Fallout 3 Unstable

[Ebak]

Hello all and happy vault dwellers. I have recently reinstalled my Fallout 3 game on my new Windows 7 system. When I first started playing the game was really stable, but I loved all the mods I used to have for the game, so I downloaded a lot and installed them, now the game freezes every so often. It is not a CTD (as far as I know) all that happens is that I'll be walking along or doing something and the whole game will freeze (but the sound will continue to play fine). This usually occurs when entering or exiting a new area in which case the loading screen goes to a completely black screen..but it is not limited to that as I have had it freeze while moving about the world.

 

I will also state that upon exiting from fallout to either the main menu or the desktop causes Fallout 3 to crash and windows deliver an error report (while the fallout 3 window goes to a blank windowed mode)

 

I'm not sure if it is a particular mod that is causing it. I've investigated wtih FO3edit (although I'm not very familiar with it) and I cannot see many problems. Furthermore the auto order on the Fallout Mod Manager has ordered mods appropriately...I have Fallout 3 version 1.7 with all the DLC installed along with the mods in the following load order:

 

[X] Fallout3.esm

[X] Anchorage.esm

[X] ThePitt.esm

[X] BrokenSteel.esm

[X] PointLookout.esm

[X] Zeta.esm

[X] CALIBR.esm

[X] StreetLights.esm

[X] CRAFT.esm

[X] xCALIBR.esm

[X] EVE.esm

[X] EWE Energy Weapons Enhanced.esm

[X] CubeExperimental (EN).esm

[ ] Vault 101 Revisited.esm

[X] Fellout-Full.esp

[X] Fellout-Anchorage.esp

[X] Fellout-BrokenSteel.esp

[X] Fellout-PointLookout.esp

[X] Fellout-Zeta.esp

[X] TheInstitute.esm

[X] xCALIBR_override.esp

[X] xCALIBRmunitions.esp

[X] xCALIBRmunitions_FOSEnhancements.esp

[X] WeaponModKits.esp

[X] CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp

[X] CRAFTable_WMKs.esp

[X] CALIBRxMerchant.esp

[X] NotSoFast.esp

[X] HeirApparent.esp

[ ] DogmeatEssentialToken.esp

[X] DLC Weapons.esp

[X] DarNifiedUIF3.esp

[X] bzArmour.esp

[X] Fellout-pipboylight.esp

[X] vashdeagle.esp

[X] classic_shotgun.esp

[X] The Peacemaker.esp

[X] M1911.esp

[X] Zap-Away.esp

[X] M1911_Common_Pistol.esp

[X] H&K_M8_redlineC64.esp

[ ] cxxxv (v1.0).esp

[ ] gausspistol.esp

[ ] weps.esp

[X] CASM.esp

[X] Playing With Firepower.esp

[X] Auto Aim Fix v1.1.esp

[ ] The Pitthouse.esp

[X] Magsniper.esp

[X] LightSaberMod.esp

[X] AQFH_C_103.esp

[X] IntoTheDeepWoods.esp

[X] PLweightadjust.esp

[X] AReasonedArgument.esp

[ ] D.C. Confidential.esp

[X] Treasure Maps_Underground.esp

[X] Treasure Maps_Secrets of the Wasteland.esp

[X] D.C. Confidential with Glow.esp

[ ] Treasure Maps_Bobblehead Edition.esp

[X] TheMissingScientist1_V1.21.esp

[X] telescope_quest_fdt.esp

[X] SecretOfParadise.esp

[X] Treasure Maps_A Fist Full of Caps.esp

[X] GPs Oasis - Clean Water 1.1.esp

[X] KORsVaultHome.esp

[X] Satcom Strike.esp

[X] MiniHideout.esp

[X] UndergroundHideout.esp

[X] Megaton House and Theme Overhaul.esp

[X] KORsUnderwaterHome.esp

[X] Treasure Hunt!.esp

[ ] LevelersTruckTrailer.esp

[X] FNN01.esp

[ ] GaussCompleteBeta.esp

[ ] AlienPulseBlasterv1.esp

[X] M1911s CALIBR Compatible.esp

[X] ZL-MP5 Pack.esp

[X] P99.esp

[X] WP99C.esp

[X] ColtM4Carbines.esp

[X] M9TranquilizerPistol.esm

[X] M9TranquilizerPistol_CRAFT.esp

[X] Dogmeat Leather Armor - CRAFT.esp

[X] TecVault.esp

[X] The Mantis Imperative - Mantis.esp

[X] The Mantis Imperative - Jello.esp

[X] CALIBR Ammo Schematics - CRAFT.esp

[X] AlienRifleV2.esp

[X] Vault-Tec Experimental Dimensional Safe.esp

[X] Built For The Future.esp

[X] AlienTransportShip.esp

[ ] DimensionalStorage.esp

[ ] Point Lookout Shack.esp

[ ] EVE Operation Anchorage.esp

[X] EWE Supermutant Energy Weapons.esp

[X] EWE Load Order Fix.esp

[X] EWE DLC Addon.esp

 

Total active plugins: 83

Total plugins: 97

 

 

If anyone has an idea what is causing my freezing I'd be most greatful if you could assist me in stablizing my fallout 3 game. Furthemore if anyone has an idea on how to streamline/improve the load order, I would appreciate any and all advice.

[anokii]

Some suggestions:

 

- are you running a multi-core CPU? If so you need to modify your fallout.ini file. Apolgies but I can't remember the exact change but if you look at this: http://www.tweakguides.com/Fallout3_10.html - under the heading "Update" in bold you'll see the change you need to make. (BTW: the guide is quite good and has heaps of other ideas as well)

 

- I've found weather mods to sometimes cause issues especially when exiting or entering a building but that's usually a crash.

 

- exiting CTD's are common and usually related to the autosave feature - turn it off and use someting like CASM and you might find that clears the problem.

[Ebak]

Some suggestions:

 

- are you running a multi-core CPU? If so you need to modify your fallout.ini file. Apolgies but I can't remember the exact change but if you look at this: http://www.tweakguides.com/Fallout3_10.html - under the heading "Update" in bold you'll see the change you need to make. (BTW: the guide is quite good and has heaps of other ideas as well)

 

- I've found weather mods to sometimes cause issues especially when exiting or entering a building but that's usually a crash.

 

- exiting CTD's are common and usually related to the autosave feature - turn it off and use someting like CASM and you might find that clears the problem.

 

Thanks for your suggestions. I already suspected that Fellout was causing the problem, but even after deactivating it the game still crashed at similar instances.

 

Furthemore I do have a quad core CPU. I have heard of this issue..but from what i have heard its only when the game cannot even be started.

 

What I have done was changed the load-order around and deactivate some mods. Fallout Weapons Enhanced appears to be....not causing it...but enhacing it...since deactivating some FWE.esp files..more specifically:

 

EWE Supermutant Energy Weapons.esp

EWE Load Order Fix.esp

 

This has not stopped the freezing..but it is MUCH MUCH less common, the freezing has become a rarity. I have placed iNumHWThreads=2 in my Fallout3.ini just to see if that helps some.