Okay, I just got my own private PC for the first time, even threw down the extra money to get a high performance one. I buy and download Fallout 3 ASAP, of course, and begin looking into modding. I compiled my list, got FOMM and put it in after reading a couple guides. I changed the Fallout.ini so I wouldn't get the start up crash, and turned that sucker on. Started fine, and I was able to do the FWE alternative start. Fifteen to thirty minutes late, my game crashes out of the blue. Now, I'm just beginning to use mods so I don't really know where I went wrong, perhaps someone on here could lend me a hand?
