I love crashing and slowness

[elustran]

Update 3

 

Still experiencing problems - I tried a clean install and started a vanilla game with no modifications - default .ini, all DLCs, and GFWL activated.

 

Note that the game has previously functioned fine in this configuration on the same computer (excepting bad RAM, which I have replaced with something of identical performance)

 

*any* ideas?

 

Update 2

 

Still having serious game crashes. Tried playing for the first time since installing good RAM and I crashed several times in Red's Clinic in Big Town. I had two crashes on loading a save game from inside, a crash in middle of the basement, and a crash while entering the building from the outside.

 

Update:

 

I ran memtest and appear to have bad RAM. It's probably the major source of freezing.

 

Also, some of the CTD is apparently due to fast-travel difficulties to the new map locations along the Potomac inserted in FOOK 1.1. This is a known error and currently getting fixed by the FOOK team.

 

However, I am still experiencing slowness. Any help with that would still be appreciated.

 

Brief:

 

I've largely been able to get crashing down to an acceptable level, but I still can't fast-travel to certain map locations, particularly new ones like the Mirelurk Hunter Camp or the raider camp under the bridge north of the Citadel. Most such crashes have been to the desktop, rather than freezes.

 

Furthermore, I've been experiencing slowness that I didn't have when I played vanilla Fallout 3, particularly outside when large objects in the distance are loading, such as the Citadel. Since I didn't really have problems before, even with graphics maxed out. I'm wondering if this is related to FOOK and possibly the extra clutter added.

 

I'm running XP (I'm still too cheap to shell out for win7 and don't want to mess with a new install), have tried experimenting with some of the .ini tweaks presented in Tweakguides.com, I've used a Live dis-abler, I'm using FOSE, and I've recently run FO3MasterUpdate.

 

I am up for any suggestions

 

More Details:

 

I believe some of the crashes are related to my hardware, drivers, etc since I've been having issues elsewhere - my girlfriend reported a crash during Sims 3 and some videos have occasionally frozen, requiring a reboot. I haven't experienced any crashing in other games. I've already checked temperature levels, cleared dust, and wiped/reinstalled my drivers.

 

Notably, I was experiencing freezing where I couldn't exit FO3 without blindly operating taskmanager - it usually occured when autosaving after entering rooms, waiting, or fast traveling. Audio did not freeze. I have disabled autosaving, which I think helped, but I have not tried re-enabling autosave yet to see if FO3MU fixed the problem.

 

The main tweaks I have made to my .ini file are:

 

bInvalidateOlderFiles=1 (from 0)

 

uInterior Cell Buffer=16 (from 3)

uExterior Cell Buffer=102 (from 36)

iPreloadSizeLimit=104857600 (from 1/4 that)

 

bUseThreadedAI=1 (from 0)

iNumHWThreads=4 (added to file)

 

.ini file under spoiler:

 

 

[General]

 

SStartingCell=

SCharGenQuest=0001f388

SStartingCellY=

SStartingCellX=

SStartingWorld=

 

STestFile10=

STestFile9=

STestFile8=

STestFile7=

STestFile6=

STestFile5=

STestFile4=

STestFile3=

STestFile2=

STestFile1=Fallout3.esm

 

sEssentialFileCacheList=Data\Fallout.esm|Data2\Fallout.esm, Data\Music\Special\MainTitle.mp3, Data\Fallout - Sound.bsa|Fallout - Sound.bsa, Data\Fallout - Voices.bsa|Fallout - Voices.bsa, Data\Fallout - MenuVoices.bsa|Fallout - MenuVoices.bsa

sUnessentialFileCacheList=Data\Fallout - Meshes.bsa|Data2\Fallout - Meshes.bsa, Data\Fallout - Textures.bsa|Data2\Fallout - Textures.bsa, Data\Music\Dungeon\*.xma, Data\Music\Base\*.mp3, Data\Music\Battle\*.mp3, Data\Music\Explore\*.mp3, Data\Music\Public\*.mp3, Data\Music\Special\*.mp3

bPreCullActors=1

bTaskletActorSceneGraphUpdates=0

bTaskletActorAnimMovementUpdates=1

bAnimationUseBlendFromPose=1

bEnableProfile=0

bDrawSpellContact=0

bRunMiddleLowLevelProcess=1

iHoursToSleep=3

bActorLookWithHavok=0

SMainMenuMusicTrack=special\maintitle.mp3

bUseEyeEnvMapping=1

bFixFaceNormals=0

bUseFaceGenHeads=1

bFaceMipMaps=1

bFaceGenTexturing=1

SBetaCommentFileName=\\vault\Fallout\Fallout3\Beta_Comment.txt

bDefaultCOCPlacement=0

uGridDistantCount=20

uGridsToLoad=5

fGlobalTimeMultiplier=1.0000

bNewAnimation=1

bFixAIPackagesOnLoad=0

bForceReloadOnEssentialCharacterDeath=1

bKeepPluginWhenMerging=0

bCreate Maps Enable=0

SLocalSavePath=Saves\

SLocalMasterPath=Data\

bDisableDuplicateReferenceCheck=1

bTintMipMaps=0

uInterior Cell Buffer=16

uExterior Cell Buffer=102

iIntroSequencePriority=3

bPreloadIntroSequence=1

fStaticScreenWaitTime=3.0000

SMainMenuMovieIntro=

SIntroSequence=

sIntroMovie=Fallout INTRO Vsk.bik

iFPSClamp=0

bRunVTuneTest=0

STestFile1=

bActivateAllQuestScripts=0

bUseThreadedBlood=0

bUseThreadedMorpher=0

bBorderRegionsEnabled=1

bDisableHeadTracking=0

bTrackAllDeaths=0

uiFaceGenMaxEGTDataSize=67108864

uiFaceGenMaxEGMDataSize=67108864

bPreemptivelyUnloadCells=0

iNumBitsForFullySeen=248

iPreloadSizeLimit=104857600

bUseHardDriveCache=0

bEnableBoundingVolumeOcclusion=1

bDisplayBoundingVolumes=0

bUseThreadedTempEffects=1

bUseThreadedParticleSystem=0

bExternalLODDataFiles=1

bCheckCellOffsetsOnInit=0

uGridDistantTreeRange=5

bCreateShaderPackage=0

bWarnOnMissingFileEntry=0

bAllowScriptedAutosave=0

uGridDistantTreeRangeCity=4

uGridDistantCountCity=4

iSaveGameBackupCount=1

bDisplayMissingContentDialogue=1

SSaveGameSafeCellID=2AEEA

bUseThreadedAI=1

iNumHWThreads=4

bChangeTimeMultSlowly=1

bCheckPurgedTextureList=0

bAnimateDoorPhysics=0

sLanguage=ENGLISH

bLoadFaceGenHeadEGTFiles=1

 

[Display]

fDecalLifetime=10.0000

bEquippedTorchesCastShadows=0

bReportBadTangentSpace=0

bStaticMenuBackground=1

bForcePow2Textures=0

bForce1XShaders=0

bHighQuality20Lighting=0

bAllow20HairShader=1

bAllowScreenShot=1

iMultiSample=0

bDoTallGrassEffect=1

bForceMultiPass=1

bDoTexturePass=1

bDoSpecularPass=1

bDoDiffusePass=1

bDoAmbientPass=1

bImageSpaceEffects=1

bDoCanopyShadowPass=1

bDrawShadows=0

bUseRefractionShader=1

bUse Shaders=1

iNPatchNOrder=0

iNPatchPOrder=0

iNPatches=0

iLocation Y=5

iLocation X=5

bFull Screen=1

iAdapter=0

iScreenShotIndex=0

SScreenShotBaseName=ScreenShot

iAutoViewMinDistance=2000

iAutoViewHiFrameRate=40

iAutoViewLowFrameRate=20

bAutoViewDistance=0

fDefaultFOV=75.0000

fNearDistance=5

fFarDistance=1000.0000

iDebugTextLeftRightOffset=10

iDebugTextTopBottomOffset=20

bShowMenuTextureUse=1

fLightLODDefaultStartFade=1000.0

fLightLODRange=500.0

fLightLODMinStartFade=200.0

fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0

fShadowLODDefaultStartFade=200.0

fShadowLODRange=200.0

fShadowLODMinStartFade=100.0

fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0

fSpecularLODDefaultStartFade=500.0

fSpecularLODRange=300.0

fSpecularLODMinStartFade=200.0

fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0

fGamma=1.0000

bAllow30Shaders=0

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

bDoStaticAndArchShadows=0

bDoActorShadows=1

fNoLODFarDistancePct=1.0000

fNoLODFarDistanceMax=10240.0000

fNoLODFarDistanceMin=100.0000

fEyeEnvMapLOD2=800.0000

fEyeEnvMapLOD1=500.0000

fEnvMapLOD2=1800.0000

fEnvMapLOD1=1500.0000

fGammaMax=0.6000

fGammaMin=1.4000

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=10

iActorShadowCount=4

bIgnoreResolutionCheck=0

fSpecualrStartMax=1000.0000

fSpecularStartMin=0.0000

iActorShadowIntMax=10

iActorShadowIntMin=0

iActorShadowExtMax=10

iActorShadowExtMin=0

bDynamicWindowReflections=1

fShadowFadeTime=1.0000

iPresentInterval=1

bDecalsOnSkinnedGeometry=1

uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart4=0

uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart3=0

uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart2=0

uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart1=0

iShadowFilter=0

bAllowPartialPrecision=1

iShadowMapResolution=256

bShadowsOnGrass=0

bActorSelfShadowing=0

iActorShadowCountInt=2

iActorShadowCountExt=2

fPipboy1stPersonFOV=47.0

fDefault1stPersonFOV=55.0000

bLODNoiseAniso=1

iMaxAnisotropy=8

fLandLOFadeSeconds=15.0

 

[Controls]

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bBackground Mouse=0

bBackground Keyboard=1

 

[Water]

bUseWaterShader=1

bUseWaterReflections=1

bUseWaterRefractions=1

bUseWaterDepth=1

bUseWaterHiRes=0

bUseWaterDisplacements=1

bUseWaterLOD=1

bReflectExplosions=0

bAutoWaterSilhouetteReflections=1

bForceHighDetailReflections=0

bForceLowDetailReflections=0

fTileTextureDivisor=4.7500

fSurfaceTileSize=2048.0000

fNearWaterOutdoorTolerance=1024.0000

fNearWaterIndoorTolerance=512.0000

fNearWaterUnderwaterVolume=0.9000

fNearWaterUnderwaterFreq=0.3000

uNearWaterPoints=8

uNearWaterRadius=1000

uSurfaceFPS=12

 

[Audio]

fASFadeInTime=3.0

fASFadeOutTime=10.0

fRegionLoopFadeInTime=5.0

fRegionLoopFadeOutTime=5.0

fAudioDebugDelay=0.0

bEnableAudio=1

bEnableAudioCache=1

bMultiThreadAudio=0

bEnableEnviroEffectsOnPC=0

; cache sizes in kilobytes

iAudioCacheSize=2048

iMaxSizeForCachedSound=256

bUseAudioDebugInformation=1

fAudioDebugDelay=0.0000

fDefaultMasterVolume=1.0000

fDefaultFootVolume=0.5000

fDefaultMusicVolume=0.3000

fDefaultRadioVolume=0.5000

fDefaultEffectsVolume=1.0000

fDefaultVoiceVolume=0.7500

iMaxImpactSoundCount=32

fMaxFootstepDistance=1100.0000

fPlayerFootVolume=0.6500

iCollisionSoundTimeDelta=150

iRadioUpdateInterval=250

fMinSoundVel=90.0000

fDialogMinDistance=125.00

fDialogMaxDistance=1800.00

fMainMenuMusicVolume=0.6

fDBVoiceAttenuationIn2D=2.0

fCollisionSoundHeavyThreshold=60.0

fDialogueFadeDecibels=6.0

fDialogueFadeSecondsIn=2.0

fDialogueFadeSecondsOut=1.0

fDialogueHeadPitchExaggeration=2.0

fDialogueHeadRollExaggeration=2.0

fDialogueHeadYawExaggeration=2.0

fHardLandingDamageThreshold=500.0

fWoodMediumMassMin=7.0

fWoodLargeMassMin=15.0

fStoneMediumMassMin=5.0

fStoneLargeMassMin=30.0

fEarthMediumMassMin=5.0

fEarthLargeMassMin=30.0

fSkinMediumMassMin=5.0

fSkinLargeMassMin=30.0

fMetalMediumMassMin=8.0

fMetalLargeMassMin=25.0

fRadioDialogMute=0.50

fFilterDistortionGain=-7.5

fFilterPEQGain=-15.0

fFilterdBAttenuation=11.5

 

[Pathfinding]

bDrawPathsDefault=0

bPathMovementOnly=0

bDrawSmoothFailures=0

bDebugSmoothing=0

bSmoothPaths=1

bSnapToAngle=0

bDebugAvoidance=0

bDisableAvoidance=0

bBackgroundPathing=1

bUseObstacleAvoidance=1

bBackgroundNavmeshUpdate=1

 

[MAIN]

bEnableBorderRegion=1

fLowPerfCombatantVoiceDistance=1000.0000

iDetectionHighNumPicks=40

fQuestScriptDelayTime=5.0000

bCloneModelsInBackground=1

iLastHDRSetting=-1

 

[HAVOK]

bDisablePlayerCollision=0

fJumpAnimDelay=0.7500

bTreeTops=0

iSimType=1

bPreventHavokAddAll=0

bPreventHavokAddClutter=0

fMaxTime=0.016

bHavokDebug=0

fRF=1000.0000

fOD=0.9000

fSE=0.3000

fSD=0.9800

iResetCounter=5

fMoveLimitMass=95.0000

iUpdateType=0

bHavokPick=0

fCameraCasterSize=10.0000

iHavokSkipFrameCountTEST=0

iNumHavokThreads=2

fChaseDeltaMult=0.0500

bAddBipedWhenKeyframed=1

fQuadrupedPitchMult=1.0000

iEntityBatchRemoveRate=100

iMaxPicks=40

 

[RagdollAnim]

bRagdollFeedback=1

fCameraDist=1000.0

fHierarchyGain=0.17

fVelocityDamping=0.0

fAccelerationGain=1.0

fVelocityGain=0.6

fPositionGain=0.05

fPositionMaxLinearVelocity=14.0

fPositionMaxAngularVelocity=18.0

fSnapGain=0.1

fSnapMaxLinearVelocity=3.0

fSnapMaxAngularVelocity=0.3

fSnapMaxLinearDistance=0.3

fSnapMaxAngularDistance=1.0

 

[FootIK]

fOnOffGain=0.5

fGroundAscendingGain=0.4

fGroundDescendingGain=0.4

fFootRaisedGain=0.9000

fFootPlantedGain=1.0000

bFootPlacementOn=1

fPelvisUpDownBias=0.75

fPelvisOffsetDamping=0.2

fVertErrorGain=0.5

fOriginalGroundHeightMS=-0.11

fAnkleOffset=0.2000

fRagdollFeedback=0.7

 

[LookIK]

fLookAtTargetGain=0.3

fLookAtGain=0.045

 

[interface]

fKeyRepeatInterval=50.0000

fKeyRepeatTime=500.0000

fActivatePickSphereRadius=16.0000

fMenuModeAnimBlend=0.0000

iSafeZoneXWide=15

iSafeZoneYWide=15

iSafeZoneX=15

iSafeZoneY=15

bAllowConsole=1

bActivatePickUseGamebryoPick=0

bUseFuzzyPicking=1

fMenuBGBlurRadius=2.0000

fMenuPlayerLightDiffuseBlue=0.8000

fMenuPlayerLightDiffuseGreen=0.8000

fMenuPlayerLightDiffuseRed=0.8000

fMenuPlayerLightAmbientBlue=0.2500

fMenuPlayerLightAmbientGreen=0.2500

fMenuPlayerLightAmbientRed=0.2500

iMaxViewCasterPicksGamebryo=10

iMaxViewCasterPicksHavok=10

iMaxViewCasterPicksFuzzy=5

fInterfaceTintB=0.8824

fInterfaceTintG=0.9843

fInterfaceTintR=0.6314

bUseImageSpaceMenuFX=0

 

iSystemColorTerminalRed=33

iSystemColorTerminalGreen=231

iSystemColorTerminalBlue=121

 

iSystemColorSystemRed=26

iSystemColorSystemGreen=255

iSystemColorSystemBlue=128

 

iSystemColorMainMenuRed=199

iSystemColorMainMenuGreen=255

iSystemColorMainMenuBlue=165

 

iSystemColorPipboyRed=26

iSystemColorPipboyGreen=255

iSystemColorPipboyBlue=128

 

iSystemColorHUDAltRed=255

iSystemColorHUDAltGreen=67

iSystemColorHUDAltBlue=42

 

iSystemColorHUDMainRed=26

iSystemColorHUDMainGreen=255

iSystemColorHUDMainBlue=128

 

fRSMFaceSliderDefaultMin=-3.5

fRSMFaceSliderDefaultMax=3.5

 

fPopUpBackgroundOpacity=0.87

fMenuBackgroundOpacity=0.76

bHideUnavailablePerks=0

 

 

[Loading]

sWelcomeScreen1=loading_screen01

sWelcomeScreen2=loading_screen_bethsoft

sWelcomeScreen3=loading_screen_BGS

sWelcomeScreen4=loading_screen_legal

sMainMenuBackground=main_background

sTitleMusic=MainTitle

sInitialSound=fx\ui\loadscreen\initial\ui_loadscreen_initial.wav

iMaxScreens=4

iMaxScreens_MainMenu=20

fLoadingTextUpdateInterval=10.0000

fLoadingBkgdUpdateInterval=10.0000

fMainMenuBkgdUpdateInterval=10.0000

fLoadingInitUpdateInterval=5.0000

iNumLocationSpecificScreens=1

 

 

[Menu]

fCreditsScrollSpeed=40.0000

iConsoleTextYPos=940

iConsoleTextXPos=30

iConsoleVisibleLines=15

iConsoleHistorySize=50

rDebugTextColor=255,251,233

iConsoleFont=2

iDebugTextFont=3

 

[GamePlay]

bHealthBarShowing=0

fHealthBarFadeOutSpeed=1.0000

fHealthBarSpeed=80.0000

fHealthBarHeight=4.0000

fHealthBarWidth=40.0000

fHealthBarEmittanceFadeTime=0.5000

fHealthBarEmittanceTime=1.5000

bAllowHavokGrabTheLiving=0

bEssentialTakeNoDamage=1

iDetectionPicks=21

 

[Fonts]

sFontFile_1=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Monofonto_Large.fnt

sFontFile_2=Textures\Fonts\Monofonto_Large.fnt

sFontFile_3=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Monofonto_Medium.fnt

sFontFile_4=Textures\Fonts\Monofonto_VeryLarge02_Dialogs2.fnt

sFontFile_5=Textures\Fonts\Fixedsys_Comp_uniform_width.fnt

sFontFile_6=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Monofonto_VL_dialogs.fnt

sFontFile_7=Textures\Fonts\Baked-in_Monofonto_Large.fnt

sFontFile_8=Textures\Fonts\Glow_Futura_Caps_Large.fnt

 

[speedTree]

iTreeClonesAllowed=1

fCanopyShadowGrassMult=1.0000

iCanopyShadowScale=512

fTreeForceMaxBudAngle=-1.0000

fTreeForceMinBudAngle=-1.0000

fTreeForceLeafDimming=-1.0000

fTreeForceBranchDimming=-1.0000

fTreeForceCS=-1.0000

fTreeForceLLA=-1.0000

fTreeLODExponent=1.0000

bEnableTrees=1

bForceFullLOD=0

fLODTreeMipMapLODBias=-0.7500

fLocalTreeMipMapLODBias=-0.2500

 

[Debug]

bDebugFaceGenCriticalSection=0

bDebugFaceGenMultithreading=0

bDebugSaveBuffer=0

 

[backgroundLoad]

bBackgroundPathing=1

bUseMultiThreadedFaceGen=1

bBackgroundCellLoads=1

iAnimaitonClonePerLoop=5

bUseMultiThreadedTrees=1

iExteriorPriority=50

iBackgroundLoadFaceMult=200

fBackgroundLoadingPerLoop=20.0000

fBackgroundLoadClonedPerLoop=5.0000

iBackgroundLoadExtraMaxFPS=20

iBackgroundLoadExtraMinFPS=10

iBackgroundLoadExtraMax=3000

iBackgroundLoadExtraMin=5

iBackgroundLoadExtraMilliseconds=2

iBackgroundLoadTreeMilliseconds=7

iBackgroundLoadMilliseconds=1

iBackgroundLoadLoading=1

bUseBackgroundFileLoader=0

bBackgroundLoadLipFiles=1

bLoadBackgroundFaceGen=1

bLoadHelmetsInBackground=1

iAnimationClonePerLoop=5

bSelectivePurgeUnusedOnFastTravel=0

bCloneModelsInBackground=0

 

[LOD]

fLODLandDropAmount=230.0000

fLodDistance=500.0000

bUseFaceGenLOD=0

iLODTextureTiling=2

iLODTextureSizePow2=8

fLODNormalTextureBlend=0.5000

bDisplayLODLand=1

bDisplayLODBuildings=0

bLODPopTrees=0

bLODPopActors=0

bLODPopItems=0

bLODPopObjects=0

fLODFadeOutMultItems=3

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=5

fLODFadeOutMultActors=6

fLODMultLandscape=1.0000

fLODMultTrees=0.5000

fLODMultActors=1.0000

fLODMultItems=1.0000

fLODMultObjects=5

iFadeNodeMinNearDistance=500

fLODFadeOutPercent=0.6000

fFadeOutThreshold=0.3000

fFadeInThreshold=0.7000

fFadeInTimet=2.0

fFadeOutTime=2.0

fDistanceMultiplier=1

fLODBoundRadiusMult=10

fObjectLODMax=15.0

fObjectLODMin=1.0

fObjectLODDefault=5

fItemLODMax=15.0

fItemLODMin=1.0

fItemLODDefault=2

fActorLODMax=15.0

fActorLODMin=2.0

fActorLODDefault=5

fTreeLODMax=2.0000

fTreeLODMin=0.0200

fTreeLODDefault=0.5000

bLODUseCombinedLandNormalMaps=1

bForceHideLODLand=0

fLODLandVerticalBias=0.0000

fTalkingDistance=1000.0000

iBoneLODForce=-1

fLODQuadMinLoadDistance=65536.0000

bDisplayLODTrees=1

bDisplayLODBuildings=1

fLODFadeOutActorMultInterior=1.0000

fLODFadeOutItemMultInterior=1.0000

fLODFadeOutObjectMultInterior=1.0000

fLODFadeOutActorMultCity=1.0000

fLODFadeOutItemMultCity=1.0000

fLODFadeOutObjectMultCity=1.0000

fLODFadeOutActorMultComplex=1.0000

fLODFadeOutItemMultComplex=1.0000

fLODFadeOutObjectMultComplex=1.0000

 

[Weather]

fSunGlareSize=800.0000

fSunBaseSize=750.0000

bPrecipitation=1

fAlphaReduce=1.0000

SBumpFadeColor=255,255,255,255

SLerpCloseColor=255,255,255,255

SEnvReduceColor=255,255,255,255

 

[Voice]

SFileTypeLTF=ltf

SFileTypeLip=lip

SFileTypeSource=wav

SFileTypeGame=ogg

 

[Grass]

iMinGrassSize=80

bGrassPointLighting=0

bDrawShaderGrass=1

iGrassDensityEvalSize=2

iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=2

fWaveOffsetRange=1.7500

fGrassWindMagnitudeMax=125.0000

fGrassWindMagnitudeMin=5.0000

fTexturePctThreshold=0.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0

fGrassDefaultStartFadeDistance=3500.0

fGrassFadeRange=1000.0

 

[Landscape]

bCurrentCellOnly=0

bPreventSafetyCheck=0

fLandTextureTilingMult=2.0000

fLandFriction=2.5000

iLandBorder2B=0

iLandBorder2G=0

iLandBorder2R=0

iLandBorder1B=0

iLandBorder1G=255

iLandBorder1R=255

SDefaultLandDiffuseTexture=DirtWasteland01.dds

SDefaultLandNormalTexture=DirtWasteland01_N.dds

 

[bLightAttenuation]

fQuadraticRadiusMult=1.0000

fLinearRadiusMult=1.0000

bOutQuadInLin=0

fConstantValue=0.0000

fQuadraticValue=16.0000

fLinearValue=3.0000

uQuadraticMethod=2

uLinearMethod=1

fFlickerMovement=8.0000

bUseQuadratic=1

bUseLinear=0

bUseConstant=0

 

[blurShaderHDRInterior]

fTargetLUM=1.0000

fUpperLUMClamp=1.0000

fEmissiveHDRMult=1.0000

fEyeAdaptSpeed=0.5000

fBrightScale=2.2500

fBrightClamp=0.2250

fBlurRadius=7.0000

iNumBlurpasses=1

 

[blurShaderHDR]

fTargetLUM=1.0000

fUpperLUMClamp=1.0000

fGrassDimmer=1.5000

fTreeDimmer=1.0000

fEmissiveHDRMult=1.0000

fEyeAdaptSpeed=0.5000

fSunlightDimmer=1.5000

fSIEmmisiveMult=1.0000

fSISpecularMult=1.0000

fSkyBrightness=0.5000

fSunBrightness=0.0000

fBrightScale=2.2500

fBrightClamp=0.2250

fBlurRadius=7.0000

iNumBlurpasses=1

iBlendType=2

bDoHighDynamicRange=1

 

[blurShader]

fSunlightDimmer=1.0000

fSIEmmisiveMult=1.0000

fSISpecularMult=1.0000

fSkyBrightness=0.5000

fSunBrightness=0.0000

fAlphaAddExterior=0.2000

fAlphaAddInterior=0.7000

iBlurTexSize=256

fBlurRadius=0.0300

iNumBlurpasses=1

iBlendType=2

bUseBlurShader=1

 

[GethitShader]

fBlurAmmount=0.5000

fBlockedTexOffset=0.0010

fHitTexOffset=0.0050

 

[MESSAGES]

bBlockMessageBoxes=0

bSkipProgramFlows=1

bAllowYesToAll=1

bDisableWarning=1

iFileLogging=0

bSkipInitializationFlows=1

bUseWindowsMessageBox=0

 

[DistantLOD]

bUseLODLandData=0

fFadeDistance=12288.0000

iDistantLODGroupWidth=8

 

[GeneralWarnings]

SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.

 

SMasterMismatchWarning=One of the files that "%s" is dependent on has changed since the last save.

This may result in errors. Saving again will clear this message

but not necessarily fix any errors.

 

[Archive]

SMasterMiscArchiveFileName=Fallout - Misc.bsa

SMasterVoicesArchiveFileName1=Fallout - Voices.bsa

SMasterVoicesArchiveFileName2=Fallout - MenuVoices.bsa

SMasterSoundsArchiveFileName=Fallout - Sound.bsa

SMasterTexturesArchiveFileName1=Fallout - Textures.bsa

SMasterMeshesArchiveFileName=Fallout - Meshes.bsa

SInvalidationFile=

iRetainFilenameOffsetTable=1

iRetainFilenameStringTable=1

iRetainDirectoryStringTable=1

bCheckRuntimeCollisions=0

bInvalidateOlderFiles=1

bUseArchives=1

SArchiveList=ArchiveInvalidationInvalidated!.bsa, Fallout - Textures.bsa, Fallout - Meshes.bsa, Fallout - Voices.bsa, Fallout - Sound.bsa, Fallout - MenuVoices.bsa, Fallout - Misc.bsa

 

[CameraPath]

iTake=0

SDirectoryName=TestCameraPath

iFPS=60

SNif=Test\CameraPath.nif

 

[Absorb]

fAbsorbGlowColorB=1.0000

fAbsorbGlowColorG=0.6000

fAbsorbGlowColorR=0.0000

fAbsorbCoreColorB=1.0000

fAbsorbCoreColorG=1.0000

fAbsorbCoreColorR=1.0000

iAbsorbNumBolts=1

fAbsorbBoltGrowWidth=0.0000

fAbsorbBoltSmallWidth=7.0000

fAbsorbTortuosityVariance=2.0000

fAbsorbSegmentVariance=7.0000

fAbsorbBoltsRadius=5.0000

 

[TestAllCells]

bFileShowTextures=1

bFileShowIcons=1

bFileSkipIconChecks=0

bFileTestLoad=0

bFileNeededMessage=1

bFileGoneMessage=1

bFileSkipModelChecks=0

bFileCheckModelCollision=0

 

[CopyProtectionStrings]

SCopyProtectionMessage2=Insert the Fallout Disc.

SCopyProtectionTitle2=Fallout Disc Not Found

SCopyProtectionMessage=Unable to find a CD-ROM/DVD drive on this computer.

SCopyProtectionTitle=CD-ROM Drive Not Found

 

[Pipboy]

fBlurRadiusPipboy=3.5

fBlurIntensityPipboy=0.25

fScanlineScalePipboy=50

bEnableFlickerPipboy=1

bUsePipboyMode=1

 

[interfaceFX]

fDefaultBurstDuration=200

fDefaultBurstIntensity=2

fMiniBurstDuration=200

fMiniBurstIntensity=1.5

 

;pulse effect

fPulseBrightenIntensity=0.25

fPulseRadiusIntensity=0.5

fPulseRate=0.0006

 

;pipboy menu transitions

fVertHoldChance=0.08

fShudderChance=0.20

 

fScanlineScaleMenus=50.0000

bEnableFlickerMenus=1

bEnableScanlinesMenus=1

bEnableScanlinesPipboy=1

fBlurRadiusMenus=0.3000

fBrightenMenus=1.7000

fBrightenPipboy=1.3000

bUseImageSpaceMenuFX=1

fBlurIntensityHUD=1.2000

fBlurRadiusHUD=2.0000

fScanlineFrequencyHUD=0.0000

 

fScreenLightBaseIntensity=0.6

fScreenLightRadius=6

 

[RenderedTerminal]

bUseRenderedTerminals=1

fRenderedTerminalFOV=0.15

fRenderedTerminalZoom=36

bDoRenderedTerminalScanlines=1

fRenderedTerminalScanlineScale=130.000000

fRenderedTerminalHPos=0.0

fRenderedTerminalVPos=0.38

fScreenLightBaseIntensity=1.2

fScreenLightRadius=80

fScreenLightColorR=0.68

fScreenLightColorG=0.74

fScreenLightColorB=0.62

 

fRaceSexMenuHPos=0.0

fRaceSexMenuVPos=-0.6

fRaceSexMenuZoom=70.0

fRaceSexMenuScale=0.5

 

[Decals]

uMaxDecalCount=100

bProfileDecals=0

bDecalOcclusionQuery=1

 

[TerrainManager]

fSplitDistanceMult=0.75

fBlockMorphDistanceMult=0.70

bUseNewTerrainSystem=1

bUseDistantObjectBlocks=1

fBlockLoadDistance=125000.0

fDefaultBlockLoadDistanceLow=50000.0

fLowBlockLoadDistanceLow=25000.0

fHighBlockLoadDistanceLow=50000.0

fDefaultTreeLoadDistance=25000.0

fLowTreeLoadDistance=10000.0

fHighTreeLoadDistance=40000.0

 

[VATS]

fVATSLightLevelMin=20.0

fVATSLightLevelMax=65.0

fVATSLightAngle=0.0

fVATSLightDistance=100.0

fVATSLightElevation=100.0

fVatsLightColorR=0.35

fVatsLightColorG=0.35

fVatsLightColorB=0.35

 

[screenSplatter]

bScreenSplatterEnabled=1

 

 

 

Mods under spoiler

 

 

Fallout3.esm

Anchorage.esm

ThePitt.esm

BrokenSteel.esm

PointLookout.esm

Zeta.esm

CALIBR.esm

CRAFT.esm

FOOK2 - Main.esm

FOOK2 - [*censored*] World And Neighbourhood Kit.esm

FOOK2 - [DIK] DLC Improvement Kit.esm

FOOK2 - Main.esp

FOOK2 - [DIK] DLC Improvement Kit.esp

FOOK2 - Mothership Zeta.esp

FOOK2 - Main [Hotfix].esp

FOOK2 - DIK [Hotfix].esp

CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp

Stealthboy Recon Armor - CRAFT.esp

hair_add_npc.esp

ZL-ACR.esp

PiPBoy White Light.esp

PiPBoy Light Range x3.esp

2nd Home at Tenpennys [Engl].esp

AdvancedReconGear.esp

AdvReconTrenchcoat.esp

SShop.esp

SShop_GhillieSuit.esp

People_Radio.esp

Existence2.0.esp

Treasure Maps_Bobblehead Edition.esp

KORsUnderwaterHome.esp

superkittens2.esp (this is my FO3MasterUpdate patch)

 

Total active plugins: 32

Total plugins: 59

 

 

Thanks for any help.

[Nadin]

Sounds like it's time for a new graphics card.

And for god's sake, get vista, ya freakin hippie! :thumbsup:

[elustran]

Sounds like it's time for a new graphics card.

And for god's sake, get vista, ya freakin hippie! :thumbsup:

 

I just got a new graphics card - a 1 gig Radeon 5770.

 

Also, it would seem I'm still experiencing random freezes in FO3, not just crashes to the desktop. This time it happened indoors, in the middle basement of the Big Town clinic - I hadn't even opened the door back upstairs yet.

[elustran]

Update:

 

I ran memtest and appear to have bad RAM. It's probably the major source of crashing and the source of this error. However, it doesn't explain the slowness. Any help would still be appreciated.

 

I thought I'd add that I see error messages from Fallout3.exe in my Windows event viewer. I haven't been able to dig up much, but it seems like the error code is very generic and my last few crashes didn't seem to log an error in the event viewer. I should note that I am running Fallout 3 by launching via FOSE.

 

Each entry look like this - and the fault address has been the same for the last several error events:

 

Event Type:	Error
Event Source:	Application Error
Event Category:	None
Event ID:	1000
Date:		4/28/2010
Time:		2:07:37 AM
User:		N/A
Computer:	ELUSTRAN
Description:
Faulting application fallout3.exe, version 1.7.0.3, faulting module fallout3.exe, version 1.7.0.3, fault address 0x000e868e.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74   Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c   ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 66 61 6c   ure  fal
0018: 6c 6f 75 74 33 2e 65 78   lout3.ex
0020: 65 20 31 2e 37 2e 30 2e   e 1.7.0.
0028: 33 20 69 6e 20 66 61 6c   3 in fal
0030: 6c 6f 75 74 33 2e 65 78   lout3.ex
0038: 65 20 31 2e 37 2e 30 2e   e 1.7.0.
0040: 33 20 61 74 20 6f 66 66   3 at off
0048: 73 65 74 20 30 30 30 65   set 000e
0050: 38 36 38 65 0d 0a         868e..  

[elustran]

I added an update to my master post

 

Basically, I'm still having problems despite fixing disk errors via chkdsk and installing good RAM.

 

Does anybody here think it's worth trying a re-download and re-install, or is there an easier way to verify file integrity?

 

Is there anything else I can try?

[Nadin]

Don't really know. Probably worth re-install.

[Fonger]

I added an update to my master post

 

Basically, I'm still having problems despite fixing disk errors via chkdsk and installing good RAM.

 

Does anybody here think it's worth trying a re-download and re-install, or is there an easier way to verify file integrity?

 

Is there anything else I can try?

um

 

you've had hardware problems on your disk drive and on your ram

 

re-install everything

 

heck - consider a complete system wipe and re-install

 

and update all your mods while you are at it.

 

 

P.S. is your system overclocked?

[elustran]

My system isn't overclocked. I've already re-downloaded most of my mods in preparation for a re-install. If I start getting other serious errors in my system, I might consider finally getting Win7. The error in my RAM occurred at an address around 977.4 megs.

 

I'm not intimately familiar with the way RAM gets allocated - is data filled up from the bottom up, or are addresses selected in a more scattered fashion? My thought as to why I wasn't experiencing much in the way of regular system errors, but experiencing crashes in Fallout is because my computer only uses less than 500 megs in normal usage, but Fallout sucks up at least an extra gig, so the flawed bit in memory would only be accessed when a memory-intensive application like Fallout was in use.

 

Also, I was wondering if some of my disk errors were due to my flawed memory - is it possible that data copied to RAM and back to disk could have introduced addressing errors on my disk?

[BossDweebe]

I might consider finally getting Win7. The error in my RAM occurred at an address around 977.4 megs.

 

so the flawed bit in memory would only be accessed when a memory-intensive application like Fallout was in use.

 

Also, I was wondering if some of my disk errors were due to my flawed memory - is it possible that data copied to RAM and back to disk could have introduced addressing errors on my disk?

 

Win 7 won't solve your problems (but an unavoidable thing long term). I had more trouble getting FO3 running properly (not freezing) than I had with my XP machine (mere black screen crashes).

 

I don't know if the 'flawed bit' would not get used just because the whole stick is not being used in that micro second.

 

Very possible, I would think. Crap in = crap out. (or is that crap out = ?). If the RAM showing errors it needs to go.

You may be able to RMA the RAM . Several brands have lifetime warranty.

 

I don't think using the Live disabler with FOSE is a good idea. Read the Read Me for FOSE. I am using neither, but did read something in the FOSE Read Me in relation to it turning off Live, Two things trying to do the same may cause a problem.

[elustran]

Thanks for mentioning the FOSE and Live disabler conflict potential, but I tried re-enabling live via the live disabler and still had a CTD in the middle of fast travel to Megaton before the loading screen had a chance to come up.

 

I'm using doubly-confirmed good RAM currently. Most of my recent crashes haven't been freezes, though, so that's an improvement and could mean that bad RAM was causing some of my problems. My vanilla game wasn't working before, so I think I'll turn off my mods and see if problems there cleared up.