xen3000 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Installed Fallout 3 via steam; installation had no real issue except mentioning turning something on or off in the "Turn Windows Features On or Off" section of control panels. Splash screen comes up and auto detects my setting. I press play and the screen goes dark, goes gray and I see the Windows circle cursor, then a message box comes up stating that Fallout 3 has stopped working correctly and windows will shut it off now. No error message, nothing. Can't find any solution online, only more people having the same issue w/ no fix. I can't even install a patch without this error coming up. Attempted to change compatibility options on the launcher and EXE, even tried running as Admin. No change. All Video Card drivers updated, windows updated, etc. :wallbash: :verymad: Windows Vista Home Basic 32 bit -Service Pack 2 4 GB RAM Intel Core Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00 GHZ ACPI x86-based PC HannSpree HF257 HDMI Monitor NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Any assistance is appreciated, but I really would like to run the game I just bought. Thanks ahead of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikezu Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Are you using FOMM? Because I know my launcher nor my fallout.exe did not work but then when I launched it using FOMM it worked for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen3000 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 I have reinstalled it through steam for the 4th time, installed the K-Lite codec pack, added the exceptions for ffdshow audio/video in the codec pack, installed the GFWL disabler, and installed FOMM. Still the same result even when launching from FOMM. I was really hoping that would work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skotte Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I can't remember where I saw but I do remember that you may need to be logged in as admin to play the steam version of Fallout 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen3000 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 So I need to log into the computer as Admin (which I am) or run Steam as Admin? I am trying to use FOMM to run it directly w/ out starting Steam and encountering the same issue as trying to run it with Steam up. Edit: Now I read somewhere that having the game in Programs can cause issues if your running Vista, but I have Steam in Programs, so do I have to reinstall Steam? Would that cause this issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skotte Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I think it was run Steam as admin. I never have used steam so I'm not an expert on using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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