Freezing in interiors

[Snecard]

Hey everyone! So I'm having some issues with Fallout 3. Obviously I've modded it a bit, but I've been following Gopher's guide to everything, so I thought that it should be working fine. What's happening is that it's freezing inside buildings. I'm not sure if it's only interiors, because I haven't played it much, but it haven't froze once when I was out in the wasteland, but in interiors it just crashes after a few minutes, sometimes right after I get inside. My load order:

 

 

Fallout3.esm=1
Anchorage.esm=1
ThePitt.esm=1
BrokenSteel.esm=1
PointLookout.esm=1
Zeta.esm=1
CRAFT.esm=1
CALIBR.esm=1
DCInteriors_ComboEdition.esm=1
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm=1
RH_IRONSIGHTS.esm=1
Mart's Mutant Mod.esm=1
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Alternate Travel.esp=1
DarNifiedUIF3.esp=1
RH_IronSights_Pitt_NewRifleSights.esp=1
RH_IronSights_PL_NewItems.esp=1
RH_IronSights_Basic_ZetaPlugin.esp=1
RH_IronSights_Basic_VanillaPlugin.esp=1
RH_IronSights_Basic_AnchoragePlugin.esp=1
RH_IronSights_Basic_PittPlugin.esp=1
RH_IronSights_Basic_BrokenSteelPlugin.esp=1
RH_IronSights_Basic_PointLookoutPlugin.esp=1
RH_IronSights_RemoveReticule.esp=1
RH_IronSights_Vanilla_NewWeapons.esp=1
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp=1
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp=1
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp=1
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp=1
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp=1
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp=1
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers.esp=1
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers (automatics only).esp=0
RH_FWE_Bridge.esp=1
WeaponModKits.esp=1
WeaponModKits - FWE Master Release.esp=1
WeaponModKits - OperationAnchorage.esp=1
WeaponModKits - ThePitt.esp=1
WeaponModKits - BrokenSteel.esp=1
WeaponModKits - PointLookout.esp=1
WeaponModKits - Zeta.esp=1
RH_WMK_Bridge.esp=1
Mart's Mutant Mod.esp=1
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp=1
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp=1
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp=1
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp=1
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp=1
Mart's Mutant Mod - Master Menu Module.esp=1
Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection.esp=0
Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp=0
Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn.esp=0
Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp=1
Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release + DLCs.esp=1
Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release + Project Beauty.esp=0

Any idea what could be happening? I'm using FOSE as I'm supposed to, and I've used FOIP to all the mods that I had to. I don't know what else could be wrong

[prensa]

Snecard - Hello!

Sounds like the Fallout 3 multi core bug, it's the most common cause of freezing in Fallout 3.

 

The freezing is often worst in cramped interiors too.

Fallout 3 has trouble with multi core computers, mainly with ones that have more than two cores & use hyperthreading.

 

So if you've got a multi core that's probably your problem.

There is a fix, you need to edit your Fallout 3 .ini file.

The one you want to change is:

For XP:

My Documents\My Games\Fallout3\

For Vista & Win7:

Documents\My Games\Fallout3

The file you want will be called:

FALLOUT.ini

Open the .ini with Notepad & change this line:

bUseThreadedAI=0

to:

bUseThreadedAI=1

& insert this line under it:

iNumHWThreads=2

Save & close your ini.

Hope this helps!

Prensa

[Snecard]

Yeah, I forgot to mention that I've tried that already :( It doesn't help either

[prensa]

Snecard - Hello!

 

Make sure you definitely edited / added those lines in your FALLOUT.ini in Documents.

 

It's a common mistake to add them to the Fallout_default.ini that's in your Fallout 3 folder.

 

Prensa

[Snecard]

It was the right file.

[Snecard]

Anyone? :(

[pkleiss]

How does your game play when no mods are installed, when you run a clean vanilla fallout 3 (with DLCs of course)?

[Snecard]

Tried without any DLCs like you said, and it still crashed inside a building.

[pkleiss]

Well, actually I suggested running no mods except the DLCs. But if you are telling me that with only the Fallout3.esm, your game crashes in interiors, that is a big problem.

 

What version of fallout are you using - like retail DVD, steam, Goty, Russian, German, etc...

 

I used a guide years ago to tweak my game, but I can't remember what it was called except that it has the word 'tweak' in its title. It was quite comprehensive and dealt with many issues including the one you are having. I don't know anything about Gopher's Guide, so I can't say that the one I am thinking of is on par, better or worse than what you have already been looking at. I'll poke around and see if I can't find that old guide...

 

Okay, I found it. Love that google:

 

http://www.tweakguides.com/Fallout3_1.html

[Snecard]

Oups, I ran it with all the DLCs, sorry. And I'm using the GOTY edition from Steam. I'll look at that guide and see if I can find a solution

Edited June 23, 2013 by Snecard