TsarKeith12 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 hey there,I'm trying to play Fallout 3 goty which I very recently purchased from a steam sale. I have done nothing to it, haven't even installed mods (because FOMM requires a .ini file I guess? which you can't make until you play?)I've got windows 8, I've gone through and tried various fixes, none of them have worked. when I click play from the steam library, the launcher pops up. I click new game, it disappears and nothing else happens. it doesn't even try to run the game. there are no .ini files to be had. I'm sad and tired and I have to work tomorrow, so I'm hoping someone will be able to be my savior here.the fixes I tried involved changing a lot of stuff but I'm going to uninstall and reinstall the game so those changes are going to be gone, consider it vanilla I guessI know nothing about programming, but I can navigate files and follow instructions.I'm going to bed right now, so I won't respond until later, probably like 20 hours from now. Please help me.also I have to be able to use mods with whatever fix you give, thanks in advance.If you need more info, just ask. I'm sure I forgot something important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oubliette Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 On OS's from Vista onwards moddable games should not be installed to their default location of C:/Program Files because it interferes with Windows permissions and all kinds of 'weird' problems occur. If you installed Fo3 to it's default location (and/or steam itself) I would recommend just moving your entire steam folder to a different location of your choosing, these kinds of errors should then disappear. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TsarKeith12 Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Oubliette: Tried this, no change in situation. Same thing happens. Edited July 24, 2014 by TsarKeith12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TsarKeith12 Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbvW8opwPrYTried this method, seemingly the most popular and most successfulfollowed it to the letterdidn't change a thingI can'tI don't knowI need help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M48A5 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Please see this, "How to ask for help" http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/1592053-how-to-ask-for-help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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