Game freezes frequently whenever I get into combat?

[BoomersEatTacos]

I'm fairly new to modding Fallout, I was initially turned off by the need of 3rd party programs, but I have seen the light and have started to take advantage of a few of the wonderful mods created! But alas, after screwing around with my load order a few times, I find that my game still freezes after I engage certain enemies in the game. I can usually bypass the freeze by letting other people kill the enemy (e.g. letting the brotherhood dispatch the foes on the 'march to GNR' quest) but I can usually only shoot at an enemy a few times before my game completely freezes.

 

I actually have a comparatively small load order, and I'm not fully convinced that load order IS the main cause.

 

Fallout3.esm
Anchorage.esm
ThePitt.esm
BrokenSteel.esm
PointLookout.esm
Zeta.esm
RH_IRONSIGHTS.esm
Fellout-Full.esp
Fellout-Anchorage.esp
Fellout-BrokenSteel.esp
Fellout-pipboylight.esp
Fellout-PointLookout.esp
Fellout-Zeta.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_AnchoragePlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_BrokenSteelPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_PittPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_PointLookoutPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_VanillaPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_ZetaPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Pitt_NewRifleSights.esp
RH_IronSights_PL_NewItems.esp
RH_IronSights_RemoveReticule.esp
CONELRAD 640-1240.esp
UndergroundHideout.esp

Total active plugins: 24
Total plugins: 24

 

Any help would be appreciated!

[M48A5]

Move Fellout to the bottom of your load list.

 

Arrange the RH_Ironsights plugins so they are in the same order as the vanilla game.

 

If you have a processor with more than 2 cores, you need to edit the Fallout.ini to limit the CPU to only two cores. See the stickied post on the opening page of Fallout 3 Technical Support.

 

Also, you equipment specifications would be a great help.

Edited December 1, 2014 by M48A5

[BoomersEatTacos]

Oops, sorry about that

 

Processor: intel core i5-3330

 

GPU: Nvidia GTX 760

 

RAM: 8GB

 

Edit: I found out it was a problem with my CPU and Fallout 3 apparently has a long running history of crashing on people with CPU's over two cores. I fixed it with your .ini recommendation. Many Thanks! :)

Edited December 3, 2014 by BoomersEatTacos

[Purr4me]

 

Fallout3.esm
Anchorage.esm
ThePitt.esm
BrokenSteel.esm
PointLookout.esm
Zeta.esm
RH_IRONSIGHTS.esm

RH_IronSights_Basic_VanillaPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_AnchoragePlugin.esp

RH_IronSights_Basic_PittPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_BrokenSteelPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_PointLookoutPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_ZetaPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Pitt_NewRifleSights.esp
RH_IronSights_PL_NewItems.esp
RH_IronSights_RemoveReticule.esp

 

Fellout-Full.esp
Fellout-pipboylight.esp

CONELRAD 640-1240.esp
UndergroundHideout.esp

 

That's the correct load out.