Fallout 4 failure on startup

[number23scorpio]

Hey guys, I recently reinstalled Fallout 4. This time though, I constantly experienced failure on startup. There are two instances in which (1) I received a "Fallout 4 has stopped working" message and (2) I got a black screen with the music playing in the background. I have read online for a solution but none has worked so far.

 

I recently updated my NVIDIA driver to 3.76 version; my previous version was 3.54. Was it the cause for the failure? I was told that updating to 3.76 is good because 3.76 is optimized for FO4.

 

I accidentally deleted the ini that worked previously, so now I do not know how to tweak it right. Is there a source from which I could download an ini that work?

 

Any insight is helpful. Please help!

[Stargazer09]

I believe the ini is auto-generated at startup and if it's missing the game will create a new one.

I can't even begin to guess what the problem could be, but for starters did you try starting an un-modded game? If that works then you know it's a mod or mods causing the problem.

[number23scorpio]

I believe the ini is auto-generated at startup and if it's missing the game will create a new one.

I can't even begin to guess what the problem could be, but for starters did you try starting an un-modded game? If that works then you know it's a mod or mods causing the problem.

 

Thanks for the advice, but I am pretty sure it not related to mods. I used the same mods and it was fine only a week ago. Now I can not even open the game. Must have been an ini tweak since it is the only thing that changed.

[Stargazer09]

Delete the ini? But perhaps others more knowledgeable could weigh in.

[Fonger]

Delete the ini? But perhaps others more knowledgeable could weigh in.

he already stated that since it worked a week ago

 

he isn't gonna do anything

[Gilibran]

Are you sure you installed all requirements for any mod, a missing esp, esm, or files cause startup failure.

 

Try verifying the gamecache through Steam.

 

Ini's, as said, should be generated at startup. However sometimes they just do not, it's quirky.

 

Cut any ini from the fallout folder in mygames, use the normal game launcher and rest your graphics settings, from what you were using to another and back again. Then launch the game through the vanilla launcher and see if it starts. If it does quit, check if there are 3 ini files in mygames.

 

Fallout, FalloutCustom and a Falloutprefs.ini

 

If you are missing Fallout4Custom.ini >

 

-Copy fallout.ini

 

-Open it and remove all the lines

 

-Add only the lines:

 

[Archive]

bInvalidateOlderFiles=1

sResourceDataDirsFinal=

 

-Save as: Fallout4Custom

 

Then launch through F4se and hope it works,

 

If it does'nt a mod conflict is most probable, uninstall them one by one to find the one causing the problem.

[number23scorpio]

Are you sure you installed all requirements for any mod, a missing esp, esm, or files cause startup failure.

 

Try verifying the gamecache through Steam.

 

Ini's, as said, should be generated at startup. However sometimes they just do not, it's quirky.

 

Cut any ini from the fallout folder in mygames, use the normal game launcher and rest your graphics settings, from what you were using to another and back again. Then launch the game through the vanilla launcher and see if it starts. If it does quit, check if there are 3 ini files in mygames.

 

Fallout, FalloutCustom and a Falloutprefs.ini

 

If you are missing Fallout4Custom.ini >

 

-Copy fallout.ini

 

-Open it and remove all the lines

 

-Add only the lines:

 

[Archive]

bInvalidateOlderFiles=1

sResourceDataDirsFinal=

 

-Save as: Fallout4Custom

 

Then launch through F4se and hope it works,

 

If it does'nt a mod conflict is most probable, uninstall them one by one to find the one causing the problem.

 

So, I think I have come up with a number of entries that may be the culprit:

 

iMaxAnisotropy=1

iPresentInterval=0

bTopMostWindow=0

bMaximizeWindow=1

bBorderless=1

bFull Screen=0

iSize H=720

iSize W=1280

With the above setting I could enter the game but had a black screen with the music playing. If I switched bFull Screen=0 to 1 it instantly crashes and "Fallout 4 has stopped working" pops up. Any idea? Please be aware that I always set my ini to read-only since I do not want the game to change my setting.

I still do not think that mods are the culprit because I used to run the game with the same mods enabled. I do not want to disable my mods because they number over 300.

Edited January 10, 2017 by number23scorpio

[snapper69]

If you have 300+ mods, how many plugins do you have?

[JimmyRJump]

First-off, start using Notepad++ to edit your ini-files. It's "just" another text editor -and the regular Notepad can also be used- but Notepad++ has a few features that are very handy; one of them being it keeps all files opened with Notepad++ in its memory. In that case, you could have opened the accidentally deleted ini file. Secondly, the general overview of the ini-files is much more clear and user friendly.

[number23scorpio]

 

Are you sure you installed all requirements for any mod, a missing esp, esm, or files cause startup failure.

 

Try verifying the gamecache through Steam.

 

Ini's, as said, should be generated at startup. However sometimes they just do not, it's quirky.

 

Cut any ini from the fallout folder in mygames, use the normal game launcher and rest your graphics settings, from what you were using to another and back again. Then launch the game through the vanilla launcher and see if it starts. If it does quit, check if there are 3 ini files in mygames.

 

Fallout, FalloutCustom and a Falloutprefs.ini

 

If you are missing Fallout4Custom.ini >

 

-Copy fallout.ini

 

-Open it and remove all the lines

 

-Add only the lines:

 

[Archive]

bInvalidateOlderFiles=1

sResourceDataDirsFinal=

 

-Save as: Fallout4Custom

 

Then launch through F4se and hope it works,

 

If it does'nt a mod conflict is most probable, uninstall them one by one to find the one causing the problem.

 

So, I think I have come up with a number of entries that may be the culprit:

 

iMaxAnisotropy=1

iPresentInterval=0

bTopMostWindow=0

bMaximizeWindow=1

bBorderless=1

bFull Screen=0

iSize H=720

iSize W=1280

With the above setting I could enter the game but had a black screen with the music playing. If I switched bFull Screen=0 to 1 it instantly crashes and "Fallout 4 has stopped working" pops up. Any idea? Please be aware that I always set my ini to read-only since I do not want the game to change my setting.

I still do not think that mods are the culprit because I used to run the game with the same mods enabled. I do not want to disable my mods because they number over 300.

 

 

 

If you have 300+ mods, how many plugins do you have?

 

I have 160+ plugins, many of which are manually merged. The real count should be 250+, but I dont remember the actual number.

 

I will switch to use Notepad++, thanks! However, I do not see how this is going to help since I already lost the working ini a while ago.