Whats wrong bethesda?

[Philthy]

Easy killer, there are plenty of people having the crashing problem too. I can understand where hes coming from with the crashing because my PC does it as well. Except it does it every hour and a half instead of 30 mins. It HAS to be a common problem connected with a resource in windows that some of us run and some of us don't. It's just no one has figured it out yet.

 

The guy is pi**ed just like a lot of other people with new systems and it crashes on. Hell, it could be a motherboard chip set issue that the game doesn't particularly like for all we know. Until someone figures out the REAL excessive crashing problem people are still going to rant about it. It's not necessary to add more fuel to the fire by insulting him and attempting to make him look bad. Give some constructive advice instead.

 

Btw, you along with the other people who have the game running perfectly and apparently never crash; why don't you post some system specs, everything from motherboard model to the exact version of windows. If more people would join in the posting of system specs, one list be of systems that it runs perfect on and one list of systems that are having trouble.

 

Compare the specs and see if we see any patterns.

 

That's just the basics of troubleshooting man.

 

my 2 cents....

 

 

P.S. - i might just start my own thread for it now that i think about it.... *cheers*

[IAR80]

Hey Michlo, are you the avocat of Beth or MS?

 

What the H**l are you talk about. Relax and search and uninstall...!!!

 

Uninstall!!! And the money I paid...

 

Relax!!! You should take a break, this guys are PAYED for this c**p don't forget this!

 

And resume your comments strictly to the points, don't ever say it's another faults when you know beter who is behind this.

 

PS: I use Vista WITHOUT SP1 and don't crash to offten. My PC is an Laptop Vaio, and this is the last time when I get involved in somthing about F3.

Regards...

[Michlo]

My point was that the person was still ranting at those trying to help. THAT is what annoyed me. A simple "thanks for trying to help......" would have really changed the tone there.

 

Ben already pointed out too that it is very hard for software makers to test for every configuration out there. They will also have to try to future-proof their software so will, of course, focus on gaming rigs of "today" (or at least 5 minutes ago, heh).

 

As for my specs, they have been in my profile since I started here. :) I'm currently back on Vista 64 after trying out W7 for a while (I like it but I missed my surround sound).

 

Cheers.

[MaistoHelix]

In the real world people sometimes complain/rant about something....people come in all shapes and sizes..some are nice some are not..that doesnt mean they should be banned or not helped...

 

we are all adults right?

 

I'm with you on the different configurations problem...so what to do?

 

First of all they should have made some kind of closed Beta..Beta's are an excellent tool to solve problems with crashing.

 

The engine has been used before,although its not the most stable one it has some very nice features..

 

Before they started working on F3 they should have made the engine less prone to unstability..

 

BUT!

 

They only improved the engine graphics,and then they brought out the game.. which crashed all of the time...for everyone.

 

5(!) days later the patch came out,so what i'm saying is they knew the problems,brought out the game anyway and then served us the patch later...try that with a car,a house or any other product and you will be lynched in your own store!

 

But game developers dont think like that..they think they can do this cause we are either kids or illegal downloaders or game addicts that will buy the game anyway.....and there lies the big problem...

 

Gamers never go on strike,they dont boycot,they dont refuse products or ask for refunds.....and developers know this..

 

So the best solution is to become more aware as costumers and demand good quality,but i dont see that happen.

 

Its fine if you crash once an hour,but every half an hour is unacceptable....

 

My advice is to install Fallout3 on somebody elses pc(maybe family or work?)and see what happens...

[Derkins]

Well I know for me the game only crashes when I go on a killing rampage in Megaton then try to enter a building. Random I know o well.

I am also quite suprised how well the game works on my PC I have a 500 dollar system and it works fine I could probly go on for hours with out problems.

 

Oh my system specs are this

MSI K9A2GM-F V3 AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400 Brisbane 2.8GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core black edition

Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

Cas Latency 4

Timing 4-4-4-12

and my video card is a 1300

I am running XP 32 bit so my system only reconises 3.2 gigs of ram haha.

[LHammonds]

Need more details if you want better help.

 

You played for 30 minutes and THEN in crashed? Did you get past the tutorial part at the beginning and escape the vault? Have you tried savegames here on the Nexus that allow you to exit the vault without going through the tutorial?

 

Are the lockups consistent? Where and what were you doing when it locked up? What are your system specs, OS, video card, software versions, etc. What settings are you using in-game? Maxed out, minimum, custom settings, etc.

 

I have a very OLD custom-built computer that runs Fallout 3 on the lowest settings just fine without lockups for the most part.

 

The only time I can predictably force a crash-to-desktop (CTD) scenario is when I move around the world map without going into any buildings (which initiates auto-save). I can crash almost 100% of the time when I exit Megaton and travel on foot all the way to the Northern part of the map. I assume it is the same problem Oblivion has with not purging old cell data and my memory usage gets maxed out. Apparently, the cells are purged during the savegame routine.

 

Here are the specs to my custom rig:

 

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ CPU

Asus A7N8X-e Deluxe motherboard

Two 512 MB Corsair XMS RAM modules (1 GB)

SoundBlaster Audigy 2 sound card

Two SATA Western Digital hard drives

ATI Radeon X850 with 512 MB video card (Radeon Catalyst 7.11 drivers - Nov 21, 2007)

 

Running software:

 

Windows XP Professional with SP3 + all hotfixes

Microsoft Windows Defender 1.1

Comodo Internet Security 3.5 (Firewall + Anti-Virus)

Comodo BOClean (Anti-Malware)

Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.0 + Teabot

 

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[Alceister]

I run Fallout 3 on a horrifyingly old computer (6 years):

 

 

Pentium IV 1.89 GHZ

 

120 GB HD

 

768 MB RAM

 

GeForce 6200 256 MB

 

Creative SB Live!

 

 

Crashes were very common until I figured out a way to sort of artificially "dope up" my system: Run Fallout 3 in window mode, 800x600 resolution, then after starting it up, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and then you're in task manager. Go to the Processes tab and select fallout3.exe, right-click and go to Set Priority, then set it to Above Normal or High.

 

This is not a cure all. It won't fix any bad saves, and occasionally I crash if an NPC says something along the lines of "watch we're you're going" when I bump into objects. But it significantly reduces the amount of crashes I get. While in the Wasteland, I do get laggy moments and sometimes crash, forcing me to stop for a bit somewhere, use "wait", then move on. But in interior environments its all fine.

 

Considering how complex this game is, it is understandable that Bethesda would have so many bugs with it. I do hope however, that they fix most of the game-breaking ones, and that they don't add any new ones with patches.

[voodoojedizin]

I'm afraid I'm on this guy side you read the forums around the web and there is a definite problem with this game crashing, it locks up on me when I go in buildings with no apparent reason, I can then restart and in the same building stay there for hours. It doesn't seem to matter what the graphics settings are, I have changed everything as far as settings go and this game will still lock up indoors unexpectedly, or do the crash to desktop, "fallout has stopped running"!

 

This little experience can happen after I start the game, the first time I walk into a building, or it can go for hours, there is no way to predict the when or the where or why.

 

It has never locked up outside.

 

I own a really nice computer and I hate to say this but this "is" the only game I have experienced, "consistent lockups" on. Crysis,Gears of war,spore,Bioshock,Unreal Tournament,The Witcher, and many more, all running maxed out on this machine no crashes! None do I need to repeat that none none so what is the problem with this game!

 

And one does have to wonder why Bethesda has not addressed this problem sooner and obviously more aggressive because it's still happening, even after the patching.

 

You people that try to defend Bethesda, or keep telling people it's not the game it's there computer, are not really doing anyone any good. The only people that can fix this problem is Bethesda. Which unfortunately has the worst technical support in the gaming industry something next to zero. And they won't even acknowledge there working on the problem, or that their even is one. Except for ads silence is all you hear.

[LHammonds]

@ voodoojedizin, you did not post your system specs. -1 in the helpful department although you were quite clear in the problems you experienced. I have a 6+ year-old PC and do not have the problems you or others have described. So apparently, there are issues related to each deployment and the amount of hardware is VAST. The only thing "we" as a community can do to help each other is to let people know our experiences and the hardware we run. With enough data, we might be able to pinpoint known problems. And if you find that your problems go away after a firmware update, software driver update or video card replacement, etc., please let us know.

 

Again, most people here tend to be quite helpful but NOTHING can really be done with people just complaining. Do something to help the situation rather than just point fingers.

[ZangryZhungry]

I had random Fallout 3 crashes from time to time. Since installing new video drivers(sunday) till now, i had only one crash, after playing Fallout heavily :) nVIDIAs ForceWare X 185.20 made a miracle. I Hope it will help somebody.

 

My laptop-Inspiron 1520: Intel 2ghz(double core), 2gb of Ram, GeForce 8600gt (mobile version), Vista 32bit

 

p.s.sorry for my english;)