wilsonrost Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Ok, so as everyone must know by now there is an incompatibility with fallout and windows 7. However my system seems to try and ward off all fixes the net has to throw at me. I have tried limiting the cores and I have tried different video settings and nothing seems to make sense. However I want to try and make use of a powerful community and figure this thing out for the good of us all. Anyway onwards. I have tinkered around a bit and found something I do consider very interesting. The lower I turn the graphics, the faster it freezes for me. At low its almost an instant freeze, at ultra it takes minutes, sometimes edging into 30. Secondly, the more intense the moment the more likely the freeze seems. If I am fighting a raider and they are shooting back with an automatic it seems to freeze faster. I tried exploring for a long time and well didn't freeze for a long time. So as far as I know that sounds sorta like a memory problem. If anyone has anything to add to this please feel free, if possible only constructive posts please. Thanks in advance,Wilsonrost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prensa Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) wilsonrost - Hello! "Ok, so as everyone must know by now there is an incompatibility with fallout and windows 7." Win7 can run Fallout 3 just fine, I've got Win7 64bit & had no trouble running it. The freeze issue is purely down to the number of cores & whether they are using hyperthreading. Freezes caused by this tend to be random but often in enclosed spaces & need Task Manager to be opened & Fallout 3 closed down in order to exit to the Desktop. "I have tried limiting the cores" Make sure you definitely edited the correct .ini as there is a Fallout_default.ini in the Fallout 3 folder that sometimes people confuse for the main .ini. Making the change to Fallout_default.ini won't fix the freeze bug as that .ini is only used when Fallout needs to rebuild your main .ini.The one you want to change is:For XP:My Documents\My Games\Fallout3\For Vista & Win7:Documents\My Games\Fallout3The file you want will be called:FALLOUT.iniOpen the .ini with Notepad & change this line:bUseThreadedAI=0to:bUseThreadedAI=1& insert this line under it:iNumHWThreads=2Save & close your ini. The only other thing I've had cause a freeze is if my Creative sound is not switched to "Game Mode". That tends to lock up almost imediately a game is loaded & CTD though as opposed to the random freezes of the multi core bug. If you have a Creative card you can change to Game Mode by going to the Hidden Icons on the Task bar & selecting the Volume Panel. There should be a "Mode Switcher" option from which to change your setting.Hope this helps!Prensa Edited August 17, 2014 by prensa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purr4me Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) deleted: Edited August 17, 2014 by Purr4me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsonrost Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 It worked fine, thanks so much! Thats perfect sorry for not getting my facts straight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prensa Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 wilsonrost - Hello! "It worked fine, thanks so much!" Great! Glad to have helped. :) "Thats perfect sorry for not getting my facts straight!" Don't worry about it, there's so much conflicting info about that it can be hard to get a handle on it. :) Have fun with Fallout 3! Prensa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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