Fallout 3 GOTY won't start... suprise suprise

[Thraxus908]

So just like every other fallout player, I'm having trouble with my fallout game. I have the steam version. In particular, the game crashes to desktop before it gets to the main menu. It always dispays the "please wait" slide, and occasionally goes to the "Bethesda" slide, but then crashes without fail. Sometimes I get a mouse, sometimes not. I use FOMM to launch FOSE to launch the game.

 

My specs:

Intel core i5-2430M [email protected]

4.00 GB RAM

Windows 7 SP1 64-bit operating system

Intel HD graphics family

 

I've tried this without any mods sometimes and with the following mods other times:

1.FOSE

2.unofficial fallout 3 patch

3.DUI

 

current load order (as reccomended by BOSS):

1.Fallout3.esm

2.Anchorage.esm

3.ThePitt.esm

4.BrokenSteel.esm

5.PointLookout.esm

6.Zeta.esm

7.Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch.esm

8.DarNifiedUIF3.esp

 

The fixes I've tried:

1. .ini file fix (multithreading/singlethreading)

2. d3d9.dll fix

3. windows live disabler/updating games for windows live

4. any and all updates (updated unofficial patch, official patch 1.7)

5. moving steam out of Program Files (x86)

6. update drivers (unable to do so, i think they are up to date right now though)

7. running EVERYTHING in one compatibility mode or another

8. running with and without archive invalidation

9. reinstalling

10. reinstalling after disabling .net 3.5.whatever

 

I am unsure how to use FO3 edit, so I've not tried anything to do with that yet. My current guess is that there is something wrong with the Fallout3.esm file or somesuch. Any and all help is appreciated.

 

If I remember any other significant details, I'll post them

[blove]

Try removing all of your mods, deleting your "FALLOUT.INI", and starting a new game. You might need to employ a fix like Intel HD graphics Bypass package by Bren712 for known FO3 issues with Intel integrated graphics.

[Thraxus908]

Alright, the bypass worked! I uninstalled the unofficial patch and dui, installed the bypass and it worked. Now I'm going to try to add the mods I want one by one untill it works. It's odd, because I thought I had already tried the bypass.