steamapps folder. 1.7 Patch: Crashes. Comes up with 0xc0000005 error GfWL: Interesting. GfWL crashes when I try to launch it the client from the Windows menu. After several reinstalls and even trying the LATEST 3.0 GFE version from the MS website which states Windows 7 compatibility, it still crahses. Oddly, whilst an error dialog appears, the actual GfWL client is working perfectly 'underneath'.... Other things I tried: I tried updating the .Net Framework, even trying the latest 4.0 Beta, still no joy. After much hair pulling I have identified that ALL games that need GfWL are equally buugered. Both Dawn of War II, and my latest Steam purchase (cos FO3 wasnt working!) Red Faction Guerilla all exhibit the same behaviour - ie they won't start. Other recent Steam games (that DON'T use GfWL) like Empire: Total War, COD4: Modern Warfare, ARMA2, Company of Heroes, Far Cry 2 and Left 4 Dead all work perfectly... This leads me to believe that it is moat likely a GfWL issue.. FFS trust Microsoft to be the only publisher NOT to properly support Windows 7. If anyone else has any idea or has these games running on a similar spec PC I would be interested to hear from them Jim

I've read a bunch of posts here but have yet to find one that solves this issue. After 3 years playing games on my old rig at minimum graphical settings I treated myself to a bang up to date PC. Runs perfectly and 99.9% of games work.... except Fallout 3 My specs: Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) (build 7100) 2.67 gigahertz Intel Core i7 920 Gigabyte EX58-UD3R 6Gb RAM ATI 4890 Catalyst 9.8, driver version 8.640 Fallout 3 (through Steam) When I launch Fallout 3 from steam the Launcher appears, and I can edit graphics settings without a problem, however when I click "Play" the launcher dissapears and I'm back at the desktop. No errors, nothing. Having googled it I'm well aware of some issues with Win7 and F3, however they all seem subtly different. I have tried: Deleting and resinstalling game through steam Updating to the latest ATi drivers Creating a shortcut to FalloutLauncher.exe and Fallout3.exe and running them as Administrator Taking Ownership (http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html) of all User folders that contain Fallout3 .ini files Setting all permissions on the C:\Users\yourname\Documents\My Games\Fallout3 folder to 'Allow' ** I can't uncheck the Read Only flag on the folder, it just resets ** Still no joy. My gut feeling is that this is a permissions issue. Has anyone got this working?? Jim