Fallout 3 crashes when .ini is edited

[Oblivionman0206]

 

 

Yeah I'm having the same issue. I'm using FWE and the font is very screwy and doesn't fit well on screen in 1080p. So i tried to install DarnUI and i did but the thing is, i can't edit my fonts section of my FALLOUT.ini folder under C:/documents/my games/fallout 3 from

 

sFontFile_1=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Monofonto_Large.fnt

sFontFile_2=Textures\Fonts\Monofonto_Large.fnt

sFontFile_3=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Monofonto_Medium.fnt

sFontFile_4=Textures\Fonts\Monofonto_VeryLarge02_Dialogs2.fnt

sFontFile_5=Textures\Fonts\Fixedsys_Comp_uniform_width.fnt

sFontFile_6=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Monofonto_VL_dialogs.fnt

sFontFile_7=Textures\Fonts\Baked-in_Monofonto_Large.fnt

sFontFile_8=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Futura_Caps_Large.fnt

 

To

 

;sFontFile_1=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Monofonto_Large.fnt

sFontFile_1=Textures\Fonts\DarN_FranKleinBold_14.fnt

;sFontFile_2=Textures\Fonts\Monofonto_Large.fnt

sFontFile_2=Textures\Fonts\DarN_FranKleinBold_16.fnt

sFontFile_3=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Monofonto_Medium.fnt

;sFontFile_4=Textures\Fonts\Monofonto_VeryLarge02_Dialogs2.fnt

;sFontFile_4=Textures\Fonts\DarN_FranKleinBold_Otl_12.fnt

sFontFile_4=Textures\Fonts\DarN_Sui_Generis_Otl_10.fnt

sFontFile_5=Textures\Fonts\Fixedsys_Comp_uniform_width.fnt

;sFontFile_6=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Monofonto_VL_dialogs.fnt

;sFontFile_6=Textures\Fonts\DarN_PetitaMedium_Outline_18.fnt

;sFontFile_6=Textures\Fonts\DarN_Forgotten_Futurist_Otl_18.fnt

sFontFile_6=Textures\Fonts\DarN_Sui_Generis_Otl_13.fnt

;sFontFile_7=Textures\Fonts\Baked-in_Monofonto_Large.fnt

sFontFile_7=Textures\Fonts\DarN_Libel_Suit_Otl_24.fnt

;sFontFile_7=Textures\Fonts\DarN_Klill_Outline_20.fnt

sFontFile_8=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Futura_Caps_Large.fnt

Without Crashing to desktop. It says "Fallout 3 has stopped working" about 1 second after you see the very first screen when the game boots up saying "Bethesda".

This is very infuriating because i just want play my damn game without the font being stupid. Such a simple fix, such a lot of issues. And the thing is, ive done this before and i know i can get it working because i have done so before. But i've reinstalled windows since then so now i have to do it all again and i just cant figure it out.

 

 

First, it is against the Terms of Service (https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?app=forums&module=extras&section=boardrules ) to necro posts. I believe the time limit is 6 months. The last post here was almost 4 years ago.

Your post would not have been seen if someone posted after you.

 

To solve your problem, try removing the unused fonts so that your .ini looks like this:

 

[Fonts]

sFontFile_1=Textures\Fonts\DarN_FranKleinBold_14.fnt

sFontFile_2=Textures\Fonts\DarN_FranKleinBold_16.fnt

sFontFile_3=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Monofonto_Medium.fnt

sFontFile_4=Textures\Fonts\DarN_Sui_Generis_Otl_10.fnt

sFontFile_5=Textures\Fonts\Fixedsys_Comp_uniform_width.fnt

sFontFile_6=Textures\Fonts\DarN_Sui_Generis_Otl_13.fnt

sFontFile_7=Textures\Fonts\DarN_Libel_Suit_Otl_24.fnt

sFontFile_8=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Futura_Caps_Large.fnt

If you installed the game in the default location (Program Files), you will continue to have problems.

 

I know I am breaching protocol in a major way by posting a comment so long after the last one, but I wanted to confirm that your proposed solution fixed the DarnUI related crashing on launch for me. This is the only solution I have found anywhere online, so I wanted to confirm its effect for posterity.