HELP: Not designed to run on windows?

[Cyberweasel89]

Hi. I'm a long-time user of Fallout 3, but a while back Fallout 3 got deleted from my computer. All of it. We upgraded to Windows 7 (surprisingly, Windows Vista was better) and I tried re-installing Fallout 3.

 

Well, it installed fine. But whenever I start it up and hit "Play" I get the following message.

 

Fallout3.exe - Bad Image

 

C:/1M Edition/Fallout 3/xlive.dll is either not designed to run on

Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using

the original installation media or contact your system administrator or

the software vendor for support.

 

Any idea what it means? Could it have something to do with my upgrade to Windows 7?

[Fonger]

update games for windows live

 

or install the GFWL killing mod.

[Cyberweasel89]

Thanks, but... Nexus file search for "GFWL" turned up nothing. Is it called something other than that?

[Ainene]

Thanks, but... Nexus file search for "GFWL" turned up nothing. Is it called something other than that?

 

Games for Windows Live

 

I'm not entirely sure if this link as I have never had problems with GFWL but here is the link

http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Download/

[Cyberweasel89]

Um... I meant the killer mod, but I guess I'll try that instead. Thank you.

[Ainene]

Well

You install FOMM (Fallout Mod Manager)

And go to Tools -> Install Tweaker and use Fake DLL

You can also you FOSE and it will automaticly disable it (you need to take the right version for your game. if your using 1.07 non russian then you can take the latest

 

I recomend using FOSE and FOMM both (Without using Fake DLL)

 

FOSE Link:

http://fose.silverlock.org/

FOMM Link:

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=640

 

 

Update

Forgot to mention what they do

FOMM is a Mod Manager that makes your life so easy that you couldn't believe it when installing mods.

 

FOSE is called "Fallout Script Extender"

it makes the modders life easier and makes a lot more possibilites. such as more scripting & ability to hotkey most buttons (this is MOD requirement on many mods that do advanced stuff. so it's best to install it anyway!)

 

If your gonna be installing mods I recomend learning how to install mods. and then learn how to merge patch mods with the tool called FO3Edit this is abit Advanced compared to installing mods otherwise

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=637

 

The Use of FOMM is abit simple yet abit advanced.

It's quite easy to learn all these tools for basic usage. (FOSE is just a exetueable installed to Fallout 3 Directory (where Fallout3.exe & launcher is at)

FOMM is abit more of simple yet advanced tool. you can arrange mods in a order so that you can make mods that didnt work working. which requires basicly some ordering. also some mods uses this tool create simplified installations of mods. in most cases giving you options to install additional/optional stuff.

FO3edit is the most advanced tool, I don't know how to use it as I never learned wryebash on oblivion but it's very simple to create a merge patch. you can find tutorials everywhere!

[Cyberweasel89]

Yeah, the games for windows live marketplace thing didn't work. I'm still getting the same message. So I'll try those mods. Thank you.

[Ainene]

Yeah, the games for windows live marketplace thing didn't work. I'm still getting the same message. So I'll try those mods. Thank you.

Okay, do reply if you got it working. always nice to see the solution. I'm thinking of setting up a list of possible fixes for problems on Windows 7. as there are a lot of problems!

[Cyberweasel89]

Jeez... it's been almost a year since I last dabbled in Fallout 3 and its mods, let alone got on the Nexus. I'm rusty and can't remember how any of this works...

 

I downloaded both FOMM and FOSE (which I had before, but can't remember the specifics) to my desktop and extracted/downloaded them to my Fallout 3 folder (not the Data folder inside the Fallout 3 folder), but I'm still getting the same message. Is there a step afterwards that I'm missing?

 

Thanks for the help, by the way. I really appreciate it.

[Cyberweasel89]

Oh, by the way. I can't access "fose_loader" because I get that same error message again.