Games crashes when I try to change cells

[override367]

Just as the title says. I tried updating my video drivers and a fresh install. The problem effects all saves. Anyone know what could be causing it?

[prensa]

override367 - Hello!

 

Any mods installed, if so, try the game with no mods.

 

If it works without mods you'll know its one of them.

 

In that case, turn the mods back on one at a time checking in between to see if the problem returns. That way you can isolate the culprit.

 

What operating system are you on?

 

If it's Vista or Win7 then go to your Fallout 3 - Data folder & look at the files/folders in there.

 

If any of them have little padlocks on them, drag them out onto the desktop & the place them back in EXACTLY where they came from. This should remove the padlock symbol & allow them to work properly.

 

Does the game freeze or crash straight to desktop?

 

If it freezes & you have more than 1 core it could be the Fallout 3 multi core bug.

 

Fallout 3 has trouble with multi core computers, mainly with ones that have more than two cores & use hyperthreading.

 

You can fix that by editing your .ini, the one you want to change is:

 

For XP:

 

My Documents\My Games\Fallout3\

 

For Win7:

 

Documents\My Games\Fallout3

 

& change this line:

 

bUseThreadedAI=0

 

to:

 

bUseThreadedAI=1

 

& insert this line under it:

 

iNumHWThreads=2

 

Save & close your ini.

 

Hope this Helps!

 

Prensa

Edited August 4, 2011 by prensa