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[liverlona]

I downloaded Archive invalidation for my laptop which has windows 7 on it. However now when I try to start up Fallout 3 the game crashes and won't let me play. Can anyone help me so I can download mods and play Fallout 3?

[sinchiruna]

make sure your game in NOT installed in the (x86) directory.. or change the UAC (user access control) to a lower level if it is.

 

also you may try to run it as admin.. but win7 fallout 3 installed into default directory = mod trouble

 

:)

[liverlona]

I moved the files at first to my documents which then won't let me play at all so I moved it into the program files not the (x86) one yet it still crashes.

[sinchiruna]

try putting it in the root

 

c:\Fallout 3

 

i had the same issues when switching to win7.. after i moved it to the root of any drive.. it was fine and the U.A.C. nor running as admin was needed.

 

hope you get it solved..nothing worse than spending hours watching CTD's

[liverlona]

I've put it in too Fallout 3 but it still crashes. Also when I try to play it, it now says it isn't installed when I actually have installed it.

[delta401]

I had windows 7, but this version of windows don't work very well with the game...anyway, i suggest you to patch the game at version 1.7 before the istallation and the archive invalidation, the fomm bla bla bla... :biggrin:

[sinchiruna]

ahh.. good point delta.. what version are you running.. i have GOTY

[bben46]

Fallout 3 works very well with Win7. Both the x86 (32 bit) and x64 (64 bit) versions as millions of users can attest.

 

As the game was designed around WinXP, The UAC that was first introduced in Vista can be a problem - but ONLY if the game is Modded and installed in the default location which is protected by the UAC. The vanilla (unmodded) game should work fine even in the default location

 

If you install the game (and any other game that can be modded) outside of the Program files folders it will not have that problem. The key here is INSTALL. moving the game does not change some important entries in the Windows registry that tell one part of the game where to find other parts.

 

To reinstall, you MUST first uninstall it completely. Then reinstall in the new location. Be sure to test it with no mods before installing any mods. The save game folder can be left as it's location does not need to be changed - it's already out of the clutches of UAC - and the new location should be able to use the old saves. I recommend installing to C:\Games\Fallout 3

 

Note that if you have the steam version, you MUST first reinstall the steam client to C:\Games\Steam. then reinstall the game from steam.

 

If you have any other version, let us know as the instructions may be different.

[Quetzlsacatanango]

If the game is crashing with archive invalidation, that most likely means a mod is causing the problem.

Post your load order please.

[liverlona]

Right I have uninstalled it and even reinstalled it in a different place which didn't work and then I tried installing it into the program files and it still wouldn't play and I have no mods downloaded.

 

I have the GOTY version (PC DVD) dunno if that helps. :confused: