4carrots Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 So I bought and downloaded FO3 off of Steam today and I'm trying to figure out how to get it to run properly. I'm using Windows 7 64bit. I know my computer meets all the requirements for it and all that (except for my software). I know it's not 'officially' compatible with Windows 7 and was intended for use on Windows XP/Vista. But I'm reading all over the place that people have got it to work on 7. The game starts up fine until I try to start a new game. It goes through the loading process and quits and gives me a message saying "Fallout 3 has stopped working. There's a problem blah blah Windows will notify you if we find a solution to the problem blah blah blah". I've tried running it as an admin and setting the compatibility mode to both Windows XP (SP2 and 3) and Vista (SP 1 and 2). Still doesn't work. I've even tried removing the intro cinematic to see if it did anything. So has anyone come up with or stumbled across a any sort of definite solution? Or at least something that would help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Thousands, if not hundreds of thousands (including me) are playing FO3 on Win7 x64 with no problems at all. With no mods it should be a download and go operation. NO compatibility mode required. The reason Bethsoft doesn't support Win7 (or Vista) is they used XP to make the game and do not want to take the time to test their games in other operating systems. They work fine though. First recommendation, if you are going to be playing with mods - get it out of the UAC controlled default location. With steam, you must move your steam to the new location - and steam even tells you how to do it. How to Move your Steam to another location Without having to reinstall anything.https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?p_faqid=231 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4carrots Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 Thanks! That helped me actually get into the game. But now the only problem is it's freezing right after I choose my gender. Any help with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lquebecois Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 i've got the same problem than you do until i found on a forum, someone that say that to make fallout 3 working on an intel laptop (i have Windows 7), you need to download d3d9.dll and put it on fallout 3's directory, and erase you're savegames's folder located in my docs/my games/ fallout 3, run the game, let it detect you're system and after i've done this, it worked perfectly, i don't know if you can make it work with that methods, but try it, it cost nothing to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paroxysm Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 i've got the same problem than you do until i found on a forum, someone that say that to make fallout 3 working on an intel laptop (i have Windows 7), you need to download d3d9.dll and put it on fallout 3's directory, and erase you're savegames's folder located in my docs/my games/ fallout 3, run the game, let it detect you're system and after i've done this, it worked perfectly, i don't know if you can make it work with that methods, but try it, it cost nothing to try. I had the same problem, tried what you said, and it gave me some nonsense about DDRAW.dll. Could you provide more information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRampage Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 i've got the same problem than you do until i found on a forum, someone that say that to make fallout 3 working on an intel laptop (i have Windows 7), you need to download d3d9.dll and put it on fallout 3's directory, and erase you're savegames's folder located in my docs/my games/ fallout 3, run the game, let it detect you're system and after i've done this, it worked perfectly, i don't know if you can make it work with that methods, but try it, it cost nothing to try. I had the same problem, tried what you said, and it gave me some nonsense about DDRAW.dll. Could you provide more information?Ah, yes. That nonsense. It's a problem with your DirectX.Have a look over here: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/ddraw-dll-not-found-missing-error.htm Other then that, FO3 works just fine on Win 7 x64. Hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSpiced Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Just downloaded and installed W7 64 bit Pro a couple weeks ago. Fallout 3 has worked perfectly fine on it only problems I had was with my actual laptop itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paroxysm Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Actually, I sorted out my problem (I had a multicore system, forgot to edit fallout.ini), and it's now running beautifully on my W7x64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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