MrThousandnpennys Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hello, i have a issue with my game: "Fallout 3" it is the following problem: sometimes when i play the game just suddenly freezes and the nothing will work. i can't go into task manager or do anything else, i can just switch off the computer and start it again. it also happen when i played with mods but it also does if i switch the mods off. does anyone know any solution? i also play with fose, should i start without fose but with game booster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prensa Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 MrThousandnpennys - Hello! The freezing sounds like 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. There is a fix, you need to edit your Fallout 3 .ini file. The one you want to change is: For XP: My Documents\My Games\Fallout3\ For Vista & Win7: Documents\My Games\Fallout3 The file you want will be called: FALLOUT.ini Open the .ini with Notepad & change this line: bUseThreadedAI=0 to: bUseThreadedAI=1 & insert this line under it: iNumHWThreads=2 Save & close your ini. Hope this helps! Prensa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman764 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 MrThousandnpennys - Hello! The freezing sounds like 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. There is a fix, you need to edit your Fallout 3 .ini file. The one you want to change is: For XP: My Documents\My Games\Fallout3\ For Vista & Win7: Documents\My Games\Fallout3 The file you want will be called: FALLOUT.ini Open the .ini with Notepad & change this line: bUseThreadedAI=0 to: bUseThreadedAI=1 & insert this line under it: iNumHWThreads=2 Save & close your ini. Hope this helps! Prensa I'm going to try this fix tonight as I'm getting a crash nearly everytime I autosave after entering a house.I'm going to guess that the added line refers to the number of cores avialiabe? If so, should it be changed to reflect the appropriate number of cores in the machine, or left at 2? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prensa Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Tinman764 - Hello! "I'm going to guess that the added line refers to the number of cores avialiabe?" It is believed so. "If so, should it be changed to reflect the appropriate number of cores in the machine, or left at 2?" Left at 2. Fallout 3 has trouble with multi core computers. The fix seems to work by limiting multi core computers (greater than 2 cores) to using only 2 cores for Fallout 3. I & many others have tried 3 but that seems to still freeze just as if the line was not there. iNumHWThreads= seems only to fix freezing if set to 2. Hope this helps! Prensa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman764 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Thanks for the welcome and answering my questions :) A full evenings play last night with no crashes - I think I might be fixed hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prensa Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Tinman764 - Hello! Great! Glad to have helped. :) Prensa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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