F3 Windows XP Will Not Install At All

[ghillisniper]

I've seen a lot of posts about various install issues, usually regarding the second disk. I've yet to see any posts on my particular issue. Before I get into this, my machine only meets the minimum requirements admitedly. So the game may not play on the PC once I get it installed, but I'd like to at least try. The game is brand new out of the box.

 

I put the CD in and it won't autoplay.

 

I go into "My Computer" and double click the CD. It brings up an error (and I'm paraphrasing here) "F:/ Aapplication failed to initialize because it is not configured properly. Reinstall application and try again." Something to that affect. Sorry I don't have it exactly but I'm not at home so I can't replicate the exact wording.

 

I was able to right click on the CD icon and attempt to manually run the setup. It did initialize at first, and allowed me to progress through the installation options. Then it brought up the installation screen with the progress bar in the lower left hand corner. It ran through a few files then locked up. I attempted this 3 times and it did the exact same thing each time, even after a PC restart.

 

I have a feeling it has either to do with SecuROM or Windows Live. I'm not sure. I've not had any problems with any of the other games that supposedly use that stuff...Oblivion, Crysis Warhead, Far Cry 2. They've all installed and played with zero problems. So I'm a bit stuck. I do have a link to the SecuROM website with some information I may try tonight but any help here would be great, if anyone has had that issue or knows anything about how to work around it.

 

Thanks.

[evilneko]

If you have another computer available, attempt an install on that one. If it succeeds, simply copy the Fallout 3 folder over to your computer and use After Fallout C (available here on Nexus) to make it run. Then download and install Fallout Mod Manager (FOMM) (also available here) so you can tweak game settings without the disc.

 

If it won't install on another computer, then clearly the disc itself is defective, and you will need to return it for a replacement.

[ghillisniper]

Sadly I have no other PC with a prayer of running it. I suppose it might install; however. Thanks.

[bben46]

Test it on somebody elses computer to see if the disk is bad.

 

IMHO, whoever wrote up those minimum requirements obviously never tried to actually play it with those minimum requirements.

[Fatalmasterpiece]

Well... you can always run it on min settings and use tlb, and removing normals mods for a performance boost... but who would really want to play that way? >.>

[ghillisniper]

Okay, got it to work. Nothing I did it just decided to autoplay last night and installed fine. And then the game ran perfectly fine at medium spec. I know that no computer is the same even if they are right at minimum requirements so my experience may be different than someone else's, but the game looks great, isn't choppy at all, runs great.

 

Thanks for the help everyone.

[Javalin]

I have the same issue on my computer aswell.

 

Here is what I chose to do when installing it:

 

 

Go to:

 

1. My Computer

2. Right Click Fallout 3 (Which ever disk you are running)

3. Explore

4. Copy all of those files on the disk. (Click + Highlight all) (CTRL+C)

5. Create a new Folder Icon - Call it something like FO3 Setup Files or something and move it to the desktop

6. Press CTRL+V to paste the files

7. then try running the Setup.exe file from there.

 

 

Notes to all, including admins/moderators etc: You still require the disk for this to work. It may take a couple of minutes to load up. So you just need to be patient.

 

 

This might just be for you to use as a future reference. Good thing you got it to work :) Had the same issue when i first installed it a few weeks ago.