Crash at main menu regardless of mods being activated or not

[ZinfleXY]

having problems with the game crashing on launch, even if i disable all my mods it keeps on crashing when i launch, tried reinstalling and it works fine untill i put the mod files into the data folder.

so far iv'e only tried the "apocalypse armory" and "fellout" mods and i got it working with fellout a brief moment.

i have the game of the year edition (if thats rellevant)

 

 

plz help, im new to modding but i would absolutely love to get it working as soon as possible :)

[anokii]

Check out: http://www.tweakguid...Fallout3_1.html (long read but more than worth it)

 

Always cover the basics (these are the most common causes of start up CTD's):

 

- Do you have a legal copy? There are known issues with dodgy copies out there and we won't support those who pirate.

 

- are you patched to 1.7?

 

- upgrade / remove G4WL (Games for windows Live) - Personally I remove it

 

- if you have a multi-core CPU have you modified your fallout.ini for multi-core CPU

 

- have you done a default install (e.g. installed to C:\Program Files\.... ) and you run Win7 / Vista - if so uninstall and reinstall to a directory outside of C:\Program Files (e.g. C:\Games): Note that the this doesn't always fix start up CTD's but if you mod it's really a must do because of issues with UAC.

 

- check your drivers and update where necessary. Note that some video driver versions can cause or introduce more problems than they fix - these are usually in game problems (e.g. stuttering, fpx, etc)

 

- turn off all autosave features and either use CASM or manually save. (not suspected of causing of start up CTD's)

 

Last but not least - always check FO3 for problems by running it prior to modding it. That way you know for sure that FO3 does launch / work before you start adding more complexities to the troubleshooting.