blake56 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Hi i have a issue with fallout 3, I have done everything i can. i DO NOT HAVE FFD SHOW! OR ANOTHER CODEX!!!!!!. I have spent 2 years and 80 dollars for this. i have 3 copys and i really really want to play the awesome mods at tesnexus.com any way every time i click play on the launcher it'll load for 10 seconds then close out..... I can't even get to the menu... sometimes if I'm lucky I'll hear music. I have updated all my drivers. i meet the minium requirements and some are even above the requirements ! i patched the game and everything please help me solve this issue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake56 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 i saw another post about defragmation and viruses saccning and deframiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonger Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 does your hardware meet minimum requirements for this game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake56 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 does your hardware meet minimum requirements for this game yes they do. i did a virus check: no viruses: i also did a deframtion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proconsu1 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) Need more info, particularly about your box and your game installation. About the box: how much RAM, what make/model of video and sound cards, what OS and which service pack for the OS, and what utilities (other than sound or video) are running in your system tray? Don't really need to know the rest of your system specs, since you already verified that they meet the minimum requirements. I also won't ask about your drivers but rather just assume they are already up to date. But the rest of that info may help spot if you have a known incompatibility, and if so help find a workaround for it. About the game installation: what version did you patch to, what is the full pathname to the main fallout3 folder, have you tried adding any mods yet, if so which one(s), have you installed any FO3 mod utilities (e.g. FOMM, BOSS, etc) and which edition of the game do you have (original, GOTY, Steam), do you have any DLCs installed, if so which one(s)? I already anticipate that you will want to skip most of the info above and instead zoom in on those things that you think actually matter. I can only advise that you don't do that. More info = more help; also more info = less wasted time. Edited March 4, 2011 by proconsu1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 First, lets make sure your computer can play this game. Sometimes one single component will cause it to not work. Especially certain Video cards. Using the computer you plan to play the game onGo here to see if your computer can run the gamehttp://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/ You will find the various game we support Oblivion listed as 'The Elder Scrolls IV, OblivionFallout3 as Fallout3 PC Dragon Age listed as Dragon age Fallout New Vegas as Fallout: New VegasMorrowind is not listed, However if you can run Oblivion at all it should run well on your system. Note: TES V - Skyrim is not listed yet as no one knows what the final requirements will be yet. After that we need what version. where you got the game - Retail DVD, Download version & from where (Steam, D2D, other) Then what version of windows XP, Vista or Win7 And where the game is installed - default location or elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake56 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 I have 2 gig ram, ati radeon express 200, don't know what my sound card is, windows xp sp.2 and I got it from Best Buy 2 years ago the game is in the default folder. no other programs are running when i play fallout 3. and just the original fallout 3 no steam no dlc no mods. I cant even play the game so why would i have mods. everything passes cept my sound card idk what it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake56 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 I ment 300 not 200 and i tryed the mod manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proconsu1 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I have 2 gig ram, ati radeon express 200, don't know what my sound card is, windows xp sp.2 and I got it from Best Buy 2 years ago the game is in the default folder. no other programs are running when i play fallout 3. and just the original fallout 3 no steam no dlc no mods. I cant even play the game so why would i have mods. everything passes cept my sound card idk what it is AFAIK there is no minimum requirement for sound card, so we'll let that lie for now and revisit it later if needed. As for other programs running, I specified "in the system tray" and only just realized I should have explained that. With Windows a great many common utilities that we use will, by default, set themselves up to run in the background every time you load Windows. Some of these, like antivirus protection need to do so in order to perform their primary tasks, but many if not most of them do not. And the only way to make them stop doing it is to instruct them differently, i.e. configure them. The system tray is where most such programs can be seen: it is that area in the bottom right of your main Windows screen where the clock is (assuming you have not customized your desktop to move or hide the taskbar). You should see a set of mini-icons there next to the time readout. If you hover your mouse cursor over each one a popup tooltip should appear to tell you what program each of those icons is for. Just check each one out as you are replying to this, typing each of those names into your reply message. There is likely a volume control icon and virus utility - just ignore those and tell us the rest. I have a hunch that there are either way too many running, and/or one or more of them is interfering with Fallout3. Another thing we need to know is how much free space there is on your hard drive. If you have more than one hard drive letter, e.g. a "C" drive and a "D" drive, tell us how much space is free on each one. If there is too little free space left on the drive where Windows is installed, then that could definitely cause problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake56 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 its also patched to the highest amout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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