TiesTorN Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Hi.. I'm new to this modding stuff; yesterday I installed a lot of texture patches to improve visual quality of the game (I generally preferred neilmc's max-res textures). Actually everything is okay; game runs perfectly smooth, no stuttering at all but I have a different problem. The problem is, game locks-up after a while of playing, when changing places (like entering into megaton from wasteland) it freezes in the loading screen... I had no problem when I was playing unmodded. Anybody have an idea why that might happen? I have a high-end machine(intel Q9650, 4gb ram, 1gb GTX 285...) and problems like low ram etc. shouldn't be the problem. ps. I don't know if this is the right section to open this topic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiesTorN Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 an answer pls... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skree000 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 if you find an answer lemme know, ive had this problem since i first started to play fallout3 back in december... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmanners Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 It's probably just a coincidence that it started showing up with the texture mods, but you could try removing them and see for sure. There allegedly are people who don't have this problem, but I've never seen them IRL, nor am I convinced that they aren't just Bethesda and/or Gamebryo shills trying to keep their jobs. I suppose it is possible to have a rig so well suited to the game that it will convincingly run for 3 or 4 hours without incident most of the time, but I've seen this game throw fits of crashing and freezing that have firmly convinced me that there is something seriously wrong with this implementation of the software that cannot be worked around. Bethesda hasn't exactly been open to us on this issue, either. It is true that they hired Matt Grandstaff to run interference on the official forums, but I can't say I'm impressed with his redundant notifications or his unresponsiveness to geniune concerns. It goes without saying that an scathing complaint (no matter how honest and heartfelt it is) will be ignored and probably be subjected to extreme pro-Bethesda trolling. You need not take my word for it. Just look here: http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showforum=36 There are literally hundreds of threads with this same kind of complaint that go unanswered (or contain disappointing "advice"). Is that not enough silence to speak volumes? Of course, maybe I'm wrong. I'm completely open to anyone who has better advice that the ones already offered: http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=973552http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=890373http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=892715 The community is interested in resolving all these issues, but I have yet to see any sign that Bethesda representatives even acknowledge them, let alone are interested in fixing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6510 This helped me, I wonder if these textures are making the games memory problems even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiesTorN Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 I changed the textures with the "high" ones instead of mega's, it seems like the problem is solved... But this is completely bullshit, why would a perfect working game locks without any reason..? My physical ram wasn't even near full capacity while playing, only 65-70% (checking from g15 keyboard) I would've tried this mod; http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6510 but my game is an orginial copy and I'm using live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Ridiculous isn't it. I use QTP3 in Oblivion without any issues, add a few textures to this and it falls apart. I'm not interested in GFWL so using the Large Address Aware Enabler wasn't an issue for me, I use FOSE as well so it made no difference anyway. Given a choice between FOSE mods, the Large Address Aware Enabler and GFWL then I know what gets my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmanners Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 It is BS, and I've witnessed no difference between the "high" "medium" or "low" settings for textures. It still freezes or crashes with the same frequency (although fairly random). So, why should higher resolution textures freeze/crash? It makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 There certainly is an issue, on my old 512mb card I used these http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=588 and they made quite a difference, no increase in framerate but the crashes were less frequent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfckitten Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I use the middle package from that dude too... looks great, runs great and the only crashes I have are the usual the-mod-don't-like-you crashes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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