Jaredvcxz Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 [background_story]Ok so I got a new 64-bit Windows 7 computer and installed Fallout 3.[/endstory] Freezing problem:It ran well on this computer at first, but after a while it started to freeze. Sometimes freezing after an hour, sometimes after a minute. Switching between WinXP/SP1/2/3 and Vista/1/2 compatability modes helped, but they froze after a while, too.I've figured that this is because my gfx card (evga gts 250 512 MB) runs UBERLY HOT(113 degrees farenheit the last time I checked, very bad), but I want to make sure it's not a 32-64 problem. Rivety city problem:I started the quest "You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head". I got the key from dave, and killed Tenpenny. It looked as though the one guy was in Rivet city, judging by the map marker. I went there, and the mapmarker told me to go into one of the decks(Hard to tell which one since all the doors are positioned in THE EXACT SAME X,Y COORDINATES. After a while, it told me to exit Rivet City.This is where the trouble starts. I exit Rivet City, but just when it ends the loading and is about to go back to the game, it crashes. This happens on all of the exits. Is there any way that I can fix this? The only way that I was able to leave was by using the teleport device for the underground hideout mod (Which is completely AWESOME, btw) and get to the wasteland from there in Windows XP SP3 mode.However, I fear that this may not be the last time something like this happens. Like, what if it happens in one of my DLCs? I can't simply teleport, who knows what that would do to the dlc quest! DLC problem(Last one! Yay!):There's also another problem with the Mothership Zeta DLC.When I try to start it, I get into the whole floaty thingy, and it starts to load. But just like in Rivet City, the game just crashes. I tried reinstalling the dlc, and removing my mod clothes, but nothing changed. Any ideas? This is my second longest post ever on any forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair91 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 First freezing problem, it'll help if you update your graphics card driver to the latest one. I think the Rivet City exit might be mod related, the important question is what mods have you installed before, sometimes even when the mods are unchecked, they're still there. The game will crash at the particular area if... For example there are missing meshes/textures/mod incompatibility in that particular area. The easiest way to solve this would be to reinstall the whole game and the patching without any mods. Then activate your DLC's, go to Rivet City/play Mothership zeta quest, see if you still get the terrible CTD's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaredvcxz Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 Before I did that, I tried to access the character again, but it wouldn't even load. Then, I removed all the mods(Vis Fomm) and used my old, un-modded character. It worked. Redid the mods, still worked on the old one. Went to my the troubled one, and it doesn't work.I'm starting to think it's the character itself that has the problems. Maybe it's punishment for blowing up megaton D: I'll try making a new character, with all the mods and such as the current one, to confirm if it's a problem with the character or not. Also: Thank the lord for Firefox recovery. While I was typing this I overclocked my card to the max(Without thinking, of course) and it crashed my comp... Fail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongrelarchitect Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I was having CTD problems when leaving Rivet City a while back, I had a lot of mods installed and fixed the problem by creating a merged patch in FO3Edit. Maybe it will help you too. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair91 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Just for your information, unofficial fallout patch causes CTD's like these. I advice getting the latest Fallout 3 patch which is 1.7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaredvcxz Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 I have 1.7 AND unofficial FO3 installed. But these problems were before that. I'll just go with removing excess mods, and see where that takes me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaredvcxz Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Hey look, a mandatory doublepost :D So I deleted the unofficial patch and 2 other mods. When I tested it (Only for half an hour, had to get off after that) it had not frozen. So, I'm guessing this problem was just from too many mods. It's amazing how simple these problems can be solved =/ I'll test Zeta tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaredvcxz Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Spoke too soon. I played it today for an hour or so, and it froze again, and zeta still won't load. I'll just give up, I guess. Oblivion still works well :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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