Fallout 3 Crash to Desktop

[VenatoR246]

I seem to be having trouble with my game.

 

Quite recently, if not two hours ago, I installed the RH_IronSights mod and FOOK2 Overhaul mod for Fallout 3. Those worked just fine together despite a strange sight alignment glitch with the BB Gun. Anyway, as I said, those worked fine and the game ran smoothly when activated with the Fallout Mod Manager.

 

Next, I decided it would be nice for a little more change to take place, so I added a Sprint Mod, a Helmet POV mod and a Enhanced Weather mod. I placed all of those in the proper locations and altered the load order.

Now I start the game, the projector slide shows up and my screen goes black. If this screen is left without CTRL+ALT+DELETE'ing for more than three seconds, it remains that way and Windows shows up with its dreaded 'Program Has Stopped Working' window. By now, the desktop resolutions of both my joined monitors are reset to the lowest possible value, the background is gone and my monitors are misaligned, meaning that instead of my cursor hovering between the windows, it has to go all the way to the right side of my right monitor to come out of the left side of the left monitor.

 

I have reason to believe that the installation of the Sprint Mod and Helmet POV mod caused something to be deleted/replaced/lost which in turn caused the game to flatline.

 

Below is my load order - I'm happy to answer any questions regarding this issue. I'm also willing to reinstall everything if doing so is necessary.

 

[X]Fallout3.esm

[X]Anchorage.esm

[X]ThePitt.esm

[X]BrokenSteel.esm

[X]PointLookout.esm

[X]Zeta.esm

[X]CALIBR.esm

[X]FOOK2 - Main.ESM

[X]FOOK2 - [DIK] DLC Improvement Kit.ESM

[X]RH_IRONSIGHTS.esm

[X]Sprint Mod.esp

[X]FOOK2 - RH_IronSights.esp

[X]FOOK2 - [DIK] DLC Improvement Kit.esp

[X]RH_IronSights_Basic_PittPlugin.esp

[X]RH_IronSights_Basic_BrokenSteelPlugin.esp

[X]RH_IronSights_Basic_PointLookoutPlugin.esp

[X]RH_IronSights_Basic_ZetaPlugin.esp

[X]RH_IronSights_Pitt_NewRifleSights.esp

[X]RH_IronSights_PL_NewItems.esp

[X]RH_IronSights_RemoveReticule.esp

[X]HelmPOV.esp

[ ]Enhanced Weather - REBOOT.esp

[ ]FOOK2 - [EVE] RH_IronSights.esp

[ ]RH_IronSights_Basic_AnchoragePlugin.esp

[VenatoR246]

I reinstalled my game and added the base mods (FOMM, FOSE, IronSights and FOOK) however, my game still crashes on startup, albeit a little more subtly. I just get the 'Application has stopped working' window and that's it. I guess I'll mess around with my load order a bit more. Also, I installed a new version of Fallout Mod Manager, one which can be used in both F3 and F:NV, but that hasn't helped.

[Mechwarrior94]

FOOK2 - [DIK] DLC Improvement Kit.ESM does not always work with vista/win7 users for some reason. It makes me crash as well so I had it removed. my suggestion is to remove it from your data folder and try again. It's likely to work then as it should.

[blove]

@VenatoR246

Try deleting your FALLOUT.INI before starting FO3 again. The game will re-create it when it does not detect it.

 

FOOK2 - [DIK] DLC Improvement Kit.ESM does not always work with vista/win7 users for some reason. It makes me crash as well so I had it removed. my suggestion is to remove it from your data folder and try again. It's likely to work then as it should.

 

It worked with FOOK2 and then he added some mods and it did not work. Does not sound like a FOOK2 issue to me.