Constant crashing/freezing, tried merged patch, busethreadedai, LOOT...

[Deleted1790188User]

Hello! I'm having a lot of issues with getting my Fallout - GOTY from Steam to work properly. It plays fine for 15-20 minutes, often less, then crashes with the usual 'fallout 3 has encountered an error' window or just freezes entirely. I've tried multiple solutions including the INI tweaks,using both LOOT and BOSS to organize it and making a merged patch, but nothing seems to be working. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!

 

I have the newest version of FOSE, and my mod list is as follows:

 

GameMode=Fallout3

Fallout3.esm=1

Anchorage.esm=1

ThePitt.esm=1

BrokenSteel.esm=1

PointLookout.esm=1

Zeta.esm=1

Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch.esm=1

AWorldOfPainFO3.esm=1

Alton, IL.esm=1

CALIBR.esm=1

CRAFT.esm=1

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm=1

xCALIBR.esm=1

DCInteriors_ComboEdition.esm=1

Mart's Mutant Mod.esm=1

HeritageIndustriesVault.esm=1

BridgeTown.esm=1

Project Beauty.esm=1

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Alternate Travel.esp=1

Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow.esm=1

Smart Almost Perfect.esp=1

Overhead3PCamera.esp=1

Megaton Custom Home.esp=0

Megaton Common House - Bed and Trunk.esp=0

Playstation 3 Controller.esp=0

Fellout-Full.esp=1

Flora Overhaul.esp=1

Fellout-BrokenSteel.esp=1

UPP - Experience Perks.esp=1

AltonAddon.esp=1

GeorgetownExpansion.esp=1

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp=1

GNR Enhanced.esp=1

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp=1

UPP - Quest Perks.esp=1

Mart's Mutant Mod.esp=1

Mart's Mutant Mod - Master Menu Module.esp=1

WWM.esp=1

HeirApparent.esp=1

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp=1

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp=1

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp=1

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp=1

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp=1

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp=1

Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty.esp=1

xCALIBRammo_FWE.esp=1

Project Beauty- Broken Steel.esp=1

Chems and Meds Re-Textures Pack.esp=1

Fellout-pipboylight.esp=1

UUF3P - FWE Patch.esp=1

Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn.esp=1

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp=1

Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection.esp=1

Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp=1

Dialogue Tweaks.esp=1

PLweightadjust.esp=1

NotSoFast.esp=1

WeaponModKits.esp=1

WeaponModKits - FWE Master Release.esp=1

WeaponModKits - BrokenSteel.esp=1

WeaponModKits - OperationAnchorage.esp=1

WeaponModKits - ThePitt.esp=1

UPP - Original Perks.esp=1

UPP - Pack 1.esp=1

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers.esp=0

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers (automatics only).esp=0

Realistic Megaton Shack.esp=1

MaintenanceShed.esp=1

F3ProjectRealityMkI.esp=1

RCM2.esp=1

Fellout-PointLookout.esp=1

IntoTheDeepWoods.esp=1

DIM TYPE3clothesRETAIL.esp=1

bzArmour.esp=1

Fellout-Zeta.esp=1

WeaponModKits - Zeta.esp=1

WeaponModKits - PointLookout.esp=1

FasterMorePowerfulMines.esp=1

8 Ball Perk.esp=1

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp=1

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp=1

Project Beauty- Point Lookout.esp=1

PLFewerItems.esp=1

UPP - Pack 2.esp=1

dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp=1

Fellout-Anchorage.esp=1

Enhanced Weather - Weather Sounds in Interiors.esp=1

Enhanced Weather - Radioactive Rain and Snow Plugin.esp=1

Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow in Fallout.esp=1

Enhanced Weather - Sneak Bonus during Storms.esp=1

Enhanced Weather - REBOOT.esp=1

RagdollOverhaulFo3.esp=1

mergedpatch.esp=1

[M48A5]

You load list looks like the typical LOOT mess. Use BOSS to sort your load list. Once you have the load list corrected you will then be able to start troubleshooting your game.

 

If you have STEAM installed in "Program Files", you will continue to have problems using programs that change the executable, like FOSE. There are instructions on STEAM on how to move your installation out of "Program Files".

[Deleted1790188User]

Unfortunately I can't seem to use BOSS - it detects Skyrim and Fallout: New Vegas, but not Fallout 3 GOTY despite my having it on Steam and in the same directory as the other games. [ (D:) Steamlibrary/steamapps/common/fallout 3 goty]. I also have Steam installed on my D drive. At least, the actual games are there - oddly there's another Steam folder in Program Files (x86) that in the same sort of directory as above has Skyrim and Fallout New Vegas, but not Fallout 3, though the aforementioned folders just have 'installscript.vdf' in them.

 

I'll try moving the installation for a start and hopefully that'll help, maybe with the crashes, and at the very least so BOSS can hopefully recognize it as I suspect the issues may be connected. Thanks for the help thus far! I'll post what happens in case anyone has similar issues.

[Deleted1790188User]

With further experimentation, I was able to move Steam out of Program Files and use BOSS, which definitely helped extend playtime! It still freezes and CTDs, but now every hour or so instead of every fifteen minutes. I'm going to keep experimenting to try and stop freezes/ctds entirely, while hoping I don't make things worse, but at least this was right. Thanks!

 

For the record and anyone with similar problems, I just googled how to move Steam and found this:

 

1. Browse to the Steam installation folder for the Steam installation you would like to move (C:\Program Files\Steam by default). Delete all of the files and folders except the SteamApps folder and Steam.exe. Cut and paste the whole Steam folder to the new location, for example: D:\Games\Steam\