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IT WORKS! ^^^Tried this with no change. Although I imagine it'll help me down the road. The load order I originally submitted was incorrect. The DLC ESMs were before the POP ESMs; I just misread them from the Data Files listed in the NV launcher. I kept reading over and over how many people with the same issues just needed to update their Realtek audio drivers. I never had these drivers on my machine in the first place so I just assumed this wouldn't apply to me, but after talking with a friend, she seemed to think that was the issue. I downloaded them and installed without any problems. Restarted the PC and the game has audio with no FPS drop. It runs very smoothly so far. The only issue now is the audio sounds a little....different? High pitched in some areas and low pitched in others would be the best way to describe it, but I feel like troubleshooting this issue will be a far easier task. Thank you for all of your help Dubious especially with keeping the Mod Troubleshooting Page updated. -Bing EDIT: High pitched audio issue was solved by rolling back the driver. Thanks again!

Yes so I don't think this is a corrupted save issue, because this occurs as soon as I start a new game as well. Thank you for the quick response! I will read over those other articles and try their recommendations. I will keep this thread updated. -Bing

Greetings everyone! I have recently attempted to start troubleshooting an issue I had with playing NV in the past that I could never solve. I believe I even posted about it here a few years ago. Essentially, I have the "Vanilla Game Hangs on Startup" problem as described by the Fallout NV Mod Troubleshooting page. I have spent a significant amount of time on it this go around, and I think I have the issue narrowed down to a OS problem with Windows 10. This same issue occurs whenever I attempt to play Fallout 3 and Tom Clancy's ENDWAR as well. I think it may be some Windows 10 issue with older games, but I am by no means a savant when it comes to troubleshooting these issues. I will be posting a lot of information below, but I have tried to condense it has best as possible. If I am leaving anything out then please point it out and I'll provide the necessary info. To those of you not familiar with this issue, it is perfectly described on the NV Mod Troubleshooting page as: My System Specs My Game and Load Order Dependency Tool Findings My Attempted Solutions (In addition to all solutions listed under the Vanilla Game Hangs on Startup section of the Mod Troubleshooting Guide) If anyone has any further tips or feedback that would help me in my quest to solve this issue then I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for your time, Bing

No change after reinstalling and installing Live. I will uninstall, use ccleaner, and try to download through steam.

That's fine by me. Be a poor way to pay you back for the help if I got you in trouble lol.

I have thoroughly enjoyed all of them to be honest. They are not without there faults, but I have spent 100s of hours on all three of them. I have always really liked NV. I am not a huge fan of the desert setting either, but the whole "Vegas back in its hay day" aesthetic I have really liked. I think it's the "how would you survive after a nuclear apocolyspe" premise behind the series that I like the most though. For reference, I like getting hard copies of games just due to my internet speed, and I got this one from Bethesda store for $20 with all DLC. What series of books would I find those themes that you speak of, I'll have to look into them?

See that thought crossed my mind to, because I had a similar problem with FO3 months ago on another machine, but it doesn't actually say Games for Windows "Live" so I didn't think it was the same. It just says Games for Windows. I will try again, and see what happens. Thanks for the download!

It isn't so much an issue of affording better internet as it is the fact that I live in the middle of nowhere, and this is the best speed I can get. My ISP has no competition out here so they have no incentive to do the groundwork to get faster connections out here. The closest thing I have to an internet cafe is the college I attend, and I have done just as you have stated to download games in the past; however, they just closed the university due to weather tonight, and it would be a 30 minute drive in this terrible weather anyways, so I'll just try it with the internet that I have. If this doesn't work, then I'll try it with the campus connection. So on a side note, what would be your recommendation for an OS that I can use for gaming other than Windows? EDIT: I don't see "SecuRom" anywhere on the case. It just says Games for Windows PC DVD and enhanced for multi-core.

That makes sense. Only problem is that I have terrible internet at home. We are talking 1 Mnps up/download speeds and that is at its best. This is a 9 GB install, so it'll take several hours for it to complete. I'll run it overnight tonight and hope it is finished by mid-day tomorrow. Better it's NV and not FO4 with over 35 GB lol.

Lol, me too! So finished the opening sequence. I let all quests and other misc. things load, and then I created a hard save. Restarted the PC and loaded the game with no change. The problem seems to start whenever I click on "Continue" or "New Game" from the Main Menu. Just as it starts to load a game or start a new one, I lose all sound.....interesting side note, the opening video that plays whenever a new game is started has full audio and no issues with it. It is just when the loading screen pops up that I notice the problem starting. I don't know if this narrows down the field of possible problems or not :confused:

Yeah we have terrible weather where I am at too. I tried raw launching from steam first I believe. Then I tried NMM and NVSE. I wonder if it just might be an issue with the beginning sequences of the game. I'll try to launch from steam, progress through the opening sequences, and then make a hard save, reboot, and load up again. I can't thank you enough mate for all the assistance.

Oh my apologies. Here it is.

I legitimately do find that interesting. I am surprised I haven't heard it from someone else to be honest. I guess it just isn't talked about much, or I am not listening to enough circles.

Thank you for that. I had no idea.

Where can I find more detail about this, please? -Dubious- I was also curious about this if you wouldn't mine explaining.