F14DUDE Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I originally purchased the game back when it first came out and played for a bit (make it into Megaton and did a few quests there). Since then, I left the game alone till until only recently when I got interested in the game again. So to get everything update, I got patch 1.6 and got a few mods from this great site. I started a new game and got to Megaton for a bit and then the game will start to freeze (I believe inside the salon place). Reload and spoke to the people in the bar area and freeze again. First freeze I was able to get back to Windows. Since then, it would freeze the whole machine. I don't recall ever having any crash or freezing problem when I first got the game. I went on to the forums and was told 1.6 might not be the best patch? I just did a complete reinstall and read (from Bethesda's forum) that the best patch is 1.0.0.35 and a fake 1.5.0.22. I tried looking for the fake 1.5.0.22 but couldn't find it. I also did the 'disable ffdshow for fallout 3.exe on video and audio' and still the same. Thanks for any suggestion. AMD Phenom II X3 720 @ 3.2GHzMSI Geforce 8800 GTS 512MB4GB DDR2 800SoundBlaster X-FI GamerWindows XP Pro SP3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmanners Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I suppose you have the latest display driver (186.18)? The latest patches always assume you're using the latest drivers. http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F14DUDE Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 I suppose you have the latest display driver (186.18)? The latest patches always assume you're using the latest drivers. http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us Actually, I'm still using 185.85 but I'm getting 186.18 now. I also found the info about the 1.5.0.22 fake patch so downloading the 1.0.0.15 and then using the 1.5.0.22 and see if that help. I just like to play the game without getting freezes. :( All the other game I ran have no problem at all so who knows. If I didn't know better, I say Bethesda cares more on the Xbox 360 side than the PC side of the game after reading so much complains about the recent patches. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overload1977 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 why use 1.85 drivers get the 1.89 drivers or better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F14DUDE Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 why use 1.85 drivers get the 1.89 drivers or better Actually I'm using the official 186.18 now and unfortunately the game would still freeze while using the fake 1.5.0.22 patch so probably switching patch. Can a mod cause game freezes? I'm using the following mod at this moment. Hair PackJosef Greys Kozaburo HairDIMONIZED Female Races and TexturesReal InjuriesMTUILaser crosshair and STALKER Cursor I got the order and install procedure from Wogz187's ULTIMATE Load-Order guide. The only thing I didn't get is FOSE from the list. I also added Bittercup companion addon but game would still freeze with that on or off. The guide also listed patch 1.1.0.35 so I might try that and see if it help. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmanners Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 If you're using a FOSE mod without FOSE, there's really no telling what could happen. You need to either use FOSE or *not* use the mods that require it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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