Game completely freezes during loading screens after 30-45 minutes

[RetroNutcase]

I'm about at the end of my rope here. Something in the new patch for NV has apparently broken the game for me, as I cannot play for anything beyond an hour before the game will decide to completely freeze up at a loading screen (The kind you get when you fast travel or enter a new cell).

 

I'm running a 3ghz dualcore, 4 gigs of DDR2 ram, and a GeForce 8800GTS, so hardware is not the issue. I'm also on the latest drivers, so that's not an issue. And I'm not using any mods, so that is certainly not the issue. That said, I can't figure out what's causing this, but it's like clockwork. After any extended play in New Vegas, the game will just decide to up and stop responding in the middle of a load screen, leaving me no choice but to kill the process via Task Manager. On top of this, even when it's NOT freezing up, it'll briefly go into periods of 'Not Responding' before finishing the load of a new cell/area. I'm almost certain I did not have this before the 1.4 patch. All I'm running is the vanilla version of FNV with the DLCs...So what on earth is making it so I can't play any more than an hour before a freeze? What am I missing?

 

As far as specs go, here's a list of all the important stuff, hopefully. Nothing is overclocked either, for reference.

 

-Win7 Professional 64-bit

-AMD Althon X2 Dualcore clocked at 3ghz

-G.Skill DDR2 SDRAM, 4 gigs

-GeForce 8800 GTS

-onboard Realtek HD Audio

-Using Steam version (Kinda redundant I suppose, DOES the retail version use steam as well? I bought it when it was on sale Via steam...)

-Currently using NO mods

-Using latest patch and all DLCs

-Currently NOT running NVSE (No reason to with Vanilla)

 

Since the issue occurs even in a clean install, I'm certain it's an issue I need to fix before I go modding the game heavily again. I've noticed a lot of other people reporting that they've had issues since 1.4 came out...Could it be the patch broke more than it fixed?

Edited July 23, 2011 by RetroNutcase

[maboru]

1.4 helped some and hurt others, particularly 64 bit others. FNV uses a lot of memory, if it can't access physical memory then it has to load from your hard drive, which slows things down immensely and it gets worse the longer you play. My suggestion would be get fnv4gb in order to access more memory, get Configator in order to set up as many background loading functions as possible and defrag and optimize your hard drive. Don't forget to frequently clean your Windows registry as well. (Just some of the many hoops we have to jump through to play this game!)

[RetroNutcase]

Configurator? Got a link to some info on this and how it works?

[PowderdToastMan]

he said configator:

 

http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=40442

[maboru]

http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=40442 It's very user friendly with tips for every choice on every page. I found it easier to just dump the .exe in my fallout new vegas folder, create a short cut to the desktop and run it from there. Make sure you create a profile because that saves having to re-enter everything again when you go online Steam to verify cache and Steam resets your .inis for you!

[commander_tak]

@ RetroNutcase

 

Please post again if this is/isn't working or at least less Freezing and crashes. I got the same problem too, I want to try every possibilities to solve this problem.

[ayhanayhan1]

I am with 2 gb of ram and not have any problems with loadscreen or other bugs.Fallow gives eror because they use a lot of mods!!!Disable all mods and try to play ;).

[bjornl]

I am with 2 gb of ram and not have any problems with loadscreen or other bugs.Fallow gives eror because they use a lot of mods!!!Disable all mods and try to play :wink:.

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You should probably try to pay a little more attention to what you are replying to. This was a thread which had been dead for well over 2 years. No one was waiting for your help on this one.

[zygster525]

The crash problem happens to a lot of people, Windows 7 does not support Fallout 3 or Fallout New Vegas, according to Microsoft. 32 Bit users experience the same problems with the locking up during transitions. So far none of the "Fixes" have worked for me. So I did some testing on my own, I found that the crash problem is most often attributed to Steam.exe or FalloutNV.exe, or so says the Application Error Reports, some of it has to do with the Havok game engine, some has to do a badly written .exe file. I wish I could figure out WHAT line was causing the crash and a fix for it. my System 3.03 Ghz Dual Core, 8 GB ram, Ati Radeon 5700, On Windows XP, with all drivers up to date. I have 2 similar systems available to play on. Only real Difference is the Towers, and System 2 has a Nvidi video card. Bethsoft doesn't have an answer, Steam doesn't either, Neither Company's tech support is willing to own up to the problem. (some of the forced Steam Up Dates make the crashing worse!) I suspect Bethsoft failed to edit the FalloutNV.exe from the begining, and just used the Fallout 3 .exe file without modification.

[JimboUK]

It's not Windows 7, the problem is with the game, it's running on Bethesda's vandalised version of Gamebryo. The biggest problem is running out VRAM or going over the 2GB limit, the fix is the 4GB enabler and/or using less VRAM. New Vegas is really a huge FO3 mod, FO3 was made by Bethesda, a company unable to make anything that actually works properly.