lolwutnowai Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 Whatever caused it could have messed up your save game, or the game could be missing something (eg a correct mesh). Something to try: start a separate new game, use FWE's alternate start to get out of the vault quickly, then get to Rivet City at the first available opportunity (make sure to trigger the bridge etc normally). If it still crashes, then start a separate new game again using the DLC's and FWE only (nothing else) on a fresh Fallout 3 install (don't tweak your ini either, except for adding the multicore fix), use alternate start, and save before you get near Rivet City (before you trigger the bridge rotating). Then try adding mods one at a time, making sure all the meshes etc for each are installed correctly, until the crash is triggered (if at all). Ok, I made some progress. I began a new game with only FWE active. I could enter the upperdeck fine and the fine. The only oddity was that the market city door was red and opening made everyone in the market hostile towards me (maybe because I chose the raider faction? I am assuming that is it because it was green for my other character) . I loaded my most recent save with the character I initially experienced the problems with and everything was fine. This seems odd to me because previously it crashed when I tried to load that particular saved game with only FWE active. I am now going to re-do my masterfix install as per BlackRampage's instructions (thank you!) and try activating the other mods one by one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFSS Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Ok, I made some progress. I began a new game with only FWE active. I could enter the upperdeck fine and the fine. The only oddity was that the market city door was red and opening made everyone in the market hostile towards me (maybe because I chose the raider faction? I am assuming that is it because it was green for my other character) . Yeah, they also go ballistic if you pick Talon Company as your backstory... :devil: I loaded my most recent save with the character I initially experienced the problems with and everything was fine. This seems odd to me because previously it crashed when I tried to load that particular saved game with only FWE active.When you quit and exit the game, reboot Windows, then load it back up, does the problematic save start crashing again? If so, then the save game is likely to be corrupt - it's not a good idea to continue with it. Being at Rivet City with everything successfully loaded, may have given you a reprieve from the crashing when switching to the wonky save. Hopefully whilst you're testing out loading the mods you'll find the actual cause though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolwutnowai Posted October 9, 2011 Author Share Posted October 9, 2011 When you quit and exit the game, reboot Windows, then load it back up, does the problematic save start crashing again? If so, then the save game is likely to be corrupt - it's not a good idea to continue with it It didn't crash after reboot. I was very relieved because I have player nearly 19 hours in that save profile and all the saves in it where crashing in those areas in Rivet City. So, I reloaded mods one by one after deleting all the masterfix files and making a new merged patch and re-mastering. To test the stability of the game I made a new save in Megaton. After activating a new mod I would load the megaton save, fast travel to Rivet City, and attempt to enter the market place. After I had done this for all my installed mods I reinstalled the master fix patch and did the same test with it. Everything is working. I think the problem may have been NPC related. Before I went to Rivet City I completed the quest where Paladin Hoss asks you to save a rookie. I talked to Paladin Hoss and the guy I rescued and Hoss told that for a reward the Bortherhood of Steel would provide me with protection when I was in the Fall's chruch district. It was after I completed that quest that I went to Rivet City (for the first time) and started experiencing CTDs. Well, in the process of loading and reloading the mods and fast traveling from Megaton to Rivet City in one instance Paladin Hoss and his crew spawned with me in Rivet City and followed me across the bridge to the Rivet City market place door before Hoss and his now rescued rookie (who was trying to be sneaky) went running off back to wherever they came. A few of the unnamed Bortherhood guys are still hanging outside of the market place door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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